View of St Michael & All Angels (Canterbury) Central City, South Island, New Zealand
By La Vista on 09-Nov-14. Waypoint GC5G8NF

A frustrating search but no luck finding it (and I did actually go to the island). It seems some recent landscaping work has been done to cut back and remove some of the trees. Photos in old logs dont seem to match up anymore. Perhaps something has happened to it as a result of this work?

Pretty sure you have to go through the river

We looked for a good 30 or so minutes and couldn't find it. After reading the other logs to find out that we had to go in the river, we decided that would be a pass

Awesome evening great to go for a little walk. I been in a classroom all day. Cheers.

Out caching with TL. TFTC!

Out with Nildran enjoying the sunshine TFTC

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Day #2 Christchurch - The Mega New Zealand ExperienceA chance for an overseas Mega was too good to pass up. Especially with half the state seeming to be attending also. I set about some last minute planning. Flights still available Accommodation found Mode of transport securedLooks like its time to cross the ditch. Ive never visited the South Island before so it is bound to be a fun filled trip.I arrived after dark last night so today is my first chance to see the sights.I enjoyed the punt ride and had some time on my parking up my sleeve so was able to grab some targeted caches.I hadnt brought appropriate footwear with me, so barefoot it was. I left my shoes by the bank and crossed the water over to the island and soon enough the cache was in hand. I carefully crossed back, almost slipping on the muddy bank, but managed to keep my clothes dry.A big thanks goes to La Vista for taking the time to add View of St Michael & All Angels (Canterbury) to the geocaching map for us all to find and enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Wow! The fun just never stops.Have you logged your will attend for Victoria's first ever Block Party? (Think Mega but even more special!)Join us on 22-23 March 2025 in Sunbury to celebrate 25 years of geocaching by logging your will attend at [**GCAP417**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).

Coordinates changed from:S 43 32.039 E 172 37.935Coordinates changed to:S 43 32.037 E 172 37.947Distance from original: 54.3 feet or 16.5 meters.Co-ordinates updated with new cache

Um maybe next time

Didnt have the right footwear

Not this time! Need to search for it in summer

DNF... Weather was too cold for me to do the wading. Maybe next time in summer.

DNF

second port in NZ, left the pen on the ship, so our bug was the log

Found while visiting family TFTH

Without the right shoes ( or non-shoes) too defficult to get. Nice spot but a bit annoying that the cache is nor reachable for less fit people.

During our cruise from New Zealand, via Australia, Tasmania, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Mystery Island, Fiji, Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti, Raiatea, Maui, Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii Island we also passed by here and found this cache.T4tc and best regardsJoskaranch

Sadly not for us oldies with combined age of 153 and no wellies!

So close yet so far! If I only brought my forwarding equipment along!

38 cachers from ????, ???? and ???? made a tour with a stopover in ???? and visiting ???? and ???? to get lot of impressions from Down Under.We log with Team DownUnder24 to save space in the logbooks.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:gcAmoebeSTAndyausDuB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHfi1hupsi-1karrai *keeinerLeilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuoDay 16.: Along the coast we headed from Blenheim to Christchurch. Beautiful city with lot of life along the Avon River. And with lots of caches!TFTC from Bavaria

Together with 37 Cachers, we start a journey to Australia and New Zealand via Doha.In Qatar we spent one night and had almost one full day before heading to Sydney.In Australia we visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Cairns. In New Zealand will be Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.To safe Logbook space, we signed the logbooks with our team-name "DownUnder24".Our Teammembers are:\_gc_, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoThank you for the Cache.

