A Chalmer of a Track (Dunedin, Otago) Mt Cargill, South Island, New Zealand
By daywalk on 20-Nov-11. Waypoint GC37V3E

Thanks daywalk for placing caches up here. I really enjoyed a walk up here today. The container was an easy find once I wondered down to the grassy area. They have a cut a track in closer to rock face. Sat down here to figure the final for the exodus cache further along the trail.

I am enjoying my walk. Thanks for taking me here. All good with the cache.

Nice spot on a sunny day, lots of bird life

Found after walking up from cedar creek reservoir with RubydooplusC - TFTC

A quick find once we made our way up to GZ, never would have known the reservoir was here!! Log book getting a bit damp. TFTC

This side maybe a Chalmer. I came up this way and dropped down the other side.

I have no idea what the track down the steep face looks like because I lost it almost immediealty after the trig so I bush bashed my way almost the entire way. Found the track with about 150m to go. Bush bashing down a steep hill is easy but you do have to very careful not to loose your balance when you do break through. No blood but my legs have about 2 million small scratches. And the soles of both shoes have started to detach; shoe-goo to the rescue.

Tricky climb down from Mt Kettle but made it ok. Sounds of Bellbirds keeping me company. Sweating buckets as I stopped to sign the log. Now see if I can get to the lake or have to go back up.

Checking while passing. Wasn't hidden as it should have been -- have hung it up again so it will be seen more easily.

Woke up this morning and read the 11th commandment - Thou shalt go geocaching. Well if Moses says so we better follow so headed off to Exodus and collected this cache on the way. Not sure I picked the best day to do this. Set out at 6am with light rain from Sawyers Bay. The initial tracks were fine but the last part was like walking in a small stream. Gradually got more wet and cold. Thankfully found this one quickly which is more then can be said for Exodus. Got back at 8:30 for a much needed hot shower. Thanks for the smiley.

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On a geo mission with BCD heading back up Mt Cutten and also Mt Martin and Mt Kettle. Top of our list was The Gross Challenge close by which we had a DNF back in September last year and great to see some new caches in the area. A lovely winters day and a fun trek around the hills getting some caches...not a breath of wind but a bit cooler getting to this one and still a bit of frost and ice along the way. Very glad for my new walking stick (thanks BCD) and certainly got a good breaking in today! This was our last for the day as had to get back to town for a birthday celebration but we will be back again soon for a couple more close by TFTC daywalk

Another day caching around dunnas with kjr...
Revisiting mt cutten after last years dnf on the gross challenge.. and ticking off the rest in the area hopefully...
Last one for the day as we were running out of time..still frost on the ground and very muddy at the top...cache was a quick find..tftc....

Awsome track. Arrrrrgh ️

Out with Frame Family and geohusbands this afternoon. First obstacle for us was finding the road access!! After finding Da Cedar we tried finding the track access to this. We spent a lot of time searching for the track. We decided we were defeated and started walking back down the road. Then spotted the track (which our four legged friend tried going up on our way up the road). Enjoyed the trek up hill through the forest and Frame Family found the cache easily enough at the top. Tftc

Needed to get out for a walk and thought this one might do the trick, also up near a puzzle cache we had solved for a while. So off Kerynz and I went with the geohusbands. We took a bit of time trying to find the road to walk in as it wasn’t on any online map. Then walked past the correct path in and spent a bit of time completely confused thinking we were near the spot. On the way out feeling defeated we found a path and sure enough it was the right one. Early find with the hint. TFTC!

Re enabled because of the move to Level 2. Stay safe; be kind.

New Zealand is under Level 4 lockdown from today for at least a month, because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

I am disabling all my caches for the meantime to remind people that we MUST break the chain of infection.

Covid-19 is now being spread within the community, person to person. We know that the virus will remain on surfaces like metal and plastic for up to 4 days.

We have only one chance to stop the Covid-19 virus spreading further. This is to BREAK the chain of infection by keeping each household separated completely. During this time each of us MUST keep isolated and only share with the people in our own household.

The best advice is to act as though you are infected... which you might be. We know there are cases in Dunedin... I might be infected and so might you.

