Lolly Scramble: Jaffas (Canterbury) Eyrewell Forest, South Island, New Zealand
By M&Ms on 28-Sep-13. Waypoint GC4P82B

Very cool as with all the others. TFTC #130

TFTC Found with andyfreya

Made notes of finds and put in draft but forgot to save so thave lost all information i wrote on todays finds tftc

Nice height. Thanks for the fun!

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.Super cool cache. Love it!

All good... cows are keeping an eye on it

Great cache easy find TFTC

Out for the day with my geo buddy, and it's not raining, the joy of summer caching! Tftc

Out for the day with my geo buddy. Picked up where we left off last time we lollie scrambled. Love the variety in these caches. Thank you for creating and maintaining this series.

TFTC nice hide well made

Tyfc, nice easy find with Kerryowl

Great park n grab with blunsdon. Thank you for the cache

13:07 FITW AaronE215Quick find here and all good. I got some jaffas from the Lolly Shop a few years back when my mom was visiting.Kia ora! Paldies! Thanks for the cache, M&Ms!#9924

Tftc!

Found on this wet day Great hide Thank you for the cache

All chocolate goodness in a hard shell

Another quick find with ZEALOG today as the sun starts to warm the day tftc

log signed as RAZ. Another great container as we contine our finds. Tftc

A quick easy find of another lolly scramble cache, and definitely a favourite lolly. TFTC

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. Again a great container. I love jaffas and would never have wasted them by dropping them in the movie theatre even for the cool sound. 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.

One of my favourite lollies and I found this one in the hint location

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.
Found it. Loving the containers. TFTC

Tftc

Excursion with downsouthinv while Abbyk was at an event.
Yummy, always a fave

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 . Yum jaffa always great and go for rolling down the movie theater


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

Trying to kill a sweet tooth with ObnoxiousSpaceCat

Thank you for the series

Power-trailin’ with kozjah. Dig the attention to detail on the jaffa.

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.
Took a bit to open but i got there

Now I'm sad where's my Jaffas oh they ate my favourite lollies and there was none there for me to eat

Outer container a bit damp but log book dry.

FITW Albijos

Not a big fan of jaffas, but had to deal with them a lot during my theater days, when I was working in Alladin by Disney productions as it was nominated Jafar's sweet. Lol. Anyways, it was an easy straightforward find fir us here. TFTC.

FITW Harisree
We decided to go for a drive and grab some cache . Taking a break from work and spending some time outdoor.

TFTC

another a few finds from a series for our large number of finds today. this is number 199. found with kiscardi

On a mission today to pick up 200 caches with NZ Bozzy. This is number 199 and cache number 5199 for me.
Thanks for the series M&Ms. Fun set of caches to find.

On my way to Nelson and getting a few caches on the way. All good with the cache

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.

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 good

TFTC MacPacFamily, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 4 find(s) of 18 today, making this find #2627

The day continues with Tokerau

I remember rolling these down the slooping wooden floor at the movies.

**13,573**
Who doesn't like a Jaffa, Giant or otherwise!! They have had a bad rap since people started associating them with those Aucklanders - but we still like them, just the same!! hahaha TFTC

GPS a bit wanders here but used our caching eyes & the hint! A very secure dry cache! TFTC

Easy find

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

Tftf love lolly scrambles

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.

Reasonably quick find. TFTC

Hot

Found it

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

TFTC.

Very creative. Tftc.

Finally a FTF - well more to the point first to sign ..... the new log book that is - TFTC

Lolly Scramble: Jaffas (Canterbury) was transferred from MandMCachers to user MacPacFamily

Logbook replaced.

Logbook replaced. Used rite-in-the-rain this time, so hopefully will last longer.

Labour weekend caching adventure. Thanks for the hide. Not sign able as log soaked.

TFTF

Another great container

Containers full with water , logbook completely soak. ... Going next...

TFTC
# 1455 August 14, 2019 14:17

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

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.
Took a brief moment to spot. The light was starting to fade at this point so turned around and started heading home, finding just one more cache on the way back. #2474. TFTC.

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 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

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

Thank you so cute package

Quick find. Hot day today. Taking the long way home to collect a few caches along the way. Thanks to all cache owners for taking the time to place and maintain your caches. Team Broadbent (signed TB on micros). Find # 1985

MacPacDad helping out MacPacMum along the trail today.

