Geocaching Australia

<p>Make sure you have at least 2 backups is my suggestion. I just had an 80GB Seagate HDD fail (another strike for Seagate?) and lost a lot of stuff.</p> <p>I went and purchased a USB 2.0 to ATA/Atapi/SATA adpater to use for external backups. It cost me $49.95 and if you are like me and have lots of...

Now I am all for exploration as a means of learning but I really wish I could convince him to leave it alone and concentrate on the fact that he is in Year 12 and still has exams to do!! :roll: Perhaps if he is pursuing an interest in the IT area maybe he would be interested in getting LPI certific...

Linux rocks! I am pretty much a full-time Linux user and probably responsible for giving poor old Bronze much to learn. :) I use Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 full-time and at present there is only one application that I use in Windows, and that is a VoIP application as the Linux equiv is yet to catch up with ...

I'm still happy plodding along with win98se. I have had no reason whatsoever to bother upgrading until about a week ago. I bought a new mobile with which the PC sync software only supports winxp etc. But, I am still not running out to buy it. Will prob only bother getting it (or something newer if i...

Not sure what that second last link is. At 28k8 3.5meg is a killer :/ Stupid old phone lines.
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Thought the first one was quite funny. The third one sounds like a bit of a rich boys club.

In our short experience our way of thinking is, we usually don't log a DNF until after a decent attempt. <p> ie. went to find a cache but within 10 mins it was dark, will try again tomorrow., so won't log until the next attempt. <p> If after a serious attempt we can't find it, we will log a DNF. Tha...

The things we usually carry. <p> 1. Zip-lock bags, cheap and pretty waterproof, will protect whats left, even if container is trashed whatever, till owner can fix.<br> 2. Heaps of, umm borrowed, keno pencils..<br> 3. Scrap paper, notebook that can be used for writing a note or two. <p> As to those d...

There was a thing that came out a few years ago along similar lines. Women were better at emotions or something but generally (yes, generally, not all) lacked the spatial awareness that males have. <p> Basically males were better at judging distance. ie reading basics of a map was not the challenge ...

The idea I would say is to give you a relatively large picture of where aprrox you are. Not to give you your location to the nearest metre. The average joe couldn't give two hoots. They just want to know which streets are where. <p> Guessing it would vary on screen resolution but wondering how large...

I can see why you would want a group look at things. I was thinking of a different way to explain it. Its like half the australian cricket team playing a test in england and the other half playing a test in new zealand at the same time. <p> But my main concern is not about Team Whatever getting 100 ...

Here is my two cents worth: <p> Team Pi is myself, my wife and our daughter. <p> We either cache together or I go alone, because A wife is too tired and can't believe I am that insane to be wanting to go get another cache, or daughter is taking a nap or whatever. <p> If we go together it gets one lo...

Thought this may be of interest to some? <p> Not sure if anyone was aware of its presence? <p> <a href="http://www.toiletmap.gov.au/">http://www.toiletmap.gov.au/</a> <p> Find your closest dunny, click on the toilet info and bingo, your little electronic buddy can point you towards the designated re...

Where can we log a find when it comes back up!?
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Where is that teapot!?
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You know your a Geocacher when....
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..you duck down to KFC to pick up a feed for the family and end up adding 30 kilometres to the trip just to log a cache.
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I am actually guilty of this one. Other half wasnt impressed when I returned somewhat overdue.

i am looking for one other sponsor. as i would think that actually picking a quality sponsor (as can be found on gca.com forums ) would give terracaching a bit more quality.

cheers,

phlosten