March Spelling Challenge (Canterbury) West Melton, South Island, New Zealand
By gracie7 + Mum on 30-Nov-14. Waypoint GC5HD8F

Since arriving back home, I have slowly been catching up on my logging from my recent trip to NZ.Refer: Write note of 24 Oct 24 for log signed.Snickersallan fulfills challenge March Spelling Challenge (Canterbury) (GC5HD8F) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges2015-03-14 Mystery Pi Day at Central Park (GC5N241) - Event Cache2024-03-08 Angel Portal Discovered... (GC9P728) - Virtual Cache2018-03-24 Resting In Peace # 1 (GC1C70M) - Multi-cache2021-03-27 Community Celebration Event - Milestone Party (GC8ZEJR) - Lost and Found Event Cache2022-03-19 HAND (GC5XXXJ) - Wherigo CacheThank you, gracie7+Mum, for this monthly challenge.

We discovered a few challenges in the Christchurch area. They were all easy to search for and find. The cans were all in good condition.Now we will check whether we have fulfilled the challenge.Many thanks and greetings from the Moorhelmi from Germany.2018-03-04 Monkey Business (Heidelberg's First Virtual Cache) (GC7B7NT) - Virtual Cache2023-03-11 Austria meets Cyprus (GCA4DWB) - Event Cache2020-03-24 Rainbichl (GC12HXP) - Multi-cache2023-03-24 Cito Trail 2023 #1 (GCA5MTE) - Letterbox Hybrid2022-03-10 Huckarder Hutparade (GCM8KK) - Webcam Cache

Tiz13 loves her challenges, so these challenge cache went on her to find list..challenge cache located and signed..challenge accepted qualifying logs to follow once I work through them.

Joolay fulfills challenge March Spelling Challenge (Canterbury) (GC5HD8F) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744Script output2024-03-03 More Movie Trivia (GC41F8) - Virtual Cache2024-03-04 A Letterbox for 3045: Melbourne Airport (GCA5E43) - Letterbox Hybrid2020-03-12 Reversing in Franklin (GC8KQX8) - Wherigo Cache2019-03-02 Canberra Geocaching Adventurer Meetup (GC83A9F) - Event Cache2021-03-21 Happy Birthday Geocaching & Dark_Blu Pizza Party (GC8HM6K) - Lost and Found Event CacheDay 8 and running around tidying up wants and needs in Dunedin before heading back to Christchurch. Back to Kittykatch and Grimraider.Finally back in NZ and this time for a Mega. Starting in Christchurch before heading south. Lots to see and do with Kittykatch and Grimraider. Will be joining with others as the days go on.Thanks for getting me out and about gracie7 + Mum

Dunedin MegaQualification: I have checked Project-GC and qualify for this challenge. 2023-03-10 Magic and Mystery of Lake George (GC9P6W1) - Virtual Cache2024-03-04 A Letterbox for 3045: Melbourne Airport (GCA5E43) - Letterbox Hybrid2020-03-18 Reversing in Franklin (GC8KQX8) - Wherigo Cache2015-03-11 Canberra invasion 1 of the Central coast (GC5MXZG) - Event Cache2021-03-21 Happy Birthday Geocaching & Dark_Blu Pizza Party (GC8HM6K) - Lost and Found Event CacheOut caching with GrimRaider and Joolay. GrimRaider, Joolay and I are in NZ for the Dunedin mega event. It is great to be back to see more of this beautiful country. Thanks for hiding this cool Challenge gracie7 + Mum

Accio 06:30:06My first visit to South Island. Over the ditch for the Dunedin Mega, and arrived about midnight, and after a very short sleep am on my way south, but first a couple of caches. This series was replicated back home by Fangsoki, and is a long time fav series - so absolutely must get the originals. Quick stop and grab as intended. 2024-03-30 Member of Parliament (GC9P5K1) - Virtual Cache 2012-03-03 A Bridge In Burpengary (GC1DBKC) - Traditional Cache 2023-03-26 Reversin' It In Toowoomba (Reverse Wherigo) (GC7WMR2) - Wherigo Cache 2021-03-13 Cooloola Sandpatch (GC6REG2) - Earthcache 2013-03-26 Hanging Around (GC3FX34) - Multi-cache Thanks gracie7 + Mum for entertaining me at this location. *{Overall find #12754}*

I signed the log today and will follow up with a found log once I meet the requirements or confirm that I have already done so. Thanks for this challenge as this and other challenge caches always add to my to do list which adds another interesting aspect of geocaching. Were also carrying out maintenance along the way on behalf of the CO replacing many damaged containers and logs which the CO was happy to supply and for which we are very grateful.

Bluewattle fulfills challenge March Spelling Challenge (Canterbury) (GC5HD8F) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744Thanks for placing and maintaining for out enjoyment. Found with Snickersallan, Wollaston and chamadVisiting Christchurch for a few days before heading down to attend the Geo Toroa Mega2018-03-31 Maitlands Oldest Resident (GC7BA2A) - Virtual Cache2024-03-27 A Wild Encounter (GCAMNK2) - Wherigo Cache2024-03-26 Rosewood Rock (GC8T2RT) - Multi-cache2024-03-27 Challenge Cache Series - One Mile Up (GC9XC90) - Unknown Cache2015-03-03 Harmony Nano (GC545P5) - Traditional Cache

#22828 @1217In Christchurch for a day on the way to the Dunedin Mega. After doing some cache maintenance, I focused on challenges. Cache easily found. TFTC.According to [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") I qualified for this challenge with the following finds: 2015-03-29 Mount Kosciuszko EarthCache (GC1YH53) - Earthcache 2019-03-17 Acton Peninsula CITO (GC83QAT) - Cache In Trash Out Event 2020-03-07 Reversing in Franklin (GC8KQX8) - Wherigo Cache 2014-03-27 Cachers Anonymous (Canterbury) (GC4YMC4) - Event Cache 2022-03-05 High Court of Australia (GC9P7WB) - Virtual Cache

Signed 21 okt 2024

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Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I live full-time in our caravan travelling around NZ, visiting the places we want to visit & doing the things we want to do and fitting in a bit of Geocaching here & there we are currently staying near Christchurch for the next few days we were out completing a few messages & cleaning up a number of Mystery Caches that we had stacked up over the previous few months Mrs McMike2012 had come across this series a wee while ago & had great fun sorting through them & determining which ones we could actually complete only 4 this trip, December, September, August & March Mrs McMike has caches in the diary for each of the months that were still missing things are looking busy going forward but an easy find, reasonably quiet road, or at least it was when we were there, parked up & soon had the cache in hand, logbook completed & successfully replaced were pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:LS #6,031 for Us!

