Geo Toroa 1 (Dunedin) Saint Clair, South Island, New Zealand
By TeamOtago on 18-Oct-24. Waypoint GCAFV0G

Full log to come

Out with Natalie247 to get some challenge caches. TFTC

Checked out this one while not to wet outside before the opening of the Mega. Cheers.Day 6 - MEGA Day - Saturday and its cold wet and miserable. What a pity! Attended opening and enjoyed gadget puzzles. Then home to get warm. Out and about trackng down LABS, before attending the CITO. and an early evening home.Zara, Toby and I are on an adventure, heading to the Dunedin Mega with some extra days along the way. Caught up with TaybeeNZ on 22 Oct for a day caching around Christchurch. Then made my way down to Waimati for the night. Arrived in Dunedin Thursday afternoon. Beautiful day Friday to cache around Port Chalmers. Mega Day was cold, wet and miserable and Sunday not much better. Sophia arrived on Sunday for a few days. Teamed up with TaybeeNZ for next three days touring the Catlains Monday, Stewart Island Tuesday and Milford Wednesday, then started making my way home, arriving Friday Morning.

I didn't venture out into the rain during the Mega to get this, so back we went today when the weather was more conducive to hunting. Found with Debsnz.

Out for walk after watching the rugby, weather a bit damp but caching is brightening it up.Quite quiet around here at the moment.TFTC

A quick easy find of a nicely hidden cache which gets a favourite from us. TFTC

Last find for the day, loved the letterbox (literally..) and the stamp! I still had my wee notebook in my pocket so even though I don't do letterboxing.. I now have a nice coloured albatross to look at. I then signed the letterbox logbook before realising it was the wrong book, so re-signed the correct book.

Made my way into the undergrowth for a straightforward find. Signed b/l and TFTC

The MEGA base was just over there, and over the last two days I watched cachers go under the trees to find the cache. Well I waited for fine weather and today is that day.Loved the container, signed the log, wish I had my stamp with me, but had left it in the car.Anothr fun find, thanks for the letterbox hide TeamOtago

In Dunedin for the mega, an early morning walk with 2wombles before the next event. Thanks TeamOtago for this letterbox cache.

Had a few hours spare today so caching was on my do to list. Took the hint a bit too literally and made it a lot harder than it needed to be. Thanks for the cache

Spotted as soon we poked our heads into the bushes, TFTC.

Fun find with rustynz MEGA 2024

Great container. I wondered why there were two log books but U.N.C.L.E. explained. TFTC.

Nice and easy, tricky access thoughWell done!FP added

Followed the steady stream of people heading in to the trees, quickly found and signed and passed to the next person

Nice wee cache, tftc

A great hide and fun find as we attend the Mega thanks for the cache

First find of the day with Mrs abxt350.. glad the wind and rain has abaited a tad from yesterday.. cheers for the cache and placement ??

Yesterday I followed a crowd into the bushes to see where the cache was and decided to leave it until today as I have my own personal challenge that has a shortage of finds today. This afternoon the rain had eased making it drier than yesterday to find my way in. Great letterbox. Thanks.

Picked up this letterbox cache while attending the Mega event. Thanks for setting this one up.

Thanks. Nice letterbox

Now I have sandy crocs and my first letterbox find!

After attending the Mega event, JustlookingOO, ThatDarnBear and I made a quick trip around the grounds to find this cache. We teamed up with another person who was the first to spy this letterbox cache.Thanks to TeamOtago for the mega event and putting out these new caches.

Tftc. My first letterbox. Great event, thanks Team Otago

Haha the dog walker who's dog found us hiding in the bushes thought it was hilarious, luckily he was familiar with geocaching and had spotted a few out on his walk - TFTC,

Found with Flaker2rule. TFTC

Second letterbox of my day, but what a letterbox. I would give a Fav points if I had some, but looks like it is only for premium members. I need to ask the parents to sort this out. I also need to get myself a cool stamp. Beautiful stamp, I liked the colors. TFTC ??

Some geocachers were walking in the dunes and needed to mail an important letter home. I dived in and found a letter box! Tftc

#4111 Today is day 27 of my geocaching vacation in New Zealand. I'm in Dunedin for [Geo Toroa (Dunedin, NZ)](https://coord.info/GCA7ZHD) mega event this weekend. Today is the Mega day!Found it! Love the hand-carved stamp! FP given TeamOtago, thank you for the cache! -crystaloops from Taipei, Taiwan on October 27, 2024 @ 15:34:00[GCAFV0G] Geo Toroa 1 (Dunedin) was a D1.5/T1.5 Small Letterbox Hybrid at the time of finding.

