The Hub (Otago) Moa Creek, South Island, New Zealand
By erninz on 05-Jan-12. Waypoint GC3AJX1

Got it. Its right outside someones home, so sneaky sneaky

Thanks for the cache!! My first in NZ

Nice day for a roady

Nice wee spot

Cool church renovation. Tftc

Thanks for the cache!

31 December 2023 20:27 TFTC erninz for placing this cache, number 13220 for me. Staying (relatively) nearby, so checked the obvious place yesterday unsuccessfully. Managed to source a replacement container this morning, put it in situ while I was dropping off some recycling nearby. Tis now a blue m&m tube, with waterproof paper, hidden under a mat of grass clippings.

After spending a couple of days exploring Ranfurly it was time to head to Queenstown for the Gibbston Concert. Came through the Ida Valley to find this on my way. Nice quick find TFTC erninz

An early morning Boxing Day cache

I liked the sign outside of the old church. Thanks for taking me to this place.

Good hide long grass

Replaced the cache. Hope you don’t mind.

The local buildings and grounds are looking very tidy.

Hi
Brand new pole but still. Worth a detour

Making my way home getting caches along the way. TFTC

Found on 14/02/2021.

Getting back into caching after a bit of a slump...
A quick grab after an orienteering event.

TFTC erninz

Made the detour but muggles working nearby prevented me from looking for this one. Good to know there is more than a pub though! I will be back

Easy to find, although full of water with slimy treasures inside.

The cache wasn't quite where it should have been, possibly being moved when some work was done at GZ but it was found a couple of meters away. Apart from some water in the container which we tipped out, cache was fine. Hid back at hint item. tftc

Found on way back from Poolburn. Contents damp and logbook mouldy so couldn't sign. TFTC

Quick found for my wife. Thanks!

Exploring new ground, I’ve wanted to come up here for ages.
Found with Ice Diva
TftC

Beautiful morning for caching after the Gibbston Concert.....found with Conbatz TFTC!

Quick easy find. TFTC

A nice quick find today. Cheers.

And now it is time to head home. Today we started from Alexandra, and travelled through the Pig Root. Once we hit SH 1 No caching! (As there re none left)

Thanks to all CO's for placing and maintaining their caches. Cheers

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on day 7 of our extended Easter break. This is our last day in Central Otago before leaving for Dunedin tomorrow, so a trip to St Bathans was planned, via the scenic route of course . St Bathans visited, now to take the long way back to Clyde.
Heading for Moa Creek, had to stop for this cache. TFTC.

#17047. While parked we did see a vehicle emerge from one of the hub buildings. Quick find hrere. TFTC.

Found. Log book looks like it could do with replacing. It's gotten wet and mouldy.

Logbook very wet.

Found it. How much for the empty church? Tftc

While I had parked my snail shell in Ranfurly I needed to go to Alexandra for a few bits and pieces and on the way home I detoured a bit at Omakau.

On my way to Poolburn.

Cheers for the cache.

Another easy found on our way home from exploring the Hawkduns.

On way home from catching up with friends in Cromwell and had time to sign a few logs. A short detour and an easy find and on to the next one. TFTC

Thanks for the short detour down here to collect this cache. Quick easy find. The kids wanted to get out and play in the playground but had to carry onto Naseby. TFTC

found this while at rogain event ,cache very wet

Neat little hide. A bit wet this time around. Thanks

Thanks erninz, on way to Naseby for a geomission on the bikes today. Forecast 30 degrees, perfect.

Nice day out getting a few caches

Logged with GCDroid. This was the perfect park and grab. Slight detour on my way to Ranfurly and another calendar day ticked off. Noticed it has no Fav Points so I'll fix that. tftc

One of nine located today between Ranfurly, Naseby and Alexandra. Enjoyable drive through Ida Valley before reaching this spot. Straightforward find. #1460. TFTC.

Stopped here on a day's caching in the area north of Alexandra. A quick find here in the obvious place. Signed log, TFTC

As we stayed in Clyde, we decided to go out cache hunting in the Poolburn area. Lovely landscapes combined with good weather and excellent company made this day to our most wonderful first full cache day in New Zealand.
Readily found, happy there are no snakes in NZ.

Decided to head off to the St Bathans market day so now on way home caching as we go TFTC

Beautiful spot. T swapped out a toy so happy. TFTC.

Amazing! Yes, they do have everything you need here, don't they? Including long-drop toilets on the outside of the rugby clubrooms - always handy to know where toilets are - AND an honest-to-god old-fashioned REGULAR geocache! Well done ernienz!


[Central Otago Venues Poolburn - Moa Creek Community Hall](http://www.centralotagoarts.com/venues/view.14/)

Top end of the Ida Valley

Poolburn - Moa Creek Road, Poolburn, Central Otago (top end of the Ida Valley)

Facilities Main Hall (maximum capacity 150 persons), stage and side access, front wheel chair access, seating and tables available, men’s and women’s toilets and showers. Ideal for weddings, conferences, group tours, large meetings, meals, dances/balls etc.

