Pou of Te Ruahikihiki (North Canterbury) Kaikōura District, South Island, New Zealand
By Injeanious on 03-Dec-19. Waypoint GC8GM4X

Very nice place to stop and enjoy. We found the magnetic bottom but no top or contents. Tpvsl

We spent a little while working out how we should answer the questions for the nearby virtual and chatting with other travellers. Almost forgot to check for this cache. Once we'd avoided that faux pas the cache was soon in hand. Many thanks !.

Heading south with rattll, en route to GeoToroa at Dunedin. Today, started at Paparoa Point, north of Kaikoura, aiming for... somewhere in North Canterbury, tbc. Our sole confirmed target for the day is GCEB9, at Glentui. The oldest letterbox hybrid in NZ, and coincidentally a Jasmer spot that we both need. Everything else collected today is a bonus, so we're stopping as the whim takes us.Stopped here to pick up the virtual, and found this one as well. All well in the container. Signed, and returned as found. Tftc!

This was a bit tricky to find as a second look/feel was needed to find it. Kia ora rawa atu for the cache Injeanious.And so 7 days after returning home from a five month trip to the UK and Europe, I am off on another trip. This time its within New Zealand as Itchyfeet2020 and I are on our mega road trip to Dunedin. We are focussing on particular caches for various challenges, as well as having a great lot of fun and seeing the scenery in our wonderful land. -LET US HAVE A BLOCK PARTY!!!On May 3rd, 2025, we will be celebrating 25 years of geocaching in Rotorua, New Zealand with a special Block Party event. Join us to celebrate 25 years of this amazing game, and that the very first geocache hidden outside of the United States, 25 years ago, was hidden here in New Zealand.You do not want to miss this event, so check out the "[GCAKR25](https://coord.info/GCAKR25) 25 Years of Geocaching NZ! event page, the [event website](http://25years.geocache.nz/) for more details, join the [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/924894455969387) group, and sign up to the [email list](http://25years.geocache.nz/?p=4) to get updates...If you intend to come, please make sure you get your "Will Attend" log onto the page as soon as you can in order to assist with planning the first ever Block Party in New Zealand.-

NZ_B and I are on a road trip to the Geo Toroa Mega - Oct 24. I am also keen to get a multi every day, so it is now the Mega Multi Road Trip. Today is Day 1 of our trip from Wellington to Christchurch. This cache was one on our journey. A lovely spot to stop. I figured where this little guy would be hidden but missed it initially. Found after a bit better search. It's nice to have a trip where, alongside targeted caches, we also take time to find one's on a whim or ones that take a bit longer. We have all day, and the caches are calling...

I had the place to myself when I arrived so finding the cache was easy. However, muggles started to arrive in numbers so I had to play the waiting game before replacing the wee treasure. After a few minutes of looking shifty, I took the opportunity to put the cache back in place.

We were supposed to do a whale watching trip today, but it got cancelled as the whales were outside the area. Instead we set off to find a few caches. A quick find here while doing the nearby virtual. TFTC

It's a nice place to stop and admire the island, the art work and the tunnels.

I could see there was a trad here on my map but no service to let me read the details or see the hint. Glad to learn later that this is another cache by Injeanious, my room mate on a caching trip to Norfolk Island a few years ago. The CO, in her work with NCTIR, has contributed greatly to the interesting historical stops along this route. A good guess, or you could say geosense, led me to find the container quickly. Many thanks for all the info included in this cache description and the cache itself, Injeanious #10465

Tricky find

Making our way to Kaikoura and grabbing caches as we go. Stopped here for the cache and check out the art works. Had a quick search and found the cache, signed log and left as found. Thanks for the placement of this geocache at this spot and the background to the stopping areas Injeanious.

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! Visited this cache together with **taybeedragon**---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 / Ai / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon

Picked up three caches after heading south from Kaikura this morning. Made hard work of finding this one. I thought Id checked all the possible hiding spots but it was Mrs tbird who eventually located it. #7111. TFTC.

