The annual Geocaching NSW Winter Walk was held in June the venue being in “The Bluies” starting near Lawson and taking in part of the Empire Pass (GC87WJ9).

After a cold night, we had near perfect weather in the morning as a group of about 25 eager bushwalkers took off from the Park Run grounds around 10:00 am. The group was made up of walkers of all ages – the young, not-so-young and the old(ish)! One participant even came all the way from Texas, USA just to join in the walk.

With The Bebes and Brewmaker as the “tour guides”, we made our way along the well-marked track, grabbing a few caches along the way and admiring the great views. We passed some impressive sights, including Fairy Falls, Echo Bluff, Frederica Falls and the Natural Spring. Some of us even detoured to take the steep drop to grab the nearby puzzle final too!

After 3 hours we completed the 8km walk for a well-earned rest. There were plenty of laughs and conversations throughout the journey. Then it was time for some lunch at a nearby café.

Thanks to all the participants. We look forward to the next Winter Walk in 2020 and we're always open to suggestions of places to visit - just drop us a line in the forum.

Rain didn’t dampen attendee’s spirits when it came to the recent Geocaching NSW event, “Rock into Spring” at Lake Alexandra Mittagong. It had been wet for days and the rain had no plans to stop today either, but with his presidential tongs in hand, Seemyshell was able to get all the snags and onions cooked. A nice big shelter was secured and lunch was served. The BBQ lunch was provided to our members for free but the association suggested a gold coin donation for non-members. A total of $31.50 was collected and is bound for the Southern Highlands Rural Fire Service.

With full bellies, it was time for our special guest, Len from 154Crows to take the floor. Len gave us some great general and specific information about earthcaching and how best to approach both finding and placing them. This had people talking, asking questions, and getting excited about heading out into the field.

A total of 30 geocaching teams/players penned their names in the event logbook. But a very clever CO had a surprise in store for us. Just as the event had concluded, Muppet95 announced that a brand new earthcache listing had been published only 400m from the event! So with proceedings at the event wrapping up, most teams shuffled over to the site to collect the required info, check their answers with the CO in person, and by logging the cache, where able to obtain their earthcache 2018 digital souvenir.

A big thanks to all who attended – GCNSW members (old, new and complete newbies) for braving the elements, 154Crows for the valuable earthcache information; and Muppet95 for arranging the publishing of his new cache to perfection. The next Geocaching NSW event will be our Christmas event and announcement of the Geocache of the Year. Dates, locations and voting forms will be released in the coming weeks.

You're invited to the association’s tenth Annual General Meeting and Meet’n’Greet. When and where? Sunday, 12th August at the Carlingford Bowling Club on the corner of Pennant Hills Rd and Evans Rd, Carlingford.

The formal AGM will run from 10:30am until about 11 or so and is for members only. That's where we do all the necessary annual reporting and elect a committee. However as soon as it's out of the way, we'll move onto the fun part - a Meet’n’Greet open to all.  Come along and meet other cachers, share stories, log trackables, get hints for those tricky hides  and enjoy the camaraderie. This year to celbrate 10 years of the Association there will be a short presentation on the history, highlights and hopes for the future of GCNSW.

After 6 years on the committee and 5 years as President, Zalgariath will be stepping down, as will Vice President Marcus Vitruvius (8 years) and Committee Member Kid Ron Satan (3 years). This changing of the guard means it will be a great opportunity to become part of the new team to lead GCNSW into its second decade and members are encouraged to nominate themselves or other members for any role they feel suited for. The Committee Nomination Form (and nomination procedures), the formal Notice of Meeting and the Meeting Agenda are available here in the Member's Forum. If you can't remember your login details or have trouble accessing this members only area, please drop us a note to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Similarly if you have any questions about what is involved in being on the committee don't hesitate to ask! A summary of the Committee roles is below.

Hop across to the AGM Event now, log a "Will Attend" and lock it into your diary.

The Geocaching NSW committee Roles:

• President - Acts as chair at association meetings, governs association business and is the first point of contact for media, landowners or other interested groups seeking information about Geocaching in NSW.
• Vice President  - Support the President and provide a second line of guidance for the association.
• Treasurer - Manages the money the association has collected, ensures that all payments authorised by the association are made, that correct books and accounts are kept showing the financial affairs of the association. 
• Secretary - Prepares the agendas and keeps the minutes of all meetings of the committee and is responsible for the lodgement of papers with NSW Fair Trading.
• Ordinary Members -  They help the association where needed including organising and assisting with events, managing the shop, posting on social media and providing insights and opinions to matters that affect the association.

