Kowai Pass Cemetery (Springfield) Springfield, South Island, New Zealand
By gracie7 on 17-Oct-12. Waypoint GC3ZMMV

And didn't find it - it got removed with the new sign going in. thanks G and Mum

The cache was indeed missing so instead of replacing it we decided to Archive and make way for a new cache to go in. We were gathering information for a multi when it started to rain so have left it open for others and if noone decides to take the area we will add one the next time we pass - whenever that is Thanks to all who have visited this cache

Hmm, no luck here today, but sign has changed from photo, would that make a difference?

Nice hide here thank you tftc

On an expedition to the Craigieburn area specifically to get a 43 07 but as many others as possible too. Thanks for your cache. It was a tad prickly retrieving it!
#4111

Odloveno s Lucka Black, TFTC )

I am traveling with my daughter Lucinka mundlinka and son Negrritos across the New Zealand. We are from Prague, Czech Republic. We love "geocaching", the main target is caches )
Many beautiful caches, amazing and unforgettable experiences, thank all owners, TFTC )

Found it.

Easy grab
Thanks

TFTC - what an interesting cemetry in a peaceful spot.

Had a look around before coming back for an easy find.

Visited today with my daughter and two grandsons.

Found this one while on a holiday away from our home in Whangamata Thanks for the cache

As per others it took a while mainly as I interpreted the hint incorrectly, but the hint us spot on. Thanks for the cache

Thorny ...Hawthorne..found tftc...needs repositioning

I didn't have any luck with this one today, there's been a bit of a tidy up at the front and the amount of growth behind was challenging! Another day maybe.

Nice stop on the way to the West coast.
TFTC

Hard to find spent 20 mins looking look really hard by the sign

We were finally about to give up but found and realised we forgot a pen but luckily there was a pencil in the cache.
TFTC

This cache took ages to find as my phone kept taking me to a dead rabbit. Got there in the end. I had a good explore of the cemetery but didn't recognise any names. My ex-husband's ancestors are from this area.

Beautiful spot!

Once I had geocacheing head I was fine. I took a picture of this sign never seen sectioned of for what church you belong too?

Tftc.

Found on our way back to Chch from castle hill. Tftc

After a quick pitstop in Springfield we stopped here to drop off a TB.
All good here. Happy Caching

Had to find a cache today before leaving Springfield, lovely camping area in the Kowai Domain. Nice little hide, TFTC

On the way to Christchurch airport stopped here to grab this one. Bit of rain but not unpleasant. Approached from the church end of the cemetery so took a while to find the right location. Soon signed and replaced. Tftc.

Behind the right one....
Women are always right - it was quickly found on the right side.

Vielen Dank fürs Herrichten und -führen.

ibdh - ich bin der helmut

Staying at the Kowai domain down the road so took a stroll into ‘town’ to pick up the caches around and about. Started looking the wrong side to start. Bit prickly sticking your hand down there got seriously pricked by the very sharp thorns.
Thanks for placing and greetings from the

Springfield. DNF or didn’t understand. Greetings from Finland

#5256. The family are having a holiday in the South Island. After spending 5 days in Christchurch it was time to head west and spend a night at Lake Brunner. Its been raining steadily for two days now. Really nasty weather for a holiday but luckily it eased back to very light rain by the time we reached Darfield. We parked outside the cemetery. Lots of possible hiding spots so checked the hint. That helped to target a couple of potential sites and the cache was found in the second one checked. Signed the logbook and replaced the cache as found. Thanks gracie + Mum for hiding it here.

Found after a few scratches. It seems so simple once found haha

Found it eventually.The clue threw us off initially, but led us to the correct spot after a lot of scratching around. Bring gloves!

Got few scratches, but found it.

Tftc! Lots of thorns tho

Definately NOT a favourite. Grrrrrr.

Today's mission was a drive from Christchurch to Greymouth on my way home to Nelson. Trying to find 'a few' caches along the way. It's been ages since I travelled this route so there were actually heaps of caches to find and at the end of the day my tally was 81. Biggest cache day for me for a while. This was the first one I stopped for. It was a very prickly customer indeed. TFTC, Biggles.

Watch out for thorns thanks gracie7!

Ah, but behind what right hand one? Careful of the thorns.

Looked for a while and couldn't see a sign of it. Suddenly I did!Tftc

27/05/2017 8:50:00 AM
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This had been a day in the planning, and a day to look forward to for quite a while!! I took the day off motherhood, left the baby girl with daddy, and headed out to go find some caches - heaps & heaps of caches! - with my mum. Trying to get closer to knocking out as many of those within 80km of home as possible. Not too bad, as I think we found 51 in the end! Well, 51 for me, and a few less for mum. Plus the weather mostly held out!

TFTC!!

I feel a bit stupid now. Couldn't find it last week and no problem today. As penance I've left a small pencil I had on me. TFTC

Maybe muggled as there's been painting around the area.

Quick find not too prickly.

Bit spiky to get it

Hard to get but fun.

The Right Hint soon had this one in the bag

Day # 7 in New Zealand on a geocaching holiday-trip covering Thailand, Australia and finally my beloved NZ .
I had so much looked forward to return to this beautiful country, and now I'm here again - awesome!
Today's tour took me from Timaru via Alpine Roads to Arthurs Pass.

