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Message From The Editor

There always seemed to be something geocaching related going on in the month of October. The first weekend of October started with a 30km hike event along the Blue Mountains section of the Bruce Trail (GCZZZG). The event saw 17 … Continue reading

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November Geocache Spotlight

BFL VI – …in a galaxy far, far away  (GC35FHF) – Owned by The Cacheketeerz This cache was placed for the 6th annual BFL Boot Camp event and is based on the 1983 Atari Star Wars game. Hop into Luc Skywalker’s … Continue reading

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Group Geocaching Events

Group caching can be a fun way to meet other cachers, learn from them or most importantly great ways to get out onto the trails and be social. Sometimes it helps to have many pairs of eyes looking for caches, … Continue reading

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October Geocache Spotlight

Shedding the Past: A Whole New Cache on Scene  (GC2HNAM) – Owned by The Treehouse Gang Have you ever found a cache container that you could actually walk into? A cache containing what seems like an endless supply of items to … Continue reading

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Message From The Editor

What did you do this summer? Did you have any memorable geocaching adventures? Why not share your story with other members of OGA by submitting it for an upcoming OGA newsletter. Are you going to GHAGAFAP X (GC2RME6) on September 17th? It is the longest running annual event in Canada and … Continue reading

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September Geocache Spotlight

The Grand K-W Schnitzeljagd  (GC24WT5) – Owned by dfx + t4e This is a very involved and well done multi which takes you all over the Kitchener-Waterloo area. The cache stages display many elements ofdifferent kinds of cache hides, locations and other cache aspects that you will find out … Continue reading

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Challenges

On August 18, 2011, Groundspeak finally gave us what many have been asking for for years and that is the ”return of virtuals”. These new virtuals are known as Geocaching Challenges, not to be confused with Challenge Caches. “Go somewhere, do something. That is the basic idea behind Geocaching Challenges. … Continue reading

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January Geocache Spotlight

Wheel of Fortune … Spins (GC282CQ) – Owned by dex4 A great amount of creativity went into the making of this cache. Why not come out and try your luck with a geocaching Wheel of Fortune. Spin the wheel and see … Continue reading

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OGA Suncatcher Geocoin

The new OGA Suncatcher Geocoin is now available for sale. There are 4 versions available, 3 of which may be purchased individually. Additionally, there are also 2 bundles available at discounted prices. The coins are currently on their way to … Continue reading

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New Executive

The nominations for OGA Executive positions has now come to an end. We are excited to see that each of the positions available have been filled. There was one candidate for each of the executive positions, so everyone who ran … Continue reading

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