We didn't find this last time, so I was well overdue to find it and write down our name. I qualified sometimes ago. Grabbed the TB from the cache. Thansk for the series!M GC8WWEP Marion Steven's legacy - 2021-03-12 - Trifolia argentea - MultiA GC6DQPD Aso-4 - 2019-03-29 - Hikohohodemi - EarthR GC5YATN Road of Sankin-koutai - 2019-03-18 - Yamagen - TraditionalC GC891F8 Christchurch City Council - 2021-03-02 - Bigglesponies - VirtualH GC8KFYA Hall of Antarctic - 2021-03-10 - Brodiewill - Unknown

[maplerosenz](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=maplerosenz) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.2021-03-17 Murphys Bridge (Marlborough) (GC3XW3Z) - Traditional Cache2024-03-21 Art of Communication: Paremata (Wellington) (GC9GFWT) - Multi-cache2021-03-17 Random PUB (GC90FNK) - Traditional Cache2024-03-02 Cannonball Run IV - Start your engines! (GCAJ8GA) - Event Cache2024-03-18 Hide and Seek (Wellington) (GCWG35) - Unknown CacheLook forward to seeking this one out next time I'm in Canterbury. Thanks gracie7 + Mum

Yes, on our last day in New Zealand before we (SiamFee and I) went to the Airport we started a short trail of Challenge Caches.The March was one of them.Thanks for the Cache and Good By New Zealand.Greetings from Siamkiwi

Cache 1680 (signed 3/7/23) Another Month time to fill in another one of these spelling challenges, I needed 2 caches to complete this challenge this time around so I nipped off down to Bluff for a multi and held an event for the March equinox souvenir, so this one could be ticked off, will add the official project GC link later when it catches up and recognises todays event June is my next month still to complete 2024-03-23 March Equinox and catchup (GC7RAPH) - (GCAMGTT) - Event Cache2021-03-06 A Bit of Invercargill History 1 (Southland) (GC40XQX) - Unknown Cache2021-03-09 River rock (Southland NZ) (GC70D9W) - Traditional Cache2021-03-15 Captain Fishbeard Strikes Again (Southland) (GC969F8) - Traditional Cache2024-03-04 Hebe Jeeby (Southland) (GC2EC6Z) - Multi-cacheT4TCC

Boite Trouve ! / Box Found it ! Une nouvelle petite cache faite ici. Il faut maintenant que je vrifie mon ligibilit ce challenge. S'il n'est pas encore valid, je vais travailler dessus.Trouve le 20 mars 2024Merci gracie7 + Mum pour la cache A new little cache made here. Now I need to check my eligibility for this challenge. If it is not yet validated, I will work on it.Found the 20 mars 2024Thank you gracie7 + Mum for the cache

Another quick one!2023-03-01 McCormick Quilt Trail (GC6P4CC) - Wherigo Cache2024-03-06 A Chatty Cache goes to Queenstown (GCAJTY4) - Event Cache2015-03-16 Read All About It (GC47CB) - Virtual Cache2023-03-02 Catamount Cache-cam (GC25B6) - Webcam Cache2015-03-18 Hug-a-Bug Puzzle Cache (GC3P9QK) - Multi-cache

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 61 - Otira, West Coast - Christchurch, Cantenbury, South Island, Nov Zland (asi 200 km) Kupodivu jsem se v tom bizarnm hotelu docela dobe vyspala, i kdy Kiwi Rail (mstn eleznin dopravce) jezdil i v noci a v kaonu se to hodn rozlhalo. Vzbudila jsem se do chladnho horskho rna, ale dn mraky a u i vykukovalo slunce. A taky bylo cel den ndhern do 21C. Uvala jsem si cestu s vhledy po Grand Alpine Hwy cel den. Odlovila jsem spoustu keek na zajmavch mstech nebo jen u cesty a la i na pr krtkch vychzek teba ke skalnm tvarm. Projela jsem pes Arthur Pass a v mstn obci m na dlouho zdreli asn zbavn papouci Kea, kterm tu kaj hort klauni. A lumpaili teda dost. U mstn kavrny haj na lidi a jakmile si nco polo na stolek, jdou po tom. Nejdv rozflkali hrnek od kafe a pak se snaili sebrat i mj slan kol, ale zavas jsem reagovala a o obd nepila. V pozdnm odpoledni jsem u sjela z hor a docela byla rda za kus rovn silnice. Pece jen tden stle zatet trochu unav. Ped Christchurch jsem si jet nala srii challeng a tm dnen spn a krsn den zakonila a jela se ubytovat do blzkosti letit, odkud rno letm na severn ostrov do Wellingtonu. Dojedla jsem njak zbytky, dopila lhev kanadsk whiskey a balm kufry. Jin ostrov je krsn a 2 tdny na jeho prohldku nesta. Cel sever jsem nevidla a i v ostatnch stech ostrova mi zbyla msta, kam bych se jet chtla podvat.I slept today in a nearby bizarre hotel Otira Stagecoach Hotel and in the morning I set off for a mountain ride on the Grand Alpine Hwy. It was beautiful sunny weather and I really enjoyed the trip with views, caches and a few walks. I was also very amused by the Kea parrots, which take care of the entertainment of tourists in Arthurs Pass at the caf. I found a total of 40 caches and in the evening I arrived in Christchurch, from where I am leaving tomorrow for the North Island. Thanks to everyone for the caches and greetings from the Czech Republic.[csara](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=csara) pouil [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") pro oven, zda splnil podmnky tto challenge kee s vsledkem: splnno.2019-03-03 Midlochova Biltema - Bonus (GC80Q8C) - Unknown Cache2017-03-25 A River Flows Backward (GC6F4HX) - Earthcache2020-03-31 Rodn dm Klementa Gottwalda (GC88ZB8) - Virtual Cache2023-03-19 CITO NA CYKLOSTEZCE XIII (GCA4KM0) - Cache In Trash Out Event2015-03-18 Hausberg (GC44V1P) - Multi-cache

I found this physical cache and signed the log on February 4.Below are my qualifying finds.2023-03-29 Mid-Morning Meet and Greet (GCA5MDP) - Event Cache2015-03-08 Another Fog View (GCM4K8) - Traditional Cache2022-03-25 Rock Arch in the Pacific (GC9CHGY) - Earthcache2019-03-30 Chief Seattle Gravesite (GC7B86D) - Virtual Cache2022-03-15 Harbor Hill Park #1 (GC9NZ87) - Multi-cacheThanks for the challenge.

We are visiting from Washington state in the US near geocaching HQ. We initially landed in Wellington on January 15. We found GC46 there, then took the ferry to Picton. We event a nice day at Lochmara Lodge. The next day we headed to Nelson via Havelock where we stopped and had green shelled mussels for lunch.We had a grand time in Nelson where we hosted an event. Then out to Patons Rock on Golden Bay. One day we took a hike to Wainui Falls. Glorious. I highly recommend the hike. Not to tough.We drove from Patons Rock via Greymouth to Christchurch. It rained hard from Greymouth to Arthurs Pass.Yesterday, we hosted an event here in Christchurch. This morning I got up early and came out to this piece of highway to find these challenge caches. I found 11 out of 12. Pretty good. Now to check if I qualify.Thanks for the challenges.

