Locationless Memories Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By OldSaint on 12-Apr-20. Waypoint GA14728

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Covid 19 has been having cachers go back in their caching history:

Some have been making jigsaws from past caching photographs

Some caches have required us to look for groups of caches found on the same day reminding us of great caching trips

First Finds and First Hides of caching types have also been other memory boosters

And so the caching memes go on

I'd like to take you back as far as your caching memory will take you and how good/proud you felt after your first find

To log this cache, please go back to your very first cache find; give the GCA or GC number, the cache name and paste your log here; to claim a smilie

(It would also be interesting to know where and what date the find was made, whether or not you made a swap - any photo[s] gets you extra points)

Bet ya, that your face beams as you remember your first cache find

Cheers OldSaint

Congrats to whitewebbs for getting the FTF - Well done.

 

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In line with amendments made to requirements for listing and finding a Locationess geocache, this geocache has been reviewed and found not be in line with the listing requirements.

https://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Locationless_cache
Armchair style Locationless caches where the finder is not required to explore the real world, identify a location and accompany the "Find" with photographic evidence are no longer accepted.
A Locationless cache listing must require the finder to locate an object or perform a task in the real world, collect the co-ordinates and log the find with accompanying photographic evidence.

The geocaching community would like to thank you for listing this Locationess geocache and congratulations to all that found this locationless geocache.

As the geocache no longer meets the requirements we will archive the cache listing.
 
29-Mar-23
I was home one Saturday afternoon flicking thru the paper.

Sat 19th Sep 2009 to be precise.

There was an article on a movie that had just been released that spoek about 'geocaching'.

So I was intrigued and went to the website and signed up.

Well well well there is one under a km from home.

So I grabbed the kids and we headed out.

On the approach to GZ I could see the cache sticking out.

So it was not to hard a search.

The rest is history.


GCYW8T - PTPP 1 Tunnel Wall was the cache long since archived.

TFTL Very Happy
 
14-May-22
My very first GC find was GC35ED7 Planes, Trains and Automobiles. It has been archived so I don’t know how to access my log. I thought I was going to a craft group with a friend (who was very keen on caching). I was handed a GPS with the co-ords already entered and told to find it. Fortunately it was a easy find, and it was the start of my journey.
 
25-Sep-21
My very first geocache find was an accident. I was somewhere on the mainland (possibly in Victoria) near a small village looking for an aboriginal well in the bush. As I was walking back to my camper van I saw a pencil case beside the track. I thought that the local school must have been in the area on an excursion and a child had dropped his or her pencil case so I picked it up with the thought of stopping off at the school to return it. I hadn't walked far when for some reason I opened it to see what was inside and then I realized it was a geocache. I only had a vague idea of geocaching in those days but knew enough to return it to where I found it. Move on about 5 years to 13/05/2019 when a friend and his wife from New Zealand were attending an event in Launceston to which I was also attending. When I met them they told me that they had been geocaching. They explained all about geocaching and showed me the Apt on their phone, how to use it and took me to the nearest cache. I went home, downloaded the GC Apt., paid for premium membership and found that the nearest cache to my home was only about 500 metres away behind the local football ground. I couldnt get it then because of the event we were attending but the next day 14/05/2021 I set off and found GC7ZMWR Waggy Tails hidden by Dankpig on 16/11/2018. The cache took its name from the fact it was located near a dog walking track. The cache was a large jar container about 3 litres with a screw top and had a lot of goodies inside. The cache has subsequently been archived. My log

Only found out about geocaching yesterday from friends from New Zealand. Downloaded the application and this is my first find.

Thank you Wagga Tails.

I went home, had lunch and went back into Launceston to sign the log of the cache my friends had shown me. GC70681 Galvanized Gender also hidden by Dankpig on 08/02/2017 and also now archived. This cache took its name from the building to which it was attached. Genders being a business which many years previously had occupied the building and the lane where the cache was was Genders Lane.Very Happy

Thank you for bringing these memories back. Very Happy

And as I have just worked out how to do screenshots I add the screenshot of my log.
 