As part of an eight hour maintenance run along the Lolly Scramble this cache has been checked and logbook replaced.

TFTC easy find

Nice

Cache found but log stuck inside. Managed to get it out but container was open both ends so log was just a sticky wet blob. Have duct taped a pill bottle onto it and added a replacement log. Tftc

A very nice, kind CO has given me permission to log this as a found, So I'll definitely give her a Fav. When and if I'm going that way with Mr BP, I'll try again with the male mind hopefully sorting it! TFTH, it's a good one!

The find was easy, but just couldn't get that log out. Spent a precious 20 mins with no result, I'm missing the talent to work out the" how" despite tweezers and some small grabby instruments. If CO messages me with permission to log, I'd be VERY grateful!!,

Looks like the red coating has been sucked off this one. It was lying out in the open. I emptied the water from it and took it back to my car to try to get the log out. I was doing ok until a huge spider decided to emerge from within. The Jaffa went back to the post and I took off in a hurry! 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

A nice sunny afternoon out caching where the water would let me! Nice quick find here! TFTC!!

Out with Pinksouth, signed log PSWZ
Log is damp TFTC

Out with Wurzel 1947 log signed PSWZ
TFTC

Almost logged a DNF on this cache however a moment later it jumped out at me.

all good at GZ. Thanks for another smilie.

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!

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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.

dnf

#3626. 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. Nice quick find here of a decent sized jaffa. I love jaffas but make sure they don't crack your teeth. Signed the dry log book and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache.

Begins our holiday in NZ in Christchurch, we came from Italy to find our son who lives there for two years.
After being in the North Island in Wellington area to hunt for historical cache and spending a few days at sea while finding bad weather without being able to take to the beach, here we are back in Chch, we decide to resume the trail already made in part two weeks ago , we reach Oxford and back.
Thanks for the laying and maintenance of this trail
Greetings from Italy
Dopo essere stati nell'isola del nord in zona Wellington a caccia di cache storiche e aver trascorso alcuni giorni al mare trovando però brutto tempo senza poter scendere in spiaggia, eccoci tornati a Chch, decidiamo di riprendere il trail già fatto in parte due settimane fa, raggiungeremo Oxford e ritorno.
Grazie per la posa e mantenimento di questo trail
Saluti dall'Italia
TFTC

Wow, even with my tweezers I couldn't get it out through the small hole, it was dry though.

We are from Canada and visiting relatives In Christchurch for a few weeks. Started the lolly pop trail last week and we are finishing it today. Thanks to those who set up this trail. It has allowed us to check out an interesting area.
Took some time to get it out. Hopefully next finder finds it easier.

Had fun trying to get log out, but hopefully easier for next person

Was on a time limit so decided to skip this one for today. TFTC anyway

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!!!

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

Yum, could go some .... On a 11 day caching trip around the south island. Log signed as b&p.Tftc M&Ms. Find # 3379

Tftc

Tftc!! A good one

Easy find. Thanks

This was a log less Jaffa so added one tftc

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!

Quick easy find on my way through on an Oxford and Lolly clean up. These caches have had so much work put into them and I am loving the series. Thanks for the cache.

Jaffas our favourites.

24/05/2016 1:08:00 PM
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Had the day off work today, so decided, why not find some caches?

Have been meaning to knock off more of these lollies - there's just so many around!! So drove out along the road to oxford, found a few tinkers too, and then headed home.

Took a total of about 2 and a half hours, and managed to score more caches in a single day today than I have in quite a while!!

A fun arvo, and hopefully will expand my area of 1000 closest unfound to home a bit!

Consec caching day # 1297

TFTC!!

Tftc

We are having a few days in Chch visiting family and of course finding some caches as well.After a couple of days SW of the city today we headed NW and as well as most of the Lolly Scramble trail we found several others in and around the areas nearby.A great variety of containers and hides made it a very enjoyable day. The logs were signed HZ+HM, H+H, or on some case with our full names.Thank you to all the CO's for making these 59 finds possible today.

It was a combination of holidays, family visit and caching. Since our last visit lots of trails have appeared and there were many puzzles to be solved. And a lot of trads thrown in for good measure. We almost forgot what it's like to be cut, scraped, prodded, pricked, bruised and stabbed by the large variety of hedges you can find caches under in Canterbury. We were not deterred and it was fun to find them. On our way home again and trying to find as many caches as pos. In the end they made us stay another night in the area Thank you MandMCachers