St. Matthews Courtenay (Canterbury) Halkett, South Island, New Zealand
By MollyChCh on 01-May-10. Waypoint GC27RWY

After collecting the information we eventually found the hide - bit of cache blindness I think!!Thanks for the multi.

While visiting the area, we decided to find caches while driving around. Cache found and log signed .TFTC

We are four ladies from Sweden on visit in New Zealand. We log as TULP (tigertassen, ursus67, lnganfans and pidjas). After arriveing very, very late we had some hours sleep and the started geocaching. We walked quite some time and it was really hot. After that we decided to do some caching by car. This was a really nice multi. A big thank you to CO for the cache.

Very nice little church We are four ladies from Sweden who are visiting Australia and New Zeeland We are logged as TULP This was one of the caches we found Thanks from Sweden

Four Swedish ladies driving around in NZ looking for caches. Here we found a lovely little church. We log as TULP. Thank you.

D var det dags fr lite ventyr. Resan gr till Sydney i Australien och sedan vidare till Christchurch och Dunedin p Nya Zeeland .P resan ker Tigertassen, jag sjlv, ursus67, Lnganfans och Pidjas, vilket gr att vi loggar under det gemensamma namnet "Tulp". Tanken r att vi innan vi ker hemt ska ha beskt ett Megaevent, Geo Toroa.Hlsningar frn Sverige, sdra Lappland Then it was time for a little adventure. The trip goes to Sydney in Australia and then on to Christchurch and Dunedin in New Zealand .On the trip are, Tigertassen, myself, ursus67, Lnganfans and Pidjas go, which means that we log under the common name "Tulp". The idea is that before we go home we should have visited a Megaevent, Geo Toroa. Greetings from Sweden, southern Lapland

I was out today doing some more of the nearby puzzle caches which brought me along here. Paused briefly to gather the necessary info before heading over to the final and a quick find here, great multi nice quiet spot, cheers

Enjoyed doing the multi on my drive out this way

I gathered the numbers when I was in the area at the start of April. I hadn't been able to find one answer and I couldn't get the others to end up anywhere sensible so left it. Turns out the GPS had the sentences written in an unclear way - it all made sense when I had a look on the computer once I was back home. It felt good to sign this off today on my way to round up some more Smurfs. TFTC # 22,464

Fund with Sally and collected trackable

TFTC. found with andyfreya. Nice easy puzzle to solve this time

Todays also a multi dot day, so after getting a nearby mint tin, I grabbed this on the way home. Definitely ready for bed, it's late... or early, depending on how you look at things. I had sorted the coords on a previous trip, and soon after arriving, had a cache in hand. TFTC MollyChCh, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 2 find(s) of 2 today, making this find #4386

A lovely little church, enjoyed having a look around here and finding the cache. Thanks!!

One of the last stops on our outing today to collect half of the Spelling Challenge caches and a handful of Fresh Breath solves.

We couldn't resist stopping at this beautiful little church to do the multi cache.
We collected the required info, I worked out the coords and angelic_kiwi made the find.
Teamwork!

Thanks for showing me this lovely spot

What a lovely church and graveyard! I left a travel bug in the cache that I found in Aussie. Found with LittleTan and AngelicKiwi who did all of the work.

Nice little puzzle after collectinf the eclipse series. Tftmc

After caching between Christchurch and Springfield yesterday, today, I started caching in and around Springfield and then found a few more on my way back to Christchurch. Nice multi and my last cache today. TFTC, Biggles.

Out on my bike find as many Fresh Breath caches as I can. This cute wee church happened to be on my route. A fun Multi and a quick find at the final. TFTC

In the area getting some caches. A nice place. Deduced one figure. Thanks

Couldn't find digit in Waypoint two, but took an educated guess, and found it.

A lovely day out with Boyd. Enjoyed this multi although we couldn't find D but still found the cache.

