Not the Bacon Tree it's a Ham-Bush (North Otago) Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
By hill55, columba scouts on 04-Feb-13. Waypoint GC45DK1

TFTC great size lovely spot not to damp after all rain still easily signed

another day out caching with agazo, this was quickly spotted, then had to navigate a few branches, tftc

Nufrat and I took advantage of the excellent weather to collect lots of caches around Oamaru. Great hide and local resident. TFTC.

Continuing my walk along the walk/cycle way, my attention soon centered on retrieving this cache. I first thought I was looking at trash left, but thankfully I spotted ID that confirmed I was actually looking at the real deal. I love caches this size . Thank you for setting this up.

On holiday for 2 weeks in caravan, stopped at oamaru for couple nights and thought we would go find some cach hunting . TFTC

Log book is wet could not write onto it.

Crawled in with my mate. 2 grown a$$ women hiding and quiet as people walked by. Left a trinket. TFTC

Hard to crawl with a bad knee but got it. Nice little piggy. Sat and hid as a woman went past pushing a pram. Her dog gave me a quizzical look but didn't spill the beans.

Hands and knees job. TFTC

A quick find. I like it so well done for the effort. Thanks

Checked out. all good .put a replacement logbook in,

Quick find, bit of problem solving from the little guy to get into the cache

Contents of inner plastic bag are wet, yet cache was closed and normal on arrival. It was if the log book had been left out at some point

Found Thu 8 Jun 23.contents of inner plastic bag are wet, but great to find first cache since restarting from 8 years ago. GrovesSprinter

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Our last day on the A20 cycle trail leaving from the Tokarahi Huts to Oamaru. So many caches along this part of the trail and it’s a very hot day, so only stopped to give a few caches on our way.
A quick find here amongst the prickles. Piggy looks like he needs a wash and the log book is damp but we could still add our names on it. TFTC

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Found with the help of our 3 year old nephew!! He thought it was Christmas. Lol Thanks.

Labour week end mission to smash out a good portion of the A2O caches. Got most of those between Duntroon and Oamaru which wasn't bad given I had a half day on Sat, full day on Sun and only a small bit of Mon.

Solved this one and came by to claim.

Thanks hill55 and columba scouts for the cache, enjoying picking up a few caches as I get close to Oamaru and do not have to worry so much about my bike battery failing.
Quick find., once I had my head in the right space.

Many thanks for the cache. Mr Kiwi dropped me off near Windsor and I walked back to town. Largest cache roday. Log was a it damp.

Cache was a quick find and I got muggled by a dog who thought it was great fun to see this old person under a tree. Explained geocaching to the owner

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on a coolish winters day caching in and around Oamaru during our Queens Birthday trip south.
We were passing by so had to stop and have another go at this cache that we had DNFed a few years back. This time, there was no sign of bees (a large deterrent last visit) and an instant find for SW. Good to turn another frown into a smile. TFTC.

#21332. Quick find today (not sure how we missed it last time; maybe it was well covered with leaf litter then). TFTC.

A couple of muggles I'd past once already we're heading towards me, so I waited them out by talking on the phone before even beginning the search.
It was a super quick find.
But i hung around a while so they'd move further away.
Thanks for putting this here

Visiting the area for a few more cycle trails. . With a few caches to provide the cherry on top. TFC

Today started cycling the alps to ocean rail trail an awesome experience. With a few caches to provide the cherry on top. TFC

I'm not sure if what we found was it. There was an empty white pill container thrown in a prickly bush with no lid on it. Was that it? Great name though!

Hunted through bush and Found this empty pill container with string round the top, is this it?

Spike

Can't go down that far

Nobody me crawling thru a bush like a snake the girl going past on her bike. ️️

Nobody me crawling thru a bush like a snake the girl going past on her bike ️️

No luck here. GZ wasn't fun to search, and the hints confused us.

We had a wee crawl in but our hearts weren't really in it and the bees around the honeysuckle were another deterrent.

Checked on this. Cacheis there!!
Emptied the larger container of water and checked logbook which is dry.

Found but container empty, no log to sign

Found empty container after quiet a search

Finally finding some time to log these caches. Took a couple of days off work and decided that today was the day to knock off the next section on the A2O. A wee bit cool and quite windy but enjoyable none the less. A fee quicks finds and a few tough ones. A shout out to Drawp who I run into on the way and helped me with a couple. TFTC.

