Zombies!!! (East Christchurch) Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By
sonia26642 on 24-Nov-13. Waypoint GC4P5GZ
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Logs
Zombie apocalypse....indeed ...these red zones would make a great place to film ...the eriy feeling is already there...definitely would have been easier to find a la4ge but thankfully I didn't walk away with a DNF although I did come close..
A last minute decision to visit New Zealand for the Mega before we headed off to the UK. A quick find at GZ. With the cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache sonia26642.The following TBs came through for the mileage: Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, teamMerlin's Football, LA Monkey
Muggle65 and l are in NZ for the Dunedin Mega. We also have some visiting to do so we are all over the place. Today we picked up our camper van and are discovering the joys of a very gutless vehicle. Muggle65 and l took way too long to finish this. Matty got turned into a Zombie twice before he decided that hitching onto my wagon might be better for him. In spite of him pretending to be a Zombie and moving around like the walking dead, we actually finally got coords and a great hint. We were somewhat beleaguered by a seated muggle near GZ who had no intention of moving along so we pretended to admire some concrete work, the birds, the view etc etc. Finally he left and we were able to descend upon the prize.Thank you for the fun
In NZ for the Dunedin Mega Mashup coming in a couple of days. After picking up the windowed brick on wheels, we were off to fill our picnic basket full of cache finds and have too many options available to choose from. Hopefully we wont get overly distracted by caches not on our targeted list for this trip.This cache is on our list and unfortunately I turned into a zombie (twice) while deciphering what was required. Thank goodness GG1 was on the ball and won the day.
Day 3 of our Enzed trip with Robmc and today we headed into town to ride the tram. We had some time up our sleeves before the evening event so we took a tour of Blexley - the parklands and water are lovely. I'm not great at these sorts of games but fortunately I know someone who is. We were a bit worried the people placing the traps might have disturbed things but all is well.Thanks for contributing to a fun holiday
Day three of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.Staying in Christchurch and spent the day traveling around the city center on the trams.Great idea for a Wherigo. Took a bit before we got to the safe zone.Luckily finding the cache wasn't so hard.Thanks, Robmc.
Ahhhh I had a couple goes at this before I got to final a couple years ago.. when I went hunting I had no luck. I now see why, it was likely missing. Anyway thanks bigglesponies for replacing, and thanks sonia for doing the WhereIGo! A fun little trip around the area to complete. A good idea for a whereIgo too. TFTC sonia26642, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 2 find(s) of 3 today, making this find #4901
Trouve ! / Found it ! Pfffiou quelle aventure ! J'ai espr pouvoir arriver au bout, et mme GZ j'ai eu du mal trouver la bote. Mais tout est bien qui fini bien. Quelques difficults avec la barrire de la langue mais j'ai pu finir. Merci 5187me cache trouve.Merci sonia26642 pour la cache pfffiou what an adventure! I hoped to be able to get to the end, and even at GZ I had trouble finding the box. But all is well that ends well. Some difficulties with the language barrier but I was able to finish. Thank you 5187th cache found.Thank you sonia26642 for the cache
I can't get Wherigos to run on my new phone, so had to dig out my old Galaxy S4 and hotspot it to the new phone to get everything to work.Set off from the start point. No message flashed up so I wasn't sure if anything was happening but then a zombie appeared. "Run to the safe zone on Waitaki Street", said the message. Well I would if it wasn't behind a six foot construction fence! Oh well, one life down....Got a bit further on and met a zombie. I am not a runner, so I didn't make it to the safe zone. Oh well, two lives gone...Realised that the final safe zone was not that far away, so speed walked as fast as I could whilst keeping an eye on my health, drinking water, and hoping the zombies were not patrolling in this area.Made it to the final with no more zombie attacks and 40 health! Yay!Gave the final GZ a thorough search but just couldn't find anything. I had a spare small camo container in my bag so placed it where the GPS and hint were pointing. I hope the CO doesn't mind but I know she doesn't geocache these days and it would be a shame to lose a Wherigo.TFTC and have a favourite.
Nothing to tell you at the start youve started so Wherigo needs more info and first safe zone is behind a barrier.
I had fun getting started on this cache today, unfortunately I didn't have time to finish it but it worked fine for me. When I got into the wherigo start box nothing happened but from reading the cache page I knew the goal so set off. It seemed nothing was happening but then the zombies got me! I had been busy focussing on biking along the rough path and wasn't looking at my phone so didn't notice they were coming for me until too late. I'm excited to try again but didn't have time today. The construction work didn't get in the way, the path along the river is still accessible, so as long as you travel a bit faster than me hopefully you will be okay! I'm looking forward to my next attempt! Thanks sonia26642!
Got to the zone but nothing happened with my Android. Lots of building works and no go areas. Is this possible at the moment?
We had carefully picked a weekend with a very low tide at an opportune time ... But after some days of heavy rain the streets of Bexley were covered in water. Wetter than usual wetlands, and when chased by zombies safe zones were on the other side of water. Definitely need a good long dry period for this cache. Another time.