If you touch a cache container, you will leave viruses on the plastic, logbook and pen. Those will remain infectious for up to 4 days. Suppose some other person finds the cache tomorrow. They are likely to pick up those viruses and will get infected.

Playground equipment is out of bounds for exactly that reason- touching surfaces can spread infection.

Each of us has to do our bit to save lives. If the Covid-19 virus spreads, a lot of us will die. Maybe your grandmother, or my friend who has just had a bone-marrow transplant.

Stay home, stay safe, let's get to the other side of the pandemic before we go geocaching again.

"Good weather for ducks" is a comment I've heard quite a few times during the past few days. Not all that surprising, given that it has been raining more or less continuously for the whole week. But you know what? The comment is correct! I've seen several ducks around this area today, and without exception they all seemed to have a jolly good old time. #GoDucks.
Or were they geese? They might have been geese. They seemed to be rather big to be ducks, they seemed to have unducklike colourings on their plumage, and instead of going "quack, quack" they insisted on going "squawk, squawk". Quite loudly, too, less than impressed with my presence as they seemed to be.
I took a picture of them. Yes I did. There's two in the picture, if you can see them you'll go in the draw to be selected to have a chance to win a share of a chocolate fish (if your number matches the winning number). Mind you, it was a bit foggy.
The 'Chalmer of a Track' prize was located without too much trouble. Everything perfectly OK with this cache, I do appreciate the method by which this cache is ensured to remain un-flooded. It's a little thing, but it really makes a difference; +1 for the CO.

Promptly after finding this cache, the GZ was evacuated. The withdrawal prologued a migration to higher grounds. Not a retreat, nor a retirement or egression, but a flight to furtheronlocated fortune. At least, that was what the writings on the wall gospelled.
Alas, it was not to be, as the path illuminated by orange stars tied to treetops and twigs abruptly terminated in the middle of an area with dense treegrowth. I did try to venture further into the woods to see if I could spot some orange markers further on. The trees (?), saplings (?), forest (?) (forest? [forest.](http://youtube.com/watch?v=r54jwZvtJck) ) was so dense however that I nearly lost track of the original markers marking the track I just came from. Twice. Not wanting to get lost up here in this weather, and meanwhile having become dripping wet from head to toe and top to bottom, the vision and longing of a bowl with steaming warm pumpkin soup quickly gained momentum. Nempe et si ignoravi mecum erit ignorantia me. Walking across a sea didn't happen in one day either. Not with the shoes they were wearing in those days, anyway.

In hindsight, should I have gone to the right and follow the muddy track (suitable footwear highly recommended), instead of going to the left and follow the orange markers? Hrmm. In any case, here is a [song](https://vimeo.com/89120512) apt for the day. Thank you for providing the opportunity to find this cache. It was a good day.

Thanks easy find but I had read the hint.
Have finally managed another walk up here at the weekend. Out with Andrew and Logan. Last time we only spent time around the reservoir.
Going overseas at the end of the year so everyone’s out walking trying to get fit.

Checked on way past, since this cache should be easy to find. The dead tree/log shown in the photo has partly collapsed since last visit, but it's still a landmark once you're in the right area. Phew, there's the cache, where it should be but totally camouflaged. Have left it exposed, so it should be visible once you part the ferns and look in. Will adjust hint so it's more explicit.

Everything seemed to align here but we weren't able to find the cache despite a prolonged search. The coordinates took us to an area matching the description and seemed fairly insistent about a particular hint object. Confident it was the right type of object but feel that the hint was one of those which will make sense when you see the cache, but beyond me to figure it out! We worked our way around, under, over and deeper into the bush but no luck today. We carried on up to the trig which was a pretty spectacular view so well worth coming up here

I'm from Norway, escaping the cold winter and travelling around New Zealand for 7 weeks, using geocaching as my tourguide. Already back in Norway I realized that I would love Dunedin, looking at the different hiking-challenges in the area and all the old caches. Unfortunately I am getting close to the end of my travels, so I don't have as much time as I hoped for. I was originally planning to have 2 full days here, but quickly realized that it wasn't enough. I managed to squeeze in 2 more days, skipping some other plans I had, which I don't regret. I had an amazing time in Dunedin, doing lots of hiking and the weather was good all the time. Dunedin truly is a geocachers paradise.

