The Green Kea II (Dunedin) Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
By Natalie247 on 30-Jan-17. Waypoint GC6ZX20

Oh those lovely noisy birds gathered the information and not long after got to log the cache And then the rain started againThanks a lot for the nice multi!

A nice noisy find. And the multi of the day. Thanks a lot!

Found with Gazania Rigens and Wombatwandering. A satisfying little multi admiring the avian beauties (but not so much the raucous screeching of some of them) before a relaxing final.What a great day to be in these wonderful gardens!TFTC

The scarlet macaw was making a lot of noise when we walked around the aviaries to collect the info for this multi. No keas were seen, but lots of other colourful birds and flowers. The numbers were all found easily and we were happy to see that the final wasn't too far away. FP and TFTC!

Im yet to see a kea during this trip to New Zealand although Ive interacted with them a fair bit in the past. I love their antics, mostly because Im yet to be their victim! We found the answers and then it was off to GZ for a good find. Ground with Gazania Rigens and Zouavesauvage. Thanks!

A plan was hatched quite a while ago when the Dunedin Mega was announced to come over to the South Island again.I have only been to New Zealand twice before and I loved the South Island.So a chance to come back for a Mega was a no brainer for me.Everything was booked and I flew in last Saturday after a bit of a delay.Have been at Mega central Dunedin for a couple of days now and Im loving the place.So Day 9 of my Mega NZ trip begins and I have teamed up with Roaming Howie again and it was decided to head to the city to find what we could and to locate a couple of the oldies.The weather was a little bit better today so it was more enjoyable.After heading back to the airport (to pick up one that we missed yesterday) we started making our way back for a few caches and challenges along the way.We made our way to the Botanical Gardens and after finding the oldie we made our way to the aviary for a walk around.Plenty of noise happening coming from the cages and I remember my interaction with the Keas a few years ago on the bus stopped at the tunnel waiting to go to Milford Sound.We walked around gathered what was needed and soon made the find.Thanks Natalie247 TFTMC.

Mit meinem Guesthouse hatte ich mir nicht nur eine sehr nette Unterkunft ausgesucht, sondern auch die Lage war vorzglich. So bummelte ich an meinem ersten vollen Tag in Dunedin gleich einmal zum Botanischen Garten. Es lockte nicht nur der Garten an sich, den ich von meinem letzten Besuch in guter ERinnerung behalten hatte. Nein, bei meinem letzten Besuch vor 8 Jahren hatte ich noch keinen Sinn fr alte Caches. So hatte ich vllig bersehen, dass es hier ein wichtiges altes Schtzchen zu besuchen gab. Also in doppelten Sinn: Auf gehts zu den "Botanical Gardens"! Aber es wartete natrlich nicht nur der Oldie auf mich. Ein farbenfrohes Bltenmeer mit Rhododendren, Azaleen und vielen anderen Pflanzen, hbsch garniert mit dem ein oder anderen Geocache im oder nahe des Gartens erwarteten mich hier. Vielen Dank Natalie247 fr "The Green Kea II".______________________________With my guesthouse, I had not only chosen a very nice place to stay, but the location was also excellent. So on my first full day in Dunedin, I strolled straight to the Botanical Gardens. It wasn't just the garden itself that attracted me, which I had fond memories of from my last visit. No, on my last visit 8 years ago I had no sense of old caches. So I had completely overlooked the fact that there was an important old treasure to visit here. So in a double sense: let's go to the Botanical Gardens! But of course it wasn't just the oldie that was waiting for me. A colourful sea of flowers with rhododendron bushes, azaleas and many other plants, beautifully garnished with a couple of geocaches in or near the garden, awaited me. Many thanks to Natalie247 for The Green Kea II.

Found with NZDi on our southern adventure heading towards the Geo Toroa. Our schedule didn't have us arriving in Dunedin until Thursday, but a quicker than expected trip through The Catlins meant we are here earlier than expected. Today is our 41st wedding anniversary, so we started the day off with breakfast at the Vogel Street Cafe which we totally recommend. After that NZDi wanted to visit the Botanical Gardens and while there we limited ourselves to an Ad Lab and this multi. An interesting tour through the aviary which some of the birds were extremely vocal.The cache was in good condition and was a quick easy find just where our calculations said it would be.TFTC Natalie247

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.TFTC Natalie247

We had fun while solving this one. One of the birds even said "Hello". Thanks for the cache!

Lunchtime walk for another multi. Cheers

Made amendments to E

Tidied up container and will tweak f as post has changed

Getting to meet the birds was amazing. TFTC. The Australian Border sign clue is outdated though .

The cache is super cool, it seems like the Australian sign has been renewed so the clue doesnt really work but you can find it through subtraction. Super fun tftc

What an awesome bit of kit for the birds, loved it. Also had issues with the Aussie Border sign, but worked backwards with the other bits I had and had the answer in hand. Cheers

Couldnt get latitude right from the Australian Border sign process of elimination led me to the GZ, no space in log, left my name on a wee scrap of paper! TFTC

Good cache. Signed last free spot in log.