This is the third time Sir Belac and I have looked at this one, its the closest cache to his house. In the past we've never got the wherigo app to work properly and we couldnt event start but after doing 3 others yesterday we decided to give it another crack and the apps on both of our phones recognised that we were there. I don't run so couldn't outrun 1 zombie and ran out of health on my second life but finished with 1 life and 80 health remaining. It didnt take long to find the cache. Thanks for a fun wherigo sonia26642
#11682
#11682
FINALY found this after trying this 2+ times already Figured it out how to do it as we were leaving and relished TFTC
TFTC, was my first whereigo. I had to wade through water knee deep, and once I had the end coords and was looking for the cache 2 swans attacked me!! Nice adventure just a tad wet and a bit muddy
My phone with the wherigo on it ran away, thankfully it survived the zombies and a bit of a wade for us all to meet at the cache, TFTC
Had some difficulty with the game, I lost my life to zombies the first time I played. My second time, I made it through. I saved the coordinates for a day I would need them and made the find today after work and just before the sun went down. Tftc!
For once I had some spare time during the weekend so I thought I might attempt this Wherigo. I found it hard to get on the right track but eventually I got there. It's pretty weird wandering around here because it is all so deserted. I was trying to get rid of a ginormous TB so I was a bit disappointed to find there was no large cache. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to go and find another large cache. Thanks
13:20
FITW Jude_E, Nosynel
Supplied ourselves with the map, can of beans and a bottle of water, we entered the zombie territory. Oh, and the smart supernatural watch that looks after our health and lives.
Started walking, everything was fine; suddenly, a zombie appears! RUN! To the safe zone, to Waitaki Street! But where is that, while we got our directions and maps sorted and knew where to run to, the zombie got us. Drink some water, shrug it off.
OK, two lives left, next time we will be more prepared, keep a closer eye to the map and try and react prompter.
When the next one appeared, I orientated myself quite quickly and determined where to run, and I actually ran, and made it to the safe zone. Except, that the zone wasn't that safe. For some reason, the zombie still got me even though the safe zone message appeared before.
Last life left, no water, 40% health left, it did not look promising but then there was another safe zone appearing on the map, and no zombies this time. We picked up the pace, and I ran the last 200m, who knows how much health I had left.
Success!
So, in the end we didn't really escape any of the zombies that appeared but luckily there were only two on our way. I realized that we forgot to chack the safe zones for supplies too. But that one bottle of water lasted us well. And the can of beans we just tried to use as a throwing weapon.
Well, this was something different, so was fun to try. Leaving a favourite for that.
I believe there is a fitness app called [Zombies, run!](https://zombiesrungame.com/) too.
TFTC! +fav
#6560
FITW Jude_E, Nosynel
Supplied ourselves with the map, can of beans and a bottle of water, we entered the zombie territory. Oh, and the smart supernatural watch that looks after our health and lives.
Started walking, everything was fine; suddenly, a zombie appears! RUN! To the safe zone, to Waitaki Street! But where is that, while we got our directions and maps sorted and knew where to run to, the zombie got us. Drink some water, shrug it off.
OK, two lives left, next time we will be more prepared, keep a closer eye to the map and try and react prompter.
When the next one appeared, I orientated myself quite quickly and determined where to run, and I actually ran, and made it to the safe zone. Except, that the zone wasn't that safe. For some reason, the zombie still got me even though the safe zone message appeared before.
Last life left, no water, 40% health left, it did not look promising but then there was another safe zone appearing on the map, and no zombies this time. We picked up the pace, and I ran the last 200m, who knows how much health I had left.
Success!
So, in the end we didn't really escape any of the zombies that appeared but luckily there were only two on our way. I realized that we forgot to chack the safe zones for supplies too. But that one bottle of water lasted us well. And the can of beans we just tried to use as a throwing weapon.
Well, this was something different, so was fun to try. Leaving a favourite for that.
I believe there is a fitness app called [Zombies, run!](https://zombiesrungame.com/) too.
TFTC! +fav
#6560
Today's mission was to find this wherigo that I have previously failed twice. This time I went with a team. Ivss_xx and Jud_E were in our team. This time I printed off the map as suggested and knew where to stay away from. Ivss_xx showed me how to get the map working as for some reason my map was set to blank by default. ( I hope I remember for next time because it was very helpful having a map).
In the end I enjoyed completing the wherigo. I am going to give it a favourite point.
Sadly there is no large event in New Zealand in 2019 but there are a few Mega events planned in Australia. I plan on going to the OzGeomuster in July. To find out more visit this site: https://www.ozgeomuster.com.au
If you can't make Aussie. New Zealand will have another large event in 2020 in Auckland. I will keep you posted in my logs.
Thanks for hiding this geocache.
In the end I enjoyed completing the wherigo. I am going to give it a favourite point.
Sadly there is no large event in New Zealand in 2019 but there are a few Mega events planned in Australia. I plan on going to the OzGeomuster in July. To find out more visit this site: https://www.ozgeomuster.com.au
If you can't make Aussie. New Zealand will have another large event in 2020 in Auckland. I will keep you posted in my logs.
