Clear Waters Geocaching Event
GC7MVHE , Queanbeyan Showground, 18-22-April, 2019
2019-04-18 10:00:00
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Event schedule

Note: this is  draft schedule and may change without notice .

Monday
15-April 2019
9:00
Camping /Powered Sites open
18:00
Capital Brewery, Fyshwick
Meet n Greet Event. GC81Y9D Capital Dinner

Event: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC81Y9D_capital-dinner
Evening meal at Capital Brewing Co.
Group photo.

FREE raffle.

Capital Brewery, Fyshwick
20:00
Showground Camping Campfire.

Group photo.

Tuesday
16-April 2019
18.00
Lake Burley Griffin
GC81Y9G Henry Rolland Meet n Greet

Special guests Tim the Yowie man ,ACT Heritage Festival co-ordinator Linda Roberts
FREE BBQ & soft drinks for all.
Group Photo for Canberra Times.
FREE raffle.

Lake Burley Griffin
20:00
Showground Camping Campfire

Julia, Solo guitarist .
Group photo.

Wednesday
17-April 2019
8:00
Tour: Centenary Trail -Forde to Hall with Tealby

goto Tour page for details and bookings

18:00
GC81Y9P Meet n Greet the Mayor-Walsh’s Pub

Pub Meal.
Queanbeyan Main Street. light music entertainment.
Group photo for Queanbeyan newspaper.
Special guest: Mayor of Queanbeyan Tim Overall and Nichole Overall ,and Terry Campese former State of Origin Rugby League player.
FREE RAFFLE, drawn by Mayor.

20:00
Showground Camping Campfire

Julia, Solo guitarist.
Group photo.

21:00
Night geocache

New night cache release: The Eternal Trail of Darkness.

Thursday opening day
18-April 2019
8:00
Official opening day of the Clear Waters Event.

Registration open main pavilion.
Volunteers on Gates 7 am to 7 pm daily. Security Guards 7pm till 7am daily.
food catering open, coffee vendor open.
All Stallholders open

18:00
Bonfire meet n greet

Bring your camp chair.
entertainment by Julia and also Didgeridoo players.

19:00
Tour:Moonlight Ghost and Geocaching Tour (paid tour) with Nichole Overall

goto Tour page for details and bookings

19:00
ACT & Queanbeyan Heritage Festival Presentation

display on the large screen by Linda Roberts, ACT Heritage Festival Co-ordinator.

Good Friday
19-April
8:00
Open

Stallholders open, catering with fish choices for lunch and dinner ,coffee vendor and Registration stalls all open.

9:30
Tour: Googong Queen PT 1 with toy hunters

goto Tour page for details and bookings

10:00
Scenic Helicopter rides from Canberra airport

Robinson Helicopter R44 rides. Rides all day (10am-3pm) 3 seats per flight. $75 PP
8 min scenic rides over Lake Burley Griffin including views of Parliament House, Commonwealth Bridge, Questacon, Australian War Memorial, Civic Centre, Red Hill, National Museum and much more.
A longer flight over Googong Dam will feature as well, intermittently, taking in the dam and mountain tops.
depart Canberra Airport, no bookings needed more details at https://canberraheli.com.au

10:00
GSAK tutorial

Guide to GSAK by Sir J OZ

11:00
PATHTAG design Session

We are Mike & Gloria Potter. (ozglory)

Before we retired, we ran our own sign business where we designed & made signs & business cards etc., for many Years.
Gloria is a celebrated artist & graphic designer, who has won several awards & prizes over many decades & is an Official Design Partner for pathtags.com & the in-house designer for The Aussie Pathtag Club. At the powerpoint presentation, Gloria will guide you through her 10 step of designing a pathtag. From choosing a design,border, font, colours etc.,through to the end process of ordering the pathtag. She will also explain the “rules” of pathtag design.
There will be a Question & Answer session at the end of the presentation.

11:00
Singles meet n greet

Mingle and team up with other solo Geocachers
Location : Grandstand, main Hall

11:00
Tour:London Bridge Indigenous Cultural and Geocaching Walking with Tina

goto Tour page for details and bookings

13:00
Tour: Lake Burley Griffin central basin tour 1 with Tankengine

goto Tour page for details and bookings

14:00
Cachetours Seminar

Presentation by Kittykatch
Cachetur.no is a trip planning tool for geocachers https://cachetur.no/hva
Kittykatch will also be available in the Pavilion on Saturday and Sunday to answer questions about Cachetur.no – times will be advertised at the event

15:00
Puzzles and cryptography

Techniques and hints to solve and decrypt mystery geocaches
by Noikmeister and ZQX

19:00
Grand Opening with Mayor of Queanbeyan

official group photo.
Queanbeyan mayor to officially open event along group photograph

20:00
Showground Camping Campfire

Julia, Solo guitarist.
Group photo.
New night cache release

21:00
Night geocache

New night cache release: A little Night Stroll.

Easter Saturday
20-April-2019
8:00
Open

Stallholders, catering, coffee vendor and Registration open

8:30
Pathtag swap meet.

located in pavilion

9:00
Lab caches info released

Lab geocaches released live via smart phone app

10:00
Meet the Reviewers Session

Local geocache reviewers

10:00
Tour: Googong Queen PT tour 2 with toy hunters

goto Tour page for details and bookings

11:00
Project GC Seminar

Project-GC aims to enhance geocaching experiences by providing advanced tools and statistics
by Piggy07

11:00
Lake George Winery /Brewery with Joeylovestreasure

See Tours page for details

19:00
Tour: Ghost and Geocaching with Tim the Yowieman

goto Tour page for details and bookings

19:30
Movie night

see notice at pavilion

19:00
Showground Camping Campfire
Easter Sunday
21-April 2019
7:00
Easter dawn Service: Pastor Aimee Kent

geocacher nibletricecakes (Aimee) will perform the service on site

8:00
Open

Stallholders, catering , coffee vendors, and registration all open.

8:30
Giant Easter Egg Hunt.

showground

9:30
Tour: Lake Burley Griffin central basin 2 with Tankengine

goto Tour page for details and bookings

10:00
Parliament House Grand Car Flag Parade

All cars will parade anticlockwise with car flags. A highlight picture taken at the front with every car with Parliament House as the backdrop, as you pass the photographer.

11:30
Geocaching Mob Cache event.

GC84DPA – Old Parliament House Double Bill

13:30
Tour: The Stuff of Nightmares with Dwarf Exploder

goto Tour page for details and bookings

18:00
games and raffle sales will close

Raffle sales close, games cards need to be submitted

18:00
Final night entertainment show

Entertainment band “Something like that” 6pm-10pm

19:00
Closing Ceremony

Presentations: Raffles. Milestone acknowledgements. All the Games winners. Pathtags raffles.
Sponsorship acknowledgments.

19:00
Showground Camping Campfire
Monday
22-April 2019
8:00
Open

Catering, coffee and registration stalls open till 1 pm

9:00
Deaf Australia Geocaching meet n' greet

on site meet up and activities

10:00
Clear Waters Event officially finished.
11:30
GC81ZVF Sculpture Garden Flashmob

Australian War Memorial: Special Guest Heritage Minister : Mick Gentleman and ACT Heritage coordinator: Linda Roberts
Group photo: Canberra Times.

12:00
FREE BBQ and DRINKS behind War Memorial

location: Remembrance Park BBQ area
please log your will attend for GC81ZVF to assist with catering
OzGEO muster event Speech.

19:00
Showground campfire

Final

Tuesday
23-April 2019
12:00
Extra Free Camping days

Extra Free Camping days now available. Final departure day Fri: 26th morning

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