dragonZone: 2020 March

Lane Cove was hidden on the 18th May 2000 which made it the first geocache on Australian soil. Geocaching Australia had a small celebration in 2010 called the 10th Anniversary of Geocaching in Australia. 20 years after the first Australia geocache was placed we are now marking the 20th anniversary of Geocaching in Australia. To help celebrate the 20th anniversary of Geocaching in Australia, the 2020 team at Geocaching Australia have worked together to create the 2020 Game of Games rewards which are 12 monthly games based on finding and hiding geocaches at Geocaching Australia.

Geocaching Australia has minted a special 20th Anniversary 2020 Game of Games pathtag to be made available as a reward to participants who qualify and are randomly selected to receive the reward.



To qualify for this month you will need to:

• Attend and log an Attended at an event on 28th March 2020.


• The log date must be the 28th March 2020.


• The log must be made and entered on the Geocaching Australia website on the 28th.

Virtual Events
Due to the recent COVID-19 Pandemic and the general advice that gathering in large groups is not recommended, if you are not comfortable with travelling and meeting others at a physical event, then you may create and log a "Virtual" attendance event where you can make your attended without leaving your home. This will be in the spirit of this event and this month which celebrates the anniversary of Geocaching Australia.

Why the 28th of March?
Geocaching Australia opened its doors on the 28 March 2003 at 4:01 pm when ideology made their first registration in the Geocaching Australia forum. At that stage we were only a forum with no geocache listing capability, but nonetheless, we were born on that day, so with 20 years of Geocaching in Australia, and 17 years of Geocaching Australia itself you are celebrating our birth and the 20th anniversary of geocaching.

Guidelines:

• An announcement with the details for each game will be made on the 15th of the preceding month to give you time to plan your hides or finds to achieve the goals.


• Each game will have different target in terms of numbers, types, containers and date restrictions.


• Each monthly game is standalone. You cannot carry forward qualifying geocaches from previous months.


• There is no ladder for the 12 games of 2020; only qualifiers.


• You gain a qualifying entry into the game by achieving the targets set.


• At the end of the month there will be 10 random geocachers chosen from all those who qualified in that month to receive a reward.


• Each game will share the same 20th Anniversary 2020 Game of Games pathtag.


• You only qualify once for each game regardless of whether you meet the find qualification, hide qualification or both.


• You are eligible to win more than one prize over the 12 months of the 2020 Game of Games if you qualify for that months game.


• The decision of the administrators is final and no correspondence will be entered into.


• Prize winners will be notified within one week of the months game ending.