Twelfth Day (Canterbury) Mount Pleasant, South Island, New Zealand
By
Sallies on 05-Jan-10. Waypoint GC22PD3
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Logs
Day #15 Christchurch to Melbourne - The Mega New Zealand ExperienceA chance for an overseas Mega was too good to pass up. Especially with half the state seeming to be attending also. I set about some last minute planning. Flights still available Accommodation found Mode of transport securedLooks like its time to cross the ditch. Ive never visited the South Island before so it is bound to be a fun filled trip.And just like that Its almost over! Half a day left until I fly home. Just picking up some last finds before I finish this wonderful adventure.A nice easy find on my way back from walk the walk.A big thanks goes to Sallies for taking the time to add Twelfth Day (Canterbury) to the geocaching map for us all to find and enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Wow! The fun just never stops.Have you logged your will attend for Victoria's first ever Block Party? (Think Mega but even more special!)Join us on 22-23 March 2025 in Sunbury to celebrate 25 years of geocaching by logging your will attend at [**GCAP417**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).
Quick find on our way back from Walk the Walk. Thanks to a few previous NZ finds, I know what the hint is referring to. Found with Posums and Tiz13Thanks Sallies
A plan was hatched quite a while ago when the Dunedin Mega was announced to come over to the South Island again.I have only been to New Zealand twice before and I loved the South Island.So a chance to come back for a Mega was a no brainer for me.Everything was booked and I flew in on Saturday after a bit of a delay.Im staying at the old Offices Mess building at the old Airforce Base and it is a wonderful old building.Day 3 begins so lets go find a few more caches.I met Tiz13 at the airport as they happened to be on the same flight over and we organised a day out after I missed their message yesterday so the plan was to meet up at the event near the Botanical Gardens.So Snips and Co, Tiz13 and me, Posums set out for a fun day out with plenty of laughs along the way and of course a few caches as well.After a bit of inner city caching it was time to hit the burbs for a bit more fun.After walking the walk we picked up the couple of caches that we past on the way to that cache.Cache was soon spotted and signed.A nice spot along here with brilliant weather.Thanks Sallies TFTC.
Found this cache on our caching journey around Christchurch prior to making our way to Dunedin for the Mega.
After having walked the walk we stopped quickly here on our way back. The tide (and time) was not important anymore. Both container and logbook were in good condition. Nice addition to our walk! Thanks for placing this here!
I had walked by these during the even and subsequent wander to collect the Walk the Walk cache.. I was going to grab these then.. Anyway, got them for todays streak day. After discussing with the locals on if I could sign the cache or not, they decided I was worthy (whew - wouldn't want to kick Batman or Santas ass.... 
TFTC Sallies, the cache was found in good order 
Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 2 find(s) of 2 today, making this find #4624
TFTC Sallies, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 2 find(s) of 2 today, making this find #4624Checked up on this one today on the anniversary of its placement. Put in two mythical heros - Batman and Santa! Cache was in good condition.
Found on the way to Walk the Walk with seasoned cachers, easy to find. Really enjoyed the walk along the estuary while learning what this whole thing is about. Thanks Sallies for my first and second finds!
FITW angelic_kiwi
Few of us were heading to attempt walk the walk. This one was along the way, had no trouble in finding this one. Cache is all good here.. TFTC
Few of us were heading to attempt walk the walk. This one was along the way, had no trouble in finding this one. Cache is all good here.. TFTC
Really enjoyed coming here today, meeting other cachers and walking across the estuary. This cache was in good condition, thanks!!
Another nice stopping place, and spotted my first path tag ever. From here it was across the estuary to visit many crabs. Tftc!
Replaced broken container etc.with a brand new slightly smaller container. Everything good as gold now.
Out enjoying a crisp walk with great kite surfers entertaining us on way. Cache lid broken and log damp so wrote very gently. Thanks for bring us here and the cache Sallies.
Made a mark rather than sign as broken container. Left upside down to help drain. Needs new outer.
Nice quiet walk with noone arpund this morning. Quick find once at gz. Log is soaked and container broken. Taken photo to send to CO for proof
Didn’t sign, just took a photo cos it was really wet. Found on evening waterside walk with NeaveWilogby.
