Lolly Scramble: M&Ms Minis (Canterbury) Eyrewell Forest, South Island, New Zealand
By M&Ms on 22-Jul-13. Waypoint GC4B29D

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05-Oct-24
On another mission for caches today, this time with ThatDarnBear as driver and UnicornLex to make sure I don't collect too much random stuff along the way Tftc
 
17-Mar-24
Good cash
 
16-Mar-24
Another good spotting Sally i was wrong post.
 
16-Mar-24
TFTC. Looks like we are following the finds of sleepy hollow from Canada. We met him a couple of weeks ago at Latima Square.
 
05-Mar-24
Have fun stop along the trail. Thank you for the Geocache!
 
17-Feb-24
Today the Lolly Scramble series is my target. I'm with MacPacMum and while I find them she performs any maintenance required. Most are in excellent condition, with some needing fresh logs and baggys, and an odd few that need replacing altogether. It's great to have a power trail where all the caches are themed containers, and each one has had so much time, thought, and effort put into them. Thanks for keeping this trail going over 10 years MPM.
 
17-Feb-24
Cache replaced.
 
01-Dec-23
A quick find. all good with the cache. Thanks
 
30-Nov-23
Nice spot TFTC
 
18-Nov-23
TFTC nice quick find
 
03-Oct-23
Tftc!
 
03-Oct-23
Cool
 
24-Sep-23
Found on this wet day Great hide Thank you for the cache
 
27-Aug-23
Still ready to be snacked on
 
03-Jun-23
Quick find alongour trip. Tftc
 
03-Jun-23
Found with ZEALOG on a mission to get some smiles Found with ZEALOG
 
21-May-23
16:47
M&M's minis? Don't think I've ever heard of them!
I love the regular M&Ms though, so surely these are great too!

I want M&M's now!!!

Kia ora! Paldies!
Thanks for the cache, MacPacFamily!
#9667
 
10-Feb-23
A quick easy find, although a bit difficult to extract the log. TFTC
 
25-Nov-22
Team G0LD: Geocachers 0B80B8, Lis's crew and DaffyNZ are down from Whangarei for a few days. We've all solved the 4 big geoarts so they are the main target for the trip. Of course there were many other solved puzzles that we collected as well.

This was our Big Day out plan where we'd planned to get as many caches as we could. Unfortunately we just fell short of our target as we lost track of the exact number of finds. Good preparation and a fantastic team to work with made this an enjoyable and successful day. We'd completed the Fresh Breath, the Smurfs and the new Skelly series. This line up of lollies was our next target caches.

I am a great fan of lollies. This was such a cool little series all with nicely themed hides. I remember my kids telling me Tic Tacs were sugar free. What?? They're 100% sugar but each serving is less than a gram so in the US it is sugar free. I think even the minis might be over a gram so we can't make that claim here. But, we'll go with the fact that both cocoa and sugar come from plants so how can it not be healthy?? A quick find here as the others said it was spotted from the car. Thanks for the effort to make them all fun Smile
 
25-Nov-22
Team G0LD ( 0B80B8, Lis's crew & DaffyNZ ) on a caching mission to Christchurch. We had travelled down from Whangarei on Wednesday avo. Solved puzzles were going to be the main focus of our trip. We had spent a lot of 2020 and 2021 solving over 400 puzzles, so we had a lot on our list.

Today looked like being the best weather for our trip, despite a heavy thunderstorm overnight. We had a Big Day Out planned, with a perhaps optimistic target of finding 300 caches in one day. Working together well as a team, with a driver, a navigator and a jumper, we made good progress, but in the end, the bigger distances between caches, that we hadn't anticipated, meant we ended the day a bit short.

A fun day though certainly, and sincere thanks to the GeoArt & Trail CO's, and others, for placing and then maintaining such large numbers of caches so well. A testament to your dedication to Geocaching was the very low number of DNF's during the day. Apologies for the mostly generic logs, but be assured your efforts were truly appreciated.

