The Best Driver’s Road in Otago? (Otago) Clarks Junction, South Island, New Zealand
By U.N.C.L.E. on 19-Aug-15. Waypoint GC6290B

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Road trip today to Middlemarch to give the new/old car a run. Nice lunch at the cafe and a few caches. Picked this one up on the way home. As far as drivers roads goes this one is certainly one of the best. A lot of fun for Mr FF in his 1988 Porsche 944s. To top off the day a quick trip up 3 mile hill to get home left him with a big smile on his face too! TFTC.

A quick stop here for a nice and quick find. No problems here and the road is nice and quiet this morning. tftc

TFTC great spot we also love this drive

We found this one quickly and all though the views we could see were great we can only imagine as we had low clouds. Thanks for the cache.

We overshot this cache but once we were at GZ was an easy find - it is to cloudy to see much of what would be a great view - log signed - thanks for the cache

Have driven this road many a time and usually enjoy the drive. Today was the first time I’ve travelled along here in winter and normal cruising speed was not possible due to black ice in places. Tftc

Found!

TFTC

Another stop on this deserted road - we have only seen 2 other cars since Dunedin. A quick easy find here. Log signed and cache replaced as found. TFTC

As a North Island visitor I was very impressed with the road. The hills are higher than you think but the curves, gradients and road surfaces are pretty good indeed. Thanks for the placement.

Whoops found another cache I have forgotten to log. Thanks P&Vee
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Indeed, I am one of those people for whom a car is simply a method of transporting stuff from A to B. For me, there are three requirements a car must abide by:
1. it must have wheels;
2. it must have working brakes - quite important;
3. it must have a working radio.

With my current car scoring two out of three, it is suitable for purpose.

As the CO rightfully stated, not everybody "gets" it - I am one of those everybodys. To balance things out, there undoubtedly will be things about me that others won't "get".

Here is an example, one that you can easily try out yourself:
Whenever you are listening to a speech (TED talk, public speech, announcer, host, sermon, et cetera, et cetera), keep a tally - on paper or in your head - of the number of times that the person you're listening to says "euhm", "ah", "so", "yeah", "like", "but", "ok", and similar little filler words. Fun, fun, fun!
And guess what? It is a game you can play while you're driving
Once you're ready, it's time to raise the bar a bit.Take a little squeeky toy with you to your next meeting. Every time someone uses one of these 'filler words', give a little squeek. Do this, and soon you will be the alpha of your office You're welcome.

Thank you for the cache.

Quick park and find. Salamat!

We are out finding a few caches on the last day of the year

TFTC

Quick find. It is a great road. Thanks for the hide.
#5150

good quick find, brilliant day today. tftc

Nice spot, it was where we thought it should be but the location was pointing to the paddock. TFTC

Dakotacats was doing all the driving today, but yes this is a fun road to drive. I also like the Manuka Gorge! An easy find for us early in the morning before there was much traffic on the road. TFTC

Found with 4Clubs while out and about having a mother and daughter caching day! We both went to the wrong spots first, then met in the middle! And yes totally agree about this being a great road to drive, I've always enjoyed heading through to Central Otago via this road. TFTC

Anoter quick snag and tag on our way home. Cheers. Toby needs a drink soon but hes OK till we get back to town. The Seagnoid is not convinced though.

Tuesday 23 April - Outrum, Taieri Gorge, Middlemarch and Sutton today. With Jack and Jill along for bike ride at Middlemarch, in the mix.

Its another awesome geoventure to Dunedin, with The Seagnoid, Zara, Toby, Jack, Jill and William all along for the trip. Had a wonderful 10 days exploring Dunedin. It was great catching up with local cachers at several events we attended. Lots of walking and driving, with the odd cycle and wave ride to jazz things up. Thanks to all the COs that made this trip a wonderful success. Even managed to bag some lab caches along with wherigos, earth caches and events, with the usual mix taking us to some amazing places..

Yep I agree. This is a driver's road. quite an entertaining drive. Made all the more interesting given that Dunedin is way the heck over there, and the fuel light is just came on. I would have stopped here and filled up with the spare tank we have in the back, but no, taybeedragon said we had enough. Turns out she was right. Maybe. I would still have filled up from the spare.

Taybeedragon and I have an eleven day Easter weekend in Dunedin. Although, let's face it, given that we are from Blenheim and Picton that means two of those days was spent in travelling. In that time we grabbed a smidge over three hundred caches. Not bad, considering the amount of time spent way out on the back roads, on bicycles or canoeing on the water. A few virtuals, larges, letterboxes, earths, wherigos, and even ten lab caches in the haul. An awesome weekend!

