Sutton Schist (Otago) Middlemarch, South Island, New Zealand
By Kev the Orienteer on 02-Sep-12. Waypoint GC3VY9C

Found with RAYZR. Great day for a walk. Tftc

Found easily mostly hustle following the elephant tracks added a new log sheet. Found with ZEALOG

Second one on this oldie walk. Thanks for showing!

After the old cache, was logged we continued our tour around salt lake.Nice found also this one.Thanks!

In New Zealand we are now driving over the mountains to our next destination. Here we enjoy the landscape.On the way we stop for a good view or for a cache.Many thanks to all owners and greetings from the Moorhelmi from Germany

Was fr eine tolle Landschaft hier am Sutton Salt Lake! Eigentlich hatte mich der Oldie "Sutton Salt Lake" aus dem Jahr 2000 hierhier mitten ins Nirgendwo gelockt. Nachdem der Oldie aber fix erreicht und gefunden war, lockte mich die herrliche Landschaft eine Wanderung rund um den See zu machen. Das machte richtig Spa und fhrte mich sogar an noch einigen weiteren Caches vorbei. Vielen Dank fr das Versen dieser Wanderung. Das hat richtig Spa gemacht hier am Sutton Salt Lake!_____________________________________________________What a great landscape here at Sutton Salt Lake! Actually, the oldie Sutton Salt Lake from the year 2000 had lured me here in the middle of nowhere. But once I had reached and found the oldie, I was tempted by the marvellous landscape to go for a walk around the lake. It was great fun and even took me past a few more caches. Many thanks for sweetening this hike. It was great fun here at Sutton Salt Lake!

A quick find and replace here with Gazania Rigens and Wombatwandering as per their logs. Very much enjoying our walk through this mysterious landscape.TFTC

Having had a busy geocaching weekend in Dunedin, at the MEGA, matagouri and I are now continuing on with our holiday 'road trip'.On our way to Sutton salt lake, for the last of my targeted 'oldie' caches, and what a beautiful day for a walk!A quick find after disturbing a gecko and a skink from their sunny spots.Thanks for putting this here

We were very impressed with the Sutton Schist. It often looked a bit like petrified wood. Thanks for hiding! Found with Gazania Rigens and Zouavesauvage.

One last find on our walk. I think it's time to pick up the speed back to the car the dark clouds on the hills are getting closer. Thanks for bringing us out here.Kev the Orienteer#17434

That's it, completed the walk around Sutton Lake. Maybe it has connections with landscape artist Bill Sutton, maybe not. By for now. Happy caching.

It's a lovely walk here around the lake. It's a bit boggy at the moment, but there's no sticky mud and the shoes remained clean. A quick find here and all is well with the cache. TFTC!

We came to find the nearby oldie and decided to walk the loop and found some bonus caches along the way this being one of them. We found a good spot for a cache but it was empty so checked behind us and there was the cache. Thank you.

CaptainVimes and I have crossed the ditch to attend the Geo Toroa mega in Dunedin and tour around the South Island for two weeks.Found the decoy on the other side first but then quickly located it.Thanks Kev the Orienteer and happy caching

Trolls - Big, rocky, and about as sharp as a blunt spoon. Not that theyre all bad, mind you. Detritus is technically a troll, and hes a good copper when his brain's not overheating. But as a general rule, trolls are like walking boulders with a knack for knocking things down, either because theyre angry or because they forgot things can actually break.

Down from Whangarei to attend the GeoToroa Mega and the most important cache on my to do list was the old one nearby, as it would complete my NZ Jasmer and Ausmer grids .... ????The weather was decidedly damp and cold yesterday and again this morning, but a look at the weather map, suggested a drive NW from Dunedin might get us into some better conditions. And so it turned out - just light occasional drizzle and 9 degrees, which was better than the rain and 7 degrees in Dunners.After success on the oldie, carried on a bit to this one which was a nice quick find. TFTC

Two weeks holiday in New Zealand with laalaa. Now going round Lake Sutton in wet and cold conditions Awesome round.Thanks for the cache.

