OZ MEGA WAGGA WAGGA Eunanoreenya, New South Wales, Australia
By Riverina Geocaching on 02-Apr-10. Waypoint GC1YJ5R

My missing geocoin has surfaced at last.

In pandpp's Found it log of 9 Jun 12 for GC1V4H4 A touch of Paradise he wrote:
"...Dropped off a few Travel Bugs that have been with us for way too long."

One of those was Axcel's Take a Kid Geocaching GC. He didn't actually do an online drop, instead he "discovered it" and wrote "Dropped into GC1V4H4".

It is possible that more of the missing trackables were in the hands of pandpp. Regions of Germany Geocoin was also placed in GC1V4H4 A touch of Paradise by pandpp, but some trackable owners may have marked theirs as missing. Some of those may now be in GC1V4H4 A touch of Paradise.

I've asked pandpp to fix this, but there is no guarantee. I'm tempted to do it for my own, but I don't know the tracking code for Regions of Germany Geocoin. I'll wait and watch.

Damn just remembed I had not logged my attendence only 2 years late

And now it's all over and time to bid everyone a fond fairwell.

A couple of photos of the people who had presentations made for the help given the Event

What a fantasic Event!
Hope there will be more of these in years to come. Anyone else organising a mega event has a lot to live up to.

Thanks for the best weekend!

ATTENTION ALL OZ MEGA ATTENDEES : FINAL NOTICE

There is still 8 Travel bugs and coins that have not been collected from the Oz Mega cache listing.

If you have any of them, or know anyone who has some, please check the list and see if you can spread the word, to help all of them to be taken out of the Event ASAP.

The Oz Mega event will be ARCHIVED on 30/11/10, so any TB's & coins will need to be checked out of the Event before then.

ATTENTION ALL OZ MEGA ATTENDEES :

There are still 17 Travel bugs and coins that have not been collected from the Oz Mega cache listing.

If you have any of them, or know anyone who has some, please check the list and see if you can spread the word,
to help all of them to be taken out of the Event ASAP.

They are -

Name Owner
AT's Big Red London Bus AutumnTiger
Axcel's Take a Kid Geocaching GC WanderingAus
Blue...WRITE SHOP ROBERT Geocoin...#1 WRITE SHOP ROBERT
BRING THE BEARER LUCK COIN goblindust
C and C Rendezvous Coffee and Cache
Cache-Aid kit Geocoin Mr Jibblets
decompass teenbookworm
Greenish's Oz Mega Wagga Geocoin Greenish
I am Male - I don't need instructions! Team Crackers
My Traveling 2 Cents Geocoin sugernspice
OzMega 2010 Geotalk Geocoin 2 Leg Drive
Regions of Germany Geocoin hornet919
Rubik's revenge Riddell
Sydney Koala Geocoin TheBlueFox
The SA GeoQuilt Green Gecko Gang
Volunteer Geocoin 5 Crow T Robot
YANG TB Catwomanga

If you know of who owns or may have these trackables, please see if you can help to move them on from this cache so that we can close off the Mega event page. The Event will need to be archived soon.


COINS FOR SALE :

Also, we still have a few Oz Mega coins for sale if anyone is still interested.
Contact us at [email protected] for details.


Thank you.

Passing our coin thru

We collected all the trackables we wanted before we left OZ MEGA WAGGA WAGGA and logged them off when we got home. We have now sent them all on their way again.

A bit late I know.
Just logging coins through before it gets archived.

For those who are still 'watching' this event page, please NOTE -

There are 21 Geocoins & TB's listed as being still IN the Event.

If you have any of them, or know anyone who has some,
please check the list and see if you can spread the word,
to help all of them to be taken out of the Event ASAP.

The Event will need to be archived soon.

Thank you.

Not guilty - I made sure I logged my 26 out again (puff, puff, puff) and I've only just finished caching them.

great time had by all

unfortunatley missed this weekend but will make sure I get to the next one where ever it may be.

Just checking my OZ Mega coins in.

Dropping in my Oz Mega GeoCoin.
- M

Just wanted to say what a great effort this was by all involved to put on such a magical weekend.

A lot of hard work went into it and was appreciated by all.

We had a ball.

Looking forward to the next one. It will be a hard act to follow.

Just passing our MEGA coin through with a couple of others.

Big thank you to the hard working members of the committee, and all that helped out on the weekend.

And a really Big thank you to Garmin for my new Oregon 200 GPSr unit.

