Coming To Australia??? Tell us your plans, ask us questions, You're bound to find an answer here.
-
Bronze
- Posts: 2372
- Joined: 15 July 03 11:48 pm
- Location: Toronto, NSW
Post
by Bronze » 26 September 04 10:15 am
I agree with Sparky and the Pig.
Why should it matter. I agree that this is geocaching only but considering this person may have difficulty with English it dosen't help to write in riddles.
The 3rd Degree only give Aussies and Geocachers a bad wrap.
Toolkits suggestion was a far better way to go about it I think.
Goedendag Marga,
Try a google search on 'aussie slang' and you'll find a few 'dictionaries' (if you can call them that..
The Bronze.
-
riblit
- It's the journey.
- Posts: 3444
- Joined: 04 April 03 6:30 pm
- Location: Land Grant of John Campbell
Post
by riblit » 27 September 04 11:46 am
I've been busy over the weeking buiilding a deck so haven't been watching the forums.
Think positive...
It wasn't a third degree, just a clarification, and it gave Marga a chance to learn some more phrases and their meaning.
dak was being a bit more formal in his reply..
-
dak's Emu Mob
- 4000 or more? I'm officially obsessed.
- Posts: 443
- Joined: 21 September 03 7:27 pm
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
-
Contact:
Post
by dak's Emu Mob » 27 September 04 3:58 pm
riblit wrote:dak was being a bit more formal in his reply.
<p>
Now that I have re-read my previous reply, I admit I was brusque. I apologise for giving offence. I'm a suspicious sod--the Internet and spammers have done that to me.
<p>
However, lest some of you think I'm the Big Bad Wolf, I'd like to point out that I was the first to offer
real help in the original thread, available
here
<p>
Cheers,
<p>
dak
-
Marga
- Posts: 9
- Joined: 16 September 04 12:09 am
- Location: Belgium
Post
by Marga » 28 September 04 1:34 am
Thanks.. Maybe it's a stupid question but could someone explain to me what this site is really about? I typed 'Australian Forum' in at google, so I don't know what's this site is used for.
Cheers
-
Team Stargazer
- 150 or more caches found
- Posts: 247
- Joined: 02 June 03 11:19 pm
- Location: Paralowie, Adelaide, South Australia
-
Contact:
Post
by Team Stargazer » 28 September 04 3:38 am
Hi Marga, welcome to the forum
Put simply, Geocaching is a worldwide game dedicated to GPS (Global Positioning System) users that basically involves a GPS user hiding "treasure", normally a Tupperware type container containing at least a logbook and perhaps some swap items or trinkets for the kids, and publishing the exact coordinates at
www.geocaching.com so other GPS users can come on a "treasure hunt" to find it. You can read more about it on their
FAQ page.
Hope that's as clear as mud!
-
Mr Darcy
- Posts: 31
- Joined: 30 January 04 9:01 pm
- Location: O'Connor ACT (Temp)
Post
by Mr Darcy » 30 September 04 12:24 am
If you go to the "Hide and Seek a Cache" page on
http://www.geocaching.com, you can type in your Latitude and Longitude, and it will show you the caches in your area. There are bound to be a few.<br>
By the way, a GPS receiver is not essential, just a really good idea. You can use mapping skills and/or local knowledge to help you find them, but its a LOT easier with a GPS
By way of example, There is a cache in Canberra ACT Australia called "Billy Goats Gruff". When you plot the co-ordinates on a map you find it coincides with a small foot bridge. Now Billy Goats Gruff is a well known childrens tale here where a troll jumps out from under a bridge and scares passing goats. So look under the bridge, and what do you find???
Mr Darcy
-
dak's Emu Mob
- 4000 or more? I'm officially obsessed.
- Posts: 443
- Joined: 21 September 03 7:27 pm
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
-
Contact:
Post
by dak's Emu Mob » 30 September 04 10:20 am
Mr Darcy wrote:There is a cache in Canberra ACT Australia called "Billy Goats Gruff". When you plot the co-ordinates on a map you find it coincides with a small foot bridge. Now Billy Goats Gruff is a well known childrens tale here where a troll jumps out from under a bridge and scares passing goats. So look under the bridge, and what do you find???
<p>
Thanks! I'll be up there in a few weeks. Now I'll know where to look!
<p>
Cheers,
<p>
dak
-
Mr Darcy
- Posts: 31
- Joined: 30 January 04 9:01 pm
- Location: O'Connor ACT (Temp)
Post
by Mr Darcy » 30 September 04 10:15 pm
<p>Ahh, but I didn't say which bridge, or which part of the bridge, or for that matter, how far under!<br>
Don't forget to bring your snorkel!
</p>
Mr Darcy
-
ToolkiT
- Posts: 453
- Joined: 16 September 03 5:56 pm
- Location: Reading, UK
Post
by ToolkiT » 30 September 04 10:24 pm
-
Lt. Sniper
- Outdoor Adventurer
- Posts: 751
- Joined: 12 April 04 11:27 pm
- Location: Brisbane
Post
by Lt. Sniper » 11 December 04 4:37 pm
ToolkiT wrote:
Be easy on her, the belgiums are the tassie's/queenslanders of Europe
LOL, whatÂ’s that suppose to mean??
-
Manta
- 250 or more caches found
- Posts: 52
- Joined: 05 June 03 5:16 pm
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
Post
by Manta » 11 December 04 5:04 pm
Obviously Toolkit is getting BRISBANE and BRUSSELS mixed up. Hopefully he can zoom out on his GPSr map page and realise his mistake before he offends everyone on the planet!!
-
ToolkiT
- Posts: 453
- Joined: 16 September 03 5:56 pm
- Location: Reading, UK
Post
by ToolkiT » 11 December 04 10:52 pm
Lt. Sniper wrote:ToolkiT wrote:
Be easy on her, the belgiums are the tassie's/queenslanders of Europe
LOL, whatÂ’s that suppose to mean??
It would take some time to explain that to a queenslander
-
TEAM LANDCRUISER
- Posts: 476
- Joined: 04 February 04 9:28 pm
- Location: Port Kennedy WA
-
Contact:
Post
by TEAM LANDCRUISER » 11 December 04 11:35 pm
<font color="blue"><font face="verdana"><b>Anyone use to watch that prominent Queenslander Jakie McDonald on 'Hey Hey it's Saturday' ....<p> "Folks are .... ...... . .... ...."
<p>It's a joke right?
-
Guest
Post
by Guest » 11 December 04 11:53 pm
I think the joke's on you guys. That's why you all keep flocking up here to take advantage of our sunshine and "unique" Gold Coast real estate deals!![:D]
-
Team Stargazer
- 150 or more caches found
- Posts: 247
- Joined: 02 June 03 11:19 pm
- Location: Paralowie, Adelaide, South Australia
-
Contact:
Post
by Team Stargazer » 12 December 04 7:09 pm
Anonymous wrote:I think the joke's on you guys. That's why you all keep flocking up here to take advantage of our sunshine and "unique" Gold Coast real estate deals!![:D]
Who said that???
[
bends over to look under the bed]