Tiger (Central Otago) Chatto Creek, South Island, New Zealand
By Onslow Fisherman on 09-Dec-11. Waypoint GC38YMW

On the trail today and stopped to get this one and man was I in for a shock, I had to go up there and climb over the barbed wire fence without catching myself then cross the road and attempt to locate gz and what would you know there it was just waiting to be signed and then I had to rewind myself to get back to my two wheeled cache mobile and head north for Lauder.Thanks for the placement and the smiley. Oh yes I didn't get caught on the barbed fence both ways

Quick easy roadside find TFTC

Tricky place

With easter weekend upon us we decided to do a quick trip to Otago so we could ride the rail trail bike track. This has been on our bucket list for a very long time and so we decided last week that we would pack up the campervan and come and do it. I had decided to start in Alex and follow the rail trail up to Clyde then bike the river track back to Alex then on to Lauder.GK clambered up to go and find this one from the rail trail, not sure that my legs really wanted to climb up there so I stayed and looked after the bikes. Really enjoying the trail so farThanks for placing this cache and thank you for the smiley

13/2/24 watch the road

If i had read the description properlly, it would have been an easier find. Was searching along the road for a while when i decided to have another read and then it clicked. Tftc

Day 1 of the rail trail. Bit of a scramble from the trail, but still a welcome break from the cycle up the hill. Found after a bit of searching. Tftc

Bit of an adventure & scramble but got there in the end.

Tftc search a while but found it. Thanks.

Quick find! Not the safest area to have it as quite close to road.

Nice quick find, TFTC!!

TFTC

Nope

Found after 5 minutes of searching, but in the first place I looked.
Thanks to the late Onslow Fisherman, and now Sonya and Dean.

A quick find once I read the description again. All good with the cache. Thanks.

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A quick park an grab.

Parked down the road a bit and walked back.

Found it but tree had been cut down. Box in open sound tree trunk

On a weekend with Mr&MrsFSo this morning we were up and away, and as of not been here before, really enjoying the new scenery.

Out on a trip down memory lane for DSI and a first time visit for AnnieLin. We had a lot of fun and laughter and slips along with learning more about our local area history. Great day had by all
TFTC CO

Tiger hill I have driven past here so many times as I worked for s local ag contractors and I been past here in day light and darkness driven tractor and trucks up the hill it quite a drag from chatto creek in a truck or tractor but loved every day or night so to come back though here to day bought back so many
Memories and I miss this area and hope to be back Liveing in the area one day .
Thanks for the Memories

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

Quick park n grab.

I have driven past this cache 7 times in the last 4 days so I was determined to stop on my 8th passing and sign it out of my unfound cache list. Mission accomplished. TFTC Jim.

Found with Tokerau . #800 yay

Over the barrier but not over the fence.

glad to get to the top. chance for a breather. bit nasty getting over fence to get to gz.

Having left the snail shell back in Alexandra I came out in my cachemobile to locate and sign a few of the caches up side and back roads. Visited some interesting places and saw some great sights.

Have to be careful parking and retrieving the cache.

Cheers for the cache.

Nice

Quick find

Found with Cympull after a bit of a scramble

Found with Fisha1288
TFTC

Managed to park off the road and made a quick find here. Tftc

Visiting from Auckland. Cycling the Otago Central Rail Trail. Rode from Omakau to Clyde. Sent son up to find this so I could gain some time on the family cycling. Didn't take too long. TFTC.

Dropped the dog off so stopped for this quick one close by. Tftc

Day one of four on the ORT and our leg from Clyde to Omakau...

Nearing our destination now so was happy for a straightforward find, albeit a little further up and along that I'd anticipated.

I found the hill which gives this cache its name rather odd, but our driver who brought us back to Clyde explained it was due to an early settler who, when he first saw the hill bathed in sunlight, remarked it was 'like the hills in India where he'd previously hunted tigers'

Thanks Onslow Fisherman
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Day 1 on the Otago Rail Trail from Clyde to Omakau. It was a bit of a Scramble up and over the fence to reach this one from the rail trail.

Guwapo and Papa out biking a section of the rail trail. Not sure it's a 1.5 terrain from the trail. Bit of a scramble up the bank and over the fence. Once in the right place a quick find. Salamat!

TFTC great hide and nice spot

From Chatto Creek end easier to get off the rail trail to find this cache. Cache quickly found, signed and replaced as found. Another great day to be walking the trail. TFTC

Found with KNCN on a fun caching afternoon. Not an easy place to park on roadside.. yep twas 'sticky'!! cache all good thankyou to whoever is maintaining cache tftc

an afternoon geocaching, this was very 'sticky' an easy find cache all good tftc

TFTC

Quick climb up from the trail.
TFTC!
#749

Found, on a road trip via Middlemarch, Ranfurly, Alexandra and Milton. Thanks for the cache.

We have been through here so many times but always had traffic around us so could never stop safely, however today was our day!!! No traffic, could safely stop and cache was quickly found. So pleased to have a smiley here at last!!!

