Tisch's Road (Canterbury) Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By Kiwi864 on 03-Jan-15. Waypoint GC5JQ83

Have decided to archive this cache due to the huge overgrowth since it was placed....pity as it was such a great hiding spot.

A few months since this has been found so will check it out

didn't find this one will return when the blackberries have died back TFTC

11:57
Well, a teeny-weeny bushbashing, maybe?
I was gonna say that I don't know where the John's Road is but looked at OSM and really, SH1 at this part is called John's road.

#5202

This one took a bit of searching.

Wow took me awhile. Found it

Good spot hidden from the track. TFTC

That took longer than I thought, but great spot!

Found it but took about 15mins of looking around! Good spot

Great wee cache! Took longer than I thought

Gave it a nudge, then another, then another then kept going, just because, dang it, I didn't want a lone unfound one. However, the alloted 20 minutes came up so time to move along. I'm not sure how far has to go these days, better luck next time. Cheers

Found with hughdg and geegeefromfiji... wouldn't say *no* bushbashing required... but not much

Little bit more bush bashing than advertised

Found this while out on a stroll with odgersaj and hughdg, great hiding spot

Staying nearby at Clearwater. Saw a number of caches that were just too close not to grab. Looked in totally the wrong place to start with here. TFTC

Yay nice day for a walk

#2,610: Fun Smiley!
I came to this one on a very nice walk with my GeoMissus, GeoYoungling #3, and some new cachers, kumachanz. Temperatures were perfect, and we made it all the way to Sawyers Arms and back to the Groynes with everyone in good spirits.
This was our sixth stop. All in good shape!
SL/TFTC!!

Nice day out for a walk

This was a long hunt for me. Went under and over logs bush bashing for this to find nothing. When I was back on the path I realized I could approach from another angle- and quickly had the cache

Took the boys out for a cycle and collected a few caches along the way.

Here in ChCh for a quick visit... while Miss 17 is off at a Gym comp in Hornby I'm out caching looking for high FP's and somewhere to walk... Just been to Kaiapoi collecting the FP's and now working my way back to Hornby. Great track along here - heaps of walkers about today.
Looked for a while for this one before giving up... thought I'd give it another look on the way back but then forgot.

The caches on this walkway have been on my "too lazy" list for too long, and today I decided to tick them off. I started off from the Clearwater end, and was initially a bit confused on where to start... found it eventually... This initially looked daunting but found very soon after that... TFTC (3128)

Even though StreetWalker had already signed the log for this, and the next cache, he accompanied me to both of them. I was pleased with that as there were lots of potential hiding places and he steered me to the right place. Nicely tucked away. TFTC.

Despite our best efforts searching and looking in all the obvious spots, we sadly had no luck finding this one. GPS got us to within 2m of GZ, and there looked to be a perfect hiding spot there, but alas we had to admit defeat on this one. Too bad as it promised to be a little more exciting that the previous finds located nearby

#12587. The last of five finds needed to get me up to 10 for June 30. I was pleased I'd already found this one on an earlier scouting mission (made for a quick find). TFTC.

Found it

Found on misty but not too cold day up from Wgtn exploring the lakes. Took a while to find the correct tree but got there in the end.

Thanks, last for the day in here as muggles doing replanting further up the track, good work

Very late log - 24 Sept Been busy moving house - to 7 hours away.

This cache was found on a Girl Guide unit. Having found Carabidae with small groups we then all set out to walk along this walkway. Each group started with a different cache to find, and those we missed going out we got (or didn't) on the way back.
The rain was starting as we left - but that didn't stop us much.
I found this easily then stood back and watched the girls in my group go around and around. They finally got it and on the way back they helped another group find it.

Thanks for the cache.

Plenty of potential hiding places in these old trees. Nice when you have to get off the track.

These are the kind of caches that my kids love to find slightly off track with really cool trees for climbing TFTC

Another one done for the day. tftc

Nice hide

Easy when you get the right tree

did a couple of km's in the park nearby. found all caches OK. Some showed up immediately, some did take some more instinct. Thanks to the owner(s) for a great after work adventure.

