The Great Kaiapoi Cache Mystery (Canterbury) Kaiapoi, South Island, New Zealand
By
sonia26642 on 11-Jun-15. Waypoint GC5XB0E
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It took 2 attempts doing the wherigo so not too bad. Id never been down to walk where the final is so got to enjoy somewhere new. Thanks
Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I live full-time in our caravan travelling around NZ, visiting the places we want to visit & doing the things we want to do and fitting in a bit of Geocaching here & there we are now back staying in Christchurch drove out to Kaiapoi area this morning to clean out some Mystery Caches thought wed do this Wherigo Cache while here ended up getting the Final co-ordinates on the 3rd location then got back to Ground Zero for the Final, which was easily found, log-book completed & replaced where found belief it or not this is our first Wherigo Cache were also pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:LS this was #6,455 for us!
Last few days in Christchurch after returning from the Dunedin Mega has seen me out and about collecting a few of the caches l didn't get around to finding last week upon arrival..it was a mish mash of solved puzzles, multies and a few trads..this cache also made the cut.
A last-minute decision to visit New Zealand for the Mega before we headed off to the UK. A quick find at GZ after completing the cartridge. With the cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache sonia26642.The following TBs came through for the mileage: Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, teamMerlin's Football, LA Monkey
Staying at the Kaiapoi NZMCA park and noticed this cache fills a gap on my D/T grid, so made a point to complete this cache before heading over to the final to make a quick find, TFTC
Trouve ! / Found it ! Ce sera finalement assez vite que la police nous donnera les coordonnes finale de la cache ici. Merci pour cette petite aventure matinale 4950me cache trouve.Merci sonia26642 pour la cache It will finally be quite quickly that the police will give us the final coordinates of the cache here. Thank you for this little morning adventure 4950th cache found.Thank you sonia26642 for the cache
A summertime trip to the South Island, what could be better. Day four, and having flown to Christchurch and then driven to Timaru on day one, and cached around Timaru on day two, and back up to Christchurch on day three to see a band play, today I am off to Kaikoura for a couple of nights to see the same band play again. Along the way I'll be looking for Geocaches, and here's one I found. Other than the usual Wherigo problems of the antiquated app crashing constantly, and of course not fully understanding what I was supposed to be doing (the answer to the question "Do you remember the 'Pick a Path' / 'Choose your own Adventure' books from Primary school?" is "No"), i really just kept driving around and pressing buttons until I got coordinates. Then I went there and found a cache. It's not in great shape, but its hanging on. --- Thanks to sonia26642 for placing and maintaining this cache. I enjoy each and every cache I find, and it is only with Geocachers like this creating them and placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues. [DGSc-Bulk] tagging to help me generate a list for GC30AD8 - DGSc Challenge
Happy to have success after two tries! I was very tired and not sure I could have done more... TFTC!
This was fun, thanks! Had a nice time walking and then driving around, happy to have the coordinates revealed after about 5 tries and an easy find at the end.
This is the first time I have done a wherigo and it was certainly interesting. Worked with angelic_kiwi on this as I couldn't get it on my phone. We had a few false starts and then decided to drive rather than walk. Got the co-ords in the end and then a quick find at the final. tftc
I have studied this cache for a couple of weeks and tried the old whereigo app that didn't work, so I paid for the Geoogo app in anticipation... on site after working out how to use the new app off we go... got to the first destination, then walked to the second destination, drove to the third destination, then onto the fourth with a big fat FAIL... omg, now I have to go back to the starting point again ... that was it for me. I may have to make 4 trips to destination. 1 was too much for me, and I gave up
14:38
FITW ObnoxiousSpaceCat
What a cool wherigo! Not sure why I hadn't done this one earlier!
Even though I'm not familiar with these "pick a path" books, so there was no nostalgia factor for me, I still thoroughly enjoyed going through this adventure.
I found that I didn't always need to restart after being made into sausages, sometimes could just backtrack half a step and then try another answer.
Man, I'm not sure I will ever feel safe if I go visit a butcher in Kaiapoi! And I'm surely not going to be buying sausages from them!
Cache all good here.
Kia ora! Paldies!
Thanks for the cache, sonia26642! +Fav!
#9778
FITW ObnoxiousSpaceCat
What a cool wherigo! Not sure why I hadn't done this one earlier!
Even though I'm not familiar with these "pick a path" books, so there was no nostalgia factor for me, I still thoroughly enjoyed going through this adventure.
I found that I didn't always need to restart after being made into sausages, sometimes could just backtrack half a step and then try another answer.
Man, I'm not sure I will ever feel safe if I go visit a butcher in Kaiapoi! And I'm surely not going to be buying sausages from them!