Stopped to get the golden oldie but thought a walk around this marvellous landscape would be enjoyable and it definitely was the caches were a bonus.

Walking around the lake we found this one. It was not as high up as we had imagined - thankfully as climbing on schist is not my preferred activity.Thanks to Kev the Orienteer for placing this cache.

Day 1 of my 6 day trip to Dunedin to attend the Mega and clean up all the puzzle caches solved over the last few years. Todays journey took us from the airport via some of the new DT 81 puzzles to Middlemarch and then back to Dunedin. All caches done today were with Bruzie. Apologies for the generic logs. Thanks for all the puzzles, caches, find, frustration and enjoyment. Found this one in a hole. It was very windy and we weren't sure if we should do the walk or not, but very glad we did the whole circuit..

This is day one of my Dunedin Mega trip, the first time I've ever been here before (never mind geocaching). Obviously with such a plethora of caches to find there's going to be plenty I'll skip but I hope to find my targets. Unfortunately logging is going to be generic, but thank you to all the cache owners and event organisers for the things you do.Just like it said on the tin.All good here, and thank you to Kev the Orienteer for the placement of your Traditional Cache.Find #7191 at 24 October 2024 2:10pm

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I live full-time in our caravan travelling around NZ, visiting the places we want to visit & doing the things we want to do and fitting in a bit of Geocaching here & there we are/were staying near Ranfurly in Central Otago for a couple of days today we decided to drive through to Middlemarch & clean up some caches on the way, with the main focus being the The Sutton Salt Marsh area we had done a couple of caches in Middlemarch but decided to head out to The Sutton Salt Marsh to get those done parked up on the roadside verge, as there were sheep in the paddock & we didnt want to disturb them, & wandered in we were following the Loop Track round the lake picking up the various caches as we went followed the GPS which took us, more or less, right to the cache turned out to be an easy find, logbook signed & safely/securely replaced in position were also pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:LS this was #6,289 for us!

Nice find here today a beautiful day for a walk and explore another area tftc

TFTC

Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---This cache was easily found and the logbook was signed.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Everything was in good condittion.Today I teamed up with **Wilbywarrior** to go on a little geo trip around Dunedin and Salt Lake to hunt for some Old and interesting caches. This cache was one of them.Thank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! ---Greetings from ***Riga, Latvia***! [^]**Happy caching!**----------***For a little entertainment, here are 10 Fun Facts about Latvia!*** 1) Latvia is among the worlds greenest countries.2) Its home of the first Christmas tree.3) The Latvian flag is considered by many to be the oldest national flag in the world.4) Country has the widest waterfall in Europe.5) Latvia boasts the finest Art Nouveau architecture in the world.6) Jacob W. Davis, a Latvian tailor, was an inventor of rivets on famous Jean pants.7) The Latvian Song & Dance Festival is recognised by UNESCO as the largest amateur song and dance festival in the world!8) Alexander Laime, a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls (highest waterfall on earth), located in Venezuela, by foot.9) Latvians love basketball and Ice Hockey.10) Latvia is famous for being the home country of the inventor of the flavor of Pringles.----------..\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",.\...\ ------- **MATISONS!** ------- \....\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\.....\......\ /// \Paldies/ Aith / Ai / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon

Quick find today. Out and about with Matisons!Thanks for the cache, Kev the Orienteer#5982 ** Make your way to Dunedin for New Zealands next Mega Event. GCA7ZHD Geo Toroa will be held on NZs Labour Day long weekend 26-27th October 2024 **

On our eighteenth day in New Zealand we drive from Queenstown to Dunedin.This beautiful cache was on our way.TFTCHennesAt the end comes the poem of the day.New Zealand By James K. Baxter (for Monte Holcroft)These unshaped islands, on the sawyers bench,Wait for the chisel of the mind,Green canyons to the south, immense and passive,Penetrated rarely, seeded onlyBy the deer-cullers shot, or else in the northTribes of the shark and the octopus,Mangroves, black hair on a boxers hand.The founding fathers with their guns and bibles,Botanist, whaler, added bones and namesTo the land, to us a bridleAs if the id were a horse: the swampy townsLike dreamers that struggle to wake,Longing for the poets truthAnd the lovers pride. Something new and oldExplores its own pain, hearingThe rains choir on curtains of grey mossOr fingers of the Tasman pressingOn breasts of hardening sand, as actorsFind their own solitude in mirrors,As one who has buried his dead,Able at last to give with an open hand.