Together with 36 other geocachers, the KiSt team undertook a very long trip to Australia and New Zealand for three weeks. On both the outward and return journeys, there was a stopover in Doha, the capital of Qatar .We experienced a great deal on this trip and gained many very different impressions of the two countries, their nature and their culture. Of course, the main focus was on visiting as many caches of as many different types as possible and also all accessible old cans. However, we also made sure to visit many special places of interest and to gain as comprehensive an impression as possible of nature and its flora and fauna.To save the logbooks, we usually signed in with our team name **Downunder24**. For "special" cans, however, we have not missed the opportunity to leave our nickname as well.This beautiful cache is now also one of our finds.Due to the large number of caches visited, it is unfortunately not possible for us to write an individual log for each can, which is why we would like to apologize to the owners for this collective log.We also met other cachers at some of the events and were able to share our experiences. Many thanks to the event owners!Of course we would like to thank all the owners for showing us the great locations, the sometimes tricky puzzles, exciting multis and wherigos, as well as the interesting virtuals and earth caches - TFTC!!!---In der Besetzung KiSt unternahmen wir zusammen mit 36 weiteren Geocachern fr drei Wochen eine sehr weite Reise nach Australien und Neuseeland . Auf der An- und Abreise stand dabei jeweils ein Zwischenstopp in Doha an, der Hauptstadt von Qatar .Wir haben auf dieser Reise sehr viel erlebt und viele sehr unterschiedliche Eindrcke von den beiden Lndern, deren Natur und deren Kultur mitgenommen. Natrlich lag ein Hauptaugenmerk darauf, mglichst viele Caches mglichst vieler unterschiedlicher Typen und auch alle erreichbaren alten Dosen zu besuchen. Darber haben wir es aber nicht versumt, vielen besonderen Sehenswrdigkeiten einen Besuch abzustatten und uns von der Natur und deren Flora und Fauna einen mglichst umfassenden Eindruck zu verschaffen.Um die Logbcher zu schonen, haben wir uns dort meist mit unserem Teamnamen **Downunder24** eingetragen. Bei "besonderen" Dosen haben wir es uns aber auch nicht nehmen lassen, zustzlich unseren Nicknamen zu hinterlassen.Auch dieser schne Cache zhlt jetzt zu unseren Funden.Aufgrund der groen Anzahl der besuchten Caches ist es uns leider nicht mglich, zu jeder Dose einen individuellen Log zu verfassen, weshalb wir uns bei den Ownern fr diesen Sammellog entschuldigen wollen.Auf einigen Events haben wir auch andere Cacher kennengelernt und konnten unsere Erfahrungen austauschen. Vielen Dank an die Event-Owner!Natrlich wollen wir uns bei allen Ownern fr das Zeigen der tollen Orte, die teils kniffligen Rtsel, spannenden Multis und Wherigos, sowie die interessanten Virtuals und Earthcaches bedanken - TFTC!!

Gefunden im Team DownUnder24.Danke fr den Cache.

Mit 37 Geocachern, aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz, ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland, beginnend mit einem Zwischenstopp in Doha in Katar. So lange und so weit weg von zu Hause war ich noch nie. Eine aufregende Zeit.Beim Geocaching lag der Focus auf viele unterschiedliche Cachetypen, aber auch besondere Wertungen, Challenges und besonders ein paar sehr alte Caches aus den Jahren 2000 und 2001. Aber auch natrlich ganz besonders die Geocaches, die zu Fu vom Hotel aus gut erreichbar waren.Natrlich wurde stand aber nicht nur das Geocaching im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch die Sehenswrdigkeiten der einzelnen Stationen, die wir besuchten, verdienten ihre Aufmerksamkeit.In die Logbcher trugen wir uns mit unserem Teamnamen "Downunder 2024" ein, Logbuchplatz sparend und effizient.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team, das auch sehr viel Spa gemacht hat.Heute ging es mit dem Bus von Blenheim weiter nach Christchurch.Danke fr diesen Geocache. Danke fr die Ausarbeitung. Danke frs Zeigen.Lieber Gru aus Duisburg / DeutschlandAndyDieser Logeintrag wird mit Hilfe von Google bersetzt.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We set off on a long journey with 37 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand, starting with a stopover in Doha, Qatar. I have never been so long and so far away from home. An exciting time.When geocaching, the focus was on many different cache types, but also special ratings, challenges and especially a few very old caches from the years 2000 and 2001. But also, of course, especially the geocaches that were easily accessible on foot from the hotel.Of course, the focus wasn't just on geocaching; the sights of the individual stations we visited also deserved attention.We entered our team name Downunder 2024 in the logbooks, saving logbook space and efficiently.It was a very special trip in a large team, which was also a lot of fun.Today we took the bus from Blenheim to Christchurch.Thanks for this geocache. Thanks for the elaboration. Thank you for showing me.Kind regards from Duisburg / GermanyAndyThis log entry is translated with the help of Google.