Returning to the area to knock a few more of the AFB series off... The weather isn't co-operating but sure I will get some more crossed of the to find list... Thanks for the cache, Found all the necessary information as the rain arrived, quickly signed the cache and dashed back tot he car. all good here

Found with Juju54, having an awesome 2 days caching doing the ECLIPSE series - TFTC

A nice wander around here with Campmotherandken after staying the night nearby. Found after working out the numbers and all good! TFTC

Logged as part of team DAAWK tftc

A road trip in to uncharted territory so why not .
Loaded up the cache mobile and headed up the road and let's see what fun adventures awaite us.
Today we continue our adventures and head towards our targets for the day .
Now we need fresh breath so we need eclipse and I think more than one .
Nice old church with great history Glad it still been kept in good order.
A nice but cool day let's go .
With Annielin and Abbykitt and wombat4 and kncn
Signed as DAAWK

Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching.

Life is short. Live one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!!
Thanks for the hide
tftc

Time today to freshen up with the Eclipse series.sunny but chilly wind out today. Stopped here to touch base with the team, and then had time to walk this down. Lovely Church,beautifully kept gardens.
Logged as team DAAWK.
Downsouthinv, Abbykitt, AnnieLin Wombats4 and KNCN

On a trip to Christchurch for labour weekend.
Nice cemetery
Logged in a term DAAWK.
Abbykity, Annielin,downsouthinv, wombats, KNCN.
Tftc

On a Labour Day Weekend trip for us southerners to nab the Smurf and Eclipse Series plus a few more.
Yesterday was a mammoth day finding all but 2 of the Smurf Series, totally exhausted but why not try for thie Eclipse Series today! Series done and dusted so finding other random ones along the way.
Logs signed as Team DAAWK our group of cachers.
(DownsouthInv, AnnieLin, Abbykitt, Wombats_4, KNCN)
Wandered round this nice wee area, wind was icy today brrr. Sorted the numbers for the final and found quickly, cache all good
tftc for this one

We went on a mission today to collect 40 caches in the Eclipse series, and at least 50 overall in one afternoon. We stopped at the church to do the multi en route, stretching our legs a bit more. At WP2 plants are growing in front of the plaque but it we still spotted what we needed. The cache itself was quickly found. This was our find #9 for the day. TFTC!

Down in Christchurch with the Squirrel, ABCDF4 and eyespyben. During Covid lockdown, we solved a load of puzzles and decided that this would be a good time to visit. We've enjoyed a few days of good weather and seeing the Canterbury countryside. The caches have been in varying states - some good, some not so much. Our time here has been a blast, and we'd like to thank all COs who have made this adventure possible. Thank you and TFTC.

After puzzle solving in the Canterbury region we were invited to join Fap (from Fap & Gap) and Squirrel Nutcase to a week long caching adventure in the Canterbury area. With flights and accommodation booked were off, all met up in ChCh. and many hard dusty Kms travelled and many caches found, I think the Squirrel has said it all in his brief. Many thanks for the placements and Cos for bringin us to the very pleasant areas we travelled in to your region.

After puzzle solving in the Canterbury region along with ABCDF4 we were invited to join Fap (from Fap & Gap) and Squirrel Nutcase to a week long caching adventure in the Canterbury area. With flights and accommodation booked were off, all met up in ChCh. and many hard dusty Kms travelled and many caches found, I think the Squirrel has said it all in his brief. Many thanks for the placements and Cos for bringin us to the very pleasant areas we travelled in to your region.

With ABCDF4, eyespyben, and Gap (of Fap and Gap). Logging all finds as Team HRP (Huntly, Rotorua, Papamoa - Our hometowns)... During Covid-19 lockdown, we solved a truck load of puzzles around Christchurch - Canterbury region. No use thrashing the old grey matter for no cause - We decided we should make good on this handiwork...

There are lots of interesting trails and geoart surrounding Christchurch. What you aren’t told is how far flung some of these caches actually are. Some before-hand advice would have been great, so here are some of my notes... You’re welcome!

