Linkin Park (Canterbury) Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By Aslan* on 21-Sep-14. Waypoint GC5DBAR

Couldnt find it

No luck today. Oh well maybe another day.

Quick find. TFTC

2nd time looking for this one. Wouldn't really consider it "hanging". TFTC

Found it! Pretty rusted so blended in heaps!

Thankyou Aslan* for publishing and maintaining this cache.Cache was hard to spot at first, but only took 5 minutes or so.TFTC, Signed log.20/09/2024@4:53:57 PM

Surprisingly I don't have a traditional or South Island cache find today, so I decided to come and find one while I was out and about. Was grateful for the spoiler photo a couple of logs ago as the rust makes it well camouflaged. Thanks for the cache!!

Now it's winter with fewer leaves and thanks to lst photo, a quick find this time.TFTC

It was my first one that took me a good 5mins lol

Found

A good find, took a while but good to get the find, thank you

Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---This cache was easily found and the logbook was signed.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Everything was in good condittion.Thank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! ---Greetings from ***Riga, Latvia***! [^]**Happy caching!**----------***For a little entertainment, here are 10 Fun Facts about Latvia!*** 1) Latvia is among the worlds greenest countries.2) Its home of the first Christmas tree.3) The Latvian flag is considered by many to be the oldest national flag in the world.4) Country has the widest waterfall in Europe.5) Latvia boasts the finest Art Nouveau architecture in the world.6) Jacob W. Davis, a Latvian tailor, was an inventor of rivets on famous Jean pants.7) The Latvian Song & Dance Festival is recognised by UNESCO as the largest amateur song and dance festival in the world!8) Alexander Laime, a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls (highest waterfall on earth), located in Venezuela, by foot.9) Latvians love basketball and Ice Hockey.10) Latvia is famous for being the home country of the inventor of the flavor of Pringles.----------..\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",.\...\ ------- **MATISONS!** ------- \....\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\.....\......\ /// \Paldies/ Aith / Ai / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon

Quick find, thank you!

Found!

Had another look around but no luck.

No cache in site

Fuimos y no estaba

Had a look around but didn't find anything suitable.Will return hopefully after seeing spoiler pics and try sgain

Easy cache, getting pretty rusted though. TFTC!

Seconda volta in Nuova Zelanda in visita a mio figlio Federico che vive a Chch.Mi accompagna NitiFlex, per lui la prima volta in Oceania.Abbiamo degli obiettivi, a fine vacanza riusciremo a raccoglierli tutti.Oggi noleggiamo i monopattini e restiamo in zona parco, location molto discutibile.TFTCSaluti dall'Italia.

Finalmente con Eletab sono arrivate le nostre vacanze in Australia e New Zeland.Viaggio davvero lungo, pi di 18000 km da casa in linea d'aria !!!Questa la prima Tradi di questa nazione che mi manca !Affrontiamo anche una multi ma la stanchezza prende il sopravvento e abbandoniamo velocemente.I primi due giorni sono passati in viaggio per cui la vera caccia inizia solo domani...3 GiornoCi svegliamo presto e abbiamo 2 ore e mezzo prima di colazione per cui i primi 10000 passi volano cos. A fine giornata arriviamo a farne le quattro volte di piu' (39.000). Abbiamo visitato un mercato di prodotti alimentari locali e esplorati 3 bellissimi parchi. 4 GiornoOggi abbiamo deciso di provare a usare i monopattini. Io non posso reggere un numero tale di passi per due settimane.... Una figata, io sono abituato ma Elio si comporta divinamente e per me se lo comprer hihihi. Nonostante questo arriviamo a oltre 20000....About this cache:questo posto diventato una discarica. Rifiuti, tazze e di tutto un po'.... anche una cache ma messa male pure lei. LogBook fradicio per cui ne aggiungiamo uno che ora sar tale e uguale all'altro....Thanks Owner

Easy to find, but log book is wet.TFTCHilgenerSchatzsucher

Log book is wet

Found he cache! Took me a while but I went to the most obvious spot. The container is filled halfway wih water and NEEDS MAINTENANCE!!! TFTC

Just picked my bike up from the shop and wanted to give the new tires a spin. This was the nearest one and I had a mystery final nearby so I made the pedal over. Not entirely sure what I found. It certainly doesnt match the spoiler photos. Its a rusty old mint container wedged in the fork of a tree right at GZ. When I took out the log, there was my signature signature! Had I been here before and forgot to log? Thats not really in my character but possible. Did my new tires fail me and I hit my head and Im in some geocache twilight zone? Maybe. So I messaged GV and she confirmed we were in Akaroa the day we signed this log; she even suggested it was likely the log was from GCAE364, after looking at the other logs (ridders76 mentions another cache that had been around there). I suppose I found a recycled replacement!