Equally big thanks to Team Crackers of "Southern Cross Fireworks" as well as Phulonphil of "ProFormance Pyrotechnics" for donating the product for the fireworks display,
I would also like to thank Steph (Little Miss Muggle) and Luke from the infamous "Coffee Clan" for all their fantastic help with the setting up of the spectacular show.

It was a pleasure to meet so many more cachers, and I look forward to meeting them again
I am already planning ways to get some time off for the next Oz Mega.

Well done to all concerned.
Dicko, Sue, Steph, and Ashleigh.

My name is Derek Forsyth, user name dorik and I would like to thank you for a very enjoyable weekend at the OZ MEGA event over Easter. I have been on committees such as yours organising large events like this and I know the amount of time and effort it takes to make such an event a success and yours most certainly was. It was great to meet other cachers and put faces to names and to meet so many around town all doing the same thing and I can only say that your organisation of all aspects of the weekend was superb.
I would like to make a suggestion that would I feel help a little if ever another such event was arranged (I really hope this will be the case). As I said a good part to the weekend was meeting people and I feel it would be easier to do that if there would be a plan of the site posted at HQ showing the location of the sites by number and giving the names of the people occupying them. Also I feel it would help if all attendees displayed at lease A4 size their logos, if they have them on their tent, caravan etc.
One again a very big thank you for the weekend – a job well done.

Oz Mega coin starting starts journey

Kicking off our coin's adventures

Well what can one say that has not already been said?

We are proud to have been on the organising committee for this Australian first, in fact Southern Hemisphere first.

The time spent during the past eighteen months was well worth the effort when the Mega Event finally rolled around and we were greeted with a sea of smiling faces. We tried to provide something for everyone with activities that adults as well as Geokids would enjoy. From the feedback received including the attended logs it would appear that the event was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.

We would like to thank the rest of the committee who worked tirelessly for the past eighteen months to ensure the success of this 'Fantastic' event.

Next Mega stop Geowoodstock VIII.

Fred & Mrs Fred

Didn't get to partake of all the enjoyment due to other commitments in Wagga that weekend but what we did see was a lot of fun.

Our kids loved the helicopter drop, the easter egg hunt and the barn dance in particular.

Well organised and I didn't talk to anyone who attended who had anything but good words to say about the event.

Cheers
Fizzgig&Lyric (and Blondie and Boofhead)

Just dropping off our newly activated Oz Mega Geocoin to start it's journey

As many others are doing - dipping my activated Oz Mega geocoin in.

Hello we are brand new Geocachers. Started yesterday and found our first two caches. I think this will be very addictive for both of us.

To the Organisers and committee of OZ Mega Wagga Wagga. I was approached by baby&MrsGopher to have a go at designing your Logo for this event. To my great surprise, my design was accepted and used for this event.
Yesterday, baby&MrsGopher called in to see me and presented me with an Oz Mega Geocoin in recognition of my design and I was completely stunned to say the very least.
It is one thing to see the design on a computer screen or on paper, but to actually see this design on a Geocoin, and to have one of my very own, it is something I will always treasure.

I am told that this event went off extremely well and has set a standard for future Mega events world wide. This can only realised by the hard work and dedication of the organisers of this event, and I take my hat off to all of you.
Best wishes to each and every one of you. You now have a new Geocaching team who are looking forward to joining in on this new form of treasure hunting and a big thanks to Barry & Anne for helping us get started.