Out with Ruru-NZ today doing puzzles todaywrite note 12 9 212014-03-29 Maker Madness = Christchurch (GC4ZAEM) - Event Cache2013-03-08 Antarctic Links (Canterbury) (GCHZA8) - Multi-cache2019-03-19 Remembering the Milton fallen (Otago) (GC7GKNG) - Unknown Cache2010-03-26 Cob (Canterbury) (GC9A45) - Traditional Cache2023-03-10 Harakeke (Christchurch) (GCA57N7) - Multi-cache

Family getaway up to our old stomping ground in Christchurch. Day 6 - Christchurch. Out and about with Kiwicampnut focusing on the Ahh Fresh Breath series with the monthly spelling challenge and a few others thrown in. Wet log book here. Added RITR type sheet of paper. Qualify:2014-03-29 Maker Madness = Christchurch (GC4ZAEM) - Event Cache2013-03-08 Antarctic Links (Canterbury) (GCHZA8) - Multi-cache2018-03-11 Run Around Rotomanu (New Plymouth) (GCN1K3) - Multi-cache2022-03-08 Claytons Geo Trig (Invercargill) (GC97YJC) - Unknown Cache2012-03-16 Holman Nano (West Coast) (GC22YZ8) - Traditional CacheThanks for the cache gracie7 + Mum# 3764 29 September 2023 10:38 am

[ptah25](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=ptah25) pouil [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") pro overen, zda splnil podmnky tto challenge kee s vsledkem: splneno. 2021-03-20 MSM 32 Jasan (GC8MGCB) - Letterbox Hybrid 2023-03-04 An Iconic Spot of Rugby (Nelson) (GC3HHQH) - Multi-cache 2023-03-20 Riverton-Aparima Geology (GC4FD5Y) - Earthcache 2023-03-01 Clarence Famous Flood (Marlborough NZ) (GCHE6W) - Traditional Cache 2020-03-09 Hur na Praded (GC88ZGY) - Virtual Cache

Please find my qualifiers for these Challenges listed in the logs during the deep dark days of 2014.

1MinnieMoo and I found this one next I am very glad to have gotten all these Challenges at long last after all these years. TFTC gracie7 + Mum

9/9/2023 Find #6451

Fangsoki and I arrived overnight from Brisbane for a 3 week journey around New Zealand’s South Island. This is my first time in the country, and we have been picking and choosing the caches for the list for months. Actually, truth be told, we started planning this a couple of years ago, however covid put a squash on the plans back then, causing us to also miss out on the Auckland mega.
Thankfully nothing stopped us this time, and today marks the start of our adventures.
Fangsoki has a penchant for challenge caches, so these were first on the list after grabbing the webcam.
Luckily for me, Fangsoki has similar challenges to these back in Brisbane, which I have completed, so the qualifying caches were easy to sort.
Below is my qualifying list:

M Milton Meander GCGCQC 01/03/17 Multi by Rogainer
A Abandon All Hope GC679D7 01/03/17 Puzzle by Virgil
R Reservations for Nichols GC1XAQY 12/03/17 Traditional by Brissy_guy
C Choose Wisely GC1KBM0 11/03/17 Multi by Ninasclan and Aussie DVD
H Happy Birthday Kieran 12/03/17 Letterbox by Mrs Orange Crew

The logbook was sadly soaked - we could hardly make our marks in it.
Thanks for the challenge cache gracie7 + Mum.

Challenge Cache signed today, project GC will be checked when I return home after my holiday and then logged if complete, otherwise it goes into my to work on list ️

I have really enjoyed completing this series of challenges.

Today I came with Snugpup and angelic_kiwi on a caching day trip to sign the final spelling challenge caches (Jan-May) that I completed this year.
We also wanted to knock out some of the "Aaah, Fresh Breath" series, which we did.

Attached is a screenshot of the Project GC challenge checker to confirm my finds.
I am just really late logging all of the finds from this outing (I have accurately post-dated) because it seemed like such a daunting task.
Being the driver makes it a little bit harder to log in the field as you go as it slows down the whole process while passengers log their's while being driven to the next location.

TFTC

Thanks for this fun series, I really enjoyed working on the challenges.

M GC27D4G Mid Way to Long Bay 3/04/2012 Future Finders  Traditional
A GCA013V Avon Venture: Part IV - Ōtākaro Bonus 3/06/2023 Jude_E Mystery
R GCNEVM Rocky Remarks 03/31/2019 Grandalf  Multi
C GC88Z85 Cooper's knob 03/14/2023 slassu Virtual
H GC3WBAG Higher on The Tree 03/27/2022 grantn4  Traditional

#2502. After doing the hard yards to qualify for all these monthly caches, finally I made the trip to Christchurch to pick them up.
Cloudy day, but good caching conditions: not too much traffic, and relatively good parking not too far from each GZ.
This was the third of the eleven I picked up today. Lots of KFC garbage at GZ.

Tftc & the challenge, gracie7 + mum.
Here’s my proof:

RogerW1nz fulfills challenge March Spelling Challenge (Canterbury) (GC5HD8F) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744
2018-03-29 Meet in Midland - March Madness? (GC7KFV4) - Event Cache
2020-03-01 A Tribute To Richie (Hawkes Bay) (GC62EF1) - Unknown Cache
2016-03-30 Runway Access Gate B (Wellington) (GC6CYXB) - Traditional Cache
2018-03-20 Campbell Park (Kapiti Coast) (GC1ZECN) - Multi-cache
2018-03-12 Hidden Valley (Wellington) (GC255EA) - Traditional Cache

[Agazo](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Agazo) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

2015-03-10 Mission Possible (GC5JYZH) - Multi-cache
2014-03-14 A Celebration of Piₑ (Auckland) (GC4YFTJ) - Event Cache
2012-03-28 Riverwalk Cache (GCB39D) - Virtual Cache
2011-03-30 Canoe Letterbox at Lake Accotink, VA (GCGT9Y) - Letterbox Hybrid
2006-03-18 Hayley's Cache (GCMYM0) - Unknown Cache

TFTC.

A nice quick find here - thanks for the series. My qualifying caches are:

M Message in a Bottle (Auckland) GC2450F 4/03/2012 Traditional Louise 5
A Ancient Beaches GC1N9RG 5/03/2023 EarthCache TheB0rg 
R Robert Findlays Wildlife area (Waikato) GC2E7WV 5/03/2012 Traditional Le Motellier
C Cache nav šeit (Wairarapa) GC39EWY 11/03/2014 Mystery skindo
H Hato Tāmati (Saint Thomas) College GC43NZ3 13/03/2015 Multi-cache  J 'N' K 

Found nearly 3 and a half years ago, I finally qualified for this yesterday with an M multi found on my 14th last dot day. Thanks for the challenging series.

I was down in the Garden City on 3/2 Jo's year and signed this log then, in a big caching run completed with TwigNZ and NZ_B. I didnt qualify at the time but with the switch to March I am now able to find my missing H and log this cache. Thank you.

Itchyfeet2020](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Itchyfeet2020) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

2022-03-18 Me and My Drum (Canterbury) (GC4V1NG) - Unknown Cache
2022-03-05 Away with the Fairies (Wellington) (GC5TPCJ) - Letterbox Hybrid
2022-03-18 Right Time for Roses (Canterbury) (GC5F8PT) - Multi-cache
2022-03-27 Christchurch Botanic Gardens (GC88Z52) - Virtual Cache
2023-03-03 Home of Engineers (GC80RWR) - Traditional Cache

Very glad to be able to log this.

