Geocaching Australia

Just to muddy the waters a bit. :wink: I read this today on the Garmin_GPSmap_76C@yahoogroups.com group posted by "annoyedone" Mapset: A group of Map Segments from one or more Map Products that is loaded into the GPS. For units that accept cards this is the gmapsupp.img file created by MapSource and...

Congrats from Kiwiland to the organisers for such a great effort, really appreciated here. I only became aware of RDMH half way through the contest so I was a late starter. About then my enthusiam for caching was starting to cool a little, along with the weather, but entering the competition quickly...

CraigRat said oh, I forgot to mention: Flax and Native Grass Flax and Native Grass Flax and Native Grass Are you talking about the sharp bladed "cutty" grass or the high country tussock? If its the "cutty'variety then most of it is Pampas Grass, from of South America and a dammed import, not a nativ...

A couple of times I have done a run of 5 or so just to prove the point and that was before Google Earth. Mostly I needed the clue though. And I had the GPSr switched off in the bag, just in case. Nowdays, if the mapping is accurate and Google Earth Image is high res in your area it can be easy. Seve...

Cached was saying There seems to be an assumption that those who run the current website started the game - they didn't! Correct, BUT; Dave Ulmer, who did start the game, and was right there when STASH changed to, (dare I say it) CACHE.:wink: (and here I am guessing) pronounced it cash. :P see here

Here in NZ I am in the minority (about 15 to 20 % using the kash version but that is the way the septics pronounce it and it originated there after all. :lol: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/217/500119918_85d5e21f51.jpg?v=0 Anyway the point of the sign on my camper-van looses its point if you say kay...

Thanks fergho, for such a comprehensive reply. A Google search had failed to yield any info about fast charging Eneloops. Before discovering this thread I posted a message in The sci.satellite.geo news group and most replies there are in agreement although Hans Georg Michna seems a bit more relaxed ...

I have just bought a charger and 4 Eneloops From Tricky Dicky. I had to pay a bit more in NZ than they go for in Aus though (Eqiv $32Au ) . Now the girl in the shop pointed out the led at the bottom of the chargerand tried to tell me it was a smart charger but it isn't. It just switches off after 17...

On a GPSr, of all things, spurious contour lines could be interesting! In normal use with the unit switched on you do not see the "lines" They are only discernable looking obliquely across the screen and I did say "almost transparent". I did try to photograph them but I never could get the effect t...

When it's all too late .. icon_redface.gif what is the best method and material for removing scratches?? Been there done that :( I got a pot of ? name blue coloured, perspex polish. (try a plastic sheet supplier) I polished away for a total of perhaps 2 hours and was pleased to see the rather deep ...

Did I ever mention that I'm part Irish? icon_twisted.gif So was one of them ancestors called Murphy? :roll: You know of the law draughting branch of the family :?: Then again your capricious mind points to possible leprechaun ancestry but then your form factour does not really fit that scenario :wi...

Readers may be interested to know the final outcome of my sad story. :( I contacted Ebay who said to make a claim to Paypal. Within an hour of the message being sent to Paypal the payment was reversed. :) The crooked vendor sent a curt message demanding return of the fake USB stick. I debated whethe...

OK I'll confess. I enjoy an getting an FTF and being retired I can often go out as soon as one pops up but grabbing one local to me is not that big a deal any more, and lately the price of fuel has curtailed my enthusiasm for the more distant ones. However, what especially adds spice is to grab an F...

For those who don't know it, Handmap's a small mapping program that'll auto-centre on a GPSr (serial or Bluetooth) and let you search for intersections and streets and such. No voice prompts, no auto-routing, but it does integrate with the addressbook and (I seem to recall) one of the GPX programs....

My ready to go set comprises Prices sre NZ$ Multi compartment Cache bag. a gift but about 35 Garmin 76Cx from Ebay auction about 800 A spring loaded safety cable for GPSr 5 External antenna (hardly needed 40 Fuji digital point and shoot camera about 400 Palm E2 250 LED torch 20 Silva compass (found ...