Northwest Soil Best (Canterbury) Highbank, South Island, New Zealand
By rchdlyn on 06-Feb-07. Waypoint GC10T3J

No response from owner. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

has been just on a month since i posted a NM log and nothing has been done about it yet so am posting a NA log .

its definitely not there needs checkedby co but co obviously isnt interested otherwise he would have checked it by now after the string of dnfs. I will be posting a NA log in a week if no response to the NM.

Will check this out - thanks for letting us know it is missing

Dnf.fail.

The tennis court was more than obvious, taking up the whole space, but not sure where the cache is. The coords pointed to the corner or slightly beyond into a well fenced off private area. I checked the closest stay leg, could not see any other hint object nearby, so gave up eventually.

My second attempt at this one and still no find. I had a second pair of eyes this time and that didn't help either. I think this one may be gone and doesn't look like the owner is doing much about fixing them up as this is the 3rd from this owner that needs maintenance and have emailed but no reply

Couldn't find this one. Got to the tennis court but the second clue didn't become clear. Will have another try another day

It was pretty easy

Had a good look for this one. Checked out the tennis court but to no avail.

Four of us hunted for ages but found nothing.

QuI know grab, as others said log is very wet TFTC

didn't even attempt to remove the log cache needs some tlc working in the area today

Very wet log.
Needs to be replaced.
Otherwise a quick easy find.
TFTC

What an interesting little spot! Victoriousone found it. Log quite damp and wet.

Nice

Found with twosharpe... We got to the right place in the end.

Nice evening for a bit of a drive. I can only imagine the town that used to be here. As was mentioned the cache was wet and the log was hard to sign.

An interesting spot. Enjoyed reading the information provided.
The cache was open, seems difficult to close and the contents wet and disintegrating.
TFTC and bringing me to this place. Lots to discover in Mid Canterbury

An interesting spot. Enjoyed reading the information provided.
The cache was open, seems difficult to close and the contents wet and disintegrating.
TFTC and bringing me to this place. Lots to discover in Mid Canterbury

We are staying at Raikaia Gorge this week and it is a long drive to anywhere to find a cache. As we drive towards the site of the Cairn we see a family walking in the distance, and of course they stop for a play near GZ. So we park and inspect the Cairn . . . . then walk along to scope out the cache site . . . .and look at the remnants of the community facilities . . . . and cross the road to pat the miniature horses . . . .
Eventually the family move on and we can make the find.
Thanks for showing us this interesting spot and sharing a bit of your history.

A day out caching, doing Thompsons Track and a some nearby ones on the way back.

TFTC

Well what an interesting place. Loved the little tennis pavilion.

No time for tennis - which was a pity. Nice location.

Happy new year. Great wee spot. Bit damp but unsurprising given the rank we've had. TFTC.

Nice spot. GPS was a wee bit out with the trees but cachlette found pretty easily. TFTC.

Yippee another find. Tftc SL.

Quick find with clue
Thanks

Nearly gave up and then find 199 became clear.

Lovely stonework here would be handy for watching the tennis! TFTC

Spoted it from the car

Nice easy park and grab

Nice easy find. TFTC

TFTC SL Not what I thought it would be !

Nice easy find and a great day out. TFTC

Found fairly easily, but the logbook is nothing but a soggy lump of paper. Left a spare sheet in a snaplock bag, and put the jar in a bag as well. TFTC

Found it ok, but everything is rather damp. managed to stamp my mark. TFTC

Try the nearby water tap....very refreshing! TFTC

Found totally soaked, great hide

it was all wet ,but still tftc

tftc

We're not in caching mode but still picking them up when passing. This is an area unknown for us so just cruising. The cache container seems to have morphed from systema to glass jar. We tried drying the log best we could and managed to sign. TFTC

Another new area for us on our day driving around Methven and environs. TFTC.

Quick find on our way back to chch after my girls cricket at Methven vs Ashburton. Had two people with us that never knew what geocaching was about (another two now more informed). As previous log said - log soaked, in fact tipped water our of container and tried to dry it. Signed my business card as a new log and left it in there but container needs to be replaced really as water will always get in, TFTC

Neat spot to be brought to thanks. PGS coords led me straight to the cache. But oh dear. Cache full of water and all sodden. needs a visit by the CO. No signing will happen here untill fixed.

#1792 @1535
A quick find on our way home from a caching expedition to Alford Reserve with BaldEd. TFTC.