Enjoying the challanges of cache finds on day 4 of my trip away with tmann421.Thought we were heading into some bad weather but fortunatly turned into a hot sunny day,Signed all logs tm/ww NZThanks to all the cache owners for their efforts

Down in the Christchurch area with woolwood9. Day 4 - another very nice day out.SL *tm/ww NZ*Thank you for the reason to visit this cache and location *Good find here, took a while to spot.*

Found the hide in the spoiler photo but no cache. Noted it has been replaced since that photo was taken so continued searching without luck.

Hard

Fun find with friends during Disney on ice!

Another month, another challenge. I don't know if I'll manage the full 28 day streak but I'm keen to see how many days I can get out and find caches this month. This is Streak Day 17. Found this cache on my way into the city. Took a wee while to zero in on it but it didn't take too long to spot it. TFTC, Biggles.

Good one! Log a bit damp but great wee spot for it. TFTC

What an outstanding stop

In CHCH to pick up my new car. Decided to spend the day here caching and travel home tomorrow.

I didn’t really want to hang around in this spot for too long. There’s a lot of rubbish and also some drug paraphernalia around the place. Obviously a local hang out spot.
Thankfully the cache was a quick find although I felt quite exposed with cars driving past.
Thanks for the cache. Hoping to get enough today for my solstice souvenir.

Didn't find unfortunately

Could not find sadly! Area filled with rubbish, so fyi for future finders to be careful and don’t bring your kids with you for this one as a result.

Off for a quick morning circuit of unfound caches nearby to our rental. A quick find here. It was tucked into a tree- left it attached more securely.

Rubbish, rubbish, kids play thing, cache!!

Good night for a drive TFTC!

Back up on a tree. Log book very waterlogged.

Needs waterproofing. Tftc

Good few minutes spent searching around for it. Logs intact but very damp Third of the day on an aurora hunting weekend trip down south. Tftc

Once spotted was pretty obvious. TFTC!

Thanks

Nice hide

A quick stroll with Dolly2vc on a break from the netball fast 5’s.

Found on the ground amoungst all the rubbish, stuck back in a nearby tree. This area not really suitable for small kids due to al the rubbish about.

Out for a cheeky Saturday ride finding some caches. Caught my eye pretty quick. Tftc

Nice quick find! No longer hanging so hint is a bit misleading! TFTC!

Despite my best efforts, couldn't find this one.

Took a while to home in on, so many other things to check out; TFTC

Found with LittleTan. Tftc.

Second time lucky....
Was a quick find this time- don't know how I missed it the first.
TFTC

This took us a while to find and even a few drops of blood were spilt when a finger was caught on a tree branch. The area has quite bit of rubbish around including broken glass, so great care was being taken during the search not to step on any of it. Cache eventually spotted and log signed. tftc

Good camsflage

This one was well disguised in full view and took a while to find

We had a blank dot day and wanted to find a cache near home. Happy this has been replaced as we had no trouble finding the new cache and log. Nicely done and set up so a fav from us. Thanks for the cache Aslan*.

Not a hanger any more and a new log. Thanks Aslan*

Replaced today

A new cache in place

Had trouble finding even with the clue too much bush

We thought it would be a quick but sadly couldn’t find it. Even with clue we were 4m a way .

Will check this one soon

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

I've been here before, and it wasn't any more pleasant this time. The reception is poor, it's not where the gps points to from out in the clear, the hint points out the obvious, but doesn't narrow down the search area, and it's hard to find something that looks out of place with so much rubbish around. At least the evidence of previous burglaries was gone. [Ba gbc bs gur evqtr naq ng yrnfg rvtug zrgerf sebz gur tengr]
Also there's not much left of the log, but I managed to find a blank spot. Sorry, I didn't have any waterproof paper with me.

Only found this

Found a bike lock which from previous pictures seems to be related to the cache, dnf the cache though.

Got into the middle of the greenery and was wondering where to start . Turned around and there it was. Nice hide - unfortunately the log is wet. TFTC # 17,428

A quick find this morning after picking up our new car and heading back home. Log was quite wet and may need replacing at some stage. TFTC, Hybrid Theory is now on the play list for the trip home.[^]

Was in Chch for a weekend of activity, including Woolfeast nearby. Seemed rude not to hunt out this neat cache.

