The Bus Shelters of Spite (Otago) Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
By Stegan & Supercat135 on 19-Dec-12. Waypoint GC43131

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

Hi stegan

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

Didn’t have much hope looking for this one due to the previous DNF’s but had a good hunt for about 30mins. Had to wave on a couple of buses but no muggles were waiting. Either it’s gone or it’s D rating should be higher.

Think this one is gone

Didn't get long to look as I was thwarted by muggles but no luck finding it!

No find here. Did find some excellent hiding places for a cache here though.

Third attempt, still no luck, not even with a previous finder's advice. I think this one is gone.

So

Tricky but found it!

Spotted by Master 12 while waiting for the bus (not out geocaching!). Was a big thrill. Thanks for making his day!

Great cache. So pleased to have conquered this one. Have been past a number of times - today was the day. Didn't get to sign - no room and my pen wouldn't work. I can send photo if u need. Thanks

Easy find, log book completely full, TFTC

Second time lucky - so hidden but so obvious! How did I miss this last time. Anyhow, as below have said log book is overflowing so managed to sign EK at the top corner.

Enjoying holidaying in the area with tmann421.

A nice quick find for us here today. Log full and needs a new container top. TFTC

On holiday geocaching through the area with Just-Lookin.
Another one pretty quickly found on the drive around.

*Thanks for the fun find!*
LOG FULL HERE

Logs a bit on the full side, really needs some maintenance. Tftc

returned to this one with KJR who couldn't find it on her last visit , didn't take to long to spot it just before a muggle arrive d to catch a bus tftc

2nd time looking and back with BCD...this time an easy find. TFTC

Oh no ! I was hoping to really find a sofa here ! I need a sit down after all these hills and steps today on the first 5 caches ! I can't believe there is such a thing as a bus shelter with no seats !!!!
Do the oldies just sit and wait on their walker seats ?
At least I know what it's NOT under !
And I have just been admiring all your painted ones with themed murals etc....and the old green wooden ones ! And now this monstrosity ! LOL

found but couldn't sign as log was full

The cache attributes state this one is near public transport. Figures.

Nearly missed it - needs replacement as full TFTC

A quick find as we whizzed around surburbia getting ourselves orientated after the move from Oamaru. A tricky wee hide. Logbook completely full - had to abbreviate our username. TFTC.

Found it! Miss 11 got it while doing we nails. Get geo-cache on Dunedin holiday. #winning

TFTC

Tricky wee cache found it though

The plan was hatched a few years ago now and it has been a standing weekend away with a few of us mad keen cachers. This trip was made up of Karma Reprint, Team_Gaters and me (TheWanglers). We couldn't use a previous anagram to sign the logs as one member was in Aussie. So we had to come up with another... Hmm, KiTT? We decided on KiTT but after signing the first few logs something KR mentioned took a while for me to sink in and I didn't really take on board until the next time I signed the log. "Hey, the double 'TT' looks like Pi!". Oh, that's what KR said! So we signed the log this trip as KaTT pronounced 'Kapai'! And the trip was kapai!!! We had an epic weekend starting with a detour to Peel Forrest for a few FTFs, stopped in Omaru, thrashed Dunedin and detoured to Port Charmers for a FTF and then back to Pleasant Point and Peel Forrest to finish off the weekend with more FTFs. We got home to our families at a respectable hour after clocking up just over 1100km!
We had a few milestones we really wanted to crack. My 4000th, TG's 5000th and KR's 10,000th. We cracked my and KR's goal and got really close for TG. It really is about the numbers. This trip was awesome as it has given me some ideas
We had settled into our home for the weekend and scored us some steaks for tea. We were hydrated and fed and headed out for the evening. No worries here.

Thanks for the cache.
#3870
Cache number 118 for todays total of 123
Cache 118 of my total of 288 for this epic trip!

