Historical Opportunity (Canterbury) Lansdowne, South Island, New Zealand
By
4Otago on 06-Feb-08. Waypoint GC195JC
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Logs
Didn't read the logs until at GZ, never mind. Nice spot, hope you get the cache back in place. Cheers.
Look for about an hour could not find found three places it could of been hidden due to other comments i think this cache has gone on a whee walk about
After looking at the nearby Earthcache, we stopped at this one with out looking at the previous logs. Hunted all over the place, checking all sorts of likely looking spots to no avail. After hunting awhile, checked the logs to see that there had been a number of DNF's on this cache. The lovely old building looks as if its suffered some damage in the earthquakes, wonder if the cache might have been disturbed by the inspectors?
I spent a bit of time searching but found nothing. Fencing has been put up because of the earth quake so maybe that is a problem
7th cache on our cyclocache tour around Halswell. Met another cacher looking for the same cache, he replaced the logbook.
TFTC, Jeff and Matthew
TFTC, Jeff and Matthew
easy find thanks. No restrictions for access post quake. The notebook does need replacing though - it is more than full.
Relatively simple cache - the park has taken a bit of a hammering in the quake along with quite a few building It is very much open with some of the trails re-routed
The place nearby may well have, but it would be closed at the moment as its cordoned off. Still safe to reach the cache though.
TFTC
TFTC
Almost missed it but a second, better search yielded the treasure! Great spot, thanks for the cache. 
I loved this whole area and the way it had been turned from an industrial plant site into a green and historical public amenity. Good cache site here too, thanks 4Otago.
Generally this type of location takes us ages to locate a cache, but in hand pretty swiftly. Loved the stonework of the nearby house.
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
A very nice location for this find, as we made our way around this area to bag a number of caches in a short time - gotta love that at the end of the day. TFTC!
There was an easy way to this one, but some of us only found it on the way back. Great looking building, thanks for showing us another piece of the local history.
3042. [font=Trebuchet Ms][green]Or of course the way it's been on this trip - Hysterical Opportunity. There was some bush bashing by som to get to this cache while others took the "normal" way.
TFTC and the chance.[/green][font=Verdana]
TFTC and the chance.[/green][font=Verdana]
Rated: for Overall Experience
Last Halswell quarry cache find for us today. No muggles near GZ, so easy to hunt freely. Spotted after a short search. Thanks.
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[This entry was edited by kiwicouple on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 12:18:38 AM.]
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[This entry was edited by kiwicouple on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 12:18:38 AM.]
And so, moving on from Tom Marvolo & Four Sisters .... took the Pampered Pet TB and will move it on soon. TFTC.
Found during a lovely afternoon out with the family. Took small zebra toy and left Pampered pets TB that i have had for far too long! TFTC
Great hide - Nice building - Needs new notebook in cache - one there was VERY full !!! Thanks
nice one guys we had already got to other caches from the quarry so this was a race as the kids ran of the wrong way so mum and dad started running up the hill then called out to the kids and the race was on.
TFTC guys nice wee spot
TFTC guys nice wee spot
Popped in for a Quarry round - TFTC (75)
Pencil was missing and I did not have one. will log this later - although there was very little place to sign left.
Pencil was missing and I did not have one. will log this later - although there was very little place to sign left.
#28 Found it after a quick check of the gardens. As mentioned before, not a lot of room in the log book left.
Out and about with Heho1 on first excursion into geocaching ,so out doing some christchurch caches before heading back to wellytown,nice easy find ,log is getting pritty full ,will need replacing very soon TFTC
#1624 The hider of the cache must be a short person as it was found at stomach height! TNLN DS8300
The GPS had me a couple of meters off, which was a nice spot, but no little hidey holes! After widening my search slightly the cache hiding spot became obvious. Thanks for bringing me to this nice historical area. I will have to return another day to look further (and find a whole pile of other caches in here
)
TFTC
)TFTC
Found with a group of young friends out trying this game .
Left Butterfly and TFTC badge
took tape measure and dinosour
allso dropped in Kiwi Rover geocoin but there was no sign of the other coin - sorry
TFTC
Left Butterfly and TFTC badge
took tape measure and dinosour
allso dropped in Kiwi Rover geocoin but there was no sign of the other coin - sorry
TFTC
Second find on our day out caching in Halswell. Quick and easy find, cache a little damp. TFTC
Nice wander - what a pity about the lovely building nearby. It's screaming out for a bit of TLC.
Lovely evening for a walk and a poke around. We took the opportunity to take the dog for a walk too. TFTC Long-John
All quiet around the site lots of picnicers further in the park. Would love to explore the house it looks realy interesting. TFTC
Found with YuGeo4,really loved this spot heaps to look at, found quickly after parking the car in the main carpark, just managed to replace it before a muggle turned up, time to climb a small hill, and really was hot today in Christchurch. TFTC TNLNSL (1450)
3757
Our first time here to the Halswell Quarry Reserve, an awesome spot for a cache, liked the Big House too. Found with Yeetrees. Many thanks for bringing us here.
TNLNSL, TFTC
Our first time here to the Halswell Quarry Reserve, an awesome spot for a cache, liked the Big House too. Found with Yeetrees. Many thanks for bringing us here.
TNLNSL, TFTC
Wished we had more time to explore this remarkable area. Nice spot for a cache. Thanks 4Otago.
Out Geocaching with Little Horrible and decided to come to The Halswell Quarry to pick up a couple or three.No problem with finding it.And like the others before us,love the big house.TN Left a Blue Butterfly.TFTC
Fourth cache in the quarry on this beautiful day. A nice one to finish with. TFTC TNLN
Fourth of 4 Caches attempted in Halswell Quarry today. Cache easily found in good location away from most of the muggles. TNLN TFTC !
