The Great Launceston Treasure Hunt

07/06/2025

Hi everyone, my apologies for the lack of updates and events for quite some time now. Life definitely got in the way and I'll be doing my best to have something up and running for December. Thanks for all your kind messages.

27/12/2023

Sorry if I've not said this here to everyone but I won't be able to hold The Great Launceston Treasure Hunt this holidays. I'm in a legal battle with a dodgy landlord and have been essentially homeless for the last month (mostly in crisis accommodation) so haven't been able to get organised in time. I'll be holding a bunch of smaller events leading up to the mid-year school holidays and another big treasure hunt then.

Thank you for all your support and enthusiasm for my kooky idea to get people out and about and loving this city I love so much ❤️

07/10/2023

Hi everyone, I'm worried I might have left it too late to organise this year's treasure hunt - is there enough time left for people to contribute in the form of rocks or ideas for treasure hunting hijinks?? I want to do some weekly challenges and prizes this time to mix things up a little bit and give even more people a chance to win.

Let me know if you'd like to be involved in painting rocks for the Dec school holidays treasure hunt - the theme this time is Xmas Cats!!

03/08/2023

Hi everyone, life got busy the past few days and I haven't been able to organise everyone's prizes yet, this will be happening tomorrow and I will contact everyone to advise when they are ready.

01/08/2023

IT'S TIME!!! With close to FIVE HUNDRED ENTRIES, some ups and downs, lots of rain, and lots of fun, it's time to announce the winners of the Second Great Launceston Treasure Hunt!!!!!!

And the winners of our two GRAND PRIZES are:

Olivia Nettlefold found the most rocks and wins a $100 Toyworld voucher - congratulations!!!

Danielle Moore has been randomly selected as the winner of the Random Prize Draw and wins a $100 Toyworld voucher - congratulations!!!

Congratulations to the other winners of our Random Prize Draw as follows:

Aleisha Tunks $50 EB Games voucher
Katherine Hudson $50 Joel's Buy and Sell voucher
Alicia Wise $25 Swirlz voucher
Amanda Potter - Family Fun Pass @ Launceston Lanes
Roslyn Duncan - Family Fun Pass @ Launceston Lanes
Di Lawrence - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
Laura Campbell Upton - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
Zander Nicklason - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
Bernadeth Quimco Magnase - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
Darius Viney - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
Elicia Austin - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
Alice Manson - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
Mack McGee - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
Gary Robinson - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
BJ Au - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun
Trace Elements - Two for One Gift Card @ Airtime/Lexfun

And of course let's not forget our GRAND Rehiders Prize of a Complete Beginner's Rock Painters Pack and a $25 Swirlz voucher which goes to... ... ... Lisa Knight!!!

And the runners up Rehiders Prize of the amazing Pius Meowfoy portrait and a ten dollar Toyworld voucher goes to Amanda Potter!!!

Congratulations to all our winners, thank you to everyone who participated, our amazing artists and elves without whom the treasure hunt would not have happened on this scale, the businesses who supported us and joined in on the fun, and the City of Launceston for being such an amazing place to hold an event like this.

We'll be in touch shortly to arrange collection of your amazing prizes.

And we will be holding a third treasure hunt in the Christmas school holidays so keep following the page, invite your friends, and join in on the fun at the end of the year!!

25/07/2023

Hi everyone!! Thanks for joining in on the second Great Launceston Treasure Hunt. We've had a lot of entries so it will take a little while to tally everything up and get prizes out, we will announce the winners of the competition next Tuesday 1st August with prizes available the next day.

23/07/2023

TLDR; Skip to the bottom to see how you can get TEN free entries into the prize draw.

So I've had a lot of messages and comments on the treasure hunt posts saying people can't find the rocks - way too many. Unfortunately we've realised that someone is out there actively trying to ruin everybody's fun and this event I've put on only for the benefit of others by *stealing* the rocks.

We thought we were being paranoid at first - the rocks are super cute and who wouldn't want to take one home - but then the businesses we left rocks in started contacting us with the same description of two individuals who were stealing the rocks from their stores.

This is truly disappointing as this event is run purely by volunteers, and the artists and business participating have generously given their time to make it as fun as possible. We don't make any money out of this, we do it purely out of the love of our city and to share that love with others.

All that being said, if YOU have not been able to find any rocks despite getting out there and searching for them (and I know a lot of you have) then send me a message and I will give you TEN free entries into our amazing prize draw.

We're truly sorry that two people have tried to ruin this fun, holiday experience for everyone else but rest assured that their behaviour has not dampened my enthusiasm for the next treasure hunt at Xmas - Treasure Hunt 3 in 2023!!!

And stay tuned over the next few days for the results of this treasure hunt, I have a *lot* of messages to tally up. Thanks for playing, everyone!!

23/07/2023

Come find us at Casino Rise!! You can send us a photo of the back to go into the draw for the amazing rehiders prize as well.

Good luck everybody!!!

23/07/2023

These two are hiding at Harley Parade playground - good luck!!!

23/07/2023

We're hiding out at Latrobe and the Devonport lighthouse - and one at Launceston Village Cinema, just ask the doorperson to take a photo!!

23/07/2023

We're hiding out and about in Youngtown near the chemist and in the Youngtown Regional Park - can you find us???

Please don't rehide us, but if you want to be in the rehiders prize let me know 😉

Good luck today, everyone!!!

22/07/2023