All positions in the committee will be declared vacant during the Annual General Meeting to make way for the new committee. Click here to grab your nomination form today! Please Note, you must be a financial member of Geocaching NSW to nominate for the committee. See you all there!

Spring is here and it is time to get outdoors...and indoors! We will be hosting our usual Spring event next week and then will be sponsoring another in early November with GCNSW member ADI!

First up, Geocaching NSW invites all geocachers, whether members or not, to attend our "Climbing into Spring" event on Sunday October 22nd at Sydney Park, St Peters. As well as the usual Meet'n'Greet in the park, we have also negotiated a group discount at the nearby Sydney Indoor Rockclimbing Centre! Come brush up on those rope and bouldering skills before hitting the bush this year. 

The logbook will be at the park and the event is an informal meet and greet, “BYO everything” picnic where you can make new friends with a common interest. Share stories about your latest caching adventures and swap travel bugs and geocoins. You may even pick up a hint on those pesky DNFs or get a clue or two on how to solve a puzzle cache you’ve been stumped on. 

The climbing activity is not a requirement for an attendance smiley, but should be great fun. We plan to meet at 10:00am at the park and walk to the centre to begin climbing at 10:15am.

There is car parking at Sydney Park and St Peters train station not too far away. See the event page for full details.

Next up we are sponsoring GCNSW Member AlphaDeltaIndigo and helping her to run a GIFF Event in the Rocks on November 4th starting at 6pm. FREE Popcorn will be provided for you to enjoy as you sit through a screening of the finalists from the Geocaching.com 2017 Geocaching International Film Festival competition.

Come along for a very different event and see the creativity the community has put on display for your enjoyment. A gold coin donation will be an optional contribution to help cover the venue hire. Screening at the Harry Jensen Community Centre just below Observatory Hill, you can log your "Will Attend" and see full details here.

You're invited to the association’s ninth Annual General Meeting and Meet’n’Greet. When and where? Sunday, 20th August at the Carlingford Bowling Club on the corner of Pennant Hills Rd and Evans Rd, Carlingford.

The formal AGM will run from 10:30am until about 11 or so and is for members only. That's where we do all the necessary annual reporting and elect a committee. However as soon as it's out of the way, we'll move onto the fun part - a Meet’n’Greet open to all.  Come along and meet other cachers, share stories, log trackables, get hints for those tricky hides  and enjoy the camaraderie. Plus, you can buy the new 2017 Geocoins and other association paraphernalia.

Some of the current committeee are standing down this year after several years of service. It is vital that we get some "new blood' on the team and members are encouraged to nominate themselves or other members. A Nomination Form, the Notice of Meeting, Agenda and other docs are here in the Member's Forum. if you can't remember your login details, drop us a note to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Hop across to the AGM Event now, log a "Will Attend" and lock it into your diary.

We Welcome Willing Wanderers to our Wonderful Winter Walk: Wollstonecraft to Waverton.

Geocaching NSW invites all geocachers, whether members or not, to attend our winter get together on Sunday June 18, by Sydney harbour. It will be preceded by a morning walk through a stretch of cache-rich bushland on the lower North Shore.

The event is an informal meet and greet, “BYO everything” picnic where you can make new friends with a common interest. Share stories about your latest caching adventures and swap travel bugs and geocoins. You may even pick up a hint on those pesky DNFs or get a clue or two on how to solve a puzzle cache you’ve been stumped on. For cachers who only want to attend the event, it officially commences at 12:00pm at the published coordinates at Balls Head Reserve.

The morning walk is not a requirement for an attendance smiley, but if it's anything like previous years, it will be a lot of fun and offers the opportunity to find about 12 caches on the way. The walk commences on the western side of Wollstonecraft Station, near the cafe, where we plan to meet at 10:00am, ready to start walking at 10:15. It concludes when we get to the Ball's Head event at about 12:00pm. The walk covers about 5km over moderate terrain with uneven surfaces so dress for the terrain and weather, which could be wet, sunny or both.

