Home Sweet Home (North Otago) Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
By drawp on 18-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5881H

Ahh at last, i can claim a smiley, it has alluded me for a couple of visits, and when i found it.. i realized why. replaced as found..

We stopped here to change drivers and have a stretch, tftc!

A nice rest stop on our way to the mega. Casually stretched and picked up the cache. Tftc.

A nice quick find with mumandme as we explore some back roads and find caches that I need for several minutes challenges I'm working on on our way to the mega. Thanks so much for the caches, we had a great day.

A quick find with angelic_kiwi - tftc

Nice quick find while out and about visiting here, tftc!

TFTC

Found it! Booyah Pic is clue for anyone really stuck on finding it

Cache still there, but smaller than 200ml container.

Had a good look around but couldn't find it

DNF. Found a few objects like attached so thought I might be lucky but no...

DNF. Had a good poke around but DNF. Found what we thought was it's hiding place, but wasn't

Thanks

Found with the help of a guy who was around. I would have never found it otherwise

Thinks its by the seats.

Stopped by to have a quick look but far too cold and rainy to spend any time to have a good look. Will try again next time we’re in Oamaru. Love this place.

This cache rocked. Thanks.

Full log to come

Looked all around, couldn’t find it

Thanks for the cache

Very easy good hide TFTC

Found quickly. Must say, cache hides like this perturb me.

Found with gdkja while visiting my elderly father who is a resident here

Found it while waiting for God. Tftc

Found It, first one I’ve logged - thank you

10/10 good hiding spot

Yesterday our geocaching was a bit haphazard but today we are following a plan. An easy find by an object that looked slightly out of place, A lovely spot.

Yesterday our geocaching was a bit haphazard but today we are following a plan. An easy find by an object that looked slightly out of place, A lovely spot.

Couldn't see it.... Will try again soon...

Found it

Had a good look but did not find. Perhaps nxt time

Took longer than it should have - think the container has changed? A nice touch that the residents take an interest in this one. Greetings from Palmerston North. Thanks drawp.

At long last. I'm sure that wasn't there the last time I looked! Just as I found it the rain got heavy and I realised I forgot my pen so logging in the car and waiting for the rain to ease so I can return the cache to its hide. Thanks, drawp.
#6547

Mama and Papa passing the time before picking up Guwapo.

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Ez

Great find. Container has changed but still was easy enough

Day 12 of my 2020 NZE (New Zealand Experience).
(My apologies for the delayed logging but I'm in catch-up mode)

Seeing as I can't be in America right now, I'm touring around the South Island instead. During my time here I am aiming to find as many of the TMGT caches as I can (preferably all 41) and also as many Virtuals, Earthcaches and Letterbox Hybrids as possible, plus any Trads or others that will fill a hole in my D/T grid, my Jasmer grid, or else the last 3 remaining Hidden Dates on that grid.

Today's plan was to drive from Timaru down to Dunedin, following the coast but with plenty of side trips to get caches targeted as per above. I have been so lucky to have dry conditions my whole trip so far, with the sun really putting in an effort to convince me it wasn't winter! I didn't mind the chilly starts knowing that the rest of the day was going to be great caching conditions.

Parking up on the side of the road, I was able to walk over to GZ to conduct my search. I had a look around to see if I was being observed by any residents, but there was no-one to wave to today. I had no problems finding the cache, and there were no issues with either it or the log so once signed everything was replaced back exactly as found and I was on my way again.

Thanks for placing this Cache.

cache container replaced all good here again

DNF

Nope

First time searching for one

On our way south with the boys, stopping for a few along the way. Cannot believe I finally located this one, only took a few years! TFTC!!

Found it

A short search around and cache soon in hand. TFTC.

Took longer than it should have. Out on bikes today

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Fab spot. Dropped off a trackable.

A lovely spot for the residence to sit and watch the world go by. Quite peaceful today even though it is right by the main road.