Good sized caterer’s kitchen (2 ovens, 2 sinks, zip, microwave, generous bench space and storage) Supper room (used for meetings, local playgroup, sports clubs, school groups etc) Small Plunket room Well presented and maintained facility Adjacent to the hall supper room is a fenced BBQ area, 3 fenced, ashphalt tennis/netball courts and a cricket ground (artificial wicket). There is also a large grassed area for generous vehicle parking (ideal for campervan tours etc). A recently upgraded, fully fenced playground (2008).

Contact This rural community hall is managed by the Poolburn - Moa Creek Hall Committee. For enquiries or bookings please contact the Secretary - Bridget Hodge 03 447 4554 or the Chairperson Stu Nicolson 03 447 4282.

13.10: On the way from Wanaka to Naseby, following Mark Wilson's roadbook "4WD SOUTH" along the track "Omakau to St. Bathans". The hint left no doubts where we had to look here. Interesting place: desecrated church on one side of the road and the microwave as postbox on the other....

Weather: sun, cloudless sky, 20°C;
Wheelchair: no problem in general, help for grabbing required, trench along the road;
State: all good.

IN: little flashlight;
OUT: piece of jewelry (hand).

Thank you!
Oliver+Gabi

Easy find at a nice tranquil spot

Found it

Woo-hoo, another done in the cold wind.

Tftc. Easy find

Quick and easy find. TFTC!

Dropped a group of bikers off at Auropo on rail trail. Meeting them for lunch at Blacks Hotel. Good cache

Headed up to Poolburn dam for a bit of a drive and some caching ... used the hint for this one.
SL. Thanks for the hide erninz

Easy find TFTC

Caitlin! Great.

Staying in omakau for the weekend and today was the day for caching
Quick find didn't need my phone tftc

What a cool place! TFTC

Been here several times. A lunch stop or a place to overnight. Today it was a spot to unhitch the caravan and go for a drive to Poolburn.

Nice to find a decent sized cache. Found with Aoraki Sheep

A short detour off the main road and the co-ords were spot on for us. Found with debsnz

This was the last on our list for today and it was nice to be able to let the kids run and play. Nice easy find and great to tick it off.
Found with FluffyUnicorn02. TFTC

Out for the day and this was the last on our list. Good to stretch the legs. Quick easy find.
Found with coastalmartinis. TFTC

Love the history down these side roads. TFTC

First find today on route to the Poolburn Dam. Easy find. A very friendly 'postie' was wondering what we were up to so we enlightened him all about geocaching. Tftc.

One of my older sis's came along for the ride today and she remembers attending dances here about 50 odd years ago. Log book has a few odd scribbles in it so not a good place to leave travelers.

Really? There is more? Hmm.. Well, at least a cache, TFTC

Happy New Years Eve

Our first find in ages .. back in the game

Easy find

Quick find TFTC

Found by the Sherpa. TFTC

Looks a lovely community area. Quick find. TFTC

The earwigs are enjoying their nice, warm dry home too!!

Quickly found and logged, TFTC

Quickly found on another day out with camp mother! TFTC

TFTC

Great place.tftc

A quick park and grab today while we were in the area picking up a few caches. TFTC [^]

tftc great day out

Certainly all go here

Found at 3:28 PM
The hall would have been the focal point of the district in earlier times.

TFTC erninz

pipedream

A good spot for a cache

TFTC

Found with renelm. TFTC

Quiet place. Where is everyone?

Found at 11:19 - #2952 - with Alexesmann

TFTC

The sun has at last broken through and it is a lovely day up here on the Ida Valley. Glad we backtracked to this traditional cache site. Actually saw a police car so we are not alone. He didn't stop.

A quick find on our two day caching trip in the area. Hardly a soul in sight today, just the local policeman.

Nice to see the buildings still in use

Was a nice day to go out for a motorbike ride. So once the chores were done we donned our gear and rode out to Ophir for lunch. The lady proprietor advised us that there was a quilting exhibition at the Poolburn Hall. Low and behold there is a cache very close so we had to find that. Very easy to find and a nice large container.

We had lunch here.

Yay a real cache! Right size, interesting location. Nice change from all the micros around. TFTC!
Was a minute too slow leaving and got caught in a traffic jam - large flock of sheep being walked between paddocks.
Cheers,
G.
+ whistle
- tape measure

Great cache for Baby-Organist. Last cache in our trip. BO is getting very homesick.

A big setup here - one hopes their are enough locals to support it? Found a very decent sized cache,in good order, thanks erninz.

Found cache with Old Boots while in the area TFTC

A stunningly beautiful Autum day, far to good to work in the garden, so we had a trip to find some of the newer caches and try to get a few photos. Clearly the inhabitants of Pooleburn are way ahead of the rest of the world in their communications and can send letters by microwave.

Day out on the Dunstan...
Quick find. TFTC. SLB. TNLN.
Old Church...

A pretty quick find on the way up to Poolburn.

Nice spot TFTC

Found this one while on our annual South Island holiday from Whangamata

TFTC

Annie was glad to find the 'facilities' at the nearby community area - even though the cleanliness & decor left A LOT to the imagination. LOL!! The cache was a good quick find and very well stocked. Will make a little boy's day for some cacher. TFTC

Found it at 1:19 PM, our 1st of 7 finds today. Nice easy find and a good sized container. We are doing a cache run today to pick up the ones I was too busy playing host to find when we came through here a week ago.

TFTC, erninz!
Jim

A quick easy find near two deserted institutions this morning. TFTC