Cache all good here.
Kia ora! Paldies!
Thanks for the cache, sonia26642! +Fav!
#9778
This is my first whereigo log. I attempted one in Auckland last year with some cachers I met in the wild but we never finished.
Ivss_xx did the solving for this one so I didn’t get to experience being turned into a sausage. I tagged along for the signing. This is a new grid square for me!
Ivss_xx did the solving for this one so I didn’t get to experience being turned into a sausage. I tagged along for the signing. This is a new grid square for me!
I can't get Wherigos to run on my phone so had to resort to the old "read the logs and try to glean some information which is useful". Well that gave me a feeling for the general area and I went for a walk to test my theory.
The fencing is gone, so no problems accessing GZ and the cache was a quick find. As this type of hide is no longer permitted by Geocaching HQ, I have moved the cache to another location. It is within 1m of the original spot and tucked away. TFTC.
The fencing is gone, so no problems accessing GZ and the cache was a quick find. As this type of hide is no longer permitted by Geocaching HQ, I have moved the cache to another location. It is within 1m of the original spot and tucked away. TFTC.
Previous logs made it pretty clear what the go was. So sure enough the search was quick enough.
The Wherigo was straightforward, but finding the cache was less so. The coordinates suggested it was in a fenced off area where clearly we weren't supposed to go, but previous logs made it equally clear we did need to go there. So we did, and the cache then didn't take too long to find. TFTC
Finally found it. I know now why I missed it before. Will advise co of my concerns. I recall doing the puzzle quite quickly. Was a while ago though.
We started on this last weekend after finding other caches at Kaiapoi but got turned into sausage meat. This week we took two smart phones, which helped follow two alternatives at the same time, and managed to get the coordinates pretty quickly. As others have noted, one has to go past fallen fences. There were several places where the caches could be. After a thorough search of one object we turned our attention to the other, and made the find. In excellent condition. Thanks for the fun, sonia26642!
I remember working on this about 4 years ago, on one of my Christmas holiday visits, but not getting the final because it was getting near dinner time. I'm now here permanently, so I should sign this one off. it took several goes, but got there eventually, I remember it was a fun WhereIGo to do.
Unfortunately there's temporary fencing around which makes it look like you can't get in, however there's a section that's fallen/been pushed over... the area seemed safe enough so I carefully went in for a look... and found the cache! Not sure what the fences are for, it seems given the long grass, noones done anything here for awhile. Nice to get this one signed off at last
TFTWIG sonia26642! #2948
Unfortunately there's temporary fencing around which makes it look like you can't get in, however there's a section that's fallen/been pushed over... the area seemed safe enough so I carefully went in for a look... and found the cache! Not sure what the fences are for, it seems given the long grass, noones done anything here for awhile. Nice to get this one signed off at last
TFTWIG sonia26642! #2948
Got the coords but looks to be in redevelopment. No find in a long time so needs checking.
Together with TEMBO! I had a really interesting geocaching-trip today. We could find some geocaches, met some locals and had a great talk to them.
Concerning this geocache I want to say thanks because we had much fun in searching and finding this geocache! The cache made our trip even more interesting!
TFTC!
Concerning this geocache I want to say thanks because we had much fun in searching and finding this geocache! The cache made our trip even more interesting!
TFTC!
That was fun. Died 3 times before success. Final is still accessible despite work going on nearby. Thanks, Sonia
#4809
#4809
Miss 7.5 had dance exams nearby and Miss 6 wanted to go treasure hunting so while Mrs SB watched the dancers we walked along Ed's trail grabbing some treasure. When we got back from finding the last of the trail there was still time to burn so I had done most of this previously but never the full way so finished it off and got to GZ. The final will need some work as I suspect there are big changes coming soon with the surrounding area fenced off and the ground 2 metres higher around GZ. Thanks for the effort that has gone into the Wherigo and of course placing and maintaining the cache.
I loved those books as a kid and have been wanting to do this cache for ages. I'd hoped to do it with Sir Belac at some stage but today I had a call while out doing the K2R trail, I had to pick up his sister after school which meant I wouldnt have time to visit some friends as planned on the bonus side it meant I had an hour to spare in Kaiapoi. I only got killed once. A really fun cache. And now I can't wait for an opportunity to come back and do it again with Sir Belac. The location of the final may need to be looked at though with the new placement rules. Thanks for the cache sonia26642
#8868
#8868
A quick and easy find, well almost. spent a wee bit of time in and around Kaiapoi, wandering this way and that. Finally got some coordinates and went to GZ to make the find. Cheers
Thanks to all CO's for placing and maintaining their caches. Cheers
Thanks to all CO's for placing and maintaining their caches. Cheers
Coole Idee. Ich dachte schon, dass ich hier einige Versuche brauchen würde. Aber ich hatte die Koordinaten schon beim ersten Durchlauf und musste nicht mal weit dafür laufen. Dafür brauchte es etwas länger, um den Cache zu finden...