I really enjoyed finding this one ... it's a proper letterbox cache so that gets you one of my favourite points and that stamp is truly unique which I've added to my stamp book. In return I've stamped your logbook as well. Well done TeamOtago, It should be a secure hide for years to come.

We went and grabbed this Geo Toroa letter box then hit the caching trails . Thanks TeamOtago

#22917 @1655In NZ to attend Geo Toroa. Today was focused on the DT puzzle series plus other cache types and sizes needed for various challenges. Cache easily found. TFTC.

One last find after the prize giving before going in search of food and relax after what has been a fun weekend. Didn't take long to spot. Thanks TeamOtago#17418

Published

A joint [FTF] @ 00:23 with team MINTYS.This weekend I am visiting Dunedin (from Wellington) to attend the 2024 Geo Toroa Mega event. Obviously, while I'm down here, I will also be out and about looking for other geocaches in the region. Here is one I found. Sadly one of the team had a wee accident at the previous cache, so we were at the hospital when this cache was published. So then we left the hospital to come look for it.No sign of anyone else when we arrived here, and after searching in ever increasing circles the cache was found safe and well. A really cool letterbox stamp.---Thanks to the Cache Owner for placing and maintaining this geocache. I enjoy each and every cache I find, and it is only with Geocachers like this creating them and placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues.All logs signed with the name MINTYS to represent the team of Mr-Mcgoo, Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B, TwigNZ, YetiNZ, and the Seagnoid.[DGSc-Fast] tagging to help me generate a list for GC30AD8 - DGSc Challenge.

[FTF] at 12.23am. NZ_B and I are on a road trip to the Geo Toroa Mega. I'm also hoping to get a multi every day, so it is now titled the "Mega Multi Road Trip". Today is Day 8 - We are in Dunedin and now caching as Team MINTYS for Mr-Mcgoo, Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B, TwigNZ, YetiNZ and the Seagnoid. The race was on to this FTF and we managed to find a way to the location and then the very nicely constructed cache. TFTC.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...

We arrived off the plane about 9pm. Picked up a couple of cars and the rest of the team then headed out for some night caching. We were just wrapping up, heading home (by way of the hospital to resolve a small accident to one of the team, when the phones went bing and we all shot out the door. A bit of a search and then a rather cool stamp was found.Log signed as [FTF] Mintys for MrMcgoo, Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B, TwigNZ, YetiNZ and the Seagnoid.

Attend a very damp event nearby and the gathering of geocachers brought to mind additional caches. TFTC.

Here to attend an event. First name / stamp in the log. Thank you for placing this cache.

????MEGA WEEKEND CACHING??????Joint find with DownsouthInv, Annielin, Wombats_4, MrandMrsFraggle, MrsHazzar, Abbykitt and KNCN (together the group is known as SRT, Southern Raiders and all logs were signed with that name to save space and save time) busy busy day for the group from the south, but enough time to clean up some more solves/caches ??T4TC?? PS sorry for the gereric logs so many caches to do so little time ??

Rain started during the night and kept on for what looks like a wet day looming. Found at the event with a mob of others. Signing duties done for the letterbox and back for the event. Tftc

CaptainVimes and I have crossed the pond to attend the Geo Toroa mega in Dunedin and tour around the South Island for two weeks.Saw a crowd of people gathered here before the event and headed over to check it out.Thanks TeamOtago and happy caching

Day one - Geo Toroa DunedinWith geo buddies, Snickersallan, chamad and Wollaston Ready and not so raring to go due to the wet and cold start to the morning.Mail has been checked for the dayThanks for creating and placing for our enjoyment

Out and about enjoying the gems of our country ??Here enjoying our first ever Mega, in Dunedin. Meeting lots of people, some are familiar. Getting out and discovering new places and putting more smilies ???? on my map with AnnieLin, AbbyKitt, MrsHazzer, DownSouthInv, wombats4, KNCN, and Tdronsfield aka Southern Raiders Team (SRT)

Found with annielin, Mrs hazzer, mrs&mrfraggle, wombats, KNCN and downsouthinv as southern raiders term.Tftc

Up for mega weekend signed log as SRT southern raiders team.

In Dunedin for the mega event for the weekend. Found with annielin, Mrs hazzer, mrs&mrfraggle, wombats, KNCN and downsouthinv as southern raiders term. Tftc

Found at the mega and got a stick stuck in my hat .

