Pillow Talk (Earthcache) Alma, South Island, New Zealand
By Moneydork on 02-Jan-07. Waypoint GC105AX

Answer on wayet bitsprayer while doing this cache

Logged with permission. I'd printed out my cache list before the cache was archived and so 'found' this cache afterwards. Great place to stop and an interesting geological information. TFTC. Glad to hear a (different) cache will remain at the site.

I have decided that I'm going to archive this one.
I don't feel that it's as educational as an Earthcache should ideally be.

We were lucky to be at this Earthcache two days before it was archived. Thx for the quick permission to log and for showing us this interesting location.
Greetings from Germany,
Team Loopi

Interesting formation, and enjoyed the other local pillow lava earthcache as well. TFTEC

We have visited this place during our NZ holidays - before the cache was archived.
Thank you very much for the log permission.

Greeting from Frankfurt/Germany
LePetitDiable & Diabolina

Thanks for bringing this formation to our attention as we wouldn't have known it was here otherwise.
TFTC

Did this one a very beautiful sunny morning. Thanks for pointing out this quite interessting spot.

lost-team from Germany

Thanks for another earthcache. It's interesting seeing these different geological features from what we've seen in the North Island and we enjoyed learning about it.. TFTC.

TFTC. Logged with permission.

Logged with permission. TFTC TNLN

Logged with permission. Found with SargeNZ on the way to Twizel with rest of NZ family. They really do look like pillows! TFTC

On a mission to finally knock some of the outstanding caches on my list. Lodged with permission. The formation is interesting with all the different colours in the limestone and also of interest is the monument in this area which is still celebrated anually.
Thanks
ernienz

Logged with permission. Interesting spot.
TFTC

Logged with permission. Little breezy today but nice find, Lots of traffic. TFTC

Stopped for a quick break. Nice interesting spot.

Thanks.

Kind regards
any & Sam

Logged with permission. Some very interesting information on a local site. Thankyou.

TFTC found awhile back but forgot to log, have sent confirmation email to owner! interesting spot

On our journey from the north to the south of New Zealand, we visited this interesting place. Thanks for showing and greetings from Germany

Claudia & Willi

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Interesting formations. Grass is starting to obscure them a bit.
Thanks for bringing us here.

Oamaru is so well known for its limestone I had no idea there were volcanic deposits around here too! Logged with permission.

Found with mollymop. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC

Been past here hundreds of times and never new it was here. TFTC

Great spot. Thanks for bringing me here.

Thanks for log-permission.
TFTC D'pälzer Grumbeer

Very interesting place.
TFTC and regards from Germany
pedilli

The last one for today.
TFTC die Heavy Bazille

Found on our trip around the beautiful South Island. First we drove past the site, then we did a u-turn and came back to the viewing spot. Lucky the cache was here otherwise we would have just drove past without knowing about pillow lava like most people do.
Thanks for placing the EarthCache here Moneydork.

Found with baby&Mrs gopher on our NZ trek. The second stop and 2nd earth cache on our trip from Dunedin to Timaru & it was a different stop to the last one. It was a quick dash to the info & we were amazed once again at the answer and had to have a look at the pillows on our way out. Excellent info and education again. TFTC Moneydork,
Roostaman.

Logged with permission.Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1200 in company with Roostaman.Another feature most would drive past not knowing the history or what was there.Tnx Moneydork

I'll never make a geologist but I can read signs and look and wonder! Thanks Moneydork for the lesson.

found on way home from hunting tramping trip.have similar formations on our bank at home? TFTC

Interesting location also nearby is a war memorial with a Victoria Cross winner from the First World War - email sent

@ 13.40 # 2128
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Interesting place and a geological lesson.
TFTC and for showing us this spot
NT
Greetings from Denmark
Thue-p and wife on tour 18.000 km from home

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Interesting place. Without being a cacher, I’d have been just driving by…

Time: 5:50pm.
TFTC, Worlddiver from Switzerland

A very interesting spot to stop with some great history that we normally just drive straight by. Thank you Moneydork for showing us this spot.. Cheers Bo

Amazing rock forms. We would have drove right passed if we weren't Cachers, and not even known about it. Emailed owner. TFTC

Enjoyed the Geological lesson. It is quite an interesting quandary about the road being cut through the area, if it had not been we would not have had the view of the lava that we have.
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Thanks

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Have driven past here many times without knowing. Thanks for taking us there. Kids were a little disappointed that the lava was not still running

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Thanks for showing us this interesting geological feature…

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Many thanks for the Earthcache. Interesting.

TFTC

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Bit of a surprise to find an earthcache here, but interesting nonetheless. Those rocks have been there that long, and we just built a road through it?

Thanks Moneydork!

Logged with permission. Youngest pukeko chick really enjoyed the geological aspect - one of his hobbies. Thank you.

Cool stopping place. Thanks!

Found the cache site and the notice. Spotting the physical pillows took ages to see - this was nearly as hard as find a cache.
Email sent with details.
Thanks Jacqueline and Peter #2225

Found it quite easy. Log approved.

A Short Stop, For A Nice EC

TFTEC

Tom from Germany

Very interesting

Interesting spot that we wouldn't have noticed before geocaching. Logged with permission of owner. TFTEC

Nice and educational. TFTC

Thanks for the geology lesson. What I found interesting was the difference at each corner. TFTC (126)

Found on a visit from Australia and on a trip from Dunedin to Christchurch. A interesting stop on the highway that I would normally have driven right by.

