In this episode of Geotalk we have some good news from Tidbinbilla, an update from New Zealand and ask you to send in your sneaky geocaching stories.

Links for this episode:

• National Science Week
  • GPS Treasure Hunt in Canberra (pdf flyer)
• Puzzle solving webpages
  • Geocaching NSW puzzle page
  • Zytheran YouTube video
  • Geocachers of the Bay Area website 
  • Puzzlehead Geocaching website 
• Lowrance firmware upgrades
• Geocaching.com GPS reviews
• Groundspeak's Geocaching Android app
• Caching Tree - geocaching family tree website

Don't forget to visit geostuff.com.au for your geocaching supplies.

Geotalk listeners call in with their winter caching tips, first to finds and milestones. If you have one of your own, phone it in on (02) 8005 0436 or email geotalkpodcast@gmail.com.

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Thank you to Carl (imapom) from www.geostuff.com.au for the donation of a prize.

Links for the show

• Magellan's new eXplorist range and Toughcase for iPod/iPhone
• Splinterheads DVD
• Groundspeak's Latitude 47 blog and Facebook page
• New Zealand's 100 points club
• Geotalk geocoin (still sitting in the ACT!)

Australian leaderboard

• Firesafe (SA) - 333
• sushilord (SA) - 248
• albida33 (ACT) - 243
• McKee Clan (SA) - 224
• Flipper & Co (SA) -222

New Zealand leaderboard

• JNK (NI) - 131
• Kiwilegend (SI) - 71
• St Ouens (NI) - 58
• Keteri (NI) - 43
• Cydd (SI) - 39

State leaders

• NSW: Farmer Frentzen - 200
• Vic: Spladem - 73
• Qld: If - 73
• SA: Firesafe - 333
• WA: Wandering Aus - 114
• Tas: Cheesy Pigs - 29
• ACT: aldiba33 - 243
• NT: VP244 - 19
• NI: JNK - 131
• SI: Kiwilegend - 61

Note: Numbers based on GC/GCA finds, as of 27 July 2010.

Hear how a council in the UK is paying someone to be a professional geocacher, Spindoc Bob rescues a travel bug stuck in the wild and Radionut50 gives us the latest in geocaching news from New Zealand. Plus we feature The Travel Bugs.

Links for the show

• Changes to the Groundspeak geocaching.com website
• Green cemetary in western Sydney and Albany to name a few
• Magellan GC review
• Garmin Map 62 units
• Choice review of in car GPS receivers
• TB Rescue website (www.tb-rescue.com)
• Geostuff.com.au - thank you to iamapom and the crew for donating the prize
• The Travel Bugs - Found It! CD

For your chance to win a Geostuff.com.au prize pack, send in your winter geocaching tip to us. Call (02) 800 50 436 or email geotalkpodcast@gmail.com

On this episode of Geotalk we hear from a prankster at the Wagga Mega event, discover why NSW Parks is reviewing its geocaching policy and find out why Australia's first geocacher has never found a geocache.

Our thanks for Pathtags.com for donating the prize for this episode.

Links for show

• 10 Years! events in Australia (Sydney, Wollongong, Hobart, Darwin, Cairns, Bargara, Ballarat, Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Perth)
• Lowrance Endura Sierra review
• Magellan eXplorist GC (review to come)
• ABC Newcastle geocaching stories
  • Geocaching tourism potential
  • Have gadgets, will hunt
  • Interview on Geocaching NSW website
• Challenging New Zealand multicaches
  • The amazing race (GC18F8H)
  • 1816 Waikato War (GCQ1N6)
  • Coast to Coast (GC12CRC)
• Australia's first geocache - Lane Cove (GC3E)