Turnbill Thompson Park Home of Southland Football Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand
By Mexted 4 on 13-Oct-12. Waypoint GC3XRM2

As this cache has been out of action for too long and the cache owner has not performed any maintenance, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to un-archive it.
 
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No luck for us. Once again more DNF in Invercargill than Found.

No good, couldn't find it in the maze!

Tftc

We were unable to find the original cache on a previous visit, and unfortunately fared no better with the replacement cache today.

couldnt find anywhere!

ttfc

Went with Stuart Nel1 and tkiragu_94 to try find this one on a hot and sunny day. it was nice and quiet, so we were able to have a decent look around. Just couldn't find it. Either we are looking in the wrong place or just are blind, or the trees are magnetic and it is hidden in them :p

19:50
Found during a nice afternoon hunt in Invercargill. The weather changed from sun to rain.
I had time to explore the city, so I looked around and finded a few caches.
TFTC

Wild Coin Cacher and I are on day 5 of holiday on the South Island. Today we started out in the Catlins and worked our way to Invercargill. TFTC SL

caching around Invercargill on a sunny (!) day. tftc sl

Quick easy find.TFTC

Stoked to find this one. Had to come back when it was a little quieter....

Nice quick find once I read details properly & got out of the trees. #28 of 31 for August.

Clever hide even when game going on! Found quickly.

Nice wee one

Coordinates changed from:
S 46° 24.757 E 168° 22.543

Coordinates changed to:
S 46° 24.757 E 168° 22.570

Distance from original: 113.2 feet or 34.5 meters.
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Well found but has been muddled badly. Put it in a tree close to where we found it. TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 46° 24.762 E 168° 22.565

Coordinates changed to:
S 46° 24.757 E 168° 22.543

Distance from original: 96.9 feet or 29.5 meters.

Went @ night n couldn't find it anywhere

checked still there

Came in from the Lindisfarne St side, and after following the clue and the GPS had a fairly good hunt around in the leaf litter - but alas no cache.

Despite what seemed a fairly precise hint, we were unable to locate this cache.

replaced cache

found the cache, (lid and log only) SL TFTC. as from previous logs it need the base of the container.

Need to replace

Was in the area on a very hot southland day to attend a nearby challenge and get some more caches as well. TFTC Found with wethreefurdices,

Found the lid in the open away from GZ and the log book stuffed into a tree. Placed both back at GZ but they will need maintenance as content will be exposed to adverse weather. TFTC

Many Thanks for all the caches and maintaining them, been a great trip down south

Bitsprayer

Cache container is missing and log book seems to have been drawn on needs repairs

Quick find of the lid and log book but no sign of the rest of the container

10 of 18 today with ingidayna on a mission to get 9 different cache types in one day (and some extras). Found just the lid and logbook, so will need maintenance or will get wet next time it rains. A quick easy find. TFTC

Great easy find!!

Found!

Great location , covered it up a bit more as was windy and quite exposed.

Great football park, nice and easy cache

Found on a hot windy day tftc

Quick grab

Will have to remember to bring swaps on our next adventure.

Took my grandchildren geocaching and they were so excited to find a little kiwi and a bean in this cache. My grandson enjoyed playing with the kiwi while I filled in the log, but was very good and we put it back in the container. I will make sure that I have exchanges another time as that would have added to the fun.

Quick easy find. TFTC

Hauled my youngest bro out on another caching adventure tonight, and grabbed this cache. The home of Southland footy - how could we resist? A good quick find, thanks to bro. Swapped the TB for a bean, signed log and were on our way. No muggles in sight, and the sun was still high. Thanks for the cache, markmexted. Enjoyed the chase. Cheers!

Our very first cache! Very exciting for all of us!!

Nice grounds . . TFTC

Phoned it with Ice Cream Sandwich and a little help from a co-opted in canine not much bigger than the cache.

Good amenity.TFTC

Found just before Xmas, while seeing family. Mr C has played here as a young Boy, but not on the new turf TFTC.

Found on 12-12-12 at 6:21:00 p.m.
Very good hint Another good history lesson
Thanks for the cache.markmexted
Jim & Mrs O.F.

A bit of a leg stretcher , nice hockey fields

TFTC

I don't think we realised just how large this park area is. TFTC

Quick find, TFTC

On a gentle bike ride around town on a fine but windy evening. Anazing how much shelter the hedge provides.

Thanks

Nice find after work TFTC

Thought it would be a good day to get some more caches.

Another quick find while out finding a few today. TFTC [^]

This one was a bit tricky to find. In the end we needed the hint.

Got to GZ easily enough, but the hide seemed rather random, and required a fair amount of luck to find Cheers Gav

TFTC

TFTC easy find

Found on a windy day. TFTC

One of several in a good thick run of caches heading north in the city, found with RexTrex, Sol de Lune, Fitzy and Zsazsa7. Thanks markmexted.

Walked over from Tay St to do the deed. Swiftly scored. (pun intended)

Thanks markmexted.

A day to cache around the Invercargil area. Decided to head down this way and work our way back towards and into town. This was an interesting spot to visit, so glad we made the effort. It was another windy day, but that wasn't going to stop us. Cache was found after a quick search, no problems with 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 the cache and the chance to see more of the South island.

5620 + 591 = 6211. Day 5 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.

Today we drove south from Invercargill to Lands End in order to cache back northwards. We parked near this cache and walked in - only to find the closer carpark ! Typical ! A quick find at GZ. Thanks again markmexted !

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.

John Turnbull Thomson was a name I grew up amongst when I lived in Invercargill, so it is pleasing to see this cache recalling his generosity. Pity his name is spelled incorrectly though.

Thanks MarkM for the cache and this insight into southern football.

Quick easy find!
Cheers

Another great find on the Emvy_Us / Waiiti20 mega tour of the Southern South Island. TFTC

Found with Emvy_us on our southern tiki tour while attending the Dunedin Mega. TFTC

Quick and easy find, nice spot. TFTC

#242 Found it on a wet wet day whilst out with the dogs. Thanks for the Cache Markmexted! Looking forward to your next hide!

#999 and out picking up a last couple of caches before I hit #1000 at NZMega this weekend. Mum came with me on this rainy day, but this time she stayed in the car. Wet feet apparently.....softy! I did find make the discovery that wearing gumboots on wet days definitely makes cache-hunting more pleasant.

A quick find and on the brink of a biggy now. Bring on Mega!

TFTC

Yep. 2TF awsome. Found at 1125 Wed. The young socer players were covering the terf, must have been a primary school coaching sesion. Located the cache usung the back entry as not to arouse suspicains from the field (of a adult going through the hedge hole). Good spot and box. PS My spelling here is terrible. TFTC and history.

Found at 1:37 PM
Another FTF and a quick find

TFTC markmexted

pipedream

Published

Come here often for the kids' touch games! No games today though so good day for searching under trees!