Lolly Scramble: Return of the Killer Croc (C'bury) Swannanoa, South Island, New Zealand
By
M&Ms on 28-Mar-14. Waypoint GC4B2AK
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Logs
Travelling around South Island for 2 weeks, from Australia. Caching along where you go. Arrived at GZ and found cache. TFTC
I have been Unleashed Upon the World alone for the afternoon, so I am making it the days mission to hunt down as many Lolly Scramble caches as I can. Caching alone as That Darn Bear already has the majority of this series.Tftc P.S. this one tickled me such that I gave it a favorite point
Should have looked here first! Such a cool set but the sun is starting to set and the light is starting to fade. TFTC
I had a free day while the rest of the family went out boating so I did what every keen geocacher does in a new location. I have attempted this series before but did not complete it as I tried it in spring when all the trees are shedding pollen, and I could not continue with the layers of pollen making me sneeze. It is a fun little trail with very clever themed cache containers that just add to the general amusement. I completed this series and have avenged all my previous DNF's and got some new ones too. I am not sure why I did not get this last time, I must have just been reluctant to touch what was actually the camo. Croc hunted and DNF avenged. TFTC
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.Such a cute wee cache. FP for this one.
Another very clever cache!! A favourite from us. Love the effort that goes into some of these caches. Previous finder has not signed the log? Anyway, TFTC
All out of crocs this season, so an alligator has taken up residence in this spot. Watch out for its bite.
13:48
That croc was not easy to find for me because I could not get the hint, until I finally found the cache.
I even feeled around the hint object in disbelief.
I got you now, Croc! Have never had the lollies in question.
Kia ora! Paldies!
Thanks for the cache, M&Ms! +Fav!
#9645
That croc was not easy to find for me because I could not get the hint, until I finally found the cache.
I even feeled around the hint object in disbelief.
I got you now, Croc! Have never had the lollies in question.
Kia ora! Paldies!
Thanks for the cache, M&Ms! +Fav!
#9645
Another quick find of a cool cache with angelic_kiwi - thanks for all the work you have put into these.
Have to make sure our fingers didn't get nibbled by the cache guardian when retrieving the log book! Very cool!
Its been a while since I found one like this! Busy road today, although for me its still a weekend day ... summer holidays are good like that. Thanks MandMCachers.
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. Lucky for us this croc must have still been digesting his previous prey as he didn't leap at us from the shadows. Armed with only our pens and the GPS we snuck in and left our mark. Thanks for the effort to make them all fun 
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.
Just on dusk now, but we could still see where the croc had been. A FP from me.
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.
Just on dusk now, but we could still see where the croc had been. A FP from me.
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.
Great camo. TFTC
Great camo. TFTC
Out working on a few personal chores, decided I'd grab a few of these on the way home. Need to finish this series off actually, so this will help.
Another quick find, thanks for the series you've created
TFTC MacPacFamily, the cache was found in good order
Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 3 find(s) of 4 today, making this find #3618
Another quick find, thanks for the series you've created
TFTC MacPacFamily, the cache was found in good order
Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 3 find(s) of 4 today, making this find #3618Found on this beautiful day Great hide. Thank you for the cache. Another great container
Back to caching after a long break from it. Nice to see that this series is still being maintained TFTC
Wondered what the COs marker maintenance referred to? Now up with the play and fully appreciate it; TFTC
Found with NZNina - finally figured out my password, filling in time, while waiting for friends to catch up, sorry about copy and paste as can't remember all details from day,, TFTC
On the way to go water skiing and our friends were running late so we decided we would kill some time by doing a bit of geocaching on the way. Luckily they had the boat otherwise it would have been tricky pulling over.
Very wet and long grass. The perfect hiding spot for crocs
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TFTC
Very wet and long grass. The perfect hiding spot for crocs
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TFTC
FITW Albijos
Taking a short break from work for some caching fun. Had no trouble in finding this one and cache is all good here. TFTC.
Taking a short break from work for some caching fun. Had no trouble in finding this one and cache is all good here. TFTC.
FITW Harisree
Just on a break and decided to go for a drive
Found while in this area
An easy find
TFTC
Just on a break and decided to go for a drive
Found while in this area
An easy find
TFTC
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.
