Fernery (Richmond) Richmond, South Island, New Zealand
By Sidewaze on 14-Jan-16. Waypoint GC69PXM

Searched for about 15min, nobody around so I had a good look and let my hand feel all along the side of the walkway, both sides but no cache found.

This one's had its day.

It may have been in the locked place?

This was great fun, had me and mum walking back and forth for 30 mins, my dog enjoyed the walk. Was very cute and well hidden, we wrote a little note

Missing cache replaced.

Looked for ages, and mum and dad looked the day before. I think I found a spot that perfectly matched the hint with a spot to for a cache, but alas no cache

Needs a check.

We looked for ages and couldn’t find this one. Unless it was inside the locked space?

Bongo999 - - - the cache is not inside the locked space.

Cool finally found this one kids loved it!

Wow, what a cool little garden. It was a bit late in the day so did not have a proper look, but what I saw was well maintained and there were a lot of people enjoying the surroundings. Made sure I went out a different way than I came in. TFTC Sidewaze, cool spot.

I had planned to go boating today with some colleagues, but apparently the recent bad weather has made it not clear enough for snagging crayfish, so with the day free I decided instead on a trip over the hill to snag some caches.
Good fun today, a nice mixture including some wherigos and a virtual and they were all in pretty good shape. Thanks to all COs.

Found with Dr. Rob & Rach. Sl. Tftc

A break in the rain, nice spot! Lovely garden!

Beautiful spring day to find this cache!

Good easy starter cache to get kids hooked

nice view!

Thank you so much this is such a cool geocash nice hiding spot

We were in the area and this showed up on our GPS Stretch0 and I took different routes to GZ and soon had a cache in hand and a log to sign - thanks for the cache in a park that I always enjoy visiting too

Being in the area we saw this on the GPS and thought oh this would be nice one to have our smiley for. Had us a bit perplexed to start with but all became apparent as we moved about. TFTC

nice to turn a frowny face into a smiley. Thanks for replacing. TFTC

First treasure found 3 June, 1053.

All good. Left trackable 2H8ZC9

Left trackable 2H8ZC9

We had great fun finding this one TFTC

First geocache for us! Thanks for the hint

Too easy! Beautiful location on a sunny day

Thanks for getting this cache up and going again sidewaze. Was I quick find on the way to pick up pizza for tea. To me this cache has been one off those caches that every time I drive past it I say to myself that I must stop and get it.....one day. I have had to walk away a couple of times due to muggles. Thanks for the cache sidewaze.

Coordinates changed from:
S 41° 20.623 E 173° 11.180

Coordinates changed to:
S 41° 20.620 E 173° 11.178

Distance from original: 20.4 feet or 6.2 meters.

Just a small tweak.

Missing cache replaced, good to go .

Had tried to find this before. Brought No.13 with me but neither of us came up with the cache.

This is starting to look a bit suspect. Will check it out when I get a chance.

GPS points to inside locked area...

It could not be found

Quiet tricky as the photo was misleading. Anyway finally found it based on the hint. TFTC will return tomorrow to sign the log. Sheet is a bit damp.

No luck with this one, coordinates seemed to be a bit off but I don't think I wasn't looking in the right places anyway

Tregearp and I have seen noted this cache on the map many times but always seemed to have other priorities. This afternoon we had a few minutes so parked nearby and enjoyed the walk to the GZ. A muggle was enjoying the peace in the nearby seat so stealth and quiet was needed, but cache was soon in hand for a quick sign and replace. Log book has absorbed a bit of atmospheric moisture but still okay and no water in cache. Thanks again for another Sidewaze cache.

Out and about with SJT_NZ and this one was a quick find on a lovely afternoon, a few muggles about but SJT came up with the goods. TFTC

Stopped to look for this one back in June when we were just starting our attempt at a streak and didn't find it. Maybe it was impatience, maybe muggles, maybe the impending rain. Anyway, I was in a rush and headed off and found a different one. The other day I took Andy along to use his eyes to see what I obviously couldn't but we were thwarted by the gardener. Today I went back and this time I actually managed to find it, possibly due to the gardens now being nice and neat. Anyway, log signed and another one ticked off. Day 182. tftc

Log book is damp and cache may need rehiding as it was considerable distance from coordinates. Lovely Sunday evening find

No luck

Good hide! Did not find it at first. TYFC.

TYFTC

Tough

Nice easy find

Found our first one. Excited. Thanks

Found the cache...but never found a sign...had me quite confused until I relied on the gps that was accurate and caching instinct...in the process I was attacked by mosquitoes...so itchy. Tftc

Nice hide thanks!