Made the leap of faith and cache was soon in hand - lesson believe your GPS Thanks LGM

First find of an Easter weekend caching in the Methven area. The log book is wet but still signable. It may need sorting soonish. TFTC

Lovely spot TFTC

Many thanks for bringing me here

Unfortunately the tennis courts were in use when we visited so unable to get to this cache this time.. will definitely be back though!

Thanks for the history. Pleasant day today to find cache.

Quick find by theroamingreliever nice wee area

Nice quick find on a drive by. Interesting spot, thanks for the info. Also handy to find a drinking fountain on a hot day. A win, win, win find. TFTC.

Nice quick cache on the round-a-caching route home.

Thank you, loving the history lessons today

Muggled by a family playing tennis - curious kids

Waited till muggles finished! Tftc! Interesting history.

Found at 8:50 AM on 27/11/2011.

Found on a caching & orienteering trip into Canterbury.

TFTC rchdlyn

Found by oldest boy, a very quick drive by. TFTC, TNLN.

TFTC. Sports are still alive and well in the country. Nice to see the development of this area. Cache log damp, but still able to be used.

An interesting stop. I was impressed by the seating arrangement. Thanks for the cache

Another interesting spot to find a cache.

Quick find so strange to have tennis courts so far from anywhere

Cool wee spot

Great spot for a cache. TY

Almost ploughed straight past this one in the Mitzi but just managed to make Mr B stop so I could sign the log. TFTC.

Mr KE finally hit his straps! Also spotted one of those rare ornamental plows. TFTC

Tennis courts in good condition, had lunch here.
+ a marble, - nothing.

Something a little different, great history behind it. Beautiful sunny day in the country. TFTC.

Quick easy find. TFTC

Wonderful piece of history. I have a holiday place in a similar little village, where my great great grandparents were original settlers. Not much left there either, although the school and engineering shop only closed in the 90's. And they play tennis too TFTC

Determined to find this one so checked every leg in sight. LOL GPS co-ords well out but found it in the end.

We've been wondering, as we tour these sites of communities that no longer exist in the countryside, in 100 years time maybe no-one will live out in the country at all, the farms may be all run by remote control robots from a desk bound "farmer"???!!! The mind does boggles!! But who knows? Anyway - found cache easily, SL. TFTC.

Should be all go again

Went out to replace / find the original, but the keen tennis palyers are a little close this late at night.... will revisit in the weekend.

We'd brought a Geocoin over from England that wanted to be dropped off here, but we were also unable to find this cache and it certainly looks like it has indeed gone missing. We got some photos of the coin at the cairn anyway and have left it for the owner to collect from another of their caches.

# 5 DNF

Found the location where cache should be... But it looks like it has been muggled GeoGSP liked chasing the birds at the court.

KCU

Lovely spot but no cache!

looked a and looked in the spot we thought it was but no luck

looked and looked again, but not in the spot we thouht it should be

looked and looked in the spot we thought it should be...but no luck

Easy find. Amazing the communities that come and go. TFTC

(560) I remember this cache also.. Jus forgot to log it on the day.. TFTC, SL.

Good location, found quite quickly. SL TFTC

It is difficult to imagine what a bussling place this area once was when you see how nature has just taken it all back as if the town never existed. Thanks for bringing us here.

Quick and easy find on the way back home. Hard to image that there was a village. TFTC

There were no Muggles around but couldn't hang around as there was a big dog from down the road on his way to see what I was doing and it didn't seem happy. TFTC

Makes me quite nostalgic. Used to teach in places like this and can't quite work out why the locals let these places go. Thank you.

TFTC a bit of a search but nothing too major

These little rural communities must have been a wonderful place to grow up. TFTC.

Caching between Ashburton and Methven,found easily.The Stone Work looks great with nice seating.Picked up aTCoin.TFTC.

Looks like its the hub of activity. Pity the schoolopposite looks closed. Left the coin as I've had it before and took it for a very long detour. TFTC #1129

Nice one. On way back to ChCh

Wasn't sure about the location with it over the fence, but didn't want to leave empty handed. Easily found otherwise. TFTC.

Great to see places lie this. Easy find. Left Canterbury coin. TFTC.

The area not in use at the time we got there and a bit of head scratching was done by all till we extended the search a little. A find that was a little longer than was really needed. TFTC

Co-ords seemed to put GZ on private property but had a look anyway and came up with the cache.TFTC

Quick find on a warm Northwest day, TFTC.

Quick find. TFTC