Welcome to the game. First thing that will happen when you find a cache is that you will get hooked. Your former life will go out the window and you will spend more and more time looking for plastic boxes in the bush
There are two main sites used for geocaches in Australia.
http://www.geocaching.com and
http://www.geocaching.com.au
Here's a little blurb on the differences.
http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Gc_vs_gca
The biggest thing to note is that GCA is NOT affiliated with GC.
http://www.geocaching.com (aka GC) is the site with the most listings on it. You will need a separate account created over there to seek, find and log caches that are listed at GC. Easily distinguishable from a GCA cache is that GC caches have a waypoint that starts with GC. This is a cache in Croydon.
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcqpqe
Note that the code is GCQPQE and as it starts with GC you will need to seek, find and log it at the GC site.
The cache details on the page at GCA also inform you of his:
* This cache is listed on an external site.
* By visiting the external cache listing you are leaving Geocaching Australia.
* Geocaching Australia is not affiliated with the original listing site for this cache.
* Please click here to view the cache.
* If you wish to log this cache, you will need to log it on the external site.
* This will require a separate user account on that site. (More Details)
If you click on the link net to the word Waypoint: it will take you to this listing at the GC site:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_de ... ?wp=GCQPQE
As long as you are logged in over there, you should be able to see the co-ords. Remember you will need an account for each site. They are not affiliated.
http://www.geocaching.com.au (aka GCA) is the site with the fewer listing listings on it., but offers more functionality and an uniquely Australian persepctive. It's run by volunteers and costs nothing to join up and get cache information from. You will need a separate account created to seek, find and log caches that are listed at GCA. As you're posting here, you already have an account. Easily distinguishable from a GC cache is that GCA caches have a waypoint that starts with GA. This is a GCA cache near Croydon.
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1078
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1080
Note that the code is GA1078 and GA080 and as it starts with GA you will need to seek, find and log it at the GCA site.
You should be able to see the co-ords. Remember you will need an account for each site. They are not affiliated.
That's the basic difference between the two sites. We're Australian and don't charge for anything. They are an American based FOR PROFIT company and charge for some aspects of their site.
If you are looking for someone to help guide you though your first couple of caches click on this link.
http://geocaching.com.au/search/gurus/au/vic.gmap
It's a link to the Geocaching Guru / Guide page*. Zoom into your area, click on an icon and contact that person. They have volunteered to help, so don't be shy about contacting them.
As far as which caches are easiest in the Croydon area, I couldn't really answer specifically. Look for a cache that has a difficulty of 1 or 1.5 (easiest) and a terrain of 1 or 1.5 (easiest). These should allow you to get to the cache, almost in a wheelchair, so might be best to search for to start with.
Go here
http://geocaching.com.au/ enter croydon in the search both top right and hit enter. That will show you caches in your area. Look for a single blob under the terr and diff columns, click on the name, visit the GC website (by clicking on the link next to the word waypoint), sign up if necessary and you should get the co-ords.
As to how to put them into your GPS, I can't answer that as I don't have a 60CS, but I'm sure someone will be along shortly.
Welcome to the site. It's all a little confusing to start with, but once you get the hang of it, it's really easy and fun.
*Geocaching Guide / Guru
Geocachers who are new to geocaching, future geocachers who are interested but don't know how to go about getting started or people who are interested in talking about geocaching can be easily confused by the amount of information out there and it's not always easy to get a simple understanding of geocaching.
Here you can search for your closest Geocaching Guide / Guru who has been active within the last 90 days and make contact with them to help you understand more of the fun of geocaching.
A Geocaching Guide / Guru is willing to:
* Help you find out more about geocaching.
* Help you understand how to go about finding and/or hiding caches as well as logging caches at Geocaching.com and Geocaching Australia.
* Get out in the field and let you see what's it's all about by letting you 'follow the arrow', 'do the circle dance' and 'get down and dirty'.
Contacting a Geocaching Guide / Guru is a more than just an email or phone conversation. It's also about getting out there and getting all physical.
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