Lolly Scramble:Brown Derby (Canterbury) Oxford, South Island, New Zealand
By M&Ms on 29-Mar-14. Waypoint GC518RX

Tftc found with andyfreya

Quick find tftc

While out this way for a DNF FTF, I used the

Have finally managed to locate the appropriate cache container. Hope to get out to replace soon - weather permitting!

Looks like it is missing.

A weeny bit tricksy, thought it was swimming in water, it wasnt!

Out for the day with my geo buddy, summer caching, we love it! Second half of the Lolly Scramble. 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 quick find

Tyfc nice easy find with Kerryowl

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

Thanks M&Ms for the lolly scramble series. I am really enjoying these today as I was after lots of caches with different attitributes. These fill some lots of gaps. I was wishing I had not found so many on previous trips. Haha. All caches were interesting finds and I enjoyed them all.

13:33 FITW AaronE215Bit of a search here. The ice-cream was well covered with overgrown grass. Never heard of the term "brown derby" and neither had Aaron.Kia ora! Paldies! Thanks for the cache, MacPacFamily!#9928

Cool container. Also full of water, so stored upside down to hopefully prevent it

Looks like it might have melted, leaving things a bit damp. Dried out.

Pill bottle was having a bit of a swim and log was mush replaced log and baggie signed RAZ

Emptied out the water and signed new log as RAZ. With Rayzr. Tftc

A quick easy find, despite the slightly strange hint. An interesting container which initially looked disastrous, but we had to tip out only a small amount of water. The log was wet, but usable. TFTC

Found in the 3rd place I looked, the "arrow" led me a merry dance.

FP added for the fun container

T4tC M&Ms, Civvnr & MissTreadlightly ....(UK)

The idea of doing 200+ caches in one day had been one that I had considered for a long time, but not something I had made any moves on doing anything about until the idea was raised by others in a geocaching group I am a part of. As we were all based in Wellington, the logical place to try this was Christchurch with it's lovely flat lands, long straight roads, and wonderful art work series. Unfortunately the weekend that worked for most of the group was not one that worked out for me, so instead I came down here a few weeks earlier than they planned to and did the the trip by myself.

I started finding Geocaches at exactly midnight on Sunday. I kept finding Geocaches for the next nineteen and a half hours, when at about 7:30pm I decided that the tiredness was getting to a point where this was no longer a sensible idea. I found:

31 Traditional
180 Unknown
1 Multi

For a total of 212 Geocaches in 19.5 hours. That's a rate of 10.9 per hour. I am pretty happy with that. I focused on the Smurf series, the Metal Mania series (a set of puzzles that I very much enjoyed), and the Glossary of Geocaching series, with a few other sets and individuals in between. It was a fantastic day, very much helped by the wonderful weather and the use of a car that had no problem on gravel roads ('cos it was a rental).

A huge thanks to all the CO's that place and maintain these Geocaches. Despite the rushed day I created for myself, I did enjoy each and every cache I found. It is only with CO's like this placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues.

Team G0LD: Geocachers 0B80B8, Lis's crew and DaffyNZ are down from Whangarei for a few days. We've all solved the 4 big geoarts so they are the main target for the trip. Of course there were many other solved puzzles that we collected as well.

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

I am a great fan of lollies. This was such a cool little series all with nicely themed hides. I have never heard the term brown derby. I must admit I prefer my chocolate on an icecream as a sauce particularly McDonald's sundaes. Thanks for the effort to make all these hides 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.

I found this one a few metres from indicated GZ.

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.
Soon found by the team. TFTC

Found on this beautiful morning quick search around and it wasn't long before we spotted the cache Thank you for the cache

Tftc

Excursion with downsouthinv while Abbyk was at an event.
Tftc

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.
Never been an good at chocolate fishing but may be I need more practice .


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

Today was a good day and I found a cute themed cache container. Very happy to have this one, blue frown in the whole series, turned yellow and happy. TFTC and making mr smile!

Loved the container. Log still dry.

Power-trailin’ with kozjah. A bit waterlogged but we got her cleaned up. Log is sound.

Trying to kill a sweet tooth with ObnoxiousSpaceCat

Thank you for the series

FITW Albijos

Taking a break from work and out for some caching fun.

TFTC

FITW Harisree
On a caching trip out today with Harisree
Finding precious caches around this area
TFTC

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.
Yum - wouldn't mind one right now!

Log chaged

Bit of cache creap. Replaced logbook.

My friend, Jan, did the honours again. She is a very good cache spotter. Cute container. Tftc.
#7607

On my way to Nelson and getting a few caches on the way. all good

Quick find, all these lolly finds is making us want to go to the dairy

Yes

Log getting a bit damp

Whilst having a look around I got bailed up by the local farmer before I could find it , we had a good chat about geo caching al is good

**13,577**
This was a new sweet to us, we haven't heard of Brown Derbys before - but we are always keen to try something new! TFTC

Found quickly here, but you fooled us,thought it was full of water . Log a bit damp but writable. TFTC

Easy Find..

