Geocaching Australia

Yes, as noted by the eagle eyed Whitewebbs above, we've changed the requirement for the April Game of Games due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Changes to other months will be advertised / released as required and as usual, i.e. on the 15th of the preceding month. The Locationless cache listing page for A...

Have you decided which Geocaching Australia event/s you are attending on Saturday 28 March 2020? Do you have one close to where you live? If not, you could plan to hold your own. There may be other cachers in your area who need to attend an event close by. Remember, to go into the draw to win one of...

It's the anniversary of the establishment of Geocaching Australia...….28 March 2003.

How are you going in the February Game of Games? Remember, you only need to log a Find log on 5 physical caches during the game period (1-29 February) to be in the draw to win one of our 20th Anniversary Pathtags. To date there are 32 qualifiers. Being the 15th of the month, its now time to also ann...

Just a quick note.....and in line with all bonus point periods in the past, all finds and publish logs must be within the bonus period point. So, to receive the bonus points, logs must be completed by 2359 Monday 27 Jan 2020. Any logs after this time will not receive the bonus points. Enjoy your Aus...

The dragons have met within their forge.....and a decision has been made that from midnight Friday 24 Jan 2020 through to 2359 on Monday 27 Jan 2020, (ADST) a double dragonZone points bonus will be in place. So, for every Geocaching Australia cache found or published during this designated period, a...

Have you qualified for the January pathtag draw yet? Have you set up your 3 regular/large caches but are still to publish them? Well, as it's now the 15th January, it's time to get things finalised and get yourself into the draw. Remember, at the end of January all those who have qualified by publis...

Game Period: 01-Jan-2020 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2020 23:59:59 AEST Lane Cove was hidden on the 18th May 2000 which made it the first geocache on Australian soil. Geocaching Australia had a small celebration in 2010 called the 10th Anniversary of Geocaching in Australia. 20 years after the first Australi...

70 points is for logging in for 7 days straight. If someone has only scored 10 points, it means that was their first day logging in i.e. they have broken their run of consecutive days logging in. Log in day 1 = 10 points Log in day 2 = 20 points Log in day 3 = 30 points Log in day 4 = 40 points Log ...

I'm actually missing a few dZ points. How long does it usually take to receive Karma points? 2 of my GCA caches were found on the 9th Aug but are not showing in my points yet. If the cachers who found your caches were not dragonZone members, you will not receive any Karma points. If they were drago...

Straight from the dragonZone forge are 8 new Missions for dragonZone players to complete. The dragons hope you enjoy the challenge these new Missions will present. These new Missions will be known as ‘XXXX Statesmen’ and there is one for each State and Territory. I.e. Queensland Statesmen, Victorian...

Did you look under the 'Points' tab, and then 'Other'?

The dragons are having a May Madness party. A 2 times dragonZone points bonus will be on offer for all valid Geocaching Australia dragonZone caches found, except moveables, for the period Sat 11 – Sun 19 May. However, a bonus like this won't last and it will run out at midnight (AEST) Sunday 19 May,...

Have you always wanted to set up a night cache, but never managed to actually get around to it? Well, this will hopefully get your motivation up. For the period Monday 8 – Sunday 14 April dragonZone cache hiders will collect a huge 10x bonus points for every Night cache published. Along with Night c...

Please remember that you, the cache hider, can publish any of our caches at any time that suits you. These bonus points periods we employ are simply an incentive for you to get out and have a go at hiding one or two of them. If you’re busy and can’t get started on your hide for a few days and theref...