Kind regards

John & Helena Knight
aka Noddy&TessieBear

After all the good times of the Oz Mega have finished, many thanks must go out to many individuals and groups for their professional input into the 4 day mega event.
Firstly to the major sponsor in “ Riverina Campingworld “ for being involved 18 months ago when we had a venue and Committee and nothing else.
To Wagga Wagga City Council for all their advice and assistance through emails, fax’s and phone calls over 18 months within Tourism, Events Management , Parks and Gardens plus their gift packs and hamper donations and Corbie the Crow approval.
Much appreciation goes to Camp Kurrajong and the scouts for their great facility ,well manicured grounds and acreage, many meetings of assistance and advice and much more ,where nothing was too much to complete when requested. Also the Wagga district rovers and scouts who volunteered for marshalling and other duties.
St John Ambulance for their 4 day onsite service with two rotating volunteers at all times within the bunk room set-up.
Wagga Base Hospital Auxiliary for their 4 day on site dedication to keep geocachers fed with keenly priced meals 3 times a day and some great smiles to go with it.
To Wilsec Security for keeping the campers secure during the nights .
To all of our proud 28 Sponsors who put all their faith into some exciting and new with many going over and above any expectations. Much appreciation goes to the Eunomy fire brigade who stood besides the fireworks GZ spot with fire engines, watered down dusty areas and supplied the Tin Shed Rattlers with 70 hay bales for stage effects.
Special mentions to “ Partic “ for his online registration assistance and to “Southerncross Fireworks “ in Team Crackers and Fullonphil.Your Firework Spectactular was the highlight of the event and even out performed the Wagga Show.We are all still in awe of your incredible donation to Geocaching.
The two entertainment evenings put on shows to remember and we truly thank the professionism of Don Hillam and the Tin Shed Rattlers. In tandem with this was Rick and Ben priest for a class act of sound and timing for all entertainment.We also thank whoever blessed us with 4 days of the most ideal weather conditions anyone could of asked for. To all our local and event volunteers ,we thank you for dedication towards something special.Plenty of accolades to the Riverina Media Group for a final day free gift to the teams with highlights of the event in the Daily Advertiser copy per team plus DA Dog approval.
Much personal thanks must go the Hinklenator ,Freeunicorn and my own farmers 5 team of seven kids and Karen ,who all kept the Coke Vans ticking over for 4 days.
A massive thank-you goes out to all the Riverina Geocaching Committee for 18 months, plus ,of hard work, committee meetings , incredible suggestions, new ideas, research, brilliant dynamics, and the highest standard of professionalism that will probably never be equalled .
But finally we would like to thank the near 700 “Geocaching Family “ that attended Oz Mega Wagga Wagga .The mind boggling distances geocachers travelled from around Australia and overseas by any means possible astounded us . Your behaviour and cleanliness was first class within camp and around Wagga Wagga.It was a pleasure to be hosts for such a great group of friendly easy going people who seemed to enjoy the spectacle that Riverina Geocaching Committee produced.

1172. 02/05/April/2010. baby&Mrs gopher Attended and helped to organise. .
Well, after many meetings and lots of e-mails back and forth, the MEGA Event is here. baby was one of the lucky ones in that from Tuesday after work until end of packing up on Monday the following week baby was able to firstly enjoy the peace and quiet of the surrounding scene then the hustle and bustle of what turned into a very busy camp area.
Good Friday was soon here and to be standing at the gate when the first vehicle pulled off the road with what was a bright happy smiling face was the start of what to baby&Mrs gopher was a wonderful 4 days. The day visitors more then added to the carnival atmosphere with everyone making the most of the meet and greet game.
If it wasn’t for the smiles, the laughter, the banter of old and new friends greeting one another, and the noise and all the sounds of the kids as well, this would have been just another event. But each and every one of you, the attendees who took the time and travelled all those distances from not only Australia, but from other parts of the world as well, made the MEGA EVENT WAGGA WAGGA the success it was. The friendship extended by you all helped to make this event what it turned out to be and baby&Mrs say THANK YOU ALL.

Dropping my Oz Mega geocoin into the event

Just visiting with our Oz Mega coin and others to start their journeys.

Our trip started in Adelaide and with a quick stop over in Mildura we arrived in Wagga to see a convoy of cars flagging us down. It was great to be welcomed to the city by Liz and Bruce, Skippy, Macamob and Parrotheads from there it was a quick trip out to Forest Hill to show the eldest geokid where our first ever house was.
Thursday Nights pathtag swap reminded me of a market place in Bali with all the battering and dealing.
Friday Morning we were overwhelmed with the tent city that was begining to take shape.
Saturday the Kids and I marvelled at the awsome firework spectacular.
Sundays easter egg hunt had the kids excited and it was certainly an easter to remember.

Thank you to all the people who made the event possible. We really enjoyed the games
Thank you to Team Crackers it truly was an awsome display.
and a big Thank you to all the people that made our weekend wonderful.

Just wanted to congratulate all those involved in the organization of this event. Well done!!! I am pleased (but not surprised) to hear that it was a huge success!!!

just a quick log to drop a tb for the rights milage

As a volunteer to this great event, it was a privledge to help out some hungry committee members who spent so much time making this event possible. A huge task by these few dedicated people has made this an awesome event. A huge thankyou to the Hinklenator who introduced me to geocaching, which has now got me hooked.

Atmosphere and people at the event, was overwhelming to say the least, Mix and Mingle, fireworks, entertainment, helicoptor drop, easter egg hunt, megopoly, chance and community chest, were all well executed and kept everyone enthusastic with brillant results. Everyone was talking about how good these games were. The people friendly and fun and everyone was so well behaved.

A chapter in Wagga Wagga's history that all committee members should be proud of. Well done everyone, and two thumbs up.