Well Titch this is sure the road less traveled didn't see anyone else on it. However the undergrowth has flourished since the cache was placed and bush bashing is required in the summer and the wrong path will take you to swamp... thistles and brambles or strangling vines. Was just giving up when cache fell into my hands. I'm sure I'd already looked there! TFTC Kiwi864

Weather cleared so getting a few caches

Enjoyed this walkway this morning.

A DNF for me here.

A nice walk with the whanau to find the caches along the paths here. Good day for it, sunny, not too hot. Great place to be on a day like this!
Hmm, not sure about the 'no bush bashing required' part here... We got to 7m from gz and hit a high wall of vegetation. So one option was to cut ourselves through, but we left the machete at home today. After exploring other options, there was a possibility to wade through head high vegetation, prickly in most places, with unknown step depths and a few logs underfoot. Finally we managed to approach by jumping along and between the large logs to gz. The container was on the ground, so we replaced as per hint. Somewhere along the no bush bash I managed to get four new cuts on my leg, but only one was bleeding. Good fun though, just different to what we expected! TFTC!!

26/12/2015
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Boxing day caching trip with the whanau! A lovely day for a nice stroll along, and plenty of caches around!!!

Great to finally tick these off - have been meaning to for quite a while actually! Clear them off the map, as I don't neccessarily want to be coming here for my one a day haha.

Thanks for the hides

Consec caching day # 1146

TFTC!!

Spent a fair amount of time barking up the wrong tree then decided to approach it from another angle and snapped up the cache. Tftc.

Lots of searching, finally found it. Tftc!

This entry was edited by jess.daphne on Sunday, 29 November 2015 at 07:42:45 UTC.

This was my second visit to Christchurch in as many weeks, a fortnight ago I flew down for the Mega event with my family in tow, this time I was down to attend a conference held at the school of Education. My wife generously agreed to allow me to stay an extra day (and night) to explore the city and do some Geocaching. I made the most of the opportunity and found just over a hundred caches during my visit.
I decided to start my big day with a nice long walk and this area fitted the bill. I like how this was off the beaten trail and so nicely tucked away in a spot obvious to Geocachers but which muggles would be oblivious to. Thanks for placing it.

Second try, on the way back to the car, was successful. Tftc.

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

Tasks for Log-Permission (Earth, Challange, Virtual aso.) might be delayed.

Zusammen mit PPJoe als Team *TheBros* in NZL mit dem Camper auf Tour. 6 Wochen Geocaching, Herz was willst Du mehr.
Der Cache konnte gut gefunden werden, wie man sieht werden die Dosen hier gut gewartet.
TFTC & LG aus Tirol/Austria/Europe

Bit of Pre-Mega caching today. Thank you Kiwi864 for placing and maintaining this cache.

Back out tomorrow with a new cache

Coordinates changed from:
S 43° 27.287 E 172° 35.038

Coordinates changed to:
S 43° 27.286 E 172° 35.033

Distance from original: 23 feet or 7 meters.
Bit of gardening been going on here so cache missing. Replaced a couple of metres away

And it's back! Slightly different location.

Me stroll along the creek continued
But at this stop to find a cache I found that I could not find a cache [:o]
I continued me stroll after checking every log in the area ...

... half an hour later I was back for another look

Nup !! I could not find this cache !!

Too many logs in the haystack ??

A trip down here at short notice to provide some assistance to a rep for a presentation to do, so another opportunity to collect a few caches in the area that will assist me with the DGSc Challenge that I feel I am working my way through so slowly.
So on arrival it was grab a car the evening before (good of work to cover the cost this time), finish the days work and begin on another hunt

This was the eighth of the evening (and the rain is holding off for the moment) and had the place all to myself, would be a great place for families in the summer. Back along the main track heading back to the car
Thanks for the chance of another smilie.
thanks for the placement and the fun of the chase

A geocaching run with my son a quick find.signed the log. Thanks for bringing me here to this place, TFTC Kiwi864, from TeamMcI, 5 September 2015 11:30, cache number #915!

After a day on the bike I needed to get out and stretch the legs ticking off a few more of the COs caches while in the big city for a few days tftc

not many people along the track today so a quick find as I continue along tftc

Another quick find on the walk.

A good day for a walk and some caching, cool and clear.

Thanks to all the CO's for their hides.

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Easy find.
Thanks for giving us a reason to explore this part of town.

