dragonZone: GeosportZ 2018 (Gold Coast Commonwealth Games)
Challenges
Available
Challenge
Title
Description
Points
1
Archery
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache that has an arch, bow or arrow at Ground Zero. A photo of the arch, bow or arrow is required in your log.
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2
Athletics
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that has a relationship to any of the following athletics activities --OR-- log a photograph of you taking part in any of the following athletic actions at a valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache: High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Hammer Throw, Discus Throw, Javelin Throw.
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3
Badminton
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that has a relationship to flight e.g. the word kite, plane, helicopter, cannon, balloon are in the name of the geocache --OR-- the name of a flying animal is in the name of the geocache. The word may stand alone or be part of another word.
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4
Basketball
Free Throw: Find and log any valid geocache on Geocaching Australia --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache.
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5
Boxing
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache which has the word "ring" or "box" in the name of the geocache. The word may stand alone or may be part of another word.
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6
Canoeing
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache that requires you to use a kayak, canoe or other water-craft to find or hide the geocache and you actually used the kayak, canoe or water-craft to find or hide the geocache. A photo of the adventure is required in your log.
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7
Cycling
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that you rode your bicycle to. A photo of your GPS and your bicycle at or near Ground Zero is required in your log.
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8
Diving
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache that is hidden at or below sea level.
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9
Field hockey
A hockey ball is made of solid plastic and must have a circumference between 224mm and 235mm and weigh between 156 grams and 163 grams. Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache where the size of the container does not exceed 163ml (size micro or nano).
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10
Gymnastics (Artistic)
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache that has the word floor, beam, ring, bar or vault in the geocache name. The word may stand alone or be part of another word.
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11
Gymnastics (Rhythmic)
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache that has the word rope, hoop, ball, club or ribbon in the geocache name. The word may stand alone or be part of another word.
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12
Judo
The gentle way: Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that has a difficulty / terrain level of 2/2 or less.
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13
Lawn bowls
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that is within 100m of a Lawn Bowls club.
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14
Netball
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache in a netball or other skirt. A photo of you, in your skirt with the geocache is required in your log.
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15
Rowing
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that is located along a natural waterway. A natural waterway includes creeks, streams, billabongs, lakes, rivers, ponds, oceans, seas, bays and any other natural location that has water either running or standing. A puddle by the side of the road does not constitute a waterway, nor does a gutter or man-made canal. Your find must be within 50m of the edge of the waterway.
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16
Rugby sevens
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache that has 2 or more consecutive 7's in the published latitude or longitude. The 7's may be separated by the degree symbol, space or . but may not span the latitude and longitude.
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17
Sailing
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that is located on the beach or at the edge of a lake. Your find must be within 50m of the edge of the lake.
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18
Shooting
Bullseye: Find and log the valid geocache that is your closest unfound geocache. This can be either a valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache. If your closest valid geocache is a multi-cache or mystery geocache where the final location is in another state / territory, then you may choose the next closest unfound valid geocache. In your claim, please state if this is the case.
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19
Softball
FOWL BALL! Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that has any relationship to a gallinaceous bird kept for its eggs or flesh; a domestic rooster or hen, pheasant, turkey or grouse.
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20
Squash
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache where the logbook (and plastic bag if present) is inappropriately sized and has been squashed into the geocache. Please do not artificially force existing logs into geocaches in unusual ways, the log you find must be naturally inappropriately sized and squashed.
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21
Swimming
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache that you need to swim to or wade to. You may NOT use any watercraft to assist you in getting to the geocache. Wading means waist high or higher. Photo evidence of your swimming adventure must be included with your log.
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22
Synchronized swimming
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that has a difficulty / terrain level of 1 / 1.
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23
Table tennis
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that has a relationship to tables or tennis either in the name, description or place it is hidden.
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24
Taekwondo
Tae! Kwon! Do! Find and log any valid Geocaching Austraia or valid Groundspeak geocache where the terrain or difficulty is equal to 3, just like the number of syllables in this discipline.