Travell Bug / Coin Drop and Retrieval

Starting the mega coin's journey

Now that I've made it back to the States, I wanted to post a thank you note to everyone. This was a fantastic event! For a first event it couldn't have been beat. The entertainment was great. But best of all, was meeting everyone. Everyone couldn't have been kinder to us. It was well worth the trip there. And I did find me a kangaroo in the wild for a picture. Thanks for putting this on for us. I'll ve watching for the next Australian mega and hope to attend it. I hope to see some of you at one of our events in the future.

coin drop/retreival

Just adding my OZ Mega Wagga Wagga Geocoin

Dropping in my coin to start its adventure!

Was sent to me by a fellow Geocacher in Kent in England to be included in the OZ Mega Event in Wagga Wagga.
It was addressed incorrectly the first time which delayed it arriving on time. It arrived while we were travelling to the event.
Have logged it now and will send it on its voyage in Australia.
Shrek4

There is not much more that we can add to what has not already been said before, however we would like to add our thanks to the following people;

The organisers
The volunteer staff,
The hospital auxiliary for the great meals (at such cheap prices),
Team Crackers for the great fire works display,
The sponsors,
The entertainers

And all the other unnamed people who helped to make this such a great event.

We would also like to say hi to all the other caching teams that we met over the preceding days, who also helped to make this a great event.

And finally to the people of Wagga Wagga who were so friendly even though it must have looked like we were doing something "suss" in their park. They were all interested in learning more about geocaching.

Thanks to all and we are looking forward to the next one.

Cheers,

The Swaggies

What a brilliant time we had. We put faces to names and enjoyed all the activities. Tremendous thanks to the organizing committee.

Dropping in my Oz Mega coin to start its journey.

TFTC! ---- No,I guess I should put more in my log that that!
But so many people have allready used up the superlatives.
I have to agree with almost everyone who attended that it was an excelent event.
and thanks to all those who made it possible,
and all those who attended, who made this event Awesome

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Picked up TB 'Knot Me' at the first ever Mega Event in Australia. There were hundreds of TB's but this one took our fancy as Mr J likes knots. Will drop into the Mega event and then move along soon.

Not really anything I can say that hasn't already been said about this great event, so I'll just lead the calls :

3 cheers for the organisers !!!

3 cheers for Team Crackers !!!

3 cheers for the sponsors !!!

3 cheers for all who attended !!!

3 cheers for the poor folks of Wagga !!!

and 3 more cheers for the organisers because they truly deserve it !!!

Thanks one and all for making this such a wonderful experience, we're seriously looking forward to the next one [^]

I had heaps of fun at this event. I loved the music and dancing, it was great fun, and I loved seeing friends from all over the country and meeting lots of new people. The people who ran the event did a fantastic job. Mum and I are so looking forward to the next mega event.

Geocoin drop

*FTF* By chance, drawn with luck, when so many more experienced and skilled cachers were not. We are both humbled, honoured and excited to be both the FTF and inaugural winner of the first Oz Mega Event, the first in the southern hemisphere.
On Good Friday we drove from Leeton on the old Narranderra?? Road along the river. The day started by watching over 20 ballloons launching in the early morning opposite the caravan park. Wow. Cached selectively on the way and finally arrived at lunchtime. The rest of the weekend was simply, fantastic (and all the other superlatives everyone else has used or thought)
We would like to thank the committee for putting on an event that has exceeded everyone's expectations. You have obviously worked tirelessly for a long time.
We would like to thank the sponsors who have allowed us to have such a wonderful time for only $30- where else in the world could we get such value. I know our appreciation is unlimited, I hope you feel the same.
We would like to thank the volunteers who worked tirelessly on our behalf, whether they be the the scouts at the front gate who greeted us, to the marshals around the grounds, the committee, to the wonderful volunteers from the Wagga Base Hospital Auxiliary who kept us fed. We thank you, we had little to worry about and so we could enjoy caching and meeting new and old friends.
We would like to thank Team Crackers (now we know the origin of your name) for putting on the best and longest fireworks display we have witnessed.
We would like to thank our fellow cachers for the camaraderie and the willingness to help, teach and share. I don't think there are too many competitions around where everyone is competitive but wants everyone else to do just as well. Thank you.
To the CSIRO magazine that came to EB Max, thank you for telling us about this wonderful sport that will continue to take us to so many interesting places.
Thankyou to Wagga Wagga, you are not just the city of good sports, you are the City with Wide, Welcoming Arms. As you have always been. You were excited to greet and embrace us and we were sad to say farewell.
Thank you for the memories. They will be cherished and I'm sure, will be exaggerated in time.
We look forward to seeing everyone out caching, at the next event, or just catching up for a beer.
We look forward to seeing everyone at Australia's and the Southern Hemisphere's Second Mega Event, may it be sooner rather than later.
Cheers
Earthbound Control





[This entry was edited by Earthbound Chief on Thursday, April 08, 2010 at 1:27:37 AM.]

