A 2 O Centre Pivot (North Otago Five Forks, South Island, New Zealand
By drawp on 05-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5A9BJ

This was nufrat and my second full day of caching around Oamaru. We really enjoyed the many trails that got our numbers up. TFTC.

out and about with agazo for another day of caching, going to take a lot more than a few days to clear all these trails, just one cache at a time though, tftc

tmann421 and I are heading back to Christchurch after attending the MEGA.We enjoyed all the caches found and thank the cache owners for their efforts in maintaining these for us to findLog signed tm/ww NZTFTC

Quick find. TFTC

Phone GPS is playing up with the rain. Maybe it will come right. Thanks

On a mission today heading out to do some caching on the A2O to help reach my goal of 6000 finds by the end of the year.Quick find here but watch the top wire zzzzzzap TFTC drawp

Easy find.

Lovely lush countryside.

The second day of a 2-day roadie with NosyNel and Jude_e.

In Canterbury for a 25th wedding anniversary and am caching with GraciesGPSfun as well.
Kia ora rawa atu for the cache drawp.

Quick p n g. Lovely scenery tfyc

On the road with NZ_B, graciesGPSfun and Nosynel. Great views of the surrounding countryside here. Quick find. Many thanks.
#8372

A glorious day in today. I enjoyed the sun while geocaching . Another nice quick park and grab spotted by Graciesgpsfun.

While StreetWalkerNZ took a photo of the snowy peaks, I got stuck in and found the cache. I did get wet knees in the process as that seemed the easiest way to haul myself up to reach the cache. TFTC.

#21653. Good views here, and I think the parking was good too. Happy to let Troodles do the honours here. TFTC.

A diversion down a back road to find a few caches and return to Oamaru. So much dairy!

On another 50 quest for the DGSc Challenge. This is number 27.

I love driving on these back roads! TFTC!!

Found it TFTC

Found

Easter break and it’s time to catch up on the year to date coins. Got some out west and headed into Oamaru for lunch. Then back to Weston.
TFTC

Find count: 2224

On a mission this morning to get as many caches as I can for the mystery at the museum challenge. TFTC

I had moved my snail shell down the Waitaki Valley to Awamoko for a few days. Today I needed at least 6 caches for my personal challenge of having all the days on my calendar at the same shade of green or darker.

I decided I would drive to todays planned caches instead of biking to them as I might have got a bit damp.

Cheers for the cache.

No trouble finding this cache. Weather is warming up so I'll have a pleasant bike ride a bit later in the day. Meanwhile I'm taking the lazy way to get around.

After starting the hunt for the #hiddencreatures with Eve07 at an event in Dunedin we decided that North Otago, as it held a good number of creatures neither of us had yet discovered. A nice frosty start to our adventure led us around the coast before we headed in land looking for the slightly more elusive mysterious ones.

This cache was found to be in good condition. Thank you for placing and allowing me to get one step closer to the #worldturtle.

Heading up on a lovely day to Oamaru with Natalie247 to find some caches to collect the Hidden Creatures series. The day is drawing to a close unfortunatley. TFTC drawp

Caching as a group, calling ourselves trans tasman team TTT, having heaps of fun and grabbing plenty of caches. Tftc

I brought my bike down with me on the trip to Omamaru to do some of the bike trails and today I did lots of them parking the car and then biking back and forward so made a big day but very enjoyable saw lots of neat stuff too.

thanks for the placement, we have been loved travelling and visiting the roads of oamaru and the many caches each CO has taken the time to place, thank you for taking the time to place and maintain them.

Having a fine caching time while attending the Oamaru Geofest.
Found a section of A2O puzzle caches so now time for a few park and grabs.
TFTC

Here we go again - along the trail and more smilies to find - thinking what is an appropriate song that could go with this but it eludes me.

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)… Our journey to the bottom of the South Island has been almost two years in the planning. We were determined to make it to Oamaru Geofest. We decided to also factor in completing a couple of missions (JASMER and Virtual challenges), and the wheels started turning...

Day Five: Oamaru Geofest

The afternoon was dedicated to walking sections of the A2O trail. We found it more effective to park strategically and walk between finds. We got to see a lot more of the countryside in this way, and we met some colourful characters too... The majority of caches were quick finds and in good condition... TFTC.

DAY 5
Another day with a variety of caches to be found, attended and answered.
Thanks to all the CO'S for their caches and the arrangement of the Oamaru Geofest. SLTFTC

Headed out for a Mad Mission with Team_Gaters and 8ManAfter we signed our logs today 'T8T' cos were dynatmite! I grabbed 8Man at 5.30 am and we grabbed TG just before 6am and we were on the road before 6am with the bikes on the back. The plan was to drive to Oamaru and then attend the events and thrash the caches hard. We wanted to do as much of the A2O as we could and as many PnGs that we could manage. We stopped by the event first and then we had to stop an grab breakfast at 10am. We grabbed some lunch and headed for the hills. Had a great time and worked our way back to town for the CITO at 6pm. Scored a delicous dinner in town and headed home. Got home just after 12am knocking out 620km and 115 caches. Good times!
Quick park n grab.