Came out here today from our camping spot in Dunedin. Nice easy hike here with nice wide open views. Took a bit to find, but got it. Thanks!

Having walked past this one on the walk round the lake we started a second lap to get this one, this time found by misteree. We didn't complete a second lap, backtracked to the carThank you for placing in such a great place

Found with Spoonz2 on a walk around the lake. So glad we made the effort to see this part of New Zealand.

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 53 - Dunedin - Sutton Salt Lake - Dunedin, Otago, South Island, Nov Zland (70 km) 53.den on the road se na m pece jen u podepisuje a jsem jaksi cel zpomalen. Pobyt na Zlandu mm naplnovan volnji ne v Austrlii, tak jsem se rno nikam nehonila, v klidu po kovbojsku posndala fazole s prkem a pak vyrazila na vlet. Ze verejch 15C teplota opt stoupla vysoko nad 20 a odpoledne bylo 31C. Na vychzku moc horko, ale namazala jsem si ksicht 50 a narazila australsk klobouk. Jela jsem do kopc do vnitrozem Otaga, kde jsou jen njak farmy a jinak ndhern pust zvlnn krajina lemovan menmi horami. A samozejm vude ovce, ale taky krvy. V plnu byla vychzka kolem solnho jezera Sutton v mal prodn rezervaci. Na pm okruhu je pr keek a hlavn jedna oldies z 12/2000. A to se neodmt. Auto jsem nechala na parkoviti za devnou branou a vylpla si przdnou krajinou se skalkami a pknmi vhledy. Pomaliku jsem po okruhu lapala a pipadala si jak Frodo Pytlk z Pna prsten. Za celou dobu jsem potkala jen 3 lidi, jednoho pna jsem vidla jen zdlky a na cest zpt m minul prek mladch lid, zcela nepipravench na slunen den bez vody a pokrvek hlavy. J mla dlouh kalhoty i triko a klobouk s krempou a ve, co z obleen ouhalo, jsem si pipekla i pes namazn. Natst tu stle fouk vtr, tak pocitov to horko tak nevnm. Odlov star keky byl asi nejjednodu ze vech starch keek, co jsem kdy lovila. 80 m od parkovit kousek z piny ve skalce, parda. Navc jsem si kousek dl po cest odlovila konen zlandskou multike, kdy dvj 2 pokusy selhaly. J ty multiny prost nemusm. Jezero nen velk a dnes v nm bylo velmi mlo vody, zbytek byl such. Okruh mi zabral asi 2 hodiny, ale v tom slunci mi to stailo. Vrtila jsem se do sv chaloupky v Dunedin, lehce pojedla a na hodinu jsem vytuhla. Ztra u m bt chladnji a chtla bych jet na vlet na poloostrov Otago, kde jsou nejen keky, ale taky rezervace kormorn a tuk a taky "star hrad", prost vila anglickho typu z 19.stolet s pknou zahradou. Tak uvidm, co budu sthat.Today I left Dunedin for a trip inland to Sutton Salt Lake, where there is an old cache from December 2000. And you can't deny that. After all, it was probably my easiest hunt for an old cache ever. The walk along the circuit in the nature reserve was beautiful, but it was quite hot 31C and the sun was strong. But I was all alone and felt like Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings. The landscape is beautiful and I really enjoyed the trip. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czech republic.

