Mt Saturday (Canterbury) Ashburton Lakes, South Island, New Zealand
By TwoSharpe on 08-Apr-16. Waypoint GC6F6EF

Retired

DNFAll holes checked for a few times. Several rabbits escaped as well. # 2066 - 4 January 2024 17:25

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Great walk up here on a lovely day. The dead rabbits seem to have moved on!

We tried but couldn't find this one

I was searching along from south to north when my hand was stoking the fur of a dead rabbit. No thanks.

I did wonder why a micro when a 1 liter container would easily hide in there.

Didn’t have much time unfortunately, also the gaps under the rocks were full of rabbit holes with dead rabbits inside

Found it, lovely spot - no pen so took photo

TFTC

TFTC. Winter wanders with Flobberworm! Lots of healthy rabbits sitting sunbathing in the protection of the rocks.

A return visit to Mt Sunday for some new caches, and although the hint was definitely correct, it took us quite a while to locate this cache, well secreted away. TFTC

Quick detour on the way up to grab this. Was a bit tricky got there there in the end. Tftc (photo as I forgot pen)

I enjoyed the walk.

An impressive bolder and view. Busypaws organised an earthcache finding trip. There were eleven of us. The weather was fantastic. Thanks for hiding this cache TwoSharpe I appreciate it.

This cache was a quick find on an enjoyable walk with fellow cachers. Quite a busy place today. TFTC.

Easy find on a great day out in the area with other cachers. We had a glorious day. TFTC

Out on a lovely day exploring the area. We came over to Mt Saturday which is quite impressive and were happy to sign the log. Then onwards and upwards. Thanks for this cache TwoSharpe.

On a caching trip inland with Coconut3 and heaps of others from Chch. Earthcache day so Mt Sunday was the target. Plenty of trads to find as well. This one was a little off the main trail but an easy find. Tftc.
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Nice to have an easier one and great to have a group of enthusiasts to do all the hard work. Thoroughly enjoying the chase. Thankyou

Quickly found the cache on our way up the hill

Another quick find on this beautiful walk

Had a nice walk and drive in the area

New Year’s Eve caching with the family and first time up around these parts.
Found with Ice Diva
TftC

Found on our day trip up to the Lakes to visit family. Forgotten how stunning this place is! Found with Conbat. TFTC!

Found easily. Warm overcast day that threatened showers, but none came. Onto the top from here.

Funny Mount Saturday, we spotted this addition to Mount Sunday very easily. Container and logbook are both in good condition. We grabbed it on our way back, once we were sure there was no on on top on Mount Sunday looking down on Saturday. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache!

Quick find on our way back down. Beautiful day and thankfully a brief respite from the muggles!

Thankfully there was a respite in the muggles and this was a nice quick find. TFTC!

Bei bestem Wetter in spektakulärer Umgebung gefunden. Tftc

A colourful one, I was watched by cows.

Found while wandering back from the Mt Sunday summit (on a Saturday no less...). Thanks for placing!

Found

I wanted to drive to Mt Sunday today but unfortunately the road was closed. So I decided to walk to the mountain to see this LotR film location in real life. In the end it was a 34km and 8h walk, but it was worth it. TFTC!

Vacations 2019 - Road trip trough New Zealand
With Geoesposa, this was my 50th anniversary. 16 days, 4200Kms and a few hundreds smilles after, i was sure i saw nothing....

I liked everything, the friendly and civilized people, the way the country works, the roads and especially the natural beauty of New Zealand.
I fell in love....
I decided to go back in 5 years, I easily see myself living my last days somewhere lost in any stunning scenery of this wonderful country.

With the itinerary studied at home, the caches were the ones that were in the chosen places, and a few used to stretch the legs. It was decidedly not the most important on this trip. Of all the visited, only half a dozen did not appear, all being in good health except two or three.

I will use this generic log, not for disrespect of the owners, but due to the amount of caches visited. Here the majority of caches serve to show something beautiful (as it should be), not giving importance to the container.

My thanks to all the ownwers who, allied to the natural beauty of the country, have made this vacation unforgettable.

Nuno Salvador
aka ToKayx (Portugal) (translated by Google)

TFTC

Hi

Found on a Saturday.

TFTC quick find today

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Out with BaldEd on a caching adventure in the upper parts of the Rangitata River. We were ahead of a busload of American toursts.

We can see them getting closer.

Cheers for the cache.

