Visitor Information Centres Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By 2y'stassies on 11-Sep-14. Waypoint GA6892

Visitor Information Centres are very valuable sources of information for tourists visiting an area. Information about accommodation, attractions and services is readily available from the largely volunteer staff who operate these centres Australia wide.

Visitor Information Centres are identified by the yellow letter "I" on a blue background and usually there are signs at the entrances to towns and cities showing the way. Many Visitor Information Centres are incorporated with other attractions such as museums, art work and crafts.

The photograph below is of the Great Western Tiers Visitor Information Centre at Deloraine in Tasmania. It has the indentifying logo on the front of the building and on a sign on the street. Special features of this information centre include the superb Yarns Fabrics Installation, a folk museum and a memorial to Malua, one of the greatest racehorses in Australia (won races over 1100 to 5200m on both the flat and over the jumps, including the 1884 Melbourne Cup and the 1889 Grand National Hurdle - see Malua for more details).

To log the find you are required to locate a Visitor Information Centre displaying the "yellow I on a blue background" logo either on the building or on a sign in front of the Visitor Information Centre. The logo must be at the Visitor Information Centre, not at a sign located elsewhere indicating the way to the centre.

To log a find for this cache you are required to

• provide the coordinates of the Visitor Information Centre
• upload a photo of yourself or GPS at the Visitor Information Centre which includes the distinctive logo
• (optional) include a description of any features which make the particular Visitor Information Centre unique such as displays, museums, welcoming staff etc.

There is a limit of one find per cacher. Each individual Visitor information Centre may only be logged once. For the purposes of this cache, Visitor Information Centres with the same name but located in different towns or areas can be considered as different information centres and each may be logged.

If the above conditions are not met, the cacher logging the find will be asked to either amend their log so that it complies or to delete their log.

Happy Hunting. Let's see how many we can find and in the process, recognise the value work undertaken by the volunteers as they welcome visitors to their area.