Thanks for the cache and the visit to this geological wonder.
Cheers
Whitejaegar

"Find" number 6 of 22 finds today in the first Johnnygoecaching road trip (5hrs, 22 caches, 250km). TFTC.

[code]TFTC - with the JGC geodogz, my first Earthcache find[/code]

[B]Found with the Jonny Goes Caching team on a trip to Oamaru.

Was here with the rest of the jonneygoescaching team a few months back but forgot to log it!

Found this quick Earthcache!
Interesting!
TFTC + Greetings from Germany
Basti + Jule

An interesting spot - one could so easily just drive past and not know about it at all. Thanks and cheers from Grandalf(1237)

Found this one the long drive tto Dunedin. TFTinfo! Email on its way...

Great spot, did it as we cruised the whole Vanished World trail - very cool !. The Pillow lavas at Cape Wanbrow are even better! My best memories of Geology 101 !
TFTC Moneydork

Would have never noticed this if not for the cache.Will send the info when we get home. TFTC

Fourth of the day on our drive from Christchurch to Dunedin. Interesting spot this and one we would have driven straight past not for the cache. TFTC.

10:55 Log approved. Quick interesting stop on our journey from Dunedin to Christchurch. TFTC

Interest geology. NINO TFTC

North Otago is full of wonderful geological formations and this is one of them. TFTC

Probably our quickest earth cache ever. Not so easy to see at dusk.

Thanks for the cache! Logged wit permissioon.

A very interessting cache! Thanks to Moneydork for the quick answer and the permission to log it! TFTC

#1226 Stopped for coffee while the sun was still shining. Unusual formation of rocks that I have never seen before despite a long interest in geology. Answer in mail.

Stopped off on our way to Bon Jovi concert. had to stretch the old legs and get a bit of blood back to the butt! thanks

What an interesting spot i would never have known about this had we just kept driving by. My daughter was just fascinated by it and so we had to go over and take a closer look Thanx

Another interesting place in NZ, thanks for the cache!

GeoCrackers

Hey this was a very cool place to stop. WE will bring the children to show them next time we are through.
Thank you.

Grabbed the info from the sign just before a rain squall hit so didn't actually see the formations as we were running for the car.

Interesting location.
I have driven past many times before, but I have never really noticed the formations.
TFTC

stoped there to day read allabout the lava

Quick stop. TFTC.

Logging with permission, lovely spot, have never been in there before TFTC

This is the second location we have seen these lava pillar formations in the Oamaru area. I find them really interesting. Thanks for bringing me here.

Nice pause on the way home from Christchurch. An odd place, thanks for pointing it out.

This is our first Earthcache ever. Interesting formation. TFTC and greetings from Switzerland

An interesting place.
Stopped by on the way north for Xmas

Stopped by while caching with simpsonsrgr8

We tried to do this one some while back back but hadn't realised it was an earthcache (I usually just download waypoints without looking at the listing unless it's a multi) so spent about 20 mins looking for the non-existant cache... when we got we realised our mistake,but then had forgotten what the sign said TFTC

Found it at 11.45 hrs-nice and interesting geological spot.
Mailed the answer.
Thanks-Meryl(Holland)

As mentioned before it's a spot that would be easy to drive right by and have no idea of the significance of the rock formations. Thanks, Moneydork, for making me stop.
Answers emailed.

Thank you for placing an earth cache here. We probably would of passed it by on our excursion thru New Zealand. The signs are a bit confusing so we looked around a bit before we found the unique markings in the Earth. Actually, the signs are so confusing we passed the sign and turned left on a little farm road behind the memorial. Our campervan became stuck in a mud patch and we had to borrow a farmers hay to stuff around the camper to get out. 20 minutes later and we were out of that mud slicked road and ready to enjoy the cache. We were able to get two earth caches in New Zealand among the 21 we were able to fit in to our jam-packed 17 day, 2800 mile excursion. Your country is beautiful. I also took a moment to appreciate the memorial at this site as well.
Point Reyes Chick
California, USA

Never knew all that interesting info was there. Logged with permission.

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Found this one with Comradehunt on the "get to 100 and 250th mission" journey. Emailed answer...

Found this one with The-Organist on our Oamaru/Duntroon round trip. Emailled answer.

Logging with permission. Visited with k1ngb0bby, the driver 7 and mrboss. Very interesting. Talking with migsand later about it, it would appear there are other formations around as well. This is a great spot to see them - so obvious, yet you can drive past without knowing... Thanks for the cache, well worth it.

Logging with permission. Visited with k1ngb0bby, rchdlyn and mrboss. Very interesting.TFTC

Logged with permission on our way to Dunedin. Very interesting. Drove past here heaps and not even know it was there. On the way back home, they were so obvious. TFTC

A vey informative cache. We turned off here and had a good look around. The kids loved the name.
Cheers

Interesting
TFTC

Another one of those places that you would normally just race past without stopping. However, this cache was an excellent reason to and now I've seen something that most people who go past wouldn't even realise was there. Thanks Moneydork for letting me log this one.

1507. We would never have recognised these banks for what they are so thanks for the opportunity to stop, view, read and experience.
Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Not at all what we expected to see.

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