Logging my mega coin through

I would like to thank my fellow committee members for all their hard work.

baby&Mrs gopher
Boy Racer
Fred6603
murf
Roostaman
the farmers 5
The Lucas'

Also the volunteers who gave up their time to help us out, some of them all week before and after the event. thank you so much

All the teams that came to make it such a success, I enjoyed meeting and talking to all of you.

I cannot believe how well behaved this large group of people were. Each night it was quiet and peaceful, perhaps everyone was worn out from the caches and waypoints from the games of the event, but i would like to think it was just the good friendly people of the geocaching community.

The mix and mingle game did not turn out how I thought, with so many people wanting to grab my name tag, never had so many people want to grab me, and they were either thrilled with what they found, or disappointed not to find what they were looking for, had a lot of fun and was good to break the ice to start a conversation.

I loved how everyone returning their entry forms for each of the games had so much fun doing it, seeing Wagga Wagga and meeting many of the teams at the waypoints.

I checked on the pirate chance game on saturday with my kids and could not believe how a path was trampled between each of the way points, who needs a GPS? It was great to see so many out enjoying the props and having fun.

Big thank you to Hospital Auxiliary, for keeping us feed, bacon in the morning was too good to pass.

Thanks to HINCO for looking after the kids all weekend, and keeping the troops fed before the event, while I worked.

Had a great time, and it looks like everyone had a great time, which is very pleasing.

Cheers

Travelled over to the Event with Mooshell_22 and had a ball.
The Event was Fantastic. It was great to meet fellow cachers..
The atmosphere and the friendliness of the cachers was fantastic.
My son cannot stop talking about the fireworks and entertainment supplied.
Thanks to the Riverina Geoaching for a superb job.

Looking forward to the next Mega event

TFTE TNLN SL

To all those avid photographers who my have taken hundreds of photos over the weekend, I have started a Flickr pool for everyone to add their pics to.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1427413@N22/

Our first mega event, we had a ball, geodog had fun camping with us at Camp Kurrajong. Great event, loved the games - thanks to megopoly we saw a lot of Wagga we wouldn't normally have seen. Very well organised and thought out, nightly bonfires were a highlight too. Thank you to the organisers, volunteers, caterers and team crackers for putting on a great event and show.

Can't wait for the next one.

Maybe something for the organizers of the next mega event to think about is the geo-crushing that occurs between the nearest road and a geocache. I guess with 700+ people finding the same geocache in the space of 4 days its unavoidable. It did however make it easier to find several caches in town. Mother nature will have to do her thing as usual to cover our tracks.

Edit: In response to an email i received from a fellow cacher, i wanted to say that this was intended to be a joke after noticing there was a 'needs maintenance' for an event.

[This entry was edited by rubai on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 at 9:05:30 PM.]

Traveled from SA with Zak Power Team. Had a great time at the event. A huge thank you to all involved in organizing the event. Would not have known about event if not for meeting Micaparamedic while out caching. When i told my daughter Michelle about event she said she wanted to go. I enjoy caching with my daughter. Was glad to give a helping hand to clean up after the event. Again thank you From Michael and Michelle.

WOW, what a great event. We (Gib96 and myself) had a great time and thought it was so worth the drive down from Brisbane. HUGE thanks goes to the organisers, everything about it was well done

all in all the oz mega event was really good, had fun, toasted marshmallows and geocached.

A well organised event. Caching, fireworks, helicopters, music - all fun! My thanks to BoyRacer for encouraging me to go.

This was quite an amazing event. I did not know what to expect but it could not have been better.
Meeting so many cachers was such a buzz.
The events put on by the organisers were really good the highlight being the fireworks.
Absolutely amazing job done by all the organisers, obviously a lot was done beforehand by dedicated people.
Thank you one and all for a great event.

Mr.Coffee was recovering from back surgery but with a very understanding surgeon I was going to get to Wagga one way or another and the surgeon did say “short drive distances only , many breaks, gentle walks with basic stretchesâ€, now it all made sense of those numbers written on my back in texta during surgery they were coordinates to a puzzle cache the doctors were trying to solve..

