Beached (North Otago) Kakanui, South Island, New Zealand
By hill55 on 26-Apr-13. Waypoint GC4AN1P

Thanks, perfect condition, great clue.

Quick find tftc

TFTC Found with andyfreya. Easy find.

Quick grab on our beach dog walk, didn't sign log as I realised too late I did bring a pen..

Easy find on way back to Dunedin.

Tftf 4martin4

On our 20 day hiking experience on the South Island we were returning to Christchurch to leave. Needed a break from the driving so took a walk along here. Thanks for the cache hill55. Greetings from Australia

Great views

Thank you, pretty easy to find this one but great fun

A nice spot and a quick find. All good with the cache. Thanks

Well hidden, beautiful beach thanks for hiding a cache here

Find #7097
Found on March 15, 2023

We are from Abilene, Texas, USA and have come to New Zealand to visit with a friend. We plan on going after different Cache Types while here. We will also find geocaches while going sight seeing.

Thank you, hill55 for placing this cache for all to find. We sign log sheets either as Love Cachers or LCers.

Driving over 50 miles to have...
Rusty barbed wire ripping through your clothes...
Curious rattlesnakes that come out of nowhere...
Itchy mosquito bites on every inch of your body...
A 40 mph wind gust blowing sand into your ears, nose and mouth...
Cactus needles getting stuck deep in your hands, arms and legs...
Thorny Mesquite trees scratching you up from head to toe...
Some or all of these things on a hike through 101° heat...
To sign your name or trade a toy...
SOUND LIKE FUN TO YOU?

It does to us, we're geocachers in West Texas! - {Taken from a Greater Abilene Association geocoin.}

Found on our way from Moreaki to Christchurch, our last week of month holidays in NZ. TFTC

A quick find and I am almost done for the day as I am knackered

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on a coolish winters day caching in and around Oamaru during our Queens Birthday trip south.
We had DNFed this cache 2 years ago, and were keen to change the blue face into a smile. Quick find today - thanks for replacing.

#21319. Cache was AWOL when we visited in early 2020. Quick find today in the new location. TFTC.

A nice beach with huge hunks of driftwood and seaweed. We picked up a conglomerate rock which we had to take home with us to add to our rock collection. An easy find. Then we drove up to the offshore fishing club rooms and parking area looking for a place for lunch but there were no toilets so we continued on to Campbells Bay. Of course, there was a photo opportunity first of the sea and the birds.

One of several caches I located today, mostly in the Kakanui/Oamaru area before continuing in the direction of Christchurch. Not sure that I’ve ever visited Kakanui before. Good to spend a little while here and pick up a few caches. Nice beach at this point. The cache was a quick find. #4970. TFTC.

Found on our adventure today. Very well hidden and safe. Thanks for the cache hill55.

Found it

Found it. Left a trackable.

Had a wander around GZ looking at a few likely spots.. hmm over there? Yep tftc

Easy find!

Super easy find here. TFTC

Thanks for the easy find

TFTC
Found with c@chetracker

TFTC found with rachb

Having overnighted in Oamaru and noted that I had heaps of unfound caches between Oamaru and Kakanui I decided to spend the afternoon clearing as many of them as I could. This was find #16.

On a trip down in the lower South Island with woolwood9.
We soon had the container found SL: **tm/ww NZ**
*Thanks for putting this cache out for us to visit*

On a three week trip to the lower South Island with tmann421 hunting caches.
Enjoyed the trip around and the challenge of the finds.
Signed logs tm/ww NZ
TFTC

On a sight seeing trip around Kakanui from our camp at Oamaru. TFTC

First caching trip for a while

A rather wet afternoon, so took my girls and nieces and nephew out for a drive. Saw there was a very close cache so came and grabbed it. Was a perfect easy park n grab. Made the kids get out of the truck to get a pic out in the rain by the beach. Was heading over to the drift wood area to get a pic when right there was a seal! My first cache and see a seal moment! Awesome! Thanks for the placement of the cache!

First one in new book, great find thank you

Replaced container but not under driftwood.

Nothing.

Nothing.

Think there is a good chance this one is gone; the driftwood log has moved some distance from where it was in Dec 2017 in one of the photos.

Damn, hate finishing the day on a DNF. We wonder if the driftwood have been moved?

Nice easy find on an adventure trip to kakanui tftc

Heavy muggle activity. Had to be sneaky.

Tftc

Yebo hill55

We are on the southern island for business and leisure and that leisure part includes geocaching, of course

Found well

Tftc

Third time lucky for us after at least two previous failures. Surprisingly today it was a quick easy find. TFTC

Very pleased with a nice quick find today to turn a frown from 3 years agointo a nice yellow smilely. Very pleased with that thanks hill55. TFTC # 13,308

A few people were braving the water. I had to wait for the ones on the beach to get use to me before going for the cache. Well hidden in the long grass.