1. Mobile coverage is patchy, especially in those quiet, rural areas where it was most needed. Saving caches to offline might show that you are prepared and organised...
2. There are many dusty metal roads on the trails. The car will get messy, and your hair will feel like cardboard at the end of the day...
3. Suitable clothing and footwear are essential. You will climb in and out of hedges, gorse, and other rough stuff. You might get scratched, cut to shreds, and bleed a lot. It’s not advised to wear your brand new jacket on the day...
4. Take lots of food and drink. You’ll probably be head down, tail up and not realise you haven’t eaten until late afternoon. There are very few shops or gas stations out there...
5. Make sure that you secure keys and wallet and know where these are placed for easy retrieval. A full box of pens might be useful too, especially if you’re inclined to free some into the wild...
6. Know the difference between left and right, and north, south, east, and west. Turning right and heading north will not get you to South Christchurch quickly.
7. Look with girl’s eyes rather than boys eyes... Some caches haven’t been found in a while and you might have to get down on your knees to pray.
8. Always be prepared for misleading hints. This is what turns simple caches into D5/T5 hides... “Head height” could mean the cache is positioned at your toes.
9. Have a sense of humour and like the people you go caching with. It’s going to be a very long day, and you might want to hurt someone during the journey...
10. Make sure you can operate your phone/device and it doesn’t crash when you most need it...
11. Learn to cut and paste logs because you’re going to repeat this function so often when logging all of your finds.
12. Above all else, have fun and be kind...

A very interesting multi to complete in daylight hours. One of us struggled to find information at one of the waypoints. It certainly pays sometimes to cache as a team... A huge thank you to all the cache owners and their helpers for placing and maintaining these hides. Thanks MollyChCh and TFTC.

Enjoyed visiting this cemetery - was hoping to find some ancestors - even though they lived in this area . None of my Canterbury forebears are buried here
Meant to take a photo as it is rather picturesque
Over this way finding part of the eclipse series
TFTC

Day 3 in Christchurch for the long weekend with the crew from Dunedin and South land. On the list for the day of finds to find. Found with KJR, Natalie247, CJ-Curry.. TFTC

With no Mega in sight for the weekend, a bunch of Otago and Southland cachers invaded Christchurch this weekend. Today I cached with Gadget169, K.J.R, and natalie247 to blitz our way through a bunch of caches in and around western Christchurch. Apologies for the C&P logs but I'll never catch up otherwise!

It didn't take the four of us long at all to crunch the numbers here, splitting up into groups certainly helped. We ran into a little snag when we got the final coordinates, then my itch for a little bit of physical activity began again and I got a different perspective - netting us the cache. Cheers!

In Christchurch for the long weekend with some of the crew from Otago and Southland. Today was spent targeting the eclipse and smurf series with Gadget169, Natalie247 and CJ-Curry.
This was a fun wee multi we found along the way and between the 4 of us it didn't take long at all to get the numbers and then CJ-Curry did the honours of retrieving the cache TFTC

In Christchurch for the Otago/Southland raid on Christchurch... as there is no Mega this labour weekend we decided to make our own mini Epic event. Jumped in a car with a few others from Dunedin (Gadget169, KJR and CJ-Curry) and tried to finish the Eclipse series today and also find all of the smurfs....but picked a few more on the way.

Thank you for the cache and laying on great weather.... well the wind meant we had to chase the bags and log paper down the road a few times.


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After over half an hour of not getting the correct coords and ending up down the road and accidently finding another cache we just went searching for a post around the church area with a cache nearby. About an hour after arriving Mr SAS found the said post. Glad to "Find" on our second attempt.

Out to do some of our first ever Geo Art on the Fresh Breath series and a few trad's and this multi. We enjoyed the puzzle and walking around here. It is great how our new hobby takes us to interesting places we never knew about. Thanks for this multi, bringing us here and the cache MollyChCh.

Warfi did the hard wok for this one. Once we figured out the info we soon had cache in hand. Thanks for the fun.