Well that wasn't where I expected it would be. Lucky I found a safe place to park. Good hide. Tftc

Day 1. In central Otago to bike the world famous Otago rail trail with family. I would highly recommend doing this ride to everyone we had a fantastic time. We didn't collect all the caches along the way but I think we will be back one day to sign the rest. Five days off stunning views tunnels, viaducts, and all the history as well. Thank you for all the caches we did find along the trail it has been a most interesting journey. That was a killer of a climb after lunch at Chatto Creek but that's the steepest bite over and done with

Nice little spot. I remember biking near here many years ago. Tftc!

An absolute killer of a climb up the hill, I had the triple combo of sore legs, head wind and an incline - I almost began to accept death at some points! Reaching the top of the hill with a forced caching break was great, and we soon bounded (well, crawled) up to grab this one. I was initially thinking it was elsewhere based on something colorful and stripey I saw cycling up, but that was more a coincidence than anything else. Signed cached and then slowly got back on the bike - tftc!

On the rail trail a week ago and could not find ...well didnt look real hard ..it was blowing a gale ..
Today was better road trip to Queens town ...soon found and signed thanks for the cache

We tried to look for this on the rail trail but we had endured head winds all day torture. Today we parked and ran up to gz. So wasn't expecting it to be there!!Thanks for the placement Onslow fisherman

Thanks! Great reward at the top of a windy hill.

Walked along the road, so busy with poor visibility, do take care
Cache found with ease thanks

Our fifth & final find tonight on our second last day of our holiday, TFTC!!

Out for a roadie with vz1pp, tftc

TFTC watch traffic

Been the transport support person for family cycling the rail trail I took off for a cycle ride from the Omakau camp ground while the others packed up the car.

Been meaning to do this for a while but didn’t fancy stopping on road. So doing section of rail trail from here to. Alex

First cache of a rail trail day of caching

Have driven past this one many times but struggled to find somewhere safe to park. On the bike today so perfect opportunity to get this one finally. Tftc

Woke up in my stone cottage Airbnb in Ocean Grove to find that it had yet again rained overnight. But the dawn was crisp and clear so another day to look forward to with dry shoes and socks. If it carries on like this, I would have packed extra shoes and my wet weather gear for nothing. But I’m not complaining, I’m utterly sick of all the rain we have had over winter in the Manawatu.

Heading from Dunedin through the Pig Root to Alexandra for the day. Very excited, I did spend a lot of time driving this route when I lived in Oamaru and it is one of my favourite parts of the country.

Another quick find here and I can get on my way. Time to start thinking about heading to my final destination of the day. TFTC

Thank you! Girls enjoyed a little swap...

In the area for the first time as a geocacher. Made a point of getting this one as kind of a nostalgic souvenir of the windy climb up Tiger Hill when I biked the trail 10 years ago. TFTC.

Heading back home over the Pigroot so stopped here to take in the views. Nice quick find. TFTC

rustynz tells me I need to catch up with all my logging

This was when we were in the South Island, doing the Otago cycle rail trail.

Sorry for the generic logs. But thank you to all the CO for the hides and the maintenance on all your caches.

With rebel98 and muggles cycling to Ophir from Clyde. A bit of a scramble up the hill, then over the fence to get to GZ. Thankfully did not take to long to find, and a well stocked cache full of swag. Thanks for the hide and the history

Went hunting with Maggiemae3. Good cache

Stopped here on a day's caching in the area north of Alexandra. Good accurate coordinates made for an instant find in the only likely spot. Signed log, TFTC

Three catchers plus three muggles spent four weeks in New Zealand and so we browsed along our way. Tree days bike trip Central Otago lead us tu this cache. TFTC

9th and last on Day 1 of the Rail Trail Clyde to Omakau. Hot day and over Tiger Hill, let me tell you. TFTC

A wee stop on the Rail Trail thought I'd see if a cache was nearby bingo Cheers for the smile

Quick find although didn't enjoy walking by the main road!!

Was hidden I plain site! Covered it up when I put it back

Nice spot

A nice hide at a historic highpoint.

Look out for the mangled possum nearby. A little above GL. Nice to get a bigger cache on this trip.

opps forgot one tb. great visit to your cache

TFTC

Tftc. Picked up a cute tb

Good to get off the bike seat to find this.

Busy road, great hide TFTC

Great hide!!

A straightforward find while cycling the Otago Central Rail Trail. The cache was pretty much at the coordinates, but I found the hint to be of no help at all.
Thank you Sonya and Deane for this cache.

Tftc - on a trip to visit my father - time to find a few caches

Another cache on the Rail Trail many thanks

TFTC!!!

Got back on the bikes after a warming lunch and happy to be back on the trail. At least I'm not getting sunburnt. TFTC.

Too easy to find. Re hidden well by Mstr 10.

Parked about 300m away as the GPS was acting u buy fond it fast enough tftc #roadtrip15

Found on the geocache road trip with nzanz. tftc

Well have an opp on my shoulder about 4 weeks ago and still got about 4 weeks to go before I'm back at work so I thought I would come visit some friends in Cromwell for a few days so was a great time to find a few caches. I spent 2 weeks up here getting a few caches but good things come to an end and I had to come home. So this was the first of many for the day on the way home. I couldn't see the Tiger but I am told it is there. TFTC ☺

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Quick find. Thanks for the cache.

Found while riding rail trail. Next stop lauder.