As a follow-up to my previous post on the oldest currently active caches of each type in Australia, I’d thought I put together a list of the oldest caches of each type in each state and territory. I took the advice of Sandy from the Podcacher podcast, and simply used the search function on geocaching.com, rather than setting up Pocket Queries. This certainly made the process a lot easier. The states and territories are listed in alphabetical order, and each cache is listed in chronological order. Those caches marked with * are the oldest of their type in Australia, and dates are in dd/mm/yyyy format.
Australian Capital Territory
Traditional: Canberra Nature Park (GC6CF) – 15/4/2001
Multicache: A Stroll Around the Lake (GC3C22) – 21/2/2002
Virtual: Animal Antics (GC9534) – 30/9/2002
Mystery: Botanic Boggle (GCH0XY) – 6/10/2003
Earthcache: Earthcache II – the geology of WoolShed Creek, ACT (GCHKCK) – 29/1/2004
Letterbox Hybrid: Isaacs Post Office (GCXT3K) – 18/8/2006
Whereigo: Athllon Adventure (GC1D01M) – 6/6/2008
Webcam: none currently active
New South Wales
Virtual: Lane Cove (GC3E) – 18/5/2000*
Traditional: Sydney Geocache Relocated (GC1F11) – 11/11/2000
Multicache: #1 Frog Hollow (GC596) – 29/3/2001
Mystery: #38 Under Pressure (GC39EC) – 15/2/2002*
Earthcache: Earthcache I – a simple geology tour of Wasp Head (GCHFT2) – 10/1/2004*
Letterbox Hybrid: Postman Rat (GC18AZA) – 6/1/2008
Whereigo: The Search for Ned Kelly and the Stolen Treasure (GC1KK89) – 8/1/2009
Webcam: none currently active
Northern Territory
Traditional: Sungroper 4 (GC3399) – 22/11/2001
Multicache: Geocentrical (GC7CED) – 27/6/2002
Mystery: SUE DOUGH COO #1 (GC16CRF) – 5/10/2007
Earthcache: Ellery Creek Big Hole (GC1TA92) – 5/6/2009
Whereigo: The Great Escape (GC4BV4E) – 12/5/2013
Letterbox Hybrid: Snail Mail (GC4DFY7) – 3/6/2013
Virtual: none currently active
Webcam: none currently active
Queensland
Traditional: Queens land (GC8E) – 17/10/2000
Multicache: Simon’s in the Orchard (GC7150) – 14/7/2002
Virtual: Ku-Ta Views (GC86B3) – 30/8/2002
Mystery: Look No More (GCGT19) – 29/8/2003
Earthcache: Whitehaven Beach (GC11A5E) – 7/3/2007
Whereigo: (Virtually) A Common Problem (GC1ETED) – 13/8/2008
Letterbox Hybrid: Free Camp!!!! (GC2045F) – 21/10/2009
Webcam: none currently active
South Australia
Traditional: Riverland Geocache (GC114) – 1/1/2001
Multicache: Scott Creek Multiple (GC1E2) – 3/2/2001*
Virtual: Victoria Squircle (GC40E2) – 10/3/2002
Mystery: 007 (GC83A8) – 24/8/2002
Webcam: Penguins (GCC1EC) – 10/1/2003*
Earthcache: The Sugarloaf Earthcache (GCM4WR) – 24/11/2004
Whereigo: Where We Used To Go (GC1XH4W) – 25/8/2009
Letterbox Hybrid: Frog Mail Box (GC2NQAG) – 11/2/2011
Tasmania
Traditional: North Tassie (GC388) – 25/2/2001
Virtual: South Tasmania 1 (GC408) – 4/3/2001
Multicache: Clinker and Carvel (Multi) (GCD476) – 14/2/2003
Mystery: Codeword+029: Happy Mothers Day (GCNWYY) – 10/5/2005
Letterbox Hybrid: The Apprentice (GCRF2Z) – 11/12/2005*
Earthcache: Fossil Bluff (GC1CH39) – 23/5/2008
Whereigo: Sneaky Monkeys! (GC5BYYE) – 30/8/2014
Webcam: none currently active
Victoria
Traditional: Melbourne’s 1st (GC7A) – 8/10/2000*
Multicache: Rainbow’s End (GC14E9) – 6/8/2001
Mystery: BBB (GCD420) – 13/2/2003 (there are a couple of movable caches currently in Victoria which are older)
Virtual: More Melbourne Television Trivia (GCE258) – 10/3/2003
Webcam: Spirit of the Skier (GCMJ2J) – 19/1/2005
Earthcache: Colqhuon Quarry (GC10PCM) – 1/2/2007
Letterbox Hybrid: A Penny for Your Thoughts (GC10T6T) 25/2/2007
Whereigo: Flight of Fancy (GC1BCA3) – 20/4/2008*
Western Australia
Traditional: Albany Quarantine (GC576) – 27/3/2001
Multicache: Crystal Brook Multi-Cache (GC3397) – 20/1/2002
Virtual: Boat yard bliss (GC733B) – 20/7/2002
Mystery: King Arthur (GCCD53) – 1/2/2003
Earthcache: Living Rocks Earthcache (GCKZB4) – 31/10/2004
Letterbox Hybrid: The Green Angel (GC26YA2) – 17/4/2010
Whereigo: Lucy in Woodvale (GC306CA) – 14/7/2011
Webcam: none currently active