Tonight we visited an escape room to celebrate a 70th birthday followed by dinner at Riverside. After a lovely dinner, we realised we were close to this cache which we had put off until summer and tonight was the perfect evening to have a go. Mr 70 was encouraged to take his shoes off and wade across in the shallowest part of the stream while Beeba and Mrs 1066 directed proceedings from the shore, with dry feet. He looked for ages then son muggle went to help. Later two other muggles/ex-geocachers also went to help but after an hour of looking, we had to accept defeat. Maybe another time we will have more luck. It was a great adventure anyway.

I had so much fun searching for this cache! Eventhough it was all over within five minutes after removing my shoes. The coords are precise and so is the clue. I give it a FP.

Well it took me a while, but I found it! Found a pretty good place to cross, not too deep and easy enough to get in and out but there was a bit of mud which I sank in a little. Wasn't too happy about the mud but I needed to find a wading cache on a Thursday for a challenge so it had to be done! Once on the island I searched and searched but I was mainly focussed on forks in tree trunks and similar places so wasn't finding it. Had a look through the photos on people's logs, while mumandme contacted a friend who had found it previously. With the information gained from those sources I compared photos to what I could see and had another search. Soon I thought I could see something through the leaves, went around to look closer and yes! Success! So happy to find it! Took nearly an hour but it was worth it. Challenge complete Thanks for the fun cache!

Well that took a long time. Finally with the help of angelic_kiwi and phone a friend we made it.

We were staying in Christchurch overnight and decided to pick this one up before travelling further south. We did a wrecky the night before to see what was needed. I decided to cross the stream at the narrowest part and chose to wear flip flops on my feet. It started well until I was nearing the far bank and put my feet down on the silt and sunk further down losing both my flip flops. Not something I was expecting as I wanted something on my feet whilst searching for the container. Up the bank I went and started the search. Container was located after about 10 minutes of searching. Thanks for the experience, shame I lost my footwear.

Big running jump but I got across and only just back

Found with Wicked Fizz who took a long leap. TFTC

Arrrgghh, I really wanted to find this one and once I got wet to cross, I was determined not to give up. I searched head high and higher and also lower in case it fell down, every possible hiding place - and there are quite a lot and at this time of the year very overgrown. Still I couldn't find it. Around the trees mentioned in the hint and others, for over 30min, eventually gave up.

I have great joy in marking this find.Kimmy+co had already climbers a tree in the pursuit of a cache so it was my turn, thankfully I came somewhat prepared with shorts but I did still have to walk the block to our hotel wet having misjudged both the sediment squelch and my footing.Water was surprisingly pleasant in temperature so I wasnt too worried, my ability to tell camelia from other trees was somewhat of a hindering, thankfully hayzz was able to guide from the bank til we had success

Tftc out on a weekend caching with geeves90 and hayzz. Geeves90 went across for this one! (I had to climb a tree for the last one)
Took a bit of a hunt but she found it after 10mins or so

Out for the weekend with Kimmy+co and Geeves90 for a weekend caching in chch.
Tftc

No find this time!

About the fourth time we have tried to find this - sent the 14 year old boys across but no luck yet again. Will come back in summer!

Unseasonally warm night made for no excuse for quick wade

The night was warm that was about it TFTC

Found the old bashed up cache in the hollow of a tree and have replaced with a smaller 80mL Camo container in the same original position

DNF

I found the View of St Michael & All Angels (Canterbury) on our Southeast Asia trip.
Thank you La Vista for showing and maintening.
Greetin from Switzerlanf otti20!
9. März 2023

Not dressed appropriately for this one

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czechia ????

We couldn't find it We we're looking for almost an hour and found nothing. Have to come back another time if it's there!

Just a quick trip to the islands with kozjah. I went straight for wading. Kozjah squared up for a leap but quickly slowed down and went for a wade as well. A little bit of a search but he won the day.

Well off the shoes and socks went and into the foray we went. With ducks judging my lack of balance and near plunge the cache was found and logged.

Found with OSC

Into the city early on a questionable weather day to get some in and beat the crowds.

I see the problem inherent in the solution.... So I'll put a bluey on this one, so that one day I'll get sick of it and come back more prepared....

Cheers

As we had parked alomist on top of this cahce it was tempting but too busy. When we got back to the car the southly wind ment the area was deserted, and I was wearing sports sandles, and shorts. So it only seemed right.

Years ago I did another cache and broke by foot trying to jump across. I broke several small bones where the toes meet the foot.

Went for a wee splash with my son to retrieve, thanks very much I’ve been wanting this one for a while!

