SMS Stake Land #10 (Canterbury) Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By sharkiefan on 23-Nov-13. Waypoint GC4THJH

Thanks, really cool hide. Came with lots of bugs.

Getting a few things that have appeared since last visit

Quick find but cache full of bugs. TFTC

love the hiding spot

Nice spot, thanks

Doing a few caches in the east of Christchurch TFTC (Fav)

Very clever hide! Geo-dog and I met the dog over the fence who was very enthusiastic about their greeting us!

Moved it a few times before realising thats what I needed haha the logs helped

Found it, thanks

Came down to collect a trad, this was the chosen one. Nicely hidden... attracted the attention of a neighbouring dog after I'd gone in, signed the log and was like 4m away from GZ... dog was a little delayed haha..

TFTC sharkiefan, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 1 find(s) of 1 today, making this find #3982

Nice and funny. Apologies for disturbance little guys. Unfortunately didn’t have a pen. Thanks !

Nice day for a bike ride TFTC

Awesome cache!! Thanks

Haha the kids didn't think it was as funny as we did!

Read the clue
It helps so much

Great day for caching. Thanks for the hide.

Initially discarded the cache container as trash, pleasantly surprised by this one; TFTC

Pleased it was a fast find as the whole time I was there the stupid dog over the fence was barking at something in the shrubs. No idea what in the shrubbery set it off but as soon as I got there it started and when I left it stopped, weird aye?

It's been a few weeks since my last great Sat morning exped. Weather and work have conspired against me. But no excuses this morning. Couple of funny stories.... Wound up a very savage sounding Labrador who made threatening barks at me.. But it's a lab, he'd have probably run for cover if I had challenged him. And then I picked up a bit of rubbish thinking it would be handy to have a poke with, when suddenly it did something I wasn't expecting, and there it was. Well constructed.... Cheers!

Wow very clever indeed. Thanks

Between the dog going ballistic and the bugs that crawled out of the cache when I opened it, this wasn't a very positive experience today! It's a shame, because this is such a well made and inventive hide! I just took a photo so I didn't need to reach into the bugs to sign the log! TFTC!

I found this one while collecting information for a multi. Thanks

Last one today

We did you a bit of biking in the forest and then found this one.

Thanks for hiding this cache sharkiefan I appreciate it.

Thanks for the find. Came past without a pen on the way home from a walk on the beach, so a photo will have to do!

12 January 2022 16:44. As I was nearby for one stage of a multi, decided to give this one a go. Ah, so that's what I needed! TFTC sharkiefan.

TFTC sharkiefan
Signed with GCC stamp or hand written.
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Cache 363
Logged with cachly.

In the area for work. Need a break, find a cache. Had no trouble in finding this one. Did some cleaning by removing some debris stuffed inside. Cache is all good here. TFTC.

Found it

Easy find as I've found a few in the series before. The log was sopping wet so went back to the car for a replacement. TFTC # 17,514

such a sneaky wee hiding spot, really need to use your noggin ??

Xx

15:20
Finally! Had tried to find this once or twice before, about 3 years ago.
This time it was a rather quick find. Coords good, hint precise.
No dog barking on the other side of the fence. So overall a very pleasant experience.

Kia ora! Paldies!
#8090

Found with nanzie and my sister TFTC

While I was in Christchurch visiting family my grandaughter Olivia and grandson Sir Belac went out to get a few caches cool cache Thank for this cache sharkiefan

Tried this Cache during a middle of the night mission, got within 2m of GZ and the guard dog over the fence went berserk... needless to say that was the end of that stop!
Will head back during the day and see if doggo has calmed down!

Attempt 2 more successful, quick find, clever cache

Loved the hiding spot! TFTC!

With Demaniac

7/8 success rate tosay with finnzealand

Ohh that was a goodie

We have found many of these before, so this was a quick retrieval. We added a plastic bag for the log, which was rather ragged. TFTC!

Nice container! TFTC

Very cool thanks

Very happy to turn this one to a smiley. Don't know why I couldn't find it a couple of years ago. Man- that dog sounds ferocious- very glad of a good strong fence! tftc

Was a big dog which was pretty scary so we only had a quick look

A quick easy find of what we later realised was a very appropriate cache, which gets a favourite from us. TFTC

Doing a little bit of Geocaching while in New Zealand and visiting from California all doing a Petsit here

Back in the big city for a few days and on a mission to get some big numbers ..

Was about to give up when I spotted it..not where the hint suggested ..it is now...very nicely done ...
Tftc

Awesome hiding spot

Cool hiding spot no dog around 5pm

Awesome cache.

Love the container.

