Pins Pins & More Pins (Canterbury) Mairehau, South Island, New Zealand
By Hello Mrs on 10-Feb-08. Waypoint GC1985J

Replaced with a new cache Pins Galore.

Needs checking. Will visit asap.

Climbed the big guy but couldn't find the cache

Gps map says its in the backyard of a house. Only 1 tree fit the bill. No log. Suggest cache is no longer there

Very wet

In- red handed coin

Out - Toronto Key - Will move slightly east but still enroute for travellers for a hopeful airport depature



This entry was edited by spenco_nz on Saturday, 09 February 2013 at 08:26:07 UTC.

Lovely little park.
Logbook is soaking wet, I suggest a new container as one clip has been broken off.
UK Mega event trackable appears to have "gone missing"

TFTC
Gruss Frodo32

Nice easy find thanks

A nice easy cache for a tree climbing kid! TFTC

easy find

easy find (: water has leaked into it though (:

Cache was on the ground maybe due to the wind. Have placed it back where I think it should be. Tftc

The tree has grown terrain rating increased. Cache requires more pins otherwise all is well.

Nice little cache in a nice area. Wish I was a bit taller though

Clue was right!!! log very damp- forgot to bring spares . Thanks for the stretch hello Mrs

In Christchurch for the Launch of Joy of the Mountains A climbers life - John Harrison who died in 1966 in an avalanche. he climbed with many of the famous climbers of the era. Being my uncle is also the reason my son is named John

Quick park & grab on the way to work. Log book very wet...didn't have a spare with me so could do anything about it. TN:LN:SL. TFTC. #209 for us.

Wee bit damp needs a little tlc TFTC

Reperio at 1720.

After a great week was had touring around the South Island with Roostaman...including attending the mega event in Dunedin...we spent today finding some caches in and around this wonderful city of Christchurch. This was another nice little park visited on our trip (NZ has so many of them), and once at GZ, the cache was quickly found. Unfortunately the log is quite damp and becoming mouldy.

Gratias Hello Mrs.

Find # 4796 and a total of 52 today with Marcus Vitruvius, on our NZ Mega trip.
Another day of Mega caching around the Christchurch suburbs and city.
Another cache we found about 15m from our GZ, and slighty damp log too.
TNLNSL TFTC Hello Mrs,
Roostaman.

18:30
Arrived in Christchurch late yesterday on our way to the Event at Dunedin. Time for a bit of caching today before we head off tomorrow. Today the satellites had the GZ for this cache some 16m north of where we found the cache. Unfortunately we must report a wet log and wonder if the terrain rating is accurate.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt Hello Mrs.
4230

Found this cache as part of the Gangster's Aussie assault on the first NZ Mega with Big Matt, FarmerFrenzten and steeba.

Luckily Big Matt was with us for this one. Cache was very wet.
Thanks

As per my log this is very wet.

Found as part of the Gangsters- The Rats, Farmer Frentzen and Big Matt and Shell- as part of our NZ Mega Event Tour 2012.

A short stroll and the cache was soon in hand. Thanks!

Our 6066th overall find.

Found on the "Gangsters" NZ Mega 2012 trip with steeba, The Rats and FarmerFrentzen. This one was very wet, I managed to grab it easily

Thanks Hello Mrs for the cache.

Found during 'The Gangsters' trip to New Zealand, being Big Matt, The Rats, steeba and myself.

It helped having Bg Matt to retrieve this one.

Thanks Hello Mrs for the cache.

Found it Mr NapDeav had to hoist Mrs NapDeav up to retrieve. Lots of fun TFTC

#425 Knew exactly where to find cache but just needed to recruit MacPacSon as height adjuster to reach it. Cache visable when arrived, have returned it so not so obvious. Log book really damp and bag split. Sorry didn't have caching bag with spares with me just put in sheet of paper to sign.

Sort of. Could see it, could poke it with a stick, but unable to move it enough to dislodge it and sign the log as I had neither a ladder, nor smaller person with me to boost up to retrieve it! I reckon you'd need to be over 1m75 to get this one unaided. I'm counting this as found, though. Nice idea for a cache location.

Found the cache and the contents of the cache near a tree on the grass perhaps the wind had taken it for a joy ride, tried to pick up all the contents that I could find and place back in the container and back in it's probable location, log book is now very wet.

I took a taller member of my family back to GZ and he scaled the tree for me and sure enough my luck caching ring was sitting in the posy right next to the cache. Now it is safely back on my finger. Happy days.

Great. Thanks. My 2 boys enjoyed hunting for this one.

246 Had a friend come with me today to attempt this again. She lent me a lucky ring... hm.. the outcome was debateable. I got the cache but unfortunately, in the process, lost the ring! Oh dear, gutted. Couldn't find it but think it is with cache. The cache was sopping wet. We dried the insides as best we could. The log was quite damp so this may need checking to further drying out. Hopefully the ring will turn up too. TFTC

It was still spitting when we arrive. The tree we suspected it to be in had a mini waterfall coming from it. No sign of ivy or the cache

Out caching with gracie + Mum in the rain. we couldnt find it

No sign of any cache and no sign of any live ivy either

When I arrived the was a bunch of "adult" idiots playing on the swings. It was a nice day so waited....... Just when they left Granny & granddaughter arrived. However was able to get in and out quickly without being spotted. Cache is damp & smells bad but great hide.

