Pitstop (Otago) Otematata, South Island, New Zealand
By Otematata on 05-Oct-08. Waypoint GC1GZ0H

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The dead tree has been removed along with the cache it appears!
erninz

So glad to have this one ticked off! Took 3 attempts and today finally a smiley. TFTC

This cache is in a sad state and needs some TLC by the CO

We were about to give up when the 'one more look' gave us that smiling feeling. This cache seriously needs some TLC as everything is wet and moldy. Sorry we didn't have anything to replace it with as we'd already used our spare containers doing cache maintenance for other caches on our travels. Found with Aoraki Sheep.

Felt around in the obvious spot for a while, thought we were going to DNF but eventually found.

To much rubbish, foliage and dog poo. Looked for 20mins esp around pito tree

I gave it a good pat down, but it sounds like I did not fiddle around enough

Had a good look and couldn't find it.

Kept looking and finally found it. Original paper in bag soaked and moldy. New paper damp. We added a silica gel sachet but cache needs attention. Thanks for the hard hunt tho.

no luck for me either

Found a home made bong on the ground. Not knowing what other treasures may lurk I decided not to pursue this one

Had a good look but no luck

Searched for ages but did not find.

HAD A GOOD LOOK AROUND BUT COULDNT FIND IT.

Took awhile!! Book wet

Nice one ! The kids weren't leaving until we had found this one did take a while with all the dnf happy to say it still there

Yet another DNF for this one. Please could the owner disable it till it is re instated?

Contents wet so added a bit of paper

Found, tftc

Had a feel around in a few places but no luck for me

[Well, I certainly did] 'Reach well inside and fiddle around' [but no luck for me here.]

Have tried to find several times with no luck

Quick find.

Nope. Too hard :-\

Lots of reaching but no cache found

Had a good hunt around at night but nothing for us.

Tftc. Little bit damp.

After several unsuccessful attempts finally managed to find the last Otematata cache! Found together with PurpleDragonFire. TFTC

Took awhile but at last

Found it! Glad I have a fossiker with me to do the poking about! No idea what King Kong has to do with it?

We were having a real good look but then a wedding party arrived and starting taking photos so we left.

Ttfc

On thw way in the St John command unit heading to Wanaka for war birds air show. We stopped and scored this one. Found with dotti&bobbi. Tftc

Had a good fossick, feel around but no luck for us

Quick find TFTC

Follow the hint and you can't go wrong:)

Found on a cycle trip Alps 2 Ocean. A fantastic ride with a wide range of magnificent country. TFTC

Bit of looking. but found it.

#366 took a little bit of hunting but had to trust GPS - almost spot on. TFTC

Having booked in for the night in the old workers quarters, we took a stroll down town and found the Pit Stop cache. A nearby cache evaded us.

Found this during an evening walk around Otematata. It took a fair bit of looking and we had to avoid the sprinkler at times. Cheers for this cache.

At last! Looked for this one many times years ago without success. Finally found it!

Found with Aussie Pete

Found it. After heading wrong way Trusted my GPS and cache was soon in hand.
TFTC

Found it on way down to Oamaru.

Awesome TFTC

2nd find for the new year

We enjoyed the day caching today in this area

Tftfun

reread the hint and quickly found, signed log and replaced, TFTC

Clever hide, lucky there were four of us to maximise search efficiency. Tftc

This entry was edited by gilchris on Wednesday, 25 December 2013 at 20:00:14 UTC.

I like the bush

Well hidden but found

It was getting dark, hard to say if it is lost

After six months living in Otematata i decide to stop here today after work.

Quick and easy found.
This was the last one here around, so homezone clear.