The drive up was slow but under surgeons orders many caches were found and logged. We arrived at the Farmers5 home late afternoon Thursday and during the evening watched to tally of TB’s and coins logged into the event mount up with a pondering question was Pprass planning on heading to Tasmania soon..lol.
It was an early night and an even earlier (bugger! sunrise) morning but thankfully the coffee flowed before we headed to the event campground (sometimes we have to sell our soul to instant).

The scout camp over the day filled up to an impressive site of caravans, tents, motorhomes and campertrailers, whilst the HQ was a sea of balloons and color which really set the scene for the whole weekend.

The weekend was a never ending array of entertainment, caches, prizes and some really inventive games. The monopoly challenge was a huge success and the rumor I sold my soul-answers for a few awesome delicious coffee’s is purely a rumor spread by a few Tea drinkers, and the same goes for the rumor that some cachers swapped answers to complete it faster…horrid rumors, fake, false, untrue…lol

I don’t know exactly how it happened but I think I lost a straw draw and ended up in 2 suits one being a Dog and the other being a Crow. The dog suit was fine but the Crow suit definitely needs some improvement especially being able to breath air. I did contemplate a few crow calls Graham Kennedy style but I was more concerned about being “throw stone the crow†by Fullonphil or Keeling over by fainting so I did my civic duties.

I would like to add a big thank you to Fullonphil-Proformance Phyrotechnics, Team Crackers – Southern Cross Fireworks, and their helpers for an outstanding fireworks show.
The Farmers 5 and the Rivcache Committee did something that was only talked about and put together a huge Mega event that demonstrated to the rest of the Geocaching world that in Australia we do it right the first time, and the best thing is I can say I was there.

Regards Mr.Coffee and the “If we take every cacher who attended overall total caches found I wonder what the total would be, total km driven since 2000, log books used, pens lost, batteries used, coffee drunk, GPS units lost, but I am sure there is someone out there who could work it out†Coffee Clan.

Starting My Geocoin's Journey, thanks again to all.

Oz Mega is really brilliant and I am really enjoyed myself and meet new people which give me more interesting.. Also Great to meet my old friend again.. I would love to go again next time.. Many Thanks for organise to Wagga Wagga.. I admit to tell they all are excellent.. Proud of them.. Thanks again..

We arrived on Thursday afternoon and left on Tuesday morning. It was great to finally get to this long-anticipated event (I was actually coming to it last April until somebody put me straight!) and to see Wagga Wagga for the first time. Your organisation of the event was fantastic, and there were many highlights for us. We were impressed by the catering arrangements and thankful for the hard work that the volunteers put in.
It was also great to get together with our Victorian friends, and to meet lots of cachers from other States. Mrs Squalid enjoyed finally being able to put faces to the names of pathtaggers she had long been trading with. And, we even got to do some caching as well....thanks for a wonderful Mega event.

Thank you to Riverina Geocaching committee for organising a well done Mega event, also to the sponsors for their contribution and to the people of Wagga Wagga to put up with all these people looking for tupperware containers in their district and to all fellow geocachers to make this event the BEST.
Thanks for a great weekend, bring on the next one!!!! Redbackspider

It was an absolute privilege to be part of the committee for this event.

Having just got home from helping pack up I have to say I am feeling just a little tired, it was VERY refreshing to read some of these logs and clearly evident that people enjoyed our event.

While a lot of these logs thank the committee for the event I would like to thank two special groups for making the whole thing possible:

Our Volunteers, They freely gave of their time, effort, and enthusiasm and in some cases even their fuel and vehicles to make this whole show happen. Without hesitation the volunteers would jump to assistance at any time of the day. Special thanks to Tuena for running into town a couple of times when needed urgently.

Our sponsors, the contributions to our event by the sponsors and community has been amazing (Most of our sponsors were non-cachers and having no knowledge of our sport were also happy to help.) I shudder to think what the registration fee would have cost everyone if our sponsors didn’t make it all happen.

I would like to share a little story about two of our younger volunteers, Friday morning two young fellas rode out to the site early in the morning many miles on their bicycles, These two scouts stayed on the gate all day helping direct people coming to the site and handing out maps, These two young scouts were polite and courteous the whole time they never wanted to have a break. They wouldn’t even stop to have a drink or lunch without serious persuasion! It was people like this that made this event happen. It was hot they had next to no shade and yet they never complained all day. They were even keen to learn about Geocaching.

Last but not least the fireworks were SUPER cool and I couldn’t think of a better way to have spent this Easter.

Oh by the way about the dust, thats just all part of the Wagga experience and we wouldn't have it any other way!

Cheers!

