Mega event
Mega events are special event caches that attract more than 500 attendees. They are described as the ultimate gatherings for geocachers (although a new Giga Event classification has been announced for rare events that regularly surpass 5000 attendees) and are often multi-day events with a number of organised geocaching-related activities.
Past Mega Events
There have been five Mega Events held in Australasia, the first of which was held in Wagga Wagga in 2010. The event held in Wagga Wagga was also the first Mega Event in the Southern Hemisphere.
Australia
So far there have been three mega events held in Australia:
- OZ MEGA WAGGA WAGGA ([1]) in Wagga Wagga, NSW from 2nd to 5th April 2010
- OZ MEGA ALBURY WODONGA ([2]) in Albury, NSW from 5th to 9th April 2012
- Oz Mega 2014 Murray Bridge ([3]) in Murray Bridge, SA from 17th to 21st April 2014
New Zealand
So far there have been two mega events held in New Zealand:
- NZ MEGA 2012 ([4]) in Dunedin, Otago from 19th to 22nd October 2012
- NZ MEGA Auckland 2013 ([5]) in Auckland from 25th to 28th October 2013
Future Mega Events
Following is a list of upcoming mega events planned for New Zealand and Australia, in chronological order:
- Queensland ---- Event 2015 Stanthorpe ([6]) in Stanthorpe, QLD from 2nd to 6th April 2015
- Christchurch, NZ from 24th to 26th October 2015
- Queanbeyan, ACT 2016
- Alice Springs, NT 2017