Nearly have it up, as I found a tie wrap on the post with nothing attached, and no other reason to be there.... But a quick check soon found it. Don't see many of those round these parts nowadays. And that's a good thing...Cheers!
Nearly have it up, as I found a tie wrap on the post with nothing attached, and no other reason to be there.... But a quick check soon found it. Don't see many of those round these parts nowadays. And that's a good thing...Cheers!
We could not figure out the hint until we found the cache container. Very cool. All three of us searched and searched. M walked the GPS in from far away and then searched again. Then he heard something odd and dug deeper and hidden deep in the grass from last season was the container. I can see why someone would have missed it as it was hidden deep. Not so much now. Coords pretty much spot on.
I am not sure if I found something here or not. I did find a white cable tie attached to a post but it was not holding on to anything. If this is meant to have a cache attached then it is missing. If it isn't then I found a cable tie.
Thanks for this cache, M&Ms - a lovely sunny day and great to escape the city for some caching fun.
All good here.
All good here.
Found easily enough by torch light.
A trail of 'not chosen' caches! Never have they been so easy as these tonight!
Having landed just on dusk we lost light so quickly... omg it's never been so dark before anywhere! The local traffic was busy and fast, can only imagine the lack of anything to mess up your car like good and wombat here gives the confidence on the road!
The local people very friendly and helpful to check if we were okay, all explained and then off into the dark. So many cool original containers and logs. Most in okay condition a few quite wet.
Trip log: When cheap flights presented the opportunity to go to NZ with GreyHams, who was keen to get the 5 2000 caches and the web cam I was of course very keen to tag along. I didn't want to miss out on that... Equally as keen for those caches myself and the first chance to get the passport out in a long time and head overseas while we could. Covid Happenings of course did put the trip in doubt and a last minute effort from GreyHams to get the flights changed and it was looking like this might actually happen... until I arrived I truly didn't think it would!
The cache list was quite simple, the 5 2000 caches and the webcams. Of course we did look at others as we travelled, types, DT, not chosen which were in abundunce and caches of quality, if your cache made our list it had a quality we needed. Many thanks for your cache that helped guide us along our way.
Certainly it was a memorable time, barefoot 500 plus metres across a mud estuary of shells and crabs was more fun than it should be. As was pushing through wet thick high flax or tall wet grass across to the caches. But the most memorable would be the fog, the thickest, most relentless fog but it provided some stunning scenery at times and was just crazy.
I loved seeing all the chinese takeaways that did fish and chips, the perfect hedges and a deserved shout out to Indian Zaika for its great food! Certainly with the fog and rain it was an interesting trip and we got quite drenched at times, it hid a lot that NZ has to offer but 'it's a caching trip' after all so it ticked all the right boxes and was very enjoyable regardless. Huge thanks to GreyHams for letting me tag along while he did all the planning, booking, driving and sending in the answers for the caches... as always!
A trail of 'not chosen' caches! Never have they been so easy as these tonight!
Having landed just on dusk we lost light so quickly... omg it's never been so dark before anywhere! The local traffic was busy and fast, can only imagine the lack of anything to mess up your car like good and wombat here gives the confidence on the road!
The local people very friendly and helpful to check if we were okay, all explained and then off into the dark. So many cool original containers and logs. Most in okay condition a few quite wet.
Trip log: When cheap flights presented the opportunity to go to NZ with GreyHams, who was keen to get the 5 2000 caches and the web cam I was of course very keen to tag along. I didn't want to miss out on that... Equally as keen for those caches myself and the first chance to get the passport out in a long time and head overseas while we could. Covid Happenings of course did put the trip in doubt and a last minute effort from GreyHams to get the flights changed and it was looking like this might actually happen... until I arrived I truly didn't think it would!
The cache list was quite simple, the 5 2000 caches and the webcams. Of course we did look at others as we travelled, types, DT, not chosen which were in abundunce and caches of quality, if your cache made our list it had a quality we needed. Many thanks for your cache that helped guide us along our way.
Certainly it was a memorable time, barefoot 500 plus metres across a mud estuary of shells and crabs was more fun than it should be. As was pushing through wet thick high flax or tall wet grass across to the caches. But the most memorable would be the fog, the thickest, most relentless fog but it provided some stunning scenery at times and was just crazy.
