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    Geocaching!

    NO, got better things to spend my time on. Like watching paint dry. And giving your opinions over the internet...obviously B (:
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    Geocaching!

    Haha oh my, so definitely an activity to do only with your friends. it's sad when people turn innocent fun into something abysmal.
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    Geocaching!

    I've found instances where it *is* the landowners that are the organisers :t:
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    Geocaching!

    Yes! I agree with this absolutely. I think it could be alot of fun to marry the two activities together, but only if it's done with care and doesn't disturb the local ecology.
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    Geocaching!

    Thanks to Deepdowndawn for this succinct explanation :) "If you haven't heard of it, geocaching is like high-tech treasure hunting for adults (and kids). People hide "caches" (a container of some sort with a log that you sign, and sometimes there's other stuff in it). They post the coordinates...
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    Geocaching!

    I'm a big fan of geocache and QR tags and most things technological. I think Bird watching and geocaching could (and are) make(ing) an interesting partnership. When I'm out and about I often leave geocaches for my friends to find. How about you guys? If there was a geocache lurking around an...
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    Bird watching culture

    This kind of goes nicely with another thread doing the rounds here. I have a friend who is quite interested in birds but she has never quite taken the leap from casual observer to birder-watcher-twitcher. I advised she pop on here and say hi to everyone, friendly crowd and so forth but she is...
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    So....how far would you travel?

    How about the Basra Reed Warbler? It's quite exotic because the global population tend to be in one area, buuuuut that area is the Mesopotamian marshes in Iraq - so that's probably quite a journey for most of our resident twitchers! Plus...while an exotic warbler, it's still a warbler so it...
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    So....how far would you travel?

    Hopefully in the right thread here! Probably a question for the Twitcher's among us but how far would you travel to see a rare bird? I'm pretty adventurous and like to travel so I'd probably head to a new continent but I'm curious about everyone else :D So how about it, how far would you go...
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