Out and about doing some of the eclipse series- and thought we would have a go at this one. Misunderstood some of the info-collection at first, then re-read the instructions and got the right numbers- then it was a quick find. Thanks for the fun

For my personal challenge of working towards getting my calendar on GC.COM to be at least the same shade of green or darker I need to sign off at least 5 caches today. I won't grumble if I find one or two more. These Ahhh! Fresh Breath ones fit the bill nicely. I just hope I can stop when I fulfill the day's requirement.

I had trouble in locating the numbers to calculat D but with a bit of geocaching sense I found the cache.

Cheers for the cache.

**This was 1 of 15 caches that was found by me on the 1st of 19 days in New Zealand.**
**Which also was the 54th of 75 days that my travels thru southeast Asia and Oceania would last.**

This got to be the first found multi for me in New Zealand. And also the 7th cache type for the day.

*During 19 days I traveled from Christchurch to Auckland in an SUV, that i also slept in during most of the nights. 5.956 km of driving did it take to visit the 351 caches that I have marked as found in c:geo.*

*Earthcaches was my main focus during the stay. And I manage to visit 106 of them. So New Zealand is right now the only country where earthcaches are my most found cache type .*

Answers to earthcaches and virtuals did I send in via Message Center close after the visit, or when this log is written in March 2019.

As I came down the road from my mint-tastic journey I spotted what could only be a Geocacher practicing the art. As I pulle dup alongside we struck up a aconversation and it was nice to meet the Canterbury Kiwi Numad - hello to you. Swapped a few words and then on our separate ways, though I did pass her again shortly afterwards as I went for another cache in my day. Added name to this Multi and off I went.

Ahhh here we go then, onto the trail. T F T series g7+M
Day 3 of our 4-day Canterbury trip and a day I hoped to get across the line for the hidden creatures souvenir thingy. Twas a mighty day for cache finds, treble figures all up and plenty of solved puzzles converted into smiley faces and reforming the Geo-art that they began life as. A ton-load of Gracie+Mum caches too and still time to head back to Riccarton to meet some of the Canterbury cachers for their event before finally tracking down my spend-happy family who'd been going around the Mall for hours followed by a bus trip to town (for them).
Dropped off my girls at 0945 and picked up again just after 5 PM so not a bad effort particularly as I had to drive quite a distance out West Melton way before I found my first cache of the day. The weather continued from yesterdays beaut day and I had plenty of sun to contend with - awesome and warm too with just a slight chill in the air. Following around in the recent footsteps of ricardinho.nz and Rosmar as well as Igotit whose name was in many logbooks from yesterday.
The day also involved meeting up with another cacher, the other Kiwi Nomad who was just replacing a Multi as I came alongside which saved me a few moments and I was able to help out with a frustrating Puzzle solution so some good reciprocal trading for all. I managed all of the Eclipse series except for 2 logged DNFs. I'd spent a little while the evening before plotting my optimum route to try and avoid travelling the same road twice and for the most part this was achieved whilst snaffling Eclipse mint tins.
I too have a slowly growing collection of this handy cache-sized 'container' which are not to everyone's taste (excuse the pun) I started on them after giving up smoking a few years ago now and still buy the occasional tin whilst friends also sometimes give me theirs.
I even had time to make a start on the smurf series after a drive out that way and stopped off in Darfield for some much needed sustenance after spending all day hoping to pass a dairy somewhere - I didn't!
Apologies in advance for the cut and paste logs - I will add extras at the top where something stood out or happened I have some basic notes somewhere.
And thanks to all the Canterbury (and West Coast) cachers for their hides - Nice one all.

First there was the challenge, the MGSc challenge or to be more specific to find and log at least 75 finds in a single calendar month. The time frame set was by the end of the year. So the descision was made that the Ahhh series would be the perfect solution. Getting The Hidden Creatures souvenirs at the same time would be icing on the cake.

