Waitakian (North Otago) Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
By drawp on 12-Dec-09. Waypoint GC21Y5D

Grabbed another smiley here today as i was pottering around on my bike.. easy to find but the log book if a tad tamp, maybe a Cacher in the future on a hot day could leave it out in the sun for 5 mins,,, should sort it.

Quick find here once I was on the right side of the hedge, TFTC

I could be blind or it maybe a bit overgrown

Cheers

Searched all the posts/poles. Not for us today.

After logging a dnf we walked down to rail walk one and found that. On our way back we decided to check one last spot that we hadnt looked and voila there it is. So pleased to turn a blue face to a smiley. All good here. TFTC.

Checked - all okay

A quick find. Thanks

TFTC

Tftc

Great

Tricky find. Cheers

Stretching my legs while driving south. Quick find, cheers!

Cool spot TFTC

Took a few moments to work out what the hint meant. All good here.
Thanks for the cache, drawp
#4102

Cool

27/09/22 oli Symes

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Found it, this was my first ever geo

Tricky find. Had to get down on knees and use a stick to get out. Hedge has grown and leaves covered. Thanks for the fun.

Had to come down to Oamaru to install a new device onto a packaging machine at Rainbow Confectionary. Had noted that there were a few caches on a the bike trail here that were just down the road from Rainbow.

Took the opportunity tonight after work to park the car at the end of the street and wander to a few of the caches.

This proved to be a bit harder to find than the first 2. Believe this is due to the hedge having grown over the years.

Was a blind feel on my knees that finally provided success !!!!

TFTC

Had a bit of a look for this one but no luck. A few people around and a barking dog. Will try another time

Tricky one

2nd time trying thanks to the hint we found it

Nearly gave up.

Not an easy find. An enjoyable walk. TFTC

Ez

Hard find!

Day off so after doing Buckley’s hill thought I’d head down here to grab the caches along here. Found this pretty quick TFTC

Quick find, at the right time when no muggly school kids around tftc

Niahnoah

Quick find, thanks for placing.

Great find

Down from Auckland to claim the last 2 Geotour caches and to pick up a heap of others for a challenge I’m working on. Not only that, I’m working towards my 8000th cache, oh where will it land I wonder??

A nice and easy find along the way as I head back south to Dunedin. I'm staying at Leith Valley camping ground, but not camping as such...oh no...I have a lovely wooden cabin waiting for me.

Log later

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TFTC nice hide quick find

Quick easy find. TFTC.

You can get arrested for hanging around schools.

Waiting for prizegiving of NZ Orienteering Champs.

Quick easy find and signed. Tftc

Hint was great, but still took a minute or two to find the correct post. Thanks for the cache drawp

Nice fast find all good ...thanks for the cache drawp

Now which hint object as there were a couple to choose from. I picked the wrong one first. Quite a thick hedge to push through but that helps protect the cache from muggles.

Leg stretching in Oamaru on the way south and a nice walk here complete with caches! TFTC!!

A Queen's Birthday Sunday outing to explore the Oamaru biking tracks. After a circuit of the Reservoir, a quick there and back on this very short urban trail. We didn't stop for this during our day at the Geofest Labour w/e 2017, so nice to finally get here.

Quick find.

Quick cache before going to look at the penguins, didn’t have pen

Great directions- tftc

Good find

Spent Saturday going like the clappers and knocking as many of these off as we could as a group. Signed as TTT (Trans Tasman Team) Thanks for the fun day you provided us with!

Out and about with Karma Reprint this weekend, it was time to go solo and jump on the bike and claim this string. Hosing down in the rain, no time for mucking about so made a quick job of them. Having watched quite a few others finding this over the weekend, I waited until the wettest part to do it. Doh. Cheers

We found this one while in town for the Geofest TFTC

Nice easy find on a rainy day, so no muggles. Found with Geo jessie. TFTC [8D

The Geofest was such a fun weekend but it was over too soon. Jess.daphne and I went on the caching trail for our final day and this was one of our finds. We signed the log as Jeje. Thanks so much for placing this cache!

Found during the Oamaru Geofest. With Injeanious we signed the log as JeJe to save time and space. TFTC!

This was the tenth day of my driving trip down to Oamaru for Geofest 2017. I stopped every five to ten kms or so along the way to grab a cache. This expanded my driving time to a total of two weeks to get there and home again. I ended up going a total of 3,500 kms.
It would have been a shame not to get the caches closest to Geofest, so I made of coming to get this one. I teamed up with CJ-Curry. TFTC.

Enjoying wandering (and driving) around Oamaru picking up caches as we go. Thanks for the hide .

A nice quick find while down for the Oamaru Geofest weekend.

TFTC

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Decided it would be rude not to have a look as we were stopped waiting for the ride. Very quickly got muggled by Gracie&Mum, who pointed me at a likely spot. When that didn't work, they came around and helped me look. Eventually they found a different container to the one they signed earlier, with very few logs in it. Then while we were discussing it, someone else came along, and found the original container on the other side of the path. Looks like someone may have replaced it. Entertainment all around. Thanks.

Found after the quiz night at the geofest tftc

found all safe and secure no problem at all found with team_macdonald while out on another adventure TFTC

Having an easy day caching

Found whilst here for the geofest race with flipnz and RowenaD, thanks for all the geocaches everyone.

