St Matthew's Gate (CANTERBURY) Fernside, South Island, New Zealand
By bryn00213 on 04-Aug-12. Waypoint GC3RWGJ

Hi bryn00213

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

I have found this geocache in the past and have a watch on it- have noticed lots of dnfs. Appears geocache is lost - could not find when I checked

DNF 21/4/22

And another DNF from us!

Couldn’t find

Dnf

No luck for us here after a very extensive search by us both. Must be clever.

Hott

Too hard for us

Spent a bit of time looking and feeling around with no luck. Ahhhh well it is morning tea time so had a drink and snack before resuming the search again, this time with more luck!

Found it this time! That's a sneaky one! Had previously been a DNF for me, but I was driving past and thought I'd check it again, pleased I did

Brilliant. Love these clever caches. Took a while for me to click as the gps kept leading me to the exact spot many times but nothing seemed obvious......initially.

First GC in New Zealand!!!

Our last day before we head home so headed out in the car to grab anything we came across. We had 29 finds and 2 dnf's so not too bad a day. Most of our finds were nice and quick and caches need no attention. Anything extra I will detail below. Thanks to all CO's for their caches

Andy was searching for it when I realised I could see it from where I was standing.

Did not find, but it was dark

TFTC

Sneaky wee hide. Eventually felt it and knew immediately what it was. Thanks for the hide.
#4852

Found yesterday with Busypaws and very clever cache and such a wonderful wee church.

Lyttletonwitch and I appreciated this beautiful old church. The cache was also pretty clever. Wish the churches could be left open for us to look, but others among us are not so caring. Such a pity.
TFTH and fav for the area.

Love it tftc a real beauty!

Knew what I waslooking for but not able to find.
Thanks for"the old man" who noticed it at other side of gate.
Thanks

Sneaky cache tftc

Grabbing a few last caches as we head back to our warm accommodation after a fab weekend chasing the geo art trails.
No problem with this find TFTC.

Dang, sneaky!

Great hide. Thanks for the hide.

So creative!!

What a lovely little church. Took a little while to spot the cache due to the fact that I had put my bike right in front of it! TFTC.

Nice one at the road of our BnB

What a clever little cache! Took a 9yr olds curiosity to spot it. Thanks!

This one took us way longer than it should have but then I remembered a cache we found yesterday, looked in a similar kind of place and there it was. A lovely old building. TFTC .

What a lovely little church and another one of these interesting and at times complex Canterbury intersections. This one took way longer than it should've but we managed to get there in the end when Sidewaze had a thought about a find we had yesterday. TFTC # 11,244

I went out for a day of caching, with no specific plans, just picking the next one off the map. I realised that I did not include many going north in the PQ, so heading west would be my best bet. Nice spot this one, and I was contemplating which Sunday in the month it was and what the time was. Good timing, as there was a car parked and the door was open when I was returning a bit later - although I believe it is not one of the Sundays listed? TFTC!!

Great little cache

Nice little find

Found it

Found while staying with my big sister nice cache and beautiful church TFTC

Really good one.

I worship regularly at St Matthews and have never noticed this wee gem cleverly hidden. Tftc. Luke 11:9

Second attempt at this cache... first one a very long time ago. Spotted it only after stepping back and taking everything in... spotted something out of the ordinary... but only to a geocacher. Must have been too new for this kind of cache last time - found a few more since then. TFTC (3243)

Quick easy find on my way past. A very cute little church and as I approached the GZ I was thinking where I would hide a small cache and it wasn't there but close. Great little cache container very clever. Thanks for showing me this little spot.

Grey took to this one I found easy he not happy

After a brief look around. I thought I'd do a little bit of research. I was just getting my phone out of my pocket when I spotted it. Good one, I got a couple hidden like this myself. Cheers and TFTC

Back into caching after a break. That was a tricky find

After a brief visit to the area to find some caches on the FFT trail, we are back today hoping to finish off the series (apart from the one which is currently disabled). Unfortunately, that didn't happen as we don't have the correct tools required for on of the caches.
We were passing by this cache on the way back from the trail, so stopped by for a look. Took a lot longer to find than it should have, so pleased when StreetWalker finally spotted it! Nice hide and a lovely wee church. Thanks bryn00213.