Danke für diesen WIG. Schade, kenne ich die Geschichten nicht.
Danke für diesen WIG. Schade, kenne ich die Geschichten nicht.
#10795 @1140
A day in Christchurch focusing on cache maintenance plus a few specific caches with D/T ratings I needed for some personal challenges.
I did this mostly by car, jumping out as I got to each zone. It took me a couple of retries until I managed to note down the final. (I didn't have my pen on me initially and ended up getting butchered I think!) A fun wherigo. Final easily found. TFTC.
A day in Christchurch focusing on cache maintenance plus a few specific caches with D/T ratings I needed for some personal challenges.
I did this mostly by car, jumping out as I got to each zone. It took me a couple of retries until I managed to note down the final. (I didn't have my pen on me initially and ended up getting butchered I think!) A fun wherigo. Final easily found. TFTC.
Had a bit of spare time today as I was off work, so headed out this way to find a few caches and tackle this Wherigo. A few wrong choices before I eventually got the intended result. Cache didn't take too long to locate at the final GZ. Thanks for the cache.
We did not know the books the game is based on....However, it was fun to solve the WhereIGo but as we have now enough finds for a challenge we do not have to do more WhereIGo anymore. TFTC
I've had this wherigo on "the list" for every trip down and up past Kaiapoi for years. Today I was determined to knock it off. Typically I seemed to make every wrong decision along the way - I guess that means I had the full experience ! I would've got there a lot quicker if I hadn't discounted a couple of other pointers but had a lot of fun to-ing and fro-ing in the process. I have to say I will never look at pork sausages in quite the same way ever again. Thanks so much for setting this up sonia26642 and for the fun (and sometimes frustration) in finally getting it sorted. Of course its another instant favourite. TFTC # 12,078
We still remember the books where you can choose your own story. This wherigo was a hard nut to crack. It is even harder as vegetarians. It took three times starting the cardridge before we got the right coordinates. Nice one!
Thanks for showing! Tftc
Thanks for showing! Tftc
T-Tech and I are on holidays in South Island for 6 weeks!!! We flew into Christchurch from Brisbane yesterday, picked up our campervan and settled in at the caravan park for the night. This morning we set out to grab few of the more unusual cache types and D/T ratings.
We had no trouble getting the wherigo sorted on our phones and soon got the hang of the whole adventure. Our first run through actually took us to the right GZ but we just didn't search thoroughly enough so went back to the start and took a second journey. Again we got taken to the same GZ but we actually thought it had to be another dead end so tried a third time! This time we went a lot further afield but our last clue showed we really did have the right numbers, so went back and made a more diligent search and T-Tech made the find Wahoo!
I'm really pleased to get this one done as the D/T rating is rather unusual back home, and it's the 2nd last cache on my 4th lap of the grid [^] TFTC, sonia26642
We had no trouble getting the wherigo sorted on our phones and soon got the hang of the whole adventure. Our first run through actually took us to the right GZ but we just didn't search thoroughly enough so went back to the start and took a second journey. Again we got taken to the same GZ but we actually thought it had to be another dead end so tried a third time! This time we went a lot further afield but our last clue showed we really did have the right numbers, so went back and made a more diligent search and T-Tech made the find Wahoo!
I'm really pleased to get this one done as the D/T rating is rather unusual back home, and it's the 2nd last cache on my 4th lap of the grid [^] TFTC, sonia26642
Over from Brisbane for a number of weeks "motorhoming" around the South Island with IolantheK [^]
We manage to strike gold early in the peace when we chanced across the final cache location [^], but alas our sense of where caches can and cant be put got in the way of us making the find
So, off we went on a merry goose chase looking for the final co-ords again, believing that the set we had were wrong (or a Red Herring)
After we got the same set of co-ord from another path in the story we went back to the first location for a better look and came up with a quick find.
Will have to adjust our thoughts about what is possible here [^]
TFTC sonia26642
We manage to strike gold early in the peace when we chanced across the final cache location [^], but alas our sense of where caches can and cant be put got in the way of us making the find
So, off we went on a merry goose chase looking for the final co-ords again, believing that the set we had were wrong (or a Red Herring)
After we got the same set of co-ord from another path in the story we went back to the first location for a better look and came up with a quick find.
