Le Quesnoy France World War I Cambridge, North Island, New Zealand
By
GeoRick on 11-Nov-23. Waypoint GCAFGRY
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Found the history of this area very interesting...I am always in awe of what our soldiers went through during the wars, cache soon found and signed. Thanks for the hide and the history.
found under, Arthur did not choose the good one -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --French version below-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Short late log but more complete now that we are back home.Our vacation will take us to the other side of the world to the land of the Maoris. After many, many hours of flying, a passage through China on the way there and through the United States of America on the way back, we will finally arrive in Christchurch which will be the starting point of our journey.We will enjoy the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and we will go back towards the North Island via State Highway 1. To combine business with pleasure, we will take regular breaks and small detours according to the caches that seem the most accessible to us.With a little more than 3500 km in 20 days, we will have discovered many facets of this island which is soothing. We will have to come back because there are so many places that we have not done . In broad strokes, the path will go from Christchurch to the Kaikoura Peninsula then towards Picton for the crossing to Wellington.New island, new road, and by State Highway 2 we go towards Hastings and Napier. We will leave the seaside for several days to go to Tongariro and Taupo. We will continue north towards Rotorua and Hamilton (without forgetting a detour via Hobbiton ) A detour to the Coromandel Peninsula and finally the almost north of the island with Whangarei and Waitangi to learn the history of this country.There will only be a few days left to spend towards Auckland and its suburbs before taking the plane back to the grayness of our European autumn.The majority of the boxes will be found, we have abandoned those where our English was lacking and where we could not understand the clue. Thanks to all the owners who brightened up our path, who took us to incredible places (that's also geocaching)In short, we had a great vacation, saw beautiful places that simply ask us to come back. We learned a lot about the history of this country and its traditions, it's a great motivation for our destinations.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Petit log en retard mais un peu plus complet maintenant que nous sommes rentrs la maison. Nos vacances vont nous emmener lautre bout du monde au pays des Maoris. Aprs beaucoup, beaucoup dheures davion, un passage par la Chine laller et par les Etats-Unis dAmrique au retour, nous arriverons enfin Christchurch qui sera le point de dpart de notre priple.Nous profiterons des plages du de locan Pacifique et nous remonterons en direction de lile du nord via la State highway 1. Pour joindre lutile et lagrable, nous ferons des pauses rgulires et de petits dtours au gr des caches qui nous semble les plus accessibles. Avec un peu plus de 3500 km en 20 jours, nous aurons dcouverts pleins de facettes de cette ile qui est apaisante. Il nous faudra revenir car il y a tellement dendroit que nous navons pas fait . Dans les grand traits, le chemin ira de Christchurch la pninsule Kaikoura puis direction Picton pour la traverse vers Wellington.Nouvelle ile, nouvelle route, et par la State Highway 2 nous remontrons en direction de Hastings et Napier. Nous laisserons le bord de mer plusieurs jours pour aller au Tongariro et Taupo. Nous continuerons vers le nord en direction de Rotorua et Hamilton (sans oublier un dtour par Hobbiton ). Un crochet pour la pninsule de Coromandel et pour finir le presque nord de lile avec Whangarei et Waitangi pour apprendre lhistoire de ce pays. Il ne restera que quelques jours passer vers Auckland et sa banlieue avant de ne reprendre lavion pour retourner dans la grisaille de notre automne europen.La majorit des boites seront trouves, nous avons dlaisser celles o notre anglais faisait dfaut et ou que nous narrivions pas comprendre lindice. Merci tous les poseurs qui ont gay notre chemin, qui nous ont emmen dans des endroits incroyables (cest aussi cela le geocaching)Bref, nous avons pass de superbes vacances, vu des endroits magnifiques qui demandent simplement que lon revienne. Nous avons appris beaucoup de chose sur lhistoire de ce pays et de ces traditions, cest une grande motivation pour nos destinations.