[NZ_B](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=NZ_B) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

2018-03-29 Meet in Midland - March Madness? (GC7KFV4) - Event Cache
2018-03-30 Avenurbia (Manawatu) (GC644PG) - Letterbox Hybrid
2017-03-26 Rotting Fires at Opiki. Manawatu (GC6Z19T) - Earthcache
2019-03-30 Colyton Hall (Manawatu) (GC3M845) - Multi-cache
2015-03-22 Harvard (Manawatu) (GC511J0) - Traditional Cache

When TwigNZ announced he was going to find 200 in a day I decided to help by being his driver. That turned out to be good as of the three series he targeted to find I had already found two of them. Soon Itchyfeet2020 decided to join us and then it was a massive of case of solving puzzles. Many thanks to IF2020 for all the route planning. Logs signed with our group name of TINT.

The caches I log are going towards the 50 in a day segment for the DGSc challenge in the West Coast. Kia ora rawa atu for the cache gracie7 + Mum.

I've flown down to the Garden City with Itchyfeet2020 and NZ_B for the weekend, and what a weekend it has been! Cumulatively we had targeted so many personal challenges, individual caches we wanted to get, 'things' we wanted to do etc, that teaming up with these two caching troopers has been one of the best things I've done in ages. We've achieved so much in our short time here that my mind (and body) is still reeling. I'm sure the enormity will still be sinking in for many days to come.

All our signing of logbooks this weekend has been as T.I.N.T (for Team Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B, and TwigNZ) regardless of how many of the 3 of us are claiming any particular cache (as some of us may have found it previously).

Today was our big day, the main point of the whole trip down - trying to get 200+ caches in 1 day.
This turned out to be a huge success for us, achieved by targeting 3 geoart series (Eclipse, Metal Mania, and Smurfs) to give us as little driving as possible, and any other caches we would be literally driving right past at the time.

We started with the Eclipse series as that was closest to our accommodation in Darfield, then dropped down to the Metal Mania caches, finally moving back westwards so that we would be close to home when exhausted by the end of our day. The driving was shared, but was mostly provided by NZ_B, with an excellent job of route planning courtesy of Itchyfeet2020. A truly joint effort for which I'm very grateful.

Our main numbers for the day are;
Time we started: 05:30 (in the dark)
Time we finished: 21:30 (in the dark)
Hours caching: 16
Total caches found today: 236
Total caches DNFd today: 8

I apologise for the generic 'cut n paste' nature of my logs. If anything individually stands out in my memory about our experience at GZ then I will try to mention it. Certainly the puzzles themselves were a mix of easy and truly frustrating, but between us we got them all solved in the end.

Thank you for setting up this challenge series, and helping us achieve our goal

[TwigNZ](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=TwigNZ) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

2022-03-12 Mysterious Island (GC9P792) - Virtual Cache
2018-03-24 Aigantighe Challenge (Foxton) (GC3BW32) - Traditional Cache
2022-03-20 Riddles II (Manawatu) (GC4QRYG) - Unknown Cache
2019-03-02 Colyton Hall (Manawatu) (GC3M845) - Multi-cache
2019-03-30 Hey Presto! (GC44YJ9) - Multi-cache

I used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to confirm I qualified for this challenge, and I did:

2022-03-13 Melrose Mothercraft Mount (Wellington) (GC1P279) - Multi-cache
2022-03-02 A Rose by Any Other Name… (Kaitoke) (GC8H4DK) - Unknown Cache
2018-03-02 Roadside memorial (Rimutaka Hill) (GC677Q9) - Traditional Cache
2019-03-06 Curse of the FTF #8 (Wellington) (GC2P4YW) - Unknown Cache
2021-03-27 Hillocks Letterbox (Marlborough) (GC5YD7Y) - Letterbox Hybrid

The idea of doing 200+ caches in one day had been one that I had considered for a long time, but not something I had made any moves on doing anything about until the idea was raised by others in a geocaching group I am a part of. As we were all based in Wellington, the logical place to try this was Christchurch with it's lovely flat lands, long straight roads, and wonderful art work series. Unfortunately the weekend that worked for most of the group was not one that worked out for me, so instead I came down here a few weeks earlier than they planned to and did the the trip by myself.

I started finding Geocaches at exactly midnight on Sunday. I kept finding Geocaches for the next nineteen and a half hours, when at about 7:30pm I decided that the tiredness was getting to a point where this was no longer a sensible idea. I found:

31 Traditional
180 Unknown
1 Multi

For a total of 212 Geocaches in 19.5 hours. That's a rate of 10.9 per hour. I am pretty happy with that. I focused on the Smurf series, the Metal Mania series (a set of puzzles that I very much enjoyed), and the Glossary of Geocaching series, with a few other sets and individuals in between. It was a fantastic day, very much helped by the wonderful weather and the use of a car that had no problem on gravel roads ('cos it was a rental).

A huge thanks to all the CO's that place and maintain these Geocaches. Despite the rushed day I created for myself, I did enjoy each and every cache I found. It is only with CO's like this placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues.

We have the required logs to spell August.
Thank you for this calendar challenge
NathanS05
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# Code Name Found Type Owner
M GCYHW4 Murtensee - le vuat 19.03.2016 Tradi JJKP
A GCR6JM Au coeur du Valais 21.03.2008 Webcam Oleg
R GC8AC51 Repdigit 01.03.2020 Letterbox Sechsfüssler
C GC8AVBE Comeback - le zoo des Vaudruziens 28.03.2020 Multi DrSnake86
H GC9GYPQ Hafen Mörigen 12.03.2022 Tradi 3lacs

Turning my note to a find. On way out to eclipse the eclipses. Nice challenge.

My focus for 2022 was to complete the spelling challenges.
Apparently I haven't traditionally cached in March. I had to find 4 to complete this months challenge.
2019-03-31 Mechanic Smurf (Canterbury) (GC64C4N) - Unknown Cache by gracie7 + Mum
2022-03-12 An Apple a day...... (GC5FCXR) - Multi-cache by BrownscacheDiversBCD
2022-03-24 Rock On Clearwater (GC7V1EE) - Traditional Cache by thomasvl_nz
2022-03-17 Christchurch Town Hall (Canterbury) (GC891F8) - Virtual Cache by Bigglesponies
2022-03-24 Hakatere. (Canty) (GC9GJRH) - Multi-cache by busy paws

Had a check and I qualify for this one. Hopefully a find later on Dec.

Team G0LD: Geocachers 0B80B8, Lis's crew and DaffyNZ are down from Whangarei for a few days. We've all solved the 4 big geoarts so they are the main target for the trip.

Of course there were many other puzzles solved as well. We certainly made a great dent in my solved puzzle list but I'll still have enough for another trip.

This was our big day where we planned to get as many as possible. Sadly we fell just short of our diamond badge as we lost track of our exact find numbers. I still haven't worked the statistics for my finds this trip.

The weather was fine but long wet grass from overnight rain made a wet start to the day. I eally enjoyed my day and want to thank all the CO's who contributed by placing caches out this way.