Cache 52 of 115 for this crazy day!
Thanks for the cache drawp.
#5138

A long days caching (Mad Mission?) with TheWanglers and 8ManAfter..revelin a bit of the Geofest Event in Oamaru. We signed our logs 'T8T' cos were dynamite...and 'in a hurry'...LOL! Picked up by TW & 8man at 6am...and we had our bikes loaded for a bit of A2O action during the day. The plan was to drive to Oamaru and then attend the events and thrash the caches hard. We stopped by the event first and then we stopped to town to grab some breakfast and a packed lunch and then headed out to hit some trails. Had a great time and worked our way back to town for the CITO at 6pm. Grabbed some tea in town then headed for home. Got home just on 12am knocking out 620km and just over 100 cache finds for each of us. A great day with great company!
In the area and heading for a section of bike trail to tackle. Cheers.

Oamaru
Visiting for the geofest, we cached with Happy Feet 1 during our time here.
We found caches in some amazing places & wonderful scenery today.
Thanks for placing this cache drawp

The Trans Tasman Team is having a wonderful day, caching all over the place! Thanks to the organizers of the Geofest for bringing us here, and all of the cache owners for putting out so many !!!

Found and logged as TTT by the Trans Tasman Team during our Oamaru Geofest roadtrip. nice series and enjoyed finding in a nice location and nice pastoral views
Tftc

Enjoying caching along the A2O trail. What massive contraptions these irrigators are! TFTC !

The cows were all very interested in what we were up to here but they weren't giving any secrets away. I've found many pivot caches on my trips south but they have all been from another CO. TFTC # 11,113

#2,989: Binge Smiley!
What an adventure we had today! TheWanglers, Team_Gaters, and I headed out at dawn from Christchurch with four goals in mind: 1) Find Many Caches, 2) Get TG to 7,000 finds, 3) get me to 3,000 finds, and 4) Have Fun! Needless to say, all were accomplished in spades. It was only my second 100+ day ever, and had us driving, walking, running, biking, and even crawling to make the finds. We were also able to find at least 7 different cache types, and attend two events, in order to catch up with old friends. Thanks to all the hiders, but most of all, thanks to my partners in crime! We signed all logs as "T8T", sung to the tune of AC/DC "TNT".
SL/TFTC!!

Out grabbing some caches with Di Morgan while here at the Oamaru Geofest. A quick find.
Thanks for placing the cache for us to find.
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Came for a bike ride today on a big loop to find the puzzle caches up the A2O trail and then back to the vehicle via the back roads and yet more caches. Another quick find here. Signed log, TFTC!

Mr and Mrs EU in the truck today out enjoying countryside caching - so much better than city caching! TFTC

A nice quick find, thanks. Drive by on the "old" part of the A2O trail.

Bother the weather. Showers off and on all day, gumboots a must! Had a great couple of days caching too, though slightly wet at times.

Thanks to the CO's for the hides. Cheers.

day 2 of another week working near oamaru so time to get out and grab a few more caches after work in the dark of course. have built enough of these so quite happy not to be able to see another tonight quick find though . plenty more going up in the area

A mid-winter ride down the A2O.

Nice hiding spot

Found large mechanical thing in paddock!

Riding more of the A 2 O Cycle Trail seeking out caches. Today, being the second of three planned days on the trail. Today's ride is from Peaks Road to Weston. The day started by driving up to Peaks Rd via Tunnel Road and signing off the Off The Track Tunnel series. This was the 37th of 52 caches found. My thanks to the CO's for placing all the caches.

TFTC easy find on a irrigation run on a super hot day!

After cycling two sections of the A2O, we finished the day with this relaxing drive by section. A quick easy find. TFTC

Headed down south with C&D and 11HPG11 for the CHCH Mega as part of the HOAC team, and decided that a Mega road trip/Mega Mission was the right thing to do. After a great day caching from Dunedin to Omarama we manged to get a few hours sleep before the big day 2 started.

Day 2 was the start of a ambitious plan to try and find as many caches as possible in one day! To maximise our chances of a big number we decided a 24 hour caching day was the only way to go. What an epic day, and some great moments too. The rough idea was to cache from Omarama to Oamaru, and then head north towards Christchurch. A huge thanks to everyone for the cache placments, and I apologise for the copy and past logs.

Find #151 for the day.

This was the start of a MEGA caching weekend in the company of good caching friends. In the company of both HKCB & 11HPG11 this was going to be another memorable caching road trip for many reasons.