Thanks for hiding this geocache.
Found with ivss_xx and Nosynel. My game never started so at the end I still had 3 lives and 100% health. I couldn't get the wherigo to show me anything. Most odd. The map showed my route once ivss_xx showed me where to turn it on.
Fortunately ivss_xx had 2 devices as did Nosynel so despite zombies killing them off, and my dud game we were able to outrun the zombies. Hooray.
Ivss_xx sprinted off and outran the zombie to get to the safe zone and score the coordinates. The cache was found not long after. Thanks for the fun and exercise!
#4143
Fortunately ivss_xx had 2 devices as did Nosynel so despite zombies killing them off, and my dud game we were able to outrun the zombies. Hooray.
Ivss_xx sprinted off and outran the zombie to get to the safe zone and score the coordinates. The cache was found not long after. Thanks for the fun and exercise!
#4143
As zombie fans we really wanted this to be fun. Made it to the start point then began walking down the path by the river. Kept an eye on our health, drank water to top it up, and hoped to meet a zombie or two. Then BAM we lost all three lives without even meeting one zombie maybe the river track wasn't the way to go. Was too hot and kids too hungry to walk back and restart so we had to abandon this one.
199 days since the cache was replaced. Just a little lonely then.
I'd arranged to meet Bo at the start of this Wherigo today without giving any thought to the weather or tides. I guess we got lucky!
We met at the appointed time, downloaded & started the cartridge and made out way to the start point.
Nothing happened (even the map wouldn't load).
We tried moving around a bit but still nothing.
We decided to head in the general direction of the safe zone but a little after we left the starting safe zone we still had a blank map and nothing was happening. Hmm.
Back to square one. Reload the cartridge. Nothing.
Read old logs. Aha! Nothing happens until you get going! Right. We're off.
Walking along, all was quiet. Too quiet. Zombie! Run! It seems we may have run too fast - by the time the compass started to swing to our right we'd run past the next safe zone. Then, just as we slowed and turned towards it... caught! One life down.
A quick check showed we were starting life #2 with full health so we headed away again. By this time I'd found a map that would load, slowly, so we had an idea of where to go.
As it became apparent we would be forced in one direction we were expecting another zombie attack at any moment. Nek minute... dead. No zombie, I just hadn't had anything to eat or drink. Oops. Should have explored the cartridge/read the instructions properly.
Last life, 70% health. Okay, a quick "drink" and we decided to run to a safe zone that was now on the map. We were just hoping that we could outrun any zombie ambushes now that we were close. In the end we managed to get to safety, and to complete the mission, without seeing another zombie. Phew!
After that it was a short walk to GZ were I managed to spot the cache while Bo searched another nearby hint item.
All in all this was a fun hunt, after the initial confusion. +1 favourite point from me.
TFTC sonia26642
Find # 3521
I'd arranged to meet Bo at the start of this Wherigo today without giving any thought to the weather or tides. I guess we got lucky!
We met at the appointed time, downloaded & started the cartridge and made out way to the start point.
Nothing happened (even the map wouldn't load).
We tried moving around a bit but still nothing.
We decided to head in the general direction of the safe zone but a little after we left the starting safe zone we still had a blank map and nothing was happening. Hmm.
Back to square one. Reload the cartridge. Nothing.
Read old logs. Aha! Nothing happens until you get going! Right. We're off.
Walking along, all was quiet. Too quiet. Zombie! Run! It seems we may have run too fast - by the time the compass started to swing to our right we'd run past the next safe zone. Then, just as we slowed and turned towards it... caught! One life down.
A quick check showed we were starting life #2 with full health so we headed away again. By this time I'd found a map that would load, slowly, so we had an idea of where to go.
As it became apparent we would be forced in one direction we were expecting another zombie attack at any moment. Nek minute... dead. No zombie, I just hadn't had anything to eat or drink. Oops. Should have explored the cartridge/read the instructions properly.
Last life, 70% health. Okay, a quick "drink" and we decided to run to a safe zone that was now on the map. We were just hoping that we could outrun any zombie ambushes now that we were close. In the end we managed to get to safety, and to complete the mission, without seeing another zombie. Phew!
After that it was a short walk to GZ were I managed to spot the cache while Bo searched another nearby hint item.
All in all this was a fun hunt, after the initial confusion. +1 favourite point from me.
TFTC sonia26642
Find # 3521
After reading the previous log and knowing that these cachers like that sort of hide we decided to come armed with a spare container (just in case). While there are a few of the hint objects around GZ we had a thorough search before deciding to leave our spare cache. Considering that the size is large we should have found it, but no - nothing. So now a smaller container in place to keep this nice WhereIGo alive. Thanks for the effort to put this together and the cache.
