Lolly Scramble: Dummy Sucker (Canterbury) Burnt Hill, South Island, New Zealand
By MandMCachers on 16-Mar-15. Waypoint GC5PR4Q

On another mission for caches today, this time with ThatDarnBear as driver and UnicornLex to make sure I don't collect too much random stuff along the way Tftc

A quick find tftc

Tftc found with andyfreya

I had a free day while the rest of the family went out boating so I did what every keen geocacher does in a new location. I have attempted this series before but did not complete it as I tried it in spring when all the trees are shedding pollen, and I could not continue with the layers of pollen making me sneeze. It is a fun little trail with very clever themed cache containers that just add to the general amusement. I completed this series and have avenged all my previous DNF's and got some new ones too. TFTC

Nothing like a little challenge. Thanks for the fun!

Today the Lolly Scramble series is my target. I'm with MacPacMum and while I find them she performs any maintenance required. Most are in excellent condition, with some needing fresh logs and baggys, and an odd few that need replacing altogether. It's great to have a power trail where all the caches are themed containers, and each one has had so much time, thought, and effort put into them. Thanks for keeping this trail going over 10 years MPM.

Logbook replaced

Cute as! Thanks for the clues to go from the roadside. Almost sconed myself going from the end lol

TFYC nice hide

Tyfc nice EASY find with Kerryowl

Great park n grab with blunsdon. Thank you for the cache

Thanks MandMCachers for the lolly scramble series. I am really enjoying these today as I was after lots of caches with different attitributes. These fill some lots of gaps. I was wishing I had not found so many on previous trips. Haha. All caches were interesting finds and I enjoyed them all.

14:21 FITW AaronE215When I read the hint I thought this would be some serious effort but it actually wasn't bad at all. First we tried from the end of the hedge but actually the best approach is just from the road side.Kia ora! Paldies! Thanks for the cache, MandMCachers!#9933

Great condition and spot. Tftc

Found on this wet day Great hide Thank you for the cache

All good even with recent hedge triming

Luckily we had a “baby” with us for this quick find!

Easy find amongst the trees. Tftc

Number 2 for the day with ZEALOG

Nice and dry under the trees to sign the log on a drizzly day. Thanks for the cool caches!

A bit wet getting into here today. Tftc

We eventually spotted this cache then found the correct way into it. TFTC

Of course I entered from the wrong place which made finding this cache harder than it could have been.

T4tC MandMCachers, Civvnr & MissTreadlightly ....(UK)

Find number 10302

The idea of doing 200+ caches in one day had been one that I had considered for a long time, but not something I had made any moves on doing anything about until the idea was raised by others in a geocaching group I am a part of. As we were all based in Wellington, the logical place to try this was Christchurch with it's lovely flat lands, long straight roads, and wonderful art work series. Unfortunately the weekend that worked for most of the group was not one that worked out for me, so instead I came down here a few weeks earlier than they planned to and did the the trip by myself.

I started finding Geocaches at exactly midnight on Sunday. I kept finding Geocaches for the next nineteen and a half hours, when at about 7:30pm I decided that the tiredness was getting to a point where this was no longer a sensible idea. I found:

31 Traditional
180 Unknown
1 Multi

For a total of 212 Geocaches in 19.5 hours. That's a rate of 10.9 per hour. I am pretty happy with that. I focused on the Smurf series, the Metal Mania series (a set of puzzles that I very much enjoyed), and the Glossary of Geocaching series, with a few other sets and individuals in between. It was a fantastic day, very much helped by the wonderful weather and the use of a car that had no problem on gravel roads ('cos it was a rental).

A huge thanks to all the CO's that place and maintain these Geocaches. Despite the rushed day I created for myself, I did enjoy each and every cache I found. It is only with CO's like this placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues.

Team G0LD: Geocachers 0B80B8, Lis's crew and DaffyNZ are down from Whangarei for a few days. We've all solved the 4 big geoarts so they are the main target for the trip. Of course there were many other solved puzzles that we collected as well.

This was our Big Day out plan where we'd planned to get as many caches as we could. Unfortunately we just fell short of our target as we lost track of the exact number of finds. Good preparation and a fantastic team to work with made this an enjoyable and successful day. We'd completed the Fresh Breath, the Smurfs and the new Skelly series. This line up of lollies was our next target caches.

I am a great fan of lollies. This was such a cool little series all with nicely themed hides. This 51 year old (baby of the team) easily found this cute hide. Thanks for the effort to make them all fun

Team G0LD ( 0B80B8, Lis's crew & DaffyNZ ) on a caching mission to Christchurch. We had travelled down from Whangarei on Wednesday avo. Solved puzzles were going to be the main focus of our trip. We had spent a lot of 2020 and 2021 solving over 400 puzzles, so we had a lot on our list.

Today looked like being the best weather for our trip, despite a heavy thunderstorm overnight. We had a Big Day Out planned, with a perhaps optimistic target of finding 300 caches in one day. Working together well as a team, with a driver, a navigator and a jumper, we made good progress, but in the end, the bigger distances between caches, that we hadn't anticipated, meant we ended the day a bit short.

