Coupla Kombis Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Grahame Cookie on 11-Sep-07. Waypoint GA0858

The concept is to see how many VW Kombis you can spot in a WEEK.

The Volkswagen Type 1 (aka Microbus) was the first van introduced by VW in 1950. It has gone through several design modifications from the T1 to the T5 over the 50+ years of production. See Wikipedia, Volkswagen Type 2 for more history. The term Kombi comes from Kombinationskraftwagen, or "combined-use vehicle".

There are still lots of variations of the VW Kombis out there, but they seem to have been overtaken in numbers by other kinds of camping vans. Let’s see how many of the various VW vans & transporters we can find in a WEEK as we go around collecting our geocache finds.

This cache is commemorating the Car Show held annually on the Saturday of the October long weekend at the Old Bar airfield on the NSW Mid-North coast. Then on the Sunday there is a yearly attempt at the greatest number of Kombis in one locality. So far, they have been quite a few under the world record of 500, but it does not stop us from trying again. So if you are looking for something to do this long weekend, drop by and have a look, bring your camera and GPSr, and you will be guaranteed one cache as well.

Only one cache find per person or team will be allowed each month, (I will have to trust your integrity of dating the finds correctly). When you find more in the same week, add their photos to your cache log for that week in the month. If you own your own Kombi you need to claim your find with at least one another Kombi.

To claim this cache you need to:-

• Take a picture of the Kombi(s) (hopefully with you and/or a GPSr in each photo). Record its’ registration plate if registered;
• If in an undercover car park, they must be on the same level, and no further than 400 m apart (you may have to be inventive to get the coordinates);
• A registered Kombi can be respotted by others - it'll be interesting to see its’ travels; and,
• Record the coordinates of the location you spotted the Kombis in the cache log entry (if logging with mobile phones while mobile please ensure that it is not the driver photographing; I’m sure it does not have to be said, but there you go!).

If you are absolutely desperate for a cache find and have only found one Kombi, you may make it up with a “Wicked” camper and I will probably be lenient.

Any anecdotes or history in your log regarding the Kombi would be appreciated. Thanks to Grank (GA0715) for his ideas re. cache guidelines.

The Kombis don't have to be as garish as this picture we found in a restaurant at Burleigh Heads, Qld.

The Prize for 2007, goes to Kane D (aka Dukes of Hazard) who turned up to the Old Bar car show / record attempt. He scored over 175 photos of identifiable Kombis. Kane received a ceramic Kombi 'piggy bank' for his posting of over 180 photos.
Let's see what you guys and gals can get this year - 2008.

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