Spotted this one from the cache mobile so a nice quick find for this one
 
25-Nov-22
Northland's Team Gold (0B80B8, Liz Crew, DaffyNZ) are in Christchurch for a few days collecting all our solved puzzles and other cache types as we drive past. This is our "Big Day Out" to collect as many caches as we can in a day. Sorry for the generic logs. Thanks for placing the cache. We are loving every cache we locate that adds to our tally for the day.
Could see hint location from the car. TFTC
 
20-Nov-22
Thanks
 
18-Nov-22
Quick easy find, hardest bit was opening tftc
 
13-Oct-22
It was really hard, past it a couple times
 
10-Sep-22
Tftc
 
06-Sep-22
Excursion with downsouthinv while Abbyk was at an event.
 
06-Sep-22
A quick trip to the area for a few more caches and some unfinished bissness.
So today we get the last of one geo art and start a new one .
Let's go have some fun .
First we in get some practice in and pick up a sweet treat or two or three .
After this lot I think I will be sick and need a dentist appointment.
Always loved a lolly scramble.
Now I'm getting hungry and I could do with a bag of lolly to snack on .



Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching.


Life is short. Live one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!!
Thanks for the hide
tftc
 
25-May-22
We were camped up a few ks from this end of the road so mrs rattll decided to go for a bike ride and see how many of these lollies she could polish off.
I did about 48ks cycling and gobbled up about 28 yummy caches.
Thanks for putting this fun series here.
 
25-Mar-22
FITW Albijos

We are out for some caching in the area. This was an easy straightforward find for us. TFTC.
 
25-Mar-22
FITW Harisree
We decided to go for a drive and grab some cache . Taking a break from work and spending some time outdoor.

TFTC
 
17-Jan-22
Good find
 
17-Jan-22
Quick easy find thanks
 
16-Jan-22
Bit damp. Tftc
 
29-Dec-21
Typical. Spend a week down south with the family visiting the outlaws, and ChCh bakes. Get back .. about 40 caches shy of where I want to be for the year, and it rains. I guess I have a jacket... They say you don't have to be mad to Cache, but sometimes it helps. Cheers!
 
02-Oct-21
Easy
 
21-Sep-21
Headed off to collect the lolly scramble trail on a windy day in spring. I note that the pine trees are covered in pollen which was upsetting my hay fever so I did not collect all the caches in the series. I very much enjoyed the creativity that was put into these hides and all were very much in the theme. TFTC.
 
02-May-21
Found it! Tftc
 
21-Apr-21
Out and about getting some lollies, and visiting a couple of horses. I had started the Lolly Scramble while down over Xmas a few years ago. Now that I'm living down here, I have no excuse for not finishing!

All fine!

TFTC MacPacFamily, the cache was found in good order Very Happy Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 8 find(s) of 18 today, making this find #2631
 
11-Apr-21
Nice find
 
11-Apr-21
Found on Lilly hunt with judithrichards
 
03-Apr-21
**13,567**
Mmmm M&M's yummy, mini M&M's yummier - you can eat more without feeling bad, because they are smaller hahahaha TFTC
 
18-Mar-21
Yes finally a find after several DNFs!! Nice hide here TFTC
 
26-Nov-20
Having a tiki tour around Canterbury and after lunch in Oxford had some fun caching for a few hours. Had fun doing about half the lolly scramble for the day...some were easy, some a took a little more searching. A few prickles got me and long grass + pine needles made me itch but a fun way to spend the afternoon. Tftc
 
02-Oct-20
Down in Christchurch with the Squirrel, ABCDF4 and eyespyben. During Covid lockdown, we solved a load of puzzles and decided that this would be a good time to visit. We've enjoyed a few days of good weather and seeing the Canterbury countryside. The caches have been in varying states - some good, some not so much. Our time here has been a blast, and we'd like to thank all COs who have made this adventure possible. Thank you and TFTC.
 
02-Oct-20
With ABCDF4, eyespyben, and Gap (of Fap and Gap). Logging all finds as Team HRP (Huntly, Rotorua, Papamoa - Our hometowns)... During Covid-19 lockdown, we solved a truck load of puzzles around Christchurch - Canterbury region. No use thrashing the old grey matter for no cause - We decided we should make good on this handiwork...

There are lots of interesting trails and geoart surrounding Christchurch. What you aren’t told is how far flung some of these caches actually are. Some beforehand advice would have been great, so here are some of my notes... You’re welcome!