Another neat logbook for this Kiwi with Irish ancestors such as Fitzpatrick and McGowan. Another quick find here. I placed a note in Jan 2021 with my qualifying finds. Thanks for the challenge cache i

Team G0LD ( 0B80B8, Lis's crew & DaffyNZ ) on a caching mission to Christchurch. We had travelled down from Whangarei on Wednesday avo. Solved puzzles were going to be the main focus of our trip. We had spent a lot of 2020 and 2021 solving over 400 puzzles, so we had a lot on our list.

Today looked like being the best weather for our trip, despite a heavy thunderstorm overnight. We had a Big Day Out planned, with a perhaps optimistic target of finding 300 caches in one day. Working together well as a team, with a driver, a navigator and a jumper, we made good progress, but in the end, the bigger distances between caches, that we hadn't anticipated, meant we ended the day a bit short.

A fun day though certainly, and sincere thanks to the GeoArt & Trail CO's, and others, for placing and then maintaining such large numbers of caches so well. A testament to your dedication to Geocaching was the very low number of DNF's during the day. Apologies for the mostly generic logs, but be assured your efforts were truly appreciated.

Qualifying caches are in my Mar '20 note. Lis made the find here, quickly as per the hint.

Northland's Team Gold (0B80B8, Liz Crew, DaffyNZ) are in Christchurch for a few days collecting all our solved puzzles and other cache types as we drive past. This is our "Big Day Out" to collect as many caches as we can in a day. Sorry for the generic logs. Thanks for placing the cache. We are loving every cache we locate that adds to our tally for the day.

M- Motukiore Carpark (GC43W3Q) 12/3/2013 Trad
A- Author, Author (GC250JB) 17/3/2013 Puzzle
R- Rock the bank (GC45MNK) 3/3/2014 Trad
C- CANZ Marlborough (GC3MY36) 21/3/2021 Multi
H- Holly Hut (GC51ACZ) Letterbox

Time to pick up the months that we've qualified for.
Thanks for setting these up
M - GC670HJ - LETTERBOX- Motorhead madness - geodatum- 22/3/18
A - GC2N0HC - EARTH- Akaroa volcano- -gonefishing- 30/3/18
R - GC4YHQQ - MYSTERY- Rotten - skindo- 25/3/14
C - GC5EW9H - MYSTERY- Critter puzzle- bokhara8 - 30/3/19
H - GC44YJ9 - MULTI- Hey presto - kjwx - 30/3/19

A road trip in to uncharted territory so why not .Loaded up the cache mobile and headed up the road and let's see what fun adventures awaite us. Today we continue our adventures and head towards our targets for the day .Now we need fresh breath so we need eclipse and I think more than one .A nice but cool day let's go . With Annielin and Abbykitt and wombat4 and kncnSigned as DAAWK Found some time ago and signed book and yes now have thid one sorted ????????????????????????????Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching. ????????????????????????????Life is short. Live one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!!Thanks for the hide ??tftcCG5M1D0 Makarewa soil turner (Southland) 20/09/17GC5154P Aeroport. Flights to Nowhere! (Southland) 02/08/17GC2N0CV R U Tuned In (Southland) 23/10/17GC2MXXC Church House (Southland) 15/10/17GC4HXFZ Hedgehope 28/09/17

Out caching on a lovely autumn day to sign off some great caches today. My wife and I had 2 weeks isolation and had time to check some challenges and puzzles. Thank you for maintaining this series. Here is my list
Minion on the road GC6B793 14/3 multi
Annex environs GC9PJC6 30/3 Multi
Raining Walnuts GC97425 16/3 trad
Coopers knob GC88285 21/3 virtual
Horse 101#17 GC5v0JF 30/3 mystery

Hi there gracie7 + Mum. We found some time for a visitto the quarry park here today after quite a late start. We're now in our 3rd week of 5 in this visit and absolutely loving the quality of NZ caches. We found this cache at around 12:34:00 PM - TN, LN, SL. Thanks to gracie7 + Mum for this cache - our find 9753 and the 3rd of 19 finds for the day.

FieldNotes: The cache and log were both found in good condition.

Kia ora for the cache.

Letter Code Name Date Found Owner Type
M GC9GDH9 Maximum Reach. (Dunedin) 16/Mar/2022 Hall-way Traditional
A GC4ZHZR Autumn Equinox 2014 Dawn Mob 21/Mar/2014 Hinemoana Event
R GC83M8V Remembering Port Chalmers heroes (Otago) 29/Mar/2022 Natalie247 Multi
C GC9JFCX Crossing the Cook #43 (Otago) 04/Mar/2022 Wilbywarrior Unknown
H GC67ZM8 Heyward Point Rd (Otago) 19/Mar/2022 Hall-way Traditional

Mum had a Lion meeting in ChCh so stopped on the way over to check on this.
She stopped here to check this and could see the hint object from the car as she approached GZ.
All good here. Happy Caching

kiscardi and i have found 147 cache so far today we are aiming for 200this is my qualifying list of cache2017-03-05 Milford Sound (GC1MN52) - Earthcache2019-03-13 A Virtual Needle in a Haystack (Otago) (GC3BZNZ) - Wherigo Cache2016-03-07 Rambler's Reward Challenge Cache (Dunedin, Otago) (GC2XBA7) - Unknown Cache2022-03-04 Cave (South Canterbury) (GC1FHCC) - Multi-cache2015-03-20 Hidden Path 3 Central Otago (GC44M2Q) - Traditional Cache

On a mission today to pick up 200 caches with NZ Bozzy. This is number 147 and cache number 5147 for me. Enjoyed solving all the puzzles and picking up most of the Eclipse Series today. It has been well maintained over the years which made our job easy today. Thanks gracie7 + Mum. Sorry for all the copy and pastes. Decided to grab the Months spelling challenges that both of us had completed as well. Quick finds.

We looked quite a bit but couldn't locate the rock. There were a few posts around, but even 15 m from GZ both side we couldn't locate anything. Maybe it is missing? We were on the south side of the road where the GPS seemed to point.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

SL Found with wombats_4 tftc

On a Labour Day Weekend trip for us southerners to nab the Smurf and Eclipse Series plus a few more.
Yesterday was a mammoth day finding all but 2 of the Smurf Series, totally exhausted but why not try for thie Eclipse Series today! Series done and dusted so finding other random ones along the way.
Logs signed as Team DAAWK our group of cachers.
(DownsouthInv, AnnieLin, Abbykitt, Wombats_4, KNCN)
SIGNED LOG will check if I qualify
tftc for this one , liked the well maintained caches

80 at 3:31pm as had to go for fuel.

[Kiwicampnut](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Kiwicampnut) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

2014-03-29 Maker Madness = Christchurch (GC4ZAEM) - Event Cache
2013-03-08 Antarctic Links (Canterbury) (GCHZA8) - Multi-cache
2019-03-19 Remembering the Milton fallen (Otago) (GC7GKNG) - Unknown Cache
2014-03-13 Close but no potato (GC4YDBH) - Event Cache
2012-03-16 Holman Nano (West Coast) (GC22YZ8) - Traditional Cache

Another quick find in perfect condition for the next finder TFTC

March sorted - see how many more i can get for my next trip.