Today I started my day walking up Mt Kettle and the Mihiwaka Trig. Then I continued over to the Pyramids and did the circuit there. On the way to the Pyramids I got my adrenalin-fix, crossing over to the islet in Papanui Inlet on low tide. I finished my day watching the beautiful views in the evening-sun at the top of Harbour Cone.

About this cache:
It truly was a nice walk getting here, no bushbashing, just a nice, good and open trail. The cache was quickly found on good coordinates. Another great container from daywalk with lots of swags inside. Tftc

With the nearby "Exodus" as my main goal today and with this one on the way there was no excuse not to look for it. All nice and dry inside.

Out with the tramping group of the Wednesday Walkers while the walking group swanned around Port Chalmers drinking coffee and visiting the library. Our ultimate goal was Mihiwaka, but i_gotit and I raced on ahead while daywalk was busy doing some track maintenance. I picked the wrong end of the hint object, so I soon heard i_gotit's joyful cry. Nice to find a good-sized container (nice and dry, too) and stuffed with goodies to boot. This would be a good one to hook to use to hook your kids onto caching.

TNLN. TFTC.

Having just got See da cedar we thought we would have a bit of a look for this one as well. The dog loved racing around the long grass while the parental unit and myself had a look around. Didn't take too long to find. Great area for a ramble. Tftc

Back down to the skid site and onwards to this one. Went right past it and had to backtrack over the bog again when I realised. Still, it was chalming.

I found getting into the cache a bit of a chore. But it was managed and the logbook was signed replaced. Thanks

Track up through the pines from Cedar Farm road is in excellent condition, and so's the cache.

What a hard log this one was. Went straight up the track to Mihiwaka, lost it around a large bluff so went cross country. Decided the effort was not worth the prize. On the way back down came across some goats that could be why there seems to be so many false tracks. Found the track again so up we go. Easy going along top and found the cache. Lost track on the return journey. Gorse and big rock scramble getting hotter now. Came across a climber taking a break gave me some directions as he disappeared over the edge. Still could not find my way. The old dog starting to need a hand up all the rocks. Change of plans back up and head over to the Reservoir for some water and then down the forest road and back to the car. Great views. tfhc #1121

Ok so I was ever so slightly helped by Daywalk - thank you

Visiting with plumbtart, enjoying the fine weather. All good. A few small trees over the track though the forestry, but easy to step around.

Glad to have a dry day to nab this cache. As the previous log noted, the start of the tract took some casting around to find but someone has put a wee cairn to mark the spot.

Entrance of track not clearly marked but when using directions easy enough to find.

Down from the kettle to this one assuming it was on top of the bluff that jrb5050 had previously visited but realised that we had long passed the cache but seems as it was a really nice day it was worth the walk,quickly found with jrb5050 TFTC

Clever cache with the charm bracelet. Thanks for the cache.

Took a while to get to this cache but managed to quickly spot it.
TFTC

What a charming cache! Had to wade through the long wet grass but that did not really matter as we were completely soaked by now from the previous part of the adventure

Found at 9:12:00 a.m. on 17/02/2013.

Out for a walk on a cool Sunday morning. An easy stroll and nicely dry underfoot. Continuing on to the top of Mihiwaka.

TFTC daywalk

Great walk, bit misty by the cache, so didn't walk further, maybe next time we will go to the top and see the great views.

TFTC

A warm, humid day made for a reasonably hot walk but we could see the fog starting to roll in so didn't linger long on the top. Enjoyed our ramble around an area I hadn't been to. Found with Aoraki Sheep.

