Ester Geo Bunnie

While Secret Geo Santa takes a well-deserved holiday, a new fabled heroine has hopped onto the scene just in time for Easter.

Earlier this month, Ester Geo Bunnie revealed herself on Facebook, offering a continuation of Secret Geo Santa’s free gift-giving service to geocachers this March.

“Well, now that Christmas is over and the shops are already displaying Easter items, I thought it was time to say hi to you all,” the Australian-based egg quality controller at the Easter Bunny Factory wrote.

“As some of you know, last year I had a chat with Secret Geo Santa and was given permission to do what he does every Christmas, at Easter.

“For those who have no clue as to what I am talking about, it is very simple:
Before, during and after Easter, you go and hide something special for your loved ones, your friends and anyone else you think deserves something, then you take the co-ordinates and send me an email.”

At that point the kindly Ester Geo Bunnie contacts each gift recipient “via Geocaching.com and/or email informing them that they are required to go hunting”.

“This allows you to remain entirely anonymous. You can even include a message and a hint as well,” the Bunny University graduate advised. “I also send you a copy of the message sent to them, and any messages received in return.”

Like Secret Geo Santa, Ester Geo Bunnie is also based in the Victorian city of Melbourne.
And because each gift-giver is responsible for hiding their present, both can offer their services around the globe and for free.

*If you have a present for Ester Geo Bunnie to help deliver, email geo.e.bunny@live.com.au with:
your name, the name of your gift recipient, their geo-handle, their email address, the co-ordinates of your hidden gift, a message and any hints.

Source: http://www.notaboutthenumbers.com/

Desconhecia o conceito mas parece-me algo bastante divertido

Olha está muito boa! Gostei da ideia. Obrigado pela partilha

Para quem não conhece, fica aqui a estória do "Geo Santa Claus":



You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry, you’d better not pout … otherwise there’s no chance of Secret Geo Santa paying you a visit this year.

This jolly geocacher in red is offering other players the chance to stash a Christmas present in their home town for someone special to find.

Gift givers then fill in a form that Geo Santa will email to the lucky recipient, advising them where to locate their item without revealing who sent it.
As the actual deliveries are made by the participants, the scheme is available internationally.

Unfortunately, in a world that can often seem to have more naughty than nice inhabitants, the idea was met with initial skepticism on the GC.com forums, forcing Geo Santa to offer some information about themselves.

“I see you may have a few reservations, that’s okay.
A little about me … I have well over 1000 finds and just over 100 hides. I have held many events as well.”

When not busy at their toy workshop, this benevolent player is based in the chilly climes of Victoria, Australia – a place they refer to as being colder than the North Pole.

He or she recently “had a brilliant idea for how I could make some people smile this Christmas, so I have just spent a few weeks hiding gifts for our local cachers here in Victoria without anyone knowing”.

“I then sent them all an email with their own unique set of co-ordinates that took them to a place where they had to search for their gift.
I have been reading some of their stories and their thank-you letters and they are amazing, making me smile.
So I thought I would offer this service to other cachers.

“I am not doing this so I can get your co-ordinates and rush off to get the gift.
If you still have reservations on what I am offering, that is okay, you are only human.”

Source: http://www.notaboutthenumbers.com/2011/11/11/here-comes-geo-santa-claus/