Geocaching Australia

Just like to say that there is a BIG difference between a wife and a sock puppet. I am Ian Mackereth's wife (we got married 7 years ago) and I am half of Bear_Left on Geo.com site. But not part of Papa Bear Left at all. Today I created a new username Greywacke and introduced myself, cos I had lost m...

Here is a picture of one version of the contour pen I am after. I thought there may be some keen cartographers out there amongst our ranks :) http://home.pacbell.net/trh-arch/musee/lines/ke_wyetip.jpg Keuffel & Esser "Wyetip" Curve Pen. 6-1/2". Used for drawing curved lines. The curved pen is articu...

Eckersley's Art Supplies say"Unfortunately we don't sell the contour mapping pen you are after. Whilst we have heard of this item, we have not seen one for some time now. We suggest perhaps doing a search via the internet overseas as it is a pretty rare drawing instrument."

I am after a rather unusual looking pen.It is a kind of mapping pen but not the standard dipping-pen type. It looks like geometry drawing equipment, eg compasses.It is called a "contour mapping pen" because the head (two pincers tightened with a screw) is on a swivel so moves freely as you draw. Can...

Hi people, I just want to say that I think we all agree it is horrific what people have been through in New Orleans: we are all just stunned by the stories that have been coming out. I also think it human and natural to feel bad about the fact that we here can do little effective to help at all exce...

Further more, 1: No self-respecting retrosexual man ever asks for directions in any state or form (eg street directions, how-to directions). That is part of the purpose of having a female companion. The corollary is that a retosexual man never gets lost. He just takes the scenic route occasionally. ...

I'dlike to advocate doing unavailable caches as a piquant pleasure. You will have few others racing you to GZ, and the knowledge that the quest may be hard or even impossible keeps you on your toes. Today the Bears landed a FTF on Chillyrear's new 8 step multi. We neared the end hoping against hope ...

Hi GIN5IE, Eco-Dave, like quite a few people on the page, is an electronic engineer with quite a few years of experience under his belt. Ideology have an enormous amount of professional IT experience. Mindsocket also. That's the first few who come to mind. Does that give you the idea? Don't underest...

Well, GIN5IE, when you become as high-tech as Eco-team, and as knowledgable and experienced at geocaching(that's geocayching), you may see things from a different and possibly wiser point of view. You may get sick of carrying a spare recharge unit for each of the many high-tech items that some of th...

I would like to propose that we Australia geocachers have almost a duty to defend our dialect by developing it into more of a culture. We have a number of colourful terms and phrases eg "haystacking." We have the "satelite-worshipping pose." Where are our secret handshakes, our rituals, our initiati...

Sorry to have to point it out, but the person who set up this little poll has stuffed up. The common Aus pronunciation of the word "cache" is "caysh". So none of the three choices available are correct common usage. I am a trained editor. I hate to tell you this GIN-thungamy, but the thing about liv...

I was intrigued to see that a cacher who's been caching for a couple of years has listed their baby as a separate team, hidden a cache under that name and then logged themselves as first finder. Hmmm. What do you guys think?

We just found some neat head torches (real cheap) in the Reject Shop in Castle Towers: great for nightcaching, or for looking in crevices under rocks when yr hands are full. For Christchurch geocaching, I think we will each need a spaceblanket and spare set of thermal gloves, socks, longjohns and lo...

Mind Socket wrote:A SPOON!

This is very imprecise, Mind Socket. Are you talking about a teaspoon or a tablespoon or a dessert spoon or a soup spoon or a gentle passive form of sexual contact, or a wooden spoon or wot?
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