Will have to adjust our thoughts about what is possible here [^]
TFTC sonia26642
Finally found, on my second attempt! Last year I headed out this way for the first time, partly encouraged by this very wherigo. I found several excellent caches in and around Kaiapoi, but had no luck with this one as I headed in too many wrong directions.
This week I decided to try again, after a late afternoon meeting in Kaiapoi. I used my earlier experience to avoid some pitfalls, and finally came up with the goods! Very pleased to knock this one off the list. Thanks for all your work in putting this together. TFTC
This week I decided to try again, after a late afternoon meeting in Kaiapoi. I used my earlier experience to avoid some pitfalls, and finally came up with the goods! Very pleased to knock this one off the list. Thanks for all your work in putting this together. TFTC
This is the last weekend we are staying in Rangiora before moving back to Christchurch into more permanent accommodation, so we thought we'd try to make inroads into the unfound Kaiapoi caches while we are north of the Waimak. After weeks of warm autumn weather, the cold wind today was a little bit of a shock so we decided to pull the plug earlier than normal and head back to Rangiora for a well deserved cup of coffee.
I don't recall these adventure stories, neither from my days in primary school eons ago nor my sons' schooling (which would be closer to the CO's), but that didn't stop us from being turned into sausage meat on a couple of occasions . After a few false starts, we were finally able to make the rescue and find the cache! Thanks for the hard work setting up this wherigo. TFTC.
I don't recall these adventure stories, neither from my days in primary school eons ago nor my sons' schooling (which would be closer to the CO's), but that didn't stop us from being turned into sausage meat on a couple of occasions . After a few false starts, we were finally able to make the rescue and find the cache! Thanks for the hard work setting up this wherigo. TFTC.
12331. Exploring this part of Kaiapoi is an adventure in its own right at present! TFTC.
We first tried this Wherigo a few nights ago but only managed to discover several of the possible Tragic Endings. Came back this morning with a new strategy which worked well and allowed us to save the CO and re-populate Kaiapoi with caches. Thanks for a great Wherigo. We loved the concept of the multiple possible endings. Adding a well deserved Favourite Point.
I thought that a Wherigo would be good to do for my cache-a-day cache so downloaded it to my phone and started off on my merry walkabout around Kaiapoi. I had a couple of wrong turns and ended up walking about 3 km but that also included the walk from where my caravan was parked to the starting point.
Got to give it a fave for the different paths.
Cheers for the cache.
Got to give it a fave for the different paths.
Cheers for the cache.
This was my first wherigo cache, I had looked in to them before but they had failed to download and I had given up. I was talking about them again recently and thought it was worth another try. This time I managed to download the cartridge so I thought I would give this a go before I had to go to work this afternoon. At the initial stage there was someone sitting having their lunch, but they were too engrossed in their phone to pay me any attention. I ended up having to do this twice as I got turned into sausages the first time. It was lots of fun and I'm looking forward to trying out other wherigos in the future. TFTC!
TFTC
What a fun day to go caching, did lots of walking.
Went out with FlopsieBunny and BloodRedOwl. I teamed up with FlopsieBunny ended up finding it first!
What a fun day to go caching, did lots of walking.
Went out with FlopsieBunny and BloodRedOwl. I teamed up with FlopsieBunny ended up finding it first!
What a fun day / cache...
Met with purdiepurdie for coffee & chat - and to plan our attack. This had been a DT hole for both of us but purdiepurdie had managed to fill it during her recent Auckland sortie - I was still pretty keen to get it and we were both keen to have some fun on the way.
Several trips led to "bad endings" - more than one would have predicted on statistical grounds; even with a few devices (Oregon, iPad, iPhone....) we needed several visits to the starting point - with slightly odd looks from stall holders at the Saturday market..... I had written down the options as some sort of a decision-tree-diagram - but I don't know if that really helped....
All of a sudden purdiepurdie was rewarded with the co-ordinates - and we were Victors (I think if I had been by myself I might still be out there! ).
Thanks, Sonia - this is a really fun Wherigo and you obviously spent a lot of time and effort in the planning and execution.
Another favourite from me.
Met with purdiepurdie for coffee & chat - and to plan our attack. This had been a DT hole for both of us but purdiepurdie had managed to fill it during her recent Auckland sortie - I was still pretty keen to get it and we were both keen to have some fun on the way.
Several trips led to "bad endings" - more than one would have predicted on statistical grounds; even with a few devices (Oregon, iPad, iPhone....) we needed several visits to the starting point - with slightly odd looks from stall holders at the Saturday market..... I had written down the options as some sort of a decision-tree-diagram - but I don't know if that really helped....
All of a sudden purdiepurdie was rewarded with the co-ordinates - and we were Victors (I think if I had been by myself I might still be out there! ).