On our twenty-first day in New Zealand we drive to Kaikoura.This beautiful cache was on our way.TFTCHennesAt the end comes the poem of the day.New Zealand By James K. Baxter (for Monte Holcroft)These unshaped islands, on the sawyers bench,Wait for the chisel of the mind,Green canyons to the south, immense and passive,Penetrated rarely, seeded onlyBy the deer-cullers shot, or else in the northTribes of the shark and the octopus,Mangroves, black hair on a boxers hand.The founding fathers with their guns and bibles,Botanist, whaler, added bones and namesTo the land, to us a bridleAs if the id were a horse: the swampy townsLike dreamers that struggle to wake,Longing for the poets truthAnd the lovers pride. Something new and oldExplores its own pain, hearingThe rains choir on curtains of grey mossOr fingers of the Tasman pressingOn breasts of hardening sand, as actorsFind their own solitude in mirrors,As one who has buried his dead,Able at last to give with an open hand.

Great hide. SL TFTC

So glad we stopped here as we got to see the dolphins jumping and playing. TFTC.the log is getting full; we had to squeeze our names in!

Found this on the way to Kaikura today. Tftc

On our way north we stopped here and saw some dolphins. And picked up this cache. Thanks.

Took a few minutes a few muggle around.log full

After a while, it was finally time to visit some caches in distant countries again. This time the destination should be australia ???? and new zealand ???? What an amazing continent. Met some nice people there, saw a lot of interesting spots and also found some geocaches, of course. Signed in with our teamname downunder24. Thanks to the owner for laying and maintaining the cache and many greetings from Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Lenny LoveDanke fr den Cache - Thanks for that Cache- Merci pour la Cache - Dziki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Diky za ke - Ai u t talpykl - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - E cache - - nbellek iin teekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kamemo

Found this cache on a 24-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the citys of Sydney, Melbourne, Aidelaide and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.For me the focus will be on old caches, placed in 2000 and obviously on the remaining webcams in Australia and New Zealand.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany, Denmark and Luxembourg. At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the Logbooks.Next day of the Bus Tour. Today from Blenheim to Chirstchurch.A quick stop here for the virtual. A quick find.Merci frs Dosal sogt da GoanToni Thanks to Injeanious for hiding and maintaining this geocache.

Das groe Abenteuer beginnt. Qatar ?? Australien ?? Neuseeland. Zusammen mit 37 anderen Cachern bereise ich diese Lnder. Wir haben uns den Gruppennamen Downunder 2024 gegeben.Das sind die Teilnehmer:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.Wir haben uns nicht alle im Logbuch verewigt um den Ownern nicht gleich nach unserem Besuch zur Wartung zu rufen. Ab und an habe ich mich auch mal mit meinem Namen persnlich eingetragen. Vielen Dank an Injeanious fr diesen Cache, liebe Gre aus Apensen von der webmasterrollerin Silvia ?? ??3. Mrz 2024

We are also part of the large tour group from Germany and passed this cache today. We are from Ismaning/Bavaria. We had a great time inNew Zealand. For reasons of space, we have entered the logbook as **DownUnder 2024**.The tour group includes: gcAndyausDuAmoebeSTB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacherReisenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHFo, hupsi-1karrai *keeinerLeilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuo*Greetings from the sunny south of Germany.***Thanks to all owners for caring and caring.****IN: NOTHING****OUT: NOTHING****TFTC Leilah03***A game for all ages! Worldwide* **GEOCACHING**

The last part of the journey starts on the southern part of the island. Our group (downunder24) visits beautiful places with the aim of collecting caches. It is very impressive. Thank you very much. Greetings from Germany, muschel3

I am also part of the large tour group from Germany and passed this cache today. We had a great time in New Zealand. For reasons of space, we have entered the logbook asDownUnder24. Thank you for luring, showing and hiding, says ollilein The tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo

We are on our way from Belheim to Christchurch in a group of Geocachers and signing logbooks with "Team DownUnder24".Thanks for hiding and maintaining the cache. Greetings from Germany, ???? Biggidag

Wir sind eine etwas grssere Geocachergruppe die von Frankfurt ber Doha ???? nach Australien ???? und jetzt in Neuseeland ???? gelandet sind. Heute geht unsere Reise mit dem Bus von Blenheim nach Christchurch. Dort haben wir einiges an Dosen, Virtuelle und Earth ausgewhlt, gesucht und geloggt, sowie auch die letzte webcam aus NZ. Dieser hier war ein Teil von unseren Entdeckungen und Erlebnissen. Wir haben in den Logbchern platzsparend mit DownUnder2024 geloggt. Vielen Dank frs Hegen und Pflegen dieses Caches. Greetings from Germany/Luxembourg

A group of 38 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland - Team Downunder24 - are traveling for 22 days from Frankfurt/Main via Doha to Australia and New Zealand. I was able to discover many wonderful things and irretrievable experiences are burned into my memory. Today our bus tour goes from Blenheim to Christchurch. Here we stopped for the Virtual and were able to find the Tradi without any problems. The view is beautiful! Thanks to Injeanious for the cache, luring and caring for it - kind regards from Switzerland ????

Gefunden im Team DownUnder24. Danke fr den Cache

Geocachers on tour. We are a travel group with almost 40 people from Germany and we log with Downunder 2024 to save space. We visited this cache Pou of Te Ruahikihiki (North Canterbury) today and it is in the logbook. Thank you very much

38 cachers from ????, ????and ???? made a tour with a stopover in ???? and visiting???? and ????to get lot of impressions from Down Under.We log with Team DownUnder24 to save space in the logbooks.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:_gc_AmoebeSTAndyausDuB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHfi1hupsi-1karrai *keeinerLeilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuoDay 16.: Along the coast we headed from Blenheim to Christchurch. Beautiful city with lot of life along the Avon River. And with lots of caches! TFTC from Bavaria

Bei unserer Gruppenreise nach Australien und Neuseeland konnten wir neben den vielen interessanten Eindrcken auf unseren Ausflgen Kiwimykl auch viele Caches besuchen. Wir loggten platzsparend mit Team DownUnder24.Danke an Injeanious fr diesen Cache.

Mit 37 Geocachern, aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz, ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland, beginnend mit einem Zwischenstopp in Doha in Katar. So lange und so weit weg von zu Hause war ich noch nie. Eine aufregende Zeit.Beim Geocaching lag der Focus auf viele unterschiedliche Cachetypen, aber auch besondere Wertungen, Challenges und besonders ein paar sehr alte Caches aus den Jahren 2000 und 2001. Aber auch natrlich ganz besonders die Geocaches, die zu Fu vom Hotel aus gut erreichbar waren.Natrlich wurde stand aber nicht nur das Geocaching im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch die Sehenswrdigkeiten der einzelnen Stationen, die wir besuchten, verdienten ihre Aufmerksamkeit.In die Logbcher trugen wir uns mit unserem Teamnamen "Downunder 2024" ein, Logbuchplatz sparend und effizient.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team, das auch sehr viel Spa gemacht hat.Heute ging es mit dem Bus von Blenheim weiter nach Christchurch.Danke fr diesen Geocache. Danke fr die Ausarbeitung. Danke frs Zeigen.Lieber Gru aus Duisburg / DeutschlandAndyDieser Logeintrag wird mit Hilfe von Google bersetzt.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We set off on a long journey with 37 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand, starting with a stopover in Doha, Qatar. I have never been so long and so far away from home. An exciting time.When geocaching, the focus was on many different cache types, but also special ratings, challenges and especially a few very old caches from the years 2000 and 2001. But also, of course, especially the geocaches that were easily accessible on foot from the hotel.Of course, the focus wasn't just on geocaching; the sights of the individual stations we visited also deserved attention.We entered our team name Downunder 2024 in the logbooks, saving logbook space and efficiently.It was a very special trip in a large team, which was also a lot of fun.Today we took the bus from Blenheim to Christchurch.Thanks for this geocache. Thanks for the elaboration. Thank you for showing me.Kind regards from Duisburg / GermanyAndyThis log entry is translated with the help of Google.