Filled in a missing Lolly Scramble on the way to View Hill School for GC5F0K8. TFTC and the superb series.

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 dont get zapped lol

A revisit post cache replacement. Easy found this time around; TFTC

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...

No time to waste today - We each had caching jobs to do, and our day was mostly planned... It was our intention to break the back of this lengthy Lolly Scramble trail. But as time wore on, we watched the sun turn a deeper shade of orange as it began to set over the ranges. Thank goodness for daylight saving! We definitely enjoyed the various themed cache containers on this section... Thanks M&Ms and TFTC.

After puzzle solving in the Canterbury region along with ABCDF4 we were invited to join Fap (from Fap & Gap) and Squirrel Nutcase to a week long caching adventure in the Canterbury area. With flights and accommodation booked were off, all met up in ChCh. and many hard dusty Kms travelled and many caches found, I think the Squirrel has said it all in his brief. Many thanks for the placements and Cos for bringin us to the very pleasant areas we travelled in to your region

After puzzle solving in the Canterbury region along with EyeSpyBen we were invited to join Fap (from Fap & Gap) and Squirrel Nutcase to a week long caching adventure in the Canterbury area. With flights and accommodation booked were off, all met up in ChCh. and many hard dusty Kms travelled and many caches found, I think the Squirrel has said it all in his brief. Many thanks for the placements and Cos for bringin us to the very pleasant areas we travelled in to your region

Quick find. TFTC

Needs attention

Found it

All snug and dry here today, TFTC

Nice and easy find. Tftc

Awesome container! Easy find.

Replacement cache placed so you can enjoy an ice cream on a day like today where it is hitting 30oC!

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

Replacement container being organised.

Hi MandMCachers

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

Looks like the dozer came along here too. No sign of a cache.
#4893

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

As we other people

DNF
August 14, 2019 15:00

Used updated coordinates, however no luck, brambles at new coordinates not caching friendly.

dnf not there

Didn't Find it

Think some one dig up

Coordinates changed from:
S 43° 20.590 E 172° 13.590

Coordinates changed to:
S 43° 20.591 E 172° 13.589

Distance from original: 7.4 feet or 2.3 meters.

Due to brambles this cache has been moved

As part of an eight hour maintenance run along the Lolly Scramble this cache has been checked and logbook replaced... and shifted from back to front to avoid the brambles that have grown up over the last few years since it was placed.

Working towards 1000. Thanks for the hide.

Prickly!!!!!!!

Out with mee_mi bit hard to reach with all the brambles

Definitely completely overgrown with brambles but still there. Luckily I was out and about with ahg who is not as vertically challenged as I am. With some cunning use of thick plastic shopping bags we were able to reach this one...just! It's starting to get a little wild and unkempt in these parts of Lolly Scramble lane TFTC

Brambles and more brambles. No way!

A day dedicated to as many finds as possible. TFTC

Great day out caching, bit of a strong wind . - Many Thanks Bitsprayer

Quite a few prickles around GZ so be careful. This was one of the hardest finds today as it was tucked away so well. 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! A little difficult to retrieve the container, it fits in the hidey hole so well! TFTC!!

Visiting from the U K Out with Wurzel1947
TFTC

Visiting from the U K with Pinksouth she does any comments
TFTC

Quick find where 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!

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

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

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

In Christchurch for a few days, a good day to find some more caches along this road. Thanks MandMCachers for the cache.

Wow what a day, started at 7.30 just as daylight was arriving and the misty rain had me worried, turned out to be a great day with a total of 120 caches not the goal I had set myself (next time we are here we will try the 270 in a day again) but still a great goal at 120, thank you for placing and maintaining the caches we found, sorry for the copy and paste logs we had many to find and only recorded if damage or logs replaced. - all that came to mind as soon as we saw this one was that it looked like it was turtle necking lol because of that it gets a fav

#3631. 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). Nicely hidden but soon located once I ventured into the brambles. 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

Easy find

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.

Found with Boatmanandy and Nikki

Easy TFTC

Out on a casual drive around exploring some more, and grabbing some caches on the way. Aiming to start the lolly scramble series on the return trip home. Apologies for the copy paste logs, COs please by no means think that this detracts from the find. I enjoyed my day out. Really enjoyed some of these containers, this series must have taken awhile to set up. Well done!

TFTC MandMCachers, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 19 find of 29 today, making this find #1393

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!!!

Found it

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

Decided to head out on a caching mission so the wee womble could have a sleep in the car, and Mrs 2womble could have a sleep at home. Wee womble was awake by this stage on decided to grab a couple more caches before heading home. Thanks for the cache