The weather was brilliant throughout the trip – although very strong winds . The landscape was sensational [^] and scenic spots invited for a photo-stop or a little rest - or a little cache ....
Needless to say, that along the route quite a lot of little treasures were waiting to be discovered .

Ended up in rainy and chilly [B)] Arthurs Pass - but rewarded with 30 Finds - a good days work [^] !

This very nice box at the side of the road was a quick find , based on the precise hint [^].
And a wonderful coin was waiting in the cash to be taken further. [^]

Hey - Canterbury and Southern Alps- you have awesome caches [^] !
A big thanks [:X] to all Owners involved [^] for hiding and maintaining .
Special thanks to gracie7 + Mum [:X] [:X], who are responsible for 1/3 of my finds today - I love you!
Cheers from Germany

Tftc

Dropped off T.B. TFTC

Need your garden gloves here

Love these wee hidden away cemeterys

Got to springfield after a long day caching over Arthurs Pass. Nice to park in the shade and grab this cache. Logbook signed and cache returned to its hide.

Hard to find be careful of prickles but found it

In New Zealand for a holiday from Australia! Our first Cache in NZ! Started looking for the cache, looking in the correct spot but from the wrong entrance point earned us a few spikes! Geo wife suggested a better spot (minus the amount of spikes) and there is was!! TFTC!

Greetings from Canada. Lots of bushes here, no luck for me today.

Looked in wrong place for a while before the penny dropped Good hide. Found with kakariki TFTC

Easy find. TFTC. With reshamfiriri.

Prickly indeed. TFTC.

While some in the car stopped for a "pit stop" in town I decided to run down to look for this cache. In the end I made the mistake of reading the previous logs. I say mistake because I clearly didn't read them all properly. The one I misread lead me to the wrong spot entirely (when I looked after finding the cache I saw where I went wrong). As it was the rest of the crew arrived before I found it so we all got our names on the log. We signed as R3, B&B, NMJ, & NZG (Rincewind3, Bo&bronnie, Not Manly Jack, and NZGecko).
For future finders: don't dive in too quick, there are spikes!
TFTC

Did not find hint no help

Went on a big adventure with Wafflekitties and geo pups, had a blast thanks for the memories! TFTC.

Found while on holiday in the South Island with LCBuilder and our two geodogs. We spent 3 weeks travelling down the east coast and then up the west coast, moving to a different campsite each night. We got a few geocaches along our way; our best day was 41 and our worst was 6 we saw a lot of awesome sights and will definitely have to come back one day! TFTC!

Nice quick find on the way past today. One car in the cemetery with occupants parked up and upset near one head stone. TFTC #8780

Took a few moments after looking at the obvious spots. GPS doesn't have the photo but I decided to focus on what turned out to be the correct spot.

After afternoon tea nearby we couldn't bypass a cemetery. Interesting to see the out of date signs. Cache was a quick find with good coordinates for us.
Thanks.

Very late log. Found this cache with my Hubby Sevren.tftc

Took a bit of searching and head scratching before we cottoned on to the hide after standing back and thinking for a bit.

Ouch - quickly spied - caution required to retrieve.

Signs

interesting cemetary. easy finf. FP

First time travelling New Zealand. Very nice country. Thank you for the cache.

Lots of prickles. TFTC

Found with Mporokosa. TFTC

Our first cache of the start of a long weekend away on the west coast. It was a stinking hot day, so stops were necessary to get some fresh air for the boys and give them a drink. I expected the cache to be somewhere else.

Tftc

Glad we had the hint for this one. TFTC!

Greetings from Alaska! Here for a month just traveling around, sight seeing and geocaching. Here with getatms+1. TFTC!

Could be sooo easy,but i went in there

Found with Krickelina. TFTC

Today's trip was from Arthur's Pass to Springfield. We are at the last evening with our camper van. Have had very nice time here in NZ. TFTC

Local council workers were mowing the lawns and the truck hid us from muggles. Tftc

Easy to find on a rainy day.

Cool hide

After a full on day yesterday conquering Mt Bealey and swimming across lake Pearson a leisurely drive back to Geraldine today picking up a few P and G s along the way was a good plan.

came at this one from the wrong direction so took a lot longer than it should have but I got there in the end tftc

Easy find

Tftc

While stopping at t.he camp site overnight decided to find cache's in the area many thanks

Easy find one the way to the coast. TFTC

#4097

Found tyftc

Mega trip to NZ: day 4, alone with my beloved squib. We wanted to drive towards west coast (turned back after Arthur's pass) and find some caches. Thanks for the fun and greetings from Finland.

On my way home after another wonderful MEGA weekend.
A quick park and grab as I entered Springfield.
TFTC

Quick easy find- thanks

Good one bit of a prick though

Very easy park and grab on way to Porters Pass for a Sunday drive. Tftc

Another great find while slowly heading to the Christchurch Mega.
Thanks for adding to the fun of my trip!

SL TFTC

Found quickly on an excursion to castle hill.

Found on the way back from arthurs pass for work. Tftc

Tftc

Stopped on way to ChCh to pick up a TB. All good

#3 on a road trip to the coast. Swapped a TB. Freezing outside otherwise would have stopped for a look around. Tftc