Today we found The Best Driver’s Road in Otago? (Otago) on our travels. Well, wasn’t the wind blowing across here today! After stepping out of the warm car it was a wee shock! Having driven from Queenstown yesterday on some fun roads the Chief was enjoying this one just as much while I enjoyed the lovely vistas.
Thanks U.N.C.L.E. for being part of our geocaching fun.

Quick find lovely road

Quite possibly! We love this area of NZ, the rocks and wide open spaces and big sky make this spot pretty awesome. TFTC, found quickly with some wooly spectators. TFTC [^]

Found it. Tftc

We are on our summer holiday driving around the South Island with no real idea of where we will end up each day. We are often drawn to an area that has the potential to give us a few geocaching smilies and somewhere we have not spent time exploring before. In some cases we are revisiting placed that we have been before but liked so much we are going there again.
While in Dunedin we were mostly searching for the old caches that fill a gap on our date placed grid and some Challenge caches that fill a gap on our D/T grid.
This was on the way to one of our targeted caches at Sutton Salt Lake.
There was a wee plane doing some pretty interesting manoeuvres above us as we found this cache, so I was pretty pleased it was a quick find and we could move on. We did take time to take a photo of the power pylons heading across the ridgeline into the distance.
Thank you for placing the cache and thank you for the smiley

Easy find, great swag. Thanks

Nice quick and easy found with Dad and brother. TFTC.

Nice spot

I had a couple of house untill my flight was departing so I decided to go out and do some more Geocaches in my rental car. I found most of them and many of these were nice boxes and fairly hidden.
Even if the coordinates are not exactly here it was a quick and nice grab!
Thanks for hiding!

A little snow on the ground but pleased the snow was a few days ago so I could drive this way to Cromwell

19:46
FITW GreenMenace
It is a really good drivers road, I agree. And I enjoy those. Had to take it slow and be real careful tonight though - all icy in places.
Just a quick stop, tactically positioned car lights and didn't even need to get the torch out for finding the cache

TFTC!
#6064

Heading South for a break and a bit of Geocaching. Grabbing a few on our way from Oamaru to Lawrence.via Middlemarch.
This can't be the best drivers road, its not gravel!
Picked up trackable, will move on.
Signed log, TFTC U.N.C.L.E..

Quick stop, out of fog now. Thanks.

Called here on the way towards Dunedin this afternoon. I always enjoy driving through here. A quick find - signed log, TFTC.

10:19:00 AM. On holidays from Australia and enjoying the roads and scenery. Found and log signed. Thanks U.N.C.L.E. for the cache.

Certainly a better road than it used to be left tb

Nice warm wet day, for a bit of caching in a area I have not been to for a few years.many Thanks Bitsprayer

There was very little traffic today which allowed us to enjoy the drive. Another drivers road in Otago, is from Clyde to Bendigo beside Lake Dunstan. We might be biased as we have a holiday home in Cromwell.
+ a marble, - nothing.

First milestone reached, number 100 logged
Thanks

Went to have a look at Hayes Engineering Heritage site. Well worth a visit - try and find a working day to see the original machinery in action. Also the restored homestead. Caching on the way home. As for not much traffic - truck and trailer, campervan, car, truck and trailer, car and caravan, car and trailer, then us! And not many places to pass. TFTC

Easy find. TFTC!

On a trip to Middlemarch with VDH56 this was a must stop. Agree with UNCLE it is a great road with the views.

Taking the long way home from the Geofest. Through Danseys Pass and down SH 87 to Mosgiel for the night, before my flight home tomorrow morning. What a great drive, some of the scenery was just amazing. Cheers and TFTC

Very calm up here compared to weather further back down the track. TFTC with heyhaynz

After an early start this morning and then a flight from Auckland we were really looking forward to a weekend of caching in our old stomping ground.
Fab views today and lots of inquisitive lambs watching as we made the find TFTC.

#14709. It certainly is a good road to drive. Thanks for the cache placement.

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on day 7 of our road trip to the Oamaru Geofest, taking the scenic route, of course. Today we are travelling from Dunedin to Oamaru, via Middlemarch.
I always enjoy these quiet roads, and today we saw little traffic. TFTC.

Heading to the Oamaru Geofest with a group of like minded people, and collecting a few caches along the way....

Travelling with NZTravellers, UncleSamNZ, and KeyLev we signed in as 'SEAC17' to save logbook space.

Thank you to all the CO's for placing caches along the route.

TFTC.

Greetings form an Auckland Cacher. In the area for the “Almost Mega” event.

Started off at Dunedin Airport. Enjoyed our drive.

Sorry for the generic logs. Thanks for taking the time to place this cache.

All logs signed as “Team SEAC”

In the area driving to Geofest Oamaru....

I was driving today and heading for the Danseys Pass not sure how much fun it will be......Nice quick find.