Fun find with the family

Better GPS system this time.

Beautiful Sunday evening. Easy find.

Ein Teil von cruzifix verbringt ein wahrscheinlich sehr aufregendes, spannendes und schönes halbes Jahr auf der Südinsel Neuseelands. Dann muss er natürlich auch einen Geocache machen.
Dieser wurde dazu auserkoren - und ich hier in Deutschland kann nur die Bilder von diesem Park sehen und den Erzählungen meines Bruders lauschen - der Park muss richtig schön sein!
Danke für diesen Geocache! Oder wie man in Deutschland sagt: "Danke für das LEgen und Pflegen!"
TFTC und viele Grüße aus Richmond und auch aus Deutschland!
cruzifix

One part of cruzifix is spending now a very exciting and beautiful half year on the South Island of New Zealand. Then of course he must also make a geocache.

This was Chosen - and here in Germany I can only see the pictures of this park and listen to my brother's tales - the park must be really nice!
Thanks for this geocache! Or as you say in Germany: "Thanks for laying and caring!"
TFTC and many greetings from Richmond and from Germany, too!
cruzifix

Couldn't find it

What a beautiful garden to visit while on holiday. Tftc!

Beautiful day

Stoll in gardens with family lovely day here in nelson

Ewan found this one! A little bit harder than the first one

This rocks

Tricky. We'll be back.

This is the 3rd cache of sidewaze that we could not find today! I'm sure when we find one, the others will be more obvious.

Once the GPS settled down it took me to the right spot. Had to read the hint to find the cache though

Tfc was a sneaky hide , reading comments helps!

We came over for the Mary Hyde event but came the night before to make sure we made it. After check-in and some dinner we decided to go for a few close caches and because we had already DNFed this nearly a year ago it was one I wanted to have another go at. It was completely dark and trying to pick which path to take was a gamble and of course we picked wrong first so a little backtrack and then onto the right path. I cant believe how quickly we found it this time. More experience or more determination? Not distracted by the cute wee kitty? Who knows? It doesnt matter. We can now the claim this smilie. Thanks for the cache

While the rest of the family are at the mall, the dog and me went for a walk to stretch both our legs . Quick find and sign while nobody about. Grabbed the TB to move on. Thanks for the cache.

No luck with this one

Thank you. Took a couple of attempts

Woohoo #500!
Having failed here a long time ago, it seemed like a great place to being up my milestone. Fantastic setting to sit and enjoy my lunch before searching. Almost exactly a year since discovering this odd pastime, my geosence has been tuned well enough to find reasonably quickly this time.
Also I wanted a Sidewaze cache for my 500th - having got hooked on caching early on by roaming around the moutere finding many a country placement.
Thanks to all cache owners for brightening my caching experience.
Thanks Sidewaze for this cache and the many other good hides.
Now on to the next 500!

Was just starting to search when I got a call from SWMBO tol meet her at Richmond Mall for lunch. Who am I to deny her summons? Well, the cache will just have to wait.

Searched for ages but no luck. Maybe Lorna Harry and Jip can find it and bring over the track able if it's still there

I Agree that the sign is misleading. Had a lovely morning with the little in this park. Easy find for miss three.

Can back to this spot to eat ice cream and have another look. This time successfully. Cheers.

Exploring around Richmond, Stoke and Nelson. There are a few caches around here!!

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

After a bit of a search we found where it could be and there it was.

Found with oneimmensegun

2740 Last one for the day. Followed my GPS and ended up inside. After not being able to GZ I backed up and went round. Once on the right track I soon had cache in hand.

At last! My smartphone is not super-accurate, so I have been feeling not very smart during this hunt! But, i agree, the sign is mis-leading! Tftc

Found it in these lovely gardens TFTC

A beautiful afternoon to catch up on some Sidewaze caches. Washbourne Gardens is a treasure. Looking forward to the Movies in the Park this year.

TFTC!

TFTC Just keeping our hand in after big lunch with Daughter in tow

Finally found this one after a few failed attempts. Tftc

A beautiful park so close to the town. There were lots of muggles lying in the grass enjoying a lunchtime break. Fortunately all was quiet at GZ. TFTC sidewaze.

Found with NZDi. We had to come across the hill today to do the last of our Christmas shopping, starting in Nelson and finishing up in Richmond. After the shopping was completed we had a couple of hours spare to do some caching in the local area before heading home.

We managed to find 10 in total which worked out to be eight 'traditionals' with a 'puzzle' at the beginning and end to 'bookend' them. After getting BGSc 101, we headed to this section of the Great Taste Trail to get a quick half dozen 'traditionals'.

