Flower Bulb (North Otago) Deborah, South Island, New Zealand
By waitaki999 on 19-Feb-09. Waypoint GC1MWTZ

I am archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.

Hi waitaki999This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.RegardsTheCoddiwompler

Had a good look, but nothing there?

Nice day out caching with findbobiThank you for this cache

Nicht gefunden. Bitte mal prfen

Bitte checken

wasnt there

Think we found the hole but no container.

We found a gap in the fence that would fit, and meets the hint, but nothing was there.

DNF

Spotted the cache from the car but was surprised by the container. Nicely done. Deserves a favourite point.
Thanks for the cache, waitaki999
#5143

It was really easy! Really creative too:D left a lil Pokémon figure in there :] TFTC!

Nearest cache to our AirBnB, so had to find it. Thanks.

Officially my favourite cache of all time, so creative. TFTC

Full log to come

Very easy. If you don't find this ur trash lmao.

Found it we are to good

Nice

Well that was an interesting container. Nice, specific hiding place and an easy find.

A quick find and walking back to the centre of the town to find food

Nice easy one and loved your container, thanks

This one is a very bright idea. Creative cache owner.

Inspired unusual clever. I like it. TFTC

This one makes me .

Idk

Early morning start. Day 14 of our SI rd trip. Good hide.tftc

Today I was out and about on a very specific caching mission. My objective for the day was to accumulate enough missing 'minutes' qualify for the South Island 300 Minutes Latitude Challenge - GC8RQ1G. I started collecting missing minutes at S 44 03 and ended up down at S 45 15. Clever container. TFTC, Biggles.

Neat container, TFTC

An easy find with a very helpful hint. TFTC

almost spotted this one from google maps so it was a quick in and out today.
love the container.
TFTC

Found with what's for tea?

Found with DeltaTea. TFTC

A quirky hide. Like it!
Found with Coconuts3. TFTH a fav.

Out with busy paws for another day of caching in Oamaru. This was a beautiful and clever cache so will get a fav from us. Thanks for this cache waitaki999.

DNF!!! 2nd of the day, so was highly determined. Had a very long find for it. There were a few muggles and I didn't want to seem to be loitering. Kind of gutting.

Tftc waitaki999!
A unique hide in a nice neighbourhood.
SL
Cheers
CJH

Cute find, first time I've seen a container like this

Found during a long-overdue day of geocaching with safetykat in Oamaru. What a great use of this kind of container! safetykat made the find quite quickly, and I was left marvelling at the number of logs that have so far ended up in this cache. A very much appreciated cache, cheers!

Really cute find! A novel container deserves a favorite. Tftc!

Found it. Trying to get as many caches as I can for the Mystery at the museum challenge. TFTC

Beautiful morning walk

This is day four of a ten day trip down to Dunedin and back to move my daughter to Dunedin so she can get her master’s degree at Otago University.

I am now on the road heading north. I don’t need to make too many miles, so I can concentrate on a few caches.

I parked perfectly across the street and could see the cache from there. TFTC.

With a very clear hint it was a very easy find. Loved the container! TFTC.

On a quest to complete the Hidden Creatures challenge so again off to Oamaru to find about 80 caches and this was one of them. I have driven past here a million times and today was the day to stop. TFTC

Great spot and easy find thanks to the hint! Yeah!

Quick find heading through Oamaru. Love the container! TFTC

The (major road trip was about to begin) that was for the Oamaru Geofest trip in the company of HKCB and iammrwalker for a bit of a road trip across to the west coast, through Haast and in a roundabout way to Oamaru.

My trip stats were as follows: 617 caches (214 Puzzles), 3300kms, 500 litres of Petrol, 21 hours sleep, 100+hours caching time. THe weather was wonderful and apart from about a 6hour period on the sunday we had fine weather all the way and feel that we made a bit of a hole in the region.

Firstly thanks to all the CO's that put in the effort to to set up these caches and to all the CO's whose caches we did not find this trip, well we are already planning our next trip.
We worked hard at getting specific caches (especially the Geo Art around christchurch and hence our concentration on this area for the preliminary 24 hours. So after a couple of running repairs to the rental vehicle (fuses not working) we were off knowing that all ports could be charged and that sleep was for the weak.

Sorry about the copy and paste logs but that is what tends to happen with a number run of this size. What a day this was going to be and a chance to have a good look around the area. It was amazing to wake up after having afull nights sleep and not have that sand in the eyes feeling and sore back from sleeping in the back of a car. Starting the day off working our way along the coast, followed by a spot of inland caching before making it back to Oamaru for a bite to eat followed by a bit more caching.

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Day 6 of our Oamaru geocaching adventure ... attending the 2017 Geofest. Thanks for the clever cache placement, nice camo work.

Came down this way from the North for the Oamaru Geofest, and decided to add a few more days to the weekend trip and turn it into a bit of a Mega mission, starting 5pm on Wednesday 18th and finishing 3pm Monday 23rd! Teaming up with Cats&Dragons for the first 24 hours then with Iammrwalker joining the team for the remainder.
Just a few of the stats for the trip were:
- 700 caches found, including 270+ puzzles (thanks to the Christchurch Geoart)
- 3300 km's driven, using over 500L of fuel $$$
- Just over 20 hours of sleep (about 4 per day on average), and about 100 hours of caching time.
Certainly a Mega Trip!

Day 5: With a good nights sleep for the first time this trip, we were up early and out the door for another full days caching. The goal for today was to cache our way down to the Moeraki Boulders and then see where the next cache lead us. One thing we were looking out for today was caches which hadn't been found in a long time.

Sorry about the cut and past logs, but that seems to happen with cache runs of this size!