This is the mission that we had set ourselves up for several months back. It was HKCB's idea, I was just dumb enough to think it was a challenge and I'd be up for it, 11HPG11 was silly enough to come along for the ride once we confirmed a spare seat (Nova Lightening pulled out for family reasons).

We were going to try to beat the NZ one day record in New Zealand (it would have been easier with 4 people), so after 2.5hrs sleep after a good feed at Omarama we were ready to go. This was the one hundred and fifty second on what was to be an epic day with what amounted to 401 caches collected for the day and about 38 DNF's. We managed this with 10minutes to spare but by this time we were done for and still had to drive back to Kaiapoi. All in all an epic days caching with good friends and something I don't think any of us will repeat in a hurry.

All in all it was going to be a big day with a number of challenges, great sceanery, and of course great company. Fantastic driving along and up here as the landscape was so different from what we are used to back in the Waikato. One good thing about backroads being that we could continue our neferious activites without being disturbed by muggles.

Nice quick find here without any issues .
thanks for the placement , thanks for the cache

What a Mega Mission for a group of Hamilton Over Achievers! A great trip, a long time in the planning. I teamed up with Cats&Dragons and HKCB to grab a couple of caches while in Christchurch and surrounding areas for the 2015 Mega Event. We flew out from Auckland on Friday night and traveled to Dunedin in the dark of the night. Stopped for a few hours sleep before setting off to grab caches in the Otago area on Saturday before attempting a few more on Sunday and then arriving at the Mega on the Monday. An amazing, yet crazy road trip

When C&D mentioned a day with over 400 caches I should have turned and ran... instead I said yes, and here we are. 401 caches in 23 hours and 50 minutes. All done on about 2.5hr of sleep. It was hard work with only 3 of us and there were times that were hard and tiring but I still had a blast! An amazing experience that one has to be slightly crazy to even consider

Fab little series, had fun collecting these. Thanks for the caches. Saw plenty of these over our weekend

Another great find while slowly heading to the Christchurch Mega, although I seem to be heading further away on this league of my journey and unfortunately in the pouring rain!
Thanks for adding to the fun of my trip.

SL TFTC

Nice quick find. TFTC

Tftc

Another quick find on the back roads. The mountains look spectacular with the snow so low down.

We are quickly gathering numbers around here, caching paradise for those who cache for the numbers! TFTC

Down in this part of the world for Queens Birthday weekend, finding a few caches

TFTC

This cache was one of approx. 350 found on a 5 day road trip with Moneydork who was on a brief visit to New Zealand.
We enjoyed a variety of caches in an area that stretched between Christchurch Dunedin and Pukaki.
Thanks to the many people who have hidden and maintained the caches.

This cache was one of 350 found on a short trip back to New Zealand, which was principally organised so that I could attend my Great Grandmother's 100th birthday.
I have a great time and enjoyed a great variety of caches, most of which were new (ie published in the past couple of years ).
Thanks for all the great caches.

dog out for walk bloody hot!! TFTC

amazing things on hills

Easier in the car

TFTC

Found on a trip south

TFTC. A day out and some Geocaching

Spent the morning running around the trails and countryside as a brief aside on our trip to Dunedin. Parking a problem in places and grabbed two caches at a time in many places from one parking spot. Most caches easy finds. Thanks for the trails and side caches and please excuse the cut paste log.

Found with Sevren. See his log tftc

A20 odyssey #99

Decided to hunt for some more on our way to Oamaru - not on the bike. Enjoyed the hunt, but not the way the landscape is changing to dairy. TFTC

Found during a drive in the back locks as part of 'Operation Get Baby Rex to Have Her Nap.' It did the trick, so again Drawp, we thank you! TFTC.

Never knew these things were called that until I downloaded this cache last week. Amazingly, between doing that and getting to it today I heard the term twice! Coincidence or was my ear just tuned in tot he term now? TFTC.

These are getting very common now. TFTC.

TFTC

See these everywhere now

Didn't know thats what these things are called

Cows munching over the fence.
Easy find.
TFTC

I'd not seen an irrigation system like this over hills, normally they're on the flat paddocks - interesting. Found with Aoraki Sheep and Woody104

Lots of work going on in by the farmer in the nearby paddock but we were able to make the find unnoticed. Found with Woody104 and debnsz

Some big irrigation equipment up here. No wonder some of the creeks look low.
Quick find.
Found with DebsNZ and Aoraki Sheep.
TFTC

Irrigation now gives certainty to once drought-prone land. Water is the new 'gold' of this valley.

A productive day completing a couple of new series in behind Oamaru. Thanks for placing these.

Nice wee drive after lunch, still a few gaps
Thanks Bitsprayer.

The last of the ftf for the morning.Had to backtrack because when clicking on the next cache missed this because l forgot it didn't have A 2 O in front of it. Thanks for the caches . Thought there would be more, suspicions confirmed as heading to work.

It is amazing how water changes the landscape and the different methods of applying it over the years.
Thanks
erninz

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