05-Nov-20
My first find was GC1TXE0 Traditional Cache Peppertree Walk. Found 4/11/2010.
It was close to home around to find other caches in the area. What an introduction. Thanks for the memories here OLDSAINT Clapping
 
24-Jun-20
My first geocache find was GC30M8P 'Chinamans Treasure', near Rosebud, on 31 Jan 2015.

I was finishing initial treatment for breast cancer and was looking for an activity that would encourage me to keep fit. A friend who lived in Ballarat told me about taking her children geocaching and it sounded like something that would give me a reason to go out walking in my local area and further afield. I signed up on 29 Jan 2015 and found this cache, near my holiday house, two days later.

The log I wrote was "The first cache that I have searched for and I found it without too much trouble. I left a small toy. TFTC
Now I am addicted to this hobby/game."

A few days later I tried geocaching near my home and learned about DNFs.
 
10-Jun-20
My first cache find was 24th April 2006

From Gisborne with Love...
by Spruce Mooses | GCT7YP | Victoria, Australia

I saw geocaching mentioned in a magazine and thought that sounded fun. Joined up, looked at teh nearest cache to home and this was it. I had no GPS so it was a matter of scouring the area. A nice big regular container with swaps as well. I was stoked and 26000+ finds later look back nostalgically to that day still. Cheers
 
08-Jun-20
our First Ever Find was Shining Example GCH9GT by maccamob this cache is now archived we found this on 12-Jan-2005

our first log read Yeah first find now were hooked, located at 18:45 T.Glitter L.Shark, great container

I have attached a screen shot as proof
 
01-Jun-20
The first cache we found was on top of Mt Cleveland in the Tarkine on Tassie's west coast.
We were up there near the towers and we're just about to leave when Mr Beetle leant down and put his hand in to a cement pipe. As it was summer I was a bit concerned there might be a nasty in there but he had spotted something and when he pulled it out it was one of those great containers made out of PVC pipe.
We opened it and wondered what it was all about. We returned to the caravan which was parked at Rosebery and that night googled this 'geocaching' thing.
That was the start of our obsession.
Unfortunately that first find was never registered on any site. We did eventually track down the owner of that cache who had young children and had given up geocaching. Pity he didn't ever get around to registering this cache as it is a quality container in a terrific place with 360degree views.
When we returned home we joined up and the closest cache to our home was Don't Be The Seventh. So that was our first official find. The cache was placed at a weir across the Forth river, a place where 6 people had drowned.
The cache is now archived.
We found it on 26.12.2008 and our first log was:
Found first cache by accident. Read up on game on internet. This one close to home so went looking and found. We are hooked and looking forward to finding more.
Thanks for the memories and I'll bet that first cache is still on top of Mt Cleveland.
Oops, forgot the GC number which is GCP8GB.
 
25-May-20
Our first cache find was "GC1GRDP Book Marksman" on 2 January 2010. the cache was hidden in the gardens at the Devonport Library which was normally a very busy place. We chose a public holiday. our log for the find was
"An interesting location for a cache. Being a public holiday with the public facility closed, muggles were not a problem. However it took a little while for our GPS to settle down. Once we had identified the general area, the likely hiding spot was soon identified and the cache retrieved. TFTC forthferalz. "
being a micro, there were no swaps.
TFTC Oldsaint.
 
20-May-20
On 10 October 2012 Mr dimor singed me (now us) up to Geocaching, both GC and GA, as we were planning a drive across Great Central Road to Uluru and Alice, then down to Coober Pedy, into SA before coming home. We had known about geocaching before that as it has little flags on the Outback Way brochure. I only got 28 on that holiday as we didn't really know what we were doing plus it was a holiday.