Found this cache on a 21-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany and Denmark - At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.TFTC, Team Zyanor

Unterwegs in Australien und Neuseeland mit der Cachergruppe Downunder24,konnte ich diesen schnen Cache signieren.Danke frs Anlegen und Herfhren!TFTC sagt der WhlhaseDie Cachergruppe Downunder24 hat die Teilnehmer:_gc_, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo,Danke fr die Dose - Thanks for that Cache - Merci pour la Cache - Dzieki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Dky za ke - Aciu u ta talpykla - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - nbellek iin tesekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kasmemoron

Together with 36 other geocachers, the KiSt team undertook a very long trip to Australia ???? and New Zealand ???? for three weeks. On both the outward and return journeys, there was a stopover in Doha, the capital of Qatar ????.We experienced a great deal on this trip and gained many very different impressions of the two countries, their nature and their culture. Of course, the main focus was on visiting as many caches of as many different types as possible and also all accessible old cans. However, we also made sure to visit many special places of interest and to gain as comprehensive an impression as possible of nature and its flora and fauna.To save the logbooks, we usually signed in with our team name **Downunder24**. For "special" cans, however, we have not missed the opportunity to leave our nickname as well.This beautiful cache is now also one of our finds.Due to the large number of caches visited, it is unfortunately not possible for us to write an individual log for each can, which is why we would like to apologize to the owners for this collective log.We also met other cachers at some of the events and were able to share our experiences. Many thanks to the event owners!Of course we would like to thank all the owners for showing us the great locations, the sometimes tricky puzzles, exciting multis and wherigos, as well as the interesting virtuals and earth caches - TFTC!!!---In der Besetzung KiSt unternahmen wir zusammen mit 36 weiteren Geocachern fr drei Wochen eine sehr weite Reise nach Australien ???? und Neuseeland ????. Auf der An- und Abreise stand dabei jeweils ein Zwischenstopp in Doha an, der Hauptstadt von Qatar ????.Wir haben auf dieser Reise sehr viel erlebt und viele sehr unterschiedliche Eindrcke von den beiden Lndern, deren Natur und deren Kultur mitgenommen. Natrlich lag ein Hauptaugenmerk darauf, mglichst viele Caches mglichst vieler unterschiedlicher Typen und auch alle erreichbaren alten Dosen zu besuchen. Darber haben wir es aber nicht versumt, vielen besonderen Sehenswrdigkeiten einen Besuch abzustatten und uns von der Natur und deren Flora und Fauna einen mglichst umfassenden Eindruck zu verschaffen.Um die Logbcher zu schonen, haben wir uns dort meist mit unserem Teamnamen **Downunder24** eingetragen. Bei "besonderen" Dosen haben wir es uns aber auch nicht nehmen lassen, zustzlich unseren Nicknamen zu hinterlassen.Auch dieser schne Cache zhlt jetzt zu unseren Funden.Aufgrund der groen Anzahl der besuchten Caches ist es uns leider nicht mglich, zu jeder Dose einen individuellen Log zu verfassen, weshalb wir uns bei den Ownern fr diesen Sammellog entschuldigen wollen.Auf einigen Events haben wir auch andere Cacher kennengelernt und konnten unsere Erfahrungen austauschen. Vielen Dank an die Event-Owner!Natrlich wollen wir uns bei allen Ownern fr das Zeigen der tollen Orte, die teils kniffligen Rtsel, spannenden Multis und Wherigos, sowie die interessanten Virtuals und Earthcaches bedanken - TFTC!!

We have traveled with 36 likeminded geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.This cache was today among our finds.Thanks for leading us here and thanks for the cache.