I found this Geocache on a Geocaching mega mission along with Cats&Dragons and HKCB. With only just over three and half thousand Geocache finds I was very much the over achiever in training. We were in the South Island to support the Oamaru Geofest event, hunt down some Jasmar and D/T harder to find Geocaches, lonely caches (those not found in more than 6 months), virtuals and try and meet some milestone numbers. We signed the logs HIC, an abbreviation of our respective Geocaching names, (H)KCB, (I)ammrwalker and (C)ats&dragons. A huge thanks to all the CO’s who placed and maintain the Geocaches we found.

I arrived in Christchurch late Thursday evening having left straight from work and was picked up by my intrepid companions in our four wheel drive rental to find they had already grabbed about 270 finds in the previous twenty four hours. I wonder if the rental company would have still let us have it had they known we would travel 3300km in it before returning it four days later? Our trip took us to Greymouth via Arthurs pass, Ngahere, down the west coast to Haast across to Hawea, Cromwell, Twizel, Aoraki Mt Cook, Tekapo, onto the east coast up to Oamaru and back up to Christchurch via Akaroa and countless diversions and small towns along the way. We slept in the car for the first two nights, grabbing some shut eye between cache finds, taking turns to drive. We rented a small place in Oamaru for the other two nights and appreciated a bed to sleep in and a hot shower. It was an amazing trip, in which I discovered the South Island has some of the most incredible scenery in the world.

Had no trouble spotting this one having found some others like it before.

Out grabbing some caches with Di Morgan on Day 2 of the Oamaru Geofest. Another quick find.
Thanks waitaki999 for placing the cache for us to find.
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Quick p and g tftc

Since we only had a day in Oamaru, we decided to go and find a few around the clues for the interesting multi. TFTC!!

Great day caching with TTT - the Trans Tasman Team ! Lots and lots of caching done all with great fun! Thanks to all of the organizers of this fun weekend, and all of the cache placers!

So Mama, Papa and Guwapo have some time for some caching this afternoon. Quick find by Guwapo, just as the next group arrived. Salamat!

This cache was found during our Oamaru Geofest Road Trip and logged as TTT (Trans Tasman Team). Thanks you for the placement. Was a great weekend filled with lots of fun and caching of course.
Tftc

Oamaru
Visiting for the geofest, we cached with Happy Feet 1 during our time here.
We found caches in some amazing places & wonderful scenery today.
Thanks for placing this cache waitaki999

3rd of our 6 Day Adventure to and around Oamaru for [Oamaru Geofest 2017](https://coord.info/GC6M2V0).
After dropping off our results for 'the Race' and rubbish for the CITO we had a few hours to kill before the Quiz tonight so decided to venture out a little further to help boost our numbers for the day. This was our first stop and a nice easy find. We both thought it odd that it hadnet been found yet today by all the other geocachers in the near vicinity. Thanks for placing the cache and adding to our smilies

I made an early start and found a few local caches before collecting my hire cycle and heading to Windsor to tackle the A2O Trail. TFTC

Easy find but well done on the hide
All ok
Thanks

Geofest, what a fantastic and magnificent we had! And so many excellent caches and laughs. Jess.daphne and I teamed up and signed the logs together as Jeje. I remember this cache because we were trying to be inconspicuous and waiting for the street to clear but we saw a lady pass by in a car and realised she was a cacher looking for this hide too. We all chuckled. Nice cache. Tftc.

I do enjoy a puntastic cache hide so this was a good one. Not what we expected and good (or better) all the same. Good idea for a hide, can safely say I haven't seen that before, surprising really as it makes a good dry hide idea. Everything is just fine here, thanks for the cache.

In Oamaru for the Geofest, Injeanious and I signed logs as JeJe to save time and space. Very cute hide! TFTC!

Good

Nice easy one found very quickly )

Tftc

A trip to oamaru and a few caches to get of course, a nice quick park n grab easily spotted in daylight hours you may need a torch at night! Cheers

Creative cache! Third for day.

Good easy find name Matches cache container

Last one for the day thanks to co

While on holiday with family found this

Awesome hide love the container

Another great find while on holiday in oamaru

Very appropriately named cache! Found this afternoon after a few minutes' search - signed log, TFTC

Good cache

Loved the flower bulb!

TFTC found with heyhaynz

TFTC very clever. Found with jhay0112

We biked around the hills searching and finally we found it such a good spot thx.great use of torch.

Interesting quick find, was thinking who might be watching me haha

Haha very container =)

Quick easy find. Kids liked the container

Found it! First international cache!

Loved the cache. Waited for neighbour to go back inside before retrieving cache. Very cool. TFTC

Found it, meet the owners, real lovely people. Didn't really know what it was about but didn't mind
TFTC

I like this a lot! Great pun.

Nice find. Enjoyed clue once we got correct side of road

Loved the boldness of this one. Thanks

Felt very exposed! but no-one was actually about. good hide, thanks

Found on our goings round Oamaru. TFTC, SL, Took tb LN

Stopped on our way into Oamaru but a neighbour was out washing his car so we carried on. Called pass on our way back home and with the car now washed and no sign of the neighbour, a quick find was made. Found with Aoraki Sheep.

A second visit and this time the street was deserted so a quick find was made. Left TB that I had picked up in Geocaching HQ. Found with debsnz

Cool cache
Took tb

Great cache & such an appropriate name. A few people glancing driving by...hard to look inconspicuous here in residential Oamaru.

So cute! Clever name!

Clever container and I'm sure it will be more fitting for the location too once the nearby construction is complete. Many beautiful gardens in this area!

Found this on our honeymoon.

Cool container.

Thanks for the cache!

Great cache!!! Got this one around 9pm, sea fog has rolled in over the town now after a lovely sunny day. Went for a drive to have a look at a house my dad is looking at and found this cache nearby. I really enjoyed the unique container, it made me smile. TFTC