Found it a very nice little cache

Quick find, nice cache

Park empty this time. Cache a bit of a mission for vertically challenged cachers like us and a bit wet!
In: Kiwi Geocoin

Second attempt more successful than first. Cache is very wet.

Almost found it but got interrupted by a birthday party arriving to play.

After 3 DNFs on Little G caches today we were looking forward to this one and quickly spotted a likely looking spot. Unfortunately 4 young muggles raced in to play just then so we left empty handed.

Great hiding place, It's still there, 1eyednbf

This entry was edited by 1eyednbf on Saturday, 18 February 2012 at 10:00:01 UTC.

As with macpacfamily log, suspect the ivy has been pulled off the tree and the cache is gone, would suggest cache owner checks up on it

Not having a good day... this was 2nd DNF followed by a muggled container! Not sure if this is also a cache that needs attention. The ivy in the clue has gone. You can see that it had been all over the tree by the marks and odd remaining bit. No sign of the cache unless you have to reach a lot higher than I thought.

Second time lucky but alas too vertically challenged to swap a pin sadly.

Quick find .. and as we were leaving a suspicious looking 'muggle' dressed like a tree surgeon arrived to look at the very same place we had just been, TFTC

I had to get chocochunk to grab this one for us.

Found it with hint, yay - our first cach!!!

My first search. Found using hint. Added mints as treat.

Easy find.

Easy find. tftc

#546: Pins & Pine Needles


I stopped by here on my way to BaldEd's anniversary party. Very nice little park, and fun hide, on a beautiful evening. Helped me keep my cache-a-day streak going (day 64).


SL/TFTC!

easy find

Easy find. No one else in the park.
TNLN

Found contents very wet. Dried hem and added beads.

A Day for second attempts. Success for today. I thought the GPS was way out but spotted the hide on another walk past. HInt slightly misleading now! Thanks.

Found on 2nd attempt - don't know how I didn't spot it the first time. TFTC (#194, 9.36am)

geocache quite wet and soggy but log book still in great shape

Fun to find this one

Nice and easy find. Content wet!
TFTC

Maybe needs a check up?

Found tree but ivy removed. Is it gone ?

Kids played in playground until little muggles left, then straight to it - big reach. TFTC

wow that is on the tricky for us with shorter statue. TFTC

I found this on tippy toes while picking up trademe purchase nearby. Swapped I love NZ pin for Ashburton pin as my family settled there from Ireland (as if I need to justify?!) TFTC

Finally; 3rd times a charm - an empty playground at last...Quick find whilst driving by...
Glad I'm not short!....Cheers.

TFTC. TNln> Had to return later in the day with a tall son to assist with the retrieval.

This entry was edited by purdiepurdie on Sunday, 13 February 2011 at 10:29:14.

Found cache. TFTC.

Came to find this one with family to show them geocaching. They were happy when one of their children found it TFTC

Great hiding spot. TFTC.

We are short, daughter had to stand on dads back! Put in city of windsor pin, took dolphin pin.

This entry was edited by plae on Wednesday, 12 January 2011 at 23:16:40.

Easy find with TB Moose.
TNLN, TFTC

True to its name

Easy find

Some interesting pins. TNLN TFTC

Luckily we had an agile person with us.TFTC.

Quick and easy find while in Christ Church on South Island trip.

Did with CrystalFairy

Choice, lucky im tall! Think we lost some ivy

Kids all away for here today so able to have a quick find.   TFTC

Easy find, TFTC
turpies

Nice cache, Signed log
TFTC
Acedj

Bit worried when I got to GZ, but it all turned out just fine. TFTC.

Being a shorty I had to rise to the task of extracting this cache

Was muggled last time I was here so could not find. This time quick find with badjelly

This one has been on our list for a while now... So happy to tick it off. Has been a welcome distraction from the quake...
TFTC

3 boys & a princess

Quick find with Mosi's 'brother' Kozan. Always feels weird caching without kids! TFTC, TNLN.

Great spot for a cache !

Took longer than we hoped !

Ivy's looking a bit frost bitten but all good.

TFTC - very challenging for those of us who are vertically challenged already but managed to use the things around to get this cache. Thanks for the challenge. TNLN - SL

Quick stop and short search to locate the cache. SL TFTC

Found with tmann421. TFTC.

[Easy to find] Hard to reach!

No muggles around - the only advantage of the rain....

Another cache in a playground, another where McWindeLuneX7 made a quick find and I barely had to leave the car to log this - it was brought to me again. Cool Thanks for the hide Hello Mrs.

I think Winglen was really enjoying the excellent level of service she was getting from her fellow cachers!

Quick grab and sign, then on our way.

Thanks for the cache.