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Cache In Trash Out® is an ongoing environmental initiative supported by the worldwide geocaching community.
Since 2002, geocachers around the world have been dedicated to improving parks and other cache-friendly places. Through these volunteer efforts, we help preserve the natural beauty of our outdoor resources! Geocachers around the world celebrate International Cache In Trash Out annually by hosting and participating in Cache In Trash Out Events in their local area. Events might be focused on litter clean-up, removal of invasive species, revegetation efforts or building trails. Together, we make an enormous positive impact. Did we mention that we also have a bit of fun while we're at it? This year, Cache In Trash Out® souvenir moments will extend from just one week, twice a year, to two entire seasons. This year’s CITO dates are:
CITO 2019, Season 1 Friday, March 1 through Friday, May 31, 2019. That includes all of March, April, and May! CITO 2019, Season 2 Sunday, September 1 through Saturday, November 30, 2019. That includes all of September, October, and November! To earn the CITO 2019, Season 1 and the CITO 2019, Season 2 souvenirs, all you need to do is attend or host any CITO event during each of the two seasons, but remember you will only earn one souvenir per season.
Breaking News Geocaching International Film Festival Year End Geocaching Events
We are in the middle of the GIFF 2019 souvenir weekends, which is from 7 November to 17 November 2019. We hope you are making a plan to get to watch this year's movies.
1. GC3KM3K Da Vinci Code Gauteng 40 FPs 2. GC20XJH Ipanema Free State 39 FPs 3. GC2WJ2X Maps et al Western Cape 36 FPs 4. GC442JW TeamDJ's Puzzle Quest #4 Gauteng 34 FPs 5. GC3NMFK Wie-se Clock Gauteng 34 FPs 6. GC1WBRJ Longfinger Free State 33 FPs 7. GC3X44Z MEGA SA 2012 - The Needle in the Haystack Gauteng 31 FPs 8. GC3RQNP TeamDJ's Puzzle Quest #1 Gauteng 29 FPs 9. GC3WZBP See no Evil, Hear no Evil……..Speak no Evil?? Gauteng 28 FPs 10. GCV8C5 Lost Bomb Gauteng 27 FPs
March 2015 includes a unique opportunity to attend Pi Day events. Pi (also depicted as π) is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, and numerically is a mathematical constant equal to the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, commonly approximated as 3.14159 or 22÷7. Being an irrational number, π cannot be expressed exactly as a common fraction; its decimal representation never ends and it never settles into a permanent repeating pattern.
More accurately, π to 20 decimals is 3.14159265358979323846…
March 14, 2015 at 9:26:53 AM or PM, alternatively written as 3-14-15 9:26:53, has therefore been declared Pi Day, and there are various Pi Day events happening next Saturday morning all around the country.
To find a Pi Day event near to you, visit the Pi Day page on our website.
We will let you know more as these events are planned
Speaking of websites, when last did you visit the GoSA website?
We recently completed an upgrade of the GoSA website. The new website includes links to upcoming events, articles about geocaching in South Africa, a FAQ and Glossary to help explain geocaching guidelines and the lingo we use, and links to various useful websites and South African geocaching forums.
If you have any other ideas or comments on the website, know of a geocaching site or geocaching blog that we should add links to, or use other sites to help with your geocaching experience, please share these ideas with our webmasters by sending an email to them at.
The 2016 Cape Town Mega planning team has got things under way for a Mega event from 1st to 2nd October 2016 in Cape Town. If you are based in Cape Town, they are looking for volunteers to help with Finances and Website Design as well as Promowear, Geocoins, Registration, Tech Talks, Special Events and Hikes, Kiddies Corner, etc...
Follow the Facebook group, SA Geocaching Mega Events for more information.
We would love to hear from you in terms of what information you want to see on our website, and what other information we can share with you as a geocaching community.
What information would be useful to include in the GoSA newsletter?
Some ideas we are already considering are any unusual geocaching experiences from both cachers and owners, some of the SA geocaches with the most favourite points, advice on how to solve geocaching puzzles, geocaching diaries, fun and interesting statistics and advice from reviewers.
Please send all your ideas to.
GC3B0EJ - MEGA South Africa 2012 was the first Mega event held in South Africa. Hosted in Pretoria, South Africa, from Thursday, 04 October to Sunday, 07 October 2012, it was an opportunity for more than 500 geocachers from all over South Africa, and some from all over the world, to get together and experience the excitement of Africa's first Mega Event.
The 2nd MEGA in South Africa was MEGA South Africa 2014 - Kwazulu Natal. It was hosted at Giba Gorge, just outside Durban in KwaZulu-Natal from 4 to 6 October 2014.
A great time was had by everyone who attended, from far and near. This Mega's signature was the many sub-events that took place centred around special themes, such as Bunny Chow lunch and Sunrise on the Beach. Many interesting and well prepared caches where hidden at Giba for attendees to find.
This Mega reiterated the fact that a Mega cannot be missed by ANY geocacher.
We hope to see every team at the next Mega Event in South Africa!
The third South African Mega Event was Cape Town 2016 (GC5YRDE) and took place from 1-2 October 2016 in Cape Town.
Don't miss out on the special EARLY BIRD rates for South Africa's EPIC geocaching event of the year - Mega KZN 2014!! Early Bird closes on Thursday, 20 August 2014 at midnight. Thereafter, the full price will apply. If you register NOW before the 20th August, you must pay by the latest 31st August. If your payment has not been received by 31 August, the normal, full price will apply. (In other words, unpaid orders prior to the end of the Early Bird Special will be cancelled and you will need to re-order at the new price.)
Please join the MEGA KZN 2014 Facebook Group to keep up to date with all the news: MEGA KZN 2014 - Facebook Group
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