A fun day though certainly, and sincere thanks to the GeoArt & Trail CO's, and others, for placing and then maintaining such large numbers of caches so well. A testament to your dedication to Geocaching was the very low number of DNF's during the day. Apologies for the mostly generic logs, but be assured your efforts were truly appreciated.

Lis was the baby of the team, so she did the crawl and found this one in the hint location

Northland's Team Gold (0B80B8, Liz Crew, DaffyNZ) are in Christchurch for a few days collecting all our solved puzzles and other cache types as we drive past. This is our "Big Day Out" to collect as many caches as we can in a day. Sorry for the generic logs. Thanks for placing the cache. We are loving every cache we locate that adds to our tally for the day.
Found it. Cool cache container. TFTC

Thanks

Sent the Courtney baby in for this one. Tftc

A quick trip to the area for a few more caches and some unfinished bissness.
So today we get the last of one geo art and start a new one .
Let's go have some fun .
First we in get some practice in and pick up a sweet treat or two or three .
After this lot I think I will be sick and need a dentist appointment.
Always loved a lolly scramble.


Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching. Jelly bean black is my favorite.


Life is short. Live one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!!
Thanks for the hide
tftc

Excursion with downsouthinv while Abbyk was at an event.
Quick park and grab. Nice visiting this area I've not been before

Power-trailin’ with kozjah. He had the sharp eye for this one. Coordinates may be a little off.

Trying to kill a sweet tooth with ObnoxiousSpaceCat

Thanks for the great series of caches!

FITW Albijos

Taking a break from work and out for some caching fun.

TFTC

FITW Harisree
On a caching trip out today with Harisree
Finding precious caches around this area
TFTC

We were camped up a few ks from this end of the road so mrs rattll decided to go for a bike ride and see how many of these lollies she could polish off.
I did about 48ks cycling and gobbled up about 28 yummy caches.
Thanks for putting this fun series here.
I didn't spot this one on the way out, but had another go on the way back. It was a little further along than the gps suggested, but i spotted it this time.

Found

In good condition

On my way to Nelson and getting a few caches on the way
Tftc

Found itttt

Tftf

A quick lunchtime jaunt out this way to find a few caches.
Not sure if those was hidden as intended but replaced as found

Cache number 4396

The hedge has been severely trimmed and so the cache is currently a lot easier to spot than it may have been. I'm definitely not complaining about that! TFTC # 17,532

K94SAR l3tsgo0 had to crawl a bit

Should have worn pants, found a dead bird, lucky me, great find.

Tokerau did the best crawling. Tftc

Fantail were very friendly and I'm sure they were trying to tell me something.

Needed some pacifying after crawling in there.

**13,584**
I have seen these ones around but have not had one myself - a nice quick find though, as we near the end of the series for us! TFTC

Found after a short search, sadly no babies to send in to look, but managed to get there. TFTC

Quick easy find - TFTC

What a dummy lol

Having a tiki tour around Canterbury and after lunch in Oxford had some fun caching for a few hours. Had fun doing about half the lolly scramble for the day...some were easy, some a took a little more searching. A few prickles got me and long grass + pine needles made me itch but a fun way to spend the afternoon. Tftc

Down in Christchurch with the Squirrel, ABCDF4 and eyespyben. During Covid lockdown, we solved a load of puzzles and decided that this would be a good time to visit. We've enjoyed a few days of good weather and seeing the Canterbury countryside. The caches have been in varying states - some good, some not so much. Our time here has been a blast, and we'd like to thank all COs who have made this adventure possible. Thank you and TFTC.

With ABCDF4, eyespyben, and Gap (of Fap and Gap). Logging all finds as Team HRP (Huntly, Rotorua, Papamoa - Our hometowns)... During Covid-19 lockdown, we solved a truck load of puzzles around Christchurch - Canterbury region. No use thrashing the old grey matter for no cause - We decided we should make good on this handiwork...

There are lots of interesting trails and geoart surrounding Christchurch. What you aren’t told is how far flung some of these caches actually are. Some beforehand advice would have been great, so here are some of my notes... You’re welcome!

1. Mobile coverage is patchy, especially in those quiet, rural areas where it was most needed. Saving caches to offline might show that you are prepared and organised...
2. There are many dusty metal roads on the trails. The car will get messy, and your hair will feel like cardboard at the end of the day...
3. Suitable clothing and footwear are essential. You will climb in and out of hedges, gorse, and other rough stuff. You might get scratched, cut to shreds, and bleed a lot. It’s not advised to wear your brand new jacket on the day...
4. Take lots of food and drink. You’ll probably be head down, tail up and not realise you haven’t eaten until late afternoon. There are very few shops or gas stations out there...
5. Make sure that you secure keys and wallet and know where these are placed for easy retrieval. A full box of pens might be useful too, especially if you’re inclined to free some into the wild...
6. Know the difference between left and right, and north, south, east, and west. Turning right and heading north will not get you to South Christchurch quickly.
7. Look with girl’s eyes rather than boys eyes... Some caches haven’t been found in a while and you might have to get down on your knees to pray.
8. Always be prepared for misleading hints. This is what turns simple caches into D5/T5 hides... “Head height” could mean the cache is positioned at your toes.
9. Have a sense of humour and like the people you go caching with. It’s going to be a very long day, and you might want to hurt someone during the journey...
10. Make sure you can operate your phone/device and it doesn’t crash when you most need it...
11. Learn to cut and paste logs because you’re going to repeat this function so often when logging all of your finds.
12. Above all else, have fun and be kind...

