Listing a cache
People list their caches on a cache listing websites so that others know about it. The most popular listing site is Geocaching.com. The Australian listing site is this site, Geocaching Australia.
Listing on Geocaching Australia
We hope you will list your cache on Geocaching Australia. The reasons for listing your cache on Geocaching Australia are:
- It's free: you aren't forcing people to pay US$30 per annum to be able to download a GPX file containing your cache
- We don't have strict guidelines like Geocaching.com
- We don't censor the forums like Geocaching.com
- GPX files contain all the logs, not just the last four
- You can see who is watching your cache
- We take it as your thank-you for the time, effort and cost we put in to running Geocaching Australia!
Listing on multiple sites
We prefer that you don't list your cache on multiple cache listing websites. The reason is that then there is no place online where people can see the entire history of that cache, and it confuses people who start trying to log your cache on both sites.
Filling in the forms
All the cache listing websites have a online form which is filled out to list a cache. The information is similiar for all sites.
- cache type - Traditional cache, Multi-cache, Virtual cache, Moveable cache,etc.
- container type - the size of the container.
- coordinates - Latitude and longitude in WGS84 datum.
- terrain and difficulty rating - an estimation of the terrain where the cache is located and the difficulty of finding it once you get to the location.
- country - The country where the cache is located
- state - The state the cache is located in, this determines the listing state for searches
- short description
- long description
- hint
- acknowledgement of having read and understood the listing guidelines and that cache listing meets said guidelines - only required on Geocaching.com
The different cache listing websites have differing requirements for listing. Geocaching.com uses a system whereby all caches have to go through an approval process before they can be seen. Geocaching Australia allows the cache lister to make the cache available at a time of his/her choosing, without prior approval.
