Simply Speaking, geocaching is a 'location based' treasure hunting hobby. At its most elementary level, it involves hunting for a 'cache' using a GPS receiver. A geocache is usually a type of container, that contains a logbook or log sheet, and depending on size, a few swap items (swag) and may temporarily provide a home for some 'trackables' (e.g. a geocoin or travel bug) When you discover the cache, you sign the logbook, swap some swag (if you want to), pick up, or leave any trackables, then re-hide the cache. Afterwards, you log your discovery on a website. Sounds fairly straightforward? Read on - it gets more interesting!
If you haven't heard of geocaching before, you may be surprised to discover that, at the time of writing, there were over 1.6 million active geocaches in the world, and over 5 million active participants (or geocachers). If you were to go to a geocache listing website, you'd probably learn there were several geocaches hidden within a few kilometres of your home! There are several listing websites, used by the cache hiders and the cache finders. The main worldwide listing site is www.geocaching.com. There is also an Australian specific version,www.geocaching.com.au. There are many other sites that deal with some of the niche aspects of the hobby, but we'd recommend any new geocachers begin with geocaching.com and investigate the other options later.
You can set up an account at geocaching.com without charge and get started straight away. You'll need a GPS receiver, but most smart phones will do the job at a pinch. Although their accuracy might not be spectacular, they'll be good enough to let you find your first few caches, to see if you get addicted. Most keen geocachers end up spending a bit more money on a high quality GPSr (GPS receiver) that will have some specific geocaching functions. Once you've logged in at geocaching.com, look for a cache in your local area, plug in the coordinates, and off you go! Geocaches are rated for difficulty and terrain. To begin with, look for something with a low difficulty level and easy terrain. You want your first hunt to be successful, and there'll be plenty time to aim higher once you've got some experience under your belt.
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Visit www.101geo.com.au, your local online geocaching store, to look at the range of containers, geocoins, travel bugs, tools, and accessories.
For more information, go to geocoin and travel bug
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