This Wherigo has been on my to do list for far too long, and it was also creeping towards the top of the nearest to home as well. But the thought of having to run has sort of put me off . The weather today looked fairly suitable so I decided to give it a go... Easier said than done, the GPS on my phone was bouncing all over the place, but eventually I was headed in the right direction and I got the coordinates. No trouble finding the cache. TFTC (3235)
#12562. It's a real ghost town round here now. We made short work of the zombies, and had no trouble finding the large cache. TFTC.
I was keen to visit Southshore this afternoon for a spot of geocaching as we hadn't been to that area for several years and heaps of new caches had popped up in the meantime. It was a bit chilly to start with but the sun made an appearance later on and our extremities finally warmed up.
We haven't been to this area for a while so it was looking quite different these days. One house is still remaining and it looks like it is occupied.l Must be weird living in a city with no near neighbours. I suppose they can easily see the zombies approaching!
With me being a zombie expert (having watched the Walking Dead series), we had no trouble evading their clutches and eventually found ourselves at a familiar location for the final. Nice big cache which was a quick find. No sign of the TBs that are supposed to be in the cache. Thanks for the hard work setting up this wherigo, Sonia. TFTC.
We haven't been to this area for a while so it was looking quite different these days. One house is still remaining and it looks like it is occupied.l Must be weird living in a city with no near neighbours. I suppose they can easily see the zombies approaching!
With me being a zombie expert (having watched the Walking Dead series), we had no trouble evading their clutches and eventually found ourselves at a familiar location for the final. Nice big cache which was a quick find. No sign of the TBs that are supposed to be in the cache. Thanks for the hard work setting up this wherigo, Sonia. TFTC.
On Tour together with Sabe73 as Team "TheBros" around South Island to visit some nice spots.
We also visited this location and could find the box almost quickly.
Thank you for showing us this place and of course for the Cache.
Greetings from Carinthia/Austria.
NoTrade
Tasks for Log-Permission (Earth, Challange, Virtual aso.) might be delayed.
We also visited this location and could find the box almost quickly.
Thank you for showing us this place and of course for the Cache.
Greetings from Carinthia/Austria.
NoTrade
Tasks for Log-Permission (Earth, Challange, Virtual aso.) might be delayed.
Zusammen mit PPJoe als Team *TheBros* in NZL mit dem Camper auf Tour. 6 Wochen Geocaching, Herz was willst Du mehr.
Der Cache konnte gut gefunden werden, wie man sieht werden die Dosen hier gut gewartet.
TFTC & LG aus Tirol/Austria/Europe
Der Cache konnte gut gefunden werden, wie man sieht werden die Dosen hier gut gewartet.
TFTC & LG aus Tirol/Austria/Europe
Although there was a heavy frost the day looked great for an 8-cache cyclocache ride from Spencer Park to South Brighton and back. After finding a couple of caches in Bottlelake Forest I decided to make my second attempt at beating the Zombies with my smartphone. My first attempt a couple of weeks resulted in a failure right at the end (probably only about 2m short) because I was inappropriately clad to take a powerful force of nature into account at that particular time. My attempt timing was much better today and I swiftly managed to MTB my way right through to the final safety zone, suffering only one zombie attack in the process. Had to laugh when I saw where the cache container was. Yes, there is a story there. Thanks for the interesting wherigo Sonia.
Filled with enthusiasm, Kjwx and I headed out to the start point on a freezing wintery Christchurch night and tried without success to get our Wherigo apps to do anything! Then I read the cache page more carefully and we decided to retreat and return another day. Very disappointing - this is the first Wherigo where I have most decidedly not gone!
Together with [url=http://coord.info/PR3BC8B][red]'Dev46'[/navy][/url][/red] I was on a 'sightseeing-tour' through lovely [Green]'New Zealand'[/Green]
During our great time we could see a lot of beautiful places and we also could find 'some' caches in the area...this was one them [:X]
Many thanks to all CO's for all these nice caches
Dev46
During our great time we could see a lot of beautiful places and we also could find 'some' caches in the area...this was one them [:X]
Many thanks to all CO's for all these nice caches
Dev46
Last summer the idea was born to visit [Green]'New Zealand'[/Green], together with [url=http://coord.info/PR3NXJG][red]'MimiNemo'[/red][/url]
After some important decisions regarding the beginning of our trip, the flights, the general route and the car were made, the most important question was still unanswered: which caches can we visit during our tour [?]
To get an answer for this topic I was fetching almost every cache from both islands [8)][:X]
[url=http://coord.info/PR3NXJG][red]'MimiNemo'[/red][/url] and I love [Teal]'Geo-Arts'[/Teal]...so we added all these cache series to our wish list
After this decision was made this list was more than 300 puzzle caches long...unsolved puzzle caches
Two weeks before Christmas it was getting time to start solving all these mystery caches
Even with the different language I could find almost every solution
In the case I was not so successful I was contacting some of the CO's...and was always getting help from them...many thanks for this support [:X]
During the following weeks our cache list was growing and growing...meanwhile more than 1000 caches long...too long for a simple bookmark list from GC
Time to get our route and caches in sync...time to save the PQ's to our Garmins...time to start this holiday:
Chapter 1: [red]Christchurch [/red]
After a really long flight we finally arrived at Christchurch airport at 6am...picking up our rental car
Then my first trauma: not only the steering wheel was at the wrong side, also only wrong-way driver on the road
Nevertheless we could find a lot of interesting caches during this day...without getting in touch with other cars
This wherigo cache was one them
Although I don't knwo this board game it was not a real problem to play this WIG [:X]
At the end we then found this zombie cache...full of zombie trackables
I would like to thank all owners of the caches I've found for their effort and for showing me these interesting spots,
Dev46
In: FP
After some important decisions regarding the beginning of our trip, the flights, the general route and the car were made, the most important question was still unanswered: which caches can we visit during our tour [?]