Thanks, Sonia - this is a really fun Wherigo and you obviously spent a lot of time and effort in the planning and execution.
Another favourite from me.
TFTC. Out for a morning of CCC, Coffee, Chat and Cache with KotukuSI. This was our target cache as it filled a DT hole for one of us.
I don't want to admit how many times we went back to the bringing with this one - all I can say is we had out=r fill of sausages!!!
Great fun and even greater delight to sign the log.
A favourite vote from me - a quirky and entertaining cache.
Thanks a lot sonia26642 for the work that must have gone into creating this entertainment for all caching enthusiasts.
I don't want to admit how many times we went back to the bringing with this one - all I can say is we had out=r fill of sausages!!!
Great fun and even greater delight to sign the log.
A favourite vote from me - a quirky and entertaining cache.
Thanks a lot sonia26642 for the work that must have gone into creating this entertainment for all caching enthusiasts.
We were heading home from Hanmer and had offloaded the kids into the Grandparents car, so we were free to cache our way back to Christchurch. We were aiming to see in the New Year by reaching our 500th cache find by midnight. The 2hr trip took us close to 7hrs!
Our 500th find!! WoooHooo!! It is 11:33pm on New Years Eve. It's cold and windy in Kaiapoi and we've spent the last six hours working our way from Hanmer back to this particularly vexing cache. We have thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which we first tried a few days ago. That time we brought the kids who were sadly turned into sausages. This time around we able to save the day. Thanks for a fun and memorable Wherigo!
Our 500th find!! WoooHooo!! It is 11:33pm on New Years Eve. It's cold and windy in Kaiapoi and we've spent the last six hours working our way from Hanmer back to this particularly vexing cache. We have thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which we first tried a few days ago. That time we brought the kids who were sadly turned into sausages. This time around we able to save the day. Thanks for a fun and memorable Wherigo!
Unfortunately we kept getting turned into sausages and had to retire before we could find it as our Muggle driver was starting to loose patience with our obsession, will try and return without him
I think we did the quickest solution. 1st attempt and took us 15 minutes and another few to find the box. Now I also know the secret ingredient for new Zealand's best ham
Guwapo, Mama and Papa joined the DCC crew for the days caching exploits. Took a few minutes at the GZ before the log was found and signed. Salamat!
Picking up a few last caches before heading off from the Mega. Found with the DCC
Teamed up with yorkshirekiwi83 early this morning to have a crack at this wherigo. We both worked in tandem, each having our own problems as sausage meat until eventually one of us choose the right path to the cache. Thanks for the cool wherigo!
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A bit of tooing and froing and co-ords were finally in hand. At GZ it took us a few minutes and log was in hand. Found with the Dunedin Caching Crew (DCC)
full day of the Mega long weekend we (Dunedin Caching Crew - DCC) hit the road and went for a drive to log as many caches as we could.
Last day in Christchurch Vistra and I decided to grab this one before we needed to check out. We started in different directions, but Vistra seemed to be getting a more positive progression, so we met up again and headed down his path, after many false starts we soon had the correct coords and the cache in hand TFTC
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Day Three of the Christchurch Mega, so we had some time to kill before our flight out this evening, back to Auckland. We finally met up with one half of KiwifruitsNZ, and decided to tackle this Wherigo today as part of our finds. Decided that splitting up was the best approach to this "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure." Didn't really appreciate getting turned into pork sausages, but after a bit of backtracking, the coordinates were soon in hand. A fun wherigo, and reminded me of reading these books when I was younger. Thanks for setting it up.
In the area for the MEGA today, so managed some caches in and around Kaiapoi before the Labour Day Picnic. Found with Gracie & Mum. TFTC!
Finally caught up with my geo friends over the MEGA weekend for a day of caching in and around Christchurch. We decided hitting up some fun Wherigos was just the ticket. So we started with this one. It certainly helps to have more than one person playing this game as we all ended up as either sausages, in dark cellars or chased to Police Stations. Creative Wherigo, if not exactly intuitive
Thanks for all the fun
# 5,193
Thanks for all the fun
# 5,193
Out with a growing group of mystery hunters led by Seagnoid. Still learning about wherigos, and what fun in a group! Thanks sonia26642.
The perfect opportunity for several attempts with a lot of cachers in town and tolerant locals viewing these "strange" people.
Thanks
erninz
Thanks
erninz
Mega trip to NZ with vipema, Veke68 and Katsukka, day 1. We found tons of caches and had a blast. Thanks for the fun and greetings from Finland.
New Zealand Mega 2015
We collected these caches either as part of a group assault during the Mega or just Mr & Mrs Bee whilst traveling around with Muggle John seeing the sights of your fine countryside.