We are in complete agreement with those more elequent geocachers who have expressed their delight at the way the Mega Event was organized and ran over the three days. Such a professionally run event with so much to offer definately wasnt what we had expected - we feel that we should have been paying more than a mere $30 for such a great experience. The only thing we would have changed was of our own doing - we should have stayed at the campsite instead of opting to use a caravan park in town, it had originally been our intention but once I found that we couldnt stay prior to or after the event I thought it best to get a caravan site and stay put. It was sooooo hard to tear ourselves away to go back to the van. Next time.....

We travelled close to 4000klms from Geraldton Western Australia towing our van to attend the event - by the time we had deviated for a few days here and there we had clocked up just under 6000klms in 28 days. Its been time and money well spent and we would urge other West Australians to attend when Wagga puts on the next event!! You will put on another please..

Congratulations everyone and thanks.

Wow, from what we saw, it was well organised and well run.
Brilliantly done Rivcache crew, kudos to you all.
We didn't stay on site but actually in Leeton so were doing a large number of kilometers just to turn up an do some caches and the competitions.
Was it worth it. You betcha.
Really enjoyed the pieces of 8 challenge the main street challenge and the meet and greet challenge. Well thought out an lots of effort.
Didn't really get to do many of the Megapoly competition as time was against us but we enjoyed what we did.

Would love to do another, it was all just so good.

Only 10 years for Australia's first Mega Event to come to being, hopefully we won't have to wait that long again.

Cheers growingupisoptional

WOW..........................!!! What a MEGA EVENT it was.
We had the best time with fellow cachers.

We were just blown away on how well it was all put together, a true credit to the Greg and all the team from Riverina Geocaching, just fantastic.Thank you to all involved
We loved the entire weekend,had a blast.

I Kid you not, in years to come they, (WE) will all be talking about the "FIRST OZ MEGA EVENT AT WAGGA WAGGA".

A BIG THANKS again TO ALL INVOLVED...........From Lostmonster & Co.

[This entry was edited by lostmonster on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 at 2:48:14 PM.]

What a fantastic Mega event! The best I have ever been to! You all sure know how to throw a great get together.
Was good to meet old and new faces and gt in some great caches. Many thanks to all those that put in all the hard work to
put this one on for us. Hope to get to the next one that comes up down this way. Until then: Happy caching to all!

The most awesomest time ever. Ever.

Highlights - catching up with old friends and new, meeting all my facebook geocaching friends for real.

Schnapps the Schnauzer is now trackable. LSAKZ8.

State of Confusion - were we South Australians or Tasmanians? Tasmanian contingent needed the numbers most!

WAGGA WAS THE PLACE TO BE.

But where next? SA? Ballarat? Not four years away, no more than two...

Cached

WELL DONE TO ALL THAT HELPED IN THE SET UP AND RUNNING OF THIS 1ST OZ MEGA EVENT HELD AT WAGGA WAGGA.
Had a very enjoyable time in a very lovely area of NSW on the Riverina. You all should feel so proud of the effort that has gone into this event. Meet alot of great fellow Cachers from all over the place. Caught some that I know and meet some new Cachers as well. Enjoyed the activites that went with the games. Great parks and gardens to visit. Great entertainment as well. Thanks for all the work that has been done to make this the Greatest Event.

My congratulations to all of those who organised this great event. It was very well run and thoughfully put together, I'm sure everyone enjoyed it immensley, I know we did. Thanks very much. When the next Oz Mega is held we will surely be there.

just logging coin thru for distance ta

TFTC- we had a ball and can't wait for the next event. It was all so well done, and we were busy all the time. The food was great. We met lots of great friendly people, it's rare to get together with that many people who all have the same agenda and just want to have fun. We couldn't make the event a milestone cache but on the drive home we managed to find our 100th (after starting the drive down with 65) so we are pretty happy with that. Roll on 2012 and the next MEGA somewhere. Thankyou so much Wagga Wagga.

Our first Mega Event and what a weekend it was. From the games, to the entertainment, to the catering, to the friends we have made. I think the facilities and the weather were perfect. You could not wish for a better fours days of fun. A huge, huge thank you to all of the organizers for all of your efforts. Really loved the bush band and dance, very Australian. I thought you catered really well for the children. Cannot wait for the next event. TFTE. KeMS

Coin visit

I was there with a friends family.
Enjoyed my holiday in Wagga Wagga.

Thank you for running htis event cache,
I had fun at it, My friend KayKayFinder came along with my family and I loved it!
The fire works were great too.
Once again, Thank-you. Zarzeeky:-)

TB Drop for mileage

Adding a coin for airpoints recognition.