Visiting from Nelson to attend the nearby WoolFeast expo, which was a great morning.
Thought it would be rude not to look for this cache.
Relatively quick find after stumbling around in the bushes for a few minutes.

Nice and easy find, both container and logbook were in good condition, thanks Aslan* for this nice hide.

Difficult find but got there in the end

Despite my best efforts, didn't manage to find this one today.

Headed up to Christchurch on Boxing Day for a 3-4 night caching trip, have to be grateful that despite overseas travel plans scrapped for now, we can still move around our beautiful country. Chatting to friends and family overseas, I feel very blessed and want to make the most of our earned freedom. I find caching is a great way to unwind and allow me to recharge ahead of the marathon which will be 2021.

After driving the past couple of days I decided to just enjoy the sunshine and walk around the area and grab some caches. Its an area of mixed property types and you never know what you will find when you turn a corner.

Thank you to all of the cache owners for the caches enroute.

For this cache; a really clever hide, fp awarded. New log paper required - sorry used up spares on others.

The Hybrid Theory was the album on repeat on my cd player when I was a teenager and even now I have the cd in the car.... guess I know what I will listen to tomorrow.


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Very sneaky little bugger!

TFTC(:

Team BOP on another crazy mission again to the South Island. Lockdown gave us a lot of free time that we directed into Canterbury’s many Geo-Arts and with the Auckland 2020 Mega postponement, Christchurch was an easy decision. Team BOPs current incarnation is DavidsonClan, NZFlossy, McJandals and myself and we’ve signed all the logs as Team BOP to save time and log space.

So Labour Weekend 2020, it’s a numbers mission, the Cachly cut’n’paste template is sorted and while I unapologetically use this tool, I truly appreciate you placing this cache for us to find. We were half way through Smurfs but it's time to come in for some lunch. This cache was found quickly and without fuss however the log needs replacing. Cheers Aslan & TFTC

As Auckland Mega has been postponed we decided to do a trip south to Christchurch. Four of us from Team BOP joined up to share a car and accomodation. I always love these weekends as the company is great and makes our days and nights out caching lots of fun. We have done lots of puzzles in preparation and did some long windy roads to get them. Found lots of great caches and thanks to all the COs for the effort that goes into these Please excuse the copied logs and I will try to make some individual notes on as many as I can This sort of trip is where I find the cachly app very valuable. TFTC

On a mission to the south after mega in Auckland was canceled. Team Bop booked airfares and here we are. Thanks all COs for your efforts. Due to numbers please excuse copy and paste logs in advance.

With the Mega Covid cancelled this year a part of Team BoP decided to come south and try get all our solved puzzles, and some others along the way. So here we are! Nice camo. Needs new log.

I am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. It’s just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these cache. Many Thanks for bringing me here. Cheers.

Came back for another try after seeing the photos in logs. Found the pile of dead trees/branches and moved them all to try and find you. Looked in a wide area but no luck.

My first geocache found!!

Caching with Sidewaze and now catching up on some logs. TFTC - it’s getting colder. Haven't seen Horncastle Arena before

Visiting from Nelson. It's great to have such a wide selection of caches to visit. Thanks for this one .

Found. My son saw it first.

Super sneaky

In NZ touring around with wife, having left Isla at home. As 29 Feb had to rush out and grab some caches, by rushing around the block. Did not get wet recovering this one and managed to squeeze a signature on to log. TFTC

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

Needs a new log but managed to squeeze an initial on there TFTC

I am down in Christchurch for a short holiday and the friend i was staying with was close by so we went out and locatedthis cache; it took a few moments of searching until the ah ha here it is moment. it was carefully extracted and duly signed along the edge but the log is badly in need of re newal and unfortunately i had used up the couple of extra log strip that i had with me down here in Chch so this does urgently need a new log.
the cache id nicely put together so thank you for this cache and the the little walk to it.

Spotted this one after a short search. Good to find.

TFTC M.o.E.

Found with mangoambs. Nice cache container. TFTC

Nice fix, found with everdene22. Tftc

Branching out

A quick easy find of the cache in its new (temporary?) location. TFTC

TFTC last one for 2019 needs new log but was able to sign nice hide

Coordinates are good. It wasn't until now and reading previous logs that it is on a propped up branch. Angie33210 has obviously done a good job in propping it up.

Needs new log sheet and new location. Dead trees still there.

Discintigrating log. TFTC