Entrance to Paradise ( North Otago ) Black Point, South Island, New Zealand
By Bitsprayer on 26-Feb-12. Waypoint GC3DFW2

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Logs

13-Feb-16
Fence gone. cache gone
 
10-Feb-16
The previous 3 loggers had no luck here. If there was a fence line then it is now gone. The power pole (very close to GZ) has had the soil around it scraped away and the soil in the paddock adjacent to the road had been turned. I looked around the posts on the other side of the road with no luck.
 
10-Feb-16
Needs checking as it may have been destroyed.
 
01-Feb-16
If it was by the large pole then it is gone.
 
01-Feb-16
Not today
 
23-Jan-16
Maybe gone. Fair bit of work gone on in the entranceway here. Maybe I just missed it.
 
10-Jan-16
I only had the afternoon to sign off a few caches and so decided to visit the ones at the Lower Waitaki Intake as this was near to where I was staying and a few surrounding ones as well.

Cheers for the cache.
 
31-Oct-15
On Tour together with Sabe73 as Team "TheBros" around South Island to visit some nice spots.
We also visited this location and could find the box almost quickly.
Thank you for showing us this place and of course for the Cache.
Greetings from Carinthia/Austria.
NoTrade

Tasks for Log-Permission (Earth, Challange, Virtual aso.) might be delayed.
 
31-Oct-15
Zusammen mit PPJoe als Team *TheBros* in NZL mit dem Camper auf Tour. 6 Wochen Geocaching, Herz was willst Du mehr.
Der Cache konnte gut gefunden werden, wie man sieht werden die Dosen hier gut gewartet.
TFTC & LG aus Tirol/Austria/Europe
 
25-Oct-15
Headed down south with C&D and 11HPG11 for the CHCH Mega as part of the HOAC team, and decided that a Mega road trip/Mega Mission was the right thing to do. After a great day caching from Dunedin to Omarama we manged to get a few hours sleep before the big day 2 started.

Day 2 was the start of a ambitious plan to try and find as many caches as possible in one day! To maximise our chances of a big number we decided a 24 hour caching day was the only way to go. What an epic day, and some great moments too. The rough idea was to cache from Omarama to Oamaru, and then head north towards Christchurch. A huge thanks to everyone for the cache placments, and I apologise for the copy and past logs.

Find #90 for the day.

 
25-Oct-15
This was the start of a MEGA caching weekend in the company of good caching friends. In the company of both HKCB & 11HPG11 this was going to be another memorable caching road trip for many reasons.

This is the mission that we had set ourselves up for several months back. It was HKCB's idea, I was just dumb enough to think it was a challenge and I'd be up for it, 11HPG11 was silly enough to come along for the ride once we confirmed a spare seat (Nova Lightening pulled out for family reasons).

We were going to try to beat the NZ one day record in New Zealand (it would have been easier with 4 people), so after 2.5hrs sleep after a good feed at Omarama we were ready to go. This was the eighty ninth on what was to be an epic day with what amounted to 401 caches collected for the day and about 38 DNF's. We managed this with 10minutes to spare but by this time we were done for and still had to drive back to Kaiapoi. All in all an epic days caching with good friends and something I don't think any of us will repeat in a hurry.

All in all it was going to be a big day with a number of challenges, great sceanery, and of course great company. Fantastic driving along and up here as the landscape was so different from what we are used to back in the Waikato. One good thing about backroads being that we could continue our neferious activites without being disturbed by muggles.

This entire set of caches will remain in all our memories for a number of reasons,
1/. sneaking passed parked campers without waking them up.
2/. Semi Final World Cup Rugby
3/. 11HPG11 took one for the team, stripping off and doing the early morning swim to "The Decoy" so us guys could listen to the Rugby at approx 5am.
Now we don't care what anyone has to say, but thats dedication.

Nice quick find here without any issues Cool.
thanks for the placement , thanks for the cache
 
25-Oct-15
What a Mega Mission for a group of Hamilton Over Achievers! A great trip, a long time in the planning. I teamed up with Cats&Dragons and HKCB to grab a couple of caches while in Christchurch and surrounding areas for the 2015 Mega Event. We flew out from Auckland on Friday night and traveled to Dunedin in the dark of the night. Stopped for a few hours sleep before setting off to grab caches in the Otago area on Saturday before attempting a few more on Sunday and then arriving at the Mega on the Monday. An amazing, yet crazy road trip

When C&D mentioned a day with over 400 caches I should have turned and ran... instead I said yes, and here we are. 401 caches in 23 hours and 50 minutes. All done on about 2.5hr of sleep. It was hard work with only 3 of us and there were times that were hard and tiring but I still had a blast! An amazing experience that one has to be slightly crazy to even consider

No problems on this one, thanks for the placement. Easy to search here in the dark!
 