Really nice once out of the trees and the views start to beckon you on. Co-ords are spot on and it really is worth the extra effort for the view from the top. Found with debsnz

Despite a rather discouraging forecast the day dawned fine but with a chilly wind. I decided to stick to the plans I had made for the day. Drove out to Port Chambers-Purakaunui Rd, I parked at the gate and headed up Cedar Farm Road. Following the instructions in the excellent 'Dunedin Tracks and Trails' book I turned off at the forestry skid road, having missed the track turn off I indulged in a bit of bush bashing to find the track I was after. The cache was found after a short search. I then carried on up to the Mihiwaka Trig to enjoy the stunning views. Dumped into a local couple at the trig who gave me some additional track information for my next target Mt Kettle. Made it back to the car just before the weather took a turn for the worse. A Ramble if ever there was one. TNLN SL TFTC

What a Chalmer of a cache! This was signed in during Tufty's and my 4hr 15m, 6 geocache ramble up the Cedar Farm Rd this morning. Thanks for the cache.

After climbing both Mt Cutten and Mt Kettle it was the turn for Chalmer to be Mounted (Oooopps, that doesn't sound right but never mind, you know what I mean). BaldEd and I both grinned over the cache container - very pretty.

Cheers for the cache.

Photo is a bit of a giveaway:). Nice views on a fine cool day. TNLN. HOTA

I took advantage of the unexpectedly warm and sunny afternoon for this pleasant wander. There was even a dry place to sit provided.[^] There were a few little pockets of snow still lying in some of the shady places, and nearing closer to the trig, the track became such a wet and sloppy place, I turned back. The track was very well marked, thanks. I came across some lovely velvety fungi right in the middle of the track, so that was a bonus. Photo to follow.

After making our way up the hill, the cache was a quick easy find, and sitting on the log beside the cache was the Weta TB which Guwapo thought he had lost, so we rescued that. TFTC

- Weta TB

Went up for this one after coming down from another of the COs in the area.
The track was a bit 'spongy' in areas but it was easy enough to avoid the wet and the path was obvious enough so no worries.
Found the bejazzled cache in short order and left a Rudyard Kipling bookmark. TN.SL.
TFTC

The first of the trifecta this afternoon. The weather couldn't have been better, with great company I set of on the start of another ramble towards the Ramblers Reward Challenge. Met Woody104 on the way in so after a quick catch up he joined up with us to complete the trek and the trifecta for me.
I don't know where the cache gets its' name but it must be after the location not the track!. Well rewarded trek with a good sized full container.
Thanks
erninz

Lost TB - I picked up the Where's Weta http://coord.info/TB4NZZ5 TB from this cache. Unfortunately it escaped my pack on the journey to the Mihiwaka trig and back, or up the southern track to Mt Kettle and down the eastern ridge. If you happen to be in the area looking for this or one of the other caches I'd be grateful if you could keep an eye out for a wandering Weta. Salamat.

Papa was in the area today looking for some good photograph spots. Sadly the fog took away all the good shots, Quick find. Took TB. Salamat!

Very misty so no view. Enjoyable walk still.

Nice wee wander in the fog back up here.-Bitsprayer

Went for another walk up the track this morning to a new cache. It was pretty windy and misty on the top today. Cache quickly found and back to the car within the hour. TFTC

Awesome hike up. Coming up from the backside was definitely the way to go, it's a great hike through the pine forest, then popping out into the grassy meadows up top. Track became very wet & swampy immediately after the cache. Beautiful day up there, cheers.

Found fairly easily, on a REAL WINDY day. Excellent directions.

My choice of device means its easier to upload photos separate to tb dips...

Photo is of the setting sun just after leaving GZ.

Didn't get an alert for this one so only picked up its existence today...decided that a post tea effort would be fruitful so stowed the bike and made off for the FTF attempt. Given the late afternoon pickup in the weatherI didn't hold out much hope of getting there first. Took about 30 min to get to and find the cache by biking then walking via the reservoir road. Scrub absolutely saturated and had a spot of deja vu: getting totally soaked wearing the exact same outfit on an FTF attempt doing sunshine on leith a couple of weeks ago. GZ was a great spot in the late evening sun - the purkinje effect was just coming into play and with the left over humidity there was a great interplay of vivid green around me and smoky yellow towards the setting sun. Back down to the car park in less than 10 minutes (not counting a brief pine cone foray) the bike well and truly paying off on the downward journey. Tftc! + custom fridge magnet and muggle card - nothing.

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