Looking For A Bus (Otago) Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
By SpyDude13 on 09-Jul-12. Waypoint GC3Q5H8

muggled too many times.

I suspect I may have to come back with someone taller than I am.

I'm not sure if we found the cache or not. It certainly wasn't magnetic and there was no way I could get the log book out as the container was very tightly shut. Have emailed a pic to the CO to confirm if we did indeed find the cache.

Tftc

Had trouble opening this cache but once done quickly sighed. TFTC

Tricky!

We saw the bus coming and waited for it to pass so we had time to search before the next bus came along, luckily we didn't need the extra time as before long the log was being signed. Found with Aoraki Sheep.

Helps to be tall with this one. Found with debsnz

TFTC! I was to short had to get help from Grapea!

Tiny!! My name too long

Nice nano!

Found the cache but almost had to walk away as couldn't open it at first, luckily didn't give up and was rewarded with the log to sign. #295

Definitely still there.

Bah, a bit too sneaky for me. Better luck next time eh? Cheers

05/04/2014 2:10:00 PM
4230
Came down to Dunedin for the weekend - mostly for the event, but also to catch up with the family
Had a great weekend caching all round the city, getting caches that have been published since my last visit, as well as a few puzzles that I had time for.

This was one I had missed last time I was here. I think it may have been disabled, or maybe it was something else, but for whatever arather reason, this was my last green box on this road

A pretty straight forward find after missing it on the first loop. Managed to open container eventually. I think that the paint had meant it was sealed shut!!

Consec caching day # 517

TFTC!!

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Had contemplated putting this one off for a blank calendar day but didn't want to risk the off chance of it going missing again. So, extended a mitre10 run by a little bit to make the pick up. Thanks for replacing. No pen on me so photos of log in lieue. TFTC.

I too spied the magnet which looks like it has previously had something glued to it (and nothing else visible, sorry).

PC Sniff and I found a pool of water up high. We found a magnet. We hunted and hunted but couldn't find a cache; damp or otherwise

Tftc. Log was damp but I was able to write on it.

Tftc. Quick find, but very wet.

Found after a quick search. Unfortunately this was siting in a pool of water and log too wet to sign. Have left balanced out if the pool so might dry off. But could do with a maintenance check. TFTC.

Another today, which did not reveal itself.

yes finally!tftc

Quick easy find and #1 in a massive cache expedition on the peninsula today. TFTC

Quick park and grab

Found it. Different cache, had to come back after bus went past.
TFTC

Great little cache.

Lovely Afternoon for a trip on the peninsula

First cache. Took a few mins to find. Well hidden

Yay. I've never been first to sign a log before. What a clever place to hide it. Thanks.

Back In Place, Ready For Root 51

Replacement has been sourced, camoing under way, should be up again soon.

Taking this out till I can check it and get a replacement.

An early morning visit - looked but didn't find

IT'S EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Searched high and low!!?? I'll have to come back for another look for sure!!

This entry was edited by frankie lee on Monday, 29 April 2013 at 21:39:23 UTC.

tftc

Couldn't find it
You know It's Not About The Numbers

Quick easy find, the hardest part was retrieving it. TFTC

DNF for us!

This one was found for me by (I guess the owners of the house). She had seen it before and he was keen to see what he had seen others looking for. I got to sign the log so it was smiles all round. TFTC #4353

Together with my family on a vacation trip to New Zealand. Starting at Auckland airport on transfer to Christchurch we went for a roundtrip exploring the south island. This was one of many caches we found while visiting so many nice and interesting places thanks to all the caches why I want to send a thank you to all CO for the work spent. TFTC.

Quick find, TFTC

Took a lot longer than it should have. Salamat!

Quick find tftc

Not found on Leftover Day- a caching run dedicated to having another stab at the DNFs, doing those mysteriosly left out, doing the new caches added during the Mega. The bus stop just up the road was a DNF for me that I found, and its cache gave me ideas about this one, but no luck again.

Third bus stop for the day, not as tricky as the last one which we DNFd

Thanks SpyDude13 for the cache.

First Week in New Zealand. Starting from MEGA going southbound the scenic route to Queenstown. One cache after another - that's nice. Good cold temperatures but mostly no rain, so we enjoyed the tour everytime. Thanks for the nice trip.

Found with RexTrex, Sol de Lune, Fitzy and Zsazsa7 during our trip over here for the Mega. We would have enjoyed today a lot more if the weather had been better, but it is still scenic! Thanks SpyDude13.

Another neat little find as we headed back from the peninsula and the lighthouse. A wet day on our tour, but we manged to make the find. The lighthosue ended up being out of reach which was a little disappointing, but the drive was still worth it.

Found with ZsaZsa7, Winglen, fitzy_1965 and Rextrex (local NZer) on our trip around the South Is after attending the New Zealand Mega. We managed to grab a few caches on travels and this was just one of them.

Thanks for this one, another one to the tally.

5534 + 591 = 6125. Day 3 of my week long visit to the New Zealand South Island for the NZ Mega 2012 event along with Sol de Lune, Zsazsa7, Winglen and RexTrex.

A general run from Dunedin out to the Peninsula and back caching. Heading 'back' now and stopped to grab this cache. We had heard about these bus stop caches and were looking forward to finding them. Missed the last one but found this one. Thanks SpyDude13 !

TNLN – TFTC !!

Cheers....

A shared find with my Aussie caching mates Winglen, Zsazsa7, Sol de Lune and Fitzy-1965 as a part of the NZMEGA2012 experience and our subsequent tour.

Almost a DNF but it eventually came to hand. Thanks SpyDude13.

DNF on a previous visit. Decided to make a return visit with lyttlewitch. Quick find this time. TFTC

This entry was edited by Hello Mrs on Saturday, 27 October 2012 at 07:19:05 UTC.

