Iron Maiden 6: Brave New Cachechurch (Canterbury) Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By TwoSharpe on 01-Dec-13. Waypoint GC4TWRB

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Will check when we pass next

Not find ... that's the game-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --French version below-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Short late log but more complete now that we are back home.Our vacation will take us to the other side of the world to the land of the Maoris. After many, many hours of flying, a passage through China on the way there and through the United States of America on the way back, we will finally arrive in Christchurch which will be the starting point of our journey.We will enjoy the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and we will go back towards the North Island via State Highway 1. To combine business with pleasure, we will take regular breaks and small detours according to the caches that seem the most accessible to us.With a little more than 3500 km in 20 days, we will have discovered many facets of this island which is soothing. We will have to come back because there are so many places that we have not done . In broad strokes, the path will go from Christchurch to the Kaikoura Peninsula then towards Picton for the crossing to Wellington.New island, new road, and by State Highway 2 we go towards Hastings and Napier. We will leave the seaside for several days to go to Tongariro and Taupo. We will continue north towards Rotorua and Hamilton (without forgetting a detour via Hobbiton ) A detour to the Coromandel Peninsula and finally the almost north of the island with Whangarei and Waitangi to learn the history of this country.There will only be a few days left to spend towards Auckland and its suburbs before taking the plane back to the grayness of our European autumn.The majority of the boxes will be found, we have abandoned those where our English was lacking and where we could not understand the clue. Thanks to all the owners who brightened up our path, who took us to incredible places (that's also geocaching)In short, we had a great vacation, saw beautiful places that simply ask us to come back. We learned a lot about the history of this country and its traditions, it's a great motivation for our destinations.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Petit log en retard mais un peu plus complet maintenant que nous sommes rentrs la maison. Nos vacances vont nous emmener lautre bout du monde au pays des Maoris. Aprs beaucoup, beaucoup dheures davion, un passage par la Chine laller et par les Etats-Unis dAmrique au retour, nous arriverons enfin Christchurch qui sera le point de dpart de notre priple.Nous profiterons des plages du de locan Pacifique et nous remonterons en direction de lile du nord via la State highway 1. Pour joindre lutile et lagrable, nous ferons des pauses rgulires et de petits dtours au gr des caches qui nous semble les plus accessibles. Avec un peu plus de 3500 km en 20 jours, nous aurons dcouverts pleins de facettes de cette ile qui est apaisante. Il nous faudra revenir car il y a tellement dendroit que nous navons pas fait . Dans les grand traits, le chemin ira de Christchurch la pninsule Kaikoura puis direction Picton pour la traverse vers Wellington.Nouvelle ile, nouvelle route, et par la State Highway 2 nous remontrons en direction de Hastings et Napier. Nous laisserons le bord de mer plusieurs jours pour aller au Tongariro et Taupo. Nous continuerons vers le nord en direction de Rotorua et Hamilton (sans oublier un dtour par Hobbiton ). Un crochet pour la pninsule de Coromandel et pour finir le presque nord de lile avec Whangarei et Waitangi pour apprendre lhistoire de ce pays. Il ne restera que quelques jours passer vers Auckland et sa banlieue avant de ne reprendre lavion pour retourner dans la grisaille de notre automne europen.La majorit des boites seront trouves, nous avons dlaisser celles o notre anglais faisait dfaut et ou que nous narrivions pas comprendre lindice. Merci tous les poseurs qui ont gay notre chemin, qui nous ont emmen dans des endroits incroyables (cest aussi cela le geocaching)Bref, nous avons pass de superbes vacances, vu des endroits magnifiques qui demandent simplement que lon revienne. Nous avons appris beaucoup de chose sur lhistoire de ce pays et de ces traditions, cest une grande motivation pour nos destinations.

DNF. Not seen the rock.

Looked under a suspicious rock but didnt see anything.

Thanks

Quick find. Watch out for the bumblebees TFTC

Wasn't sure if I was allowed to walk on garden it felt a bit uncomfortable.

Wasn't a hard find, don't know how I feel about walking near it's location however

Good spot

tftc. good condition. not much space left in log book

Nice little quick and quiet find. TFTC Rapu Taonga

Thanks!