The big question was what was the best way to navigate around the 70+ solved Ahhh caches so as to cover the least amount of distance. Remembering I have only once found that many caches in one day and have never come close to that number when caching by myself. So then the next question had always been would I stop and hunt for that one mulit in the middle of them all. There was no answer to the first question and so there certainly wasn't any decision made regarding would I do that cache or not.

Well this is a found log so you know I did decide in the end to walk around and complete it. Waypoint two was the hardest to find with the vegetation hiding it. Even waypoint three was quick and easy to spot. It really stood out at least for me.

I had come across another cachers signature on quite a few of the caches I visited today so I wasn't that surprised when he muggled me at the final for this cache. We stood and chatted, signed the logbook before heading our separate ways. Him happy to have a multi done so quickly and me with coordinates for a cache which was driving myself and three boys crazy the two or three times I had attempted to solve it.

Really nice well maintaned church, thanks for getting me to stop and look around and the smilie.

15:19
FITW GreenMenace
Got 11 Fresh Breath series caches to rack up points for the Planetary Pursuit, and before heading back to town stopped to check out this small church and graveyard. Nice and calm place.
I wonder why are some of the gravestones so different and standing out from the others. Most seem to follow this white theme but then there are the few "black sheep".

TFTC!
#5973

Beautiful little church. Really enjoyed the puzzle.

Diverted from the Ahhh! Fresh Breath series to do this one. What a lovely little church. Shame it was locked as I would have liked to see inside. Worked out the co-ords and then it was a quick find at GZ. Thank-you MollyChCh for placing this cache for our enjoyment.
Out caching with Will of the Wisp on our “Round the World in 80 Days” trip to celebrate retirement. Signing logs with our names or initials depending on space. Greetings from England, TFTC.

Thanks for the hide. Very cute church

Planetary Pursuit is on The Seagnoids radar so we are off to Christchurch for the weekend, with Zara and Toby, to snag some caches and Planetary Pursuit points.
Hey we have been past here before. I queried if there was a cache here. The Seagnoid checks out his tecky thing and yes there is. There are not many Fresh Breath left to tag and its still morning so time to divert to others along our journey. Enjoyed wandering around this church to capture the info. Snagged and tagged and on our way again. Cheers

An incorrect solve and re-solve on the road side of one of the eclipse series and suddenly we are here again. Saw this earlier - there must be a cache here. Dump the GPS, which only has solved puzzles and get out the phone. Yep, of course there is. And as we are ahead of time, plenty of time to divert off our planned agenda for a tour of the church grounds.

The Planetary Pursuit promotion is just the thing to get me off the couch and go visit Christchurch to make a dent in the gazillions of solved puzzles I have there. I need 500 points by the end of Easter at 5 points each for most caches, and 15 points per puzzle cache. So the Eclipse series of puzzle caches it is. When I told Taybeedragon my plans she assumed she was coming along, and that means Zara and Toby as well, which certainly makes things easier. By the end of the weekend we have found about 95 caches and have over 1000 points, enough to get to to Eris (a planet bigger than Pluto and about twice as far out. If they are going to call Pluto a planet then Eris is definitely one!)).
Over Easter I expect to get another 1000 points...

Out with Max doing some other eclipse mint series did a quick wander around the church what a lovely place managed to get all the details for the final Max win and grab the final and we added some swag.
Thank you for bringing me to this area MollyChCh and for placing and maintaining St. Matthews Courtenay (Canterbury) geocache, from Mr Cuddly Brick Found on this awesome day the 18 March 2018, sweet cache number # 1941 view and subscribe to Mr Cuddly Bricks Geocaching adventures channel at
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We have also found this cache during our Tour.
A nice and easy find whilst our for a walk.
Thank you for the cache
Team sissifalke

Found while out doing the Fresh Breath series. A lovely wee church.

