And the results are in! After a solid bunch of nominations, we have selected a winning cache for each category, along with a couple of honourable mentions. It was great to see nominations all across Queensland! And to the results… THE WINNERS ARE:

Traditional Cache
GC9860T The Puzzling Trail – Bookcache, by JQTB 
This is really a win for the entire series, as we had multiple nominations for different caches. But we selected this cache specifically as the best of the best.
Honourable Mentions
GC9BYA9 SIMON Wants To Play A Game, by drrnrchr
GC95XM2 ☠️DGS☠️ Mt Spec Tin Mines, by Dirtbags Downunder
GC95PPP Up in the trees…🌳🎣 No.1, by Stephyy

Mystery Cache
GC96MM0 Locked Out, by Orange Crew
A puzzle based on an old classic, but a great container and hide!
Honourable Mentions 
GC97455 Armchair Explorer, by burgo78  
GC9EBBK Paroo 4WD Night Cache, by hatzofff
GC9JFFF Gobbledygook, by smallwombat  (this is a great puzzle!)

Multi Cache
GC8YHNG  Oh Gee! PVC On Mt. Mee, by Captain Terror
Lots of fun at every stage!
Honourable Mentions
GC9GR2Y It’s about the Real Estate, Mate, by BenM70
GC94K3E Signs of Civilisation, by oz bean counter

Earth Cache
GC91EQ2 Poohsticks, by CacheQLD
OK… we did not want to award ourselves here, but the nominations were clear that this was the best! And no rocks involved!
Honourable Mentions
GC97474 Hobwee Basalt, by Orange Crew
GC9DEZ5 Split Rock, by Liz and Bruce

Letterbox
GC9FDBC Tree of the Dead, by 1MinnieMoo
I have to admit, this cache is within 5km of my home and I have not collected it! But the nominations made it clear the container is special.
Honourable Mentions
GC9C49K G.E. & O. Cache, by Speedmistress
GC96R8B You’ve Got Mail in Dayboro (for the series), by CacheQLD  

Wherigo
GC96AE3 Rattle Along The Mary Valley, by AtTheLakeHouse
Great final location!
Honourable Mentions
GC95B5Y Its a BUG CACHE, by dahumbug
GC9B9HN Sky Blue-Reverse Wherigo, by TeamJLBL

Adventure Lab
Lost World Lookouts  by Herbz
Honourable Mentions: 
Post Office by WallabyWanderers
LOOKOUT! Charters Towers by Cachedin NQ

Congratulations to all the COs!

We are pleased to announce the inaugural CacheQLD Geocache Awards for 2021.  These awards will highlight the best of geocaching in Queensland – whether the cache takes you to a spectacular location, requires a sense of adventure, or has an element of creativity that sets it above the rest. We hope this will encourage placement of a variety of high quality caches in the future.

Nominate a recently placed cache for the award by sending an email to admin@cacheqld.com.  Include your geocaching name and when you found the cache (no self-nominations!) and the reason why this cache deserves the award.  Eligible caches will have been placed in the previous 12 month (after 1 Dec 2020).   We will take nominations in for the following categories:

• Traditional
• Mystery
• Multi-Cache
• EarthCache
• Letterbox Hybrid
• Wherigo
• Adventure Lab

Sorry to the owner of the one Virtual cache placed in the last 12 months!  There is a nomination limit of one cache in each category per nominator – please send each nomination in a separate email.

Nominations are open until the 21^st of December, with winners announced early 2022.  Judging will be performed by a panel from CacheQLD.