Yesterday was a quite relaxed day of driving, we only did a small lab cache station in Oamur, before we have been heading to Christchurch and there it was definitely no weather for GC. It was pouring down heavily.Luckily today it was already much better, even there was still some wind and lower temperatures, however we made our way into town and completed 2 Labcache rounds in the city Center and in the botanical garden. Beside that we made a round tour with the old trams, distances could have been walked easily by feet, but it was a nice experience and lovely in this old restored trams. The drivers also had a lot of information about the areas we were driving through. We hopped off several times, for coffe and lunch, but also for the earthquake museum, which is really worth to go. Before we entered there I was able to pick up at least one tradi. So that I was able to sign a log book beside this virtual and the lab caches.Christchurch is a beautiful city and it is amazing to see how it has developed after the quakes in 2010/11.Cant wait for tomorrow.Thanks to the owners of the different caches for your efforts into the caches. Really enjoyed finding them and getting a good idea about the city.Had to wait a bit to let some muggles pass before I was able to pick up the cache and hiding it again.

Pretty easy and fun

Tftc

Found with Chardonnay 28. TFTC

Nice quick find. Log sheet is a bit buggered and could do with replacement

Good find. TFTC

No sweat. Thanks for the new adventure

Smaller container, good spot

Thanks for the cache

Tftc it said I was in the water when I was looking but I found found it!

Tftc, sleepy sunday hunt done

Thanks

All is well here

Thanks

Signed and put back in place. Thanks

Thank you! Found!

Dnf

Thanks

We are all the way down here in NZ to support our daughter at a sporting competition. And we are making the most of our time to check out the beautiful city of Christchurch and grab some Southern hemisphere caches!Today was freezing (who decided to come to NZ in the winter?!) but it didn't stop us checking out this cache. QEF at GZ. TFTC

Previous finders left it very exposed so spotted it as we approached! It is so quiet this morning it is easy to cache in the city without being spotted! TFTC ??

Quick stop on the way to lunch. TFTC.

Great found. Really nice. Visiting from Australia. Love geo caching.

Tricky, but eventually found it

Found after almost giving up

Good for new people

Thanks. Great spot. Found 24/6/24. RubyLove

Had a good bit of free time in Christchurch, so I was able to wander about the central part of the city for four hours and collect a total of thirteen finds.

Yay for iron maiden!

we tried our best to

found with banananamuffin! first find of the day <3 tftc!

tftc !!

Such a cool little find. TFTC

Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---This cache was easily found and the logbook was signed.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Everything was in good condittion.Thank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! ---Greetings from ***Riga, Latvia***! [^]**Happy caching!**----------***For a little entertainment, here are 10 Fun Facts about Latvia!*** 1) Latvia is among the worlds greenest countries.2) Its home of the first Christmas tree.3) The Latvian flag is considered by many to be the oldest national flag in the world.4) Country has the widest waterfall in Europe.5) Latvia boasts the finest Art Nouveau architecture in the world.6) Jacob W. Davis, a Latvian tailor, was an inventor of rivets on famous Jean pants.7) The Latvian Song & Dance Festival is recognised by UNESCO as the largest amateur song and dance festival in the world!8) Alexander Laime, a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls (highest waterfall on earth), located in Venezuela, by foot.9) Latvians love basketball and Ice Hockey.10) Latvia is famous for being the home country of the inventor of the flavor of Pringles.----------..\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",.\...\ ------- **MATISONS!** ------- \....\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\.....\......\ /// \Paldies/ Aith / Aciu / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / ???????? / ?????? / ?? / Tak / Kiitos / e??a??st?e? / ???? / ???????? / Ksznet / Grazie / ?? / ?? / Whakawhetai / ??????? / Dzieki / Obrigado / Mul?umiri / C?????? / Hvala / Dky / Tesekkrler / Ngiyabon??? / ?????? / ?? / Tak / Kiitos / e??a??st?e? / ???? / ???????? / Ksznet / Grazie / ?? / ?? / Whakawhetai / ??????? / Dzieki / Obrigado / Mul?umiri / C?????? / Hvala / Dky / Tesekkrler / Ngiyabon

The eight year old was adamant that we find it, took a bit longer, but Mum saved the day

Caught the bus into town, enjoying doing some lab caches which brought me past this fun area. Nice quick find here, TFTC

Last geocache in NZ before we fly back home to USA. We love NZ! TFTC

A cool little hide. TFTC

Took a little while but the two eager hunters on scooters managed to get find its hidey place

345. Feels like the right spot for a geo. Thanks for bringing me to the lovely river

Visiting from Auckland and had 15 mins left on the parking metre so did this geocache! Tftc

Returning from Antarctica and in town for 34 hours before flying home to the States. This was a delightful walk from my hotel in the early morning foggy hours with a flat white from nearby Belle. Thanks!