Out with Tufty on a caching trip to Erewhon. This was the third cache we sought to find ahead of the busload of American tourists that parked alongside as we exited the cachemobile. We were still ahead of them as we reached and signed off Mt Saturday. TFTC

Spending a day geocaching with Tairanium. On our way to the top of Mount Sunday (Edoras). Lovely spot. TFTC.

Great find with Cedsta on a day of geocaching! TFTC!

Mt Windy Day I would say. TFTC

Toller Platz und wirklich beeindruckende Landschaft. TFTC

Easy walk for our three years old. We enjoyed it and found it easily. Thanks from Czech republic

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Tftc Best place in nz (middle earth!)

Found Mt Saturday quickly together with Pratchettfan. However, he was just a bit to heavy to get him up again (and he wasn't cooperating).
Thanks for the cache!

I would like to propose a different theory. Mt Saturday wasn't drunk, he was in high spirits because he was taller than Mt Sunday and jumped into the air from joy. Unfortunately, he was hit by a strong gust of wind and blown off the top!

On our way to the top of Mt Sunday, we realized that Mt Saturday might be in this area, so we checked our GPS and indeed, it was only 80 meters. Without much climbing we made it to GZ where the container could be retrieved without problems. The logbook was dry and in good condition.

We made our way up to Mt Sunday, where we were almost blown off by the strong winds...

Thanks for this Cache!

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B!ber said everything Beautiful scenery and we had the perfect weather. Thanks for the cache! Greetings from Germany, GolmarKlonk

Found quickly before the beacons were lit and we had to ride towards Gondor to support our allies. Thanks for the cache!

Bit rocky.

Found this one with briarose59 whilst doing a tour to mount Sunday tftc

Found yesterday but lack of signal prevented logging.
We wended up the hillside and spotted the hide location very quickly.

Greetings from Texas! We are enjoying Mt. Sunday on day 13 of our 19 day visit to New Zealand. What a glorious area. TFTC!

Startled a few rabbits as we headed for this one but they left the cache for us to find. TFTC

I was on a photography trip when I saw this place and thought...if I was geocaching, there would be one right here...and here it was indeed! Thanks for the fun.

Glad to check off another LoTR filming location. TFTC

An afternoon drive to Lake Clearwater and beyond with BCD. We drove right to the end of this road as far as we could go. Nice quick find on our way up Mt Sunday TFTC

Found with StreetWalker on an Easter weekend trip to the Mt Somers area, and beyond.
No worries working out where the cache would be hidden - it's a chip off the old block . I circumnavigated it while SW got stuck in and found the cache. TFTC.

#15388. The object the cache is under is visible from quite a distance! It didn't take too long to locate the cache. TFTC.

Doing the touristy thing after our walk around Lake Clearwater. With kiwitien and reshamfiriri. TFTC

#2474
We have found this cache during holiday trip around south New Zeland. Thank you for the cache!

Missed this one on the way up but kiwitien located it on way back. With kakariki and kiwitien TFTC

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Found this one accidentially didn't have internet and something just looked Cache alike

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Also found this on our way up. Picked up a TB which will be placed in one of the next caches.

Knocking off another "peak" in the area today. Interesting site, stunning views.

Found quickly on a hot windy day. Great views. TFTC

Heading off for a fishing trip up at the Ashburton Lakes, Caching along the way TFTC

Was out in the area showing brendamc62 around and when going up the hill we just had to stop and grab the cache
Well cammo'd container it is as well left a trackable to continue on its way.

With ABTX350. My second holiday to NZ, seeing bits I’ve never seen, and my hosts have invited me back again

I'm from Norway, escaping the cold winter and travelling around New Zealand for 7 weeks, using geocaching as my tourguide. Today I decided to take a drive over to Mt Sunday with a new muggle-friend I got at the hostel. It was a beautiful day and the scenery was magnificent. I have to see the Lord of the rings-movies again now, since I don't remeber much from them.

About this cache:
A quick and easy find on our way back down from Mt Sunday. Tftc

Quick find on my first visit to Mt Sunday. Stunning place. Tftc

We had been staying in a bach at Lake Clearwater for the weekend and before heading home to Christchurch decided to finish off with some easy cache. We have been up to Mt Sunday plenty of times & retrieved the cache at the top on one of our previous visits. A beautiful day, hot & blue sky. Still a bit of snow on the tops of the high mountains. TFTC Two Sharpe

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Found with BarKrn and new player Gogin91.
Greetings from Czech republic.
Tftc !!