Came down this way from the North for the Oamaru Geofest, and decided to add a few more days to the weekend trip and turn it into a bit of a Mega mission, starting 5pm on Wednesday 18th and finishing 3pm Monday 23rd! Teaming up with Cats&Dragons for the first 24 hours then with Iammrwalker joining the team for the remainder.
Just a few of the stats for the trip were:
- 700 caches found, including 270+ puzzles (thanks to the Christchurch Geoart)
- 3300 km's driven, using over 500L of fuel $$$
- Just over 20 hours of sleep (about 4 per day on average), and about 100 hours of caching time.
Certainly a Mega Trip!

Day 2: More Christchurch Geoart was the order of business, with the Eclipse, Smurfs and Geocaching Glossary series the main goal before heading to the airport to pick up Iammrwalker this afternoon and heading over Arthur's Pass for the CANZ West Coast cache and finishing with the "Know when to Hold em" pick up 52 series.

After a few hours sleep, it was straight back into it. It does help when you park up and sleep mid trail!!

A big thanks to the CO's for the hides and especially the CO for the Geoart as I can only image the effort involved for setting these up. Sorry about the cut and past logs, but that seems to happen with cache runs of this size!

Struggled big time with this multi and spent a fair bit of time working it all out. Somehow we messed it up big time but a bit of persistence we straigtened out all our errors (I'm blaming the few hours sleep) and found the cache.

The start of the Oamaru Geofest trip in the company of HKCB (and in 24 hours iammrwalker) for a bit of a road trip
My trip stats were as follows: 617 caches (214 Puzzles), 3300kms, 500 litres of Petrol, 21 hours sleep, 100+hours caching time. THe weather was wonderful and apart from about a 6hour period on the sunday we had fine weather all the way and feel that we made a bit of a hole in the region.

Firstly thanks to all the CO's that put in the effort to to set up these caches and to all the CO's whose caches we did not find this trip, well we are already planning our next trip.
We worked hard at getting specific caches (especially the Geo Art around christchurch and hence our concentration on this area for the preliminary 24 hours. So after a couple of running repairs to the rental vehicle (fuses not working) we were off knowing that all ports could be charged and that sleep was for the weak.

Sorry about the copy and paste logs but that is what tends to happen with a number run of this size.
Its now the start of a new day after all of two hors sleep and before we collect iammrwalker from the aiport.
Thank you for the placement, thank you for the cache

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In the area today doing the eclipse puzzle trail so why not grab a traditional or two and of course a multi along the way such a beautiful area and excellent parking very enjoyable indeed. Found the multi cache signed the log and placed it back exactly as we found it. Thank you for placing a multi cache here. We are heading off later to the Omaru Geofest soon and hoping to make the first event, should be a lot of fun and looking forward to meeting new geocachers and cachers we have already meet. A great time for general geocaching chit chat. tftc

Replaced the bag, cache still in good shape and ready to go.

WP2 took a bit of spotting but the numbers worked out perfectly tftc

A great reason to stretch the legs and have a wee wander between the park and grabs. Quick find where all good at GZ.

Thanks for another smilie

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Thanks to the Cache Owner who has gone to the trouble of creating this cache, determining the coordinates and then averaging them to make sure they are accurate, placing the cache and registering it online for our enjoyment. Without Cache Owners doing their bit, there wouldn't be a fun hobby that we all love - so again a big THANK YOU. For our bit, all we need to do is find and log the cache that was carefully placed for our personal enjoyment. As we log it we should consider that the Cache Owner also needs to maintain it - when the log sheet fills up, they must replace it. When the container becomes full of water, they need to empty it. When the container is broken, they need to repair it. When it goes missing they need to find or replace it. Well..... the great news is we can do our bit too - make sure your log doesn't take an entire page - just a name and date. If full of water, empty and dry the cache as best as possible. Be careful when handling the cache and make sure you replace it where you found it. If it has a bag, seal it. Just remember - the Cache Owner showed respect to you by placing the cache - please respect them and fellow cachers that follow you by being careful with the cache. And if you have a spare log sheet and the cache you are at needs one, please leave it behind. Finally, if the cache does need maintenance, please let the Cache Owner know - you can log a Maintenance Log or you can drop a line to the Cache Owner. Above all - have fun and remember the Geocaching Code.