To get an answer for this topic I was fetching almost every cache from both islands [8)][:X]
[url=http://coord.info/PR3NXJG][red]'MimiNemo'[/red][/url] and I love [Teal]'Geo-Arts'[/Teal]...so we added all these cache series to our wish list
After this decision was made this list was more than 300 puzzle caches long...unsolved puzzle caches
Two weeks before Christmas it was getting time to start solving all these mystery caches
Even with the different language I could find almost every solution
In the case I was not so successful I was contacting some of the CO's...and was always getting help from them...many thanks for this support [:X]
During the following weeks our cache list was growing and growing...meanwhile more than 1000 caches long...too long for a simple bookmark list from GC
Time to get our route and caches in sync...time to save the PQ's to our Garmins...time to start this holiday:
Chapter 1: [red]Christchurch [/red]
After a really long flight we finally arrived at Christchurch airport at 6am...picking up our rental car
Then my first trauma: not only the steering wheel was at the wrong side, also only wrong-way driver on the road
Nevertheless we could find a lot of interesting caches during this day...without getting in touch with other cars
This wherigo cache was one them
Although I don't knwo this board game it was not a real problem to play this WIG [:X]
At the end we then found this zombie cache...full of zombie trackables
I would like to thank all owners of the caches I've found for their effort and for showing me these interesting spots,
Dev46
In: FP
Thanks for the exercise. Took 2 runs before got cords. Tftc very tired now at least the kids are now asleep in the car lol.
No maintenance required.
There is a map to help you under images. Make your way to wetlands. Safe zone doesn't activate till you are actually closer! I wasn't going to walk you through every step. There is a reason this isn't a D1!
Other people have found it fine in the meanwhile.
There is a map to help you under images. Make your way to wetlands. Safe zone doesn't activate till you are actually closer! I wasn't going to walk you through every step. There is a reason this isn't a D1!
Other people have found it fine in the meanwhile.
This is Bbear44 and my second attempt using our smart phones. I have successfully completed 4 Wherigos and unsuccessfully attempted this one twice. Both times spending about 45 minutes before giving up. No instructions pop up. When I get to zero nothing happens.
Sign log and cache in good order See taybee Log as we did it at the same Time
TFTC log by Gsak
we had no zombies attacks today it was fun doing it thanks
Sign log and cache in good order TFTC log by Gsak
Sign log and cache in good order TFTC log by Gsak
Lo Vista had been busy attending caching events in the morning & Ro Vista thought this was the perfect day to fend off some Zombies. While our enthusiasm was high, our preparation was a bit lacking; future players do read CO's tips & study the map ! Things we did correctly - tide was low, weather was calm with grey skies, lotsa time was allowed for mission ! Arrived with wherigo on both smartphone & Oregon; but only Oregon was communicative in the Badlands ... must sort the not so smart phone out as second wherigo it's been shot down before take off.
As newbies in the study of habits & habitat of Zombies we would have to learn fast ! Completely unprepared in this disaster zone, with only one device showing any sign of zombie activity, contacted CO for more intel as we faced this desolate wasteland that stretched before us. OK, sitting ducks for too long ... & zap! Game over so we know not to go there ! Restart with toughened resolution to make it through the mission ... grabbed more protective gear from abandonned geo-mobile as the weather was getting colder by now. On our trek we met many hazards while trying to evade zombies. but our energy & rations were running too low. Sadly when we arrived at the last safe zone, we were denied access to the fortress. To prove we are worthy, we would replay & show that we can learn from our experience & take on the growing Zombie infestation. Persistence paid off ... Victory was ours today, thanks for this interesting wherigo.
Being so up close to this part of town makes us realise what many Chch residents have lost. It is so eerie & very fitting for zombie habitat. Thanks Sonia for the effort in making this game to share what remains in this area.
As newbies in the study of habits & habitat of Zombies we would have to learn fast ! Completely unprepared in this disaster zone, with only one device showing any sign of zombie activity, contacted CO for more intel as we faced this desolate wasteland that stretched before us. OK, sitting ducks for too long ... & zap! Game over so we know not to go there ! Restart with toughened resolution to make it through the mission ... grabbed more protective gear from abandonned geo-mobile as the weather was getting colder by now. On our trek we met many hazards while trying to evade zombies. but our energy & rations were running too low. Sadly when we arrived at the last safe zone, we were denied access to the fortress. To prove we are worthy, we would replay & show that we can learn from our experience & take on the growing Zombie infestation. Persistence paid off ... Victory was ours today, thanks for this interesting wherigo.