Quick easy find on a stunning Oamaru day. TFTC

Had stayed the night at the father in law's before doing some caching around the cape. Father in law called to say we had left our toilet bag behind. Went back to collect, their Home Sweet Home was just around the corner, and ironically our cacher friend from Invercargill had just pulled up at Iona's HSH as well. Cache quickly found together, logged and rehidden, before showing Mrs Hazzer some Oamaru sights.

Met up with Mrs Hazzer while she was in town and grabbed this one. We all spent a successful afternoon catching in the scorching heat. Summer is awesome! TFTC

Awesome hide. No people to wave at today but its a awesome location

Nice home thanks for the cache

Love this waved to an elderly man

Mumander suggested this cache as it wasn’t far off from our walk, I pointed out that the previous attempts were DNFs but we decided we might as well try anyway as we were close. We’d stopped in Oamaru for a night on our way north from North Invercargill and were having a geocaching walk to stretch our legs. Mumander made a super quick find so we were glad we attempted this one after all. Thanks

We were staying overnight in Oamaru to catch up with my brothers and went out for a walk To look for some caches. I was born in Oamaru and grew up in Windsor and left in 1967 to go to work in Dunedin. I now live in Invercargill but I have 3 brothers living around Oamaru. I was travelling with my husband, daughter and grandson.
My daughter and grandson live in London and were home for a short visit during mid term break. Thanks for the cache and have a great day.

Another visit, another dnf. I must be doing something wrong here. Not the best start to an extended weekend.

Tried to find this at the geofest but failed. And failed again today. Will this become the bane of my life?!

came out today with the sole intention of claiming the last hidden creatures souvenir and this cache got me there TFTC Mr DRAWP

Up for business, thought grab some caches on the way home. TFTC.

Found it!

Up in Oamaru for day #1 of the Oamaru geofest. Out with Sirbennis and KJR grabbing lots of caches. TFTC

Jeepers creepers! Its a 200ml sistema! It's a D1.5! It should NOT take this long!! But it did. I think the many eyes of the Seagnoid were on strike today, and the sharp eyes of the dragon were blunt.
But we got it, and that's what counts . Found with Taybeedragon.

With the Oamaru Geofest 2017 over, it was time to make my way back to Dunedin for a few more days. Still had time to find a few more caches today.
This one took a little while to find but finally found it in the end.
Took a seat in the rain to sign the logbook.
No-one was watching me as they were probably having a nice warm cuppa on such a rainy day.
TFTC

The end of the Oamaru Geofest, all packed up last night and now in the downpour my turn to go out and hunt out some caches. Think am now too wet, cold plus the recent elec shock means I'll hit the road home now after searching here for 9mins with no luck.

Thank you to you a local CO for putting and maintaining so many which helps draw attendees.

To find out more about Oamaru Geofest [click here](http://oamarugeofest2017.wixsite.com/geocachingevent)

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We are on an epic adventure to Oamaur for Geofest17.
Found this elusive one after the Seagnoid and I hunt around and around. Cheers

Day 2 of Oamaru geofest time to have some more fun and get more smiles
A quick stop and grab on our way past with Ruru and Kcn ? tftc

Day 5 of my Oamaru GeoFest week. Moving OK after a day of cycling yesterday.
Out with KCN and DSI.
Picked this one up as we drove past to the challenge caches.
Generic log for now, will update online in a while.
Thanks for the smilie.
1731 22 October 2017 09:17

We found this one while in town for the Geofest TFTC

Have tried to get this one before. With another set of eyes found it this time

In Oamaru for the Geofest.
Day #1 out and about with Gadget169 and sirbennis.
After finding a majority of the caches along and by Seven Mile Road we then made our way back down Georgetown-Pukeuri Road. As it was now nearing dinner time we headed back to town and found this along the way. TFTC

nice one, no one around to acknowledge today. Thanks drawp

After calling into the Event Venue to register and collect my goodies, it was time to get out and find a few more to bolster the numbers for the day. Cheers and TFTC

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#14767. Early evening was a good time to look for this one. With the log book signed, it was off to the quiz night. TFTC.