1. Mobile coverage is patchy, especially in those quiet, rural areas where it was most needed. Saving caches to offline might show that you are prepared and organised...
2. There are many dusty metal roads on the trails. The car will get messy, and your hair will feel like cardboard at the end of the day...
3. Suitable clothing and footwear are essential. You will climb in and out of hedges, gorse, and other rough stuff. You might get scratched, cut to shreds, and bleed a lot. It’s not advised to wear your brand new jacket on the day...
4. Take lots of food and drink. You’ll probably be head down, tail up and not realise you haven’t eaten until late afternoon. There are very few shops or gas stations out there...
5. Make sure that you secure keys and wallet and know where these are placed for easy retrieval. A full box of pens might be useful too, especially if you’re inclined to free some into the wild...
6. Know the difference between left and right, and north, south, east, and west. Turning right and heading north will not get you to South Christchurch quickly.
7. Look with girl’s eyes rather than boys eyes... Some caches haven’t been found in a while and you might have to get down on your knees to pray.
8. Always be prepared for misleading hints. This is what turns simple caches into D5/T5 hides... “Head height” could mean the cache is positioned at your toes.
9. Have a sense of humour and like the people you go caching with. It’s going to be a very long day, and you might want to hurt someone during the journey...
10. Make sure you can operate your phone/device and it doesn’t crash when you most need it...
11. Learn to cut and paste logs because you’re going to repeat this function so often when logging all of your finds.
12. Above all else, have fun and be kind...

We have another one of those punishing plans to cache until we drop - An early morning start with the hope that we'll finish at a reasonable time... From South Christchurch, we took Highway 1 and crossed the Waimakariri River into Northern Christchurch... We've been lucky to have great weather, and extended daylight hours have given us more time to cache. Unfortunately, the sun must set each day and it's become a race to squeeze in a few more finds. So, at this late afternoon hour, we chose to knock off the the remaining Lolly Scramble hides... Thanks M&Ms and TFTC.
 
28-Aug-20
Quick easy find. TFTC
 
08-Aug-20
Found it
 
01-Mar-20
Locus World
 
15-Jan-20
After a big day yesterday collecting caches around the Mt Thomas tracks, we headed out in the car today to clear some roadside caches. We had a pretty successful day with 55 finds and just 2 DNF's. All finds were nice and quick and any specific notes will be mentioned below. Thanks to all CO's for your caches and sorry for copy and paste log but I had no internet at time to make detailed logs.

I made a note that the log was wet but we must have been able to write on it as I have no note that we replaced it. A nice quick find. tftc
 
05-Jan-20
TFTC.
 
05-Jan-20
Log soaked. Needs urgent replacement.
 
13-Dec-19
Found it but log book is very wet.
 
13-Dec-19
Found cache, log is soaking wet so couldnt sign.
 
20-Nov-19
Lolly Scramble: M&Ms Minis (Canterbury) was transferred from MandMCachers to user MacPacFamily
 
03-Nov-19
Sunday caching adventure. Thanks for the hide.
 
02-Oct-19
Great fun, out with Baird fmly, for lolly scramble adventure now in the sun! We on a roll.. Thanks for the series..
 
02-Oct-19
Great day lolly scrambling with C Boyd in the sunshine. TFTC
 
31-Aug-19
nicely found by A who walked on from Pineapple Lumps - TFTC
 
08-Jul-19
Quick find. Container full of water. Added a sheet of waterproof paper to sign. Thanks to all cache owners for taking the time to place and maintain your caches. Team Broadbent (signed TB on micros).
 
26-May-19
While there were a few reasons why I should not have been out this morning, here I was! Quick find, TFTC!!
 
11-May-19
One of 21 caches located in the Swannanoa – West Eyreton area this afternoon. A dozen or so were part of M & M’s Lolly Scramble series. Thanks for all the effort that’s gone into so many of these. This was a quick find. #2465. TFTC.
 