Being so up close to this part of town makes us realise what many Chch residents have lost. It is so eerie & very fitting for zombie habitat. Thanks Sonia for the effort in making this game to share what remains in this area.
A bit disappointing. The Wherigo does not seem to be working. The map didn't show up. New instructions did not show up.
Made a start on this one, before going into a zombie-infested zone inadvertently and failing .
Tried to approach a new starting point but Bexley Road was in a real state, and full of workmen and heavy equipment. As we had a bit of a deadline to get to the airport decided we would save this for another trip ... better prepared I hope.
Tried to approach a new starting point but Bexley Road was in a real state, and full of workmen and heavy equipment. As we had a bit of a deadline to get to the airport decided we would save this for another trip ... better prepared I hope.
Great location! Saw some zombies go past on our way to the starting point, one was even riding a bike.
Got a little stuck after that. Turns out you have to study the other attached pictures or know the place beforehand.
Luckily got a hint on what to do next.
Only ran into one zombie due to a hint of where they like to chill at . Drank all the water and had 3 lives at the end.
Nice container TFTWC!
Got a little stuck after that. Turns out you have to study the other attached pictures or know the place beforehand.
Luckily got a hint on what to do next.
Only ran into one zombie due to a hint of where they like to chill at . Drank all the water and had 3 lives at the end.
Nice container TFTWC!
Went to the starting point after being shooed out of the house by the CO 'go and find zombies!' Definitely a perfect location, although it now kind of looks like even the zombies have given up on it... finally got some good use of the 4wd! Hard to know where to head first, but we did get there Thanks for setting up, and I do hope that eventually the location will not be a good playing field for zombies!!
#3634 @0735
I first attempted this on Wednesday afternoon, but I hadn't re-read the cache page since I originally downloaded the cartridge when it was first published. I also had the map zoomed right in on the start and didn't see the safe zone. I was a bit confused about what should be happenning or what to do. As the tide was in and I was under trime pressure I left it for another day, and emailed the CO for clarification. After re-reading the cache page it was obvious what I needed to do. I returned early this morning (to catch the low tide) and managed to get through on the first attempt. Great fun. I even did it again choosing a different route to see what would happen - this time I had more encounters and lost a couple of lives but got there in the end. TFTC.
I first attempted this on Wednesday afternoon, but I hadn't re-read the cache page since I originally downloaded the cartridge when it was first published. I also had the map zoomed right in on the start and didn't see the safe zone. I was a bit confused about what should be happenning or what to do. As the tide was in and I was under trime pressure I left it for another day, and emailed the CO for clarification. After re-reading the cache page it was obvious what I needed to do. I returned early this morning (to catch the low tide) and managed to get through on the first attempt. Great fun. I even did it again choosing a different route to see what would happen - this time I had more encounters and lost a couple of lives but got there in the end. TFTC.
Trust us to try to sort out the zombie apocalypse on the hottest day of the year so far. Have done a few wherigo caches on my phone previously without issue. Started from the safe house and started walking. Unsure if we had chosen the right way, or if the wherigo wasn't working, as we didn't get bothered for quite some time. Eventually, a zombie attempted to chase after us, but the wherigo crashed, and the zombie had disappeared by the time we got it working again. Our route seemed to be taking us a path that avoided most of the zombies. Eventually we did get chased by one but we only seemed to have about 10 seconds to get to a safe zone about 200 metres away so that didn't seem too fair. Eventually made it to the final safe zone after losing only one life, and the co-ordinates made themselves known. Cache was a quick find after that as we were entering the final coordinates only a few metres away. So, a good wheirgo experience, but perhaps we may have missed out on the fun of a full on zombie invasion. Thanks for the cache
We never had an Wherigo Cache who fits so perfectly to its landscape. It is just amazing, a bit eerie but so much fun. We did the trip with the bikes and it was still hard to be fast enough Many thanks for this amazing cache and showing us new places in ChCh.
Greetings from Germany
Greetings from Germany
Had a lot of fun doing this wherigo very good location for the theme. Managed to do it on the first attempt thanks to CO. I managed to escape the first zombie and somehow missed the second one after those I easily escaped the last zombies and got to the cache. great wherigo and definitely to best one I have done.
TFTC
TFTC
Tried to drive past (about the time TG & TW were already there) to sus out the area, but was unable to get close due to blocked roads. Given the rain (and the fact I'd already found a cache for the day) I opted not to look for alternative routes and high-tailed it away from there.
Thanks for the notes Sonia - I'll have to try busting out IE as I haven't managed to make ANY of your Wherigos work downloading from Chrome. My phone (Galaxy S3) supposedly is capable but I'm yet to see any evidence of that!
FTF. 3pm. Joint with TheWanglers. Only just made it out alive. More later. Great fun but pretty wetting in the rain!
More: In regards experiment 13-Z - I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, can't prove anything.