22-Sep-15
How on Route 66. I drove and tinflaida has logged.
With these few caches it was really fun .
In between, we have cooled us with the t5 !
We have all boxes good found.

Thanks from Switzerland
 
22-Sep-15
On the way to the way from Oamaru to Timaru we stopped here. Most of the boxes we found very fast. Only for two we had to search longer. Thanks for them
 
20-Sep-15
On a road trip with VDH56 and I.C.U., just story we could not do them all. Thanks for all the caches.
 
20-Sep-15
thinking needed. Smile
 
13-Sep-15
The first of a quick dash around the loop at twilight. TFTC
 
thought I would sneak in here to have a look before heading home
mission for the day was to put a lot of smilies on the lower waitaki back roads and maybe break my daily haul limit. lost count of the number of drinks cans I have picked up on my own cito
 
21-Mar-15
A drive on a sunny autumn day. TFTC
 
18-Mar-15
EASY P & G.
LOG WAS WET SO DRIED IT OUT.
TFTC
 
17-Mar-15
Thanks to all the owners of the geocaches that we found today on our way from Oamaru to Duntroon, Kurow and Omarama. We had splendid views and nice caches along the road!
TFTC and greetings from Belgium.
 
14-Mar-15
had the family out searching but didnt find.
 
14-Mar-15
With Jessica F but couldn't find it. Lots of bottles and rubbish. May be overgrown:-(
 
27-Jan-15
An easy find
 
24-Jan-15
Log book was very wet. A great entrance to this area thou.
 
13-Jan-15
Found this cache on our way from dunedin via maoraki rocks to Twizel Smile Thanks too all cache owners that put up a lot of caches on our way and that they take care of it enough Smile Thanks a lot and greetings from czech republic
 
04-Jan-15
Quick find
Tfkc
 
25-Dec-14
Found on way up the waitaki valley
 
03-Dec-14
Found on activities week with Waitaki Girls' High School. TFTC
 
05-Aug-14
Smile
 
31-Jul-14
TFTC 21/46 for the day. #1029
 
12-Jul-14
Was pretty dark when I stopped here. Fumbled about until cache in hand TFTC
 
08-Jun-14
Quick find tftc
 
08-Jun-14
Quick find. Tftc
 
02-May-14
Easy find.
 
13-Apr-14
Last one for this trip. Be back to get the others.
Found on a round up in the area with DebsNZ and Aoraki Sheep.
TFTC
 
13-Apr-14
Woody had this one in hand before I'd even gotten out of the car. Found with Aoraki Sheep and Woody104.
 
13-Apr-14
A quick find and we're back on the road. Found with Woody104 and debsnz
 
31-Mar-14
We decided to pick this one up on the way out of Paradise but it started taking too long and a vehicle came out from the lake so as we were in a motorhome (taking up the whole driveway) we decided to leave it for another day.
 
28-Jan-14
Found this one during our month long campervan/"Road trip" vacation in New Zealand. It was a wonderful experience driving around this beaurtiful country.

This one was found on a day driving from Portobello (Otago Peninsula) to Lake Tekapo

Thanks to Bitsprayer.

Our find # 11982
 
15-Jan-14
Quick easy find, even with a muggle working nearby
 
15-Jan-14
Found it. Another find with Doully.
TFTC
 
10-Jan-14
Another smilie. TYFC
 
07-Jan-14
Tftc
 
07-Jan-14
Paradise it is too - what a shame about the weather today. TFTC
 
07-Jan-14
TFTC!
 
06-Jan-14
TFTC Smile
 
03-Jan-14
Cache Paradise is a pretty attractive term for a cache-a-holic so I thought I had better stop and have a look.
Many thanks
 
01-Jan-14
Quick find, had to be or I get wet. Weather turned to crap, I thought it was summer! SL TFTC.
 
29-Dec-13
We enjoyed the day caching today in this area

Tftc
 
22-Dec-13
Paradise found, logged with granville86a
 
22-Dec-13
Found with Chosen1978, Quickly found and log signed
 
14-Dec-13
14/12/2013 5:48:00 PM
3692
Headed out for a weekend of crazy caching with sharkiefan - it was all about numbers this weekend!
For me personally, I needed the numbers so that I could get enough caches to bring my average a day back up to 4 caches at least for this year, as on a streak it's not really possible to find heaps of caches in your home hood!

This was cache number 6 out of the 116 we found over the two days. And a huge thank you to all the cachers who put out all these caches! Loved the fun time we had - though weekend could have ended better!
Sorry for not writing cooler logs, but heading overseas in a couple days, and I don't exactly want to be behind in my logging then!! Razz Haha.

