Heritage Roses Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By La Vista on 15-Nov-14. Waypoint GC5GGRM

Lovely garden. TFTC

Tftc, didn't have a pen on me

Thanks so much great day to end the holidays

TFTC

Found it

easy to find

Had a good bit of free time in Christchurch, so I was able to wander about the central part of the city for four hours and collect a total of thirteen finds.

TFTC. Fully caught by muggles and very awkwardly tried to wait it out to put back but not so stealthy myself

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

352. Hey from Aus! Lovely area. I added a little bead to the cache, thanks

TFTC. Easy find once I found which road to take.

Another find with Sally today.

QEF in between the rain showers TFTC and greetings from the UK

Quick find when in area. Tftc

Thanks for bringing me here. Im discobing so many precious spots in Chch that I wouldnt have found without geocaching

I'm in Christchurch for a few days for work so of course I have to get some geocaching in. I came down a day early so I could get a rental car for the day to target some specific caches in the surrounding area.Spotted it as I approached.All good here and TFTC.Find #6447 at 26 February 2024 7:38 pm

What a delight to find this garden here!

Came out after a weekend of being sick. Nice easy find but we had no pen. Smells fantastic at the moment!

Found on a cold grey day - must come back to see the roses in summer. Thanks for the cache!

Back down in Christchurch for another unexpected visit to Burwood, so made sure to also grab some caches whilst here.

On a jaunt to get some fresh air this morning. A nice quick find in the hint location. TFTC

Lovely spot. Thanks for bringing me here

Beautiful little park. Tftc.

Nice evening walk TFTC

Pretty! TFTC

Tftc!

Suns getting low so will be the last cache for today. TFTC!

This is one of those places I wouldn’t have found without a geocache. What a nice respite place during our first day of exploring in NZ. Thanks for the cache. Greetings from New Hampshire, USA!

TFTC lovely spot roses in full bloom log is full needs new one signed in corner

Lovely dovely cache, but it was on the floor TFTC

TFTC and greetings from Czechia Europe.

Beautiful spot for a cache, nice quick find once at GZ. TFTC

Glad I came by when I did. Found this little fella on the ground out in the open.

Easy and quick find because this is close to home - forgot pen, so took photo

Found it quite easily, but just as I was about to see gmail it muggles approached and sat in the seat. Couldn’t put it back, so had to ale it for a walk in the park until the coast was clear.

Bonus is that it was a lovely day to go wandering.

Log is getting tattered and may need replacing.

Magnet is missing but cache is safe and sound in similar place
The log was a bit damp so I've added a small plastic bag.
Lovely wee spot- TFTC

Forgot to bring a pen!

Thanks

My nongeocaching sister found this one think I may have converted another to this hobby

The Cache container was found lying on the ground. Believe there is a magnet missing? Anyway, jammed into the frame of the item that should support it? TFTC

Requires maintenance, see log.

TFTC

Love the name. My mum is a Beverly. TFTC

A nice spot to place a cache as there's beautiful flowers, birds chirping and little noise from the busy city life. Had no trouble with the find due to good coordinates and a clear hint. TFTC

First cache in ChCh.Tftc

Very cute find!

What a lovely place to come too, one we have never been to before. Cache is all good, log signed and replaced as found. Thanks for bringing us here and the cache La Vista.

Nice easy find

Thanks for the cache!

Wow excellent hide a easy find with my support worker Taylah

Out doing the nearby puizzle, I came and swung by here. No issues in this little rose garden, be nice to come back here when the roses are in full bloom!

TFTC La Vista, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 1 find(s) of 4 today, making this find #2767

Mr CatseyesNZ spotted it straight away!! Tftc

Tftc. We are a family of 5 travelling our great country in our house bus. Check us out on Facebook or YouTube . @ourkiwibuslife

In the big city for a couple of days on an h&s course for work...so after being cooped up inside all day I needed to stretch my legs dropped of my bags at the hotel and headed out while my ciders cooled down ...so around the block I go ...
Nice quick find away from the hustle and bustle tftc

Walking my friends dog gave me a good excuse to hunt down some caches TFTC and for showing me just how big this space really is!

An evening cache after work / holiday camp again for us. Little cacher enjoyed the new playground. It took us longer to find the playground than the cache, it is a bit further from GZ as well. Both container and logbook were in good condition. Easy find, thanks for the cache!

Tftc

It smells good this morning.
Caching around here and in the centre today. Tftc

TFTC, what a beautiful space

Cool spot. My local park

cool

What a lovely spot. Normally drive right past along Avonside Drive but today was on the bike and discovered a new spot TFTC

A new park for me. I'm not really a rosa fan especially if they are thorny or without perfume Well, that still leaves plenty of choices so will have to come back when these are flowering. Fun cache, thanks

With Mrs KR at ladt found one instead of looking not finding.

Beautiful spot. TFTC

Watch out for nettles. You've gone too fat

Thanks for the cache!

We are visiting from California and doing a Petsit in ChristChurch are at Waikamari beach I love Geocaching as it brings us to some beautiful spots like this one thanks for placing the cache. Well deserving of a favorite point

Hot

GeoFoxy has arrived to stay with me before her cruise so what better way to see our City but by caching - day 2 of her visit and we are in the central city area. I'm sure this is the third one I've found in this area. What a shame there were not more roses out for GeoFoxy to see.

Really nice walk on a lovely afternoon. TFTC

I have just moved over to the South Island from Australia. Hoping to live and explore the country over the next few years and find a lot of caches on the way. Cheers for the hides.

