Rikki's Geocaching Blog

Thursday, July 27, 2006

DuncanClan (Deception Pass) Geocoin


Duncan Clan (Deception Pass)
Originally uploaded by Greg Harper.

Duncan Clan (Deception Pass)

One of the many different interesting aspects of geocaching is the advent of geocoins. These are personally minted coins, or medallions and can be tracked through geocaching.com. Basically geocachers have had their own coin made, based on whatever appeals to them. You can get them individually numbered, and once activated, you can release them into a geocache. From there, they can be taken and dropped off at other caches, and you can track the movement of the coin around the country or around the world.

I had heard about these when I started caching, but there were never any in the caches I found. It was just interesting to finally see one in the wild.

The second one I found was The Relaxin with Dave - SG Apr 06


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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Caching in Port Stephens


Found the cache
Originally uploaded by Greg Harper.

We took a quick three-day break at Port Stephens and stayed at Shoal Bay. Naturally we had to do some geocaching. Well, this cache was not short on adventure. It was a good walk to the cache, and Lindsay was delighted to be the finder. The walk out went a little haywire. I say we wern't lost, but other family members will argue that. It got dark quickly and it started to rain and we missed the track back to the car. We made it back eventually. Will certainly be memorable.