Enjoyed the area, a lovely spot. Solved the puzzle easily and a good sized cache to find! TFTC

Cache soon found rather by chance as WP2 coords were too variable to be of help. Lovely cosy-looking church which was a pleasure to see. Cache very like our Church Micro series which has expanded all over the UK in a few years. Log signed The Devon Two or TDT to save log space and time. Many thanks.
Travelling around the world with Dartmoor Deliverer to help her celebrate taking early retirement!

NB Dont forget our Devon UK Mega 2017 this August in the beautiful East Devon area of our county. UK Megas are over one week full of events and geocaching - a wonderful way to enjoy our county!

Out with Red Roaming as we make our way across the globe, as I have taken early retirement and this is my 'Reward!!' to myself. Logs signed with initials of TDT (The Devon Two) to save space and time. What a lovely little church. this multi is just like one of our 'Church Micro' series we have back in the UK. MTFTC soon found at GZ and RR retrieved

Tftc

A lovely little church in the country. As we were a bit early for Sunday services (it was Wednesday) so we wandered the cemetery and made the find. Found with debsnz

We were collecting the Eclipse series and as this was 'on our way' we stopped to have a look around and gather the required information. Calculations made and our co-ords proved to be spot on. Found with AorakiSheep.

On a Sunday mint mission. Good to add a multi in the mix nice quick find tftc

Begins our holiday in NZ in Christchurch, we came from Italy to find our son who lives there for two years.
Long trip, but surprisingly we arrived there very tired, almost two days and two nights without sleep, but it took just 24 hours we got used to the new day.
Having been to Akaroa and Kaukoura, today we decide to take the trail AHHH FRESH BREATH,
The very beautiful landscape even though today in the morning there was no rain.
on route we stop for this cache, We found the steps we do our homework and we insert the final, short walk and we find the treasure.
place just nice
Greetings from Italy
Eccoci finalmente in niuziland e dai e dai ci siamo veramente, appena arrivati capiamo che sarà dura, cena di qua invito di la, andiamo a vedere questo e quest'altro.
Dopo essere stati ad Akaroa e Kaukoura, oggi decidiamo di compiere il trail AHHH FRESH BREATH,, sul percorso ci fermiamo per questa cache, mattinata di pioggia, il paesaggio tipico del paese, pecore a non finire ed estensioni di grano e pascoli, ci siamo divertiti.
Lasciamo un attimo il trail per dedicarci a questa multi, bella chiesina con cimitero incorporato, in quattro giorni abbiamo già visto tre cimiteri, c'è solo l'imbarazzo della scelta!!!
Troviamo gli step facciamo i compiti e poche decine di metri ecco il tesoro
TFTC

Set aside the day for the eclipse series and this was on the way. Had a blast and experienced all those great typical kiwi rural summertime activities, sheep being moved along the road, cows being moved along the roads, irrigation watering the paddocks as well as the road, old fashioned hay scything and bushel stacking, industrial hay baling, seed crop harvesting (peas), farm workers having a brew up, farm workers having a beer, being buzzed by angry magpies, white faced herons fishing in irrigation races. Thank you for your time and effort in creating and placing and maintaining these caches.

Whilst completing P I decided to have a go at this one. WP1 and 3 were easy. Never figured WP2 but simple deduction worked and voila there was the cache. Thanks for the stop off here.

Found this cache as part of Team KFNZ **"Epic Christchurch Puzzle Collection Weekend"** - the aim being to sign off on various puzzle trails in the area including "Ah Fresh Breath", "Metal Mania" and "GoG" and pick up stray caches in between. The weather was perfect for this adventure and we enjoyed a packed geocaching lunch from Mother KFNZ. Thanks to all the great puzzle setters in the region - it makes for a great winter project and fun and fast finding.

