Geocaching Australia

I was at this point a couple of weeks ago. I own a decent PDA & I needed to assess whether to get a bluetooth gpsr & software for the pda or a hand held gpsr. After a decent amount of reading I've got an etrex legend gps unit. I use GSAK to manage the gpx files I get from pocketquery & send them to ...

It works. It wants to overwrite the existing garmin map. This seems to be what I want - so no problems there. However, I can only fit about 8 tiles or map 'sheets' onto the 8mb on the legend. For example, I want to put on Sydney and the area between Sydney and Griffith in NSW, but it is not going to...

Another stupid question. To use Shonkymaps I must own a licence to some other maps. Do I own any licence as an owner of an etrex legend, or is this something I need to buy? In the startup screen the legend initially said "Pacific Highway" as a map base ( I assume a map base). Now, when I go to the M...

BTW - we got the first cache we aimed for, after a couple of goes, without a GPS. This reinforced the need for a gps unit, or decent maps and a compass.

I am getting there. I jumped in and bought an etrex legend. We are going bush in the school holidays. Some more questions that may be obvious - but I can't find the answers. Is the monthly geocaching.com premium subscription something you can chop & change at will? (ie) Can I pay the 3 bucks, downlo...

Funny post mumof2. I have been going through a similar thought process over the past couple of weeks. Today I bought an etrex legend and I've come back here to do some searching to get some setup & usage ideas. So - I think you are making the right decision - but I can't back it up with anything oth...

Finding retail stores who even know what a bluetooth GPSr is a challenge. Another question re: the ebay stuff. Some come with a USB cable, others make no mention. Some 'data' usb cables go for around $20.00 Do I need to load the waypoint/cache data onto the GPSr or to the PDA? Either way, if these t...

Thanks for all the tips. I have a few local caches identified that we will have a go at with no gps at all. I have been doing a lot of reading and while a dedicated hand held unit seems to be the go (for ruggedness and waterproofing - if nothing else), it seems the combination of a bluetooth receive...

We've discussed it and it sounds very mysterious and exciting for the "geokiddies" - so we will give it a go for sure. What is a geocoin? I have read about them and seen some for sale. What do we do if we find one? Re: swaps - what should we take to swap. Are small toys (lego-men etc) the right idea?

Thanks for the reply. I've got a good idea that we can locate some local caches using directions we can decipher on this site and looking at the google maps link. No doubt that will get us started without any gps whatsoever. What throws me, on this forum and on pda forums I read - is the suggestion ...

I have an o2 Atom pda. Bluetooth works fine. So what else do I need to start some simple geocaching? I see bluetooth gps units on ebay for around 50 bucks - but I have no idea if this is all I need. I assume I need some software or some maps - do these units come with anything that works? If it gets...