Cool container

Great cache, very clever thanks

Safe from the vampires now

Cleverly done, we got the point!!
TFTC

Clever clue got the point tftc

Raining found relatively easily. Tftc

Unable to attempt.
We got within 9M and then a dog on the other side of the fence went off.
GZ appeared to be visible from the house.

A few after work at another campus to wait out the worst of traffic. The dog is extremely loud and territorial, it would be a very safe house to live in - but not that great to cache nearby TFTC!

Tftc. The dog over the fence was terrifying :/

TFTC

Unfortunately found cache laying alongside the tree open. Log all but disintegrated. Signed new piece of paper but did not have ziplock bags on me so I don’t think it will last long with winter on its way. Stood cache back up along side tree. Why do all the caches have to be along side a fence with barking dogs lol

Out on an evening- but hard to write in log

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DNF
Went in and had a quick look around the tree. Didn't want to linger long because there was a dog barking at me just behind the fence and its owners were home somewhere as well.

Having found most of the others in the series- I figured I knew what we were looking for- but after several minutes- and enlarging our search area a bit- we had no luck here today.

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Quick find. Managed to find a gap to scrawl something close to a signature.

Found it but logbook does need replacing

Begins our holiday in NZ in Christchurch, we came from Italy to find our son who lives there for two years.
Long trip, but surprisingly we arrived there very tired, almost two days and two nights without sleep, but it took just 24 hours we got used to the new day.
Today we decided to dedicate the day to the city's parks.
TFTC
Greetings from Italy
Eccoci finalmente in niuziland e dai e dai ci siamo veramente, appena arrivati capiamo che sarà dura, cena di qua invito di la, andiamo a vedere questo e quest'altro.
Oggi decidiamo di dedicare la giornata ai parchi della città.
Qui finiamo in mezzo alle case ma riusciamo a entrare nel parco, bel camuffo ma book macerato
TFTC

Good hid

Nice container.

StreetWalker and I had been visiting family on this side of town, so took the opportunity to pick up a few caches afterwards .
We have found a few caches in the series before (in fact this is the last one that we haven't found that is still going...) but even so we struggled to find it as it was not out in the open like rest and we were conscious of how close we were to the neighbouring house and what a racket we were making in the undergrowth. In the end, SW found it, phew. Best to ignore all but the last 2 words of the hint. Thanks for the hard work that has gone into creating the hides for this series. TFTC.

#13408. We knew what we were looking for, but it was well covered, and not located in the place described in the hint. In the end I pulled the covering aside, and there it was. TFTC.

The dog was elsewhere! The log was forced into the slot and is crumbly. I have tried to roll it and place it in the hole a little easier for the next person but actually it is full. I have done a few of these now. Great containers all of them. All round the city it seems! Thanks for the cache.

Cool cache

Big and little muggles around.... So I couldn't get closer

Great cache. Noisy dog guarding it!

Quick find

A nice quick find in a lovely wee reserve. TFTC.

A fun road trip with tmann421 enjoying the sights and collecting some caches.

A quick find here. TFTC

Another good cache found with just-Lookin.
Enjoying the drive / walk around.
Soon located. SL TFTC

Yayyy! Well, under a tree NEAR the cabbage tree is not quite right. TFTC

Dog went berserk early Sat am so gave it a miss.

Yup. It has been moved slightly from its original place. I know just the fella to put this right soon

Very late log. Found this cache with my hubby Sevren.tftc

Soon found after reading the logs to ignore the hint and yeh caching senses kicked in for a quick find.

Had been here before and not found it. Looked back through previous logs (back to 2014) and saw it might not be where the clue indicated, easily found after that. Beautiful day so hopped over to the beach after finding, TFTC!

Finally found this one. It was actually an easy find but we were looking in all the wrong places because of the hint. So completely ignore the hint and go with your caching instinct and you'll find the cache. Tftc.

found it - log book was wet as

Only had about five minutes available in which to find this one, but didn’t manage to do so in that time. Not where we thought it might be, based on the hint. Maybe another time. Thanks anyway.

#1981 Found with nic-jay while down for MEGA. A pleasant stroll and cache was soon in hand. Great cache. TFTC!

Found with Skaga during the Mega.
A nice quick find in a lovely wee park.
TFTC

Probably should have gone for this one as a night cache, nevertheless this cache was found! Busy Paws and I had to be fairly quick as the neighbours dog was becoming increasingly vocal!
TFTC!

Great hide, Thanks. Found with geo Jessie on a lovely day. TFTC

Thought I knew what I'd be looking for here - even found something that might have been it, but wasn't. Oh well.

That is a nights one and nice easy find. TFTH

tftc