Found it with dad like always. But the cache was very broken, Some little spiders and beetles in the cache, the paper was very wet, hard to find a place to write. I think the cache need to be fixed or replaced. TFTC♡♡
Nice day for a walk and get in some caches at the same time. Added bonus today (all going well) I'm finally going to crack the big 1000 club. This is 1002. Cheers!
We walked the walk across the fun mud and stopped on our way back. After the water that's flowed through here was good to see this was here.
Trip log: When cheap flights presented the opportunity to go to NZ with GreyHams, who was keen to get the 5 2000 caches and the web cam I was of course very keen to tag along. I didn't want to miss out on that... Equally as keen for those caches myself and the first chance to get the passport out in a long time and head overseas while we could. Covid Happenings of course did put the trip in doubt and a last minute effort from GreyHams to get the flights changed and it was looking like this might actually happen... until I arrived I truly didn't think it would!
The cache list was quite simple, the 5 2000 caches and the webcams. Of course we did look at others as we travelled, types, DT, not chosen which were in abundunce and caches of quality, if your cache made our list it had a quality we needed. Many thanks for your cache that helped guide us along our way.
Certainly it was a memorable time, barefoot 500 plus metres across a mud estuary of shells and crabs was more fun than it should be. As was pushing through wet thick high flax or tall wet grass across to the caches. But the most memorable would be the fog, the thickest, most relentless fog but it provided some stunning scenery at times and was just crazy.
I loved seeing all the chinese takeaways that did fish and chips, the perfect hedges and a deserved shout out to Indian Zaika for its great food! Certainly with the fog and rain it was an interesting trip and we got quite drenched at times, it hid a lot that NZ has to offer but 'it's a caching trip' after all so it ticked all the right boxes and was very enjoyable regardless. Huge thanks to GreyHams for letting me tag along while he did all the planning, booking, driving and sending in the answers for the caches... as always!
Trip log: When cheap flights presented the opportunity to go to NZ with GreyHams, who was keen to get the 5 2000 caches and the web cam I was of course very keen to tag along. I didn't want to miss out on that... Equally as keen for those caches myself and the first chance to get the passport out in a long time and head overseas while we could. Covid Happenings of course did put the trip in doubt and a last minute effort from GreyHams to get the flights changed and it was looking like this might actually happen... until I arrived I truly didn't think it would!
The cache list was quite simple, the 5 2000 caches and the webcams. Of course we did look at others as we travelled, types, DT, not chosen which were in abundunce and caches of quality, if your cache made our list it had a quality we needed. Many thanks for your cache that helped guide us along our way.
Certainly it was a memorable time, barefoot 500 plus metres across a mud estuary of shells and crabs was more fun than it should be. As was pushing through wet thick high flax or tall wet grass across to the caches. But the most memorable would be the fog, the thickest, most relentless fog but it provided some stunning scenery at times and was just crazy.
I loved seeing all the chinese takeaways that did fish and chips, the perfect hedges and a deserved shout out to Indian Zaika for its great food! Certainly with the fog and rain it was an interesting trip and we got quite drenched at times, it hid a lot that NZ has to offer but 'it's a caching trip' after all so it ticked all the right boxes and was very enjoyable regardless. Huge thanks to GreyHams for letting me tag along while he did all the planning, booking, driving and sending in the answers for the caches... as always!
Nice and easy
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Trip log:
International travel!!...OMG it feels good. Grabbed some cheap flights and anxiously waited for some outbreak to derail the plan, but that amazingly didn't happen. Sure, I had to scramble and reroute our trip via Brisbane & Sydney as we were originally going through the plague pit...aka Melbourne, but we still made it.
Having done most of the North Island, it was good to finally have a crack at the South. 5 year 2000 caches and a webcam, thats a nice little haul. Sure, some of the year 2000 caches involved bush bashing....in the rain/fog/mist...but we got them all. We had lots of other little targets like getting all our types/sizes/DT, NZ in particular has so many 'Not Chosen' size caches, super rare back in Oz, so we made sure to get as many as possible. If you are reading this, its because this cache had a quality we were chasing.