Together with 37 Cachers, we start a journey to Australia and New Zealand via Doha.In Qatar we spent one night and had almost one full day before heading to Sydney.In Australia we visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Cairns. In New Zealand will be Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.To safe Logbook space, we signed the logbooks with our team-name "DownUnder24".Our Teammembers are:\_gc_, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoThank you for the Cache.

We arrived in New Zealand. And we are sooooo happy about it. ?? We (Team Downunder24) discovered the island by looking for some caches. We could see many nice places, landscapes, sheeps and beautiful buildings. We enjoyed our stay very much. ?? Amazing. ??"Pou of Te Ruahikihiki (North Canterbury)" was one of the caches we could find during our bus tour from the north to the south. Thanks Injeanious for showing that place??

Together with my B@cker and a lot of crazy Cachers from Germany, Denmark and Luxembourg, we have an exciting Trip to Qatar, Australien and New Zealand. The name of the Group is easy Downunder24.The Team isAmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, Cache-Taucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, -GC-, GEOKaren, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, OpaundEnkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr.Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, webmasterrollerin, Whlhase and XenSuo. Exhausting but beautyful. Thanks for the Cache. Best regards from Buxtehude ( Germany) ?? ?? ??

There was a lot to see and log on my trip through Australia and New Zealand, and this cache was one of them. We were a group of 38 and logged with "Team Downunder24" to save space in the logbook.Thanks says XenSuo

Fifth day in New Zealand ??. This is my first visit to this extraordinary country and the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream. In the past, it always failed due to the lack of a travel companion. Now I had the chance to join a large group of mainly German geocachers and I was delighted to take it. After a stopover in Qatar and 8 days in Australia, our journey continued from Auckland to Queenstown with various stopovers.Today we continued our journey by bus from Blenheim to Christchurch along the coast.Our driver was kind enough to make an unscheduled stop for us so that we could visit this virtual one. A beautiful place to linger. Unfortunately we didn't see any dolphins, but we did find this cache. The logbook is full, so we only signed it with our team abbreviation DownUnder24. All our names wouldn't have fitted in.Thank you for laying & taking care .Fnfter Tag in Neuseeland ??. Fr mich ist es der erste Besuch dieses auergewhnlichen Landes und die Erfllung eines lang gehegten Traums. Es scheiterte in der Vergangenheit immer an einem fehlenden Reisebegleiter. Jetzt gab es die Chance mich einer groen Gruppe von berwiegend deutschen Geocachern anzuschlieen und ich ergriff sie mit Freuden. Nach einem Stop over in Katar und 8 Tagen in Australien ging unsere Reise weiter von Auckland nach Queenstown mit diversen Zwischenstopps.Heute ging unsere Fahrt mit dem Bus weiter von Blenheim nach Christchurch immer an der Kste entlang. Unser Fahrer war so nett und legte fr uns einen ungeplanten Zwischenstopp ein, damit wir den neuen Virtuellen besuchen knnen. Ein schner Platz zum Verweilen. Delphine haben wir leider nicht gesehen, aber dafr diesen Cache gefunden. Das Log ist voll, daher haben wir es nur mit unserem Teamkrzel DownUnder24 signiert. All unsere Namen htten nicht mehr hineingepasst.Danke fr das Legen & Pflegen .

I have traveled with 37 geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The Teammembers are:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.During our stay in New Zealand we had also the opportunity to visit some caches. This cache was also among our finds today.Thanks for leading us here and showing and thanks for the cache.