Managed to jump across but had to get the feet wet on the way back, had no pen but tftc

Was thinking to jump the steam but I know I will fall in.
But enjoy the boat shed just after

My phone fell in the stream trying to get it but it still works. Tftc

27 January 2021 13:28. Number 9175. Well you see it went like this....

We met up with another cacher for lunch who suggested this would be a good one to attempt on a stinking hot day like today. So back to the car, to change clothes.

Leaving Ethness in charge of my clothing with instructions to call search and rescue & / or the coastgaurd should I not return promptly or be in regular communication, there was nothing for it but to wade into the raging torrent, keeping a careful lookout for sharks, icebergs and other hazards such as discarded Lime scooters. Eventually I made it over there and scaled the cliffs to lie, panting on the island's shore. Then I had to use my teeth to hack my way through to the first of the examples of the hint species, keeping a watch for alligators, snakes and rabid ducks!

The first location searched turned up nothing, as did the second, so there was nothing for it but to totally abandon any attempt at stealth and swing from tree to tree across the island, startling the monkeys, and checking out the branches as I went past. Finally as I was despairing of ever finding the fabled prize, I spotted it and let out a shout of triumph!

Somehow I had managed to retain my pen, so did not need to grab a quill from one of the nearby waterfowl. The scroll of honour was signed and returned to its hiding place in the undergrowth, then I abseiled down the cliffs and swam the channel, fighting off the pirates and eventually ending back on Terra Firma.

Tftc.

Highly envious of Infoferret who was wearing sandals and decided to wade across to the island to retrieve the cache. One of the things I heard her say was her feet felt lovely in the water -lucky her. Favourite given for being such a different cache. Having a short trip from Invercargill to Christchurch with Infoferret finding lots of caches, in particular the TMGT caches for me.
The cache may be signed with our individual names or ‘IE’.
Many TFTC.

With the evening being so hot, I decided we could try this one. After a picnic nearby, we went for this one, changed side of the river to have a smaller stream to cross. Little one also wanted to be in the search, so had to go back and carry him. Easy find on the island. Both container and logbook were in good conditions. Little cacher was so excited by the Canadian flag, he took it to had to his collection of flags. Mosquitoes also found us, and we have several bites on our legs! Thanks for placing this here and telling the story of the place. I'm not sure we would go swimming here...

Convinced the husband he should leap the river. After pursuading him he made the jump cleanly! Although shoes were talen off just in case haha

Second cache today after doing some lab caches and shopping in central Christchurch. This was metres from where we parked, so I discarded the sandals and waded in. It took a while. I am not sure if this is still in the correct tree, but apart from that detail the hint still works. TFTC La Vista.

Located with Ricardinho.nz
Fun adventure across the Avon River to the Island
TFTC

took a while

Love the card from Canada, not the easiest find but worth the swim to get to it (that’s if your a short person!!) Thanks OP

A disappointing DNF for me here after getting very wet! Must have searched every tree on the island but no luck.

We have walked past this cache a couple of times and today came up with a plan to attack it in the dark. Parked nearby, and donned our water shoes and took the plunge while our accomplice was keeping watch on shore for muggles. Kept out of sight and found the cache as the hint by previous finders indicated. Once the coast was clear we stealthy plunged back into the river and were soon back blending in with the other randoms of town on a Friday night.
Thanks for the cache, favourite point from us!

nice easy find TFTC

Out grabbing a few caches with Sir Belac, I had the job of getting the cache while he looked after my shoes and phone. Spent ages searching then found it on the ground, I hope I've put it back in the right place, I don't know my trees so not sure if it was the right one. Thanks La Vista

#9763

Kat took one for the team and went for a swim. Lost a plugger, found a bugger

Got a bit wet great cache. Dropped a trackable and collected one too.

Tftc

Drop gs1rr6 in this cache. An easy find he Te. I signed the log and then I replaced the cache container as it was discovered.
Thanks for placing this cache

Expect to get your feet wet! Unless you’re a good jumper. Funnest one yet!

Great spot, not so easily found.
Found a trackable and chose to take it home to Australia to continue its journey.
Had a nice sit by the stream while waiting for the muggles to leave.

Woweee, I am to stoked to finally get this as it has been on my radar for awhile!

