Spooky Darling - Hitchhiker (Canterbury) Pegasus, South Island, New Zealand
By Nosynel on 16-Oct-14. Waypoint GC5EZ4W

Apparently the area has changed

Sorry unable to locate. Had a good search.

Easy find

I thought stump was a tad misleading. Tree might be an easier clue. First ever find though!

First cache on a treasure hunting expedition with my 4yo

On our last day of our tour on the South Island, we walked the Pegasus and Tutaepatu walkway. And ofcourse we took the gps with us, to look for the three caches on this track. This was the third we found.
#1816 log:09.45 ni/no Thanx

Easy find

Out with 2 x wee wombles today for a bit of a walk so we obviously had to find some geocaches. Didn't take long to find this one today. Thanks for the cache.

Nice easy find on a great day out and how many fingers have you lost now. TFTH

7 people have found it since someone logged a needs maintenance. It looks like the camo has come off, which is a pity but the cache seems to be otherwise fine.

StreetWalker and I had been keeping this wee pocket of caches for a day when we had the bikes with us. Today was the day, and so set off mid morning to Pegasus with the bikes on the back of the car.
SW got to GZ first and had found the cache by the time I caught up. This was a nice track to bike on and enjoyed this section of our bike ride. TFTC.

#14428. After finding four caches on leg 1 and then three on leg 2, it was time for the last leg consisting of a further 4 caches. This was the first of them, and didn't take too long to track down. TFTC.

See previous log for TheBuddyolpals. We just realised we have 2similar accounts so are merging them.

Found it , it's a bit wet tftc

This was a fairly quick find on my walk along the track.

#2,738: Thumbs Up!
I came to this one after the CITO event today. I was able to make the find after some searching. #2 in this series for me. All in good shape!
SL/TFTC!

Yay

At last. After moving on and finding others...

After walking North a couple of weeks ago today it was South from Pegasus. Nice walkway and easy find, TFTC

Beautiful day for a forest/beach walk looking for a trail of caches. Mostly successful outing - still so many muggles on a week day! Found in clear view right by the side of the trail - have put back into its hiding place but feel like it has either moved or needs to be further back - very easy to be muggled and I think it has been. Also themed item has come loose from cache and been bleached by the sun - almost unrecognisable, I thought I was looking at rubbish until I saw the cache right next to it! A great part of the trail though, thanks

Beautiful day for a forest/beach walk looking for a trail of caches. Mostly successful outing - still so many muggles on a week day! TFTC

Spooky

Great hide Tftc

A couple of my flatmates and I out for a walk this afternoon - found it... eventually... I wouldn't call that a stump though... TFTC (3169)

10/09/2016 3:56:00 PM
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Needed to get my caches for the day, and I've had my eyes on clearing this patch out for a while now - so when Karma Reprint said he had one unfound here too, and didn't mind coming for the ones I hadn't found too, we set off to clear this bit out!

This one luckily was a nice and speedy find after the last DNF!!

Consec caching day # 1406

TFTC!!

We were out on a family walk and decided to find some treasure on the way. This one really spiked the interest of the girls. Thanks for the hide.

Another quick find along this walkway. TFTC.

Found it with Learn Active.was found on geound so have put it back where we think it was supposed to go.

Oh so scary found it

Had some time available this afternoon on the way north so diverted to Waikuku Beach and went for a bike ride down the trail to Woodend Beach and back. Didn't take long to spot this one. Signed log, TFTC

TFTC enjoyed an easy bike ride

TFTC enjoying this series

Quick find, TFTC

Lol nice ...found it but my GPS had me 151 out ...hint by big tree

This one gets the thumbs up.

Nice walk through the pine plantation. A few spots of drizzle weren't going to stop us this afternoon. Enjoyed the cushioning effect of the pathway after all the time around the city.

Enjoying the bike ride in the area

Nice walk from Woodend beach. Cache was easy to find, TFTC

Had a great walk from Woodend Beach and found a series of caches. Had lunch in Waikuku and then walkes via Pegasus back to the camping. Thanks for placing and maintaining all these caches.

Beautiful day for a walk, nice easy find, tftc!

Very late log. Found with my hubby Sevren.tftc

Have been meaning to head up to this trail for a few weeks but was always thwarted by the weather or faulty GPS. Got here today and managed to find most with a search for one on the GPS that had been archived already and one DNF. All the rest (including 1 replacement) found fairly quickly and one where Coordinates seemed a bit out but previous logs helped to locate.

Missed the obvious for a bit. TFTC

Fun little series on a nice trail. Thanks for placing these and getting us out of the motor home. TFTC!