My first GC was on 10/10/2012 and was GC3WBM7 called Eelup by baffle (no longer caches)
My first GA cache was on 24/11/2012 and was GA4238 called Whomping Willow by Rach2 (my now caching partner in crime Laughing )

Thanks for the cache Smile
 
09-May-20
Our first cache actually found was during our winter vacation in the south of France "Canet: l'église, la tour Saint Martin" (GC29ZZ6), February 23, 2015. We will have the chance to get to know a few months after the installers of this cache. It is now archived.
 
30-Apr-20
Found GC64F8G17 Beady Eyes on 16th Dec.2016 My log read "This was my first geocache find ... nicely hidden. Thank you to melandphil for placing the cache" it was hidden in a tree stump which gradually disintegrated over time and has since been archived. From that moment, I knew geocaching was for me. Thanks OldSaint for creating this locationless cache.
 
29-Apr-20
Our first logged cache is different to our first real cache, because we had never heard of Geocaching way back then, didn't know anyone who was doing it, thefore unsure o heading into new territory with all these co-ordinates.
We stumbled across a container at Gnomesville, just out of Bunbury WA, opened it up and found some odd information in it.
Well that was it!!
We ended up quietly creating an account, researching handheld GPSs, quite expensive back then, (our second gps was ovver $1200) loaded half a dozen waypoints in it and headed to New Zealand where we didn't know anyone, therefore we weren't going to bump into any one we knew asking us what were we doing??
Out first cache to actually, really search and find was:
1 2006-07-10 /nz.png GC33D Traditional Cache Sharks Tooth Kaikoura

Our excitement was rather short lived as we only had a few caches printed out - yes those where the days when you had to print everything out if you wanted to take the information with you :-//

We found all the ones that we took information for,I must admit, there were't too many to choose from back in those days, and then have been back to NZ twice since, finding plenty more:-)))Thanks for the memories Old Saint Very HappyDancingClapping
 
26-Apr-20
My very first find ever was on the Great Central Road after leaving Laverton and heading to Alice back in September 2013. TG47 and I had pulled into Giles Breakaways where we met a couple enjoying their morning tea. I'm not sure if they were or are experienced cachers but they had all the waypoints for the Outback Way and no GPSr. Somehow caching came up in the conversation and as we had a GPSr the two fellows went off looking for the cache, unsuccessfully, while I copied out all the coordinates.
Although that one was a failure the next one we tried was a find! The rest is history. I still prefer the outback caching as can be seen by the numerous caches I have never attempted around home.
So to the actual cache.
It was White Cross, GC151CQ , a traditional, size small, 2/2, and my log reads
"Just learning. (Ha ha, I still am.) Found this my very first on 4 September . Very exciting."
And yes I still get excited thinking about it. Not many people can claim their first find out in the desert of WA. Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane, OldSaint. ClappingClappingClapping
 
23-Apr-20
My first cache found was GC4XAWJ pipes to talk through

rubymoon05 found Traditional Cache Pipes to talk through?
Monday, 27 January 2014 New South Wales, Australia SE SE 4.1 km from your home location

First find yay

we drove out to it after coming back from Tamworth and some friends telling me about Geocaching

 
21-Apr-20
Our very first find as "Rumbalara Rocks" GCFDA9 on 6/8/2005. Our log is below:

"Decided at the last minute to try for our first cache. Pleasant walk in the park with the filtered light of sunset. Said hi to the Boogie man.
Great location, well done Wyoming Wombats.
I can see a lot more caching adventures in our future."

We had purchased a GPSr earlier in the day for marine navigation and Mr Shifter mentioned geocaching so we looked it up and decided to try to find the closest cache. When we arrived and had to sign the log book we didn't know what our team name was going to be so we decided to use the family trivia team name.
We have since adopted this cache when the owner moved overseas for a while.
Fifteen years later we are still caching, and still loving it.
 