If you need to to return to Wollstonecraft Station after the event, it's just a half-hour walk back through the streets or a 15 minute walk to Waverton Station for a one-stop train ride.

Get all the details here at the event listing.

Our volunteer bushcarers taking a break

To mark this year's April CITO weekend, Geocaching NSW's Kid Ron Satan worked with Strathfield Council to organise an outdoor environmental event at the Davidson Street Bushland Reserve. This bushland harbours some rare and interesting indigenous flora and fauna species but until now hasn't received much volunteer input. Over 25 volunteers turned up for the event and Council's Natural Resources Coordinator, who had never heard of geocaching before, remarked what a great group we all were. He is very hopeful Geocaching NSW might return to this site.

We got a lot done in just a couple of hours. Achievements included: planting 65 local plants including Bursaria spinosa (Sweet Bursaria), Lomandra longifolia (Matt Rush) and Xanthorrhoea resinosa ssp concava (Grass Tree) removal of several large Lantana bushes - collection and removal of a number of bags of litter and rubbish spreading of woody waste for use as mulch in the creation of a new garden bed at the front entry enhancement of existing frog pond

Some of the new plantings

Besides the worthwhile environmental achievements, there was plenty of camaraderie around all things geocaching and the early release of our 2017 geocoin. We were delighted to welcome several new members to the association too.

See the photos and read all the logs here on the event cache page.

A GCNSW CITO Event

In conjunction with Strathfield Council, Geocaching NSW invites all geocachers (both members and non-members) to celebrate this year’s International CITO week by lending a hand at the Davidson Street Bushland in Greenacre on Sunday April 30.

This is not the usual rubbish clearing event. Strathfield Council will confirm the work involved before the event but activities expected to include:

1. Planting local native species.
2. Habitat enhancement of frog pond(s).
3. Moving mulch from outside reserve to where plantings are done.
4. Litter collection.

This is a great opportunity to improve the environment, learn a bit about bushcare and meet other geocachers. Also, participation in this event will earn a souvenir for the first International CITO Week in 2017. There are more details here on the event page. Please post a “Will Attend” log and add this event to your watchlist so you receive any announcements.

After last year’s fantastic Bathurst invasion, this year we’re looking forward to a great double-event weekend of caching and camaraderie, on February 18 and 19, in historic Goulburn.

Goulburn is less than three hours drive south of Sydney and just over an hour from Canberra. It's not just home to the Big Merino; as Australia's first inland city, Goulburn is brimming with historic sites, museums, heritage homes and geocaches.

We kick off the weekend at 6pm on the Saturday night with A Dinner @ Diggers, our dinner event at the Goulburn Soldiers Club. The late start allows plenty of time to travel, but why not come earlier, or even the night before. There are plenty of geocaching opportunities to fill your day, with well over 100 within 10km of the city. There are mysteries, multis, plenty of traditionals, an earthcache and, of course, our two events.

On Sunday morning, we'll have a Meet’n’Greet event, a Rally by the River, commencing at 10:30am in the Goulburn Historic Waterworks, a parkland and museum set on the banks of the picturesque Wollondilly River. The area has parking, picnic shelters, free electric BBQs, a children’s playground and toilet facilities. As a bonus, we’ll be there on one of the 5 “steaming” days for 2017 so the cafe will be open and one of steam engines will be huffing and puffing.

These events are open to all geocachers. You don’t need to be a GCNSW member. Full details are on the event listings A Dinner @ Diggers and Rally by the River so why not jump across and post a “Will Attend” log now.

After the great success of our Regional Invasion to the Mid-North Coast in 2015, Geocaching NSW is delighted to invite all geocachers to Bathurst in the beautiful Central Tablelands for our 2016 invasion. The Bathurst region is the gateway to former gold rush towns and home to the annual Bathurst 1000 motor race. Just two and a half hours’ drive from Sydney, it’s a major events hub of Country NSW. The region has a lot to offer with natural attractions, hundreds of caches to find and many local activities.

On the weekend of February 27 & 28, you'll get not one, but two great events where local and visiting cachers can get together for double the fun! Come for either, come for both. They're listed on geocaching.com now. The invasion starts on Saturday evening with Food, Glorious Food!, and then restarts on the Sunday morning at Peace Park where we'll Give Peace A Chance. 

Click the links, read all the details and post your "Will Attend" now.