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25
Tennis
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache that has any two of the following number combinations in the listed geocache waypoint in order. 00, 15, 30, 40. The number combinations can appear anywhere in either the latitude or longitude but must appear as consecutive numbers but may be separated by the degree symbol, space or .
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26
Ten-Pin Bowling
Strike! Find and log a series of 10 or more valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocaches --OR-- hide and publish a series of 10 or more valid Geocaching Australia geocaches in the same day. A series is defined as geocaches that share a commonality of name.
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27
Triathlon
Find and log at least one each of the big three geocaches on the same day. i.e. a Traditional, Multi and a Mystery. In your claim, you must state the geocache code for the 3 geocaches. Valid Geocaching Australia geocaches, valid Groundspeak geocaches or a combination of both may be used.
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28
Beach Volleyball
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that is hidden within 100m of a public beach.
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29
Weightlifting
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache that has a size of large.
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30
Wrestling
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache and attach a picture to your log of you and a fellow geocacher wrestling over the geocache container.
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31
Billiards
Pool, or pocket billiards games utilize up to 15 numbered balls where the objective is typically to shoot the cue ball into an object ball and pocket the object ball. The team who pot the 8 ball after potting all their own balls are the winning team. Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache where the number 8 appears only one time in the listed co-ordinates.
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32
Cricket
Chirp, chirp: Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia Beacon geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia Beacon geocache --OR-- find and log any valid Groundspeak geocache that has the beacon attribute.
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33
Fencing
Drawing blood: Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache where you drew blood finding the geocache. You may be as brave (stiches) or woosy (scratch) as you like, but you must include a photo on your drawn blood in your log.
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34
Association Football
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that has the name of a sport in the geocache name, or is located at a sports ground. Located at a sports ground in this case means the geocache is located within a short dash of the sports ground of no more than 100 metres.
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35
Golf
Hole-in-One: Be the First to Find (FTF) a valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache during the period of the Commonwealth Games. i.e. 4th April 2018 through 15th April 2018 (inclusive). This challenge is exempt from the rule where the geocache must have been published prior to the start of the game.
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36
Handball
A regular mens handball has a circumference of 60cm which is the same circumference as a 1 litre sistema container. Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache --OR-- hide and publish a valid Geocaching Australia geocache which is around 1 litre (size regular).
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37
Life saving
Phone-a-Friend: Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache where you simply could not find the geocache and used a life line (Phone-a-Friend) to point the geocache out to you. Please name the friend in your official log.
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38
Rugby League
Log a find or did not find on a valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache after having a try at an archived geocache that you suspect is still there. Whether you found it or not, you had a try.
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39
Indoor Volleyball
Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache that is hidden inside a building. If the geocache is a multi-cache, please provide the final location (general, not co-ordinates) in your claim justification.
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40
Water Polo
When playing water polo take care to ensure your horse doesn't drown. Find and log any valid Geocaching Australia or valid Groundspeak geocache where you found the geocache while actually on a horse (including a hobby horse, or iron horse or clothes horse). A photo of you and the geocache on the horse is required in your log.
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* Difficulty x Terrain PLUS Geocache Type x Container (Size)
Cache Type Values:
Burke and Wills
3 Point(s)
Moveable
3 Point(s)
TrigPoint
3 Point(s)
Unknown or Mystery
3 Point(s)
Beacon
4 Point(s)
Gadget
4 Point(s)
Letterbox
4 Point(s)
Multi-cache
4 Point(s)
Night Cache
4 Point(s)
Podcache
4 Point(s)
Wherigo
4 Point(s)
Project APE Cache
5 Point(s)
Reverse
5 Point(s)
Traditional
5 Point(s)
Cache Container (Size) Values:
Other
1 Point(s)
Unknown
1 Point(s)
Micro
2 Point(s)
Nano
2 Point(s)
Small
3 Point(s)
Regular
4 Point(s)
Large
5 Point(s)