A 2 O Development (North Otago) Windsor, South Island, New Zealand
By drawp on 05-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5A9CB

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, this one was well covered, i won't say buried, tftc

No sign of cache.

When given a choice I always pick the wrong stay. 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.Could see road works ahead and worried it would be close to GZ. Pulled up and well hidden by the hedge which peehaps they were trimming further down. Quick find so didn't stay for long TFTC drawp

Another great back road never been down. Tftc

Easy find but watch out for the barbed wire that becomes at eye level.

Another quick find.

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

We stayed in Oamaru for a night now we're geocaching and driving back to Christchurch NZB made this find. It was easier than the last one.

On the road with NZ_B, graciesGPSfun and Nosynel. Quick find on a loop. Narrow road when you meet a truck. Thanks for the hide.
#8376

#21658. Felt a bit exposed searching here, and was pleased to find the cache. TFTC.

We must be getting closer to the main A2O trail as we spotted two cyclists crossing the road further downhill.
There were alot of calves across the road, and they sounded quite mournful. We wondered what was waiting for them in the near future . 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 32.

Last one on the side road today, back to the main drag! TFTC!!

Nice one mission accomplished for the day now i have zero souvenirs to qualify for TFTC Robert

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: 2229

Carried on this morning’s walk to get this one. 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.

Doing a day of geocaching to test out how well a phone does compared to my Garmin and how much data gets chewed up. Last time I came along this bit of road was by bike. The route has now been converted to off road just up ahead so that will be interesting to see.

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. Cache all good. TFTC drawp

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.

Spent Saturday going like the clappers and knocking as many of these off as we could as a group. Signed as TTT (Trans Tasman Team) Thanks for the fun day you provided us with!

Great day geocaching with TTT - the Trans Tasman Team! Really having fun at the Geofest !Thanks.

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

Decided to head to the far one first and work our way back to the corner so we could continue with more caches down the road that hadn't been done. Bit of back tracking but not much really today as some roads are just a very big 'block'.

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 57 of 115 for this crazy day!
Thanks for the cache drawp.
#5143

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!
Quick park and grab. 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

Found by Trans Tasman Team and logged as TTT during our Oamaru Geofest roadtrip.
Tftc

Caching the geofest with the Trans tasman team signing TTT. Having heaps of fun and loving traversing the area grabbing caches. Tftc

Really enjoying exploring the country roads of North Otago.TFTC.

Lots of cute little calves here. Another ticked off on our way round the trail today. TFTC # 11,118

#2,994: 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. Found after a short search.
Thanks for placing the cache for us to find.
6087

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!

The second day of the Oamaru leg of our "Road to 6000" Challenge - and back on the bikes to pick up some caches along the Alps to Ocean bike trail.

A quick find.

#5989

Enjoyed an early morning ride along the A2O and a few cache finds. TFTC

out on a break from heritage celebrations quick find now off to the ball 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.

Checking wife Searchwisely found logs with ones I haven't. Yet another I failed to log at the time. This one part of the geo fest weekend, signed as TTT.

After the nearby cito event had to grab a few caches felt very exposed grabbing this one quick find tftc

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 31st of 52 caches found. My thanks to the CO's for placing all the caches.

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 #146 for the day.

A muggle or two about, but still managed the grab without any issues.

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 fourty seventh 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

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

Quick find, number 900 for us finally! TFTC

The numbers are steadily increasing with so many caches in this area. Another quick find for us. TFTC

Lots going on in this area, cows and sheds and farmers all over the show. Didn't see any other geocachers tho! 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.

biked

Found on our SI holiday.

TFTC

TFTC Conton from Kaitaia +0-0

Found on a trip south

Found while down this way for the weekend caching, TFTC. Cheers Bo

A big weekend of caching with Rincewind3 (hubby), NZGecko (daughter) and our friend, Bo&bronnie. I'll let Rincewind3's logs do the talking
TFTC

Stayed with friends in Windsor for the weekend but still plenty of time for caching
This was the 7th of 33 finds for the day (and 2 DNFs) and 59 for the weekend.
TFTC

This entry was edited by Rincewind3 on Monday, 24 November 2014 at 07:57:50 UTC.

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 #94

For a lunchtime jaunt in the country, this sure was a busy place with no less than 2 works trucks hanging around, as well as the cacophony from the calves. Still, a quick find. TFTC.

friendly calves today

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

Felt a tad exposed here. Lots of utes scuttling about. TFTC.

Lots of things going on around here. TFTC.

TFTC

It's happening in every direction

Its amazing how the area is changing

Its all happening here, lots of dirt being shifted around.
TFTC

Lots of bobby calves just over the fence, one even came up to see what we were doing. Found with Aoraki Sheep and Woody104

A friendly farmer was checking us out as we checked out the calves over the fence. Took some photos to put off any suspicion on our activities while Woody signed the log. Found with Woody104 and debnsz

That 'white gold' has sure got the ball rolling around here. Bobby calves might be up for geocaching as they seemed interested.
Found with DebsNZ and Aoraki Sheep.
TFTC

They sure are spending big money on pasture development in this area. The new cycle trail will open up this land to many visitors.... and geocachers.

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

The area is certainly undergoing a transformation!. No one at the building site this morning to spy on me.
Thanks
erninz

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

Plenty of activity along this road but luckily GZ was quiet. A quick find and sign plus the FTF. Thanks for setting out these new caches Drawp .

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