Pip's pit stop (Canterbury) Birdlings Flat, South Island, New Zealand
By richbritty and graemey on 21-Feb-10. Waypoint GC24AGQ

As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Pretty sure we were looking in the right place.

will replace as soon as i get out that way

Nothing around; but the concrete face is there!

A quick look, but no cache. The funny rock is still ontop of the post!

Three of us could not find this one, but there was a cast funny face sitting on the post.Did not want to smash it open so left it there.

I see there has been a few dnf's recently - I will drop in on this one and sort it out over the next week, cheers richbritty (cache owner)

We spent a good 15 minutes searching in a 10m radius and didn't find anything. Had a good bike ride though.

DNF for us!

Believe we knew where this one should have been but it appears to be missing.

One team member managed to get a slight "shock" - but soldiered on for the rest of the day!

No luck despite quite some searching...This one might be gone.

Good spot for a container, the parking space should be enough for a few cachers at once. There was not much traffic around today and we found it quickly. Thanks.

Kerstin + Lenz

Quick easy drive by on my way back from a weekend "over the hill" . Amazing the number of cyclists on the road. Thanks for the hide.

Quick Find.

Quick find in the sunshine during our drive from Akaroa to Christchurch.

[green]TFTC FBBHaegar[/green]
[orange][size=1]#7.272 - 09:20[/size][/orange]

Passersby wondered what we were doing but pretending to be peeing over fence like tourist further along fence line was... Tftc, good spot for a breather.

Short hunt. TFTC, Ka.oT

Quick grab on the drive back into town, lovely day!

ZH & Blondie invade NZ 2012!

Our 18th find, 8th of day 3

Quick fins before continuing our journey

TFTC

Day 21 of our caching holiday for the MEGA tour of the South Island of NZ. Leaving Akaroa heading for Christchurch today.

Seriously you could not predict this......

Mrs Felix was sent to fetch the cache and sign the log, her turn.....

Off she set with a GPSr that had been more than recalcitrant this morning. Cache located but unable to retrieve (dodgy knees) so she sat down on the bank and fetched the cache and signed the log.

Hmmm thinking of taking a photo for Mr Felix and would you believe a TRUCK pulled up alongside.

So the truckie pulled up to take a phone call and Mrs Felix startled to say the least sprang up beside him, not sure who was more surprised !! Middle of nowhere and muggled!


TFTC richbritty and graemey

Found while heading around to Akaroa, TFTC

During our 22 day trip in new zealnd we have found a daily bunch of caches

We have done all of them with the four belgians - fieldi, team cabdriver, fonduvork and me.

Thanks for all the great places we have been visiting during this caching trip!

Bospad

thanks!

great place for our last day of caching....

Vandaag onze laatste dag in NZ
Onderweg nog enkele caches meegenomen
TFTC
Fieldi

Our Cab drove by ....

Last day from our FANTASTIC 22 tour thru NEw Zealand !

Thank you & HAPPY caching !

Koen - Team Cabdriver
Hasselt - Belgium

Quick and easy roadside. Did with Mycro Man on our NZ MEGA 2012 South Island Trip

Did with CrystalFairy

Day 11 of our campervan tour of New Zealand with Angel, Teachermom and Hynr. Today we started in Rakaia, took a drive out to Akaroa, and ended the day in Christchurch. We had a great time and saw lots of beautiful sights.

Thanks richbritty for hiding this cache.

Found as part of Team Spinner during our Great New Zealand Mega and other Adventures. TFTC

Traveling as Team Spinner in our campervan after attending the Mega Event in Dunedin. At this point we are heading back north. Today we spent the day out on the Banks Peninsula. TFTC

A quick pit stop on our way from Dunedin to Akaroa after the Mega Event. TFTC.

Geocaching on our way to Akaroa. Beaut day for it. Nice quick find as Gary drove right to GZ, using the vehicle to hide us from passing muggles. TFTC

Nice one, took me a little longer than it should have the GPS for some reason was a bit sluggish or was it me!! TFTC

Found with Schatzsuche on or New Zealand MEGA EVENT Trip. Yep a quick pit stop and we were off again

TFTC
Cheers & Happy Hunting
Southern Cross Caching

Found on the way to NZ MEGA. A quick pit stop
TFTC
SS

1512nd cache found by WazzaAndWenches.

Waz and the Wenches are caching from ChCh to Akaroa today.

First stop for the day and a quick and easy find not quite where we expected as we approached. A short walk from where we pulled up.

Thanks richbritty

Quick find during our way to akaroa.tftc

TFTC

First find of the afternoon en route to local CANZ. Great day for a drive out this way.