19-Apr-19
In Christchurch with ABCDF4 for Zephyr club convention and tagged along to pick up a few caches.Alot of quick easy finds an tons of park and grab.Thanks to the COs
 
19-Apr-19
On holiday in CH/CH for zephyr Car Convention
Weather was great.Up early to get a good day cacheing
Thanks to COs for your placements
Happy Easter
 
19-Mar-19
A planned geocaching trip with specific targets in mind.
1: The final 2 caches to fill my D/T grid
2: The last 5 caches available (all in the South Island) to meet the NZ Jasmer challenge GC4R9Z6
3: Get as many caches as possible in a day (Solo)
I had no timetable and only a vague route (Christchurch - Dunedin- Invercargill). So after 20 days of sleeping in my tent/car I arrived home having traveled 4500km and visited some interesting places. Met some great people. I had found over 650 caches. That was a lot of park. Jump out out. Find cache sign and return. Then on to the next. All this done by myself. Also attended an event and had 2 FTF
Mission 1 and 2 were achieved and I had a best day of 153 caches. All this done by myself.
Day 16 Glentunnel to Waikari 76 caches found. Decided to do this series. I enjoyed the work that has gone into this. With every container I smiled and thought about the memories it brought back. Thank you for the placement
 
14-Jan-19
As part of an eight hour maintenance run along the Lolly Scramble this cache has been checked and logbook replaced.
 
13-Jan-19
MacPacDad helping out MacPacMum along the trail today.
 
12-Aug-18
Quick easy find TFTC
 
14-Jun-18
Last one for the day. Weather wasn't great but got maybe a dozen in a couple of hours so quite happy. Thanks for all the caches in this series. It's been fun.
 
12-Jun-18
Got it!
 
08-May-18
Too sneaky for me!
 
21-Apr-18
Long search here. Finally came up with the goods. Tftc
 
16-Jan-18
**#6541**

I did a number of caches in this series a few years ago but for some unexplicable reason about half didn't get loaded into my GPS. It was sure to be user error. Now I have tried to complete the series but I'm sure I will have still missed some.

[ds8300](http://ds8300.wordpress.com)
 
14-Dec-17
Easy find on a number boost day out. TFTC Cool
 
21-Oct-17
A day dedicated to as many finds as possible. TFTC
 
31-Aug-17
Sorry for the late log, recently retired and have some spare time now for catching up on all the bits of paper I have lying around. Was a fun series.
TFTC had a big day caching back on 31st August
 
30-Aug-17
I am amazed at how such bright containers that are so easy to find have not been ruined by people who don't get what we do. This is probably my most enjoyable day caching yet, I really really enjoyed finding such an array of containers, many of which I have never seen before. I found myself imagining what I migt find at the next stop. This is definately a trail I will bring my grandkids to if I ever get to bring them to CHCH. Thanks so much for the enjoyment I have had today
 
06-Jul-17
Out with Pinksouth, signed log PSWZ
TFTC Smile
 
06-Jul-17
Out with Wurzel 1947 log signed PSWZ
TFTC Smile
 
01-Jul-17
Quick find where all good at GZ. Thanks for another smilie.

#3500

Hoping to see you at the [Oamaru Geofest](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6M2V0_oamaru-geofest-2017) during Labour Weekend 21-22 October 2017. Let's all help this a successful event!

Did you know that planning has started for a Mega Event in Wellington in 2018? Check out the details on the [Wellington Event NZ (WENZ) Website](https://sites.google.com/site/wenzgeo2018/home) or visit the event's page on [FaceBook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/590545297801072/)

Thanks to the Cache Owner who has gone to the trouble of creating this cache, determining the coordinates and then averaging them to make sure they are accurate, placing the cache and registering it online for our enjoyment. Without Cache Owners doing their bit, there wouldn't be a fun hobby that we all love - so again a big THANK YOU. For our bit, all we need to do is find and log the cache that was carefully placed for our personal enjoyment. As we log it we should consider that the Cache Owner also needs to maintain it - when the log sheet fills up, they must replace it. When the container becomes full of water, they need to empty it. When the container is broken, they need to repair it. When it goes missing they need to find or replace it. Well..... the great news is we can do our bit too - make sure your log doesn't take an entire page - just a name and date. If full of water, empty and dry the cache as best as possible. Be careful when handling the cache and make sure you replace it where you found it. If it has a bag, seal it. Just remember - the Cache Owner showed respect to you by placing the cache - please respect them and fellow cachers that follow you by being careful with the cache. And if you have a spare log sheet and the cache you are at needs one, please leave it behind. Finally, if the cache does need maintenance, please let the Cache Owner know - you can log a Maintenance Log or you can drop a line to the Cache Owner. Above all - have fun and remember the Geocaching Code.