Quick park and grab and my 600th

Tried to find this about 18 months ago with no luck. Today with a group of cachers we find two containers. I signed both logbooks

18:40, there's Always time for just one more.... Picked up by team TIE on the way to the prize giving. Tftc

Found at the Oamaru Geofest on the start of a morning walk. Starting out at the Geofest HQ (i.e. the school), this was my first stopping point. An easy find from following the hint. I returned later in the company of others to discover that there was a second one nearby - I signed them both to be sure but it might be worth checking by the CO as one of them might be a a throwdown. Cheers!

2nd day of the Geofest, we spent mostly picking up puzzle and wherigo's, another great day was had by the team going from cache to cache and topped off by the prizegiving in the evening. Thanks goes to those that made the event possible and those that placed the caches for us to find

A quick find. Signed as TIE. TFTC

A quick findon the side of the walkway.TFTC

A quick find with the Fergclan while attending the Geofest event in Oamaru.
Thanks

Found with LaStorm15
A nice easy find after popping in and registering our attendance at the GeoFest.
TFTC

With NZ Bozzy.
TFTC. Quick find after we logged in for the geofest

Caching as a group, calling ouselves trans tasman team TTT, having heaps of fun and grabbing plenty of caches. Grabbed this one after signing in. Tftc

#2,953: Binge Smiley!
What an adventure we had today! TheWanglers, Team_Gaters, and I headed out at dawn from Christchurch with four goals in mind: 1) Find Many Caches, 2) Get TG to 7,000 finds, 3) get me to 3,000 finds, and 4) Have Fun! Needless to say, all were accomplished in spades. It was only my second 100+ day ever, and had us driving, walking, running, biking, and even crawling to make the finds. We were also able to find at least 7 different cache types, and attend two events, in order to catch up with old friends. Thanks to all the hiders, but most of all, thanks to my partners in crime! We signed all logs as "T8T", sung to the tune of AC/DC "TNT".
SL/TFTC!!

T-Tech and I are touring South Island for 6 weeks

We are in Oamaru for the Geofest, and today we have teamed up with patrol14 to go puzzle collecting! I have rather a lot of them solved around here.

After the pathtag swap we headed out to grab the five Trads right nearby. TFTC, drawp.

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Saturday. Slow Puncture has teamed up with Orange Crew to make a Moreton Bay assault on the Oamaru Geofest. Day Two saw us travel from Christchurch to Oamaru.

This was the 47th of 49 caches found on today's trip.

Thanks ***drawp***, for showing us this place.

We flew in on Thursday night to Christchurch from Feilding then did alot of caching around Christchurch then headed towards Omaru for the Geofest event today, then it was time to grab some more caches and your was the 2nd cache of the day thank you for placing a cache here for a quick park and grab and the start of an enjoyable day. we have met so many geocachers along the way it makes it extra fun. TFTC

Out grabbing some caches with Di Morgan while here at the Oamaru Geofest. Found after a bit of a search.
Thanks for placing the cache for us to find.
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first for the day and first full day in town

Visiting Oamaru for the Geofest and while here trying to find a variety of caches. Thank you to all the CO's who have placed caches both in town as well as the various rural areas we visited.

Fairly quick find as we were passing by. TFTC

With a break between workshops Jude_E and I took the opportunity to get out and pick up a few caches and some rubbish in between. TFTC drawp

#6795

Day one of the Geofest over. Phew! Not that that means day one of the Geofest is over, oh, no, not by a long way! Taybeedragon and I decided to walk down the cycle trail for a ways - mainly to get some exercise in. First stop here.

This was the closest one found to the Geofest event. It's hard to believe that my birth father was a pupil here way back when he was growing up.

Having checked in at the Oamaru Geofest headquarters it was time to have a fun day of collecting the numbers.
A quick stop here as I left the venue
TFTC

Its Saturday - Geofest17 Day and day 2 of our expidition. Spent the day at the event as The Seagnoid had commitments. With the Trails cleaned and no picnic, we have a couple of hours before games evening begins. Its picnic fare on the hoof, while we are hoofing it around the local environs. Hope the rain stays away!
First stop here and trying not to be muggled by the other patrons at the college. Snagged and tagged after a quick hunt. Cheers

FITW FMZ
As we are here, we decided to pick up few caches before heading to Dunedin. This was a quick find and cache is all good here. tftc.

While at base we gradded a few caches that were close by before we jumped in the car and left. TFTC ?

Not an easy find but previous finder wanted to help.

Searchwisely (wife) and i have been comparing notes, and i have failed to log this one from labour weekend. Signed as TTT.

On the way out the gate after checking in. 2nd of the day, many more to come. TFTC

Visiting from Brisbane to attend the Oamaru Geofest 2017.
Teamed up with IolantheK and T-Tech to find some Challenges/Puzzles caches and a few traditionals along the way.
IolantheK wanted to attend the Pathtag swap, so T-Tech and I spent the time finding the few Trads near to the Event.
Searched in the wrong spot until a fellow cacher guided us to the right location while sitting in her car near the train lines.
Gotta love the help you get from fellow cachers at Events.

Thanks for placing these caches in some awesome countryside.!!!

Our first cache out the gate so far so good.TFTC.

Day 1 of Oamaru geofest time to have some fun a nice find to start the caching day

Day 4 of my Oamaru GeoFest week. Cycle trail this morning with KCN and DSI.
A warmup ride before meeting for the shuttle.
Just about took a tumble as the fence wires are nearly invisible when on a bike
Thanks for the smilie.
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