# 21532Whau, I am on a three week trip with Cacher-Reisen and a bunch of fellow geocachers to Australia and New Zealand. It is so odd to imagine that I am going to visit a place that is nearly on the opposite of the globe from my usual hangouts. In Denmark it is late winter/early spring, and I am exchanging the winter-part for late summer in Australia and early autumn in New Zealand. This is so exciting.The itinerary is Frankfurt (Germany), Doha (Qatar), Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns (Australia) and Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Cromwell, Queenstown (New Zealand) before flying back to Europe. That will be two new continents and three new countries for me - and as far away from home as I have ever been. It is a lot of places and travelling, but we also have a plan to find lots of geocaches and see the sights and beautiful nature.This day we are travelling from Blenheim to Christchurch with a small detour to Kaioura to hopefully se some seals. I didn't quite succeed with that, but instead I saw a small group of lamas being paraded on the sidewalk. We were travelling along the eastern coast of New Zealand along State Highway 1, and we could se the difference of the nature on both sidse of the bus - Ocean and mountains. Denmark also has a lot of coastline, but we are a bit more protected from the Northsea because of Great Britain about 600 km to the west. Down here in the South Pacific there isn't much to give shelter from the East.This was an unscheduled stop but we enjoyed it and quickly found the cache here and the virtual cache - and snapped some pictures.Tak for cachen til Injeanious.

Auf der Fahrt von Blenheim nach Christchurch haben wir hier einen kurzen Fotostopp eingelegt. Wunderschne Aussicht. We logged with our team name DownUnder24. Thank you very much for the cache!

TFTC a quick find along our journey.

The last leg of our journey on our 2nd tiki tour in NZ heading from Kaikora down to ChCh grabbing a few caches as we went.Here a quick find but not after we watched some dolphins. As soon as we stopped we spotted and the sat and watched for a good 45 minutes as at least 3 pods of dolphins swam around and then we were entertained with several leaping out, doing flips and having a whale of a time ( pardon the pun) This was the first time we had managed to see dolphins on our trip round both islands and so we stayed for as long as we could Then remembered this cache which we trotted over to and made a quick findFP for bringing us here - very memorable TFTCTim and Viv - ddm

Fabulous art work and pou. TFTC

Quick find, great views.

Great views on our way south. Quick find.

Found it while looking at the seals! TFTC!

Nice view an an easy find

Found during a quick stop to the sea caves. TFTC.

Today, I'm on the road again, heading home to Dunsandel from Blenheim. Finding a few caches along the way. Back to avenge my January DNF. This time I was able to walk straight up to the cache and find it after a quick check. TFTC, Biggles.

No one around so was able to find it quickly. TFTC

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We were headed home after a short weekend away in Kaikoura. Wanting to leave before the terrible weather arrived, we took our time and stopped for some caches along the way. I've seen this pit stop several times now so was happy to finally stop and check it out properly. Beautiful rest stop. Found the cache easily. TFTC.

More later

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Mrs Geckoh was not impressed with the toilets but fortunately the cache was a quick find (once the pen decided to work) TFTC

Parking is a big drop of tarseal. Toilets on-site it didn't smell to health.

rahmschnitzel2704 and I could find this cache during our roadtrip through this beautiful country.
Thank you very much for hiding and maintaining this cache!

During our roadtrip in New Zealand, we also found this cache. Thanks for hiding!

Short stop driving south.

We are really enjoying these palisides all along the road. Another great spot. Thanks for bringing us here.T4TC

TEMBO! and I visited Christchurch for a view days. There are some caches are waiting for us. Pou of Te Ruahikihiki was on our list. What a wonderful place.

Thanks to Injeanious for hiding and maintaining the cache.

T4TC Filser1

Thanks for making us stop here lovely spot., Not many muggles around today. Day trip with Warfi and corunnaroad

Another nice quick find. It is great what they have achieved with this road. The pull off areas are so good. Tftc

Quick find
Beautiful area

find number 30090
Thanks Injeanious for maintaining the cache
SL thanks for the hide

Quite a few muggles about so couldn't really search properly. The hint object that my GPS took me to is not in a good way. The cache may or may not have survived.

Tftc and greetings from Czechia

Such cool artwork
Tftc

Good hiding spot thanks

A quick and easy find. Took photos. Interesting information. Cache is fine. Thanks for the placement.

Found it , thanks.