18-Apr-20
My first cache was GC1WWBY - Tarzans Grundschule at 3/7/11, just outside Berlin.

I had come from Canberra to visit Berlin seeing some good friends they took us to a walk and were keen to show us something cool new. They knew that I would like this they had been holding off for a long time to do (almost one year since shortly after our last visit when they learned about this - man I am still upset that I could have known and caches one whole more year if they had just told me Evil or Very MadVery Happy) Anyhow little did they know how much I would like this and take to it. Now over 5000 finds and 9 years later (they are still in the 3 digits) I am keen as ever to cache.
Cool
 
17-Apr-20
My First cache was - GCJZTX High Chair – on 19/03/05, just over fifteen years ago.
I had bought a handheld GPS and it finally arrived in the mail so I could go looking for a cache. Wink Wink
And it was just what I expected, a nice long walk up a slight incline hill and a good search for a small cache.
That was enough to tell me I wanted more of this and so I'm still doing it 15 years and 27,000 caches later. Wink Wink
My log said -

"What a great place to break my GC virginity.(First find that is...)
Had a great walk, and got the lungs working.
I had no idea this & the other one was up there, and I've lived here all my life.
Easy to get to GZ, but took a little time to find the cache( I did have my L plates on, if that counts).
And by coincidence the name on the rock is the same as mine. It was like it was a pointer for me. A bonus.
I added some GC.com stickers & took the torch to revive its batteries in another site later."

Thanks for the memory and the cache OldSaint,
Roostaman.
 
15-Apr-20
GCGDG1 - Bungana 'n' Kiln

My first find was on 27/12/2003
My log read:- 11.00am. Found it easily and quickly. TNLN. This is my first cache after being introduced by my friend Varuna.

Thanks OldSaint SmileClan GriffinClan Griffin
 
14-Apr-20
GC1WFAD - The Forgotten Oval

My first find was on 09/Jul/2012. I didn't have a GPS then or a smart phone (in fact I found my first 180 caches without either), so I picked a first cache with a good hint:
Additional Hints (Encrypt)
1. Pick a poplar!
2. About 1.5mtr from the ground.
3. [Dead Give-away] Sixth big tree from the left.
I also checked the cache on Google maps.

My log read, "I found this easily; my first Geocache. I joined yesterday. A nice easy one to start with. A couple walked by and another person was exercising her dog on the oval, but I was ignored at the tree."
I found it alone...and yes it was obvious I needed to bring a pen Rolling Eyes. (A couple of beginners didn't bring a pen to one of my caches today.)
TFTC OldSaint.
 
14-Apr-20
My first find was in the company of my two daughters, one of whom introduced the family to this crazy hobby. At a family gathering at her home in Bathurst it was suggested that we go and check what it was all about; so off to the Mount Panorama Racing Track we went. After a short search we found what we after, a micro which from my log must have been low down as my log reads " not too hard if you are able to bend".
Find date: 29 July 2016
GC4QG32 - The Checkered Flag - Take 2

TFTLC
 
13-Apr-20
My first find was in 2007 in Queensland
GC119M2 Traditional Cache Identity Tube at Redland.

Thanks
I'm a Laaaaaaaady, duh!Ribbit
 
13-Apr-20
Mine was a really boring ordinary bison hanging from a spindly tree in a Bunnings car park. Nothing fancy, or out of the ordinary, but it felt great & so the addiction started.

Paint, tools & BBQs GC3W6AF found 26 Feb 2014
 
13-Apr-20
My first find was GC2KJ8H "I went geocaching and all I got was... #5 Pushbike" on 5th January 2015. I was so excited. Little did I know that this would become my favourite hobby/addiction.
My log: "Yay! My first cache! Not keen on spiders though."
 