I am in Christchurch for a week as part of the on-site intensive part of my distance study through the University. So far this week had been pretty rough, made so much worse by the fact I hadn't found any geocaches. A bit of a break in my schedule for the week and myself and another classmate met in town. After checking out the Riverside market (slightly too early for anything delectable but I will be back for you Sushi train), I said to my friend there was a cache I really really really really wanted to get, so we made our way here. Off went the shoes and the leggings were rolled up, shoot where will I out my phone and pen?? Made my way across (soooo much deeper in places than I expected) with my friend standing guard on the other side, she apparently got stranger looks than me! I was only caching with my phone so I ended up searching at the very end of the island and was just about to leave when I took another sweep closer to the middle and I spotted the beautiful prize. I quickly signed and replaced and made my way back to dry land with a bit more care on the way back apart from one slip and then reached for a friendly hand the last few steps. Absolutely stoked as it is a D/T I didn't have and absolutely worth it so fav point awarded.

Wir holten uns nassse füsse fanden dann aber den cache und liessen 2 Coins dort

We came up the long way from Dunedin this day. We saw many beautiful spots on the way: The Boulder Beach, the Steampunk HQ in Oamaru and even the beautiful Hitchhiker geocache in the south of Christchurch. Nice trip. But too few walking and physical action. A higher Terrain value geocache was needed to fight the lazy car sitting action before ending the day with a nice dinner.

While my partner inspected the restaurants nearby, I silently walked away to inspect this small nice island.

Fortunately the few muggles went away. I searched good place for passing the stream, put out my shoes, went over, put them on again and then...

Yes, I needed some Google lessons in botany to decrypt the hint. And even then I searched the wrong plants

But finally I saw the box. Well hidden from sudden muggle views. Well done!

Way back. And yummy pasta!

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Germany!

Been a few years since I’ve been here! Lovely day for a visit. Cheers Gav

A nice little island saunter

Pling...

A botanical garden and a big park in the middle of the city... I liked that.
I searched for this can, found it and registered myself in the LB.
This cooling off came at just the right time.

Thanks for this cache says Pöni.

Great place. I walked to the cache and it was refreshing for my feet! Thx for the cache.
#3489

Hot

Well, we found it. Someone went for a bit of a tumble in the river on the way back. Not hurt, just wet

Caught on film too...

So.. I found the cache from the riverbank.. went to go in and it was a tad deeper than I expected. Had to get help from a passing family to get me out of the river coz I was well stuck. Definitely one for a skinnier me and with a friend who I can throw in the river instead!

When we saw the gps location and the terrain rating we guessed what we were in for here. Nastya was the brave one (and the one wearing jandals) who got us across the line. TFTC!

Funny action on her way over to the cache. My Lottikind almost tried to loose her shoe
At GZ it took a short while then she got it.

TftC and greetings from Germany says ƤʘƤƛRƝI

Where have I been this year? See [Poparni-2020-TB](https://www.geocaching.com/track/map_gm.aspx?ID=3261631)

I was up early to go out and get this cache as it was the nearest unfound to my home. The river is lower than normal so it seemed like a good time for this short person. Managed to stay dry until I got close to the island and I sunk down into the mud and the water went into the gumboots. My first cache for the year and I feel very pleased with myself.

Let the young fellas find it!

I hate this one the first time ive ever jumped in the water just for a cache TFTC with KCN

With old shoes on that are going to Hawaii in a few weeks so they stand the wet Brodiewill and I both headed across and it was he who saw it right in front of my nose. So interesting doing it when people on the banks asking if they can help.

In the city for the carols and thought we'd grab a cache or two nearby. So many people about tonight in town and it's lovely. Didn't quite realise what would be required for this one but should have guessed with the terrain 4. B was brave and determined, even the eels couldn't scare him off, he soon was signing the log and grinning. Tftc

Hiding in plain sight. Nice.

In the last few weeks I travelled in New Zealand and visited many different landscapes, sights, geocaches and many highlights in this beautiful country. This geocache was on my way and so I tried to find it. Luckily I could find it rather quickly. Thanks!

Found it on colliers team 6 amazing race adventure

Really fun find!!!

Team 1

Just finished punting on the Avon came back to town and spotted where I had to go to retrieve this.
Deeper than I thought

TFTC

Great cache! Thanks. Grabbed this after a bite at the local Riverside Market.

TFTC LNTN

Saw where this was last year, but I didn't commit to getting the cache. We committed getting it this year. Thanks.