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 This month in the Grapevine – An Ezemvelo Adventure, Hedge Mazes and more
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From the Desk of the Chairman
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 Because sometimes, for some people, it is about the numbers… Here is a summary of the South African Geocaching activity for August:
1,334 Cachers found a total of 6,330 caches during August. 35 Cachers placed 77 new caches during August. The number of Cachers who found at least 1 SA cache in the previous 12 months is 7,962. The number of Cachers who placed at least 1 SA cache in the previous 12 months is 194. The total number of active South African caches at the end of August is 16,348.   Note: All the above statistics include all South African caches on the geocaching.com database, which doesn’t include Adventure Labs. |
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 Recently the Tribe and as  sociates returned to Ezemvelo Nature Reserve north of Bronkhorstspruit to tidy up the mish mash and green, yellow and sad blue icons. In preparation Orosman had emailed the cache owners requesting permission to replace missing cache containers. It became a maintenance run by proxy.  KrokosZA, CamelZA and Orosman had attended previous Ezemvelo events but not all of them. IngetjieZA had braved the vast expanses with a Scout muggle weekend, even she was short 60 of the 148 caches. We had a kaleidoscope of found and unfound caches. The Quarter Tribe was joined by Gattomotapi over the recent long weekend which was logged throughout as ET (Ezemvelo Tribe).A couple friends and partners joined for the weekend of fun but opted to showcase the culinary skills over the day long hikes to all corner of the reserve. In all, around to 120 caches were found over a period of 4 days. Here is a story of what followed:   RETURN TO THE SAVANNAOut in the distant dusty north There is a field of green and gold Sprinkled with tragic blue asters And as yet undiscovered mysteries. Amongst the rocky outcropping dotted in the rolling grasslands With its sparsely populated shady stick trees, The antelope grazed unperturbed As the vervets ran brazenly amok. All is calm… The Tribe has returned for its annual hunt To pick the sad blue asters in far off vales And scythe the green alfalfa along dusty roads Leaving a trail of golden harvest in their wake.  The pilgrimage was not without its dramaWith the intrepid Hog game for all terrain Who needs the road through When driving in the long grass will do A ditch in the pathway This the Hog found child’s play. Someone even left some mud out to be tried The Hog’s wallow will not be denied Axle deep in slushy piggy heaven Some were in danger of aromatic dutch-oven The Hog was eventually persuaded To leave the pit into which he had waded. It took the help of the local tractor An aftermath of genuine mud splatter. Back at base camp  Far from the swine laden damp The guardians were braaiing up a storm Top class cheffing was in form Not to mention the electrifying hot showers That helped recharge all the geo-powers The local mafia of busy vervets Kept the Tribe entertained with all their heist antics All meals had to be protection taxed Until the vervets kryptonite got discovered Pitas, bread, oranges, leaks, and even stray kids got attached Staaldruppels infused into forgotten apple core slices Led to many distracted vervet moth mouth grimaces.  After four adventurous daysAnd an Owl reflecting its golden eyes overlays A multitude of happy smiling faces Covering the field and river places The pattern is finally complete The weary Ezemvelo Geo-hikers could take a seat… Watched over by forgotten Fallen Giants A little brown dimple With its final deep and simple In the field of golden barley The Tribe will return For this final multi-burn. DietervonFintel 17Aug2022  After many dry kilometers of hiking and driving, we got the sea of yellow happy faces but somehow no-one thought to investigate the distant multi on the way into Ezemvelo. The final co-ordinates give us reason for another camping trip to Ezemvelo Nature Reserve. |
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Congratulations to the winners for the September 2022 Quiz from Capri Cache Store! If you don't enter, you don't have a chance. If you have entered and have not been lucky as yet, keep trying! You can enter every month, as long as you only submit one entry for the month AND you are subscribed to the GoSA monthly Newsletter.
Each month, 3 lucky winners will be drawn from the hat. Hint: Read the questions carefully ;-). 12 entrants were entered into the September Quiz, with no new quizzers. Please chat to your geo friends and encourage them to enter this Quiz. It costs nothing to enter and it is fun too! The winners for September, are as follows: First Draw: TheonPlusA – Theon Theron Second Draw: Ninja Nano – Cayden Oosthuizen Third Draw: Firefly Africa – Jonker Fourie Capri Cache Store will be in touch with each of you to get your prize delivered. Answers to September’s Quiz
 QUIZ TIME – OCTOBER 2022
1. What is the minimum distance (in meters) allowed between geocaches? 2. What was Groundspeak originally called, back in late 2000? 3. True or False - There is a Webcam cache in Antarctica 4. In which year was the word "geocache" added to the Scrabble dictionary? 5. What other name is the Geocaching Headquarters affectionately known as? – Hint: Signal We look forward to receiving your entries for the October Quiz! Please follow all the steps below to participate and please encourage any of your geocaching friends who are not on the GoSA Grapevine mailing list to sign up so that they too can enter the competition. Please use the following link to subscribe: https://www.geocachingsa.com/ |
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