Group assaults occured with the Aussie invasion of Travellinbees, Locus Cache, Paris Laura, Team Jacob, SnapHappy, Tomboy711, TR!, and two ring ins New Zealanders Fuzzy Fruit, & FiremanSam
We jet boated, walked up hills, sat in sulphur pools, walked through ruined cities, botanical gardens and general beautiful countryside.
We have thoroughly enoyed our short holiday over here on the South Island and we based ourselves in the CBD, Adelaide and Christchurch are sister cities and it was surreal to be part of that.
We climbed fences, crossed rivers, climbed tree's and hopped around like gooses, we collected many smilies while on this trip and we collected many new friends.
Geocaching has given us many pleasures and this cache was one of them.
TFTC
Travellinbees
Sth Australia
We collected these caches either as part of a group assault during the Mega or just Mr & Mrs Bee whilst traveling around with Muggle John seeing the sights of your fine countryside.
Group assaults occured with the Aussie invasion of Travellinbees, Locus Cache, Paris Laura, Team Jacob, SnapHappy, Tomboy711, TR!, and two ring ins New Zealanders Fuzzy Fruit, & FiremanSam
We jet boated, walked up hills, sat in sulphur pools, walked through ruined cities, botanical gardens and general beautiful countryside.
We have thoroughly enoyed our short holiday over here on the South Island and we based ourselves in the CBD, Adelaide and Christchurch are sister cities and it was surreal to be part of that.
We climbed fences, crossed rivers, climbed tree's and hopped around like gooses, we collected many smilies while on this trip and we collected many new friends.
Geocaching has given us many pleasures and this cache was one of them.
TFTC
Travellinbees
Sth Australia
Long time dream came true and we could visit New Zealand. NZ Mega was our maingoal and we had time to find others too. We travelled together with Veke68, Katsukka and tanjuli (+husband) and had great time. We used TVVK Fin (that is tanjuli, vipema, Veke68 and Katsukka) in mostly logbooks to save space.
Thanks for the cache.
Greetings from Finland.
Thanks for the cache.
Greetings from Finland.
This was the eleventh day of my fifteen day trip to go to the Christchurch Mega, and this was my first WhereIGo. NosyNel, BBear44 and I started this last evening, but didn't finish until today. I can't download the app because my smartphone doesn't like me. This has something to do with the fact that it knows what I could do to it if wanted. Anyways, we got the coords on the first try, which is unfortunate since I needed to buy sausage. TFTC.
Found with capperz, see that log for details
Part of the types I a day challenge
Part of the types I a day challenge
The Christchurch mega took us (=tanjuli with husband, vipema, Veke68 & Katsukka = TVVK-FIN in the logbooks) to NZ. Had a great time and found a lot of caches + saw so many interesting/beautiful places.
Thank you!!!!!
Thank you!!!!!
Out with the Aussie caching force of Gunnie69, Ghostgums, Kyzabra, Jinta29, Tealby and Urch. Glad there was a few of us or I might have torn my hair out..Thank you sonia26642 for placing and maintaining this cache.
On a day of trying to collect 12 different geocache types, we decided to do this wherigo. Now we did end up having to start a few times, I think we even got turned in to sausages at one stage.
Done this during the Christchurch mega 2015, and this Whereigo had us all over and exploring the area. TFTC.
Done this during the Christchurch mega 2015, and this Whereigo had us all over and exploring the area. TFTC.
Now that I'm back home I am slowly logging the caches I found during the Mega. Sorry for the delay.
Third cache type so far today and my first ever whereigo. My device wasn't setup for whereigos at the time (there's a whole 1 in my state and it's at the wrong end!) so I used this as a bit of a learning experience by watching and following the others in our group and it was a lot of fun. A few got turned into sausages but with such a large group we were able to get through the various options without too much backtracking.
Found with Kittykach, edvern, the Seagnoid and quite a few others. TFTC
Third cache type so far today and my first ever whereigo. My device wasn't setup for whereigos at the time (there's a whole 1 in my state and it's at the wrong end!) so I used this as a bit of a learning experience by watching and following the others in our group and it was a lot of fun. A few got turned into sausages but with such a large group we were able to get through the various options without too much backtracking.
Found with Kittykach, edvern, the Seagnoid and quite a few others. TFTC
Attending the MEGA and today was the day to find 11 types and the rest of the Lab Caches.
I tried this one on my own earlier this morning and was turned into sausages [:o]
After the Flash Mob, followed by the Flash Mob Multi I headed to the start to find a nice wee group to join up with to have another go.
