ALTAVADY ( North Otago ) Awamoko, South Island, New Zealand
By Bitsprayer on 17-Nov-09. Waypoint GC21466

A few months ago we were introduced to Project gc's statistic for logging archived caches and since then we have spent considerable time researching and looking for them. Occasionally we make a successful find. Like this one. The log book is wet but we managed to sign it and returned it as we found it. It is a shame that this is archived as the hedge is magnificent and we would not have known about it without reading your cache page.
Thank you for placing the cache and thank you for the smiley

done it's dash

Visiting Oamaru for a wee family 'long weekend' holiday.
Heading up the Waitaki investigating Rock art, fossils and any thing else interesting along the way. Heading back to Oamaru we spotted the namesake....great bit of history that & the fact it's still maintained is aaaawesome.

Our tenth cache grabbed on the way home from the lakes. Log is very wet, no pen (we had our own but couldn't leave it). My 8 year old loved this one!

Our tenth cache grabbed on the way home from the lakes. Log is very wet, no pen (we had our own but couldn't leave it). My 8 year old loved this one!

The second weekend of planned caching trips for Chelzea and I. This one started caching near Temuka and then on down to Timaru, Oamaru over Danseys Pass and then back to ChCh from Palmerston the next day. Long and winding trip in places but managed a good number of caches with only a few DNF's. Too many to remember in detail so sorry for the cut and paste logs but thanks to all the owners it was a great two days of searching new places for a good variety of caches.

Log soaking wet.

Found on our way to Danseys Pass.tftc

On my way to otamatata for some cache maintanance thought I better grab a few caches on the way through. Log book a bit soggy dropped of Tb tftc

I've often admired the name on the hill. Nice to know a bit of the background.

Tftc - fairly wet inside

Saw the name in the hedge on the hill. TFTC

Great day out with Juuju5. TFTC

On a mission around South Canterbury/North Otago. 114 found caches today. Thanks to all the CO's for their effort. Sorry about the cut and paste. TFTC.

Went a roadtrip today to reach my goal of 1,000 before the new year. With a muggle we put a pin in the map (Duntroon) so off we went, as we needed to meet out goal didn't start caching till we reached Oamaru. Although it wasn't the ideal weather we have great fun and at several of the stops along the way decided to get thermos and choc bickies out.

This cache was a very clever hide and managed to get this out and back without drawing attention

Easy find. Cache wet. Tftc

On Tour together with Sabe73 as Team "TheBros" around South Island to visit some nice spots.
We also visited this location and could find the box almost quickly.
Thank you for showing us this place and of course for the Cache.
Greetings from Carinthia/Austria.
NoTrade

Tasks for Log-Permission (Earth, Challange, Virtual aso.) might be delayed.

Zusammen mit PPJoe als Team *TheBros* in NZL mit dem Camper auf Tour. 6 Wochen Geocaching, Herz was willst Du mehr.
Der Cache konnte gut gefunden werden, wie man sieht werden die Dosen hier gut gewartet.
TFTC & LG aus Tirol/Austria/Europe

Headed down south with C&D and 11HPG11 for the CHCH Mega as part of the HOAC team, and decided that a Mega road trip/Mega Mission was the right thing to do. After a great day caching from Dunedin to Omarama we manged to get a few hours sleep before the big day 2 started.

Day 2 was the start of a ambitious plan to try and find as many caches as possible in one day! To maximise our chances of a big number we decided a 24 hour caching day was the only way to go. What an epic day, and some great moments too. The rough idea was to cache from Omarama to Oamaru, and then head north towards Christchurch. A huge thanks to everyone for the cache placments, and I apologise for the copy and past logs.

Find #113 for the day.

This was the start of a MEGA caching weekend in the company of good caching friends. In the company of both HKCB & 11HPG11 this was going to be another memorable caching road trip for many reasons.

This is the mission that we had set ourselves up for several months back. It was HKCB's idea, I was just dumb enough to think it was a challenge and I'd be up for it, 11HPG11 was silly enough to come along for the ride once we confirmed a spare seat (Nova Lightening pulled out for family reasons).

We were going to try to beat the NZ one day record in New Zealand (it would have been easier with 4 people), so after 2.5hrs sleep after a good feed at Omarama we were ready to go. This was the one hundred and twelvth on what was to be an epic day with what amounted to 401 caches collected for the day and about 38 DNF's. We managed this with 10minutes to spare but by this time we were done for and still had to drive back to Kaiapoi. All in all an epic days caching with good friends and something I don't think any of us will repeat in a hurry.