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! Lovely spot TFTC&H

Beautiful beach, thanks for bringing us here

Another awesome find as we headed to the beach

Awesome place for a cache great view

Another great hide lovely spot for our picnic lunch

Weekend trip to Oamaru and Dunedin for the Pink Concert so doing some caching on the way. TFTH.

On a quest to complete the Hidden Creatures challenge so again off to Oamaru to find about 80 caches and this was one of them. I have driven past here a million times and today was the day to stop. TFTC

A quick and easy find. Came back to find this one after the party had finished nearby. Thanks

A weekend away to Oamaru and environs. A beautiful day today, warm with blue skies.

Thanks to the CO's for placing and maintaining these caches. Cheers.

Heading South for a break and a bit of Geocaching. Grabbing a few on our way from Oamaru to Lawrence.via Middlemarch.
Signed log, TFTC hill55.

A almost by accident cache. Muggle husband was turning car round just as I looked at my phone. We where 15 m away so he let me get it

Thanks

TFTC.

Busy on the beach today, but spent some time watching the waves. Found with Lollipopcat and SpyDude13. Kia ora for the cache.

Easy find. Any excuse to come to the beach is a great one, thanks for the reason to detour

A quick find on beautiful sunny day. Love to inhale the salty sea air.

Day 3 of our 6-Day End of the Year caching trip to Dunedin. A easy find. We could hear kids yelling down the beach about a seal. We dont know if was still alive or not but the parents were yelling back to leave it alone anyway. It was quiet windy and the bag kept inflating when I was trying to put it away Thanks for the effort in placing and creating this cache for all of us to enjoy. Happy Caching

Second find for our camping holiday in Kakanui

I had a goal to get to 2000 finds before the end of 2017 so a 2 day caching mission to Oamaru was in order. I took the back roads and headed towards Kakanui. A lovely summers day and there were a couple of people swimming nearby. Took a seat and admired the view which made it easy to retrieve cache, sign log and place it back. TFTC

Nice one, quick find! Thanks! !

Overnight trip to dunnas but first a morning paua dive at kakanui grabbed this on the way out finally able to locate .log book soaked so removed and replace with couple of bits of paper will need a new one soon tftc

Was pretty sure it was there and it was. Have moved it a metre to make easier as the driftwood it was hiding in had almost completely rotted away.

Nope

Two of us looking ....Nothing found here today .

Will check this out soon,

Pretty sure it’s gome

A DNF for me as well

We had a good search around but no luck at all here today.
Thanks

Bbear44 and I were spending a few days in Oamaru getting things organised for the geofest.
This is our second full day. We will be camping in Herbert during the geofest. We decided to drive and have a look and on the way look for a few more geocache.
We spent ages looking for this one. Bbear44 kept searching. Logbook was soaked.
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Thanks. hill55 for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 5088 for me.

Nice stop and a smile in the sun.
Persistence pays off. Was about to leave Nosynel had walked off ready to log the DNF when I yelled out Got it.

Having a few days at the wonderful kakanui camp ground. Collecting a few caches around the area

Found this before taking a swim . Beautiful day to visit. Thanks

Found with quinella- I took care of geodog while he swim.

One of many on a days caching. Easy find, TFTC.

Lovely day for a beach walk

Did this with WGHS Geocaching Group. TFTC!

Stopped here for a picnic lunch on the way south today. Found this one after a short search, it wasn't where I was expecting to be and the hide was well concealed by long grass. Coordinates were very accurate. Signed log, TFTC

good hide TFTC

No luck for us here today, but with time against us we didn't spend too much time here.

No find for us here tonight.

Tftc - thanks for all the caches

Really enjoying my trip today with NZ Bozzy

#91 thanks

Quick find and then lunch at the end of the road - a popular spot today. tftc

I had lunch at the end of the road enjoying the sea views.

Cheers for the cache.

Still there just a bit more hidden

I found a pen and the cords. Often a sign that the cache is gone.
Maybe the owner proves it and maybe as well the coordinates.
Thanks

Couldn't find this in any of the places I searched today

Our second visit to this cache, and our second DNF. We looked at both the coordinates, and the more probable(?) large nearby object, but still without success.

Had checked this out and forgot to mention that it is there.

Did our sneaky best to check out the most likely places, but the beach was very busy today, so couldn't give it our best shot.

Had a really good look in all obvious places .Maybe my geocaching eyes weren't focused today.

ack

Ack

Replaced. I

Had a good hunt around all the obvious hiding places, but no cache to be found...