Thanks for the cache.

Signed as SEAC 17 (South East Auckland Crew)

We arrived in Dunedin today and traveled to Oamaru for the 2017 Geofest through Ranfurly, Nasbey and Danseys Pass. We attempted many caches throughout the long hot day and as it was the Geofest we bumped into fellow geocachers as well as a few muggles along the way. We were travelling with Keylev, UncleSam, Stik-a-Crane so to save log paper signed as Team SEAC 17.

Thanks to all the COs for the caches along the route.

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)… Our journey to the bottom of the South Island has been almost two years in the planning. We were determined to make it to Oamaru Geofest. We decided to also factor in completing a couple of missions (JASMER and Virtual challenges), and the wheels started turning...

Day Two: Dunedin-Middlemarch-Arrowtown

You are quite right about the road conditions up here... A quick find. TFTC.

DAY 2
Must admit I slept in this morning. Plan was to collect some caches around Dunedin and head further North. Time and sleep will only tell where we stop.

The road down here are really good. Would have been great to have a V8 today instead of our 1500cc Holden Trac. Quick find. SLTFTC

Out for an afternoon drive along George King Memorial Drive and decided to carry on a bit to grab a couple more. GPS was telling me to go into the paddock about 12m but a quick look around and cache was soon spotted. TFTC

Easy fund...fun afternoon

Definitely agree, what a great wee road! And a great wee cache too. Found with hevic and cj-curry!

#4070. I have a conference down in the lower South Island over Queens Birthday weekend. So decided to add several extra days of leave to do some geocaching in the deep south. Flew into Dunedin airport this morning and lucky to land with all the fog and drizzle about. Decided to head north initially up to Middlemarch. Didn't take long to spot where this one would be hidden. Signed the log and replaced the cache where found. Thanks for hiding it here U.N.C.L.E.

2am, no cops here! Why am I awake and caching at 2am? cause I'm on a 5 day caching trip in the south island, and really need to start heading north again now. Have a few aims - right now its to up a few specific caches that I need to complete my grid for a challenge - and find some interesting caches on the way 1800km later I can say I've accomplished my aim!

Great parking and a quick find. Love the drive. Cheers

Last day our Easter holiday to Invercargill. Time for the trek home...

Thanks to all of the CO's for the hides. Cheers.

Yes I have been enjoying the road with its ups and downs and bends and lovely scenery. But most of all its the caches I'm enjoying and the reason I'm driving the road in the first place. TFTC #10,046

Begins our holiday in NZ in Christchurch, we came from Italy to find our son who lives there for two years.
Today we decided on a multi-day tour, after stopping at Omarama today continues to Dunedin, scenic road we will stop on the lakes that meet
Here we are in Dunedin, waits here for historical cache us that in Italy there are no thanks for posing and maintenance
Dunedin is a special city for geocaching
Today we will go to Middlemarch area, here we will have a cache of December 2000, the cache and the road are worth the trip, sheep and cows, cows and sheep in a fairytale landscape
Greetings from Italy
Eccoci finalmente in niuziland e dai e dai ci siamo veramente, appena arrivati capiamo che sarà dura, cena di qua invito di la, andiamo a vedere questo e quest'altro.
Prosegue il nostro tour di più giorni, dopo aver fatto tappa a Omarama e aver visto il Lago Tekapo, lago Pukaki, oggi faremo tappa a Dunedin passando per una strada molto panoramica, altri laghi
Sulla strada ci fermeremo alla ricerca di alcune cache
Eccoci a Dunedin, qui ci aspettano cache storiche che in Italia non ci sono, grazie per aver posato e manutenzione
Dunedin è una città particolare per il geocaching
Oggi andremo in zona di Middlemarch, qui ci aspetta una cache del dicembre 2000, la cache e la strada valgono il viaggio, pecore e mucche, mucche e pecore in un paesaggio da fiaba
TFTC

Quite an amazing spot. Very windy today but views is worth stopping fot

quick find on bike ride to Sutton very windy today, did not have a pen to fill in log so next time up this way will do

TFTC

Nice roads here down south, great views.

Yeah this is a great road to drive. Thanks

Yes I agree this is a great drivers road.TFTC

Easy find. Beautiful autumn day in NZ. Tftc

Nice to get back on sealed road after driving through from Lawrence. TFTC

Quick n easy! Tftc....love the road!

Kia ora for the cache. Found with Lollipopcat and Spydude 13.

TFTC. Found with us04 and Spydude 13.

TFTC. Found with us04 and Lollipopcat.

Great views at GZ and we agree, this is a great driving road. Cache was visible, when I replaced it I made sure it was properly hidden in the long grass. TFTC.

