Geocaching

murf62 · Villager Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 9

Most people here have probably not heard of Geocaching, so this is a quick post to raise the profile of it in Cyprus.

What on earth is Geocaching then? Well it's a hobby/sport/game that anyone can take part in! Adults, kids, dogs, full families together. Think treasure hunt on a world wide scale and you're about there. In Cyprus, there are a few British Ex-Pats, servicemen and of course holidaymakers who are active, but very few Greek Cypriots/Turkish Cypriots. Why is this?

If you're interested in getting out & about with a purpose and seeing some parts of Cyprus that you would never otherwise see, then have a look at the links below to see what it's all about.

There are currently 86 'Caches' in Cyprus waiting to be discovered as can be seen here, but this number will grow (There are almost 20000 in the UK now!). As well as searching for existing caches, it's also just as much fun placing them and getting others to find yours.

Some more info:

Geocaching.com's FAQ page
Wikipedia's Geocaching description
A beginner's guide
Geocaching.com's FAQ page
Another article
Cyprus Geocaching
Platres Geocaching

If anyone wants to know more, then ask away!

stavrizatz · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject:

Hi Murf62, I am to see others in Cyprus interested in the sport. I am the president of the outdoor club of my university and with the club we often go hiking and we combine it with geocaching.

At the following link there are few photos from our geocaching adventure at Wilson's Promontory (the most Southern point of Australia mainland). You can recognise me with the blue bandana.

http://adventure-club.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_adventure-club_archive.html

Also I found a cache without GPS by total chance at the southpoint at Wilson's Prom last time we went, I couldn't believe it Smile

ps In September when I come to Cyprus I am hoping to find all the geocaches there! Wink

murf62 · Villager Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 9

Nice one. It will certainly take you a while to do them all. My 'Karpasian Adventure' caches alone will take pretty much a full day.

I have still got 40 to find out of the 86 & I've got another 18 months to do it, so no mad rush! Will look forward to reading your logs in September. Smile

stavrizatz · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:02 am Post subject:

I have more or less 6 months in Cyprus so we'll see. I'll certainly find the ones in Cape Greco as I will be living in the area and those around Lefkosia.

the rest depends how many trips I'll go.

erolz · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:58 am Post subject:

Bananiot · Deputy Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 1244 Location: Nicosia

Looks good, Erol. Soon I would be too ashamed to take my mazda north. There was a time when everybody looked in amazement ...

murf62 · Villager Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 9

A visitor from Canada has been to one of my caches today.

Anyone know where it is by looking at the pics in the gallery? Wink

city · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject:

murf, your links above are producing this: Server Application Unavailable Sad

murf62 · Villager Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 9

Maybe their site was down when you tried. I've just tried and they work fine. Give it another go.

brother · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:

Scrapmullions · Village guest Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

Hi - We have just purchased a property near Polis and look forward to Geocaching when we are out there. We currently own a Garmin GPS unit - please advise where we can obtain local mapping data from for this unit. Does Garmins 'Mapsource' cover the area?
Many Thanks