Mill Island (Canterbury) Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By
Troodles on 29-May-09. Waypoint GC1RZX2
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Logs
Hi Troodles
Thanks for the offer - I have picked up nano, which I visited a few days ago. Will release it to a new spot.
Found a cache that was out on the island a few years ago on a previous visit. Quick find. TFTC.
Unable to maintain any more.
The nano is still in situ so if anyone would like to use it to place their own cache, please take it. (And add a note to this cache page to let others know you have it).
The nano is still in situ so if anyone would like to use it to place their own cache, please take it. (And add a note to this cache page to let others know you have it).
Found on a recent caching trip down south am glad we got to do this one before was archived !!! thanks for the cache 
A nice quick cache within walking distance of our hotel. Had to wait for some muggles to leave then cache was soon in hand TFTC
TFTCfound in the rain, concrete pad covered in over 1 inch of water so aboe to wash feet at the same time as doing the cache
Found it on a recent trip to New Zealand. Didn't have logging capability with me and just returned yesterday. Glad it was available while we were there. TFTC!
Quick find on a beautiful day but no muggles around luckily. Log book nearly full. TFTC.
Found it without benefit of GPS! MessieurPhil and Jacki visiting NZ from Noth Carolina in the US. TFTC! 
FlyingPigSquadron has landed!
Quick find in a lovely spot on a beautiful sunny day TFTH&C
Quick find in a lovely spot on a beautiful sunny day TFTH&C
Was duckling watching and then realized that there was a cache nearby! Lovely spot, tiny cache
Found this little one on my first day in NZ at this lovely and historic place. Thanks for showing and greetings from germany, Aljha
Managed to find this after giving GingaKiwi a head start as he hadn't been first to locate any yet that day but got bored and discovered it in a few moments of searching. It's rediculously small! I almost put it back thinking it was just the magnet supposed to hold the cache and the actual case had gone walkies until GingaKiwi snatched it off me and opened it! Nice hide! TFTC!
Was out during lunchtime, and managed to find it. Lucky it was in a shady spot with few people around. TFTC
Took us longer to get the log book out of the Nano Cache than it did to find it it. Thanks for the cache. JetDog
after 20 minutes of a large and small muggle watching the wheel go round and round and round, i finally got the opportunity of signing the now empty log book.. thanks for the hide
This cache has been a victim of its popularity - I just can't keep up with replacing the logs. Back with a new (home made this time) log.
Found during early morning walk along riverside. Cache is stil there, didn't sign but logging as a find
I didn't realize this one had been disabled. I had written it down on my "caches to do in NZ" list a week or two ago. I can report it is sound as a pound. I found some empty space to sign. Thanks for the cache, and a nice photo spot.
We spotted this tiny cache right away. Our 6 year old son brought us to this mill as he wanted to see how it worked. We then decided to see if there was a cache nearby and there was, right next to us. We signed the last available spot on the log, the log is now full and in dire need of a new log.
TFTC
Visiting from the USA
TFTC
Visiting from the USA
Wet days are good days for urban caching.
I seem to recall the site used to be part of a multi, and the island also has had a cache onit in the past.
Cheers and thanks,
S.t.
I seem to recall the site used to be part of a multi, and the island also has had a cache onit in the past.
Cheers and thanks,
S.t.
First find in Christchurch. Start of a lovely walk from the centre out to the Botanic Gardens. Would not have noticed the mill, but for the cache. Quick find - T4TC.
Although I was wandering quite often there, I never really noticed the Mill.
Great place for a cache- the first one to be found this time in NZ.
Great place for a cache- the first one to be found this time in NZ.
Wow, what a TINY cache - my 1st nano. Found this while gathering info for a variety of multi-caches in the area. TFTC.
Found with thoora during our honeymoon in New Zealand. Very wet area at the time, but a nice wheel. Thanks!
This was our last found in NZ (this time) and the board was almost flooded... Logged with tobias.josefsson during our honeymoon in NZ. TFTC!
Lovely short walk from our hotel today. Just loved the DUCK ferriswheel. What a beauti.
this was an easy walk from the chch square another busy day muggles everywhere nice spot
Down in Christchurch for three days but only enough time for one cache. A nice one too. Just had to time it to avoid the construction workers putting in a new tram line and the passing muggles.