#796 8:19AMGathered around with the others waiting in the rain for the opening ceremony. When I was told there was a letterbox here. Thanks for placing this cache TeamOtago

While waiting for the Opening Event to start we ducked into the bushes and found a short line of geocachers waiting to sign this log. ?? Our first Letterbox in NZ. Thank you. ??

This is day three of my Dunedin Mega trip (and the actual date of the mega), the first time I've ever been here before (never mind geocaching). Obviously with such a plethora of caches to find there's going to be plenty I'll skip but I hope to find my targets.Unfortunately logging is going to be generic, but thank you to all the cache owners and event organisers for the things you do.Wandered over from the event for a quick find. All good here, and thank you to TeamOtago for the placement of your Letterbox Hybrid.Find #7251 at 26 October 2024 8:25am

Early start to the morning to check the mail and bingo! Love a good letterbox, even in the rain ??Thanks, TeamOtago, for the good hide here.

Here for opening event so stamped the log here

Found alongside some old favourites people that is

And another cache for the day after signing the previous event for the day.Thanks for the placement and the smiley

Nice quick find this morning after following the trail of people pre opening event! Great idea. Perfect container!#10724

No stamp with but. Log signed. TFTL

Found, more later

Day 2 on my Geo Toroa Mega trip. Caching solo til I collect Kiwicampnut from the Dunedin airport due to flight cancellation.Wet, but so far not as bad as I thought it would be. Nice dry hideyhole to duck into for this new letterbox. Thanks for the cache TeamOtago# 3971 26 October 2024 8:46 am

D var det dags fr lite ventyr. Resan gr till Sydney i Australien ???? och sedan vidare till Christchurch och Dunedin p Nya Zeeland ????.P resan ker Tigertassen, jag sjlv, ursus67, Lnganfans och Pidjas, vilket gr att vi loggar under det gemensamma namnet "Tulp". Tanken r att vi innan vi ker hemt ska ha beskt ett Megaevent, Geo Toroa.Hlsningar frn Sverige, sdra Lappland ???? Then it was time for a little adventure. The trip goes to Sydney in Australia ???? and then on to Christchurch and Dunedin in New Zealand ????.On the trip are, Tigertassen, myself, ursus67, Lnganfans and Pidjas go, which means that we log under the common name "Tulp". The idea is that before we go home we should have visited a Megaevent, Geo Toroa. Greetings from Sweden, southern Lapland ????

Found before attending the event nearby. Signed as SEAC to save space. Caching with Stik-a-crane, Keylev, NZTravellers, UnckeSam

Tftc great tardis like location we had fun figuring out hw many could fit inside

We are four ladies from Sweden who are visiting Australia and New Zeeland We are logged as TULP This was one of the caches we found Thanks from Sweden

In Dunedin for the Geo Toroa Mega Weekend with AbbyKitt,MrsHazzer, MrandMrsFraggle & Downsouthinv. Great day to get out,meet a gazillion of like minded people and see more of our country. Southern Raiders Team or SRT

Thank you

Lovely way to start the day - cup of tea and a LB. Found with ivss_xx.

On our way to opening event. Four Swedish ladies driving around in NZ looking for caches. We log as TULP. Thank you

Found in the rain thanks

Wet wet good spot

This was our very first cache. Were out as a family and thoroughly enjoyed it.

At the mega event and saw this well you have to go and get. Great container TFTC

Supernanny, Nette, etc... already there getting the Letterbox. Got to sign my name quickly before many others came into a line. Log all good and signed here. TFTC.

Just followed the queue to quickly sign the logbook and I always like to boast that I have done real letterboxing in Dartmoor

Outnabout with Chamad, Snickersallan & Bluewattle on my first ever trip across the ditch. After a week of caching around Brisbane and at events last month with other Geo friends, I couldnt pass up the opportunity to hop on board for a NZ Mega adventure. Another great day for caching. ?? TFTC TeamOtago

I saw people popping into the bushes on the way to the event, so I popped in also. TFTC!!

We joined the crowds going to this cache during this morning's event. Very cool that the cache was an actual letterbox!! Thanks for the cache!

While we time before the CITO event we went along here in the RAIN . of course ! I came down to dunedin for the mega and i was lucky enough to have a fellow geocacher who had a sister in Dunedin which meant we had a place to stay which was marvellous and over the 6-7 days i visited so many caches that some have become a blur while others i remember well . We were lucky we had only a handful of DNF although i had not taken in to account the terrain of Dunedin and its many hills , gullies , streams and walk ways around these so that meant many of the caches i had planned to visit were not visited while others were. Unfortunately not all the albatross series - although solved - were some of the unvisited caches so they are there for another visit . when ever that maybe ! It was certainly helpful to have a local in our vehicle who knew where to go ! Thank you for this cache .

