In the first episode of Geotalk for 2012 we travel to the top of Australia, remind you of an important date on the geocaching calendar, and tell you how you can turn your geocaching photo into a fantastic prize.

The competition is being held in conjunction with Alan from 101Geo online geocaching store. Submit your photo before 29 February 2012 and you have the chance to win a $200 voucher to spend at 101Geo. Head to www.facebook.com/101geo for more information.

Links for show:

• 29 February souvenir from Groundspeak
• Recently viewed caches on Your Profile page
• Neongeo geocaching app for Android
• Magellan 110 announced at CES 2012
• New Zealand Mega event (Dunedin)
• Australian Mega event (Albury-Wodonga) 
• South Australian geocaching awards (email nominations to sacacheawards@gmail.com)

In this Christmas edition of Geotalk we speak to one of the creators of Munzee, ask for your thoughts on Opencaching.com and get into the Christmas spirit geocaching style.

Don't forget to visit our Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Links for show:

• Opinion piece about Opencaching.com on It's Not about the Numbers
• Alien Highway power trail
• Geocaching Australia's Leap Frog race 
• Munzee.com

In this episode of Geotalk we ask whether Groundspeak has turned its back on thegeocaching community, explore some of the features in GSAK version 8 and announce the winners of our Geostuff.com.au competition.

Links for show

• Australia's 'Y2Kaches'
• New Zealand's 'Y2Kaches'
• Registration pages for the Dunedin (NZ) and Albury (Aus) Mega Events
• Opencaching
• Munzee
• Removal of Feedback from Groundspeak's website
• Neongeo - great tool
• From Alan (radionut50): Pukemokemoke and Cable Station
• Australian events and New Zealand courtesy of Geocaching Australia

Geotalk gets an update on the NZ mega event, we hear from an Australian in Peru and we give you the final clue in our Geostuff.com.au competition.

Links for show:

• Magellan eXplorist series (including 610)
• Geomate Jr GPS receiver for kids
• Neongeo geocaching app for Android
• WherYouGo app for Android
• New Zealand mega event - Dunedin (19-21 October 2012)
• Geocaching featured in Coffs Coast Advocate
• Geocaching Australia unloved cache series:
• 6 Months Unfound
• 1 Years Unfound
• 2 Years Unfound

Kia Ora from 'The land of the long white cloud'. Geotalk heads to New Zealand for a whirlwind tour of Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington to grab some historic Kiwi geocaches, night caching with some Waikato locals and witness humiliation at the hands of the Irish.

Links for show

• Flickr photo set
• Auckland's oldest (GC4B) and Wellington's oldest (GC46)
• Radionut50's technology series of geocaches in Hamilton:
• Technology pioneers (GC1PRKD)
• Harald's hide (GC1M8WV)
• Avoid wires (GC13MVW)
• New Zealand's mega event - 19-22 October 2012
• New Zealand travel information

This month we honour a changing of the guard at the top of the Australian Geocaching ladder, give you the second clue to our fantastic Geostuff.com.au competition and hear from a geocacher who has meet a person who really has travelled everywhere.

Don't forget our fantastic competition thanks to Carl and the crew at Geostuff.com.au.

 First prize is a Magellan Explorist GC and second prize is a on-year Geocaching.com premium membership gift card
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Links for show

• Geocaching interview with Margot Kranich on ABC Riverland
• Jeremy Irish speaks to GeekWire radio show about geocaching
• New leader on the Australian geocaching leaderboard: Liz and Bruce (12,050) pass maccamob (11,915)
• Plastic Munzee by Thanks 4 the cache
• My Hold up the Sydney Harbour Bridge challenge
• 101Geo online store
• The Don Dorrigo Gazette turns 100
• Peter Harris' I've Been everywhere trek
• Android geocaching apps
• c:geo (opensource)
• neongeo
• Groundspeak's Geocaching
• GDAK
• Forgot to mention: GA Cacher

Geotalk speaks to one of the organisers of the Albury Oz Mega Event, we put forward our thoughts on Challenges and we announce a great new competition courtesy of Geostuff.com.au.

To enter, you must identify the mystery person hidden in the clues provided. After the October podcaste (Episode 78), send your entry to geotalkpodcast@gmail.com. From the correct entries, the first randomly drawn person will win a Magellan Explorist GC, and the second will win a one-year Geocaching.com premium membership gift card. Listen to the podcast to find your first clue.

Links for Show

• Groundspeak's Challenges
• Podcacher: Show 332.1: PMM – Every Location an Adventure
• Not about the numbers Challenges: Don’t Hate The Game, Hate The Player
• Log Them All by Michal Canecky (aka cano)
• Progeocaching by Sky Dog
• Albury Oz Mega event

Geotalk has a quick peek at Munzee, gets a quick update on the Mega events in Australia and New Zealand, and we give you the chance to win not one, but two, prizes.

We have a copy of Geocaching in Australia magazine from Australian Geocaching Essentials to give away to six people. Send a twitter message with @geotalkpodcast and #geocaching in the message, before 15 August, to go into the draw to win.

There is also a Snoopy geocoin courtesy of Jockaroo.com.au to be won. Call or write in with your dog-related geocaching moment. Don't forget our number is (02) 800 50 436 and email is geotalkpodcast@gmail.com.

Links for show:

• Oz MEGA, Albury-Wodonga, Apr 2012 
• New Zealand MEGA Event, Dunedin, Oct 2012 
• DarrylW4: Coming Munzee Material Testing 
• The Qrubicle by Darth trader: Spoiler video 
• The Geocaching Vlogger 

Geotalk travels to New Zealand to attend the Timaru Celebrating Milestone event, head to the Nullabour to find a little Twillite and finish in Mandurah for the recent WWFM event.

Call in your audio to (02) 800 50 436 or email it to geotalkpodcast@gmail.com. And check out the Kangaroo TB from Geo-what? Geo-stuff?

Links for show

• Oz Mega Twin Cities event (5-9 April 2012)
• Garmin eTrex 10, 20 and 30 at GPS track log
• Final USA APE cache archived
• Timaru Celebrating Milestones event (GC2WRQT) by The Organist
• Terracaches
• LLC #2: I've Been Everywhere (New Zealand) (LC7EO)
• LLC #3: I've Been Everywhere (Australia) (LC7EP)
• LLC #1: I've Been Everywhere (Americas) (LC7EB)
• WWFM VII Mandurah event (GC2VX9J) by WA K Team
• Twilite cache on the Nullabour Plain (GC4078)

In this episode of Geotalk we find Queensland's oldest geocache, get a useful tip on managing databases in GSAK and we hear some of your memorable geocache finds.

Dvixen from Geo-what? Geo-stuff? is looking for a name for her Kangaroo TB. Email your nomination to geotalkpodcast@gmail.com before 20 June 2011. The best entry will win a prize from Geo-what? Geo-stuff?

Links for show

• One shy of enigmatic (GC2AET3) - excellent puzzle cache 
• Android geocaching apps
• c:Geo by carnero 
• Groundspeak's geocaching app 
• Garmin Montana GPS receiver 
• Geocaching on ABC radio
  • 702 Sydney (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3)
  • Triple J
• New Zealand update:
  • Forum on Greymouth Clock Tower damage
  • pqload macro for GSAK
• Drop bears on the Australian Museum website
• To whom it may concern by The Travel Bugs on YouTube. You can buy the Found it! CD on iTunes or from the Where the Cache is website

• • Don't forget you can find all events occurring in Australia on the Geocaching Australia website.