13-Apr-20
My first cache was found on 02/05/2014 (GC3661Y-Bardo). I had no idea what I was looking for until I spotted something that was not matching with the environment and thought: "This must be it!". I noticed it was damaged, but I didn't have experience enough to make a maintenance log (I didn't even know I could do it). At that time I had another nickname, which I changed later on. It was an urban cache, and till these days I feel uncomfortable to look for and try to avoid them.
Thanks, OldSaint for the memories Dancing
 
13-Apr-20
My first find (late November 2015) was 'More Rum Bateman' (GC5J8WD) but this was a long time before I had signed up for geocaching. I was out with friends and they took me to this cache. Lots of fun and it got me hooked but it would still be about two months before I signed up.

After I had signed up, my first logged and official find was 'Quinn's Ghost' (GC1RC4M). I found it on 25/01/2016 and now has since been archived. I really enjoyed my drive and my stop off to find this cache. TFTLC
 
13-Apr-20
10 Years Geocaching iin Darwin
GC2730E
Attended
05/05/2010
Good to meet with others who have similar interests to you

After this I was totally hooked and still love it 10 years on.
 
13-Apr-20
My first find was 2/7/2009. I was a member of an adventure riding motorcycle group. One of the members, Sloth, hid this cache to introduce us to the geocaching game.
GC1VB3N "(ADV AUST) Hopefully this has you stumped"
I was lucky enough to be FTF on my first cache find.Here is my log entry.
"FTF. Thanks for the introduction to the world of geocaching. I am hooked."
How right that turned out to be. Twelve years later and I'm keener than ever.
Thanks for the chance to reminisce, Old Saint.
 
12-Apr-20
Thanks for th locationless OldSaint. My fierst find was GC2DKPT - The Witchs House


My log on 27/03/2011:
TFTC ... it was my first find. Yay! Had no trouble finding it ... pencil still needs sharpening.



Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur
 
12-Apr-20
Our first find was on 14/Apr/2013
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC454W2
Finding Raymond by KTCVic
Although I started my account in 2012 it wasn't until my eldest son called to tell me that he had proposed to his long time girlfriend by hiding an engagement ring in a geocache.
After the call I opened the app and walked across the road to find my first cache.
This was Cameron of KTCVic's first hide. A rubber lizard with a bison tube cabletied to it's neck, hidden in the armco railing in Raymond McMahon Blvd, Endeavor Hills.
It put a smile on my face.
 
12-Apr-20
Our very first cache find was way back in 2007. That same cache has been the subject of discussion between myself and the cache owner over recent weeks. As it is a very old cache there's a concerted effort to keep it in good condition and available for a long time into the future. I have offered to maintain the cache as the owner lives quite a distance away.

GC255F Riding the rails, going nowhere by embi (now The Englands).

My log from that find...
Our 1st find. Not too far from home and of special interest to us because of my employment. Easy to find.
Took small car
Left Toyworld key ring.
 
12-Apr-20
My first logged cache was on 18/12/2010
GC2GT0P
Budzilla's Mini Fine Art Cache
Log: Found easily just go in the right direction and tho shall find treasure

Unofficially i had been caching with a friend months earlier but never signed up until the 18th Dec and slowly got into it and then 2 years later i started streaking and still streaking 2,466 days later
 
12-Apr-20
My very first find was GC4TANY Tumbalong Park in Sydney on 23 November 2013 (though I didn't log it until a couple of months later) when my family gathered at Darling Harbour to celebrate my cuddle muggle's 60th birthday. Here is my found log ...

"My son, a geo-tragic, took my daughter (who has since become a geo-tragic herself) and me on a search for this one to show us what geocaching was all about, while we were on a family get together in Darling Harbour in Nov 2013. Since the two of us didn't have a clue what we were doing or looking for, it took us a little while to find the cache ... funnily, daughter and I actually saw it pretty early in the piece but we didn't recognise it as a cache until we pointed it out, after much more searching, to geo-son. Now that I have signed up to geocaching.com, I'm logging this as my very first find."

