Maker Magic: Go-Go Gadget Maker Magic Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia
By I.C.C on 25-Jun-23. Waypoint GCA87B7

Great to see some many people in attendance and to hear the nice feedback was very pleasing.
Thanks to those who attended. Time to archive this one.

Looks like I'll be able to attend, the stars have aligned.

On my way, but I’m going to be late

Thanks for hosting the event today it was great fun to watch a PVC cache being made!! And thanks Martin cousins for the cookies!

This Event was absolute Magic! The Rats demonstrated how to Maker great cache out of plumbing parts. The views from Event GZ are awesome, and I even saw whales. About 20 geocachers attended and participated. ?? TFTE I.C.C.

Glad the times aligned and I was able to make the first half before heading to work. Thanks for the magic cache making example Rats and the effort put in to creating the event. ????

A great cache team building type event. Loads of fun was had, thanks for holding this

What a great event, cookies, tunnels, free caches and a souvenir!!! Awesome. TFTE

A solid turnout this morning and such a great location - I think some attendees spotted a whale or two. Plenty of caching chat and then many departed to find other local caches and enjoy a day in The Gong. Being able to construct a cache at the event also seemed like a winner which was excellent. TFTE!

Great to see more faces this morning than The Usual Suspects. I am sure that we were all out and after the same thing; that Souvenir!

Thanks to The Rats for leading the charge on this one on behalf of ICC and we hope that everyone enjoys their newly made cache containers!

Glad I managed to squeeze attendance into an otherwise very busy day.

Cheers

What a great event. Thanks Dave Rat and the Illawarra crew. Dave you have given me an idea fora new cache hide.

What a great way to spend a Sunday morning, magic weather, magic views (with whales), magic cookies and a Magic Maker event where fellow cachers got to make their cache container.

Thanks to everyone who come all, thanks to my fellow ICC buddies for supporting my magic maker idea and a great way to earn a souvenir.
TFTE ??

Fantastic "hands-on" event with many building their own [Go-Go Gadget](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOwCUkqjzKo) cache to take home.

Many thanks to The Rats for organising this event and getting all the components we required to make containers and showing us all to put it all together.

Great to catch up with everyone that attended

This was a last-minute decision to attend this morning. I arrived just in time for the Magic Maker activities to start. We got food and learnt how to make caches. Thanks for hosting. TFTE

Somewhat earlier than I am normally out and about on a Sunday morning but this was a special occasion. An unusual event with a unique souvenir, but also a milestone for me. I'm very pleased to claim this as my 6000th smiley. What great adventures, experiences and friendships I've enjoyed since stumbling into Geocaching in late 2011! Today was no exception, with some challenging caches, exploring a beautiful part of the world while working towards the milestone. At today's event I learned about primer for pipe caches, earned a souvenir, got a pathtag and a container for my next hide - not to mention catching up with old geo mates and meeting a few new ones. Onward to 7000! TFTE!

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I really early morning start for me but so worth the effort to get here to this fabulous location. Love the view!!
I met some familiar faces as well as some new ones. It's always a pleasure meeting new geocachers.
Thanks to The Rats for his organisation and instruction. I definitely learnt something about using primer before gluing PVC. I also learnt about using the pink primer before painting PVC pipes. Thanks Martin Cousins.
A great morning all round.

A slightly early start today for a trip to Wollongong for some events. Quite a good turnout here for the first event of the day!
Thanks for the event!

A last minute dash down the coast meant I could attend this one, thank you

A last minute change of plans means I am about to be on my way - I won’t make it for the start but should be there before the finish!

Had to rush all the way from Nowra this morning and arrived a little late, but in time to craft a great new cache. Really liked the idea of something else for an event and very much caching related. Now thinking out a nice location to create a new cache!
TFTE Wilbert67

What an absolutely splendid Sunday morning, filled with the most enchanting weather, mesmerizing views and whales, an extraordinary Magic Maker event. Now, my only task is to find a spot to hind my Magical Creation thanks for the event.

Good to see lots of old and new faces after the long Chinese flu layoff.
A bit of fun watching as new containers were made.

TFTE
Ironbark.

I arrived just as the magic was happening, great spot and a top turnout,
Thanks for all your efforts hosting this special event

I missed out on registering/hosting my own official 'Maker Magic' Event.
Thankfully, the ICC had this Go-Go Gadget Event organised!

A fantastic turnout and an insightful demonstration of how to work with PVC.

Thanks to the ICC for their generosity! TFTE

With this special type event/souvenir a rarity (thanks to very specific requirements set by HQ), this gathering attracted one of the largest crowds I’ve seen at an ICC event in a long time. Good location we hadn’t used before which also prompted a lot of new logs on my nearby AL at the same time Thanks to the Rats for organising and the informative demonstration. Go-go gadget!

My plan is to make the trek down for this event. ??

Apologies but I will not be attending. I was able to attend an event in Darwin today before flying home. Attendees will get the souvenir. Looks like they have fixed the issue.
Have a great event everyone.

Hoping I can get up early enough to make the trek down for this.

Planning to be there. If I time it right, this will be smiley #6000.

Will pop down for a look at any gadgets.
Cheers

planning to be here

Planning to be there

Sadly can't make this event. Still overseas Hope you all have fun!!

Will be there

Geocaching HQ discovered a technical problem in distributing the souvenirs for Maker Magic events. To ensure that you receive the souvenir for this Event, post your "Attended" log after you attend the event and Geocaching HQ will automatically add the souvenir to your profile within a few days after the promotion ends on July 3, 2023. Thank you for your patience!

I'll be at work, but I hope GeoLachlan can get there for me

Coordinates changed from:
S 34° 29.460 E 150° 54.950

Coordinates changed to:
S 34° 29.525 E 150° 54.903

Distance from original: 460.3 feet or 140.3 meters.

A more suitable spot with tables n chairs and undercover, should we need it.

I hope I can attend this Event.

Hope to get there. Thanks for organising.

Magic makering, makering magic, magic puzzle, make puzzle, make gadget, no can do, i waoul like. epic. If no maker magic pops up closer i shall be there.

Sounds like a great event- will be there.

Sounds interesting, will see if I can get there.

Published

Should be fine for this one!

Lock it in, we love gadgets

Nope, sorry, on my way to the Northern Territory then

Have fun!

Unless one pops up closer to home, I will do my best to make this event in The Illawarra.

The rats will be attending

See you there!