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Geotalk is hosted and produced by Darren Osborne (Spindoc Bob).

Geotalk contains news about geocaching in Australia, interviews with Australian geocachers, tips on finding geocaches, using your global positioning system (GPS) unit and staying safe while hiking in the bush or searching in the city.

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Drop me an email at geotalkpodcast AT gmail DOT com (delete the NOSPAM before sending).

Call us on the Geotalk hotline at (02) 800-50-436.

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The Spindoctors lead a group of local geocachers to the top of Tidbinbilla Peak to maintain an unloved cache.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel before 13 December 2008 and you go into a random draw to win a geocoin courtesy of ernies from Switzerland.

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Direct download: Geotalk_Video_Episode_13.m4v
Category: Vidcast -- posted at: 10:48 PM
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Papa Bear Left opens up his geocaching bag of tricks, Tronador conquers the Mattens, while Big Matt sits atop Canberra's Horizon and Wagga Wagga invites you to Australia's Geocaching Mega Event.

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Direct download: geotalk_episode37.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:32 AM
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Rabbitto tells us about geocaching in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Caught@work talks about the latest geocaching game - The Well Rounded Cacher - and discover how to use your mobile phone to search geocache lists.

Call us on (02) 800 50 436 and leave a message for the show or email geotalk@mac.com.

Links for show:
  1. XoE videos on Geotalk video
  2. Vote for your favourite XoE video
  3. Changes to geocaching.com
  4. GPS mission game
  5. Rabbitto profile
  6. Great Eastern Geocaching Project cache trail
  7. Mobile Geocaching Australia website for mobiles
  8. Well rounded cacher game
Direct download: geotalk_episode36.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:30 PM
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Geotalk presents the entries in the Axis of Evil competition as we tackle Cliffhanger...again!

Links for show

  1. Dead Reckonings Treasure by dead_reckoning (GC1EVPY)
  2. GeoTalk Listeners vs the XoE #2 by The Axis of Evil (GC1C7T3)
  3. Gilligans Island by The Rats (GCD463)
Direct download: Geotalk_video_12.m4v
Category: Vidcast -- posted at: 8:39 AM
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Geotalk talks to RoundCircle about geocaching in the Victorian Goldfields and at night, and we give you some tips for a successful geocache hunt.

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Direct download: geotalk_episode35.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:56 AM
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Join the merry band of Geotalk adventurers as they conquer one of Sydney's best geocaches - The Final Cut.

Warning: Does contain a spoiler.

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Direct download: Geotalk_Video_11.m4v
Category: Vidcast -- posted at: 7:28 AM
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Geotalk speaks to Shauna from Groundspeak about Where I Go, Virtuals and Waymarking, we congratulate one of our approvers on reaching a milestone and talk you through how to create a caches along a route pocket query.

Links for the show

Direct download: geotalk_episode34.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:22 AM
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Check out John from Team Astro at Zactyl's amazing XoE cache.

A full list of the XoE geocaches at geocaching.com

Have you completed an XoE cache yet? Even if you haven't, here is your chance to win TWO geocoins.

Grab your mobile phone or video camera, head to an XoE cache and tell us in 60 seconds what you thought of it.

If you can't get to an XoE cache, don't disappear. Head to your favourite cache and tell us why you like geocaching.

Entry is open to anyone in Australia or New Zealand.

Note: Please don't email your video submissions. Contact us once you have completed your video and we'll arrange somewhere for you to upload it.

You have until the end of September to get your entry in.

Direct download: Geotalk_XoE_promo.m4v
Category: Vidcast -- posted at: 9:15 AM
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Team Webguy and Wingnut take us on a trip to the Cliff Hanger (GC14XGC) in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney.

Note: Explicit language in opening scene.

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Direct download: Geotalk_Video_10.m4v
Category: Vidcast -- posted at: 4:49 AM
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The last round of audio clues for the XoE series of geocaches are available. We speak to the evil behind these caches, Caught@Work, discuss the GeoSportz and Well Rounded cacher games, chat with Big Matt from Canberra and hear about Tronador's trip pursuing Cliffhanger.