Despite protests from the non-multi loving team member we stopped to take a tour of this tiny cemetery, got ourselves a little tangled up with what we were suppose to find at WP2 but managed to make the find anyway ...

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A bit of fun running around with the kids - always interesting learning about these wee places. TFTC

Found all safe and secure TFTC

Cemetery multis are my favourite kind of cache Out collecting a few puzzles I worked out while off work sick but picking up a few others along the way. TFTC

Out doing the Ahhh! Fresh Breath series with 2Wombles and ADV. It would've been rude not to stop for any others along the way
A straightforward multi with an easy find at the end.
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I'm not usually a big fan of caches in cemetaries, but thankfully this one was completed with no issued. No problems locating the cache at the final GZ either. Thanks for the multi

**Cache find number 2418**

Spent a fun day caching with Paddle Chick, found lots of awesome caches, thanks to all the CO's

Nice easy multi. TFTC

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What a beautiful spot and obviously well cared for. Walked around the churchyard and found the required numbers then the cache was a quick find. TFTC.

TFTC - great way to spend time out in a beautiful autumn Canterbury day with the kids on school holiday.

A nice wee multi while we were doing the nearby eclipse series. TFTC!

We got a little bit confused trying to answer this multi but we went with what we had and found the cache. A neat little church and cemetery, and it had the biggest headstone I've ever seen. Tftc.

Out for the day with two experienced geocachers Purdiepurdie and KotukuSI. We managed to avoid the church service and enjoyed the walk around the grounds. The cache was nicely located. A lovely part of the countryside.
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TFTC. Easter Friday was the day for a caching adventure with KotukuSI and Peter007. We planned a civilised jaunt to gather up a few smurfs and anything else that took our fancy.
Great fun and lots of laughs were had as we went this way and that treasure hunting.
It was a highlight to find this cache today as I first looked for it in my early caching days and was defeated. Such a lovely location and sensitively placed GZ.
We signed the logs p2k.
Thanks MollyChCh for placing the cache.

We got there in the end - after a recheck of the numbers. Nice!

Out and about with Pagenz, we can't resist churchyard multis and this one was great. TFTC

Nice wee multi

A good wee stroll around

I love doing multis. TFTC.

My kind of multi

Nice wee multi l like these one that don't take to long. All good. TFTH

In the area collecting owls, so this became a compulsory stop. Cute church in the middle of nowhere. two of the three WP's were easy, the other took a bit more looking to spot. Once tha was found the final was easily nabbed while Mr TS and Threesharpe had fun smashing the ice on the roadside. What a beautiful morning to be out this way.

Thank goodness it wasn't as icy as yesterday. It meant that I felt more comfortable driving on country roads So I decided to do a maintenance run and find this cache. It was a nice multi that I took way longer than I should have to find the cache.

07/06/2015 4:02:00 PM
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Mum was up for a few days, so naturally, what do we do, but go caching.
Needing to find a place where we can go caching, which is where I can also find more than just one cache as it's far enough away.

We were gonna go to the Port Hills sort of area, but then realised we would be pushing it for time... So decided against. And ended up deciding to come here instead. This is semi close enough to justify coming here for a cache a day, but very very borderline, and with all these horses, I don't think there is so much need for it!!

Last one for the day. We ended up finding all the plaques, but got a bit confused about what C and D equaled. Eventually we got some coords that matched the description, and made the find!!

Consec caching day # 945

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After a good afternoon caching in the area, we decided to finish here for the day and go sort dinner and things. We had to run around a little more than needed as we got confused with some of the letters... Got there at the end and went to get the final TFTC!!!

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A nice multi on a lovely day. M made a sandwich while I wondered around doing the numbers. Had trouble finding D but I guessed as there was only one number it could be. I have had this one on our radar for ages and today is the day.

Excellent cache! Found on a chilly evening but well worth the effort!

First find of the day. Had to return to log the cache as there was a mob of sheep coming down the road. TFTC