Day 2 of our adventure travelling with NZTravellers, KeyLev, and UncleSamNZ searching out local caches ....with high favorite points.....

Signed in as SEAC17 to save logbook space.

Thanks to the CO's for setting and maintaining their caches.

TFTC.

Was searching around when a couple of our overseas cachers came to look as well. They have an interesting thing that happens when someone finds a cache. They sit down (if possible) and stop looking until everyone has found it. Bet this made the residents wonder what was going on but then I didn't see any faces at the windows today. Hmm wonder how my mother is doing at her rest home?

The day for the big event has arrived and we went to the street for the walk there, with some caches along the way.
Here we meet another cacher who has been searching for a while. Now three people should help but it still took a while getting it. Seems a little bit off.

Quick park and grab. Found with Gadget and K.J.R. TFTC

out and about caching while down for the Oamaru Geofest

In Oamaru for the 2017 Geofest Our second day and a drive through to Omarama was planed and a lot of caches on the way. As it was the Geofest we bumped into fellow geocachers as well as a few muggles along the way. We were travelling with Keylev, UncleSam, Stik-a-Crane so to save log paper signed as Team SEAC 17.

Thanks to all the COs for the caches along the route.

Two danes touring NZ
The first cache of the day, found across from our motel.
It did not want to be found, but we got it togeter with a local

A quick find with TregearP during the Oamaru Geofest 2017.

All in good order, thanks for the cache.

After having dinner at a nearby establishment, we had a bit of time to fill in before the quiz evening started. As it was still light, but the road traffic minimal, this was a good candidate. I spotted, StreetWalker retrieved, as he was the closer to it. TFTC.

A quick find. Thanks, nice spot.

1St for dayGreetings from an Auckland Cacher. Here with some of my crew for the “Almost Mega” event.

Sorry for the generic logs. Thanks for taking the time to place this cache.

All logs signed as “Team SEAC”

In the area for the Geofest....

This was the first of the day and was a quick find to start with.

Thanks for the cache.

No joy...felt dodgy !

Heading towards the Oamaru Geofest.
I crossed the great Waitaki and began caching in earnest, wending my way towards the Challenge Caches.
Challenges complete it was time to head into town.
I didn't enjoy going onto private property to get this one.
A nice new log and container was found quite quickly.
TFTC

Made this a lot harder than it needed to be but I'm sure we provided some entertainment for the local residents. TFTC

Geofesting with Karma Reprint on the way to Oamaru and around about. A bit of hunting around required but no great worries. Cheers

All quiet at GZ, and a quick find. Cheers.

On the road to Oamaru, with Kiwi Moose, and a wee bit of night caching around Oamaru, for the Geofest.
Thanks to all of the CO's for the caches. Cheers.

Bbear44 and I were spending the weekend in Oamaru getting things organised for the geofest.
We were heading back from our bike ride. We decided to take a seat and look for the cache. We maDe it harder than it was. The logbook was soaked.
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Thanks. drawp for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 5068 for me.

Second time here looking cos I don't like caches in conspicuous places. Lol Nosynel convinced me. After a bit of hunting and waiting for GPS to settle. Nosynel scored the treasure. Cheers for the cache

Awkward searching for it but found it pretty easy

Didn't like to go into the grounds at first but then decided we had to so after a little search the cache was found! Lovely looking Home, didn't see anyone today but it is probably lunchtime. TFTC

Took longer than it should . Quicker once looking properly within the grounds .
Thanks

On our way home from a day trip to Ashburton. It was still daylight so the timing was great for this cache. We didn't see any of the residents but we did enjoy the chance to stretch our legs in a lovely spot . TFTC.

Nice quick find on our way to chch

Nice find for our youngest cacher thanks