In this episode Geotalk attends the NZ Mega Event in Auckland, uncovers an amazing expedition to China by a group from Melbourne geocachers and we get a geocaching milestone call in from Italy.

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Links for show

• NZ Mega 2013 - Auckland
• Oz Mega 2014 - Murray Bridge, South Australia
• iCaching software for Macintosh
• GCStatistic for Macintosh
• Melbourne geocachers head to China - Top of Wuzhishan

In Episode 100 Geotalk learns how to make a Georoadbook, we hear from SeaBreezeOz travelling around Australia and we get an update from the second NZ Mega Event.

Links for show:

• Podcacher - the podcast that inspired Geotalk
• 31 Days of Geocaching in Review - Groundspeak blog
• Geotalk Facebook page
• Geocaching lab caches
• LANMonkey's review
• International Geocaching Day: Brew Kids On The Block
• Groundspeak Forum discussion about lab caches
• GeoRoadbook website
• Auckland NZ Mega event

Geotalk gets an update on the next NZ Mega Event and we prepare for a geocaching streak throughout August.

Links for show

• 10 years ago - The Spindoctors first geocache find
• Groundspeak's 31 Days of Geocaching 
• Groundspeak's Gogeocaching on Instagram
• Tips for maintaining your geocaching streak
• Free New Zealand maps for your Garmin GPS - support them at givealittle.co.nz/cause/NZOGPS
• Darth Trader takes on Head like a Box (GC2471) (Youtube video)
• Alice Springs's first ever caching event: Alice Meet N Greet (GC4GMQT)
• 2BluFish profile - geocaching contact for Rotary International World conference is being held in Sydney June 2014
   

Upcoming Mega events:

• New Zealand's 2013 Mega Event - Auckland, October 2013
• Australia's 2014 Mega Event - Murray Bridge, South Australia, April 2014

Geotalk looks at a new type of geocache, we uncover some Geoart geocaches in Australia and speak to former Australian reviewer - The Ump.

Links for show

• Intercaching on It's not about the Numbers blog
• Waymarking app for mobiles by ChileHead 
• Episode 415 of Podcacher featuring interview with x-cacher talking about Geoart
• Geoart on Pintrest
• SeabreezeOZ's blog geocaching around Australia 

Geotalk says thank you to a long time Australian reviewer, we polish off some challenging NZ cache trails and visit some geocaches with the ANZAC spirit.

Links for show

• ANZAC geocaches
• Gallipoli Campaign Turkey (GCHAHE)
• ANZAC Tribute (GC39NFH)
• Church Micro 437 - Sutton Veny (GC1KKQ1) and ABC News TV report on Sutton Veny
• Australians in WW1 : Villers-Bretonneux (GC234QK)
• Mega events
• Auckland, New Zealand - October 2013 - http://www.nzmega.com/ 
• Murray Bridge, South Australia - April 2014 - http://mega.geocachingsa.com.au/
• The Ump retires as a reviewer
• CANZ South Island final (GC3M8YJ)
• Coast to Coast (GC12CRC)
• Wonnerup Possums & Bird Hide by SeabreezeOZ

The Garmin Fenix is a cross-over device that is part watch, part fitness GPS and part handheld GPS.

You hear Jeremy's (Noikmeister) review in Episode 96 of the Geotalk podcast or download it as a pdf document (694 kb).

GPS navigation heads indoors, we review the Garmin Fenix GPS receiver and speak to the first finder of the 2 millionth active geocache in this edition of Geotalk - the podcast for geocachers 'down under'.

Links for show

• Twin Cities geocaching podcast
• Google maps and other navigation indoors
• Loading geocaches into a Garmin Nuvi
• The two millionth active geocache - Overwatch #1 (GC46N4E)
• Gris4b's event - Where, exactly?? How to find a Flag Staff... (GC4507C)
• Garmin Fenix review from Noikmeister
• Cancer Council Relay for Life trackable from MyGeoGear.com 
• Hide and seek in the library: Geocaching as an educational and outeach tool (pdf document) by Andrew aka Sensible Shoes
• Waymarking - Australian Post Office category

We explore a new file format for storing millions of geocaches into your GPS receiver, uncover 101 Devil geocache designs and learn how GNSS is being used to track Drop Bears.

Links for show:

• Scientists develop universal 'sat-nav', ABC Science Online
• Also featured on StarStuff podcast, Black holes rewrite galaxy theory
• New GGZ file format in Oregon 600 series on GPS Track Blog
• The Mad Cacher blog's how-to manual entitled 101 Devil Caches: Your Guide to Creating Unique or Hard-To-Find Geocaches
• NZ Mega Event 2013
• Indirect Tracking of Drop Bears Using GNSS Technology in Australian Geographer
• Drop Bear fact file from Australian Museum
• Survey of Geocacher Motivations by Dr. Robert W. Lindeman, Amirhossein Farvardin and Elizabeth Forehand
• Geocaching Droid Army Knife on Google Play

In this episode of Geotalk we discover how Scouts Australia is getting into geocaching, get some great tips of becoming a FTF hound, and we go geocaching via Youtube in New Zealand and Mongolia.

Links for show

• End of Groundspeak's Challenge game
• Google Ingrees video
• Youtube videos
• Geocaching in Mongolia by Skydog
• Queenstown Helicaching find by rediguana
• Aussie Pathtag Club
• Geocaching trading cards
• Zorgon's tips on being FTF
• Scouts Australia geocaching website
• Wherigo app for iPhone, WherYouGo app for Android
• New Zealand's South Island Old School Challenge
• Geocaching NSW's Old School Challenge
• Mega events in Australia and New Zealand
• Auckand, New Zealand, Oct 2013
• Murray Bridge, South Australia, Apr 2014
• Canberra, ACT, Jan 2015
• Queensland, 2015

In this special edition of Geotalk we head to the South Island of New Zealand to take part in the first NZ Mega Event.

Links for show

• NZ Mega Event page
• Flickr set of photos
• The Organist's Heavy Metal (GC3Y9RG)
  
• EarthCaches in Dunedin area by Stegan
• Dunedin's oldest geocache - Mt Cargill (GCAF)
• The New Zealand South Island Old School Challenge (GC31PYY)