A lovely spot here. Found in first spot Mr b put his hand Thank you GeoRick for placing this cache.Log signed as B&PFind number 5304
Its been awhile but good to be back in Cambridge which is looking very pretty with lots of blossoms. Nice and quiet at GZ and easy to rest and sleep gn the log TFTC
Had been working in Tauranga for the day. Had been a success and was able to leave earlier than anticipated. Might as well cache on the way home. Also a chance to get some caches that might not otherwise attempt.Quick easy find. Cache all good!TFTC
Up in Cambridge to support my brother as he was competing in the national powerlifting 24. Snuck out to get some caches while we were here!Quick find here no issues. Cool church thanks for taking us here in Cambridge! I wrote in the log and placed the cache carefully back as found. TFTC. Thanks GeoRick for placing this Traditional cache! GeoRick , ! 17 September 2024 at 11:32AM#955th Find
Thanks for a Geocache among the AL locations. Interesting history in the description
I havent visited Cambridge for years and tbh didnt really remember much about it..but today we are here finding a couple of caches and I really like the vibe here. Wandered over to this spot and found a nice well presented container exactly where I thought. TFTC..off to get some morning tea before we leave town.
I lived in Cambridge for years. Didn't get back into caching until recently. Walked past this almost every day wondered why people who sit here usually looked shifty. Thanks.
Up in Hamilton from Palmy for a 3/52 block training course and doing some geocaching in my down time. This weekend MrJJ met me from Gisborne for the weekend so weve popped down to Cambridge for the farmers market, op shops and oc geocaching on this beautiful winter Saturday. Mihi ki a koe mo te keteroki #161
Came here with Piwaka54 to do the Adventure Lab hereabouts and photograph some birds - Tauhou; piwaiwaka; Tui and many sparrows. As I sit here I can hear we were followed by the piwaiwaka. Love my history and the link Kiwi soldiers have to Le Quesnoy. TFTC
We brought geodog and mr 16 to the pump track here and I headed out for a quick bit of caching! Lovely walk around a lovely town. TFTC.
A nice quick find. My GPS wanted us closer to the road. Thanks for placing your cache. Ms_KR and I are off for a quick trip up to Hamilton to catch up with family. For a change, we flew rather than drove, so not quite so many opportunites to find caches!Occassionally signed MK+KR on cache logs, and apologies for the generic logs.Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches.
I know I looked up the pronunciation last time we were here, but I needed to hear it again this time. Now I can think of quinoa but more like ken-wa. I also found a video of the wonderful Fred Graham explaining some of the thinking behind his nearby memorial sculpture. My heart sank when I saw the grass being mown, but we managed a discrete grope and had success.Thank you GeoRick
Muggle central but patience paid off when there was a break in the traffic!!Nice hide and TFTC
Beautiful holiday day. Out exploring with my daughter. Followed the instructions and there it was.
TFTC - great day out and about.Things were jumping around a bit so we were back and forth for a little while - lots of Muggles to make things a little more challenging . In the end we found it.. then we didnt have a pen so we had to track back / gabbed the pen and happy days.
We are back in New Zealand to have the holiday we should have had 4 years ago, Covid-19 put an abrupt end to that holiday.Today we are on a visit to Cambridge.Greetings from the UK.This was across theroad from an Ad Lab stage so it was only a quick walk across to findit. Arrived at GZ and I waited a few seconds for some muggle to vacate the area. The coast is now clear and a quick feel about and located the cache.Log signed and cache replaced as found.Thanks to GeoRick for placing.Find 1 of 2Total finds 3771
Out with Kiwi Does Stuff for a quiet Sunday caching mission in and out of Hamilton through all of the backroads. TFTC!
Sunday afternoon / Evening mission with Reschedule. Taking some back roads to / from Hamilton. A stop in at Cambridge to grab a few caches. A quick easy find here, altho the wind was picking up so didnt hang around longer than needed.
