Team Tip Top hunts down the Treasure ...
The Sports & Social Club at work
set a date for their next activity a Treasure Hunt to be held on a Saturday
afternoon ... the event was announced during the previous event the Quiz night
of which I formed part of the winning team together with the other colleagues,
Gavin, Etienne and Christina. During the
Quiz night we decided that we’d all form part of the same team during the
Treasure Hunt - closer to the date Christina dropped out and Etienne and
Gavin's fianceé's signed on that made us a full team of 5 persons! I offered that we could use my car which
could accommodate 6 passengers comfortable.
Myself - The driver
Gavin Brewes The spreadsheet guy

Danni Vella The cup cake girl but today she was the blackberry girl

Tip Top Team Members
Myself - The driver
Gavin Brewes The spreadsheet guy


The logic guy Etienne Vella

The resourceful girl Antonella Borg
During the week before Etienne circulated a short list of must haves which we would need to take along with us, the list included;
- Two cameras
- Map
- GPS
- Get contact numbers of other people who might be able to assist us
remotely
- Internet access from mobile or laptop. (preferably a laptop as
well)
- A couple of biros/pencils and some papers
- And finally… our BRAINS :)
At 13:30 I made my way to the meeting point, I met with Gavin who was waiting for Danni but had brought along a couple of bags of crisps, sandwiches and soft drinks, Danni arrived soon after and following that Etienne and Antonella joined us - we agreed on a strategy – To Win this second
event of the year !!!
The Committee members handed us a bag of treats, crisps and water - we wouldn't be facing any dehydration problems !!!
As driver of the
team I was summoned with the other drivers to have the rules and instructions
explained! General rules about safety on the roads as well as the regulations regarding the Treasure Hunt in which it was explained that we had 3 hours to
complete the event with the first team starting at 14:40 and ending at 17:40
and all the teams would be leaving at 30 minutes intervals, each team was assigned a different route then the others which was good … We were instructed
to pick an envelope which would have the necessary forms and two copies of the
Hand Book one for rough work and one would be the original we would be handing
in at the end of the event. I picked an
envelope at random and it was marked “1” which meant that my team was going to
start first in a matter of minutes.
I ran to my car envelope in hand and everyone else
took their seats – we filled in the forms, synchronized our watches and checked
the Rule Book, while I relayed all the info I had obtained from the Marshall
with regards to the rules and regulations.
While waiting to receive the start signal, we turned to the first location page.
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Location ONE |
Striking a pose in front of Casino Notabile |
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Location TWO |
With location one complete the guys where trying to decipher the next location – this one wasn’t as simple and I decided to park on the pavement because driving away from Rabat didn’t make sense – Antonella who’s Etienne’s girlfriend came up with the answer The Silent City Mdina. Which meant a U turn on a busy junction for me and towards Rabat again to find a parking space since Mdina is a car free city .... this one was going to be a race on foot !!!
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Map of Mdina |
Chocolate Cake 1 million calories/slice |
Some Giant Mosquitos can still be seen roaming around the square |
- Mushroom
- Fanta Metal Crown
- 60 year old male’s ID Card
- Original Coca Cola Can
- Blue Toy
- Torn Sock
- An Extra Long Matchbox
- Chinese Chop Sticks
- Black Fishnet Tights
- Sea Shell
- Football T-Shirt
- Waltdisney Character
- Red Plastic Peg
- Shower Cap
- Feather
- Shoe Sole
- Original Barbie Doll
- Safety Shoe
- An Ice Watch
- Take a group photo with the theme “power of believing”
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A view of Dingli |
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Location THREE |
Whist driving to location three which was Dingli Cliffs we started sorting between ourselves who could provide the items on the list, I had a number of things at home, Antonella could provide some of the other items as well and we were left with the Matchsticks, the Ice Watch, the Coke can, the chop sticks, the ID Card and the Fanta top …. We had to make a lot of calls to try and source the missing items …. Got to Dingli and driving along the bumpy and rugged stretch of road adjacent to the cliffs we came across the Jurassic Monsters golf location which was the Radar Station and its huge white ball like structure, but we had to keep on driving to find the chapel, identify the colour of the door and take a photo of the group – we get to the chapel and raced towards it to find a group of boys attending the tiny church which was set up for the Easter festivities – taking a photo of the group wasn’t at all difficult we surely didn’t lack volunteers – back to the car and stop briefly near the Radar Station to snap a picture and go look for Francis Ebejer who was a prominent dramatist that lived in Dingli between 1925 and 1993 – apparently he can be found reading a book – driving like a mad woman I got on main road in Dingli a tarmacked road at last ..... we found a small monument with Mr. Ebejer comfortably reading a book – screamed at a young lady across the street who was waiting for the bus to take a quick group photo.
Phew 3 locations down and over one hour passed – we are still missing some of the items on the scavenger hunt but Etienne is doing his utmost by contacting boys from the football nursery he coaches who might have an Ice Watch.
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Location FOUR |
Location four Manikata where Architect Richard England was responsible for the design of the Church in this small town ...
Back the way we came from Antonella managed to find
a friend who lives in Zebbieh who could lend us her dad’s safety shoes and some
other items off the list – while we are at it might as well stop at a vegetable
stall and pick up ONE MUSHROOM!!
Last but not least we had to take a photo with the lonely teddy bear … the only place I could think of was the small playing field and that’s where we found the teddy bear swing! We asked another tourist to take a quick photo.
For the record ... I'm sitting on the teddy bear .... |
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Location FIVE |

Another photo and off to my apartment to pick up a number of items off the scavenger list and use the loo facilities ….aaaaa relief .... at last !!!
Gav, Antonella & Danni posing with the sign at the Roman Baths |
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Location SIX |
Locations six Mosta but before we get to Mosta we have to stop in two different towns in Naxxar where Etienne’s football student was waiting with Ice Watch and Coke Can and where Vanessa was waiting on another corner with Chop Sticks in hand … on the way to Mosta with time running out quickly we had to take a split decision proceed to Mosta and omit a large number of items from the list or go to the next town Birkirkara – Antonella’s home town and pick up a bag of goodies ????!?!?!?! at the roundabout the team decided on Birkirkara so I started on that route stopping once or twice to ask random men who looked like they could be 60 if they had their ID and if they where truly 60 – no luck neither was 60 :( off to meet Antonella’s mum …. Time is running out and we still had the whole of Mosta to drive around ….

Terrible Photo but we are all in & the bomb is there too !!! |
Our Group photo in front of St Sylvester Church |

Our final scavenger item - a group photo showing the Power of Believing hmmmmm !!!! |


For the record had there been a tie the challenge would have been to change the spare wheel of the car .... which isn't that straight forward when you have a six seater mpv!
Team Tip Top will reconvene their meeting place at Valletta Harbour to get the Catamaran Ferry to Sicily for the day !!!