Back onto the trail of bus stops, it almost feels like a mini power trail except these caches seem to be by different hiders ....oh well not complaining as its helping with the numbers...

TFTC
# 689

Yet another bus stop, I am starting to get confused

A cold and wet Dunedin afternoon for our last day caching here with the Walenators. A fast find and we were on our way. TFTC

We are out for the day with the Earthbound's whilst on our NZ Mega Trip. Cache was quickly located, logbook signed and cache replaced. We found the cache but not the coffee we were after. Why is everything shut on a public holiday? TFTC

Spotted a group of cachers pulled up so stopped to join in the fun. Bus stop hides are much easier when someone else already has it in their hand. Thanks SpyDude13.

Found during 'The Gangsters' trip to New Zealand, being Big Matt, The Rats, steeba and myself.

Another reasonably quick park and grab.

Thanks SpyDude13 for the cache.

Found as part of the Gangsters- The Rats, Farmer Frentzen and Big Matt and Shell- as part of our NZ Mega Event Tour 2012.

A different one in the series of bus stop caches we made whilst heading down this road. TFTC!

Our 6405th overall find.

Found on the "Gangsters" NZ Mega 2012 trip with steeba, The Rats and Farmer Frentzen. Another quick find

Thanks SpyDude13 for the cache. Stats for our trip can be found here http://www.campersdownunder.com.au/geocaching/NZTrip/stats2.html

Found this cache as part of the Gangster's Aussie assault on the first NZ Mega with Big Matt, FarmerFrenzten and steeba.

We quickly made our way through this series of bus stops.
Thanks

Got muggled by the owner of the house just behind the bus stop. She wondered what was going on this weekend - we found the cache and now she knows the answer too. TFTC

1030, GAFF5, Found in the company of Browngang and Pprass whilst out and about in Dunedin.

We soon located the cache and SL.

TFTC SpyDude13

Found at 10:20 AM GAFF1 in the company of Browngang and Juddda. A good hide for a frist cache.
Thanks SpyDude13

Reperio at 1810.

After spending the morning caching around the inner city of Dunedin with Roostaman, we headed away from the chaos of traffic and muggles for the solitude of some scenic countryside caches. This was the fourth bus stop in a row...and fortunately for us the fourth bus stop find.

Gratias SpyDude13.

NZ12. Out caching with Tealby and Dazzatron. After knocking off the tic-tac-toe series we had more time to kill before the evenings activities, so we joined the parade of cachers checking out local bus shelters. Thanks.

8845.266 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 Victoria Bushfire Silver A#131

Albida

Find # 4514 and a total of 78 today with Marcus Vitruvius, on the 4th day of our NZ Mega trip, on the way around the Dunedin area. Another nice cache and hide and then on the way again. TFTC SpyDude13,
Roostaman.

Quick find with Mporokosa. TFTC

Found with pprass and Juddda, out to the Peninsular for the day. Thanks for the cache.
Cheers from Browngang.

One for Dazzatron this time... Hint a bit misleading according to my interpretation. TFTC.

4th of these for the day. Quick find then back on our way.

TFTC

Won't be able to look at another bus stop in Dunedin without thinking: Is there a cache there? I noticed that many bus stop shelters are facing away from the road. I can only imagine sitting at a stop and waiting for the bus in nasty weather. I also appreciate the paint jobs many have.

1681st cache found by WazzaAndWenches.

Waz and the Wenches are in Dunedin for the NZ Mega Event over the weekend.

We stopped at a bus top not too far away yesterday and met up with another team. They told us the searched at this spot for quite some time but were unable to find the cache. Today we found it within a few seconds.

Thank you SpyDude13.

back in place.

Came and looked before checking the logs.

Disabled? When did that happen? Ah - that explains why I could not find it and how come it is in my GPSr (I do not included disabled caches in my pocket queries). Guess I'll be back.

Managed to break this while doing maintenance. Back soon.

1st of many hopefully, quick grab on our way out, nice hiding spot! TFTC

A cunning hide, had a mission to get it but succeeded. TFTC

needed some very long fingers to retrieve and sign the log. TFTC

Eliminated the obvious and was left with the logical. Thanks.

Cool

Clever hiding place. TFTC

Found at 5:06 PM on 23/08/2012.

Found this one after a while - took a bit of locating but got there in the end.

TFTC SpyDude13

had to get one for the day so a quick trip to town late at night was in order

one for international geocaching day

Thought I'd better get 1 find for International Geocaching Day

Nice of the ORC to put a cache hide spot in the design. Conratulations on your first hide- everyone is allowed one bus stop micro, and it's quite a coup to have scored the first in a new style.

Quick find even though the GPS was way off. TFTC.

First cache I've encountered at one of the new bus stops. As a public transport user, I reckon they're a great improvement on the old ones.

TFTC!

When on a numbers caching trip, I soon found Bus Stop caches to be my favourites (for numbers caches, not normal geocaching!) - easy to find, albeit a dirty task in most cases. TFTC

It took considerable time to locate this cache, in a very cold draughty new bus shelter, clearly designed by someone who never uses these facilities. Fortunately we saw a bus approaching in the distance, and made good our temporary escape until it had passed. TFTC

Interesting to see these new structures springing up I think the older painted ones have a lot going for them.
Thanks
erninz

Have to wait for a clear run.-Bitsprayer

Nice new bus stands. Still good spots for caches. TFTC

Late park and grab with Hinemoana.
TFTC

decided to drive up to this one for a bit of evening fun - tunfisk had his hand on it in no time TFTC!!!

Had a good inspection of the new bus shelters and found the cache! TFTC

Quick find in the rain...
TFTC. SLB. TNLN.