After I finished my work meetings for the day I came to this area for a bit of an afternoon walk in the fresh air and to find a few caches here. Another one ticked off on this walkabout. TFTC, Biggles.

Had trouble with cords jumping but widened search and found it. Tftc

Tftc

Keeping my streak alive and saw that these traditional caches were close-ish to work (I mostly just have puzzles to solve around there now). Although I probably should have made 7 trips to collect the caches in this area one at a time (to make 7 days of my streak ) I actually went for the walk and got the lot.
This one took a bit more searching. My phone GPS kept pointing to a pile of tree pruning rather than a hint item. This left plenty of hint items to check. As is typical, I dived off into the undergrowth to look before eventually finding the cache at the one with the easiest access from the path. I think I'll have to make myself write lines: you should know better, you should know better, you should know better...
TFTC

TFTC

Quick find, enjoying the ride through to Clearwater. TFTC.

Found with Moneydork on a road trip during his visit to NZ TFTC

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.

Loving the wee walk on such a nice day.TFTC. Cheers Bo

Tftc

Cheers for the hide. Having a Sunday walk around the Lakes.

Quick find tftc

A quick find. Tftc

Left a bit more hidden than found

Great spot

Today was a great day to go on a bit of a stroll down some paths that I normally don't get a chance to explore. Thanks for the cache.

Another one logged.
Cheers and thanks,
S.t.

Found

2 of 5 on the list this morning. Identified the right log and cache was in hand quickly. Signed and off to find no 3

Another great hide in a great place. TFTH

Nice quick find. TFTC

Pleased to see PD workers work on sundays as well. They seem too busy to see me finding the cache. TFTC

It was a nice walk despite strong southerly winds. Some caches were quick finds, others took a bit longer. Thanks for placing all the caches - but we have to come back as we did not find all of them. TFTC

Had to walk past P.D Workers,but they were well out of sight,by the time I got to GZ.They had gone when I walked back.They are doing a great job,with all the new planting.TFTH

tftc

Found it on a afternoon geo stroll with my sister TFTC

This time I spotted quickly the cache.tftc

A nice easy find in a familiar location. Guess there must have been a lot of damge here as a lot of places during the storms we have had. TFTC

Quick find.

Nice day for a walk and a cache.

Nice one.

Camping out for a birthday collecting a few smiles on the way

By now our last for the day, we had run out of time looking for no. 2 and later talking to the ranger. What a great track this is ideal for both walking and biking. Thank you.

Nice and easy- no one around. tftc

That there was a track from Clearwater to the Lake Roto Kahutu Reserve was news to me. If it wasn't for the placement of this cache and it's siblings I would never have learn't of its existance. Biked from The Groynes doggy area to Sawyers Arms Road finding caches whilst mapping the track for the NZ Open GPS map. This was the second stop. Nice quick find. Thanks for the cache..

Met a few other energetic folks as we gathered these caches, seems to be a well used park, TFTCs

We thought we might walk out to some of these caches in yesterday's heat but decided against that. I was glad as there were a few more extra caches published in the area. I put a watch on them and thought I'd check them in the morning. I checked this morning and there was only a log for one of the new caches!! I headed off with my bike in the back and thought I'd give the rest a crack. I parked at the suggested carpark and jumped on the bike. It's fun caching on a bike. I got to this one and made a quick find opened up the log and found another blank log!!! This doesn't get old... another {FTF} for the morning at 7.32am. This track is great and I'll be bringing back the family for a ride.
Lovely morning with a bit of dew on the grass, shes going to hot today.

Thanks for the cache.
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Lovely morning for a bit of a ride. Didnt know this track was here. PD boys setting up sprinklers but they were too intent on there work than on me so esay enough to make the find and sign. Cheers.

The workers were watering the plants along the path which was helping to cool the air a bit. TFTC

This one of 6 caches in this trail I found today with muggle hubby. It was great to get on the mountain bikes again, definitely the way to go with this trail. Thanks for the enjoyable series!

Luckily we could walk through the sprinklers that the PD folk had set up. This helped cool us down.

Decided on trying for a few of the caches in this wonderful location so off I went with bugzptr, after a bit of a hunt the cache was found, Was a warm day but worth the walk.