21st Christmas hide (Canterbury) Akaroa, South Island, New Zealand
By Nosynel on 07-Dec-15. Waypoint GC67XKN

We also had a good poke around but could not locate the hint item. The area is so overgrown that the item is not visible at all. It is high time for a CO visit; maybe to place the hint item a little more out in the open.

It appears that the cache is gone and the area is no longer suitable for a geocache.

Had a good poke around for ages, unfortunately not there for us today. Thanks anyway, hopefully will be back at some other time.

DNF
24 October 2020 13:39

In Akaroa for a couple of days with the family so obviously couldn’t resist in finding a few caches. Thanks for the cache

Cache number 4102

Had a quick look but nothing found. Lots of prickles hidden in the grass though, ouch! Gave up looking as was getting too many prickles.

We are at level 2 so geocaching is permitted.

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Ts quite depressing not finding a cache when previous visitors recode a nice quick finfpd! We tried various possibilities but came away empty handed. . No worries, we are enjoying our drive anywaybb

Trouvée rapidement ! Il fait pluvieux !

Another day out in Akaroa. Grabbing a few caches while seeing the place.

Great to be back after 8 years.

TFTC

Greetings from the UK

Mud and Kim

Quick find. Thank you goe bringing us there.
TFTC Sverabe

Wir nahmen die scenic route auf der banks halbinsel.tftc

Nice scenic drive and great location for a cache. TFTC sl

On our way to the Hinewai Reserve we pulled over to grab this cache. It was a quick find. TFTC.

Today we made it a little confused. The schedule was first to stop at the heritage park. Second jar jar binks, third the 21st christmas. As nobody was looking for the caches we stopped by random at #3. So this was #1. Then Mrs neggrgrees walked down to #2 while Mr neggrgees made a u-turn. But he couldn't find Mrs neggrgees, cos she was at #2 out of sight near the road. Mr neggrgees realized that he was to far about 200 m after the cache. In this time Mrs neggrgees send a message where she is. Mr neggrgees made the next u-turn, stopped at #2, waited for Mrs neggrgees, drove up to #3, made the next u-turn and went down to #1. Here we made no fault again. After logging we drove up, passing #2 and #3 and finish.

Greets from Germany.
Tftc. Danke fürs Dösle

I was out with BaildEd visiting some caches in the Akaroa area.

A log is normally lying down but when upright it is called a post.

Cheers for the cache.

We parked at the nearby gate and took the short walk to the GZ. A bit of searching and Wazza came up with the goods. TFTC

No luck today. We had ten people looking.

1 November 2019 15:55. As the container had a hole in it from being squashed I have replaced the container with the log book that was currently in use. It looked like the original log was mush at bottom. Hopefully now it will survive for a bit longer.

Awesome one ! Tftg

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Spend 15min to look after

#17027 10:12

During our holiday in New Zealand we have visited both the North and the South Island. We saw a lot of highlights of this beautiful country, but there is so much more to see. So many highlights, so many caches! The geocaches showed us a lot of special and interesting places. Sometimes a quick find, sometimes we had to search longer. A few DNF's, but that doesn't matter. We loved New Zealand and we hope to come back some day!

Today we have found the cache "21st Christmas hide (Canterbury)".

Nosynel, thanks for creating and maintaining this cache!

Greetings from the Netherlands,
de hangijzers

Quick find but our gps was a little off. tftc and the views.

Nice views

No idea where this one is supposed to be. Not the prettiest place for a cache anyway, so I rather abandoned search and moved on.

Coords had us in the middle of a small fenced off area. We looked further afield at some other likely spots but no luck today.

Discovering the Banks Peninsula, we stopped from time to time to log some caches. This one was a quick find.
TFTC!
fishi

TFTC

A quick find on a very rainy and foggy day. Tftc

Done

Looked everywhere but obviously didn't see for looking. GPS all over the place.

Heading on up the hill from the Heritage Park; I realised I had overshot a previous cache & pulled over to look at the details - pleasantly surprised that I had parked right by this one.
Although it was wet inside the container & on the outside of the plastic bag, all was well with the log.
Thanks for placing & maintaining this cache, Nosynel.

Mrs Rincewind is away in Napier for a few days and I had to get Rincewind Jr back to Wainui by 9am. With the rest of the day free what was I to do? Go caching of course! This was one of 37 finds for the day  (& a couple of DNFs  )

One day I'll learn to read the logs *before* I get to the GZ. Yes, the container has seen better days, no I didn't have a replacement with me. Bugger. At least it was an easy find - I spotted the hint item from a distance and it was just a formality after that.
TFTC Nosynel
Find # 3355

I continued on up the rather steep little road with the intention of getting the "jarjar" cache, as I'd focused on the higher favourited caches to help boost the "planet souvenirs quest", but didn't spot a park near it, so pulled in here to walk back to it. It was only then that I realized there was a cache here too.
A cyclist had pulled into the same area just ahead of me, but wandering around pretending to take photo's made for an easy retrieval. The container is a little squashed though.
Thanks for putting this here Nosynel

Had visions of the car door snapping off such was the wind along this road. Found the hint object with the slightly squished cache under it. Thanks for the cache.