Show weekend and a Road Trip to Dunedin with 'The Boys'....Karma Reprint & TheWanglers. Initially came up with the acronym KiTT but on seeing the TT looked like a Pi symbol we quickly changed to Ka(Pi) (ie. Kapai)....and a fantastic weekend it was. 3 days, 1100km, a heap of caches and great fun.
Missing it's lid so not totally out of sight...quick find and sign whilst in the area in the evening. Cheers.

Took a wee while, got there in the end.

Canterbury show weekend and time for our annual road trip to some place with plenty of boxes to find. One player short this year as PurdiePurdie got a better offer over the Tasman, (no not another MEGA).

TheWanglers, Team Gaters and I took off at 4:45am for Dunedin for a weekend of fun frivolity and finds. The plan was to get as many as we could, while still having a good old time, which we managed in abundance. Logs were generally signed kaTT, which actually should read ka pai, but I can not seem to get pi as a symbol.

A great time was had by all.

Thanks to all the CO's for their hides.

Tftc - will bring a pen back next time I am up here and sign cheers

Had the urge to go out and have a bit of a hunt in the area this morning. This stop was a rather easy one, and rather deserted for most of it, but after I'd found and almost replaced it up came a bus! He gave me a confused look but headed on. Thankfully I had the log concealed at the time. Cheers!

Took a couple of minutes but a qick search turned up the log. Thanks for this one

Second time lucky! Last time was in the dark so easily spotted this time. Like others found the log full so didn't sign. Nice hide. TFTC

Didn't think these new excuses for a bus shelter would offer many opportunities for a straightforward hide. But no sooner had I arrived when I spotted something easily overlooked. The log looks like it filled up a while ago. The newest entries look like they're written on the smudged remains of earlier ones. TFTC

Searched in all the usual places that caches are hidden in these shelters (elsewhere in the country) but no cache. Finally spied it on the second pass. One of those simple but very deceptive hides that looks so obvious once you've found it. TFTC #7181

Squished my name in but the log is full

This entry was edited by misspod on Thursday, 06 August 2015 at 02:36:42 UTC.

Needs new log

A tricky wee hide. Nice cache to grab on the way home TFTC BH

Frame Family 16/5/2015 First Geocache

Easy find. A great day to go hunting today for a Cache or two...

Great hide & took a bit of looking! In a hurry as starting to rain! TFTC

Found it - thanks

#933 not sure if it usually has a lid, but even without one it was hard to find. TFTC

Yay! It didn't take too long to find. Thanks

Tricky but found it!

Found within 15seconds, only by accidentally touching it rather than seeing it.

Boring

Bit trickier but got there in the end

It's still there. I found it on my daily walk, after checking the all the really tricky hiding holes (Screw heads - that sort of thing), and starting on my second "once over". It's in good condition too, after apparently having some water ingress problems in the past. Thanks.

Spent a long time looking in the daytime this time. But still didn't find it.

With people unloading a trailer of wood across the road, PC Sniff and I restricted ourselves to a brief visual search. Given that we were cycling up the hill, it was difficult to spend a long time on a glorious sunny day at a bus stop that didn't have a seat. There's only so long you can pretend to be recovering from the hill (or in my case, actually recovering from the hill climb).
I think we'll have to come back on foot so we can linger a bit longer without looking suspicious.

Well, I didn't find it. I guess I'll have to come back during the daylight.

Sorry, either to good or gone. Considering that there are not too many places might be worth checking.

found with durandc looks he needed my help.

Finally found it! 4th tone searching for it. Tftc

Tiny little cache but finally found it. Tftc

It was easy

Maint.

Easy little find. To wet to sign.

TFTC

Find #109 on a road-trip from Blenheim to Dunedin, through St Arnauds, Hamner Springs, Aoraki/ Mount Cook, and Christchurch. The Suits up in the higher ranks of organising cities are really good at doing things like this- making a plan for something, putting it out, and ignoring the complaints, just so another council can make the same mistakes over and over. But I digress. I walked up to the stop, and spotted the cache right away. It needs a bit of paint, and a lid might do it very nicely. Very fun, TFTC

Tftc, too wet to sign it

Easy find, but as below cache is very wet, too wet to get the log out, so unable to sign it

Lid missing, log saturated. Container no longer black.