No time to waste today - We each had caching jobs to do, and our day was mostly planned... It was our intention to break the back of this lengthy Lolly Scramble trail. But as time wore on, we watched the sun turn a deeper shade of orange as it began to set over the ranges. Thank goodness for daylight saving! We definitely enjoyed the various themed cache containers on this section... Thanks MandMCachers and TFTC.

Quick find. TFTC

Found it

Hot

Our only miss in an otherwise successful day.

After a big day yesterday collecting caches around the Mt Thomas tracks, we headed out in the car today to clear some roadside caches. We had a pretty successful day with 55 finds and just 2 DNF's. All finds were nice and quick and any specific notes will be mentioned below. Thanks to all CO's for your caches and sorry for copy and paste log but I had no internet at time to make detailed logs.

A nice quick find here. tftc

Coordinates are about 7-8m off. Broaden your horizons when searching. TFTC.

Cool cache. Tftc

Lolly Scramble: Dummy Sucker (Canterbury) was transferred from MandMCachers to user MacPacFamily

Baby still happily sucking away on this cache.

Since I got hearing aids I get very nervous going into areas like this. Would be so easy to have them flick out. Found at the 3rd spot I checked. Thanks for the cache.
#4886

Few scratches

Container , logbook ... Going next...

TFTC
# 1465 August 14, 2019 15:36

In Christchurch with ABCDF4 for zephyr club convention and tagged along to pick up a few caches.Alot of quick easy finds an tons of park and grabs.Thanks to the COs

On holiday in CH/CH for zephyr Car Convention
Weather was great.Up early to get a good day cacheing
Thanks to COs for your placements
Happy Easter

Thanks. Helps to look at the right tree!

A nice quick find and another smile in more ways than one! TFTH

As part of an eight hour maintenance run along the Lolly Scramble this cache has been checked and logbook replaced. Met Stig_333 lurking here.

MacPacDad helping out MacPacMum along the trail today. Met up with stig_333 here.

TFTC easy find

Working towards 1000. Thanks for the hide. Log wet but managed a scribble.

Couldn't find this one today

Next time

Finally knocking off this top end of South Eyre Rd today. Nice sunny albeit a bit cloudy afternoon. The bulls in the paddock across the road didn't much appreciate my presence... GLB1721 TFTC (4308)

Started the series in 2013 back to get the rest. TFTC

Great cache easy find TFTC

Oh my goodness! The effort put into this series by the CO...amazing! Logbook completely saturated though, so found a bit of paper in the car to keep it going until some maintenance into the cache. Out and about with ahg TFTC

Found resting in the shade on a warm Sunday afternoon; TFTC

A day dedicated to as many finds as possible. TFTC

I had a half day skiing at Porters, then went via Oxford and grabbed a few caches afterwards. Rainy day, but enjoyable all the same. Thanks to all cache owners for placing and maintaining their caches.
This log sheet was unfortunately very wet.

Great day out caching, bit of a strong wind . - Many Thanks Bitsprayer

This is probably my most enjoyable day caching yet, I really really enjoyed finding such an array of containers, many of which I have never seen before. I found myself imagining what I migt find at the next stop. This is definately a trail I will bring my grandkids to if I ever get to bring them to CHCH. Thanks so much for the enjoyment I have had today

A nice sunny afternoon out caching where the water would let me! Took a bit of looking, and the coords were 9-10m out. Found under the third tree from the gate, all opened and covered in dirt, but still alive and with a dry log. Not sure where the log was replaced as this container had an old one, with a last entry from March 2016??. TFTC!!

Visiting from the U K Out with Wurzel1947 Replaced log as it was wet
TFTC

Visiting from the U K with Pinksouth she does any comments
TFTC

Had a quick look at GZ but couldn't see, but with three DNF's I didn't stay long

Have to add my DNF to the list.

Not sure if I was a dummy or a sucker trying to find this cache. Scratched around for 5-10 mins but saw nothing. Lots of freshly cut branches at GZ. Not sure if that is relevant but it was my excuse today. Try again another time...

DNF

easy find

We are from Canada and visiting relatives In Christchurch for a few weeks. Started the lolly pop trail last week and we are finishing it today. Thanks to those who set up this trail. It has allowed us to check out an interesting area. GPS out by 15 m here.

Coords must be way out, Looked long n hard but didn't find

Co-ords off by a reasonable amount. Was getting discouraged but Mumma BELLE found it TFTC

Kee hee hee. Awesome cache and very quick find. Soggy log