Geocaching Australia

We, well actually I, have registered interest. I really want to go, Mrs has not yet joined in enthusiastically. Does that count? Any hints on how to generate her enthusiasm?

492... getting very close...

Dicksontwo, you have to find her currency. Does she like op shops? If so, find where the op shops are near the Mega. If retail shopping, find those... etc......

Just a cacher wrote:Dicksontwo, you have to find her currency. Does she like op shops? If so, find where the op shops are near the Mega. If retail shopping, find those... etc......

sounds like you've done it all before!

MtnLioness wrote:

squalid wrote:We want to go to this but are not going to book until the event has been declared a Mega.

That's why it isn't hitting 500

Not so. We have registered our interest on the NZ site but we just haven't booked our flights yet.

Oh look - NZ MEGA 2012 just got listed and approved

Thanks to everyone that registered their interest You'll be hearing from us in more detail soon!

rediguana wrote:Oh look - NZ MEGA 2012 just got listed and approved

Thanks to everyone that registered their interest You'll be hearing from us in more detail soon!

Fantastic. GC35TTR.

And our first 'celebrity' has logged a Will Attend log - Jeremy Irish, one of the founders of Groundspeak will be attending

http://coord.info/GL79XEW0

So that little cat is out of the bag, along with the fact that Brian Roth (one of the other co-founders of Grounspeak is attending). Don't worry, there are still more surprises to come.

bugger we thought we would pip him, but he was first
only listened to GeoTalk yesterday which reminded us to book our tickets, 2 megas in a year , m cant miss that

Dunedin is one of the few spots in NZ I haven't been to, so I'm looking forward to it. I also have some year 2000 caches to grab while there.

Unfortunately, the rest of The Spindoctors won't be there, but I will have at least one close relative in tow.

Good to see that gps.org.nz have now released the NZ Mega 2012 January newsletter on their forum page. Only 9 months to go

Some not so shonky logic when booking an airfare from Australia to NZ for the mega-event...

It may work out cheaper to book two one-way air tickets rather than a return ticket. The journey back to Australia will be calculated and paid in NZD, at current exchange rates this may be cheaper than the component of the return fare. It also allows you to mix and match airlines if that be your desire. And it seems that some airlines do not have, or will waive credit card surcharges in NZ.

I just saved around AUD60 each.

shonkylogic wrote:Some not so shonky logic when booking an airfare from Australia to NZ for the mega-event... It may work out cheaper to book two one-way air tickets rather than a return ticket. The journey back to Australia will be calculated and paid in NZD, at current exchange rates this may be cheaper than the component of the return fare. It also allows you to mix and match airlines if that be your desire. And it seems that some airlines do not have, or will waive credit card surcharges in NZ. I just saved around AUD60 each.

Yep. Air New Zealand calculates based on where you start the trip from. If you start from Australia, book return, then both legs will be AUD. A single AU-NZ flight will be AUD, and a single NZ-AU flight will be NZD as it is deemed to start out of NZ. Not sure if this holds for other airlines, but it should work for AirNZ. AirNZ does have credit card surcharges from memory. I learnt the lesson the hard way when I was booking my flights to Adelaide for OZ Mega.

In case anyone has missed it, there is a short-term air fare sale on at http://www.virginaustralia.com/au/en/sp ... 20215_0946