An Activities Table will be set up. This is the spot where you
can find out everything that is going on or ask any questions you
might have.
Lots of unique activities and variations of your favourites. These
are going to be way fun!
Pick up the corresponding activity sheets\cards from the Activity
Table for the activities that you will be taking part in.
**All waypoints for activities and other important waypoints will
be made available a day or two before the event. Full instruction
sheets listing all of the waypoints, etc in addition to a map of
the park indicating where everything is, will be available before
hand too and also at the event.
**Special Prize Ballots will be awarded to the winner of each
activity (ties will be decided by random draw).
--Center Point - You are given 3 waypoints within the park
that form a triangle. Your task is to find the the point that is
directly in the
center
of the triangle. Take a coloured popsicle stick, write your
name on it and stick it in the ground where you think the Center
Point is.
Center coordinates were N43 56.263 W79
56.758. The triangle was an equilateral
triangle.
Winner: Buttons and Beaux
(Dave)
--Geocache Tag - It's like a cross between tag and hot
potato. You don't want to be stuck with the cache at the end. Cache
will be a 4oz container containing a log sheet. When you receive
the cache, write your name in the next numbered line of the log
contained in the cache, along with the time that you received the
cache. You have 15 minutes to hand the cache off to the next
person. When handing the cache off to the next person, make sure
they know what they need to do with it (i.e., sign name, record
time, hand to next person within 15 minutes). If for whatever
reason you are not able to hand it off to someone else, then bring
it back to one of the event organizers and they will take care of
seeing that someone else gets it. Whoever has the cache at 4pm
should find res2100 and give it to him. You do not want to be the
last one holding the cache at the end, but if it is you, don't
worry. A winner will be selected in a pre-determined way.
Whoever had the container at 2:27pm was the
winner.
If you paid close attention, this was also one of the many
logs\caches that allow you to log
Chester's Mysterious Mysteries
(GCZMY4).
Winner: JUNGLEJ
--Get To Know Your Fellow Cacher V2.0 - A definite favourite
at these picnic style events. However, we've taken this one to the
next level. There will be 25 boxes. Each box will contain TWO
items. Your task is to mingle and talk to others and get them to
sign a box on your sheet in which both items in the box apply to
them. You may not sign any boxes on your own sheet. Others may only
sign one box maximum on your sheet. Once you have all of the boxes
signed on your sheet, hand it in at the Activity Table.
Winner: Outdoors Nut
--Bunny\Penguin\Cat Art - Using the trackline feature of
your GPS, draw an image of either a Bunny, a Penguin or a Cat. The
trackline points must be within the Conservation Area. Make sure
the trackline feature is turned on on your GPS and start walking.
Watch the line draw as you walk around trying to draw the Bunny,
Penguin or Cat. When complete, come to the Activities Table and
show us your artwork. See if one of the event organizers can guess
correctly whether your drawing is a Bunny, a Penguin or a
Cat.
Winner: Earthsinger
--I Am Canadian Stamp Quest - You will be given a card and
locations of 8 different stamps representing Canada located
throughout the park. Your task is to find these 8 stamps and stamp
your card with the associated stamps provided (bring your own
marker\inkpad). Once you have found the 8 stamps and completed
your card, hand in your card at the Activity Table.
Winner: The Dino Trackers
--Photography Tour - There will be 5 pictures of items\views
posted at the shelter (Photos will be posted several days before
the event so that if needed you can print out your own copies). You
will be given the location within the park of these 5
objects\views. It is your task to figure out the coordinates of
where each photo was actually taken. Write down the coordinates
that you figured out on the associated card and bring them to the
Activity Table.
Photo 1 (Pipe) -
N43º 56.251 W79º
56.744
Photo 2 (Light) - N43º
56.320 W79º 56.773
Photo 3 (Shed) - N43º
56.320 W79º 56.770
Photo 4 (Rock) - N43º
56.334 W79º 56.718
Photo 5 (Shelter) - N43º
56.310 W79º 56.738
Winner: Cache Marauder
--Projection Connection - You will be given a starting point
and then 8 projections, plus a couple of additional instructions.
Walk to each of the projected points and continue until you get to
the end. At the end, mark a waypoint, write the end waypoint
coordinates that you obtained on your
corresponding
activity card and submit it to the Activities Table. All
projections will use meters and True North.
The end point was 22.57 meters from the
start.
Winner: Rainbow's Connections
--Scavenger Hunt - You task is to collect a number of items
that you find around the park. Once you have found as many items as
you could (some might be harder to find than others and some might
require some ingenuity), bring them to the Activity Table to show
one of the event staff.
Winner: TOMTEC
--Puzzle Quest - Find the missing pieces of the puzzle.
