Locust - It's been bugging me (Canterbury) Waikuku, South Island, New Zealand
By Nosynel on 02-Mar-15. Waypoint GC5NNW8

gone again

Quick look but no luck. Was with Jillmc who had found previously so was at the right spot . Thanks

Not many places to look really and all of them drew a blank.

A quick look but nothing found.

We couldn't find it either

Searched all around but no joy

gave up went to next 1 then came back was about to give up again then found it tftc

A great day for a bike ride, and that is exactly what I did. After completing the Ashley River/Rakahuri Trail series earlier this morning I decided to pop over to Pegasus for some more cycling, and cache finding. I enjoyed the ride here, and the finds, on this short ride up to Waikuku Beach.

I think the clue may need an update? it is not applicable anymore.

Many thanks for the placements Nosynel.

Replaced with an ordinary cache.

As per previous logs no luck for us. Very few hints to search too.

Had a quick look while waiting for the council to show up (see log for ['Duck ride'](http://coord.info/GC63EY0)) - couldn't find anything...

Eluded me - given only two examples of clue - this could have gone or my eyesight is crap - probably the latter

Easy find while on the bike.
Thanks for the cache

Found it

Quick find between muggles, out on the MTB to look for all of the caches along this path. Nice theme to these caches. TFTC

Oh yeah !! Sure it is great fun to breed locusts to feed your pet.
But what happens when they get out of control ?? [:o]
Ask an Egyptian

No locusts sighted while finding this cache today on me stroll from Woodend Beach today

I'm sure the world Wood End if a locust plague overcame NZ [:o]

TFTC

Continuing on our Mega trip with tmann421 and enjoying the variety of caches in the area.

TFTC

Great find with Just-Lookin after the MEGA. SL 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 quick team find along this lovely path, and I think that might be all the creepy crawlies rounded up! Thanks for the series!

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 the next one.

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)

Caching around ChCh while down for the Mega thanks Locust - It's been bugging me (Canterbury) for the cache

thanks

Awesome series! Good for scaring mini cachers. We had fun! Thanks! TFTC!

Fantastic series! Swapped our travel bug for the one in this cache. Had a great time finding this easy series, I think it was little cache hunters favourite hunt! Thanks!

This entry was edited by bampkxk on Sunday, 26 July 2015 at 08:25:37 UTC.

Was on Grand-daughter duty again today- and as we were about to head off to meet her mother she asked "can we go find another little jar with a notebook in it" so I said "sure" and we scuttled down here. tftc

Thanks

School holiday bug hunting! Logging this late, as apparently only one logged on phone at the time! This is a great trail for competitive mini cachers. Found with allisonnz
Dropped Colin the Camel TB here

No 4 for the morning, TFTC

Nice hide

Last one for the day. Had to feed master pwh29 as a pretext for finding this cache while the muggles cleared the area. Really enjoyed the series, tftc.

Furthest north for todays ride. Now back to the South in the gathering gloom. Thanks.

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. The top end of the track, time to turn aorund. Cheers

Last find of the day after a nice walk in the sun. Thanks for the cache

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

We ran to this one to now run back and pick up the rest. Tftc

Out jogging with theroamingreliever. Nice wee series thanks for the effort

Found yesterday, forgot my pen!

First find on a bike ride from Waikuku Beach to Woodened with geocachlette. TFTC.

No more bugging me i got them all, this was a super quick sign as i knew there were muggles not far behind me. cheers for all the bugs.

Found it easily.thanks for having all caches in great condition

And so concludes this wee power trail. Thanks for all the smilies Nosynel!

Needed to blow out some cobwebs so we headed out this way with the bikes. The plan today was to start at Pegasus and make it to Waikuku and grab a few caches inbetween. We had a great time and had a wee play at Waikuku beach and the playground and scoped out the area to bring the caravan. Lovely ride and we really enjoyed the track.
Waited for the park ranger walking his dog to pass before we headed up to grab the cache. Cachelet #1 made the find.

Thanks for the cache.
#3124

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Visit the cache page and log a 'Will Attend' [url=http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC587BC_nz-mega-christchurch-2015]NZ MEGA CHCH 2015[/url]
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Found it at the start of the walkway! TFTC

I had promised to go help a caching team with their computer work so rode my bike from Kaiapoi via the Pegasus Bay Walkway to GZ. The 16km ride into the strong northerly wind took me 58 mins. There were some horsey people parked nearby but the foliage cover meant they couldn't see my stealthy approach and log signing. Then I was off downwind to give my computer lesson. Thanks for the partial excuse to get me back on my bike after the last couple of day's coolish weather.

Thanks for all the caches. Made today's walk most enjoyable

By the time we got here we were rather wet but it was worth the walk to find a few more caches. TFTC

As this was our closest Cache and needed a Find for our Dot Day.Came here in the Rain,but didn't get to wet finding the Cache.Disturbed a Bunny on the Track.Pleased that we don't have Plagues of Locusts in NZ.TFTH..

Walked these last few so this quite a drag!!!! We were so spoiled by the "Ant." A good find and the horse riders nearby just ignored us. Thanks.

Ftf 950pm
With this newly published cache and two other newish ones to find I thought it well worthwhile to come out in the evening. Grabbed Mrs Gs wagon, loaded up the bicycle and away I went. Parked up at the locked gate at Pegasus, unloaded the bike flicked on the newly acquired ultrabright bike light and pedalled off into the night. After stopping to find 'ant' and 'spider' it was just a wee bit further to this gz. So much quicker on a bike! Hit gz and made a fast find and sign. Not so many flying bugs tonight...maybe we ate them all on Monday night?! After signing it was a super quick bike back down the track to Pegasus town and the car....scattering bunnies to the left and right as I blasted along. Loving this biking lark...especially at night!
Thanks for the effort involved in placing all these caches.

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