Found with JudeE on a VERY windy day. Found in the second place we looked. TFTC

TFTC- found today with granddaughters Pippa and Layla with visiting Akaroa

We started the new log by mistake! Great little hiding place. TFTC

Duly logged!

A quick easy find at another great viewpoint. TFTC

8:53
FITW GreenMenace
What the hell - Christmas hens!?
All was clear, no festive chicks around today, and the log was soon located.

#5735

Cache was completely waterlogged. Dried the log on the hot bonnet of the car. Signed and returned dry. I've added a spare log in a plastic bag just in case it's needed later on. Great views from here. TFTC

While the Christmas spirit is still in the air,
I might as well pick this cache up. The cache was easily located with the reference to the hint location. Crossed the tall grass and picked up the cache. TFTC!

We had the great chance to travel around New Zealand during six weeks and were able to see wonderful cities, landscapes and meet nice Kiwis. While staying in NZ many cache owners gave us the opportunity to search for very well hidden treasures and we thank them very much for preparing and maintaining them.
Greetings from Swiss geocachers
oli kuul

Our vacation or road trip through New Zealand led here.
The logbook is totally wet, tried to write on watery film

Thank Nosynel for showing this spot and maintain the cache.

Best regards from Berlin
DiaMiKu

Wir danken Nosynel fürs Herlocken, Hegen und Pflegen.
Viele Grüße aus dem Berliner Umland von DiaMiKu
29. November 2017

Quick find on my hiking tour. Thanks for hiding and greetings from Germany!

#7985 (T:5486) - 17.00 Uhr - TFTC

Found it. Tftc

Quick find. Tftc

Quick find on a very windy day

Nice place to pull over with plenty of parking and a quick find for us here. Found with AorakiSheep

Day #2 of our Banks Peninsula weekend, and the plan is to find a few more caches in Akaroa before heading back to Chch via the Summit Rd. Unfortunately low cloud on the tops made visibility very poor, so for safety sake, and because it was very unpleasant, we changed plans once we reached the Okains Bay turn off. Will have to return in finer weather to complete the Summit Rd circuit.
The last find (and views) before we ascended into the clouds. I was surprised at the CO name on the logbook, but reading back through previous logs, I see the cache was replaced by Zeke and George last year. Good to get another Christmas hide under out belts. TFTC.

#14320. Always great to find a cache with excellent parking on steep, windy hill roads. TFTC.

this long & winding road

TFTC.

A great view back down the hill from up here, cheers.

We decided to head over to the Peninsula with daughter for a bit of caching for the day. It was really windy!! In some spots, it felt like we are going to be blown away. Luckily, we were only blown away by the fun we were having!! Great day, and a big thank you to all the CO for placing and maintaining the caches along our route!!!

08/04/2017 3:20:00 PM
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I hadn't had a propper big geocaching day since probably before the baby was born - somehow Bethany doesn't seem to enjoy geocaching as much as I do! It's always slower with nowhere near as many finds!! So a plan was hatched to get my fix - mum and I would go out caching, and baby would have some daddy bonding time!! Haha! However even though this plan was hatched at the beginning of the year, it's taken us till April to execute as mum is always busy!

So finally today was the day. A bit of a late start, and we had to be home before dinner, but still managed to get 46 caches! A few DNF, but heaps of kms travelled! Nice to make some steps towards clearing a little more of my closest 80km to home PQ out!

Took really long - the log is almost overgrown with grass.

TFTC!!

Quickly found near the end of my christmas holiday break.

My mission is my first 3 day tramp on Stewart Island. The Seagnoid has Xmas off so we are off on an epic adventure with Zara around the South Island. Zara stays put at Little River, so with trusty steed Toby, the Seagnoid navigating via phone & scribe and I delegated to log blogger and driver, we are off to explore Akaroa. OK With Akaroa bagged & tagged its the back road home.
Another one bagged. Lovely views. No Xmas presents here. Added a couple of trinkets. Cheers

TaybeeDragon and I are off for a three day walk on Stewart Island. But we have a camper, so once you add in getting there and back, it's a three week trip. Day 3: Akaroa to Akaroa.

For a moment I thought this was a brand new cache - there was a brand new log inside. And it was empty, so I added an emerald. All it needs now is some wrapping paper!

I found where the cache should have been but wasn't. I considered how far I had come to be here, and how far you would have to come to bring a small cache, so I did the only honorable thing possible and replaced the missing cache for you. - Zeke & George of Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

OMG... my first DNF in New Zealand lol

There has been some new fencing. Wondering if the cache is moved or, more probably, the chilly wind cooled our brain to Below Finding Level.
Thanks for bringing us here and challenging us anyway.

