Springston Station (Canterbury) Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By Aslan* on 18-Sep-15. Waypoint GC63NG5

A new cache is now in place

Smally toes is back the serial muggler. Need to re think here

Found note saying stolen by smelly toes?

13 km round trip run from Lincoln with the sole goal to get this cach and no luck. Had a good look but lots of hiding places here,

After a bit of searching found it, a note was left. "Stolen by Smelly Toes" :/

No luck here, just like with the other station one. Maybe to deep

No luck at all - must have been in a bit too deep - but I did try from all angles, but saw nothing!!

Out amd about on this blustery day. Thank you for placing and maintaining this cache as well as a history lesson Aslan* from Mr Cuddly Brick; this most exellent day the 24 August 2016. Whoop whoop cache #1428.
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After noticing a few dnfs recently up the road and finding one that had already been muggled decided we would head this wasy instead of carrying on up the road. nice quick find tftc found with chiko1

Great hide out with team Macdonald

After a leisurely start to the day (to allow the temperatures to increase a little), StreetWalker and I headed south west towards Leeston to find at least 5 caches to turn 7th of August into a "tensy" day.
I overshot the handy parking spot, so had to turn into the Springston Hotel car park (pretty sure it was closed at the time) and walk back to GZ.
After a short peering session, StreetWalker located the cache and also went in to retrieve. First of several station caches today. TFTC.

#12862. We took advantage of the good parking at the pub, and just had to cross the busy road to get to GZ. The cache is a fair way in, and took a bit of spotting and retrieving. TFTC.

Cache still in place thank goodness. Aslan

Hmm l see will need a re think here. Aslan

no joy. Had a lot of DNF out Ellesmere this afternoon. One is confirmed stolen as there was a note at it

New cache on place

Hope I haven't got an anticacher on the loose here

Having a bad run on these station caches.

Not having a good day today in the rain and another DNF here

Decided to head out with 2Wombles to mop up a few caches. Thanks for all the effort in putting together the caches.

Decided a day out caching was needed, so arranged to head out with Survey Base. Thanks for the cache

A good find in the early evening

TFTC

Has some trouble discerning where the rail actually went but neat to be shown such spots.

TFTC Aslan*

I drive past here 4x a week so thought it was time to collect it! Tftc

Really quick park and grab. Tftc

Great fun for my son and I as noobies. 1st cache found

1st cache found with my dad. Great start..tftc

Found. Cache in good condition

Quick find with awesome swaps! Tftc

Took the morning off work to pick up my sister from the airport and take out to Lincoln uni, decided it would be rude not to pick up a cache while I'm out here. Quick find before arriving at work around 11am. TFTC (2692)

While we were searching for the cache, one of the people who lived nearby wanted to know what we were doing. So we explained to him the concept of geocaching. Out book crossing book about a panda.

The nearby irrigator nearly gave us a wash while we were finding this nice big cache.
Cheers and thanks,
S.t.

Great find really busy road

Out caching with Tracywebster411 Understanding where old rail line went This is not where I expected the Rail line to cross here

quick finds with chelzea and sevren

Nice morning to be out in the fresh air! TFTC!!

Day out in the country to get away from city madness. Picked up 2 TBS and dropped 2. Tftc.

This was the last opportunity for BBear44 and I to go geocaching together this year. Our cache mobile was a little late leaving the station and we were hoping to beat the storm and make it to Rakia Hutts.
This was the first stop. The sky was blue, the road was busieish and the cache was easily found. It was a good size to drop off two travel bugs. Safe journey you two.

First find for today before the big thunderstorm hit. Good to get a few in

I decided to take the train for a ride on the Southbridge Branch Line. This was the first station the trian stopped at today. Fortunately, although it was just a brief stop I still managed to sign the log and get back aboard before it headed away to Gould Rd. TFTC.

Hedged my bets on getting to the station and still be in time to get to work. The trai. Didn't let me down and steamed in right on schedule.

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

A quick find on our way to some Metal Mania caches - there is not much left from the line... TFTC

Good fun caching around South Canterbury. Thanks.

Quick find tftc

Quick find. Great wee series. Enjoying it. Tftc

Last day of the mega trip and not that much time for caching, still always time for just a few.

TFTC

Last of the stops for the days journey. TFTC

A quick find once the hint was read.
TFTC

Another cache found today with Woody104 on the second day of our Mega Adventure. Salamat!

Refreshed after a coffee stop found quickly and went on our way. Wasn't too keen on the gorse bush I put my hand on. But part of the joys of geocaching. TFTC

Great find but such a busy road

Great find but such a busy road

Easy find on a lovely day. Just to say I enjoyed all the "old" station histories from you. TFTC

Thank you for setting this series up. We are always fascinated by old railway lines and looking for evidence of them. (We are from the UK, and when we lived there we had plenty of opportunities to do this).
The cache was a quick find. TFTC.

Quick find.tftc

Easy find thanks

Good easy find

A very windy late afternoon. The dust was totally obscuring the port hills and you could feel it in the air on your face. A quick drive out and a nice quick find and sign between the traffic.

A quick find on a windy day out caching with my best friend Frizzledough.
TFTC!

Found while enjoying a day collecting a few of the local caches. TFTC Aslan*, #8150

quick find on a windy day out caching, found with my best friend geo Jessie

The cache was big enough for a couple of small books so I was happy.

Good hide

Quick find at GZ. Had to pick my moment for a muggle free find. TFTC.

Found on a nice warm sunny afternoons tootle following the old train lines. Love the history. Grabbed a handful of dry gorse before grabbing the cache....ouch! LOL. That woke me up!
Thanks.

Also found the hidden gorse so took a bit more care to find the cache. TFTC

Nervously reached in!! The traffic by here was horrendous. Of course school was just out. Nice to have something that is not a micro. Thanks.

A couple of Lincoln lads standing outside the Springer? The story of every Thursday night it seems! I've heard stories of train engineers stopping off for a quick beer here, the perils of a very convenient pub to the tracks. Cache already found by some muggles too. [FTF] with Karma Reprint, cheers!

This entry was edited by Kiwi Moose on Tuesday, 22 September 2015 at 07:56:50 UTC.

Well done on placing a series of caches conveniently close to work, Off on a mad mission between meetings with Kiwi Moose. Was the Springer tempting? Not today, too many {FTF} to chase. Wahoo 2 of 7 for the day.

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