Haven't purchased a Geotalk geocoin yet? Less than 20 remain. Page for Australian purchasers and for International.

Links for show

Direct download: geotalk_episode33.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:00 PM
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Geotalk chats to 2LegDrive about the Spot Navigator, we walk through the city of Sydney with The Mad Russian, and we pay tribute to one of Australia's great geocachers.

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Direct download: geotalk_episode32.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:25 PM
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Geotalk chats to mos6510 about an innovative geocache, learn how to beat the competition in those FTF chases, and listen to the first set of audio clues for a new set of geocaches being released around the country.

Got something to something to add to the show? Email geotalk AT mac.com or call (02) 800 50 436 (GEO)

Links for the show

Direct download: geotalk_episode31.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:44 AM
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Hear how Flipper and Co reached an amazing 222 days of consecutive caching, a review of the Nokia N95 and find out who won the gold Geotalk geocoin.

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Direct download: geotalk_episode30.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:05 PM
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Join Spindoc Bob, Webguy, Wingnut, Usat31 and setsujoku as we go searching for geocaches in the city of Sydney.
Direct download: Geotalk_video_9.m4v
Category: Vidcast -- posted at: 10:10 AM
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Discover how GPS is being used at a new green cemetary in Lismore, listen to one of Australia's first geocachers Embi and celebrate a range of milestones.

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Direct download: geotalk_episode29.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:49 AM
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Geotalk travels to Albury-Wodonga to chat with Marcus Vitruvius and then on to Tasmania to find out more about the Geocaching Association of Tasmania.

A big thank you to those people who have made Geotalk a featured podcast on the iTunes Australia store. Don't forgot that you can win a Geotalk geocoin by leaving a comment on the iTunes Australia or New Zealand store.

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Direct download: geotalk_episode28.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:49 AM
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Geotalk continues its discussion with Zytheran about puzzle caches (including tips on how to solve them), we found out what are the most unloved geocaches in Australia, and announce the new geocoin.

 

Links for the show

Direct download: geotalk_episode27.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:38 AM
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Zytheran provides an insight into his puzzle caches ways, the winners of the ACT cache of the year awards are announced and we mention changes in the approval of geocaches in NSW National Parks.

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Direct download: geotalk_episode26.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:44 AM
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Discover what happened in Auckland when the police surrounded a geocache, listen to Caught@Work talk through the latest updates on the Geocaching Australia website and my list of safe geocaching tips.
Direct download: geotalk_episode25_2.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:49 AM
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Geotalk comes to you from the Podcacher studios in San Diego, where we talk to Sonny and Sandy (aka iTrax and Foxtail), point out the GCA funding topic on the forums and announce the winner of the spinner geocoin for the New Year's resolution competition.

Links for the show

Direct download: geotalk_episode24.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:22 AM
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Spindoc Bob meets up with Haima in Taipei for a quick geocaching run in the city. Apologies for audio, as it was recorded on my mobile phone.

Links for the show

Thank you to Haima for taking the time to show me around Taipei city.

Direct download: Geotalk_video_8.m4v
Category: Vidcast -- posted at: 12:05 AM
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Geotalk gets into the clandestine world of urban geocaching with Sydney cacher Philma and we read and hear some of your geocaching New Year resolutions.

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Direct download: geotalk_episode23.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:13 AM
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Geotalk talks to SA Parrothead from Adelaide, offer a free spinner geocoin, revisit the topic of snakes in summer, preview some New Year events and read out some of your emails.

To win the South Pointing Chariot Geocoin, send in your New Year's geocaching resolution as an email (either written or recorded as mp3), or call it in to (02) 800 50 436.

You have until Saturday, 26 January 2008. The winner will be selected at random.

Links for show

Direct download: geotalk_episode22.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:09 AM
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Webguy takes on part two of his geocaching adventure through the city of churches - Adelaide.

Big thanks to ABowie for assisting Webguy during the weekend adventure.

For non-iTunes/iPod viewing, visit the GeoTalk YouTube page.
Direct download: Geotalk_video_7.m4v
Category: Vidcast -- posted at: 4:21 PM
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