What a great way to do this with six plus GPS's available to test different options all at once.
The sausage machine remained silent this time and it wasn't long before we had the final coordinates and made a group find.
Cache type 6 out of the way
TFTC
This entry was edited by Marchwood on Thursday, 26 November 2015 at 10:42:38 UTC.
I tried this one on my own earlier this morning and was turned into sausages [:o]
After the Flash Mob, followed by the Flash Mob Multi I headed to the start to find a nice wee group to join up with to have another go.
What a great way to do this with six plus GPS's available to test different options all at once.
The sausage machine remained silent this time and it wasn't long before we had the final coordinates and made a group find.
Cache type 6 out of the way
TFTC
This entry was edited by Marchwood on Thursday, 26 November 2015 at 10:42:38 UTC.
Wherigo! Found on a quest to get 10 cache types in a day with a Mega event group. - I've already got the webcam and virtual in chch, so 10 is the max for me. Found with Signoid Stardust and Haydnseek. It seems we got lucky and got the order right!
More than 21 years have passed since my first visit to New Zealand. In 1994, I was only 12 days here, but this time I wanted to see the country a little more. Then I realized there would be a MEGA-Event in Christchurch at Labour-Weekend. I started my trip a day earlier and was happy to attend my first MEGA outside of Germany. I got much help from the cachers there, so I could visit the different event places without using the bus or a taxi. Later on the tour with my group, I could only look at the caches nearby.
Attending the MEGA I also played the Wherigo nearby. It didn’t take much time to complete the quest and in the end I got the final coordinates two times. First I was a little bit surprised, but then I found the box at the given place. I think the difficulty level is overstated.
Pacmess
1816
Attending the MEGA I also played the Wherigo nearby. It didn’t take much time to complete the quest and in the end I got the final coordinates two times. First I was a little bit surprised, but then I found the box at the given place. I think the difficulty level is overstated.
Pacmess
1816
On a geoholiday road tripping to Christchurch MEGA and around beautiful New Zealand. Our four people group (temyllyl, laalaa, kapeka and myself) from Finland used group tag FIN to log the caches.
On a Mega weekend caching around Christchurch area. Lots of fun and nice places with good caches. Duct tape is very handy in many things. Thanks for the cache!
Welcome to MEGA Finland in 5-7 august 2016!
On a Mega weekend caching around Christchurch area. Lots of fun and nice places with good caches. Duct tape is very handy in many things. Thanks for the cache!
Welcome to MEGA Finland in 5-7 august 2016!
Found during our geo trip to NZ. Logged using our group nickname FIN with janahola, laalaa and kapeka.
[green]Find 7233[/green]...
Found this whilst visiting your beautiful country...
This was a great weekend and certainly one of my top weekends spent caching... Mega events are a great way to catch up with familiar faces and meet new ones... We also enjoy the social aspect of events
From the moment 'the Event' was announced we committed to attend... Planning the holiday around the Event is also something we enjoyed... This was Tomboy 711's first Mega and first time to NZ...
We saw so many beautiful places and quite a few special caches...
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment sonia26642...
- P
Greetings from Oz...
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...
Found this whilst visiting your beautiful country...
This was a great weekend and certainly one of my top weekends spent caching... Mega events are a great way to catch up with familiar faces and meet new ones... We also enjoy the social aspect of events
From the moment 'the Event' was announced we committed to attend... Planning the holiday around the Event is also something we enjoyed... This was Tomboy 711's first Mega and first time to NZ...
We saw so many beautiful places and quite a few special caches...
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment sonia26642...
- P
Greetings from Oz...
Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...
We did the ground work for this one on the day before, so we could grab it today and add it to our list of cache types as we attempted 12 different types for the day! Easy find in the end for the group!
Cache was found on Day 4 of the NZ MEGA 2015 caching trip, as Gunnie69 and myself started the day by heading up the very scenic Dyers Pass Road, for a couple of caches and some magnificent views. We were then joined by GreenGeckos, Kyzabra, Jinta29, tealby and urch, with the aim of collecting 12 different cache types in a day, that stretched from Kaiapoi to the centre of Christchurch!
Thanks sonia26642 for the efforts of putting out the cache and making it an enjoyable day!
Cache was found on Day 4 of the NZ MEGA 2015 caching trip, as Gunnie69 and myself started the day by heading up the very scenic Dyers Pass Road, for a couple of caches and some magnificent views. We were then joined by GreenGeckos, Kyzabra, Jinta29, tealby and urch, with the aim of collecting 12 different cache types in a day, that stretched from Kaiapoi to the centre of Christchurch!
Thanks sonia26642 for the efforts of putting out the cache and making it an enjoyable day!