#3500
#3500
 
07-May-17
Wow what a day, started at 7.30 just as daylight was arriving and the misty rain had me worried, turned out to be a great day with a total of 120 caches not the goal I had set myself (next time we are here we will try the 270 in a day again) but still a great goal at 120, thank you for placing and maintaining the caches we found, sorry for the copy and paste logs we had many to find and only recorded if damage or logs replaced.
 
17-Mar-17
Another nice quick find here. a great way to spend a beautiful Canterbury day tftc
 
05-Mar-17
#3619. I had a work trip to Canterbury on the Thursday and Friday but decided to stay over on the weekend to fit in a couple of big caching days. I am working on the DGSC challenge and need some 50+ days for the bulk find elective. So Saturday and Sunday were earmarked for getting some big totals. Managed to locate about 130 caches over the weekend and about 150 over 4 days. Decided today I would do the lolly scramble series of caches along this road and any other caches encountered. It was a really enjoyable series with well themed containers. Once I got my eye in, the finds sped up as the day progressed. Certainly a very warm early autumn day (high of 29 degrees. All I remember about this one was I missed it on the first sweep but found it soon after. Didn't realise they came in this type of container. Signed the log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache.
 
19-Feb-17
Easy find. Tftc
 
19-Feb-17
We were nearby for a post wedding family gathering and decided to sample some of these lollies on the way home. A quick find here, tftc!
 
14-Feb-17
A good easy find
 
20-Jan-17
Begins our holiday in NZ in Christchurch, we came from Italy to find our son who lives there for two years.
Long trip, but surprisingly we arrived there very tired, almost two days and two nights without sleep, but it took just 24 hours we got used to the new day.
Having Been to Akaroa and Kaukoura, and trail AHHH FRESH, today we decide to make a part of the trail from Kaiapoi to Oxford, we will find many cache, not the other will find, before we left we had decided to devote no more than three minutes for each cache, if it was not passed over it, some need maintenance, beautiful landscape and few cars on the course.
Thank you for suggesting this trail
Greetings from Italy
TFTC
Eccoci finalmente in niuziland e dai e dai ci siamo veramente, appena arrivati capiamo che sarà dura, cena di qua invito di la, andiamo a vedere questo e quest'altro.
Dopo essere stati ad Akaroa e Kaukoura e terminato il trial di mistery AHHH FRESH, oggi decidiamo di fare una parte del trail da Kaiapoi a Oxford, troveremo tante cache ,altre non le troveremo, prima di partire avevamo deciso di dedicare non più di tre minuti per ogni cache, se non si trovava si passava oltre, alcune hanno bisogno di manutenzione, bello il paesaggio e poche auto sul percorso.
Grazie per avere proposto questo trail
Saluti dall'Italia
TFTC
 
29-Dec-16
In Christchurch on holidays visiting family who are also Geocaches and they mentioned this trail. So on our way back from Castle Hill today we decided to try and get some!! We have really enjoyed this series and the thought gone into it! We hope to be back in the future so we can do some more!! TFTC!!!
 
25-Nov-16
Another quick easy find on my way home. Funny old day quite cool in town but sweltering out here. Thanks for the cache.
 
19-Nov-16
Had a couple of hours spare this afternoon and was in the area so came for a drive to find some of the caches along here. This one was a quick find. Signed log, TFTC
 
02-Nov-16
Yum!!! Eat them by the hand full lol. On a 11 day caching trip around the south island. Log signed as b&p.Tftc M&Ms. Find # 3370
 
09-Oct-16
On a day that started with bright sunshine, then some hail and finally drizzle, a day spent in the Christchurch area doing the lolly scramble series and some others. TFTC.
 
02-Oct-16
Tftc
 
18-Aug-16
Found Smile
 
Quick find cache was out in the open. Tucked away again tftc
 
26-Jun-16
Found today - pen found nearby which we removed as was too much of a clue. Tftc
 
26-Jun-16
Quick stop and grab. Surprisingly busy along here! Thanks
 
26-Jun-16
Headed out for a day of caching with Mr. Kiwi, to celebrate my 30th tomorrow. We had planned originally to nail our 400th - but the effects of both recent celebrations and real life in general meant we decided to cruise through the lolly trail, fruit and vege loop and whatever else came our way. It was a great day out together, and we were grateful to the cache owners who take the time to set up and maintain their hides.
So to you all, TFTC!
 
24-May-16
Thanks.
 
12-May-16
Tftc
 
27-Apr-16
Tftc