TW made contact in the early afternoon - wanna go zombie bashing? What could I say, downed tools and made the cross town journey. He beat me to WP and was hopping excitedly from one foot to the other waiting for me. Gosh, it's still pretty munted around here - surprised somewhat to see workman in the area of the start WP...but they were busy doing their stuff. TW was loaded and ready to go on his phone....what to do?.....wetlands are over there...raincoats on....lets go; so the trudge begain.......unsure of proceedings, we just had to walk, watch and wait....."Zombie; AAAAhhhhhhh, run"......"where"..."over there"...."aaarrrrggghhhh"....oooooh; too slow. Ouch....Rallying for a moment in the safe zone we wondered what we'd let ourselves in for. Limping somewhat onwards, but more wary, we moved on......"Another Zombie...AAArrrrrggghhhh....rruuuuuunnnnnnnn"......faster this time, but in the rain it's a bit tricky to spot the safe zones.......ouch. Another life down. Baked beans anyone? darn, where's the can opener? don't have one. Stink. Can we throw it at the zombies?.....hmmmm...one life left. Lets have a drink. That perked us up. Onwards. Over there. Pretty wet now. How do we get there? over there? ok. squidge. squidge. Yay the final zone.......ooooooo....hang on. We're a zombie. How'd that happen? We died somewhere along that final stretch...no zombie warning, maybe our health ran out? .....aaarrrrggghhh.....mmmmmmmm.........that might explain why I've got the munchies......
Phoned CO. What's with this. We're zombies. "Too slow" she says. "Run faster" she says. "Watch your health" she says. Hmm. Thats too many things for a boy to keep track of, we can only do one thing at a time. Right (mentalling hitching up pants)...we've got this. We kinda know what to do. Back to the start we go. We're here, we're wet, we 'know' what we're doing - rude not to give it another bash.
Back to start. Reset.
Zombies to the left of us...zombies to the right.........we set forth with renewed vigour. Luckily we were able to walk nonchalently as a security car drove slowly through the area (would have been interesting if we'd had to make a run for it at that moment!).....managed to make our way through the sections and get to the end in one piece. Final co-ords in hand. High fives & cache in hand. Most cool.
Pretty wet but great fun....
Onwards!
This entry was edited by Team_Gaters on Monday, 25 November 2013 at 20:36:45 UTC.
More: In regards experiment 13-Z - I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, can't prove anything.
TW made contact in the early afternoon - wanna go zombie bashing? What could I say, downed tools and made the cross town journey. He beat me to WP and was hopping excitedly from one foot to the other waiting for me. Gosh, it's still pretty munted around here - surprised somewhat to see workman in the area of the start WP...but they were busy doing their stuff. TW was loaded and ready to go on his phone....what to do?.....wetlands are over there...raincoats on....lets go; so the trudge begain.......unsure of proceedings, we just had to walk, watch and wait....."Zombie; AAAAhhhhhhh, run"......"where"..."over there"...."aaarrrrggghhhh"....oooooh; too slow. Ouch....Rallying for a moment in the safe zone we wondered what we'd let ourselves in for. Limping somewhat onwards, but more wary, we moved on......"Another Zombie...AAArrrrrggghhhh....rruuuuuunnnnnnnn"......faster this time, but in the rain it's a bit tricky to spot the safe zones.......ouch. Another life down. Baked beans anyone? darn, where's the can opener? don't have one. Stink. Can we throw it at the zombies?.....hmmmm...one life left. Lets have a drink. That perked us up. Onwards. Over there. Pretty wet now. How do we get there? over there? ok. squidge. squidge. Yay the final zone.......ooooooo....hang on. We're a zombie. How'd that happen? We died somewhere along that final stretch...no zombie warning, maybe our health ran out? .....aaarrrrggghhh.....mmmmmmmm.........that might explain why I've got the munchies......
Phoned CO. What's with this. We're zombies. "Too slow" she says. "Run faster" she says. "Watch your health" she says. Hmm. Thats too many things for a boy to keep track of, we can only do one thing at a time. Right (mentalling hitching up pants)...we've got this. We kinda know what to do. Back to the start we go. We're here, we're wet, we 'know' what we're doing - rude not to give it another bash.
Back to start. Reset.
Zombies to the left of us...zombies to the right.........we set forth with renewed vigour. Luckily we were able to walk nonchalently as a security car drove slowly through the area (would have been interesting if we'd had to make a run for it at that moment!).....managed to make our way through the sections and get to the end in one piece. Final co-ords in hand. High fives & cache in hand. Most cool.
Pretty wet but great fun....
Onwards!
This entry was edited by Team_Gaters on Monday, 25 November 2013 at 20:36:45 UTC.
