Geocaching Australia Online Record Attempt Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 27-Sep-17. Waypoint GA10705

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Type:	Event
Container:	Virtual
Coordinates:	S37° 49.085' E144° 57.420' (WGS 84)
	55H 320178E 5812402N (UTM)
Elevation:	11 m
Local Government Area:	Melbourne

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Description

(This is a Virtual Event only. There will NOT be anything at the GZ for cachers to see or attend. The location has been choosen as it is close to the 'Home' of Geocaching Australia.)

Back on 10 August 2009, the Geocaching Australia Forums held an event where our goal was to have as many cachers online as possible, all at the same time. As it turned out, 123 of our members managed to be a part of that fun event, and that record of 123 still stands today….8 years later. (For those who aren’t aware, if you look down the bottom of the main page of our forums under ‘Who is online’ you’ll see the details of that night.)

The volunteers here at Geocaching Australia think it’s time we attempted this record again……and hopefully smash that record number of 123.

The attempt will also act a Q&A session for those members who might like to ask one of the volunteers a question or two. As you can imagine with more than 123 cachers online at any one time, answering every question that may be asked could get difficult. If we can’t answer a question during the event, we will post any replies after the event has concluded, meaning members will be always be able to check back later to find their answer. Of course, we do hope to answer any questions during the event.

The details of the event are:

Date
Wednesday 27 Sep 17

Time
8.30pm – 9.00pm for QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS & ACT members
8.00pm – 8.30pm for SA & NT members
6.30pm – 7.00pm for WA members

For those cachers who are not yet members of Geocaching Australia, you will need to register your membership online no later than Monday 25 Sep 17 to allow time for your registration to be approved. This process will not take you long, however it will allow us the time to ensure everyone is approved before the record attempt starts.

As for your requirements on the night to ensure you are included in this attempt, you must be online on the Geocaching Australia Forums between the times listed for your state….and stay online for the entire 30 minutes. You will need to go to the forum topic that we set up (details of this will be posted closer to the time) and post the simple comment…..I’m here....or something similar.

This post will automatically show your cacher name and you’ll then be deemed as being online. REMEMBER though, you must stay online in forums for the duration of the attempt…..so the full 30 minutes. This is required as some members might not be able to log on til 15 minutes into the record attempt….but if someone logs on at 1 minute past the start time and then logs off…..we don’t capture everyone as being online at the same time.

For those who would like a ’smiley’ for attending, you can do that here. Simply log your 'Attend' here on this Event page after the record attempt has concluded. Remember though, you must be on our Geocaching Australia Forums to be a part of the record attempt.

As a bonus for dragonZone players, there will be a Limited Trophy (100 points) that will be available for you to claim after the event has concluded. Simply go into your dragonZone trophy page for the Limited Trophy to update.

No doubt there may be some questions before we even get to the record attempt, if so, please ask here and we’ll answer them for you.