20/03/2020 Marokopa Ent (Waikato) GC1CV2G Traditional Cache pbslost
15/03/2021 Angels & Demons AL Final (Timaru) GC960JJ Unknown Cache RAYZR
11/03/2021 Railway Reserve Adventure lab bonus GC93R5G Unknown Cache math not lost
30/03/2021 Caving 101 (Marlborough) GC890FM Virtual Cache the Seagnoid
20/03/2020 Hidden Wonders in the Dark GC7K88H Earthcache earthlight

2020-03-01 Moeraki Mini's (North Otago) Virtual Reward 2.0 (GC890X5) - Virtual Cache
2016-03-04 Another Pleasant Walkway (GC67H99) - Traditional Cache
2015-03-28 Rolls Royce of Caches (Canterbury) (GC3TWJD) - Traditional Cache
2017-03-04 Cave (South Canterbury) (GC1FHCC) - Multi-cache
2016-03-02 Horsing Around (South Canterbury) (GCJEX1) - Traditional Cache

Qualify as follows
2020-03-25 Memorial Edendale (Southland) (GC8KHN4) - Multi-cache
2019-03-10 Amazed by the amazing maze (Southland) (GC7N03B) - Unknown Cache
2016-03-01 Rangiora to Oxford Line - Fernside (Canterbury) (GC3JK3V) - Traditional Cache
2019-03-27 Creation Celebration: Story Sharing (Southland) (GC847XB) - Event Cache
2015-03-09 Henry's Backside (Southland) (GC2MB1N) - Traditional Cache

Being new to the city, the Red Zone is kind of a new thing to me. Luckily there are some caches around these areas, so today I thought I'd grab some while I was in the city, before heading towards home and grabbing a few solved horses

Been a little slack with keeping track of my challenge caches, however this was in my solved puzzles database, and so I do indeed quality. Easy find though, all in good condition

TFTC gracie7 + Mum, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 7 find(s) of 15 today, making this find #2648

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2016-03-18 Monthly Catchup 18th @ 18 - Awkward Moment Day (GC6BQGK) - Event Cache
2021-03-29 A Rosy View (Manawatu) (GC7B9VR) - Virtual Cache
2013-03-29 Rubik's Rock Earthcache. (Central Plateau). (GC1QECP) - Earthcache
2018-03-30 Crowded House (Waikato) (GC4WHRM) - Unknown Cache
2021-03-25 Hillocks Letterbox (Marlborough) (GC5YD7Y) - Letterbox Hybrid

Logging this month of March now, as have completed the required finds.

M - Mt John GC24V2K Earth unknown found 05/03/2010

A - Another entrance to sandpit GC7YEKA by NZ Bozzy Traditional found 17/03/19

R - Rainbow Fence GC3VND9 by gracie7 & Mum Multi found 09/03/18

C - Cloak of Invisibility GC3WJ4B by Aslan Mystery found 15/03/21

H - High Country Stations-Cora Lynn GC71P7H by Two Sharpe Traditional found 07/03/2018

Had fun sorting these out, enjoying this series of challenges. TFTC

**#13,690**

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2021-03-29 Maui Anchor Stone Chain (Stewart Island) (GC7JK9E) - Earthcache
2021-03-28 Animals galore (Southland) (GC890E3) - Virtual Cache
2010-03-13 Retained in Flat Bush (Auckland) (GC21BP7) - Unknown Cache
2011-03-26 CSI Auckland - Case 1: Industry Secrets (Auckland) (GC2Q573) - Multi-cache
2010-03-02 Hole in the Hill (Bay of Plenty) (GC24D0T) - Traditional Cache

Found the cache & signed the log, will log online after completing the required caches

I checked Project GC to make sure I qualify and I do. A quick find on my way up Old West Coast Road to begin my caching day. TFTC.

2018-03-25 Mount Manaia (Whangarei) (GC5TAWW) - Earthcache
2018-03-31 A Planetary Journey (Okaihau) (GC7KM9H) - Event Cache
2018-03-31 Rocky Coastline of Taipa (GC7K6V7) - Earthcache
2018-03-25 Children of the Bay (Urquharts Bay) (GC3BK8Z) - Traditional Cache
2016-03-19 Hop Skip and a Jump (Kawakawa) (GC5AZPA) - Unknown Cache

[trifolia argentea](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=trifolia%20argentea) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if we qualified for this challenge and we did. We collected on this at the start of a "gracie7 + Mum tour", as the second of five spelling challenges that we qualified for without particularly trying. Our qualifying caches:

2015-03-09 Mawhero Mission (Canterbury) (GC3F7YF) - Traditional Cache
2020-03-08 Angels and Demons - EARTH (Canterbury) (GC236MV) - Multi-cache
2019-03-30 Rush'n passed Arthur (Canty) (GC815YD) - Multi-cache
2020-03-22 Christchurch Botanic Gardens (GC88Z52) - Virtual Cache
2019-03-16 Huntsbury Hunt (Canterbury) (GC19E7Q) - Mystery Cache

I've been working on these challenges for years (2015-2016). I hope to be in the area soon so here are my qualifying caches for this challenge:

M Gc2x4r8 Missing-Link-Auckland Funkymunkyzone 5/3/16 Mystery
A Gc33gwy Aloe-Vera-Naturally-Bay-Of-Islands Fullofun 27/3/15 Trad
R Gc2ym2t Ruapekapeka-Pa-Northland Chlybn And Adopted By Fullofun 19/3/16 Multi
C Gc4h4aa Carruth-Park-Whangarei Flowernz Maintained By Riser5 13/3/15 Trad
H Gc695kb Honeyfarm-Hill-Hybrid-Northland Saltycachenutz 19/3/16 Letterbox

Thanks for the fun challenge

Mum had Lion meetings all day Saturday in Hanmer Springs then we spent Sunday around Rangiora doing maintenance checks and abit of caching. Because today is Westland Anniversary day we headed home via ChCh to do some lab adventures first and then some maintenance on the way out of town. We planned on stopping at all of our Spelling Challenges. Everything was all good here. Happy Caching Coincidentally today was also the 6th anniversary of placing this cache!

Nice to be away on another geocaching trip with tmann421, travelling to a few places in the upper South Island.
Log signed although do not qualify yet

I’m in Christchurch for another visit for 4 days. This is my 3rd day. On my own this time, hoping to pick up many puzzles today. I have hired a nice little car, very economical and quite sporty too. It was very clean when I picked it up yesterday but with all the back roads it will get very dirty! Thank you for the challenge cache.

2018-03-11 Manurewa Point Reserve (Wairarapa) (GC1KKKV) - Earthcache
2014-03-21 A Westie's Lament (West Auckland) (GC34PKB) - Wherigo Cache
2015-03-31 Riverhead Forest (Auckland) (GC18GQW) - Letterbox Hybrid
2014-03-12 Cache with a View (Auckland) (GC37PPB) - Traditional Cache
2014-03-23 H.M.S Orpheus (Auckland) (GCYE5H) - Multi-cache

Team BOP on another crazy mission to the South Island. Lockdown gave us a lot of free time that we directed into Canterbury's many Geo-Arts and with the Auckland 2020 Mega postponement, Christchurch was an easy decision. Team BOPs current incarnation is DavidsonClan, NZFlossy, McJandals and myself and we’ve signed all the logs as Team BOP to save time and log space.