4686. Doing the Little River Rail Trail today (by mountain bike) so did a few caches nearby. Easy find. Thanks for the cache. Iris and Rodney.

Cool cache. I liked seeing the big rocks that had fallen down. D

An early morning drive from Christchurch had me in Little River just on sunrise, then spent the morning finding geocaches on the way back home. This cache was number 8 of 13 for today, found nice and simply. TFTC (785)

Quick find, Thks

Quick find, although very close to prying eyes from the highway.

Found it with Les_Premos.
TFTC

#13

Found on our way to Akaroa on the scenic route from Lyttelton. That a nice tour ! It was an easy find> Merci pour la cache - Thanks for the cache !

Found it on my way to Akaroa.. TFTC. Greetings from Denmark

Manage to dodge the police muggle, TFTC

Last for the day. [|)] got this one in before it got dark TFTC

There were some bikers stopped, just far enough away that I could do my business without worrying about them. They were intent on fixing something.

quick find

Nice quick drive by tftc

A quick and easy find TFTC

Dont think this is set up as the owner intended - dont think we got the full effect - will contact CO LGM

Could have been my last one in NZ, leaving tomorrow Thanks for that one, not to hard to find

found it but had to use fence hopping to get it. surprised a sheep hadnt nibbled it due to it being out in the open. replaced it by te post.

Couldn't find this one. But found the rock.

searched with 2 others and came up with NADA/ZERO/ZIP!
found the random hand made clay thingy tho... but as for the cache DNF

Out in the area with an old scouting friend. Sadly we didn't find Pip's resting spot, only the random pottery that the last cacher also found.

Couldn't locate this one but did spot the unusual piece of man made art!

Made my way across the busy road and found not the cache but some form of hand made pottery.
erninz

This was a speed drive by - poor Pip.

Second find - nice quick one. Nice use of the natural fauna!

Easy pick-up!
TFTC

Short stop for another cache. TFTC

Decided to finally get out and ride the Little River Rail Trail today, especially as there was an exhibition at the Little River gallery that we wanted to see. Took a wayside stop to retrieve this cache. TFTC

This was my next stop on the way to Akaroa. It took me a while to spot it - it had "moved" somewhat from GZ. Some good stretching and I soon had the cache in hand. It is in good condition. TFTC richbritty

Picked up on the way to cache-out Akaroa. Gorgeous day. TFTC.

11:25 Replaced log. TFTC

This was an easy find but it needs a new log sheet.

#517: Family Pit Stop.


My GeoFamily and I stopped by here on our way to Akaroa on this beautiful September day. GeoSpouse and GeoYoungling #3 made the find. Lots of muggle critters were watching, but they didn't seem to be too distracted from their eating of pasture goodies. Seems like a nice rail trail nearby too. I hope we can try it out too.


SL/TFTC!

I was impressed by the camo stone

Cheers and thanks
S.t.!

Interesting camo and a nice quick find.
TFTC

Sheldon enjoyed making noises that he thought the "creature" holding the cache might make. Found with Trev and Rich. TFTC. TNLNSL

A nice quick night time find. The supplemental log is getting pretty full!. Thanks

Quickly found on the way passed. Thanks for placing the cache....funky 'rock' holding the cache in place....

A nice stretch of the legs while biking the rail trail.

TFTC

Last find for the day just as the sun was setting. TFTC.

easy find, busy spot!

Quick find. TFTC.

Found in the dark. Just as well I had the torch app for the BB

TFTC

Quick find on way past. Thanks

Quick grab on the way home to Christchurch. Thanks.

TFTC

Another interesting stop on our road trip through the SI. TFTC

placed African bead
enclosed temporary log, no pencil
Geocoin taken.

thanks for the cache

Cache needs new log and pencil.

TFTC. A great find on a busy road. Just where you would hope it to be. Best wishes to Pip.Note there is no pencil in the cache and also needs new log.

We were heading to birdlings flat to go prospecting so did this one on the way.Thanks.

Yeah found it after the second stop, placed the clay thing back on it.

Small and the paper seemed quite wet - a bit hairy crossing the road to it. TFTC

You really do need to urgently sort out the log book

Log Book Needs To Be Changed

Thank you for this smiley driveby.

Quick find on our strip south. Needs maintenance!

A chance to take a break! Thanks...

Found with Mporokosa. TFTC

Nice to stop where one might not normally stop if just to appreciate the desolation of the spot. Easy find, but a bit exposed.

Nice to stop where one might not normally stop if just to appreciate the desolation of the spot. Easy find, but a bit exposed.