Down here for the Dunedin Geo Toroa Event from the sunny Bay of Plenty,Tauranga and are with some of Team BoP. Great to get together with our fellow cachers. Signed Logs MDF. (McJandals,Davidson clan & NZ Flossy)I am logging using the Cachly App and using their template option which helps with my memory for logging. I genuinely thank every CO for their time and effort put into these caches. Much appreciated. ??????

Visiting from Sydney, Australia to attend the Mega Event. Found with Deep_99 SL #5498 TFTC

Found with Ris768 while visiting Dunedin for the Mega TFTCLog 3370Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache TeamOtago

08:53FITW ObnoxiousSpaceCat and a few other dodgy looking bush-whackers.There was some sort of a one-way system here for going in and out of the bush Good looking letterbox!Kia ora! ???? Paldies! ????Thanks for the cache, TeamOtago!#11450

A lovely Mega to attend to and thanks for all the new released caches, was fun to find them, though mostly I just cued up to sign the logbook ??TftLetterboxCache

At a great Mega and went for a walk with Dimepodore to find this cache. Fantastic cache container. Thanks Team Otago.

Quick find, a bit after the crowd. Lovely letter box. Thanks for the find.

At the mega found during a dry spell. Thanks

We found Geo Toroa 1 (Dunedin) on a nice quiet weekend visiting Dunedin for Geo Toroa, meandering through the suburbs, seeking the occasional cache. Thanks TeamOtago for hiding this cache so that we could come and enjoy ourselves

Found with very little difficulty, we just followed the crowd through the bushes. Thanks for the letterbox team Otago and for staging the event.

I wondered why there was a trail of people wandering across the rugby field and disappearing into the bushes. I soon found out there was a newly published letterbox cache. So Talla64 and I joined them in the bushes and signed the log. Great cache, and it was an actual letterbox! Thanks very much for the cache and the fun TeamOtago.

Found it alongside safetykat, largely just to get one close by before heading out for a couple more distant caches. The famous Dunedin sideways rain had well and truly settled in so if we were going to get this one, we had to get wet - a sacrifice a lot of geocachers are well and truly willing to make. Safetykat laid eyes on it and pulled it out for a (very quick!) sign and seal. Cheers!

At first we thought we had to approach this from the beach, but we couldn't even get down there. Then we had a look in the bushes and spotted the fun container. TFTC!

The rain was horizontal both here and back. Sought shelter in the bushes and located a cache at the same time. Tftc!

Found with Kiwimykl, PaoloB72, Marchwood, Agazo, Riser5 (and family).TFTC TeamOtago

It was raining ?? ?? ?? cats and dogs ?? ?? ?? when I looked for this one. It's always nice to find a letter ?? box. Thanks so much ?? for maintaining and creating this hide TeamOtago.

?????? Down in Dunedin for the Mega event. Travelling with Davidsonclan and McJandals. Really fun to be out and about with the team and catching up with other cachers friends m everywhere. Thanks to all the organisers and all the COs for some great caches. It is certainly a lovely area of New Zealand ??????TFTC ??????

Down in Dunedin for the Mega this weekend with McJandals and NZFLOSSY. Signed the log sheet MDF Thanks for the cache.

Out for the start of the day event and pick up this one just before we got going for the day.Up for the Dunedin Toroa meg and a whole lot of czching fun, time to explore and meet new friends. With Annielin and Abbykitt and mrshazzer, TDRONSFIELD, wombat4 MrandMrsFraggle. ????????????????????????????Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching. As if I need an excuse aahhh nop I will go rain hail or snow , theres no hill to high or valley to low , so let's goooo and have as much fun and adventures as possible tomorrow may never come and we never know what tomorrow may hold for us all just do it ????????????????????????????Life is short. Live life one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!! Tomorrow may never come just grab Life by the horns , lets just go for it .Thanks for the hide ??tftc

This was our first cache find in Dunedin. Thanks for the Letterbox! Herr Potter and I were walking from a cafe to the Mega location and noticed someone ducking into the bushes. It was pretty obvious that it was a geocacher! ?? So we refreshed our app and found the new cache!

There was a huge gathering of people this morning and the word got around there was a letterbox nearby. It was soon found and we lined up to sign it. TFTC TeamOtago.

Thanks for this letterbox cache that I found first thing this morning. I was wandering down to what I thought was going to be an event, when I noticed people ducking into the bushes. The cache was soon retrieved and the log signed. Just what I needed for my personal calendar challenge today so many thanks. TeamOtago