Sweet Apples?(East Otago) Meadowbank, South Island, New Zealand
By Big smoke on 16-Feb-13. Waypoint GC461JK

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

Hi Big smokeThis 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.RegardsTheCoddiwompler

Tree gone and I suspect the cache has too.

Tree gone and I believe Big smoke is no longer with us.

The apple tree has shuffled off.

No luck today.

No tree only suckers. Cache may well have been harvested.

Next time.......

Apple tree cut down. Only suckers growing now

Reasonably quick find. TFTC

After a couple of very wet days in Dunedin, StreetWalkerNZ and I woke to a glimpse of blue sky and sun but with more rain predicted, we started early to make the most of the good weather on our drive north to Moeraki. We even had time to do a wee tiki tour around Palmerston and environs.
Wow, that's one big tree and pity that it was a bit too early in the season for ripe apples. Cache was a quick find once I had found a route through all the branches to GZ. TFTC.

#19192. Pretty sure Troodles jumped out and grabbed this one. TFTC.

2020 hasn't been the best year for geocaching for a number of reasons so we decided a road trip from Dunedin was in order.

Caching our way from Palmerston, through Macraes and back to Mosgiel via Middlemarch.

Find count: 2096

Went out today with the aim of changing green boxes on the map to yellow, but unfortunately a few blue popped up too. Most of our finds were nice and simple, but a few took a bit of time.

Andy went in for the hunt and came out victorious but scratched. tftc

I actually found this one on the ground so replaced as per the hint before scrambling out. Apples not ready yet. TFTC # 16,451

Thanks winter time so no apples. Taking a side trip on the way to Naseby to collect a few cache for the Mythical Creatures challenge.

A day trip out this way to clean up a few caches. Such great country we have around us. I forget how lucky we are to be so close to it. TFTC

Heading to Middlemarch for a caching weekend and had the morning to fill in before meeting BCD at Palmerston. Was a bit of a mission getting to this one with all the grass and branches but made it to find cache safe and sound. TFTC

Found

Makes it easy without the leaves on the trees. it would be nice to know what he fruit looks and tastes like.

Nice find tftc

Nice quick find emzie_4444 soon had this in hand tftc!

Hard to get through but found it TFTC

Another one found on our road trip.

No apples today. TFTC

Not too many seen today... HOTA

Another great find while slowly heading to the Christchurch Mega.
Thanks for adding to the enjoyment of this trip.

Met a friendly geocacher and we did some caches together - nice to meet you KiiGeoswami
SL TFTC

Caching with someone with 30,000 caches !!! WOW ! Signed as PEGS, as we are all going to the Mega together.

No apples today, but did find the cache!

No apples but great hidey hole. Have all the geocachers pinched the apples? TFTC

Another fast find.
TFTC

Chose not to have a snack

TFTC

Kia ora for the cache.

Found with us04 and Spydude13. TFTC

Found with us04 and Lollipopcat. TFTC

Nice wee drive around the back blocks.

TFTC

Quick park and grab. All nice and dry inside

Most of the apples had been picked- just one branch left to harvest. A little woody for eating raw, but good flavour once cooked.

yay this one was here

33 of 63 on a days caching with ingidayna. A quick easy find. TFTC

We enjoyed the day caching in this area

Tftfun

So many caches done to remember all, but got a kick out of all that we found

A couple of apples were tempting - but didn't check for taste. TFTC

13507... Sweet as... just a couple of months too early for the harvest, TFTC.

Found with WGHS 2 on activity week. TFTC

Have to come back in autumn for some apples - TFTC

No problem find my sweet apple today, but his mate, further down the road was no where to be seen. Looks like like others will be missing out on an apple pie too.

On a roll.

It didn’t take too long to find this cache. We were glad it wasn’t somewhere among the many objects across the road. TFTC

Found at 4:07:00 p.m. on 11/08/2013.

No apples this time of year.

TFTC Big smoke

No leaves on the trees makes for a very easy find Found with Aoraki Sheep.

Being winter means no apples so we can't comment if they are sweet or sour, but we did find the cache so all smiles here Found with debsnz

Got these a long time ago and haven't loaded them TFTC

Had just parked ute when a farmer appeared on his quad. Ask me what I was doing? Had no reason to be here parked in a funny place. Told him I was geocaching." Geo what?' Long conversation. Think he may have seen some others parked in the same spot. At least now he knows we are to caging his place. He drove of a happy man. Then his wife pulls up a couple of minutes latter, told her the same thing. Spent 10 minutes on public relations 2 minutes geocaching.TFTC #487

Found with Hinemoana.
TFTC

These must have been the sweet ones as none left!! TFTC!!

No apples to taste. Found with rediguana and bladesedge.

Quick find once the right approach had been taken.
Cheers Gav

A quick and easy find with rediguana and Hello Mrs. TFTC

Nice apple. TFTC.

Missed out on an apple here. TFTC.

We found only the one Apple on the tree,but Little Horrible picked it.Ha Ha you know her well.Lol TFTC

Another apple.... mmmmm
TFTC. TNLN. SLB.

They must be good apples as the tree looks petty bare now. TFTC

I went in the wrong way and got very tangled up in all the branches. Once I found the cache I realised there was an easier way in - I left via that route! TFTC

A quick grab, but I emerged right in front of a horsey muggle! Luckily I had "apples" as an alibi TFTC

Another one captured.
TFTC

Had only just pulled up and not yet got out of the car when a farmer (I assume) pulls up beside us in his standard-issue farm Hilux. We had passed him playing with a fence way back down the road before "A Different View". He just stared at us. So I wound my window down and said "Can I help you?" He replied "You lost?". To which I responded "No." So he stared at us a bit more and then drove off. I guess he was trying to be helpful but, brother, what an attitude. Just as well he's a farmer and not in a job where he has to have regular contact with the public. Quick find. TFTC.

TFTC. Little detour on way to central

These must be nice apples as the tree has already been stripped clean. TFTC

Quick grab - Bitsprayer

Saw some one else had tried the apples ( well found the cache) so after signing the log we moved on.
Thanks
erninz

not game to taste them, will take your word for it

ftf on a lovely afternoon

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