From Carpets to Shops (Canterbury) Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By looking4thebroc on 28-Jan-12. Waypoint GC3BF5Z

Appears to be missing.

Think this may have once been the cache....?

Nice quick find. TFTC

At long last I have finally decided to log this cache, I found it way back on Sunday 5th April 2015 on our way home from Akaroa, took advantage of the New World being closed so no muggles around

Didn't find. Will try again later

Hard find where is the prizes

found it no easy to spot

Didn't find, clue would be helpful

Hint please? Searched for ages.

Had to search for this cache-nearly gave up-but eventually found it with Richbritty and grandson. TFTC-Nice Hide

Had looked for his one in the dark a while ago.... got it this time with Graemey. TFTC

great little hide, felt well exposed. lots of smiling at muggles, happy to eventually find it and sign TFTC

Had a quick look but too many muggles around

I remember looking for this one when we were newbie cachers and not getting anywhere. Three years experience later and it was found immediately. I struck it lucky with a lack of pedestrian or driving muggles too. Yay! TFTC.

17:03
Just a quick grab after work. As I stood there and did the **clerical** logging procedure, a car made a honk. I turned, and seems that it was a geocacher who was telling me something out of the window of her car but I have to admit that I didn't catch anything she tried to say to me because of the surrounding car engine noises. Maybe it was Jude_E?
Just smile and wave, boys; just smile and wave... [:o)]

Thanks for the cache!
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Way easier than I thought. In fact, duh! So pleased to have found it at last. Tftc

Second decent look at night. Elusive.

Had a look in the dark but could not find

Neat wee hide

Couple of hours to spare before an appointment in this part of the city so a perfect time to collect a few smiley faces. TFTC

No luck in the dark.

Quick find with SJT_NZ, bit of a challenge with muggers.

Although visitors to Chch, when TregearP and I are here, this seems to be a place we regularly come to - not in the least because it's one of the few places in Chch you can get Over the Moon cheese which is a favourite of LottieTree.

We weren't buying that today, but checked the GPSr in the car park and noted the cache approx 90m away. A quick search and came up trumps with a nice new log sheet following the previous Maint Req.

All in good order, TNLNSL, TFTC.

Easy find, log is full! TFTC

Had a hunt around. Too many muggles

Too many muggles around

Needs new log book TFTC

You feel a bit of an idiot inspecting an area in a car park!! Eyes down for a smiley!! TFTC - - Clever.

Found eventually

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Last hunt for the day, but unfortunately I didn't feel safe with the geo-kids on the corner, so I'll come back without them on our next trip from Wellington.

After doing some of the Smurfs series, Nosynel needed to food shopping. I mentioned that I hadn't found this cache yet and she said I should do it today. A sneaky hide but a good place for it! Thank you!

Got it.

Found a convenient spot to park and followed the GPS pointer to GZ. Didn't take long to spot this little guy once I got into it.
SL TFTC

My final cache find on our holiday to New zealand and it was a wet rainy miserable day so I didn't make the 50 finds I had hoped for only 3 of not bad going.We had a wonderful holiday and loved finding all the creative caches.Thanks for the cache looking4thebroc

Nice shot will

Another great find with Just-Lookin, while around the Christchurch area for the Mega.
Thanks for adding to the enjoyment of this trip.

SL TFTC

Having a great time while heading towards the Christchurch Mega with tmann421.

Really enjoying the area.

TFTC

Not quite sure whether this is really aimed at students, but who knows. We made harder work then necessary, but finally found the little cache. Impressive to see the dust clouds coming from the nearby building site. And how fitting to have a retirement home close to Uni... Thanks for the cache.

Found. Went in confidently and quickly checked a couple of likely spots and bingo! TFTC.

Dropped off littlest cacher at chipmunks for a birthday party an headed off for a quick cache or 2. Thanks for the great hide here TFTC

Nice ready find. Tftc

Walked here with a few friends in the dark. Thanks

Westburn guides found this challenging geocache on the 10/8/15 and enjoyed ourselves a lot!! Thank you very much for placing this! It was great fun! -Westburn guides

Found it before attracting too much attention thankfully

At last, εὑρήκαμεν! This cache has eluded us because of the location which makes one feel horrible indiscreet and exposed. However, going in the dark, we found it within a minute and signed the log, sitting comfortably on a bench near the windows of the supermarket. TFTC

TFTC

Out and about with Pagenz on a caching weekend and this was a nice easy place to stop. Nice quick find after getting the right angle. TFTC

The mission was getting into the carpark as we approached the area from the back rather than the front. cache soon in hand. T4tc

Felt a bit weird with all the cars going in and out. Only spent about 10 minutes looking then gave up. A clue would be nice.