I loved seeing all the chinese takeaways that did fish and chips, the perfect hedges and a deserved shout out to Indian Zaika for its great food! Certainly with the fog and rain it was an interesting trip and we got quite drenched at times, it hid a lot that NZ has to offer but 'it's a caching trip' after all so it ticked all the right boxes and was very enjoyable regardless. Huge thanks to GreyHams for letting me tag along while he did all the planning, booking, driving and sending in the answers for the caches... as always!
Loved the lolly scramble
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Trip log:
International travel!!...OMG it feels good. Grabbed some cheap flights and anxiously waited for some outbreak to derail the plan, but that amazingly didn't happen. Sure, I had to scramble and reroute our trip via Brisbane & Sydney as we were originally going through the plague pit...aka Melbourne, but we still made it.
Having done most of the North Island, it was good to finally have a crack at the South. 5 year 2000 caches and a webcam, thats a nice little haul. Sure, some of the year 2000 caches involved bush bashing....in the rain/fog/mist...but we got them all. We had lots of other little targets like getting all our types/sizes/DT, NZ in particular has so many 'Not Chosen' size caches, super rare back in Oz, so we made sure to get as many as possible. If you are reading this, its because this cache had a quality we were chasing.
As always, the Earthcaches and the Virtuals took us to some really cool places, the Steampunk HQ and the boulders being birthed at the beach being the highlights. My favourite cache though would have to be the one where we had to walk 500m over a mud flat, dodging shells and crabs with our bare feet.
This trip will be remembered as the 'fog trip' as we saw a lot of it, which meant we saw little else. Oh, that and how every Chinese takeaway also doubles as the fish & chip shop....its a thing!
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Trip log:
International travel!!...OMG it feels good. Grabbed some cheap flights and anxiously waited for some outbreak to derail the plan, but that amazingly didn't happen. Sure, I had to scramble and reroute our trip via Brisbane & Sydney as we were originally going through the plague pit...aka Melbourne, but we still made it.
Having done most of the North Island, it was good to finally have a crack at the South. 5 year 2000 caches and a webcam, thats a nice little haul. Sure, some of the year 2000 caches involved bush bashing....in the rain/fog/mist...but we got them all. We had lots of other little targets like getting all our types/sizes/DT, NZ in particular has so many 'Not Chosen' size caches, super rare back in Oz, so we made sure to get as many as possible. If you are reading this, its because this cache had a quality we were chasing.
As always, the Earthcaches and the Virtuals took us to some really cool places, the Steampunk HQ and the boulders being birthed at the beach being the highlights. My favourite cache though would have to be the one where we had to walk 500m over a mud flat, dodging shells and crabs with our bare feet.
This trip will be remembered as the 'fog trip' as we saw a lot of it, which meant we saw little else. Oh, that and how every Chinese takeaway also doubles as the fish & chip shop....its a thing!
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This lolly scramble series is just making me hungry and wishing I had all these wonderful varieties of lollies to nibble on. Thanks for another great cache in this awesome series! TFTC
This lolly scramble series is just making me hungry and wishing I had all these wonderful varieties of lollies to nibble on. Thanks for another great cache in this awesome series! TFTC
Cool container, cool clue.
Thanks for hiding, great spot for planes.
Shame we missed ghe lollies.
Thanks for hiding, great spot for planes.
Shame we missed ghe lollies.
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.
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.
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.
This one took a bit of poking around to find, as it was not near the largest post. We finally found it, digging deep in the grass below some rags on the fence. Maybe that all that's left of the croc's victim? TFTC!
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.
A nice quick find. tftc
A nice quick find. tftc
Lolly Scramble: Return of the Killer Croc (C'bury) was transferred from MandMCachers to user MacPacFamily
Love this cache. Pity the poor unsuspecting victim who came past this spot. Keep up the good work.
Wow! Not much left for forensics but enough for a this gets our vote as the most entertaining cache of the weekend hunt. TFTC
In Christchurch with abcdf4 for zephyr club convention and tagged along to pick up a few caches. A lot of quick easy finds and tons of parks and grabs. Thanks to the COs.
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
Weather was great.Up early to get a good day cacheing
Thanks to COs for your placements
Happy Easter