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We love LOTR ! Visiting from England and found this lovely cache whilst enjoying this lovely part of the world. Thank you to all the COs for all the lovely caches placed for us all to find. TFTC

Just returned from my holiday and catching up on the logs from my fantastic trip. Our guide, geocacher Grandalf, was an extra in The Two Towers. He told me the cache location actually had a hut built around it so it would not be seen in the movie. Quick find. Grandalf's 2500th. Signed log. Thanks

Easy find today - hey, this cache rocks!
Thanks and cheers from Grandalf(2501)

Great spot, very happy Miss 6 finding this one!

Great to find another cache after the previous disappointment. Quick and easy, TFTC

Nice Place. Thanks for bring me here and for the cache.

Quick and easy cache
TFTC

Found this one on our tour discovering Edoras and the surrounding area. Absolutely amazing.

Thanks for the cache

Wau so amazing place. Easy find

Quick found, it was a bit tricky to get the logbook out, but at least we managed it! thanks!

At the moment Pfote and me are on a work and travel backpacking trip through the world. After more than two years in Australia we took the chance to be so close to New Zealand, which is the farthest place on earth from our home. So we hopped over and will travel at least most of the south island in the upcoming weeks.

Our final part of the holiday and road trip through the South Island, before heading over to Asia. Now we'll drive from Dunedin via Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook, Lake Tekapo and of course a quick detour to Edoras.
A quick and easy find while exploring Edoras.

TFTC and greetings from Germany.

--- This log is trackable! ---
-- Feel free to discover --
-- Please mention, in which cache you've seen this code: --
-- QR3BZF --

--- Dieser Logeintrag ist trackbar ---
-- und darf discovert werden! --
-- Bitte erwähne, in welchem Cache du diesen Code gesehen hast: --
-- QR3BZF --

We are traveling around New Zealand. We are so glad that we can discover this beautiful country. We enjoy it so much. This cache was found during our travel.

Thank you. Greetings from Czech Republic

Earlier in the week I had planned a trip out to Lake Heron for a family 'Fathers Day' adventure, but when I saw a few new puzzles out this way I changed direction - and we continued out to Mt Sunday to climb it again. Blowing a gale out on the plains but nice and sheltered as we headed up the valley. Passed no traffic on the road in (from Mt Somers village) so surprised that there were 3 other cars in the carpark.....more so too as the forecast was naff, the cloud had lowered and the valley further up was dark grey and clagged in.....We came prepared though; so with raincoats on & rain starting to fall we headed off. Great fun. Quick find and sign along the way. Cheers. Continued on and up to the top....the last bit to the summit being somewhat slippery!

A lovely day for a drive up the Ashburton Lakes with Karma Reprint, a small amount of huff and puff and there it was. Upwards we go! Cheers

Hahaha, I get it now! Mt Saturday on Saturday. Cheers for the hide.

I was planning a wee raid to Ashvegas today, then noticed 3 new puzzles up Lake Clearwater way. A quick change of plan, and a text to Kiwi Moose checking on his keenness, and we were off, to a glorious part of the country.

Had a great day, and found plenty to keep us busy.

Thanks to the CO's for the hides. Cheers.

Ninalila and I went to Mt Sunday to enjoy the stunning sceneries where they filmed the lord of the ring.
At the same time we searched the boxes along the track.

We loved so much this place and the 360 degree view at the top.

This is a nice erratic bloc

All the boxes were easy to find.
We signed the logbook with our team name : lekiprokos

Thank you for the cache and the discovery

We started to climb the Mount Sunday by the Mount Saturday^^. Swampy around.

Fefe.adrien and I signed on the logbook with our team name : Lekiprokos.
Tftc

Came here about a month ago. But never got around to logging. Beautiful day in my backyard

Quick find on the way back down from Mt Sunday. TFTC.

Quick find on a beautiful day out this way.
TFTC!

Out with redsoxbean. Visiting from Pennsylvania, USA. TFTC ^_^

Had to see Edoras while in NZ with Loth! Great hike and views. Tftc!

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FITW LauraHMR & Mr. Dainis P
I skipped the whole week of mountains and caches because of some limits on how many can I find and arrived straight at Mt Saturday. My muggle friend Dainis turned out to be the best finder and got his eyes and hands on the cache first. He's sometimes very **zealous** about finding the boxes but otherwise very uninterested in geocaching.
Moving up towards Sunday next.

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Latvia!
#4159

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