Nice spot good hide

# #7,058 #----------A long walk back to the car park from here but firstly, one more geocache to find. This one took the longest as it was higher than I expected it to be. No problems with the logbook or anything here though. These types of containers are great! TFTC!!! ----------> All geocaches are signed as mmmPIZZA or mPZ

The last for the morning. Pleased we came tho the weather was on the cool side. Quick find. TFTC

Tome for a bit of a road trip but where to go , then the crazy ideas started , we could go here or there or even well maybe here .It was decided and a early morning start , up and on the road and on our way north .A few stops along the way but finally we got to the parking spot. We set off with this one being one the targets .Have had this one on the to find list for some time and to we make the find.A quick search soon had the goods in hand and paper work completed. Cache nice and dry and in good order. Now on around the loop to take a look at the lake .I have veen to middlemarch a few times when i called central Otago home but never up here .Thank for the hide. Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching. As if I need an excuse aahhh nop I will go rain hail or snow so let's goooo and have as much fun and adventures as possible tomorrow may never come. Life is short. Live life one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!! Tomorrow may never come just grab Life by the horns Thanks for the hide tftc

Day trip with Mrs Hazzer and Downsouthinv. Great day to get out and see more of our country. Enjoyed the walk around the lake on a cool January morningSigned as team MAD

Enjoyed the walk. Looked at a few options before finding the cache.

Finished the Otago rail trail today. Came for a walk round here after. Such a great area. Didnt bring pen on walk round with us, so have photos. Not in the first place we looked. Tftc

Cache 1606?? Decided after visiting Dunedin to head over towards Sutton/Middlemarch to grab another of the south islands oldest caches. Ive never been here before so as I approached the Sutton Lake Reserve I was amazed by the other worldly look of the area so cool, I wasnt going to go for any of the other caches around the lake but I was having car trouble and had to wait for the engine to cool so I could check it out so I took the opportunity to gobble up these caches ??T4TC ????

On our trip thru New Zealand we stopped to see all the nice nature New Zealand is offering us.When possible we also search for geocaches, this was one of them.Nice place, thanks for placing the geocache,greetings from team Camperfietser

Together with Travelser I'm going Down Under. We are driving around with a motorhome. After 7 weeks driving around through Australia we arrived the 2th November in New Zealand. For ten days we will cross the Northern Island and than for 2 weeks the Southern Island.During our trip we of course search for several caches. Most of them brought us to very nice spots, like this one.All the CO's, and in this case Kev the Orienteer, thanks for bringing us here and give our trip a special accent.

After traveling around Australia with Oopie for 7 weeks, we have now been traveling with the camper in New Zealand for 4 weeks. Along the way we will of course also visit various types of caches in beautiful places, including this one. Thanks CO for creating and laying this cache.

Gehschei walk comes to its end. TftC.

Found while out with Wednesday Walkers. Some searching and discussion about high to look soon revealed the container, duly signed and on to the next one.TNLN. TFTC.

Out with the walking group on a beautiful day. This was the first find of the day after a brief discussion of how far above GL it was.

Out with P&Vee's walking group, stopped to find this cache. Tftc

Out and about on day 7 of my South Island Tour and day 1 of "Wellingtonions Gone South: Dunedin Edition" with NZ_B, TwigNZ, Mr-Mcgoo, Itchyfeet2020 and matagouri. The target of this day was mainly Sutton Lake and some other oldies. All logs signed as MINT. TFTC

(# 8261) The Wellington crew are on another mission. Included are Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B, TwigNZ, Matagouri and TaybeeNZ. As usual quite a bit of hilarity. Day 1 was more of a travel around where we went to Sutton Lake then up to Seacliff. A nice wander around the area. Signed as MINT.Thanks Kev the Orienteer for bringing me here.

A great place to walk around. Love the twinkling in the stone and the scenery. I must look for geological information about the area.Day 1 of The Wellingtonians are in Dunedin tour with TwigNZ, Mr-Mcgoo, Itchyfeet2020 and matagouri, as well as TaybeeNZ who decided to have a few days of his South Island tour with us. We are targeting specific caches -oldies, wherigos (thanks to the Seagnoids new caches on the Wainuiomata Hill road in Lower Hutt), a certain jet and hopefully a certain bird. Of course, there will be days of laughter, no doubt at my expense During our time here, all found caches were signed as MINT, regardless of whether 2, 3 or all 5 of us hadn't found it previously, or with individual names for Challenge Caches according to whomever was claiming the find.Kia ora rawa atu for the cache Kev the Orienteer.