So it's Labour Weekend 2020, it’s a numbers mission and these Spelling Challenges would be our final few stops before we head back into Christchurch. I'm logging retrospectively because at the time we had yet to check on which caches we'd qualified for - happily though Project GC confirms I qualify so I can now tick it off.

Finally, thank you so much Gracie7+Mum. We had a great time today, Cheers, TFTP + TFTC

[Philip.Perry](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Philip.Perry) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HDE4/14753 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if he qualified for this challenge and he did.

2016-03-25 Meet and Greet - Papamoa Beach (GC6C747) - Event Cache
2015-03-21 A Bridge too Far (Mount Maunganui) (GC3F3XK) - Traditional Cache
2019-03-26 Red Crater, Tongariro (GC188Q1) - Earthcache
2015-03-14 Caesar meets Porky (Bay of Plenty) (GC5NKH3) - Unknown Cache
2018-03-16 Hanmer Springs Café Central (Canterbury) (GC4504A) - Traditional Cache

Signing as I’m here. Will log eventually as I qualify.

After puzzle solving in the Canterbury region we were invited to join Fap (from Fap & Gap) and Squirrel Nutcase to a week long caching adventure in the Canterbury area. With flights and accommodation booked were off, all met up in ChCh. and many hard dusty Kms travelled and many caches found, I think the Squirrel has said it all in his brief. Many thanks for the placements and Cos for bringin us to the very pleasant areas we travelled in to your region.

After puzzle solving in the Canterbury region along with ABCDF4 we were invited to join Fap (from Fap & Gap) and Squirrel Nutcase to a week long caching adventure in the Canterbury area. With flights and accommodation booked were off, all met up in ChCh. and many hard dusty Kms travelled and many caches found, I think the Squirrel has said it all in his brief. Many thanks for the placements and Cos for bringin us to the very pleasant areas we travelled in to your region.

With ABCDF4, eyespyben, and Gap (of Fap and Gap). Logging all finds as Team HRP (Huntly, Rotorua, Papamoa - Our hometowns)... During Covid-19 lockdown, we solved a truck load of puzzles around Christchurch - Canterbury region. No use thrashing the old grey matter for no cause - We decided we should make good on this handiwork...

There are lots of interesting trails and geoart surrounding Christchurch. What you aren’t told is how far flung some of these caches actually are. Some before-hand advice would have been great, so here are some of my notes... You’re welcome!

1. Mobile coverage is patchy, especially in those quiet, rural areas where it was most needed. Saving caches to offline might show that you are prepared and organised...
2. There are many dusty metal roads on the trails. The car will get messy, and your hair will feel like cardboard at the end of the day...
3. Suitable clothing and footwear are essential. You will climb in and out of hedges, gorse, and other rough stuff. You might get scratched, cut to shreds, and bleed a lot. It’s not advised to wear your brand new jacket on the day...
4. Take lots of food and drink. You’ll probably be head down, tail up and not realise you haven’t eaten until late afternoon. There are very few shops or gas stations out there...
5. Make sure that you secure keys and wallet and know where these are placed for easy retrieval. A full box of pens might be useful too, especially if you’re inclined to free some into the wild...
6. Know the difference between left and right, and north, south, east, and west. Turning right and heading north will not get you to South Christchurch quickly.
7. Look with girl’s eyes rather than boys eyes... Some caches haven’t been found in a while and you might have to get down on your knees to pray.
8. Always be prepared for misleading hints. This is what turns simple caches into D5/T5 hides... “Head height” could mean the cache is positioned at your toes.
9. Have a sense of humour and like the people you go caching with. It’s going to be a very long day, and you might want to hurt someone during the journey...
10. Make sure you can operate your phone/device and it doesn’t crash when you most need it...
11. Learn to cut and paste logs because you’re going to repeat this function so often when logging all of your finds.
12. Above all else, have fun and be kind...

Road works in the area. The workers are onto us... See qualifying note: 12/04/20... A huge thank you to all the cache owners and their helpers for placing and maintaining these hides. Thanks gracie7 + Mum. TFTP and TFTC.

Down in Christchurch with the Squirrel, ABCDF4 and eyespyben. During Covid lockdown, we solved a load of puzzles and decided that this would be a good time to visit. We've enjoyed a few days of good weather and seeing the Canterbury countryside. The caches have been in varying states - some good, some not so much. Our time here has been a blast, and we'd like to thank all COs who have made this adventure possible. Thank you and TFTC.

We now qualify for this Challenge
18/3/2016 Monthly Catch-Up GC6BQGK Event
21/3/2020 A Small Sea Cave 1 GC173WG Earthcache
20/3/2018 Ruru GC7DA4Q Traditional
26/3/2019 CITO @ Claudelands Park GC84BRD CITO
26/3/2017 Hanginging out with Friends GC5YTPX Unknown

On an overnight work trip down to Ashburton and following a fog-delayed flight form Nelson via Welly I was now on the ground and ready to find some caches en route to Ash Vegus...

I was keen to get out this way for a nice few challenge caches that I found I qualified for.

Thanks gracie7 + Mum
#2822

[msebn](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=msebn) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.




2018-03-13 Mount Victoria (Wellington, Wellington) (GCEE0) - Virtual Cache
2015-03-06 American Pie (Nelson) (GC5N9PM) - Unknown Cache
2019-03-26 Richmond Heritage Trail (Richmond) (GC83ZK8) - Multi-cache
2018-03-11 Curse of the Black Pearl (Nelson) (GC7J0Y8) - Unknown Cache
2015-03-25 Hoddy Estuary Park - All Go At Last (Nsn/Marl) (GC52MWT) - Traditional Cache

Checked with Project GC & I qualify for this challenge. Up visiting came out to find cache & sign log

March Spelling Challenge

2014-03-07 Monkey Island (Riverton, Southland) (GC112C) - Virtual Cache
2016-03-28 Athol! Golden Gate Bridge North (Southland) (GC6D38C) - Traditional Cache
2014-03-07 Roundhill (Southland) (GC20XXG) - Traditional Cache
2019-03-27 Creation Celebration: Story Sharing (Southland) (GC847XB) - Event Cache
2016-03-02 Huka Falls (Central Plateau) (GC3F65X) – Earthcache

[Davidson123Clan](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Davidson123Clan) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC3E4XP/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.




