Geocaching Australia

Thanks (If and Tealby and others) for the fantastic information.
Your combined information has saved me hours of research.
Have a 'Virtual ' Beer on me. or maybe we'll catch up at a cache some day.
All the best.

Thanks Zatcyl, Great help I've done a couple tests with some known waypoints and caches in my local area - Newmarket. The results at least for these chosen locations were pretty spot on. I believe some areas are a lot worse then others. I read somewhere it has something to do with how they 'Stitch' ...

Thanks - Big Mat.
But I didn't even have the GPS turned on during the trip. Just thought it would be cool to somehow retrace my steps and be able to gain waypoints (POIs) 'Virtually' via Google maps or some other mapping program.

Just a little advise please I recently went on a long drive which I would love to share as a list of waypoints. Only problem (to busy enjoying myself) I didn't mark any waypoints on my journey The waypoints (or Points of interest POI's) I am interseted in sharing are reasonable easy to locate in Web...

Firstly I must admit I'm a bit a Geocaching technophobe. Yes, I still maually input coords into my Garmin Legend. However, I am hoping to create (publish) a list of waypoints which can be freely downloaded. Is there a generic file format that this list could be saved in that is simple to download an...

You guys love ya magnets. Thanks for all the advice I just so happens I went into the 'Dollars & Sense' shop at Brookside (QLD) today and found a pack of 20 assorted magnets For $2.95. Not super strong but better then that flexible magneting sheeting. and I feel will do the job quite nicely. Thanks ...

Hi, I'm working on a series of over 40 caches - All will be eclipse tins. To help me with placement I thought it would be benificial to have a magnet attached to each. What would be the best (cheap) type of magnet to use on these eclipse tins. My guess is those 'advertising fridge magnets' from pizz...

Fellow Eclipse mint lovers. You know sometimes an answer is right in front of you. Where I work people chew and suck on those mints all day I'll just have to drop a general email asking for the containers and I should have my quota filled by the end of the month. Thanks everybody. PS: But still - do...

I'm working on a new Geo-challenge and will need to source 40 or more identical cache containers (Low cost). Something of similar shape and size to the eclipse mint boxes (I cant see myself getting through 40 odd packets of mints) preferable with little or no external wording/graphics. Any ideas/adv...

A lot of what your saying is 'Greek' to me but im sure it will all make perfect sense in time
Thanks to all the above for your advice .

Loading waypoints is pretty much all I want to do at this point
But .... who knows what the future holds.....Thanks for the tip

I have just bought my first GPS - a Garmin etrex legend
My fingers are beginning to ache so I'm hoping to be able to download waypoints to it.
There seems to be quite a range of software to aid with this process
Could someone point me in the right direction
Is the freeware stuff good enough?

Newbie to geocaching - Is it just a matter of luck. ie looking, looking , looking finding cache after cache after cache or is there some way to know where one may be placed The family is going on a short holiday soon and thought it would be fun to take a "hitchhiker " (Did i use the right term) with...