Geocaching and birthday presents

Mr Sensible found out recently that geocaching can provide inspiration for birthday presents. He received the following geocaching-related presents from Mrs Sensible:

• several containers for micro and nano caches
• small magnets
• a headlamp
• premium membership of geocaching.com

I think the micro and nano containers will be put to good use soon - once we finish settling in to our new house.

Danny and Delinda

Danny and Delinda is the name we gave to the first travel bug that we released. They were handmade by Mrs Sensible. Their mission is to travel to Las Vegas, and then return safely to Sydney with lots of photos of their travels.

They were set free in Sshhh!, the first cache that we hid. So far they've travelled 34km, so there's a long trip ahead of them to get to Vegas. If you come across them, please help them on their way.

It was a dark and stormy night ...

... and two "sensible" geocachers were on top of The Skillion, Terrigal, in search of Ski Lion. When we got to the top the lightning was lighting up the fishing boats out at sea. Luckily we had decrypted the clue, so we could make a quick find, sign, and swap. The rain was coming down, and the walk down the hill was a bit slippery.

The find was made at 10:30pm, on our way home from a family dinner (which included the first of four celebrations for Mr Sensible's upcoming birthday). It was dark, it was wet, and it was wild, but those birthday drinks certainly helped convince us it was a good idea to go caching in such conditions. This is certainly the latest in the day that we've gone caching, but it was fun. We might come back in the daytime and to enjoy the view that we missed.

Aladdin's cave

A couple of our photos taken on a geocaching mission in St Kilda, while we were on holiday earlier this year, have been included (with permission) in the online travel guide, Schmap!! Ours are the two for the St Kilda Advenure Playground & came from Aladdin's Cave (GCV9MN).

Our rules for geocaching

Rule #1
A good geocacher always gets their hands dirty and has a good poke around. Never just stand and look for the cache.

Rule #2
Always carry a toolkit with you. You never know when you might need a tool to help open the cache e.g. Shock the Monkey.