Ahhhhhh, took a wrong turn or two, before getting back on track and eventually getting to the final. Great fun during the Mega. Funny to later hear others' reports of how their own 'Mystery' solving had progressed.
Found on our second big "Mega"day.
(late logging as i attempt to catch up ona pile of unlogged caches)
NZ Mega road trip.
TFTC!
with Tan1aNZ
Found on our second big "Mega"day.
(late logging as i attempt to catch up ona pile of unlogged caches)
NZ Mega road trip.
TFTC!
with Tan1aNZ
Found it with Team FIN [janahola, kapeka, laalaa & temyllyl]
We had fun with caching few weeks here in New Zealand. Lots of geocaches and many sort of them too. We saw awesome places, weather was pretty good all the time and people were friendly and polite. Caches were pretty similar like in our home country. Of course there were some exeptions. Nice and really scenary country!
Greetings from Finland
We had fun with caching few weeks here in New Zealand. Lots of geocaches and many sort of them too. We saw awesome places, weather was pretty good all the time and people were friendly and polite. Caches were pretty similar like in our home country. Of course there were some exeptions. Nice and really scenary country!
Greetings from Finland
After meeting up with Jinta29, Kyzabra, The Green Geckos, Tealby and Urch at the Cheese event, Ghostums and I continued our journey for 12 types in a day, so we embarked on this cache as a team of 7. We figured the safety in numbers thing would serve us well... [^]
We powered through the cartridge and before long, had a set of final coords that looked good on the satellite view... Off we went in search of the cache and on arrival at GZ, The Green Geckos secured the find... Sweeeeeet...
Names added to the log, another cache type down and a fantastic day to be on the trails. What more could you want.
A well constructed Wherigo, thanks for a great effort. A favourite point from me.
Cheers sonia26642.
We powered through the cartridge and before long, had a set of final coords that looked good on the satellite view... Off we went in search of the cache and on arrival at GZ, The Green Geckos secured the find... Sweeeeeet...
Names added to the log, another cache type down and a fantastic day to be on the trails. What more could you want.
A well constructed Wherigo, thanks for a great effort. A favourite point from me.
Cheers sonia26642.
FIN (laalaa, janahola, temyllyl, kapeka) holiday in New Zealand. Wonderful time and we had fun.
Greetings from Finland.
Thanks for the wherigo.
Greetings from Finland.
Thanks for the wherigo.
Did this with Snap Happy and a bunch of other Aussies....This was my first Whereigo ... this was a weekend of firsts for me... First Mega, first box of crayons and first time in NZ. Had to start this over a couple of times and got turned into a sausage. Took much longer than we expected but had a great morning doing it. Thanks Sonia26642 for preparing this cache for our enjoyment.
Urch and I were on a mission today, and joined up with Kyzabra and Jinta29 to find 12 different cache types in one day (or 11 types for me, as the Tealby B Team had already found the one & only virtual in Christchurch). This was a second whereigo cache that was found, without the benefit of having the cartridge in my GPSr, so I had to rely on the good work of others and was a mere passenger for this one. TFTC.
Event check, traditional check, multi check, lab cache check.... Whereigo wahoo. It was a mission. I love wherigos.
found with the help of seven other cachers! brilliant werigo, though I was turned into sausage twice and arrested!
Types in a day is the mission today. Teamed up with Capperz and nightowl19. Signed logs primarily as GCN to save room. Thanks to all the cache owners and event organisers. This took a bit of driving around and a few false starts.
Great adventure very late at night. We were lucky to get the co'ods without being turned in to pork sausages just as well as midnight was looming. Got to what we thought was gz but wait you gotta go over there a quick re check and Yip. Damm will have to wait til morning. Checked with a couple of people that had done it as to what they did. And discovered the co'ods had been correct but entered into device slightly wrong. So off to get the cache this morning. Yaya. Fun and games where had. Thanks for another fun cache.
First ever Wherigo, what a hoot, doing it with a bunch of other crazy cachers. We did it the hard way, but it was lots of fun - thanks to the folks who knew what they were doing, mostly!
Have never done a wherigo before- we were fortunate to be able to team up with some folk who kneew what they were doing (and some who didn't). Dangerous exercise with people being turned into things, and falling prey to different nasty events- but we got there in the end (and had way more exercise than anticipated!!). Thanks for a lot of fun. We are heading for the most different caches in one day that we have ever had
[green] Out caching with Stardust, Hadyn.seek and RobGlassey on our super awesome 12 cache types in a day mission.
We must have lucked on to the shortest route to the end! Wherigo: Done!
We must have lucked on to the shortest route to the end! Wherigo: Done!