Loved the title! Tftc number 6992. 1685m towards the DGSc Distance challenge walked today.

all good cache is there

Found empty container, and a separate lid. No sign of a log

A nice quick find. TFTC

Were on a roll

On holiday from the North Island and really enjoying Oamaru. Cache is in place with a nice replacement log. However the clue is not so accurate anymore. TFTC

Down from Taranaki visiting family. Tftc

Day 3 of our 6-Day End of the Year caching trip to Dunedin. A very quick find thanks to the add-on that was pretty hard to miss. Thanks for placing the cache and adding to our smilies. Happy Caching

Up from Dunedin on a mission to get total finds for the year up to 1:1. Still got a few to go and days are running out! Thanks to the local COs for your hard work which is making mine a little easier. TFTC

Definitely missing outer container and lid for inner one. Place more paper for log and happened to have a top that fitted inner container so it will keep dry. CO might like to visit soon.

Found it but it's missing the outer container.

I wasn't too comfortable with placing the bung back in... Cheers

Day 7 - of our (The Seagnoid, Toby, Zara, & myself) epic adventure around amazing Oamaru. With Geofest17 and Danseys Pass and A2O bagged, we are off exploring Oamaru again.
We ran out of time doing A2O, so back today to bag a few more before it rains.
The Seagnoid found this one, thats a little different. Cheers

Tyabeedragon and I cycled most of the A2O from the elephants a few days ago. Now we are back, mopping up sections that we missed.
I was ahead of the dragon and had already found the cache by the time she showed up. O showed it off in all its proud glory. Nice to see a decent-sized cache.

Visiting Oamaru for the Geofest and while here trying to find a variety of caches. Thank you to all the CO's who have placed caches both in town as well as the various rural areas we visited.

So glad geohubby helped out with this one. He was a little more flexible in the muscle and bone area and could access the location of the cache. He also made the find and enjoyed it. So much more of the cache made sense once the find was made. Thanks for another of your caches we've found this weekend hill55 and also thanks to Columba scouts. Cheers!

Out and about and a few caches on the way nice one a favorite point from me

TFTC. Down to Oamaru attending the GeoFest with kotukuSI.
Our plan for today was to complete the great Mighty Oaks series and find as many types as we could in a day. Great fun and lots of driving.
This was almost a park and grab in the rain.
Cool container.
Thanks hill55, Columba scouts for placing this surprising cache.

Day 3 of our visit to the Geo Fest 2017 in nearby Oamaru looking out caches with good favorite ratings, given the limited time we have in the area.

Caching with NZTravellers, KeyLev, and UncleSamNZ, so signed in as SEAC17 to save space.

TFTC.

Love this ones container - out with Ruru_NZ and DSI find the puzzle caches solved prior to the weekend. Now collecting others that were missed yesterday.

Onto the bikes again for more cycle caching with Kiwi Moose and Karma Reprint. Signed as K^2LM Thanks.

A great day caching with purdiepurdie while in Oamaru for the Geofest - we have "knocked off" most of the Mighty Oaks series & are now in Weston to find a few solved puzzles.
This was on our way out of town; unfortunately it had started raining by late afternoon so it was a pretty speedy mission.
Thanks for this cache, hill55, columba scouts.

Fun cache. Thanks!

7683. Very clever. Thanks for making us smile. Rodney and Iris

Not as in as much as i thought! Quick grab of bacon!

Found whilst here for the geofest race with flipnz and RowenaD, thanks for all the geocaches everyone.

Having an easy day caching

A nice quick find here. Love the container. TFTC.

thanks for the placement, we have been loved travelling and visiting the roads of oamaru and the many caches each CO has taken the time to place, thank you for taking the time to place and maintain them.

Day 2 of Oamaru geofest time to have some more fun and get more smiles
A quick stop and grab on my way past with Ruru and Kcn
Nice container
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Greetings from an Auckland Cacher. Here with some of my crew for the “Almost Mega” event.

Day 3 of our trip.

Sorry for the generic logs. Thanks for taking the time to place this cache.

All logs signed as “Team SEAC”

Day 5 of my Oamaru GeoFest week. Moving OK after a day of cycling yesterday. Out with KCN and DSI today.
Generic log for now, will update online in a while.
Thanks for the smilie.
1783 22 October 2017 17:52

In the general area for the geofest. Today was a 'lazy' day with collecting some solved puzzles, high favourite caches and checking out the steampunk.

Thanks for the cache.

Signed as SEAC 17 (South East Auckland Crew)

Down at the Oamaru Geofest with Keylev, UncleSamNZ and Stik-a-Crane. Today was the day to attempt solved caches and some challenge caches that we qualified for in and around Oamaru. Even managed to look at a few trads and two Wherigo's today!

Giving this one a Fav due to the size and the animal based cache container!

We signed the log as Team SEAC 17 to save log paper.

Thanks to all the CO that have placed and maintained their caches.

A quick find with TregearP during the Oamaru Geofest 2017.

All in good order, thanks for the cache.

