Brought to you by Garden Route Trail and Nandos, the Geo Oyster Geocacheing competition offers to be a fun way to navigate around the town of Knysna and surrounds. The event is open to all festival participants and will take you to a combination of nature, site seeing and culturall destinations as you navigate to 12 way points to find clues that will unlock the 13th and final location. First one to the finish location with all 12 clues is the WINNER!

Competition : Running from Monday 5th July to Friday 9th July, two GPS waypoints will be posted every morning at 07h30 for the first three days and at 08h00 on Friday on this website and on our CoastalWalk Twitter site. Everyday you locate the clues and codes at each waypoint to crack the code of the final location. If you arrive later during the week you simply start searching for the waypoints from then. Remember, it is the first person to the finish location with ALL 12 clues that wins.

Entries : Entry forms will be available from the 1st Junel from this website or can be collected at either the Knysna or Sedgefield Tourism offices. Entry fee will be R50.00 per team. Click here to download Geo Oyster ENTRY FORM . Download the Code Matrix here.

Requirements : Equipment required will be one of the following :

• a GPS or
• a navigator or a smart phone.

Level of fitness required is medium. Most of the waypoints can be driven to within 1.5km, though three will be approachable by road. Expect at least 6 to require some walking or cycling to locate them. The essence of this event is to show case the beauty and diversity of Sedgefield and it's surrounds while offering an interesting exploration during the Slow Festival.

Daily waypoints: loaded here daily.

1. Monday 5th July 2010 - first three way points
2. Tuesday 6th July 2010 - 4th and 5th way points
3. Wednesday 7th 2010 - 6th and 7th way points.
4. Thursday 8th July 2010 - 8th and 9th way points
5. Friday 9th July 2010 - 10th and 11th way points to hopefully lead you to WP #12

• The first grid on the CODE MATRIX is the conversion of the alphabet to a numerical value between zero and nine.
• Each way point from #1 to #11 has a grid. For way points with word clues, the top row is for the clue and the bottom row is for the letter numerical conversion. For the way points with codes, the numbered code is inserted directly into the blocks.
• The blocks with circles are numbered 1 to 14. The number inside the circle must be inserted into the corresponding numbered block for way point #12.
• The final way point, #12, will be revealed when you have collected all the clues and codes from way points #1 to #1