Geocaching Australia

Too many restrictions, from GC and land owners/managers (parks etc)
Sites like GCA wil be the place to find the better caches.

The 550 does have a tilt-compensated 3-axis compass, just means that you don't have to hold it level for the compass to work amongst othr things

If your other waypoint are uploaded with a different file name or created on the oregon they willl have a different file name.

I have waymarks, geocaches and created waypionts If I change one it doesn't alter the other.

If you use GSAK you could change, delete or add caches then upload the gpx file with the same name. That would over write the existing file and make the changes you want

aaarrgh! is there a way to delete caches,but not all my wpts?,the 60 csk was so easy for that! Nope [-( Cache info is stored in GPX files like most other data on the Oregons, however at this stage they do not have a file management ability.....deleting the whole file is the only option. mm I would ...

A few of us were talking today and we could not decide if caching is a spot or a hobby.

Some are competitive others take a more leisurely pace or could it be both depending on the day or a FTF

ian-and-penny wrote:Its probably better to ask/search on the GSAK Forum

And/or have a look at this Colorado/Oregon Export Macro

Thanks found the answer http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=12719

I have used GSAK in the past with my etrex and I could upload from different databases no probs. I updated to the latest version of GSAK last night then tried to load various databases onto an Oregon 550 and each time I loaded a new database it seems to remove the previously loaded caches. It doesn'...

The 550 is great =D> Its good to go paperless again and the camera quality is better than I expected. It has taken a bit to work out the different profiles and navigate around the different menu’s but i’m starting to get the hang of it now and the more I use it the better it is. I did have some trou...

Thanks embi

I'm Putting together some information for PAHSMA. They had concerns about people racing to get a first to find and the dammage to the environment it could cause. I think in their minds it could get like the start of the Melbourne cup. :wink: That made me think just how many people run into other cac...

I'm in the process of getting permission to do some night caching at Port Arthur
got a meeting with themin the morning

Mine should turn up tomorrow or at worst Monday

I rang ja-gps today and they only have the 550 in QLD at the moment Vic should get it by the end of the week.
All of their QLD shops were closed due to a holiday doesn't look like I will have it to go away now

Wow their sales reps are up with the times I was only talking with them on friday and they didn't know when or if they were getting them :roll: that just made the decision easier :D only prob now is that I'm going to Alice next week and would not get it in time :( bugger :!: thanks for the heads up ...