As always, the Earthcaches and the Virtuals took us to some really cool places, the Steampunk HQ and the boulders being birthed at the beach being the highlights. My favourite cache though would have to be the one where we had to walk 500m over a mud flat, dodging shells and crabs with our bare feet.
This trip will be remembered as the 'fog trip' as we saw a lot of it, which meant we saw little else. Oh, that and how every Chinese takeaway also doubles as the fish & chip shop....its a thing!
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Trip log:
International travel!!...OMG it feels good. Grabbed some cheap flights and anxiously waited for some outbreak to derail the plan, but that amazingly didn't happen. Sure, I had to scramble and reroute our trip via Brisbane & Sydney as we were originally going through the plague pit...aka Melbourne, but we still made it.
Having done most of the North Island, it was good to finally have a crack at the South. 5 year 2000 caches and a webcam, thats a nice little haul. Sure, some of the year 2000 caches involved bush bashing....in the rain/fog/mist...but we got them all. We had lots of other little targets like getting all our types/sizes/DT, NZ in particular has so many 'Not Chosen' size caches, super rare back in Oz, so we made sure to get as many as possible. If you are reading this, its because this cache had a quality we were chasing.
As always, the Earthcaches and the Virtuals took us to some really cool places, the Steampunk HQ and the boulders being birthed at the beach being the highlights. My favourite cache though would have to be the one where we had to walk 500m over a mud flat, dodging shells and crabs with our bare feet.
This trip will be remembered as the 'fog trip' as we saw a lot of it, which meant we saw little else. Oh, that and how every Chinese takeaway also doubles as the fish & chip shop....its a thing!
Out biking today hoping to recuperate my new knee. Rode out here to check out the two caches on the track. This one was still in place but very little in terms of contents in the large container. I will come back with some more goodies, possibly on my bike again. Rodney.
TFTC Found at 7:13 PM
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Logged with cachly.
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Logged with cachly.
Back in the big city for a few days and on a mission to get some big numbers ..
Overlooked this on my first go around spotted it once I read the hint
Overlooked this on my first go around spotted it once I read the hint
Was a quick find and I will have to come back with some items for the cache as it is a pity to have such a lovely big container and nothing in it. I recently did the full walk through the reserve when I did the 360 Trail as part of the Breeze Walking Festival. We had to have an escort through the reserve for health and safety reasons.
Spoke too soon. Just as I logged a DNF a spied the RIGHT hint object. Doh! Well placed, my bad. Thanks to all cache owners for taking the time to place and maintain your caches. Team Broadbent (signed TB on micros). Find # 2191
Rodney had the afternoon to himself so drove around and checked out twelve of our caches. This one was okay once a new logbook and pencil had been inserted. All other material had been removed.
No pencil no paper. 2nd cache for Chch. Thank-you for the find. Found a nice feather to make into a pen.
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Major overthinking going on here! Ended up with wet feet while the cache was just there!! TFTC!!
My 100th cache. Great spot, and enjoyed depositing a trackable I found in the UK. Thanks!
First time I have walked along this track, must come back when my back is not hurting, so that I can enjoy it more! Nice easy find with a brand new log sheet. tftc
15:50
FITW GreenGoblinNZ
Lots and lots of Pukekos in the field! Never seen so many of them before!
Unfortunately, Smelly Toes has gotten this cache as well, as I didn't have any logsheet with me I just signed his page same as previous finders. He has made such effort even compiling a list of caches to target. And he leaves these hand written notes at every cache, it's really more effort than just finding a cache.
TFTC!
#5224
FITW GreenGoblinNZ
Lots and lots of Pukekos in the field! Never seen so many of them before!
Unfortunately, Smelly Toes has gotten this cache as well, as I didn't have any logsheet with me I just signed his page same as previous finders. He has made such effort even compiling a list of caches to target. And he leaves these hand written notes at every cache, it's really more effort than just finding a cache.
TFTC!
#5224
Have been meaning to come for a wander to try these ones for a long time. So when a group of up went to do "walk the Walk"- it was a perfect opportunity. Quickly found and logged. Thanks Sallies