Trouve ! / Found it ! Aprs avoir fait le tour du lac pour les diffrentes AdventureCaches, je termine ma journe ici avec un morceau d'Histoire.5396me cache trouve.Merci GeoRick pour la cache After going around the lake for the different AdventureCaches, I end my day here with a piece of History.5396th cache found.Thank you GeoRick for the cache
On my way from Taup to Auckland I stopped here for a rest. I forgot my pen in the luggage, please accept a fotolog 
Nice area, I will have a short walk here.Tftc, Christian.
Nice area, I will have a short walk here.Tftc, Christian.In the area with some time to killNice quick and easy find, sign and replace, and then a few moments to enjoy the viewTFTC
Nice quick find once we read the hint as GPS led us a little astray! Nice day to walk off our lunch and collect some caches! TFTC
We're still on our ride. It's now at 19km into our ride Today is day four of our Coromandel trip. We stayed the night in Cambridge and are heading to Whitianga tomorrow.So far we have stayed in Wellington, Taupo and Cambridge.
We did drove by here this morning and being French, I did wonder why they had French flags flying around, now I know why. TFTC
Was out walking with Kimbathelion, wasn't expecting to come here. So no pen on hand. Found the cache & have photo if required. Tftc
Out for a walk with buzzybb & hadn't planned on coming here. So found the cache & have photo if required.
It was a warm day but the shade from the trees made the discovery pleasant and comfortable. TFTC
Two Aussies in NZ for 6 weeks and enjoying your country. Here to do the AL but stopped here for this little beauty. Tftc,,
Quick find but log soaking wet tried as best to sign.#2254 - Mar 4, 2024TFTC GeoRick
Kids bedtime seemed the perfect time to remember a leap day cache, haha. Bundled the pyjama clad into the car and nipped up to grab this, our only unfound local cache. No problem with the hide, walked on a little to sign. TFTC!
Our geocaching map of Cambridge was a sea of smileys with the exception of this one and we have been keen to remedy the situation since it was published a couple of months ago. Today we were in Hamilton, so not too far away, and decided it would be a good time to head over to Cambridge and search for it.We always love coming here so it was a very easy decision.As we headed to the main street we were surprised at how much traffic there was, we have never seen it quite so busy.We wondered if we would be able to find a carpark near the cache but got very lucky and found one very close to GZ, someone must have just left so our timing was perfect.It was then a short walk and a nice quick find.We were pleasantly surprised by the cache container. What a nice and appropriate touch and a great idea.Thanks Rick and Lynne for a great cache and some interesting history. We are very pleased to gain a smiley at last and give you a well deserved favourite point for the effort you put into your cache.
Found on a whim with Violet and Elle, didnt happen to have a pen though so will have to come back and fill out the log! TFTC!
Great container in theme. Thanks for bringing me here and TFGC.On our way to Rotorua today from Hamilton we stop in Cambridge to visit a friend for lunch so what a great opportunity to find some local caches too. What another beautiful sunny summers day.
Exploring a bit of Cambridge today, so decided to get some lunch and find a convenient place to sit and eat itWell, how convenient, there's a cache right here!A nice easy grab in between munching away on my pie.Thanks for putting this here
Great day to hit a few geocaches here in Cambridge, especially with the #trackmeadventureduck. A great cache with amazing history, this is why I love this obsession/Hobbie, learning every day. Found using a Trackme NZ supplied Garmin Montana 750i GPS inReach, connected with Trackme Pro+ to the iridium network for tracking and 2 way communications, 100% coverage around the world . Thank you for bringing me to this area GeoRick and for placing and maintaining Le Quesnoy France World War I geocache from Mr Cuddly Brick Found on this awesome day the 6th of January 2024.Cache number # 2602 #trackmeadventure #trackmenz #lostcrewFor socials searchMr Cuddly Bricks Geocaching Adventures Tracking https://mytrack.co.nz/device/300434033661490.htmlFP FROM ME!