What an absolutely gorgeous spot. Thank you for bringing me here La Vista - I will make a point of returning some time when the roses are in bloom. TFTC # 14,420

What a lovely spot. Thanks for bringing us here

What a great place and history too. Easy find.

I had no idea this park was here and now I have learnt something I never knew about Roses....Oh and I found the cache! Thanks La Vista.

Quick find. Nice spot to rest. TFTC

We start our NZ holiday in Christchurch. Between a sight seeing tour we took some caches. Tftc!

Greetings Die_Asseln
Today is our 2 Year anniversary

Visiting from Arizona, USA. Arrived from Brisbane last night, now it's time to visit and cache New Zealand!

But first...

We need to get some laundry done, [xx(]

So we dragged the laundry bag the kilometre or so to the nearby laundromat from our hotel, and while we wait for the wash and dry to be done we'll try a couple of caches in the neighbourhood. Sure beats sitting in a dingy laundromat. Which brings us here.

This was a walk through a lovely residential area followed by an easy find in a lovely little park. It appears we missed the rose season by not much. Signed the log "TTB". Thanks for the cache.

What a beautiful garden! Thanks for bringing us here.

Nice. Doing a bit of caching while metabolising after a visit to nearby establishment. Thanks.

Nice quick find on a beautiful evening. Tftc

A beautiful place thanks for bringing us here. Quickly found as was lying on ground signed log and replaced back to hiding spot. Tftc an smiley

What a lovely place. We will certainly come back when the roses are blooming. Thanks for letting us discover this unknown little reserve.

Never knew this place existed. That's why i love geocaching, it takes you places you would usually never go. Can't wait to this park in the summer. TFTC

Was in Christchurch for work sales meeting today and decided that since I was in town that I would make a long weekend of it. As I knew that I was going to be down here for a couple of extra days I mentioned it to Mr-Mcgoo and asked him if he was interested in meeting me down there.

Mr-Mcgoo arranged the accommodation and I arranged the transportation, Mr-Mcgoo managed to find a Air B&B in Mervale and we centralised our caching from this point. This was our last day of caching for this weekend in this lovely city.

Decided to drag Mr-Mcgoo out of bed early again this morning and go to pick up a few caches in the CBD before too many muggles got out of bed.

After finding GC6YN1B - Otakaro 33: Locke'd Walnuts, this was the next cache that we decided that we would go for next. The chauffeur managed to make his way towards GZ coming in via Te Orewai Place and we finally got a parking spot in the first parking spot that we saw on our right and then it was just a matter of making our way to GZ.

As we made our way towards GZ we decided to following the path as we really didnt need to go across the wet grass, it was still quite dark even though it was nearly 07:30 in the morning as the sun was still asleep.

Finally we managed to get near GZ and once there we noticed that there was a few options as to where the cache was going to be, but as luck should have it I managed to find its hiding spot very quickly and track down the cache from its very clever hiding spot.

Managed to retrieve the cache, signed and then replaced the cache back where we found it. Thanks La Vista for placing this cache here and for bringing us to this spot, TFTC TNLNSL (13481). This cache could have taken longer if it wasnt for the co-ordinates being accurate.

Now it is time to go back to the car and as we started to work our way as to getting out of this place we decided that we would continue the way we were going only to find out that this was a cul de sac, so we had to do a small maneuver to turn around and go back out the way we came, but in the mean time waking up all the dogs in the neighborhood. Oh well thats caching[xx(]

Disclaimer: The above log may be based on true or actual events

(# 4470). In Christchurch with Yeetrees to grab some caches during the weekend. This is a nicely hidden gem of a park. A quick find. Everything in order. TFTC

Day 11 of my South island vacation. Today our journey was from Mount Cook back to Christchurch. On the way we made a couple of stops and I used my chance to find some geocaches.
In the evening I went out for a little walk to get my dinner. On the way I made some stops to find a couple of Caches.
Quick find here!
Thanks for hiding this one!

Nice start to a big day of geocaching, with 9 finds in total. found this one pretty easily. Find #425

Finally found the cache but he was lying on the ground. Put it where I thought it sho

Arrived here in the morning to have a look for this cache. No muggles around so it was an easy search. Found it quickly.
Thanks for showing! Tftc

#486. Now that the wedding festivities are all over, time for an early morning walk around Avonside to pick up some caches. Nabbed this at 7.42 a.m. after initially checking the wrong metal on the opposite side of the pathway. Thanks La Vista.

Tftc, nice garden

No doubt La Vista will recall there used to be a multi here too. Roses all out and lavender smelling tops

Due to some reasons I had to stay for 6 days in Christchurch. In the end I was happy for this opportunity, started to like the city and had a lot of time for searching some caches.

Thank you to all the owner for hiding. Had a lot of fun! Sorry for the standard log, but I can't remember them in Detail.

Wish you all the best.

Regards from switzerland
Marco

Picked the perfect time for a visit. Quiet and wonderful aroma

20:04
FITW GreenGoblinNZ and Ginger Ninja
We were at a b-day party in Englefield and just about 200m from this cache. Went out on a dog walk around the block and tried looking for this while there was still some daylight left. Found it quite quickly. Turns out that the previous time we were looking at a completely wrong place.

#5421

Tftc

This was the sixth day of my driving trip down to Oamaru for Geofest 2017. I stopped every five to ten kms or so along the way to grab a cache. This expanded my driving time to a total of two weeks to get there and home again. I ended up going a total of 3,500 kms.
Only a few roses still in bloom, but still a nice garden. TFTC.

DNF
It was dark and coords seem a bit out so we spent some time feeling around the metal constructions but soon enough gave up. Will come back in daytime.