Virtual Rewards in NSW
In the back half of last year Groundspeak rewarded active hiders around the world with a big surprise... Virtual Rewards! A strictly limited number of new Virtual Caches. Virtual Caches were originally designed for locations that would not suit a physical box but still worthy of bringing a cacher too. However, in order to stop overuse and saturation Groundspeak grandfathered them in 2004 as an available option. Now it is true Virtuals are plentiful on geocaching.com.au and waymarking.com was basically set up by Groundspeak to replace the cache type, but we thought it was worth recognising the NSW geocachers who won, and have now hidden, their rare geocaching.com Virtual Caches!
Before August 2017, there were 13 active Virtual Caches left in NSW. That number has now nearly doubled to 25! Here is a full list of currently published "2017 Virtual Rewards" and their rough geographic locations within NSW. There is a good spread and variety from the very easy to the down right devious! Congratulations to all the cachers for their contributions to our hobby that earned them this prize.
Fortress by The Hancock Clan (GC7B6E4) - The Blue Mountains
Whatarippavista!! by Calypso62 (GC7B7JN) - Hawkesbury
Ozymandias by fimbulisen (GC7B7VT) - Sydney: City
Virtual Reward: A Rewarding View by Lonely_Rooster (GC7B8G4) - South Coast
Scarbrain Jumps the Bay by chudles (GC7B8K9) - Sydney: Northern Beaches
The Governors Domain by SEAN0 (GC7B8VV) - Sydney: Parramatta
Shark Rock Ridge by asbestiform (GC7B9DG) - Hawkesbury
Explorer 3 Virtual Reward Cache by Aussietodde (GC7B9GZ) - North Coast
Figure Eight by Seemyshell (GC7B9MJ) - Illawarra
Clyde River Bridge by J+J.au (GC7B8FX) - South Coast
The Coathanger by Baktrak (GC7B6MY) - Sydney: City
Fernleigh Tunnel by Marcus Vitruvius (GC7B6ZN) - Hunter