Geocaching

A game for treasure huntersor

a game for scavengers

What is geocaching?•a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices

•navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates

•attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.

What do I need to go geocaching?•a GPS device or •a GPS-enabled smart phoneand •a Geocaching.com Membership.

Don’t get turned off by the terms “co-ordinates,” “latitude” and “longitude.”

You do not need to worry about them.

When you download the caches these references are automatically downloaded also.

You just follow the dots on the GPS device or smart phone.

Easy-peasy.

Geocaching is a giant treasure hunt with “treasures” or caches in almost every country of our world.

The website (www.geocaching.com) is where you look for caches.

You can use a smart phone

ora personal

GPS.

my caching name

the number of caches I have found

where I live. The blue dot indicates where I was when I was looking at the screen

I click on this map and …

a list of caches around Seymour appear.

When I click on the map a map of the area and its caches appear.

Until now I am obtaining information from the internet.

At this stage I normally save the caches in case I do not have an internet signal when I am caching. You don’t have to though.

A map of the caches

Smiley face – I have found it

Green spot – traditional cache

Blue spot – a puzzle cache

Of course you can move to other regions of the map to see what caches are there:

•a holiday location•a nearby town•a national park

•near a friend’s home•interstate•overseas

Once at the cache’s location you then have to actually find it. It could be:

• hidden at the base of a tree

• hanging from a tree or wall

• magnetically attached to some metal

• hiding behind something

• hiding in a hollow log• hiding behind a brick

• an imitation rock on the ground

Shepparton Benalla Mt Beauty

Let’s Search

There is a cache in this room.

Looking at my phone I find my way to the green spot – the blue spot and the green

spot come closer together.

Then the search is on …

Why I like geocaching:

something I can do with my grandchildren

something I can do with friends

something I can doby myself

something I can do whilst on holiday

gets me outside in all sorts of weather

gets me using my brain to solve puzzles

lets me enjoy different landscapes

I often see areas that the I often see areas that the ordinary tourist does ordinary tourist does

not.not.

If you are interested:• find site www.geocaching.com• register• look around site• find site on smart phone• download geocaching app• download maps app• download gps app• ready to go

There is a handout waiting for you.