Had looked for this before with no luck was back in the area picking up my daughter and a capsicum and a cache so it seems. Had a bit of a heads up with it. Sneaky wee hide. Cheers for the cache.

Thought today would be a good day to avoid muggles with the shops being closed today. Was rather surprised how many people were turning up expecting the Supermarket to be open. TFTC

Second try for this elusive cache and still no luck. Very hard to be discreet here with all the cars stopping before exiting the parking lot.

Thanks for the cache

Finally found this, luckily wasn't too busy and didn't get too many weird looks from cars. TFTC

Got a few weird looks from cars and passers by but found it =) Thanks for the cache

Felt horribly exposed. Did not get really into it.

I got very lucky with this one and managed to put my hand on in the very first place I looked. TFTC. Cheers Bo

could not find maybe sun light in eyes

I have searched numerous times for this wee blighter. This time I had a little guidance from a friend. Hmmm. My hand had been so close to it in the past. Got you this time! My last find today.

Nice easy find on night time cycle ride. TFTC

Today I rode my bicycle through Christchurch. I was able to discover many beautiful spots and find geocaches. Thank you to each of the owners for the hide geocaches.

Easy find. Cftc

Good fast find TFTC

Easy find tftc

Sneaky wee hide, took some dodging and ducking to avoid being caught, tftc

A quick find to finish off an evening caching the garden city. TFTC

Tftc

This place sure has changed over the years, a conveniant place to stop and get some lunch too. Cheers

Third time lucky - found it (with a wee hint from Sonia)! TFTC!

After failing to find this cache on a previous visit, when it turned out to be missing, today it was a quick easy find. TFTC

Too many cars in and out, and two pairs of eyes weren't enough today.

No problem with eyes nor cars at this time of night! Nice quick find. Now to head back towards the motel. Cheers for the smiley!

On the way home from Riccarton Rotary Sunday Market, we stopped to grab a coffee. Revived, KK enquired if there were any caches nearby, and blow me down if there wasn't this one not 30m from where we parked. A quick and easy grab. TFTC

what a cool and easy find tfhc

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Second of this morning's couple while out getting some supplies. Upoj was really playing up by now but luckily I was able to get it to stay on long enough to find the sneaky little hide right where Upoj was telling me it was at 09:05.

TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks looking4thebroc.

Found it while out travelling from “A to B”, have passed this site many time, about time I stopped and hunted the wee one out. Had the GZ to myself, although a few vehicles whizzed past they were all too busy to notice what 1eyednbf (1 eyed and proud of it) was up to, quick easy find, TFTc

#7371. Have driven past the new New World a few times but never stopped. We didn't venture in today but did lurk around a car part entrance looking for the cache. The muggle factor made searching difficult, and I was pleased when Troodles spotted the wee blighter. TFTC.

This area has changed heaps in past few years. A busy spot now, which made this a tricky cache to look for late on a Saturday morning while people stocked up on groceries between two public holidays. We searched one spot then moved a little further away as the GPSr changed its mind. After that drew a blank, and the GPSr decided the first location was indeed GZ, had another look then spotted the sneaky hide.
Had a bit of trouble returning the cache to its hiding spot, got there in the end. TFTC.

Took a bit of searching but eventually spotted using geopup as a decoy TFTC.

Tftc forgot to bring pen so couldn't log. Nice hiding spot

No one around at 6:30 in the morning so quick and easy find. TFTC.

Very well hidden.

Nice cache! With no hint to guide me it took some serious nighttime ninja-ing to find. Excellent hide!

Looking for todays cache, proved to be a quick find TFTC

Successful nighttime ninjas!!!

Got it after checking a likely spot for a second time. TFTC

First geocache! Tftc

Tftc

Quick find while killing time waiting for the Americas cup race to kick off this morning. TFTC

Heading out of town on our way back to the Coast and with all these available caches we thought 'one more on our streak cant hurt.' We chose this one because we had already had a DNF on this cache and wanted to rectify that. We were looking around for a few minutes stuck in the same position as last time when we took a step back and thought 'it has to be right here' and sure enough it was! So simple yet still sneaky. Glad to have turned this sad face the right way up. Thanks for the cache

This was my second attempt at this one, first attempt had me traipsing over gardens which I didn't think was right. It seems the coordinates had been changed at some stage because when I did a 'refresh' the coordinates to GZ changed by several metres. Then an easy find without stepping on any gardens. Night time is good for this one. TFTC

29/31 2 more days to go in August. running out of caches closer than about 8km from home. Nice quick find in the first location we checked with the coords fairly close. TFTC

Found with Sevren.tftc

Found on the way out to dinner. This place wasn't here when I was a student up the road. 2/31 for August

found it was a bit of help from a friend

I know what Harrailly means about the " (non existant) pairs of eyes ". We felt very conspicious so only had a quick look and moved on. Nothing was jumping out at us.