Consec caching day # 405

TFTC!! Smile

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www.nzmega2015.com
 
14-Dec-13
Nice hide. Found with Sonia on our great roadtrip south. Tftc
 
12-Dec-13
13397… The first cache at the entrance to Borton’s Pond and to a bit of Paradise, TFTC.
 
26-Oct-13
For us it was the exit, thank you for a successful round. Next time we have to think about getting the final missing cache. TFTC
 
08-Oct-13
A quick find on our family trip from Wanaka to Oamaru. I'll have to take your word for it. Just passing today so didn't venture past the entrance.
Thanks Bitsprayer for the cache.

#7368
 
06-Sep-13
Heading to twizel now. Tftc.
 
21-Jul-13
Going to get the rest at a latter date!
 
04-Jul-13
I am afraid my entrance to paradise will have to wait - never mind the virgins, wine and peace with God. On a road trip and this was as good as it got (for a while). Thanks R - hope to see you in CHCH sometime soon.
 
28-Apr-13
A quick find and sadly no time to do all the caches in along the river. So many to choose from along this road! Thanks Bitsprayer.
 
25-Apr-13
Easy find and left Anzac soldier. Been meaning to come here for ages and today we had a beautiful warm day to check out the ponds.
 
24-Apr-13
Found with Jemnz on way to Twizel. TFTC
 
24-Apr-13
Hmmm, will have to check out this paradise another time. TFTC



This entry was edited by JemNZ on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 at 07:44:05 UTC.
 
20-Apr-13
After shopping in Omaru on the way back i stop for some caches.
The weather was not perfect but so there where no muggels around.

TFTC from Germany

Koppa-s
 
08-Apr-13
Found it, TFTC.
 
30-Mar-13
Enjoyed our wee visit to this spot.
 
24-Feb-13
Caching our way towards Mt Cook. Tftc.
 
10-Feb-13
quick find and entrance to a lovely area TFTC
 
31-Dec-12
Quick grab...final caching day for 2012 going for a record finds in 12 hours for my personal best..having a blast!
 
31-Dec-12
8759
Mr Geckoh said the title of the cache reminded him of door knocker pamphlets, Mrs Geckoh was less cynical and thought it sounded lovely - cache was a quick find. TFTC
 
29-Dec-12
A quick, easy find. TFTC.
 
29-Dec-12
TFTC Smile
 
29-Dec-12
TFTC Smile
 
06-Dec-12
Managed to collar the cache on the main road but I have yet to open the doors. Tempting to venture further, but all I would be getting is a wet hide.. and not the geocache type either !!
 
05-Dec-12
Great find. TFTC.
 
05-Dec-12
it was well hidden and difficult to find
TFTC
 
05-Dec-12
Found it as part of WGHS!!!!!!!! Smile
 
05-Dec-12
TFTC
 
05-Dec-12
it was a good one to find!!
 
05-Dec-12
This one was fun.
TFTC
TeriyakiC
 
05-Dec-12
Right on the way...
TFTC!
 
05-Dec-12
Nice name! Kind of appropriate .
Thanks!
 
04-Dec-12
TFTC!!!! Smile
 
27-Nov-12
Been in here a few times before, but it seems to have been nicely repopulated!

112 of 270 for a day stretching from Danseys to Thompson's Track.
 
20-Nov-12
On our way to Omarama we made a short stop to search for and log this cache. Thanks.

Kerstin + Lenz
 
24-Oct-12
And what a paradise it turned out to be. Apart from the wind
 
24-Oct-12
After spending a great night in Oamaru we headed out for for a not so early start to grab a few geocaches around town before heading to Lake Tekapo. The cache was soon in Hand, logbook signed and cache returned. No time for fishing for us today. TFTC.
 
24-Oct-12
Quick stop for the cache. SL TFTC
 
24-Oct-12
Ah yes, paradise especially if a fisherman but wouldn't like to be a duck! Always wanted to have a look around here.
 
23-Oct-12
Quick find on my way east. First place I looked.

TFTC
 
17-Oct-12
A nice quick find on a morning's caching in the area.

TFTC Bitsprayer
 
16-Oct-12
Nice quick find, always love coming in here. Cheers Gav
 
16-Oct-12
A nice quick stop on our way in to find the new caches on the pond.
 
13-Oct-12
entrance to bitsprayer land. love this place. probably drove past a million bs caches on the way.....it is that or take forever to get south.
nice placement thanks
 
03-Oct-12
Tftc
 
24-Sep-12
The start of a interesting place to visit, TFTC
 
05-Jun-12
Quick find TFTC
 
04-Jun-12
Ahhh, the ponds again. Time for some fun! TNLN Thanks
 
04-Jun-12
A quick find on a big caching day from Christchurch with Kiwi Moose. The Bortons Pond series gave us some fun! Thanks for the hide.