Getting closer to have them all. This offered some good views, TFTC

Funny find! TFTC!

I found the said hint object but no cache. Picked it up, gave it a good shake, explored it, looked around on the ground but found nothing. Looked around for another hint object but couldn't see any. Will have to put it on my watch list.

We found a couple of the early ones in the series as we drove to Christchurch from Hokitika a few days ago. Mrs Sobad was happy to add a third to the finds as her cousin was driving her to and from Akaroa. A fun hide in a nice spot.
Thanks.

Find by pnutbeagle and The Marathon Man (on vacation from Ontario, Canada) during our vacation to New Zealand and Australia

Now geocaching on our last full day in New Zealand before we fly to Australia on Friday, April 22 - we found 15 today which makes about 200 for our time in New Zealand - would have found more but too busy sightseeing

Like the container - a favourite

Find by pnutbeagle and The Marathon Man (on vacation from Ontario, Canada) during our vacation to New Zealand and Australia

Now geocaching on our last full day in New Zealand before we fly to Australia on Friday, April 22 - we found 15 today which makes about 200 for our time in New Zealand - would have found more but too busy sightseeing

TFTC a quick find along our journey.

Together with schrek77 I traveled two months through New Zealand and Australia . First we traveled with a camper for 6 weeks the North and South Island of New Zealand . Then we went to Melbourne where we visited the city and the surrounding area . then we went to closing in the north of Australia . During this time we visited several geocaches and were brought to very nice places through this partially . We also had the opportunity to visit some very old caches , which extremely pleased us . We wish to thank Owner for nurture and cherish the caches .

along with fiona84 month on a 2 journey through new zealand and australia. on the journey we passed through the cache to beautiful places and were also some very old caches log. many thanks for cherish and maintain the caches.

Nice quick find. Very creative cache. TFTC SL.

TFTC. Monday night madness with TW and TG was an opportunity not to be missed. We took a little drive on Banks Peninsula, with the hope of finding a few caches. It was a beautiful still evening with a big night sky showing off the Milky Way, fish jumping in the sea and logs to sign.
We even located some prefect spots for MacPacMum to place her unpublished caches - can't believe she didn't use them!!
Thanks for the fun gentlemen.
Thanks Nosynel for placing the cache.

Monday Night Mad Mission with TheWanglers.....and purdiepurdie joined in the fun. We decided to head Akaroa way to clear up a few caches......a fantastic evenings adventure that ended up getting us home in the wee small hours of Tuesday morning! Great fun. Logs signed in various shorthanded and underhanded manners depending on the mood of the evening.
Quick find and sign on the way past on a rather mad & fun evening. Looping around a bit of the summit road to grab a couple caches then drop back down to Duvauchelle and onwards to home. Nice spot. Cheers.

Out on a Mad Monday Mission with purdiepurdie and Team_Gaters. We got wind via FB that there were plans afoot to publish some caches in 'them thar hills'. The plan was to go and play in and around the hills of Akaroa. We headed off in the early evening into the sunset with high hopes and dreams. We had a blast with park n grabs, and with climbs to lovely vantage points high in the hills. The weather was wonderful and the stars plentyful. We clocked up 200+ kms and had some laughs and a lot of good memories. Good fun. Quick find it is what you should have with eggs.

Thanks for the cache Nosynel.
#4300

Heading on the tourist route with The-Shredder for some nice views and caches. TFTC Skyryser

Nice and easy with Skyryser. TFTC The-Shredder

Magnificent views from this cache. Thanks for bringing us here. Love the container...

Super little cache, thank you N. Just how do you find these places to hide. The exterior item was just made for the "container." An horrendous wind up here, but calm down in the water. Cruise ships in view. .

What a piggy thing.
Tftc

nice drive by cache, nice views from up here. thank you.

TFTC
easy find today

Found on way back to Christchurch the long way

Quickly found but we must have looked odd sitting there,signing the Log Book as 3 cars went past.What must they thing we were doing..TFTH

Out for a morning of caching in Akaroa.

A quick park and grab. Beautiful views!

#5228

Qucik find on the way from Akaroa to Lebons. TFTC.

Cache found as I drove the Summit Road seeking caches either on of off it whilst on my way to Akaroa. Beautiful weather, blue skies and no wind. TFTC.

Christmas caches are popping up all over the place. Its fun finding them. TFTC

A quick find of the elephant at the road amidst beautiful scenery. Thank you for placing the cache.
Best wishes from Germany

WAHOO another {FTF} on the way. Surprised that was still unfound today. Nice view over the harbour to the cruise ship anchored there. Cheers.

Nice day for a drive to Akaroa for lunch. The Summit Road road was fun, very cloudy with low visiblity. Plenty of cyclists too to watch out for.

Thanks to all the CO's for their hides.

Ftf @1130 more later

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