Public property vs not so public

For all your general chit chat, caching or not.
Post Reply
User avatar
Ranger1
100 or more tracks walked
100 or more tracks walked
Posts: 67
Joined: 08 March 06 5:48 pm
Location: Modbury Heights South Australia
Contact:

Public property vs not so public

Post by Ranger1 » 25 October 07 10:45 pm

I was wondering what the technical difference is between hiding a cache in a public park , hiding a cache on a university campus & hiding a cache in a garden which whilst is available to the public access is technically on private property but has no fence surrounding it in regards to when permission needs to be sought for placement of said cache? I have seen caches hidden in all 3 without permission for any. What is the official geocaching policy?

User avatar
Papa Bear_Left
800 or more hollow logs searched
800 or more hollow logs searched
Posts: 2573
Joined: 03 April 03 12:28 am
Location: Kalamunda, WA
Contact:

Post by Papa Bear_Left » 25 October 07 11:12 pm

The official geocaching.com policy is that all caches hidden on private property require permission from the owner.

It's officially assumed that permission has been gained by the cache placer (who ticked the box saying that they'd read, understood, and agreed to abide by the guidelines and terms and conditions) unless there's some reason to doubt it.

Reasons for doubt would include things like the reviewer thinking "Yeah, right, like anyone would give permission for something as dumb as THAT!" and comments like "Watch out for the owner of the property, he's got a gun!" in the description.

Council and National Parks are grey areas and are generally assumed to be OK unless there's some specific prohibition (like South Perth Council, for example, who want to see caches before they're published.)

Post Reply