Have logged for maintenance, easy find bit very wet!

TFTC

made a bit of a hash writing in log in the dark...lid was off but found nearby...tried to replace it but it kept 'popping' off. just sitting in place! TFTC

TFTC. Making the most of a fine spell to get a few local cache.

Driving past and thought we'd take the opportunity to stop and have a look. Found very quickly although had some difficulty in extracting the log. Found with Aoraki Sheep.

Had hardly gotten out of the car when debsnz surprised us both by finding this one super quickly.

couldn't get the log out!

this was our first hunt lots of fun

Was visiting the "Red Fungus" to get a $1 sale price 200 ml snaplock (relax, it's only to use for holding certificate magnets inside a PROPER cache), it started to rain and this one was close and sheltered... took an embarrassingly long time, got filthy fingers, and a bus sneaked up and stopped while my back was turned... finally happened to see it in a place I wasn't expecting. Memo to self- haven't you learnt by now that you should never trust anything stegan (even worse with sidekick) includes on the cache page? Couldn't get log out, but have photo if needed.

found it

Cute baby cache

Cool cache, nice and tiny. Capsule has a bit of moisture in it though. Dried it out a bit. Tftc.

Been told that we had to get a August souvenir so we did. Would of been easier in day light to find.

Found the hide but couldn't extract the log
TFTC

wow. . that was a good one that got the brain working overtime. . TFTC

Removing maintenance icon. Log is rite in the rain (or similar paper) so should be fine.

This one took us quite a while, with natural camouflage making the cache difficult to spot. The log is damp, but usable. We note the bus shelter currently has a window missing. TFTC

Quick find. TFTC

Neat hide, and nice and dry in a wet day. TFTC!

This entry was edited by gpsmith on Friday, 07 June 2013 at 22:42:51 UTC.

Was expecting this to harder than what is was. Found fairly quickly. Great hide. Log book is wet but pen still works on it. TFTC.

Very easy find. Tftc!

This is a favourite for us. It had started raining and the 4 of us must have looked very strange looking high and low on a day when there are no buses at this stop. We liked the buildings so clean and tidy and no graffitti.
Our thanks go to Terry and Barbara and wee Bonnie for taking us round some caches we hadnt thought of doing during our weekend in Dunedin. We will be back to do some more.
TFTC

We didn't get to do very many in Dunedin,but when a Friend knew we were coming here,she sent us on a mission.Had to duck around the streets,following the GPS,then had to hunt for a wee while,and finally Pedro spied it.Loved this very clever one and pleased we come up here.TFTC

Neat hide. TFTC

TFTC

Found with sonia26642 and Hinmoana. Another quick find during the weekend.
TFTC

09/03/2013 3:34:00 PM
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Caching in Dunedin for the weekend as... well, a nice spot to go for a cache over the weekend, as I can combine it with an excuse to visit mum!

On the way to some other arather cache, when we decided to stop for this one that looked to be along the way. We all hopped out, and started scouring that stop! It must have looked pretty ridiculous had there been any on lookers!!

This one was a bit trickier than then other usual bus stop hides, but we did get there, though it did take a little bit. And it was pretty much in the last place we looked. - We had literally between the three of us already searched every single other square inch! But yay for a find!

TFTC!!

Rocked up, cast eyes onto the right spot and there it was Nice one!!!

nice hide found at 3.15pm tftc

found with brownienz

Maintenance (replaced). Disappointed that I managed to choose the only wet spot.

Please push lid securely back on

sorry didnt realize this is arcived did find it wet also

found while in town with daffy dill tftc

I really don't know how this could get wet...

Log too wet to sign due to lid being open when we found it. Cheers.