Out and about with Karma Reprint and Kiwi Legend, another smiley face on this great trail. Great work on this container and cache, slightly different to the rest I've found this weekend. Signed as K^3LMR. Cheers

This cache was found during our Oamaru Geofest Road Trip and logged as TTT (Trans Tasman Team). Thanks you for the placement. Was a great weekend filled with lots of fun and caching of course. Prior dnf cleared woop woop! Quick park and grab
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Found with TTT. Having a wonderful time caching with the group and going to all of the Geofest events! Thanks for the cache!

A quick find with SJT_NZ while down for the Geofest, TFTC

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)… Our journey to the bottom of the South Island has been almost two years in the planning. We were determined to make it to Oamaru Geofest. We decided to also factor in completing a couple of missions (JASMER and Virtual challenges), and the wheels started turning...

Day Five: Oamaru Geofest

The afternoon was dedicated to walking sections of the A2O trail. We found it more effective to park strategically and walk between finds. We got to see a lot more of the countryside in this way, and we met some colourful characters too... The majority of caches were quick finds and in good condition... An interesting and intriguing cache name... TFTC.

I spent the first part of the day cycling the A2O Trail from Windsor to Oamaru. After a lunch break in Weston it was on to the last stage into Oamaru. Cheers and TFTC.

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DAY 5
Another day with a variety of caches to be found, attended and answered.
Thanks to all the CO'S for their caches and the arrangement of the Oamaru Geofest. SLTFTC

Up in Oamaru for day #1 of the Oamaru geofest. Out with Sirbennis and KJR grabbing lots of caches. TFTC ?

Quick park and grab at the end of a long day. TFTC. Found with K.J.R and Gadget.

Oamaru
Visiting for the geofest, we cached with Happy Feet 1 during our time here.
We found caches in some amazing places & wonderful scenery today.
Thanks for placing this cache hill55

Visiting from Brisbane with Slow Puncture for the Oamaru Geofest, and we're seeing all the wonderful sights the South Island has to offer as we travel along. Day 2: After 1 night in Christchurch we rolled down the coast to Oamaru for the event, finding plenty of caches (and cachers ) along the way.

This one was very cute! Thanks for the hunt **hill55, columba scouts**, this find makes #4266. Discover our TB

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In Oamaru for the Geofest.
Day #1 out and about with Gadget169 and sirbennis.
A quick drive out to Weston for a couple of caches at the end of the day. Nice quick find. TFTC

#2,968: Binge Smiley!
What an adventure we had today! TheWanglers, Team_Gaters, and I headed out at dawn from Christchurch with four goals in mind: 1) Find Many Caches, 2) Get TG to 7,000 finds, 3) get me to 3,000 finds, and 4) Have Fun! Needless to say, all were accomplished in spades. It was only my second 100+ day ever, and had us driving, walking, running, biking, and even crawling to make the finds. We were also able to find at least 7 different cache types, and attend two events, in order to catch up with old friends. Thanks to all the hiders, but most of all, thanks to my partners in crime! We signed all logs as "T8T", sung to the tune of AC/DC "TNT".

We took to the bikes for the first time, and made some finds! Cool container here.

SL/TFTC!!

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Saturday. Slow Puncture has teamed up with Orange Crew to make a Moreton Bay assault on the Oamaru Geofest. Day Two saw us travel from Christchurch to Oamaru.

This was the 19th of 49 caches found on today's trip.

Thanks ***hill55***, for showing us this place.

We left Friendly Fielding on Thursday night flew into Christchurch stayed the night there then cached all the next day there eventually we headed towards Omaru for the first event of the weekend, next day headed to the Geofest event then it was time to start caching for the day until the next event which was a CITO event, we have met alot of new people so far and some we already knew which is always great to catch up once again always so much to talk about. This area is amazing so much to see and do and the Steampunk around is incredible a wonderful place to visit. Thank you for placing a cache here and bringing us to this area, signed the log and placed the cache back where we found it. TFTC

Out grabbing some caches with Di Morgan while here at the Oamaru Geofest. Found after a short search.
Thanks for placing the cache for us to find.
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More blood, found ok
Thanks, I think

Quick find while visiting for the geofest event.

A quick found while out and about before the geofest. Thanks.

Bbear44 and I were spending a few days in Oamaru getting things organised for the geofest.
Time to head back to Christchurch. But first a wee bike ride.
LOVED THIS ONE. A FAVORITE POINT FROM ME.
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Thanks. hill55, columba scouts for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 5096 for me.

A wee bike ride along a small part of this lovely trail before heading back home to Christchurch. Thanks for the caches and the smiles Nosynel and I had a lovely day. Look g forward to being g back this way in a couple of weeks for the Oamaru Geofest om labour weekend.

Once I found a weak point it was a nice quick find.

Looked for while wasn't making sense then penny dropped out with Creek Rd girls and salvation army and hippo 2010

Not such an easy find but filled in a rainy day thanks

Awesome hiding Spot

Great name for a cache