Many thanks
Many thanks
Found originally as part of rebel98 team, now created own account, re-logging as rustynz
See rebel98 log, back when we found this we were fairly low in our numbers, and I remember this one gave us a few headaches while we searched. Loved the history of the Island, thanks again for the hide.
See rebel98 log, back when we found this we were fairly low in our numbers, and I remember this one gave us a few headaches while we searched. Loved the history of the Island, thanks again for the hide.
942 Thanks for a nice easy find in such a relaxing oasis. Beautiful well-oiled example of a nano (easy to get out log).
Quick bolt from the car, with McPhan, Winglen, SolDeLune and RexTrex. Nabbed pretty quickly under the cover of darkness.
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
What a nice spot! It was like being out with a bunch of teenage boys, watching the forty somethings (give or take 
) race each other to the cache. I took my time and arrived just in time to sign the log. TFTC!
) race each other to the cache. I took my time and arrived just in time to sign the log. TFTC!Quick cache just down from my hotel with the sun shining before heading off to a long pleasant lunch, life is tough somedays
3013. A gentle stroll to the cache ended up in a boys race to (it turns out) a couple of GZs. Mrs Winglen was more sedate and turned up for the find anyway.
TFTC and the isthmus
TFTC and the isthmus
Rated: for Overall Experience
Getting toeing in the car and it was dash to GZ once the car was parked. Not sure who arrived first (??), but the cache was soon in hand.
Thanks for the cache in an interesting and peaceful sort of spot.
Thanks for the cache in an interesting and peaceful sort of spot.
There once was a cache on this island called Treasure Island. When signing that log, me and one of my elder sons were muggled by three plain clothes cops who thought we might of been planting a bomb to blow up the ChCh central police station over the road. No issues today thankfully. Cheers.
Talk about thick. Took ages to figure it out even after reading the clue. DUH! TFTC
Found 27/05/2010 16:41 
. Find # 94 for my holiday in the SI . The inclement conditions curtailed my caching activities a bit today but it was nice to flex down to the site of the old mill en route to my Dux de Lux event for a quick find. It was only raining lightly so the umbrella kept the logsheet dry whilst I made my mark
TNLN
Cheers Troodles
. Find # 94 for my holiday in the SI . The inclement conditions curtailed my caching activities a bit today but it was nice to flex down to the site of the old mill en route to my Dux de Lux event for a quick find. It was only raining lightly so the umbrella kept the logsheet dry whilst I made my mark TNLN
Cheers Troodles
Straight forward find. Coords spot on! Thanks for taking us to a place that taught us a little more history about Chch. Really enjoyed reading the information. TFTC
Although it was listed as unavailable, we decided to look for the cache, equipped with a tiny piece of paper to add our name, however we discovered a shiny new log which we were the first to sign. TFTC
Didn't know this was disabled. There was one space left on the log to write my name.
Normally I don't like nanos, but in this cache the clever placement and interesting location redeemed its diminutive size.
Thanks.
Normally I don't like nanos, but in this cache the clever placement and interesting location redeemed its diminutive size.
Thanks.
Caching around the City on a Sunday Morning,we had this one on our list.Quickly found it but the longest part was puting the Log Book back in its container.This is now full and needs replacing.TFTC.
The Log Book is now full.It needs replacing before the next Cachers arrive to find.Cheers womble-bbt
(4) A late night find with Mini Brogan in toe.. A tough find but found it in the end.. 3 spaces left to sign. And manged to get it back to where it belongs without muggle taking photo's seeing a thing.. SL.
There was some good information on the board.....and the cache was a quick find.
TftC
TftC
Didn't know a nano was that small, so took the second time and the hint to learn...
TFTC! Our first cache on the southern hemisphere, stopped by on a visit from Sweden.
Found on 15/3/10 - a beautiful day so took the log and sat in the sun to sign. Then along came tourists who stood and read every word on the information board and I waited and waited and hoped they were not geocachers. Eventually they moved on and I replaced the cache.