The was a super covert biochemical experimental facility funded by unknown sources. But, theories abounded. What they were developing or manipulation was unknown. Due to the seismic activity in Canterbury something went wrong, very wrong. The facility withstood the initial 7.1 shake and everything was 'safe', it wasn't until the 6.3 in February that things went completely out of control. The facility was deep in the port hills and could withstand any type of attack from above, but did not factor in the seismic attack from below. As fate would have it the experiment 13-Z was compromised. The facility was shaken and broken the water supply for the facility was hooked straight into the towns water supply, 13-Z leaked into the towns water supply. What ensued the next few weeks was what only can be described as apocalyptic. With the devastation wrought by the earthquakes was only exceeded by the wide scale sickness and cannibalism. The zombie infestation had began...
I had just secured some fuel and I knew it was costly as I had to part with three cans of baked beans and some disposable razors (highly sort after items). I knew that there was a haven in the Eastern suburbs and the resistance had a serum that could hopefully reverse the effects of 13-Z if caught earlier enough. I could not venture out to the badlands until certain tasks were completed and I left my heavily armed comrades at a depot to keep guard until my return, possible return. I needed backup and I used the antiquated comms to contact TG and he has some serious firepower that would help if the zombies get a whiff of fresh brains. He have some spare fuel and we decided to meet at waypoint 1. I arrived first and kept a low profile as there were high vis zombies digging a hole, my guess is that there was a bunker with fresh meat and the zombies were working up and appetite for dinner. I was grossly outnumbered and I had to let them fend for themselves once the zombies breached their defences, such is post 13-Z life. TG arrived and due to the flurry of activity at wp1 we were able to make a start unnoticed. We chose a path and everything was quiet. We made our way to the safe zone and we had to keep a look out for the 'sign'. Without warning we disturbed a zombie, TG blasted it but it wasn't good enough one got my leg and I knew I was toast unless we made it to the haven. Time was ticking. Nuts, another one and we couldn't make it to a safe zone, due to my hobbled state I started getting the sweats and I was slowing down TG and he started to look tasty... must make it. So thirsty... Yay, the haven is in sight... How to approach? We made it to the final destination and we'll find out the true location of the 'haven'. Too bad, destination will not be given to zombies, mmm brains... Life is empty and a lot slower as a zombie. MISSION ONE FAIL!!
Reset>
TG arrived and due to the flurry of activity at wp1 we were able to make a start unnoticed. We chose a path and everything was quiet. We were well armed and senses were heightened. The weather was good zombie weather, wet and cold, the rain was coming down hard. Visibility was low. We made it through the first stage and the next. We made it to the 'haven'. Unbelievable!! It's true 13-Z does have a serum, now we need to make more of it. FTF was made at 2.57pm a historic day for the resistance!!!
Thanks for the cache.
#1856
I had just secured some fuel and I knew it was costly as I had to part with three cans of baked beans and some disposable razors (highly sort after items). I knew that there was a haven in the Eastern suburbs and the resistance had a serum that could hopefully reverse the effects of 13-Z if caught earlier enough. I could not venture out to the badlands until certain tasks were completed and I left my heavily armed comrades at a depot to keep guard until my return, possible return. I needed backup and I used the antiquated comms to contact TG and he has some serious firepower that would help if the zombies get a whiff of fresh brains. He have some spare fuel and we decided to meet at waypoint 1. I arrived first and kept a low profile as there were high vis zombies digging a hole, my guess is that there was a bunker with fresh meat and the zombies were working up and appetite for dinner. I was grossly outnumbered and I had to let them fend for themselves once the zombies breached their defences, such is post 13-Z life. TG arrived and due to the flurry of activity at wp1 we were able to make a start unnoticed. We chose a path and everything was quiet. We made our way to the safe zone and we had to keep a look out for the 'sign'. Without warning we disturbed a zombie, TG blasted it but it wasn't good enough one got my leg and I knew I was toast unless we made it to the haven. Time was ticking. Nuts, another one and we couldn't make it to a safe zone, due to my hobbled state I started getting the sweats and I was slowing down TG and he started to look tasty... must make it. So thirsty... Yay, the haven is in sight... How to approach? We made it to the final destination and we'll find out the true location of the 'haven'. Too bad, destination will not be given to zombies, mmm brains... Life is empty and a lot slower as a zombie. MISSION ONE FAIL!!
Reset>
TG arrived and due to the flurry of activity at wp1 we were able to make a start unnoticed. We chose a path and everything was quiet. We were well armed and senses were heightened. The weather was good zombie weather, wet and cold, the rain was coming down hard. Visibility was low. We made it through the first stage and the next. We made it to the 'haven'. Unbelievable!! It's true 13-Z does have a serum, now we need to make more of it. FTF was made at 2.57pm a historic day for the resistance!!!
Thanks for the cache.
#1856
This one isn't ready yet! Wherigo.com seems to be down in terms of uploading cartridges...
But I guess that doesn't matter! You can temporarily download it off the MEGA website I guess... Saved a copy on that:
http://nzmega2015.com/temp/zombies.gwc
But I guess that doesn't matter! You can temporarily download it off the MEGA website I guess... Saved a copy on that:
http://nzmega2015.com/temp/zombies.gwc
Ignore previous note... now uploaded and working on wherigo.com - tried a different browser! (Who ould have thought IE could do better than Chrome! )