Took advantage of the long weekend and good weather to head to The Strath Taieri for some caching and camping. Hoping to get to #50
Successfully tried out our new GPS. While we were there created an art installation - Boot Hill

TFTC

Found at 1:10:00 PM I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of this road U.N.C.L.E. , enjoyable driving
Thanks for the placement
Jim

Tftc

#1552 The phone signal was failing but had enough to guestimate the location. My new word. Unlike the previous log five days ago it was 25 degrees at 7pm. TFTC

Found this one quickly as only 9 degrees here today and raining! It is a great road to drive on indeed, but sadly the views were not great today TFTC

Quick easy find

Heading in to Central for a break today, and love driving this road - from Outram, through the Middlemarch Valley, then heading down the Ida Valley further inland. Lovely road, lovely views, and most of the time almost no traffic!

TFTC & Merry Christmas!

Cheers,
G.

A quick easy find, with a great view on a sunny day. We enjoy driving both this road and the Pigroot. We used to mainly use the latter as SH87 wasn't sealed all the way in those days. TFTC

A beautiful day up here today with a clear view for many kilometres. It is indeed a nice road to go for a ride.

I grabbed this on my way up to Sutton camp for a weekend Christmas function.

Found the cache despite thick fog on Mt Gowie doing it's best to hide it. I can just recall the time when it it was a gravel road.... how things have changed .

This drive certainly kept me on my toes. Gorgeous drive with stunning scenery, even in the overcast day I found myself travelling in. TFTC.

Spacious spot to park off an otherwise fast bit of road today.. HOTA

Headed down south with C&D and 11HPG11 for the CHCH Mega as part of the HOAC team, and decided that a Mega road trip/Mega Mission was the right thing to do. We landed in CHCH late Friday night and after picking up the rental car we bee-lined it straight to Dunedin to grab a few hours sleep before the mission truly started.

The goal for today was to locate a certain few geocaches which help for certain challenges that we are all currently working on, and to explore some pretty cool country, before getting to tomorrows starting point in Omarama. We thoroughly enjoyed this day of the mission and saw some pretty awesome places, and managed to achieve most of what we wanted. A big thanks to everyone for placing all the caches, and I apologize in advance for the copy and past logs!

On the way to Sutton Salt Lake from Mosgiel to target the old cache out there.Yes what a great driving road, luck must of been on my side as it was my turn in the drivers seat along this section. No troubles with the find.

What a Mega Mission for a group of Hamilton Over Achievers! A great trip, a long time in the planning. I teamed up with Cats&Dragons and HKCB to grab a couple of caches while in Christchurch and surrounding areas for the 2015 Mega Event. We flew out from Auckland on Friday night and traveled to Dunedin in the dark of the night. Stopped for a few hours sleep before setting off to grab caches in the Otago area on Saturday before attempting a few more on Sunday and then arriving at the Mega on the Monday. An amazing, yet crazy road trip that was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Definitely some great roads round here, with some amazing scenery as well. I enjoyed it all! Thanks for the cache

This entry was edited by 11hpg11 on Friday, 30 October 2015 at 08:01:21 UTC.

This was the start of a MEGA caching weekend in the company of good caching friends. In the company of both HKCB & 11HPG11 this was going to be another memorable caching road trip for many reasons.

After driving down from Christchurch last night, sleeping in the car in Dunedin , and getting a good early start this is the practice day for the planned mission for tomorrow , thats not to say we are not taking the day seriously, but there were roads to travel, views to see (so unlike what we were used to in the Waikato) and of course caches to grab.

Leaving Mosgiel we were headed for Sutton Salt Lake by the backroads. All in all it was going to be a big day with a number of challenges, great sceanery, and of course great company. Fantastic driving along and up here as the landscape was so different from what we are used to back in the Waikato. One good thing about backroads being that we could continue our neferious activites without being disturbed by muggles.
Nice quick find here without any issues

thanks for the placement , thanks for the cache

Found on 19/09/2015.

A quick find on the way to Middlemarch.

TFTC U.N.C.L.E.

1st of 20 odd found on a day trip. Thanks.

The pylons were making a lot of noice today which maybe why the co-ords were about 10m out for us. Found with Woody104 and debsnz

Interesting cache thank you

Stopped on our way to the event cache at the Sutton Salt Lakes. Not much of a view today, all we saw was white mist. Found with Woody104 and Aoraki Sheep.

Indeed a nice drive, but better when it's fine, rather than foggy with rain or drizzle.
Found with DebsNZ and Aoraki sheep on a road trip.
TFTC

Found with Hevic, Natalie247, gadget169 and SirBennis. We happened upon the latter two putting the cache away in anticipation of our arrival - thank goodness that we saw them, the above power lines were playing havoc with everyone's GPSrs. Still, signed and sealed OK. Cheers!