All in all it was going to be a big day with a number of challenges, great sceanery, and of course great company. Fantastic driving along and up here as the landscape was so different from what we are used to back in the Waikato. One good thing about backroads being that we could continue our neferious activites without being disturbed by muggles.

Nice quick find here without any issues .
thanks for the placement , thanks for the cache

What a Mega Mission for a group of Hamilton Over Achievers! A great trip, a long time in the planning. I teamed up with Cats&Dragons and HKCB to grab a couple of caches while in Christchurch and surrounding areas for the 2015 Mega Event. We flew out from Auckland on Friday night and traveled to Dunedin in the dark of the night. Stopped for a few hours sleep before setting off to grab caches in the Otago area on Saturday before attempting a few more on Sunday and then arriving at the Mega on the Monday. An amazing, yet crazy road trip

When C&D mentioned a day with over 400 caches I should have turned and ran... instead I said yes, and here we are. 401 caches in 23 hours and 50 minutes. All done on about 2.5hr of sleep. It was hard work with only 3 of us and there were times that were hard and tiring but I still had a blast! An amazing experience that one has to be slightly crazy to even consider

No problems on this one, thanks for the placement. Impressive place!

Thanks for the GE suggestion, as that was when I did it. I have seen it before, now that I look. Glad I didn't try to find exact GZ - that could have got really dodgy. TFTC.

Found on our 25 day New Zealand South Island holiday.

Apologies for the late log but with little or no internet as we travelled and only super slow WiFi in van parks I decided to log all finds on my return home.

Stayed in Oamaru for the night and left for Twizel today

TFTC

Found today with my caching buddy axlall. cheers for this one nice day for a spot of caching...wot!

TFTC
easy find today, was out caching with abxt350

Log book REALLY wet. Put another plastic bag around.

Interesting - always wondered what this meant.

Wet log

Cool

A drive on a sunny autumn day. Log book wet. Saw the name on the hill when coming home, heading towards the sea. TFTC

Thanks to all the owners of the geocaches that we found today on our way from Oamaru to Duntroon, Kurow and Omarama. We had splendid views and nice caches along the road!
TFTC and greetings from Belgium.

Nice P & G on the way up the Valley.
TFTC

Found this cache on our way from dunedin via maoraki rocks to Twizel Thanks too all cache owners that put up a lot of caches on our way and that they take care of it enough Thanks a lot and greetings from czech republic

Easy find
Cache damp
Tflc

1st one for the new year. . lovely day for a quick stop

Another quick found for us during our trip around New Zealand. Tftc from Switzerland

I usually don't read the descriptions unless I'm stuck but I always read them before logging so I didn't know about the sign on the hill. Pulled up and when I looked up said "Wow" and everything fell into place. TFTC #6129

A jump across the water filled ditch and a smiley was gained. Found with Woody104 and debsnz

I don't envy the poor guy who has to keep it trimmed - looks good though! Found with Aoraki Sheep and Woody104

Nice big hint that you're reaching GZ nearby.
Found with Debs and Aoraki
TFTC

After staying in Oamaru a few days we are of to Cromwell.Had to sign this one off but was very wet and muddy under foot.Cheers

Wow impressive. Quick find tftc

That is awesome. Tftc

Found with Chosen1978 Quick find after negotiating the mud. TFTC

Quick find by Granville86a after jumping the puddles and farm waste, TFTC

Wet log

Quick find, and interesting scenic view. Unfortunately the log is a bit wet. Thanks for the cache.

The second Day of our New Zealand Road-Trip. We were travelling from Christchurch to Oamaru.
Along the Road, we found some lovely Places with great Caches.
Thamks to all the Owners for hiding Caches on these beautiful Spots.

MfG
Coint82
06.02.2014 / 13:20

Quickly found this one after we waited for a farmer to leave.
TFTC

Found it in the morning so got a great view of the sign! TFTC!!

Spotted the interesting hillside close by!
The cows started to watch us so I mooed a few times
TFTC.

14/12/2013 7:35:00 PM
3712
Headed out for a weekend of crazy caching with sharkiefan - it was all about numbers this weekend!
For me personally, I needed the numbers so that I could get enough caches to bring my average a day back up to 4 caches at least for this year, as on a streak it's not really possible to find heaps of caches in your home hood!

This was cache number 26 out of the 116 we found over the two days. And a huge thank you to all the cachers who put out all these caches! Loved the fun time we had - though weekend could have ended better!
Sorry for not writing cooler logs, but heading overseas in a couple days, and I don't exactly want to be behind in my logging then!! Haha.

