Geocaching celebrations
It's been a busy few months with a number of events held across the state in the first part of the year. The highlights were the 10 Years! events (Sydney and Wollongong) and the Oz Mega Wagga mega event.
The mega event saw close to 700 attendees and was a lot of fun. Geocaching NSW would like to congratulate the Riverina Caching committee for putting together a fantastic event. You've set an excellent standard for future mega events in the country, whenever and wherever that should be.
Latest DECC Google Earth Data
Geocaching NSW has recently obtained the latest Estate Data from the DECC for all lands controlled by them. It has been converted into a compatible KML for Google Earth. As geocaching in any form is not allowed in National Parks and other lands under the DECC's control, it makes it invaluable when plotting where you may be going to place a cache.This data was published by the DECC at the end of 2009, so it is the latest data we have to work with. There does not appear to be many differences between this and the previous data. However, with this version, it the areas have been broken down and colour coded based on the estate type, such as National Parks, Reserves, Aboriginal Sites etc. Each type is further broken down into folders, so, with a single click in Google Earth, you can turn an entire estate type off.
As always, when new data becomes available, we will process and post it here for all to use. You can download the latest KML zipped down HERE this new file is approx 14.83 MB in size. The last few versions of Oziexplorer support Google Earth, making this a very handy reference.
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