Day 1 of our Dunedin Adventure. Six welly cachers have arrived with lots of plans and caches to find. Watch out Dunedin! Today we have ventured out here for the oldie on a gorgeous day and had time to visit this one. Of course I looked in the harder spot before the easier one presented itself. TFTC. All logs signed as MINT.

A group of friends have traveled together to Dunedin to collectively target a whole bunch of caches, primarily because of their value in terms of Jasmer Grid filling, or for certain Challenge Caches that we have elected to try to achieve.M.M.I.N.T.T are Mr-Mcgoo, matagouri, Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B, taybee nz and TwigNZ. Some logs were signed this way, some were signed as M.I.N.T for expediency, and some were signed with individual names.Today the big target was getting up to visit Sutton Salt Lake, which is something we have all wanted to do for a long time. We all knew the significance of being here, and were happy to be blessed with a fantastic day on which to come. Having found GC153, we carried on to make further finds including this one. Itchy made the find here, and soon added our team name to the log. Thank you for placing this cache for all to find.

A visit to Dunedin by Wellington geocachers NZ_B, Itchyfeet2020, TwigNZ, Mr-Mcgoo, Taybeen NZ, and myself. Signing as Team MINT, targeting old caches, Wherigos, and whatever else we can find.Having found GC153, we decided to push on for a couple more. This was the first that we came across. Some in the party were searching too high before the find was made. All good inside. Tftc!

Tftc

Thanks for another quick find. We too are orienteers. Although we would have still come out here, it is a bonus to have some caches along the way.

Bit tricky but got there in end. Log book full. TFTC

A southern adventure for a wee family Easter school holiday trip. After a few days in Dunedin we were now heading up to Naseby for a couple days...and hopefully some fine weather!
Coming this way to Naseby it'd be rude not to stop at one of the oldest caches in NZ, and do a bit of a walk. Rain held off and a lovely walk....Quick find and sign here. Thanks.

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czechia

Today I visited the Sutton Salt Lake Region. One of my task was to find this cache.
So I did.

Thanks to Kev the Orienteer for hiding and maintaining the cache.

T4TC Filser1

Toughest of the day for us. Past logs helped in narrowing down the search area. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to this interesting area. TFTC

Log will follow

Great views of the Rock and Pillar Range from here. TFTC

On my way to an old cache I found this box.
Thanks.

Everything is still good to go.

This one took a bit of searching, but we got there in the end. Fabulous spot on a lovely day. TFTC

TFTC, no pen but a great hide

TFTC - Forgot my pen...

On a tour of the area getting some caches for a challenge. All good with the cache . Thanks

Spent ages looking last time, finally posting dnf. This time looked in Same place and there it was. Funny that.

Day two of my road trip through Southland. Today's journey takes me from Invercargill back to Mosgiel. Old School Challenge caches are the focus of the trip. I arrived at the carpark just after 4 pm, there was hardly a breath of wind and it was quite mild. After finding GC153, I then continued around the loop. What a special place, I enjoyed the majestic scenery and the solitude of my own company. A quick find once I got to the right altitude. TFTC

A nice quick find as we make our way around the salt lake ticking off some caches. TFTC

Needed a second look at the hidey hole. Nice that it wasn't around our past the nasty prickly stuff. TFTC

Nice quick and easy find, I love the look of this Schist up close!

Thanks for the first of a few!

Cache all good!

Yes up you go..No not too bad as the ground levels out at the rear end for easy access found all goodthanks K the O.

After catching up with an ex neighbour now living in Naseby, we set off here to check out the salt lake. Getting the correct approach here was the answer to finding the cache. A bit of a balancing act with the wind and on hand holding on. Thanks for the placement Kev the Orienteer.