#12238. We made hard work of this one. Some reading of logs by Troodles clarified what we were looking for, and after that I soon spotted the cache. Nicely done. TFTC.

Quick find in the dusk, TFTC

Tftc nice quick find on a warm evening.

TFTC

Cute wee church, tftc!

The next on our 210 run finding caches for the day with our team of four- HHSS. Working as a team each doing diff. roles we were able to speed up the find rate quite well and we managed to do about the first 100 with no Did Not Finds but after that the distances increased and the find rate dropped but we still managed to finish the day with 210 cache. The seagnoid has planned etc our route so it was all efficient Thank you to The Seagnoid for this pre work and thank you to the different cache Owners for these great, interesting caches. I just loved the huge chuppa chup and all the veges and fruit. . Thank you for the cache and another smiley face.

[green] Out with Hanknstone, Haydn.seek and thestepahine on an awesome 200+ day. We managed to get 210 caches in 11 hours, an average of 3 minutes each. There were a few awesome caches out there, but mostly it was a blur. Thanks to all the cache owners, and my apologies about the cut and paste!
Signed log as HHSS.

Hanknstone, Haydn.seek, the Seagnoid and I had a challenge of doing 200 caches in a day. We started at 7:30am and finished around 8:00pm with a total of 200+. Apologies for the copy and pasting of the logs but there were so many we found that it would take so long to write them all up individually! Thank you for the find.

After attending the CITO I had a few hours to myself before dinner to find some caches. With no plans I headed West from Woodend. I wasn't feeling very hopeful with this hide as I checked each possible location with no luck. Then I saw it. Glad I had seen one of these before or it may not have caught my eye.
Thanks for the cache, a nice church and spot to stop at.

Caching with capperz and G H 6 7 1 0 chasing caches and numbers across the Canterbury area. Was a great MEGA weekend and thanks to all the CO's who made it all possible.
T F T C . Logs signed as G C N for our 3 caching initials.

An epic day of caching today, out to achieve 200+ finds in a day while I'm in Christchurch for the Mega event. There was also the lure of a virtual cache down in Peel forest, which isn't really that far from the numbers game along Thompsons track. A great day out and about, revisiting places I haven't been in years, and finding new places along the way. I teamed up with Capperz and Nightowl19 at 0600 in Rolleston, and off we headed in my cache mobile and general all purpose off road land rover. We signed the logs primarily as G C N to save space and time. Sorry about the cut and paste logs, but with over 200 caches to log it's going to take me a while to catch up. A different hide to what was expected. T F T C

Off to the Mega this weekend and a 2 day pass has been granted for Geocaching purposes. It being a long weekend and all there was definitely a plan to get some caches and keep the numbers ticking along. Finished work at 12.00 and waited for the accompanying nightowl19 to finish her school morning. Pick her up and back home to get changed and a bite to eat before heading down the line. There's an event in Rangiora that we'd like to attend and we need to check into our accommodation. All interspersed with few caches too. Today is the planned 200 plus in a day, to be followed by as many types in a day on Sunday, then back home Sunday arvo. Quite the whistle-stop tour. Weather played fair, we ate take aways all weekend. . . . . . . . . . . shameful parenting, and had a great time. Even got to cache with G H 6 7 1 0 too, bonus. We set off at 0600 and were all done by 2000 so not toooo long a day. A few hundred kms driven by G H and in the comfort of his 4 x 4 too.
To all the COs that placed these caches many thanks for facilitating this epic journey and (normally difficult caching target. In Marlborough I've already done so many so big numbers days are nigh on impossible without having to travel out great distances. Most logs were signed G C N being an acronym of our combined caching names. We replaced around half a dozen which were plainly missing on Thompsons Track which will surely help those who follow us.
Apologies for the cut and past logs and last of all T F T C all . Thanks
T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C T F T C

Found at 0848. Found on the last day of the NZ Mega. Marg found this one I suppose she felt she contribute something to the team beside driving all over the place. TFTC.