 
12-Apr-20
The Meeting Place - GCQCHV - 1-7-2011
Funny memories... Our first cache, or in this case cashe, was a traditional. Our daughter signed us up as RIX1 and we went out and found 3 that day. We even replaced the third cache with a genuine tupperware container. Some time later when we were getting the gist of things we went back into these 3 cache listings and gave them all a favourite point. As the log states, we found 2 the previous day but weren't signed up. At some stage we went back to refind them to sign the logs. The log for our first was as follows.

My first official cashe, I went with my geodaughter yesterday and found 2 and decided to join for myself. So off we set today to find some more.
TFTC

The cache was published on 31-8-05 and is still going strong though it doesn't appear the owner or maintenance team live even remotely close any more.
 
12-Apr-20
baby&Mrs gopher found our first geocache in company with VK4DA BOb who now lives in Killarney QLD.
The cache was a GC hide by Team Horizons GCP0MJ Chinese Foundations now archived.The location was
on the hill in the Botanic gardens in Wagga Wagga. This being our first we had no idea what geocaching
was about and Bob made the comment we would enjoy the finding of containers around the district. We have
now cached every state of this country and made so many friends who enjoy the game as well.
Tnx OldSaint
 
12-Apr-20
Our first cache find was GC18RN1 ‘Idyllic Place’ beside the river Murray at the Mildura Weir on 21/08/2009
Our daughter and her then partner (now husband) were visiting us in the nearby caravan park and suggested that caching might add to our love of hiking and touring this beautiful country. We walked the 159 metres from the park and found the cache.
Our log is as follows :
‘Enjoyed finding our 1st geocache in one of our favourite spots in Australia. Our daughter and her partner wanted to get us involved....maybe we'll get as hooked as they are. Razz
The cache was originally published on 21/1/08 by ‘The Silver Snitch’ and is now maintained by ‘Reverb’.
Unlike our daughter and her hubby who no longer cache we still enjoy this great pastime while touring the country. Currently hunkered down in a caravan park in Millicent SA for as long as it takes and then we’ll be on our way again. Very Happy
Many thanks OldSaint for the memories and allowing us to log another locationless cache ClappingDancing
 
12-Apr-20
My 1st find was on 25th November 2012, log below. Now with 9310 finds later, the many places in Australia geocaching has taken me to and overseas, the people I have meet along the way and the great freindships, it is a great interest to have.

View Geocache Log

"GL9VCEPK ▼

Found it Nana Nel found Traditional Cache Hidden Pathways #12

Sunday, 25 November 2012 New South Wales, Australia SE SE 2.3 km from your home location
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TFTC This is my 1st find in my caching name, nice walk between the 2 towns, we caught the bus over then walked back and caught the ferry home.
Nana Nel"
Thanks to OldSaint for this cache. ClappingI'm a Gnome, duh!Don't BlinkClan Griffin
 
Our first find was Sanctuary at Woodlands GC2T070 on the 5th January 2013,
and the log read
"Our very first find on day one of geocahing. At very late afternoon find"
 
12-Apr-20
Our first cache find was Honeywood like some Oysters on the 1st of April 2013 (a few days before we sighed up for a proper account). We found it using a app that used a different coordinate format and it was damn difficult. Once we found the cache we we pretty much hooked. It was far from the in-laws place and we have taken the kids back since to look for it again.

The log was one of those ones that we all get frustrated with when we receive them on our own hides but we didn't even know that is went off to someone to read!
it simple stated: Our first cache!

thanks OldSaint

 
12-Apr-20
S36° 22.701' E145° 24.026'This is my first attempt at a Locationless find. Having only just joined the Phoenix Clan Phoenix clan this week, I am trying to get my head around the logging procedure. My first attempt tonight to log a Will Attend to this weekend's event in Melbourne was apparently successful, and I am hoping that this will be too.
If it is it will open up a Pandora's Box of possibilities for me.
When I first looked at this group I saw there was only one cache in my neighbourhood, and was no longer interested. Last weekend I was able to attend four geocaching events in Geelong, and had the opportunity of speaking with n0w0rries who explained a lot more about the game, and especially about Locationless caches. This aspect of it really appealed to the photographer within me.
I started reading the list before we headed out to Stamp Club tonight, and this was the last one I'd noticed before the meeting. It must have been an omen, for one of the books tabled tonight was the Phoenix Stamp Catalogue. As soon as the meeting was over, I photographed this. Hoping it meets with approval.