Lovely walk Crood L found this in a jiffy. So off to try out luck at another. Very wet so hope pen holds to paper. Tftc

Found it

Quick find, but for me hint is misleading.
Log wet but signable. Thanks for the cache.

A quick find while out for a walk. Cache was a bit wet inside. Thanks.

Pleasant walk along this track, warm in the sun and sheltered from the cool easterly wind. Didn’t take too long to find. #878. TFTC.

Found it

Nice find. Thanks.

I stopped and picked up this cache of the Spooky darling series a bit quicker than the last
The last cache just gave me the finger !! [:o]
This cache find gets the thumbs up !! [^]

TFTC

Came down to Christchurch for the 2015 MEGA with a group of caching buddies for the weekend. My first MEGA, and it was fantastic- loved every minute, the caching, the events, meeting other like-minded crazies (sorry, I mean cachers!!!). Our group found 283 caches throughout the course of the of the weekend, so apologies for the cut and paste logs- but it's going to take me hours to log them all!!!! All logs were signed as SEAC (South East Auckland Crew), to reflect our home caching base!
HUGE thanks to all involved in putting on the MEGA event, and also to all of the Chch CO's for the effort gone to in their hides- we found some awesome caches, including fantastic hides, and cleverly done camo.... well done Christchurch, you're an awesome bunch!

Third day today, our mission being to find as many different kind of caches we could. This being done, we continues on to find some trads near to where we were staying.... and to try and get one of our group members up to cache number 2,000. Another cool cache in this series.... thanks!

Day three of the ChCh Mega weekend and today's goal was to make finds on as many different cache types in 24hrs...
Couldn't leave this one un-found so stopped by for a quick find... onto thee net one.
Really liked the camo on this series.
Signed as 'SEAC' South East Auckland Crew to save logbook space and time.

TFTC.

Part of the “South East Auckland Crew” here for the Christchurch Mega. All logs done as “SEAC”. Sorry for the Generic logs…but when logging 200 in a day it can be a bit much. But thank you so much for placing all these awesome caches

Day 3 or our epic journey from Auckland to the Christchurch MEGA. The South East Auckland Crew (SEAC) was formed for the weekend and today the plan was to complete as many different cache types in one day. After lots of research and planning we decided on a plan of attack and with a few extras thrown in we completed our mission of 12 cache types in a day.
Sorry for the cut and paste log, but all the different caches that we did today were awesome, many thanks to the local CO’s for their imagination and creativity!

Third day of our mega trip and today was all about the different types of caches.

Thanks for the cache - signed as SEAC (South East Auckland Crew)

Oh where oh where is our pen TFTC

Caching around ChCh while down for the Mega thanks Spooky Darling - Hitchhiker (Canterbury) for the cache

Found it with quinella on a windy but fine day . Our second attempt at this one but found easily today. Tftc

Ticking off a few caches on a walk in the sun. Missed this earlier this year but straight there today . Thanks

Thumbs up.

Zusammen mit PPJoe als Team *TheBros* in NZL mit dem Camper on Tour.
6 Wochen geocachen , Herz was willst du mehr.
Cache konnte gut gefunden werden, wie man sieht werden die Dosen hier gut gewartet.

TFTC & lg aus Tirol/Austria/Europe

This entry was edited by sabe73 on Tuesday, 06 October 2015 at 11:10:42 UTC.

On Tour together with Sabe73 as Team "TheBros" around South Island to visit some nice spots.
We also visit this location and found the box quickly.
Thank you for showing us this place and of course for the Cache.
Greetings From Carinthia/Austria

Thanks =-O

Only one in the series we managed to find

Read the other comments and boom! There it is!

Doing these one at a time to fill in dot days- so getting in some very enjoyable (and healthy) walks- and on a gorgeous winter day like today- it was a treat. Nearly gave up actually- wandered in circles when I got to GZ- my gps was happy with just about anywhere! and i couldn't find something that fit the hint (in my mind). But - one last try in some new places- and came up trumps. Made me laugh- not what i was expecting. Good job Nosynel- thanks for these

Got a few scratches on this one. Be warned, no need to leave the track.

Plan A from last weekend, but had to be aborted, came to fruition this weekend. Kiwi Moose and I had a field trip to the North Waimak to collect some Horses, other puzzles and any caches that got in our way. Had a great day stating at 7am and finishing with a beer at 9pm. Very productive day, with most cache logs signed with initials only.

Thanks for effort put into the puzzles and the hides.

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A chilly day out with Karma Reprint, finding the little boxes. Took a few goes around to get our hands on this one. Cheers

Found on our 25 day New Zealand South Island holiday.