Neat hide. Marvellous vies TFTC

Tricky wee one, nice big cavity for it!

No luck with this one.

Tftc. The kids loved climbing on the rocks

Day #5 of my Geotour.
Dunedin to Geraldine with a slight detour!
Fresh snow overnight made for a stunning drive here from Outram and yet not even a frost on this side of the ranges. I came here to collect the nearby "old" cache and continued on to make this find. A tricky wee hide.
TFTC

Visiting the deep South and doing bit of a road trip in the week before Easter. Great scenery, generally pretty good weather and plenty of caches to find along the way!

TFTC Kev the Orienteer

We finally made it to this area to collect up the series of caches here. We tried to get here at Xmas/New Year but the rain stopped us. Another nice quick find. tftc

TFTC fantastic Rock formations great spot

TFTC. The last day of my family trail adventures around Middlemarch and Macraes.
I decided to walk around the Sutton Salt Lake. What a magical location.
Thanks for placing the cache.

Quick find. TFTC.

Tftc!!!

Found with mangoambs while touring otago. Nice spot. Thank you for the cache.

Found it thanks

Had to reach round for this one. Nicely hidden. My second visit to this lake - on the first visit there was plenty of water, but this time there was scarcely any water and we were able to walk across the entire length of the lake, as it was dried to a crust. TFTC.

Living in Motueka we are used to schist in our area but was interesting looking at all of the rock formations around us - after a short hunt we had cache in hand log signed - thanks for the cache

Nice to get out of the car for a decent stretch from our travels. A lot of this material (Schist) around our area as well but is always interesting to see the different formations made. A quick hunt and i zeroed in and carefully removed cache from it's hide, signed the log then replaced . Thanks for the cache.

Diesen Cache habe ich als Teil des Teams LaMaLaMa (jetzt: Mr_Lama) gefunden.
Da sich das Team leider getrennt hat, logge ich nun unter meinem neuen Account Lærry nach.

Ich hoffe auf Euer Verständnis und danke Euch für’s Verstecken der vielen tollen Dosen!
Selbstverständlich werde ich jedem Cache einen Favo hinterlassen, bei dem es der ursprüngliche Account auch getan hatte. Falls ich einen Cache vergesse, dürft ihr mich gerne anschreiben.

Ich wünsche Euch viele tolle Caches und sage zum Abschluss: Bis bald im Wald!
Liebe Grüße von Lærry

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I found this cache as a member of the team LaMaLaMa (now: Mr_Lama).
Since the team unfortunately split up, I am re-logging with my new account Lærry.

I hope you will understand.
Furthermore I thank you for hiding the many great caches!
Of course I will leave a favo to each cache where the original account did it. If I forget a cache, you are welcome to write to me.

Best wishes, Lærry

Tftc

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All my caches will be temporarily disabled until the current crisis is over.

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Kev the Orienteer

Zusammen mit Panne Koppa und Mini_JayJay gerne eine schöne kleine Wanderrunde nach dem alten Cache am Anfang durch diese besondere Gegend gemacht. Dabei haben wir ohne Probleme auch diesen Cache gefunden.

T4TC
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Certainly not at path level. Takes a bit of a balancing act to retrieve and replace the container but a great hide. Thank you.

After we found the cache from the year 2000, there was still some time for a walk. Unfortunately not for the complete round to the lake.
But we passed this cache. Thanks to Kev the Orienteer for laying and maintaining.

On a caching weekend to Otago and Southland with Tuolei to pick up old caches, TMGT's, CANZ, solved puzzles and any others that caught our eye along the way. We had a 4 day long weekend planned that would take us around Dunedin on the first day, Tuatapere via Sutton, Balcutha, Mataura and Winton on the second day, Tokanui via Riverton, Invercargill and Bluff on the third day and then back to Dunedin via the Catlins on the last day. Overall we did 1578km and picked up just under 100 caches and managed to knock off most of the caches we had on our list.

Second cache on the second day, we had the place to ourselves after one other car left shortly after we arrived. Lots of places to hide here but we soon had it in hand - TFTC.