After getting half a dozen 'traditionals' on the Great Taste Trail either side of the Appleby over-bridge, we were about to head home when NZDi remembers a last bit of shopping she need to do, so we headed back into Richmond. While she was in shopping, I checked out the area for some more handy caches and when she returned we took a short walk and got another three.

This was the first and provided us with a bit of consternation until NZDi discovered the track that took us to GZ where we had a QEF thanks to accurate coordinates.

TFTC Sidewaze

Found while out caching with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC Sidewaze

On Wed 14th the brand new Oregon 700 crashed (for the second time these holidays) and lost all caches from the Nelson PQ. So visited the Richmond Library to note down the coordinates and details for a handful of essential Nelson caches... this was one of them. An evening stroll to explore a few Richmond streets. Found the way - but it was closed to change the display. Lovely gardens - and the old gaol!

Found it easily. Helped that we saw another group leave this area

Out and about grabbing a few caches for the end of the month lovely gardens lots of gardeners making it all nice and pretty today

Quick find today, in a muggle-free gap in the walkers going past.

Gardens were beautiful - enjoyed lunch there - had to have a couple of hunts for this one

Ltf

In Richmond for a couple days to surprise Dad on his 70th B'day. Mid afternoon and gathered the extended family in the gardens to try and take a few 'family' photo's - hopefully one or two good enough to print on canvas for Dad! Nice wee walk & after a bit of a looksee came up with the cache. Cheers. Grew up in Richmond & used to spend a bit of time playing and pottering through these gardens...and damming the stream! Cheers.

Good hide

Found it

What a pretty little Park, had us hunting around with directions being pointed to a closed area, but after quite a bit of searching and a couple of visits came across this well hidden cache. Just as well its not Aussie you would certainly need to be careful.
Thanks Sidewaze for a good cache.

Tried looking without success in ther dark tonight with crappy little headtorches. Got to 2-3m and found the closed in (fernery?) but we were on the wrong side. We did find a pretty friendly pussycat but he didnt want to devulge the cache location. Make sure to stick to the path, the grass is SLIPPERY when moist. Thanks anyway we will have to come back in the dayligh another time.

Went on a big adventure with Wafflekitties and geo pups, had a blast thanks for the memories! TFTC.

Found while on a winter holiday with LCBuilder and our two geodogs. We spent 3 weeks travelling down the east coast and then up the west coast, setting our tent up at a different campsite each night. We didn't have any real plan, just went where the caches took us we saw a lot of awesome sights and will definitely have to come back one day as 3 weeks isn't really that long!
Finally made it to Sunny Nelson, definitely one of my favourite places.

Found on our second attempt. TFTC.

Always nice to walk thru here. TFTC.

nice easy cache & a good break from the tennis tournaments today. Nice hide. find#64

A Sunday unexpectedly up my sleeve, mrs capperz at work for the morning, nightowl19 round a friends house and just me and Tally the dog with (potentially) a whole day to kill time. Only one thing for it then, a trip 'over the hill'. On the list of wants was a full set of 8 recently listed eggs and a second look at some caches that last time I came were either missing, or I missed when looking. I've got a whole collection of solved puzzles burning a hole in my G P S too so keen to turn them into smilies if possible. Some I've had solved since prior to moving down here to the Mainland so keen to convert.
All up a successful trip; 35 caches found, 18 puzzles and 17 traditional caches. All 8 eggs were cracked, including a dirty half dozen before noon, got all the numbers required and will go for the final another time. A lovely sunny day today to herald the change of daylight saving and my smoke alarm tested itself, at 0430 this morning!!
Back into the eggs phase of the day, 10 puzzles just found, time for some traditional caches to settle the stomach
After coming up through town I parked nearby at the edge of this park which I don't think I've been to before. Headed to one corner on the outside of the fernery and after trying the outer door realized it was ,locked so headed under and around and up onto the path. From there I faffed a bit and searched all the wrong places before hitting paydirt and finding the cache.
Nice place which I will have to bring mrs capperz to next time in town
T F T C Sidewaze

Finally found it after searching every Tuesday evening for a number of weeks! Funny that it was in the first place I looked but missed! I spent a lot of time inside though as that's where the gps coordinates took me... a nice place to look, but not for this cache!

Out and about in Richmond this lunchtime to find a couple of caches to fill a calendar day (only 9 gaps left now) and sought out this path I had never seen before.

A nice wee walk, but needed the hint to zero in on the well hidden cache container.

Thanks

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