Geocaching Australia

I have on occasion cached in the city by motorcycle (Moto GuzzI T4), but I always feel like I stand out if I'm wandering around wearing a bike jacket. If I am caching I prefer to lock helmet and jacket to the bike and wander around 'unencumbered' like a normal person. This does somewhat cancel out t...

Uh......... My head hurts. Does that mean we are gradually getting slower? My head still hurts Getting slower? Yes and is what triggers leap seconds. Since Jan 5/6 1980 currently 15 seconds slower. And miraculously veering back onto a sightly geocaching related topic.... Interestingly enough GPS ti...

The period of the earth rotation varies over about a 2ms range during a year. Along with that are longer term variations. A change in the order of 1uS is looking in the noise. In fact the JPL researcher inverviewed on the ABC said that he was hoping to be able to measure the change. The values that ...

Another option, depending on your level of bravery is Qlandkartegt http://www.qlandkarte.org/ . This is an open source project. Currently I have it running on my home linux machine and use it successfully to view map sets and build a map and transfer maps/waypoints tracks etc to my etrex. I have the...

As a matter of interest, how accurate/precise are the electronic compasses on GPS? Are they useful for getting a decent compass bearing, or just for giving a relative direction to a waypoint when you're stationary?

For Victoria, if you want a map you can go to: http://services.land.vic.gov.au/maps/lassi.jsp zoom in to your local area , then Select "Build Map" and then select "Survey Marks" under "Survey Information" When you refresh the map there should be a whole lot of markers with names like Mordialloc PM 1...

From the sign in my local Coles (Mentone) they currently have Sistema at 1/2 price . Unfortunately every other Geocacher out there has bought them all, except for the last 2x200ml that I bought . Might be worth checking at your local.

Sale Ends 6th Jan...