Second time back . Too many muggles last time. This time got it.

Day 12 of my Spring Holiday and next leg of the journey on my final holiday day is from Kaikoura to Christchurch and what a Stunner of a day it is! Easy find here TFTC

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Having a milestone birthday this weekend, my aim was 50 caches. That was too much for one day so the 50 finds were spread over the celebratory weekend, 1/2 on my way South and 1/2 on my way North.

This was find number 15 and easy enough.

For some reason took ages. Tftc

Really nicely developed area. Thanks

Thank you for this cache, injeanious. I had no reception here & hadn’t downloaded the cache, but it was showing on the map & I was delighted to find it.
Driving south, traffic not heavy.

Found on a nice drive in the area. Enjoying the caches

We watched a big work up of birds diving and fish splashing around for a while, while we waited for some muggles to move on.
Such a beautiful area of the coast.
Thanks for putting this here for us to find

Found more later when I edit the log

This was our first cache along this section of the Kaikoura coast. A nice fine morning, unlike yesterday when the coast was covered in thick sea fog.

Great park n grab with blunsdon. Thank you for the cache

Stopped here to spot wildlife.

We are now leaving Kaikoura and heading south towards home. Nice easy parking for motorhome. Lovely work they have done on the road to be able to stop and enjoy views and find geocaches . Thanks for this cache Injeanious.

Spotted some dolphin spinning in the water, we conveniently pulled into this look out to watch them for a little while. After they moved out I noticed this cache. was here.

Awesome spot!

Loving these rest stops with the wonderful scenery

Another great pou to visit along SH1 on our way home. And another cache snagged and tagged. Cheers

Day 5 - Christmas Eve Friday 24 December - From Amberly we return to Picton today. With the Seagnoid departing for wellington this evening. With a few stops along the way to help the day go by. Were dragging Toby along with a dead battery today. Bummer.

The Seagnoid, Zara, Toby and I are of on another Geo adventure this time to Mt Cook for 5 days. Met up with Bullertrout and Bro on the way down. Lake Pukaki was fine but Mt Cook was wet and wild with the Hooker Valley being closed due to high winds, so did not stay long. We went exploring Tekapo, Timaru and a round trip to Lake Coleridge. Short trip and very tiring but awesome.

Love these rest areas along the new road north and south of Kaikoura. If the cache was a bit larger it would have been a fav. Oh well. Last day of our trip, we're heading north to Picton and the ferry.

Part of a big trip with Taybeedragon to explore Mt Cook. We explored a little of it but there was gale winds, lots of cloud and rain. Some of the tracks had been closed and others were right dodgy given that we did not have our foul weather tramping kit. We had booked to stay for two nights but left the same day. More time to explore parts of Canterbury! So now I have been to Mt Cook . Still yet to see Aorangi.

We had to bypass the 2 unfound caches south of here as we were in a stream of traffic and one car as almost on our bumper. So we pulled over before we were close to this cache, let the cars go past and then could safely join the other car in this area. As we moved towards the cache the other people headed for their car so we had a free area for the short check. Like others, we appreciate the new areas that were developed after the road was restored and the caches they contain.
Thanks.

Another stop at a well appointed rest area. A lot of work has gone into these areas and they are nice to visit. Cache retrieved, signed and replaced. tftc

Another great place to stop.
It's show weekend, a long one for Cantabrians. So JDScout and I are on another camper van trip. This time it's just a return trip from Christchurch to Kaikoura, staying at Pekepeke.
For a bit of extra excitement we are geocaching too. Thanks for hiding this cache Injeanious I appreciate it.

No dolpins tonight, just lots of seals to the north. Always fun to see the pups out on the rocks. Cheers

Full log to come

Much needed rest stop this one.

Found on the way home with the family.

Nice spot for a break. Thank you

I was shifting my snail shell from Kaikoura to CHC today hoping to sign off a few caches that had big parking areas.

This was the first that fitted the bill.

Cheers for the cache.