No joy today, although we didn't search long.

We have two days in Christchurch between cycle tours. Lots to see and do and now a few cache finds before the next adventure begins. In the gathering gloom it was a bit difficult telling the difference between rock and surrounds but persistence paid off. Thanks for the hide !

found in its nice and safe place. Unfortunately not enough room to place our Travel Bug. TFTC

Too much water think it is

TFTC

Nice

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Spent 10 minutes searching and Mrs.K found it not where we thought it would be Signed log kingfisherau 7:05 am 2/4/2024 and replaced all as found,TwoSharpe - TFTC.

On a casual city walk. Geokids found it. We were bit short of a pen, fortunately the kind hearted ice cream lady let us borrow her pen to log.Tftc

Looked for awhile but no luck

Found while visiting family TFTH

Cheers

Yeah Boi great find!!!!!

Searched around for awhile and then came back again later to try again but this one was too tricky for me!

On our first day in NZ, Christchurch we (SiamFee and I) fought against the jetlag and walked around the city.So we found this cache near the river.Thx for this cache!The Siamkiwi

QEF here today with not many folk about. TFTC and greetings from the UK. Deebooted used to live in Ilford not far from where the band came from

Trouve ! / Found it ! Petite trouvaille rapide ici lors d'une courte mais intressante visite de la ville.4945me cache trouve.Merci TwoSharpe pour la cache Little quick find here during a short but interesting city tour.4945th cache found.Thank you TwoSharpe for the cache

Quick find

Quick find in the obvious place

Quick enough find in the dark today!

Quick grab while exploring yhe city today. Thanks for the fun!

Visiting drom Czech Republic, our first cache! LOGBOOK IS DAMAGED.

Tento hr oznmil problm s kekou.

Not where the coordinate said but close. Tftc from Aussies

TFTC

Didn't even see a rock!

Had a solid search and no dice. Maybe it's gone?

We are currently on a eight week holiday which is mostly spent in New Zealand and Australia. However, the first three days were spent in Signapore as a nice break from an otherwise long flight. This morning we arrived in Christchurch and after checking in in our hotel we go out and explore the city. There is a light drizzle every now and then but that does not stop us. We were here quite some time ago and are curious how much it has changed especially after the devastating earthquakes in 2011. On our tour we also passed this cache and we had a look. We dove into the bush and the cache was spotted after a little search. Thank you very much for this cache.

We arrived in Christchurch for our two-month trip through New Zealand and Australia. We pick up our rental car and drive to our hotel. The evening is long and there is enough time for a cache tour in the city.This cache was also found during our tour.**TwoSharpe**, thanks for the cache.

Geobaby slept right through this one. Good find SallyRM. TFTC. Day 2 NZ

Found on day 2 of our NZ trip. Exploring Christchurch today, thanks for bringing us to this lovely park.TFTC

I'm in Christchurch for a few days for work so of course I have to get some geocaching in. I came down a day early so I could get a rental car for the day to target some specific caches in the surrounding area.Lunch time break so popped across the road to grab this one. Needed a previous log to set me straight.All good here and TFTC.Find #6439 at 26 February 2024 12:49 pm

I love bringing my 8 yr old with me - hes so great at finding caches

Found on the 15th but for some reason the post didnt show up. Thanks to the scours for going more easily where grownups have difficulty!

By night it is too difficult and suspect we leave it ! Tftc

Easy

Came to this cache today on an expedition to Christchurch, a bit of looking around and we found it. Found with Johnny_The_Duck.TFTC from the UK.

Took ages couldn't make head or tail of it till TickyTocky came and helped us.TFTC

TFTC ????

Fun

Danke

Under a rock in a tree

Thanks.

Found it. Scouts

Tftc! My first in NZ! Greetings from Poland!

Very small have to look under tree very close couldnt write name since a little wet and bring a pen if you want to write your name