TFTC from Germany

Koppa-s

Finally we have found this one as have looked a couple of times now without success! Very well hidden TFTC

Found 11:41am , find # 1952
Currently travelling through the South Island of New Zealand.
Today we drove from Mt Cook village to Dunedin, through one of the most cache rich country areas I've seen.
Wish we had more time to get bigger numbers, but had to just choose random caches in places where we wouldn't lose too much time.
This was find number 8 for the day.
There were several places matching the clue and we eventually tried the correct one.
All's well with the cache.

Thanks Otematata.

Had a good feel around but no luck.

tftc

Couldn't find this one

Gave it a few minutes and found nothing.

This took a bit longer than it probably ought to have, but with the compass doing that switching thing it sometime liked to do, we ended up having to search quite a number of potential hiding spots before I came across the container. I found the similarity of the surrounding houses both interesting and slightly surreal. TFTC, Otematata. =^.^=

This one had us scratching around everywhere but eventually found it. It is indeed a sleepy little hamlet. TFTC

Once again this one has eluded us but we will return to try again. The nearby shop does well out of us as we buy an ice-cream each time we stop here!

A quick find in a sleepy hamlet...

Found while on a caching trip around the South Island. TFTC

had to stop and put on the fireproof overalls before going to benmore. had a bit of a poke round and found it. tftc.

Good find. Locations till in line with map.

Found it at 11:19 AM, Found it lying out in the open SL & rehid on a gues

TFTC, Otematata!
Jim

Couldn't search much with muggles nearby.

Quick find.TFTC

Went to find this after buying milk at teh nearby shop. Were shoulder deep in the obvious spot when we got approached by an interested muggle, and spent some time explaining what was happening. After he left, looked down at the ground and there it was- must have fallen out at some point in the proceedings.

Bit too exposed for anything but a cursory look. Next time at night maybe!

could not find it. srambling in the bushes with mugglers around.lol

Nice easy find.

Found during first day on a caching raid with Nofs. TFTC

It was a hot day and muggles everywhere. I had to pretend I was needing shade to drink my newly purchased drink but still get odd looks from a few passers-by.

Ice-creams were the order of the day but first the cache had to be found. Mrs KE made a very good find after Mr KE failed to turn up the cache. TFTC.

No one about at 9pm tonight

TFTC

This was one off those caches that really could only be in a couple of spots, arrived at GZ and went straight to it, this one really didn't take very long to find in the end. Another interesting spot for a cache, thanks for bringing us here, TFTC TNLNSL (2840)

I managed to find this in the very short 10 seconds mandated by my cache companions for this trip. They'd all found it previously Cheers Gav [7553]

Easy Find.
It's a wonder the surveyors haven't logged this one.
TFTC.

19/01/11 20:22 looks like the last cacher was right - we couldn't find it either. Needs maintenance?

bum does "fiddle around" well !

Found it, but the lady going shopping gave us some queer looks.

The co-ords were spot on but cache not found. I suspect it may have fallen through the (!!) pretty obvious where it should have been,and has been found. Maybe a checkup on it.

Public toilets not far further up the road, so this pitstop cache is convenient not just for the shop. Later in the day, we came back to the park here for a picnic. Thanks Otematata for the cache.

A quick and easy find thanks to the clear instructions and spot on coordinates. Thanks for that! SL. TFTC.

Called in on a wander through Otematata.
Staying overnight across the road in the hotel, on a work trip.
Took a little while to identify the object the cache was hidden in, but after a while it stared me in the face.

Nice easy cache for my cousin and uncle's first cache.

Found it at 13:55, my 3rd of 32 finds on a South Island wander, and my 765th find.

No muggles today, found quickly. This was my fourth attempt at this one, every other one was infested with muggles...

TFTC Otematata!

There were plenty of muggled about even in winter would be tricky in summer TFTC

Pitstop (Otago) was transferred from pipebnd to user Otematata

Will check this out at the weekend, might have some TB's or GC's go in as well!

was a pit stop call for this cache but couldn't find today

Funny how the town ebbs and flows now with the holiday seasons.

I found this one - well hidden! (Speed Caching with nick_h_nz)