Apologies for the late log but with little or no internet as we travelled and only super slow WiFi in van parks I decided to log all finds on my return home.

Stayed in the nearby van park and enjoyed our afternoon walk.

TFTC

Good to get this one today, after a DNF last time. Thanks for the series, nice to get out for a jog and cache along the way. Tftc

Back again after it had gone missing last time. Quick find this time. Tftc

Enjoyed this one. When out caching with the geocachlette, I try to let here find it so she keeps interested. "Hey why don't you look under there". She jumped and ran away when she found it, I just cracked up. TFTC. favourite point for my entertainment.

This was missing last time i was out here, so good to collect the last of the spooky's. My buddy couldn't cache with me today so what better way to cache than to collect a few of hers. Which way you going? can't give you a ride but you can walk with me and the dogs. Cheers for the cache bud.

Gruesome!

Found it! Yes! Thanks so much, love the work you have put into your caches.

The plan today was to head out to Pegasus and grab a few caches and head to the Rangiora event as the weather tomorrow doesn't look the best. With all the errands done in the morning, bellies full of a Daddy made lunch, flat tire fixed and cachelets rested we headed out to Pegasus on a lovely day. We headed to the beach and Mrs TW hasn't been here for years and a lot has changed since then. We jumped on our bikes and headed towards Woodend to grab a few caches.
This was our first stop and made the find after a bit of look around, gruesome!!! The blackberries are done for this season

Thanks for the cache.
#3104

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Yay found it verry clever relates to the title very well

Have our biking companions a fright when they spotted this one. Found on a family bike outing. TFTC!

Checked and still there. Logs are by a tree.

Had a look around a few hint items. No luck today. Thanks

With quinella- had a good look

Not at the only hint item in the area. Has it gone awol?

Changed due to trapping.

Coordinates changed from:
S 43° 19.170 E 172° 42.475

Coordinates changed to:
S 43° 19.185 E 172° 42.462

Distance from original: 107.9 feet or 32.9 meters.
Changed due to trapping

It appears some traps have been set in this area and it is missing. I will try replace it ASAP and perhaps move it to the other side of the track.

Similar experience to the last couple of logs. Hunted around for about 20 minutes with no luck. Then we headed off to get another couple and had another fresh look on the way back for another 20 minutes or so. No luck I'm afraid.

Looking around quite a while and nothing but trap.

Spent approx half an hour hunting around but no luck for us today

#4300 @1955
I killed 2 birds with one stone tonight by finding some caches while getting some km's on the bike. A pleasant evening to be out for a ride. It was good to see other cyclists out on the trail as well. This one took a bit longer to find. The GPS took a while to zero in on GZ. I nearly lost a finger in a gin trap a few metres from GZ!!! TFTC.

A quick find thanks to Mrs pwh29. TFTC.

It was SPOOKY in the forest the trees were creaking and groaning and blowing backwards and forwards. Then we found the cache container that was a surprise. The name should have warned us. TFTC

A grey and overcast Labour day so what else to do but go for a walk! TFTC

Mrs G still overseas attending a conference...but due back tomorrow. Bought the wee dudes out for an afternoons bikeride to burn off some energy. Quick find and sign with no one else around. Cheers.

After finding Spooky Darling - Are You Married in the company of the Warbuts we all continued up the Pegasus Walkway to find this cache. 'Hawkeye' Noeline soon had the cache in her hands. After signing the log the Warbuts walked off back to their cachemobile whilst I turned around and MTBed back down the Pegasus Walkway to Kaiapoi via Pines Beach. Thanks for the cache.

Wandered on chatting to BaldEd and located the cache. Nice little hide this one. Had left our car on the tar seal north of the cache. It makes a very pleasant stroll. Thank you.

Excited to see some new caches pop up in this area. Some great trails. TFTCreepyC

I have some advice for future finders : If you've parked in the Pegasus Beach car park don't just look at the arrow on your GPS and head up the dunes at the back of the carpark. It wasn't one of my more inspired ideas. Luckily I'm not scared of trees, or holes, or being mildly lost.
Finally I made my way onto the horse path, and from there was an enjoyable walk, luckily I didn't meet any horses, as I'm not a fan.
At GZ quickly located and signed. Off to the next one.

This entry was edited by bugzptr on Wednesday, 22 October 2014 at 00:29:00 UTC.

If you go in at Pegasus,there is no need to go as far as the Beach Carpark,as the Track is sign posted at the last bend.Had a nice wee walk on the busy track,and had to wait until Muggles passed,before quickly finding and signing.TFTH