Yes it did open a Pandora’s Box and I’m loving it, especially during this time of isolation, I cannot keep up with all the jigsaws, if we are in isolation for another couple of months I might.
Thanks for the memories Old Saint.
 
12-Apr-20
Thanks for th locationless OldSaint. My fierst find was GC2DKPT - The Witchs House


My log on 27/03/2011:
TFTC ... it was my first find. Yay! Had no trouble finding it ... pencil still needs sharpening.



Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur
 
12-Apr-20
GCGC42 Noises of Tarong. Placed on 03/09/2003 and first found on 06/10.2003. found by me on 09/09/2007.
It is located in Yarraman forestry of which the Power Station and col mine now have a lease. Still accessable.
The noise is the noise of the working machinery at the Coal Mine behind the 2 Meter chain wire fence. takes about 20 minurtes to walk in.
My Log:
youngoldfella


Found it Found it
09/09/2007
I found that walking along this now closed to public vehicles road the cache was only approximately 500meters away and the terrain was challenging but not all too difficult. Good shoes and water would be helpful. Found the cache at about 4pm and this side of the hill was in deep shadow.

TFTC OLDSAINT Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur
 
12-Apr-20
My very first cache was GC1TZMV The Shortest Boardwalk in Town. It’s been recently archived as it kept getting muggled.
 
12-Apr-20
Our very first cache was in Gundagai GC1TRWT - National School.
Our log read: Thanks. My first geocache find. Not as easy as it looks. Great bit of history. Looks like I will combine my love of history and caching.

To this day we enjoy the history that abounds in this country, that is never taught in school.
 
12-Apr-20
My first Groundspeak find was Buried Treasure GCVEVT which I found on 20/04/2006 with the comment "This was my first attempt at finding a cache & I found the hint very helpful". I recall being quite pleased that I found it. Thanks.
 
12-Apr-20
My first find was with fitzy_1965 on 27 Oct 2007. The cache was GCVN6V - City Gates Fairlight Road. That cache is now archived however I believe there maybe another one in it's place. If so, I'm sure someone else will know. WinkWink

This was my log....which didn't say that much at all in those days:


Found it
27 Oct 07

Woo-hoo, our first 'cache' find......ever!!
(found another one later in the day and logged it 1st, hence the '2 found')
Went for it as it seemed fairly easy to find for a first attempt, so thanks for that. Now to buy a GPS!!!!!!!
Some interesting items in the cache so swapped a little item for $1 AUD.


Now almost 13 years later I'm into GCA a bit more than GC, but still happy to do the occasional GC run.

Thanks for this trip down memory lane Old Saint....and yep, there was a smile.
 
12-Apr-20
Our first cache was found 600 m from our front door GCRQHF Marenko's Menagerie on 6/11/11. Tassie Trekkers were down from Launceston that weekend and had just started caching themselves and they explained it to us and the rest is obsession! We went on the internet straight away and ordered the GPSr. The CO is no longer active on this cache and we look after it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
The log read "1st find ever! Thanks, introduced to cache hunting by Tassie Trekkers."
 
12-Apr-20
Mine was GC1K8EM "Palmers Panorama" on the Tasman Peninsula near Port Arthur
The cache was found on the 13 April 2009
The log read:
"Found it
13/04/2009
My first cache find Thank You Old Saint"

I took an OAK Coin Flower and replaced it with a St Kilda Football Card

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