After the Twilight Picnic event, this was in the immediate area and had enough FPs to warrant a visit. Really pleased to discover tmann421 & Just-Looking here as I'd never met them despite they attending my CITO April 2015. Quick log sign and chat before we departed to different directions in the beautiful evening. TFTC

Another great find with Just-Lookin.
Thanks for adding to the enjoyment of our MEGA trip.

We soon had the container located.
SL TFTC

Heading towards the Christchurch Mega with tmann421.

Really enjoying the area and collecting caches along the way.

TFTC

We went for a meander around the local area before the event this afternoon. Cache found after over thinking it a little. Just needed to stand back and take in the serenity of the surroundings and voila! The cache was found. Thanks

I had arranged for hubby to pick me up here after doing a bunch of the FFT series. I got here early and glad I did coz it took me a while to find the sneakly little cache. Nice one and all in good conditon - TFTC

What a clever idea
Have seen online but first in real life. Kids amazed. Thanks for the awesome hide.

Fantastic!!

Oh my gosh! What a cool cache! Love it! TFTC!

08/05/2015 06:04PM
# 6038
Busy day. And now that it was dark, still didn't have a cache for the day, so picked this one as roadside.

Read the logs on the way over - oh no, this would be a really tricky one, and we would probably be here all night I thought from reading the logs!!

But surprisingly, I spied the cache, and laid my hand on it instantly! I can recognise these things real good now! Easy !

Consec caching day #914

TFTC!!

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Excellent! Found with Matt.T.

Found with Mel.T. TFTC. Will give me my 15 years souvenir !

Mr Sharpe was looking all over the place and Mrs Sharpe - Here it is Seen many like this so quick find. Thanks!

I had some spare time between work commitments so decided to head off and find a few caches. A tricky one, although one of the recent logs did help to put things in perspective and there was the cache. TFTC, Biggles.

I think i know where it is but don't have tweezers.

I think i know where it is but don't have tweezers with me today!

We finally can tick the box. Must be our third or fourth visit - and before we were either blind or muggled. Today we had the place to ourselves and after a few minutes the penny dropped. TFTC

Had to stand back and have a good look at this one.

Had found this one last year, but forgot to take a pen! I'm back in the area, so decided to officially cross it off my list! TFTC!

Finally, after three goes

Had to make a few visits. This wee church is surprisingly busy!

This took longer than it should have. TFTC.

Took a while but got there in the end

Found with Sevren tftc

Finally found this one and it still puzzles me how we missed it the first TWO times. Have found similar quickly and easily before. Chelzea put her hand on it almost straight away. Sneaky hide. TFTC

This took longer than it should have!
Nice location. Thanks

Found with quinella - knew would be a trick. Tftc

After a DNF here last July we were back to clean up some more caches in the area and were keen to get this aswell. We didnt see it initially but when you spot it you know immediately that thats it. We didnt need tweezers to get the log out. It looked so out of place when we put it back, I dont know why we didnt see it last time as we have seen a few of these now. Thanks for the cache [purple]Our cache find: #3010[/purple] | [green]Cache of the Day: 9/46[/green] | [blue]Cache of our trip: 9/52[/blue]

Smooth.

Replaced log

Hi all,
I have purchased some waterproof paper and will be replacing the logbook shortly.
Thanks
Bryn

Very clever. Log full. Tftc

Seen this clever hide before but its still fools me for a while. Well done! The log is completely full

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2nd attempt and found this time - TFTC

Very nice hide, TFTC

A DNF last time. Was about to give up again when I spotted something a little different. TFTC.

Better luck next time..

No room left for our name!

Thanks for the cache, very sneaky . It was found on the way back from a get together with old high school friends.

Nice hide, found while on the way home from catching up with friends. great area out this way very quite and peaceful.

1-8-2016: forgotten to log this one

Our first cache in NZ. Most East and South cache ever executed.
Cache is located close by Pete's farmstay, our first B&B location.

Nice hidden! TFTC

After 3rd time going back finally found it well hidden

Nice easy find tftc