Puzzle pieces are spread throughout various caches within the park.
Find the correct missing piece, bring it back to the activity
table, put the puzzle together and see if you have one of the 2
correct missing pieces. A team may only take 1 puzzle piece in
total.
Winners: cruise448788 and
Puddlemaster
--GeoTrivia - Test your geocaching knowledge from the
Greater Toronto Area, Ontario and the world.
D B C D A B D D C A
F T F T T T F F T T
Multiple
Choice
1.
Who was the first
geocacher in Canada to reach 1000 finds?
A)
kootenay pirates from British
Columbia
B)
Nozzletime from Ontario
C)
OpusTerra from
Quebec
D)
res2100 from
Ontario
2.
What is the
current oldest active geocache in the world?
A)
GPS Stash #1~The Original Stash in
California,
USA
B)
Mingo in Kansas, USA
C)
Mountain Marsh in Washington, USA
D)
ORIGINAL STASH TRIBUTE PLAQUE in Oregon, USA
3.
What kind of car
is pictured on the Greater Toronto GeoBASH 2008 event
geocoin?
A)
57 Chevy
B)
Mazda Miata
C)
Porsche Boxster
D)
Volkswagen Rabbit
Cabriolet
4.
What is Rainbow
Connections’ pet grackle’s name?
A)
Birdie
B)
Geobird
C)
Grace
D)
Money
5.
Which of the
following geocoins created by res2100 is no longer available?
(If you want any geocoins, see
res2100)
A)
1701eh Memorial
B)
Bouncy Bunny
C)
GC10000
D)
Toronto 2006
6.
What kind of
animal is Chester, the Greater Toronto GeoBASH 2008 official event
mascot?
A)
Beaver
B)
Chipmunk
C)
Rabbit
D)
Squirrel
7.
What is the
largest ever geocaching event held in Ontario?
A)
COG Spring Fling III – The
Trilogy
B)
GAG11 – Go and Get’em 11 (Ottawa area)
C)
GHAGAFAP VI – Once More For
Kicks!
D)
Greater Toronto GeoBASH 2008
8.
The 4 colours on
the official geocaching.com logo are Blue, Green, Orange and
Yellow. Starting from the top left square and going clockwise, what
is the order of these colours on the logo?
A)
Blue, Green, Orange and Yellow
B)
Green, Orange, Yellow, Blue
C)
Orange, Blue, Yellow,
Green
D)
Yellow, Green, Orange, Blue
9.
When was the
first official geocache placed in Ontario?
A)
May 3, 2000
B)
June 28,
2000
C)
February 6, 2001
D)
February 17, 2001
10.
Which of the following geocachers
does not have more than 2000
finds?
A)
Barnie’s Band of Gold
B)
Ellesche
C)
Filmclips
D)
Northern Penguin
11.
Nozzletime currently has the most
geocaching finds in Canada.
True False
12.
I <insert your name here> am
having a lot of fun at the Greater Toronto GeoBASH
2008.
True
False
13.
The switch that President Clinton
pulled to turn off selective availability at approximately midnight
EST on May 2, 2000 was blue.
True False
14.
Groundspeak Inc. was originally
called Grounded Inc.
True
False
15.
The first Bruce Trail hike event
(BT Hike Event – Toronto Section) on April 6, 2007 was longer than
a marathon.
True
False
16.
There are less geocaches in Prince
Edward Island than any other Canadian province.
True
False
17.
An Ontario geocacher has never
found more than 100 geocaches in a day.
True False
18.
There are currently over 12000
geocaches hidden in Ontario.
True False
19.
The first cache with a 7 digit
waypoint ID is hidden in Ontario,
Canada.
True
False
20.
The Greater Toronto GeoBASH 2008
official event geocoin was made in 5 different versions\finishes.
(If you want to purchase any, see res2100)
True
False
Winner: pituophis (17 out of 20
correct)
--Geocaching Necessities - You will be given a list of the
top 15 things that geocachers think are important to have while
geocaching. You task is to rank the top 10 of them in order of most
important (1) to least important (10).
1 GPS
2 Writing Instrument (Pen\Pencil)
3 Water\Drinks
4 PDA
5 Flashlight\Headlight
6 Spare Batteries
7 Camera and accessories
8 Food\Snacks
9 Cell Phone
10 Vehicle for transportation (Car\Bike)
Winner: fingers crossed
--Traveler Guess - Guess how many Travel Bugs and Geocoins
were dropped off at the registration table during the event.
Winner: NorMin & Ruffy
**If any of the instructions to any of the activities are not
clear, let us know and we will update them. Also, if you have any
ideas for activities that you would like to see, please let us
know.
**Answers and winners will be posted here after the
event. |