Congratulations to all of the committee who have definitely set the bar very high for future Oz Mega Events. It was quite relaxing to catch up with familiar teams and to meet new teams who until now were only names on logs. Choosing whether to socialise or go for the numbers was probably the hardest decision that I had to make over the weekend. Thanks also to the City of Wagga Wagga for its contribution to the success of the event. I am pleased to be able to say that I was a part of it.

This was a Virtual Blast, our favourite things were participating in the Pirate Treasure chance game and watching the "drunken star" at the bonfire on Saturday night.
Thanks to the organisers for a wonderful event.

Pandaz Rock

This was so much bigger and better than I had expected. I wasn't around long, really just passed through, showed up Sunday mid arvo and left again mid morning Monday. I set up the van at nearby Oura Beach.

I'm disappointed to have missed the fireworks Saturday, but thoroughly enjoyed Sunday nights entertainment.

Found a few caches in the company of new friends and old.

I look forward to the next mega, where I will definitely stay on site, rather than off by myself, and plan to take in the whole event, not just a corner of it.

Thanks

Tuttle

Finally we have reached the Goal of 1000 caches and would like to thank the committee of the event for their work.

Well, what more can one add that hasn't already been said. Good work all arond, we loved it!!! Had a good trip around the country side to afterwards.

I hear these are Bi annual occasions?

TFTMega effort and TFTMEGAE

Traveller drop & Retrieval to begin their Journey

What can I say about this awesome event that hasn't already been said? It was fantastic beyond words. So many highlights but the fireworks by team crackers was extremely special. So much fun in such a short time. Thanks to all for organising and attending this great event!!!!

I had a great time at the event; the people were awesome, the entertainment was wonderful and the competitions were not too hard but challenging. Thanks to all the wonderful people that made this event possible!

It was fun to cache around town and meet other cachers..you knew what they were up to!
I liked the bonfire and the egg hunt and the heli drop. thanks for a fun time.

There's something about Events that as a Geocacher I love [^] I'm so pleased to say that the Oz Mega Easter Weekend was not only my first Mega Event but the times shared with my friends is something I will always treasure.I feel so proud to call South Australia home but it was just amazing to finally meet so many of my long distance buddys A MEGA thankyou to ALL the BEHIND the scenes people who very rarely get the recognition they deserve ~ It really was great to catch up with you all around the campfire late at night and I hope you know how appreciated you are [^] Although I decided not to compete in the competition I would like to thank all the Riverina Geocachers as I found around 150 caches over the 6 days I was in Wagga and look forward to logging all the fun I had while visiting this lovely City.The 60,000 odd thousand people of Wagga are to be congratulated on such a wonderful place ! The Botanical Gardens was a personal favourite and the people we met outside of Geocaching was a huge highlight for me coming from a township of only around 1000 people.I would also like to thank the Band who INVITED me onto stage to perform a couple of songs and I know you will continue to play Road to Gundagai (now you know the chords) and remember me with laughter and friendship as that is what Geocaching is all about for me ~ not the numbers or the popularity ~ just pure and simple friendship ! Without a doubt I rate Team Crackers as the overall winners of the MEGA Event ~ I was lucky enough to watch the display with a new friend (even though we nearly both delayed the start LOL) and will always remember what a great night was had by all ! Cracker Girl you crack me up ~ Love your Work ! There are just so many highlights,the Night Caching with Goblindust and The Blue Fox was just awesome and I so enjoyed visiting the National Art Glass Gallery as a collector of Early Australian Glassware.To those who didn't attend the NO WINE NO CHEESE parties I salute you ~ especially PA Shane LOL sshhhhh Thanks for the memories everyone and TFTMEC ~ You and SA Rock ! ( oh and some of my Mexican friends are ok I guess too) My only suggestion is that Oz Mega stickers would have been a great idea but the packs were extremely good value anyway [^]

bug drop to ensure proper mileage

Traveller drop & retrieval to start off a traveller purchased at the event

Checking in my GC. Thanks again!

Oz Mega geocoin drop to start travels.

The virtual side of the Frog family attended the mega event as well. I spent most of the time taped to the side of the casbar. What an excellent event. Special thanks to the organising team, who did a fantastic job.

I just want to say thanks to everyone who organised the event. I had a really great time and finally got out to meet fellow cachers.
Everything was pulled off really well, my highlights were definitely the fireworks (BEST I've ever seen) and our night up in Pomingalama Park doing the night caches (GREAT views).

With the volume of people in the area the landscape around caches may take some time to return to normal, all worth it though I suppose.

So again, thanks everyone. Dead on 400 caches too, sweet.