For those not familiar with Geocaching, it is basically a GPS treasure hunting game played by thousands of people all over the world. All you need is a GPS receiver and a means to travel to the hidden cache locations, which are published at www.geocaching.com where you must have a user account to see the coordinates. What attracted me most to Geocaching is that the whole family can partake and that it takes you to the most interesting places which you often did not know existed, sometimes close to home or locations you thought you are familiar with. It also gives you something exciting to do over weekends, while on holiday or travelling along a route. As you can see from the caches I placed and found, apart from discovering amazing and unexpected places, I also enjoy locations with interesting histories or stories associated with them or to learn factoids about such locations.Below are pictures and links to the caches we placed and found. |
Geocaches Placed / Published |
#1 GC1TV3H Duiwelsgat Placed: 14 June 2009 |
#2 GC1W58C Liquor gives the Clergyman the bends Placed: 19 July 2009 |
#3 GC1XE0K Rock fans Published: 18 August 2009 |
#4 GC1XGM6 Cutting Edge Published: 20 August 2009 |
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#6 GC20ETY_RockStars Published: 2 November 2009 |
#7 GC22ZBH_Don't_talk_Chert Published: 14 January 2010 |
#8 GC22ZBK_Rock_Flour Published: 14 January 2010 |
#9 GC22ZC8_Mirror_mirror_on_the_wall Published: 14 January 2010 |
#10 GC25W4J_Signs_of_the_Times Placed: 30 March 2010 |
#11 GC27M1H_Rock_Bands Published: 14 May 2010 |
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Geocaches found |
#1 GC17CB8 SALT of the Earth Found: 26 March 2009 |
#2 GCRJ7B Oukraal Found: 10 April 2009 |
#3 GC1H1D7 Of Diamonds and Pearls Found: 10 April 2009 |
#4 GC18V65 Nantes Dam Found: 10 May 2009 |
#5 GC18V63_Paarl_Dam Found: 10 May 2009 |
#6 GCMOJF_Krismiskamp Found: 10 May 2009 |
#7 GC8FF8_Paarl_Rock_Cache Found: 10 May 2009 |
#8 GC2C3A_Danger_Bay Found: 14 June 2009 |
#9 GC1AFJ7_The_Stanford_Bay_path_unda_the_trees Found: 14 June 2009 |
#10 GC1AFJJ_The_Fig_tree_by_the_sea Found: 14 June 2009 |
#11 GCVHXC_Strandveld_Museum Found: 14 June 2009 |
#12 GC1653Q_Shark_Encounters Found: 14 June 2009 |
#13 GC188J1_S8_De_Kelders Found: 15 June 2009 |
#14 GC1653F_Milkwood_Hiking_Trail Found: 16 June 2009 |
#15 GC188HR_S7_Hartjie Found: 16 June 2009 |
#16 GC43FA_Historical_Series–Harbour_entrance Found: 5 July 2009 |
#17 GCPJ2X_Lost_in_Dolosse_2 Found: 5 July 2009 |
#18 GC1HP5Y_Man's_Best_Friend Found: 19 July 2009 |
#19 GCW54W_Leopards_Lament Found: 29 July 2009 |
#20 GCWMPT_Mountain_Chapel Found: 30 August 2009 |
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The next six caches were done in Santa Barbara, California. |
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Back in South Africa |
#39 GC1MHE4_Pick_up_52 Found: 4 April 2010 |
#40 GC1G22G_Pearly_Cache Found: 4 April 2010 |
#41 GCVR5D G6 Found: 17 April 2010 |
#42 GCVEA3 Water is Life!! Found: 20 June 2010 |
#43 GC11KQJ Jimmy Logan Found: 31 July 2010 |
#44 GCTMP9 Footprint trail Found: 6 January 2011 |
#45 GCGYPE Lagoon View, Langebaan Found: 29 January 2011 |
#46 GCPWN5 Langebaan - Lagoon View II Found: 29 January 2011 |
#47 GCPXXH B&F Flamingos and Sandbars Found: 29 January 2011 |
#48 GC1XMDT Wier'd with a foefie in the mountains Found: 8 February 2011 |
#49 GCNV4N Matjiesfontein Found: 8 February 2011 |
#50 GC1TNR0 RIGHT ROAD, WRONG PLACE! Found: 8 February 2011 |