Consec caching day # 405

TFTC!!

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Wet log. Still signable. Found with Sonia on our great roadtrip south. Tftc

driven past this place many a time in my 22 years around Oamaru. great cache at a cool location. TFTC

nice and easy TFTC

Another night time cache

I had read the listing and knew there was something of interest nearby, but it was only when I happened to look over my left shoulder that we saw this local landmark. Thanks Bitsprayer.

Nice and easy one on the way to Oamaru for shopping. Was always wondering about what those huge letters are there for. TFTC

TFTC
familiar with this area and this landmark

TFTC
Gruß Frodo32

On the way to Oamaru for New Year shopping i search some Caches.
This one i found also.

TFTC from Germany

Koppa-s

On the return jornery back to Dunedin from Kurow. First all day geocaching, all going well, family having fun.
Number 53 #195
Out of car and straight to it. [^] Skills are getting better!

Very impressive - I was pleased to be here while it was still daylight, to enjoy the sight.
Thanks, Bitsprayer - really interesting history and info. TFTC.

One of the caches for Geomum and I to find on our Christmas day caching trip to Kurow. Left a coloured bell to help spread the Christmas cheer. TFTC.

A distinctive land mark that has intrigued me for many a year, Thanks for the back ground Bitsprayer.

Found it, TFTC!

A nice easy find on the way south. TFTC. Cheers Bo

Thanks for the background on the landmark and for the cache Bitsprayer.

Found as part of an epic NZ Mega Event trip. Day 7 - Oamaru and surrounds before heading North to Timaru in the company of agcnz, -gonefishing- and Yeetrees. Thanks to the owners of the 500 + caches which I had the pleasure to find along the way and which contributed to a very fun trip.

Found on the great post-Mega roadtrip with agcnz, fozzmiester and yeetrees. A great trip from Otago to Wellington, taking in many backroads and some fantastic scenery along to way to over 400 caches. Thanks to all the cache owners for the great caches we found on the way.

Thanks for the cache, Bitsprayer.

Came here with fozzmiester, -gonefishing- and Yeetrees on a circuitous day caching trip from Oamaru to Timaru. Nice bit of topiary, very distinctive! The cache was a quick find - signed log, TFTC!

WOW - what an impressive landmark!

I would never have spotted it in passing along the road. Thanks for showing me Bitsprayer!

SL TFTC

We wondered who had planted the trees.

After spending a great night in Oamaru we headed out for for a not so early start to grab a few geocaches around town before heading to Lake Tekapo. The cache was soon in Hand, logbook signed and cache returned. TFTC. Took GC.

Quick stop. In NZ's favorite hiding spot.

TFTC

On a caching day with Thee Mole and Miss Smarty Pants great day with 28 finds and 1 DNF, TFTC I thought a buxus hedge took a bit of trimming but this takes it to a whole new level TFTC. Left trackable

nice bit of history. tftc.

another nice piece of history, tftc.

Someone obviously has way too much time on their hands. Tftc

Quick find, on a drizzly afternoon, on my way south to the Mega Event TFTC Bitsprayer

Another quick park and grab

Seen other farms with this done a few times now, TFTC

Weather deteriorating but a quick find TFTC

A nice quick on on the corner today, Cheers

TFTC - Road trip with Castlewood_Crew to Benmore

A road trip from Dunedin to Benmore Dam for fishing and a little caching. Find 19/31 with CachemanChris. TFTC What a great hedge to mark number 200 for the crew. I want one that says Castlewood_Crew, where do I get one? Thanks

Nice hedge....
TFTC. TNLN. SLB.

Nice quick find!!! TFTC

This hedge is a great effort. Often marvelled at it. TFTC

Doesn't matter how many times you drive past this, its always a great sight. TFTC

Thanks for showing me this. +1
Thank you for placing this cache.

A great site on the hill. TFTC

Thanks quick find as we leave Awamoko

Quick find while visiting Oamaru. Wonder who cuts that hedge [?] TFTC.

This entry was edited by rosmar on Wednesday, 04 January 2012 at 09:54:20 UTC.

Been past here to many times to count, Brings back some great memories of lots of trips up to the Lakes, and to the Haka Valley every Sunday to go Gliding.

TFTC

Found this one while on my way to a family BBQ
TFTC

Spotted this cool feature on our way past here earlier today. Dinner was the priority then so a return visit for Mr KE this evening to pick up the cache. Thanks.

TFTC, bit slow logging the find...catch up day today!

Starting to loose the light but I am sure we can fit one more in.

I've always loved those cute wee hedges

a well manaquired hedge