2016-03-25 Meet and Greet - Papamoa Beach (GC6C747) - Event Cache
2013-03-20 Animal House (BOP) (GC47R4V) - Traditional Cache
2019-03-26 Red Crater, Tongariro (GC188Q1) - Earthcache
2018-03-25 CANZ: Manawatu-Wanganui (GC3M14N) - Multi-cache
2018-03-09 Harbour View and you too (Bay of Plenty) (GCKJWF) - Webcam Cache

We now qualify - Project GC confirmation attached

We now qualify - Project GC confirmation attached

We are 17 days into the covid-19 lockdown... We have been solving puzzles for days in the hopes that, when life gets back to some normalcy, we’ll have reason to visit Christchurch again. So, logging that we qualify for this challenge today:

squirrel nutcase fulfills challenge March Spelling Challenge (Canterbury) (GC5HD8F) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC3E4XP/14744

[squirrel nutcase](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=squirrel+nutcase) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC3E4XP/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

2016-03-18 Monthly Catchup 18th @ 18 - Awkward Moment Day (GC6BQGK) - Event Cache
2020-03-01 Avenurbia (Manawatu) (GC644PG) - Letterbox Hybrid
2016-03-28 Riparian Worm (Auckland) (GC1D0W1) - Unknown Cache
2012-03-24 Cambridge Lake (Waikato) (GC1VQW4) - Traditional Cache
2016-03-20 Hippo's Wallow (Waikato) (GCRWZ8) - Multi-cache

Finding the boxes was not the big problem, checking if I fullfill the challenge was a little bit more work. First I thought it will be really hard, because there is no challenge checker, but project-gc could solve the problem... And I am able to log all of them
I was afraid that january would be impossible. In Germany that means wintertime and Y is maybe our less used letter, but I got it. TFTC

Just checked on Project GC and I qualify for this one. Hope to be travelling down from Northland in May, coronavirus allowing, so will try to sign off on this one then.

Qualifying finds
2017-03-02 Mair Park Cache (Northland) (GC1TTYE) - Traditional Cache
2018-03-31 A Planetary Journey (Okaihau) (GC7KM9H) - Event Cache
2017-03-21 Robyn hode in scherewode stod (Onerahi) (GC2BC12) - Unknown Cache
2019-03-31 Creation Celebration: Whangarei 9am 31st (GC83WV3) - Event Cache
2018-03-19 Herd of Chickens? (Auckland) (GCPEY6) - Multi-cache

Finally....I qualify, having signed the log back in 2015.
It appears that in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 I overlooked finding either an Earthcache or a Letterbox starting with either M, R or H. Luckily I just happened to look at what needed to be done last week and an EC starting with M that I'd been avoiding in Motueka was now the next best thing to sliced bread.
This was the only one that I didn't qualify for when I did the trail so many years ago.
Good to get this off my list.
Qualifying caches attached.
TFTC Grace

I have a 3 month sabbatical mostly traveling around the planet. My goal is to find and log 1000 caches. New Zealand is my 4th station traveling from south Christchurch to north Auckland, my first visit here, its far away. This is my sabbatical-cache #224 , challenge details:

Trad MRT (Kamphaeng Phet) Chatuchak and Otkor  GC2E1DK JamieZel 08.03.19
Trad Albisgrund  GC5KJ2G xsimpel  20.03.15
Trad Ratchadamnoen Stadium - Home of Thai Boxing  GC2JDJF JamieZel  07.03.19
Puzzle CarSharing-Nostalgie TB-Hotel Ebikon GC83J35 July4ers 31.03.19
Trad Hänsel  GC52EHZ QQI  13.03.15

See note 16.1.20. Cache is fine. Thanks.

[thedbees] has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC3E4XP/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.
2018-03-25 Mount Manaia (Whangarei) (GC5TAWW) - Earthcache
2018-03-31 A Planetary Journey (Okaihau) (GC7KM9H) - Event Cache
2018-03-31 Rocky Coastline of Taipa (GC7K6V7) - Earthcache
2018-03-25 Children of the Bay (Urquharts Bay) (GC3BK8Z) - Traditional Cache
2016-03-19 Hop Skip and a Jump (Kawakawa) (GC5AZPA) - Unknown Cache

Been cached up over 1600 caches for awhile as a basic member. Over a hundred premium caches logged, several premium caches FTF SL on. Owner of several PMO caches. Canterbury is a fair distance away but I qualify for this challenge easily.
[Lions.v.Lambs](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Lions.v.Lambs) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC3E4XP/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.
2017-03-17 Milburn Quarry - A Window on the past (Otago) (GC53B90) - Earthcache
2017-03-17 A Nice place?? (Otago) (GC47XNE) - Multi-cache
2018-03-23 Raes Junction TB Hotel (Central Otago) (GC7G3CR) - Letterbox Hybrid
2019-03-27 Creation Celebration: Story Sharing (Southland) (GC847XB) - Event Cache
2018-03-06 Hump Ridge Track (GC20Q03) - Traditional Cache

[wombat1234](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=wombat1234) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.




2019-03-29 Motupōhue (Southland) (GC4W94F) - Earthcache
2019-03-09 Affordable Housing (GC5DX3A) - Unknown Cache
2019-03-28 Riverton-Aparima Geology (GC4FD5Y) - Earthcache
2019-03-27 Creation Celebration: Story Sharing (Southland) (GC847XB) - Event Cache
2019-03-02 Hillend Views (Otago) (GC33EXH) - Traditional Cache

[TaraTed](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=TaraTed) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5HD8F/14744 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.
2016-03-25 Mountain of Eden (GC16BR7) - Earthcache
2014-03-08 A Stones Throw ( Otorohanga) (GC3XA50) - Traditional Cache
2014-03-08 Ruakuri Reach (Waikato) (GC1CRKJ) - Multi-cache
2018-03-21 Centennial Memorial (Dunedin, Otago) (GCB6C) - Virtual Cache
2013-03-25 Huatoki 2 - The Troll (Taranaki) (GC39PQY) - Traditional Cache

2014-03-30 MGC: Celebrating the Cache Maker (GC4ZAHW) - Event Cache
2019-03-02 AI7K 3CL8W (Hawkes Bay) (GC44NYR) - Unknown Cache
2019-03-01 Requiscat in Pace - OngaOnga (Sthn Hawkes Bay) (GC491RB) - Multi-cache
2013-03-23 CAUTION: Extremely Low Aircraft! (Wairarapa) (GC43CCT) - Traditional Cache
2019-03-23 HOME New Plymouth (GC7B9TX) - Virtual Cache

had already signed back on the 7th May 2017 glad to finally get this into a smile

Found with Tregearp whilst between families on Christmas day.

Thanks gracie7 + Mum for the challenge and cache.

2018-03-03 Marsden Multi (GC620Z2) - Multi-cache
2017-03-18 Ancient Egypt - The Pharaoh's Curse (Wellington) (GC2GDG8) - Unknown Cache
2015-03-07 Return to Climie (Wellington) (GC3KMZT) - Traditional Cache
2019-03-31 Cache Creation - Swappa Cache (GC8460G) - Event Cache
2015-03-21 Hutt River Trail (Wellington) (GC3C5AJ) - Traditional Cache

A few of these I had to complete the challenge mid year to qualify - lucky I had a few caches nearby that were good for me.

Nice hides - nicely set up - Many Thanks

TFTCS

Out and about for the Christmas cache with SJT_NZ, knocking off the spelling series, Thanks gracie7 + Mum for another interesting challenge series. Qualifying caches listed below.
2019-03-13 Meet and Greet! (GC80EH3) - Event Cache
2017-03-18 Ancient Egypt - The Pharaoh's Curse (Wellington) (GC2GDG8) - Unknown Cache
2015-03-07 Return to Climie (Wellington) (GC3KMZT) - Traditional Cache
2016-03-10 Cache a tiger by the tale (Wellington) (GC5G6ZQ) - Unknown Cache
2015-03-23 Headlights (Wellington) (GC1NC12) - Multi-cache