Sarah Iles unearthed a unqiue scavenger hunt for her daughters on St. PatrickB次元官网网址檚 Day while they were walking along the spit in Sooke and discovered ornately painted rocks.
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The Sooke to Sidney rock hunt is a public group on Facebook that hides and finds colourful painted rocks in the Greater Victoria area.
Group members post photos of their rocks and write a description of where the rocks are hidden, to let other group members know there is something new to look for.
Iles found the group on Facebook, and that motivated her and her daughters to start painting rocks. The first event her family hid painted rocks for was Easter at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre.
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Iles and her family also did some rock painting on Canada Day while they were day camping at Esquimalt Lagoon.
Iles said it takes about an hour to paint a rock, depending on how detailed it is.
But what happens to the rocks is up to the person that discovers them. People can choose to keep it, re-hide it or exchange it for one that they have painted. There is, however, one rule of etiquette B次元官网网址� if you find a rock, take a picture of yourself with it and post it in the Facebook group.
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