In town for the start of our Ulysses Thursday ride starting at a Cafe in Leamington.. easy find thanks. 1st find for the year too
#13,857. I am making my way north to Auckland to spend time with my family. Decided to stay overnight in Cambridge so I could do caches around the town and in Hamilton before driving up to Auckland later in day. A lovely summers day. Interesting to read the description and the connection of Le Quesnoy with New Zealand and the sister city relationship. Nice easy find here. Signed the logbook and replaced the cache as found. Thanks GeoRick for hiding it here.
We parked at the lower entrance to the park for the nearby Ad Lab and then headed up the track to grab this one. Thanks for all of the interesting information provided with this cache!
Walked up to this one along the main street, very grateful for the shade from the large old trees along much of the walk. Quickly found without issue. TFTC
Was a tad warm of a walk in the middle of the day for this one so appreciated the shade and the seat when we got there TFTC
Passing through Cambridge, paused to have a quick hunt for this cache on a wet day. GZ all quiet, no one around in the rain, so searched uninterrupted. Soon found the hiding place. Log all good, signed and returned as found. Tftc!
TFTC! Have been on a cambridge cache finding mish today. Stopped for a pint at the Prince Albert and left our pen there! Oops
In Cambridge for a day, so out and about for a bike ride. I tried the wrong place first and then cottoned on to the fact I needed to shift locations and there it was. It had slipped down and was probably visible so I returned it to a more usual spot. Thanks for the cache.
Found this little trickster while out and about with my nephew. He really liked the container on this one.
Was over in Cambridge this afternoon picking up some caches along the way. Lovely sunny day for a walk around here, before making a quick find, TFTC
Found this one after a visit of the farmers market and the Dutch market in Cambridge. Thanks for sharing the story.Favo in
After a first to find in Hamilton we decided to go for a drive with ABCDF4Nice easy find no muggles aroundThanks
This was not on my plan today but the car had a flat battery so after getting it started (Thanks AA) I decided a good rum out here would put the charge back in it. After a short walk the cache was signed and returned. Back at the car it started no problem and it was back home to do the groceries as intended. Thank you for the placement.
This was a nice quick find on my 2nd time past this little park and memorial. The muggle spouse and I enjoyed reading about and looking at the photos from the history here. TFTC
With Gap (of Fap and Gap) A busy day of work and caching.This was a short hop from the expressway, so just a minor blip on our travel plans. It was not yet 8 AM and there was a line up at the nearby vehicle testing station We parked and ambled over to a familiar ground zone. A quick find and a tidy cache - Thanks GeoRick. TFTC.
A quick find but now waiting for muggles to pass before signing. Both my grandfathers fought on the Western Front and two great-uncles died. TFTC.
on my way to Auckland with Squirrel Nutcase.decided on a small detour for this csche.no problems to locate and sign.TFTC
Thanks so much GeoRick....I have learned a lot from your description and history about Le Quesnoy....Just googled it...and will read more when I get home.Plus, while down here I got to go to an amazing Art Exhibition in the Hall near the Big White church....some great Artists in Cambridge.. Favourite Point
A quick detour to find this while walking back to the motel after having dinner in town. I hope Ill have a chance to find more in the area tomorrow. TFTC
Greetings from Nelson. This was a nice easy cache find and log after a walk around Lake Te Koo Utu. Enjoyed reading the background story to Le Quesnoy. TFTC GeoRick.
I'm back in New Zealand for first time in four and a half years. After spending the last few days in the Manawatu, I'm heading back up to Whangarei, but I stopped in Cambridge last night to break up the journey. I've got no time commitments today until I have to be at my friend's place in Auckland, so I've planned a few caches to search for on the way. A quick find here and I picked up both the pathtags - I hope the CO doesn't mind - its just I haven't come across a single pathtag in four and a half years of living in Scotland and travelling in Europe, they don't seem to be a thing over there. Love the YouTube BTW. Tftc
**19,420**Heading away to Auckland for a quick trip and couldnt resist a short stop in Cambridge to collect this new placement. A great wee hide, found under the cover of darkness. The dogs enjoyed the stroll to GZ and the cache was a quick find. TFTC
A nice quick find on the way into town. Thanks georick for the plcement always loved the church opposite.