The last part of the journey starts on the southern part of New Zealand ???? Our group (downunder24) visits beautiful places with the aim of collecting caches. It is very impressive. Thank you very much?? Greetings from Germany, muschel3 ??

Das groe Abenteuer beginnt. Qatar ?? Australien ?? Neuseeland. Zusammen mit 37 anderen Cachern bereise ich diese Lnder. Wir haben uns den Gruppennamen Downunder 2024 gegeben.Das sind die Teilnehmer:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.Wir haben uns nicht alle im Logbuch verewigt um den Ownern nicht gleich nach unserem Besuch zur Wartung zu rufen. Ab und an habe ich mich auch mal mit meinem Namen persnlich eingetragen. Vielen Dank an Natalie247 fr diesen Cache, liebe Gre aus Apensen von der webmasterrollerin Silvia ?? ??5. Mrz 2024

Bei unserer Gruppenreise nach Australien und Neuseeland konnten wir neben den vielen interessanten Eindrcken auf unseren Ausflgen auch viele Caches besuchen. Wir loggten platzsparend mit Team DownUnder24.Danke an Natalie247 fr diesen Cache.

Mit 37 Geocachern, aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz, ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland, beginnend mit einem Zwischenstopp in Doha in Katar. So lange und so weit weg von zu Hause war ich noch nie. Eine aufregende Zeit.Beim Geocaching lag der Focus auf viele unterschiedliche Cachetypen, aber auch besondere Wertungen, Challenges und besonders ein paar sehr alte Caches aus den Jahren 2000 und 2001. Aber auch natrlich ganz besonders die Geocaches, die zu Fu vom Hotel aus gut erreichbar waren.Natrlich wurde stand aber nicht nur das Geocaching im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch die Sehenswrdigkeiten der einzelnen Stationen, die wir besuchten, verdienten ihre Aufmerksamkeit.In die Logbcher trugen wir uns mit unserem Teamnamen "Downunder 2024" ein, Logbuchplatz sparend und effizient.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team, das auch sehr viel Spa gemacht hat.Heute hatten wir bis zum spten Nachmittag Zeit zum Geocachen in Dunedin. Danach ging es mit dem Bus von Christchurch weiter nach Cromewell.Danke fr diesen Geocache. Danke fr die Ausarbeitung. Danke frs Zeigen.Lieber Gru aus Duisburg / DeutschlandAndyDieser Logeintrag wird mit Hilfe von Google bersetzt.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We set off on a long journey with 37 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand, starting with a stopover in Doha, Qatar. I have never been so long and so far away from home. An exciting time.When geocaching, the focus was on many different cache types, but also special ratings, challenges and especially a few very old caches from the years 2000 and 2001. But also, of course, especially the geocaches that were easily accessible on foot from the hotel.Of course, the focus wasn't just on geocaching; the sights of the individual stations we visited also deserved attention.We entered our team name Downunder 2024 in the logbooks, saving logbook space and efficiently.It was a very special trip in a large team, which was also a lot of fun.Today we had until late afternoon to go geocaching in Dunedin. We then took the bus to Cromewell.Thanks for this geocache. Thanks for the elaboration. Thank you for showing me.Kind regards from Duisburg / GermanyAndyThis log entry is translated with the help of Google.

Found this cache on a 21-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany and Denmark - At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:gc, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-TinaGazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, OllileinOpaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma,Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoTFTC, Team Zyanor

There was a lot to see and log on my trip through Australia and New Zealand, and this cache was one of them. We were a group of 38 and logged with "Team Downunder24" to save space in the logbook.Thanks says XenSuo

I have traveled with 37 geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The Teammembers are:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.During our stay in Nea Zealand we had also the opportunity to visit some caches. This cache was also among our finds today.Thanks for leading us here and showing and thanks for the cache.

We had a great time in Australia and New Zealand and looked at many sights. Today we looked at Dunedin and discovered many beautiful sights and details through geocaching.?? I am also part of the large tour group from Germany, for reasons of space, we have entered the logbook as **DownUnder24**.Thank you for luring and hiding, says ollileinThe tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo

Seventh day in New Zealand ??. This is my first visit to this extraordinary country and the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream. In the past, it always failed due to the lack of a travel companion. Now I had the chance to join a large group of mainly German geocachers and I was delighted to take it. After a stopover in Qatar and 8 days in Australia, our journey continued from Auckland to Queenstown with various stopovers.**We still had enough time for a few caches before we left Dunedin this afternoon. The main target were the old ones from 2000, but of course there was plenty of by-catch. GCB2 led us here. As I love multis, we took the opportunity to follow the individual stations. We had the pleasure of admiring the bird life in the aviaries. The required values were noted down and the final calculated. We must have made a mistake, however, because we were looking in the wrong place at first. As there was no seating to be seen here, we looked for it in a plausible place and found the container ??. Now our names are also in this logbook.**Thanks for laying & taking care .Siebter Tag in Neuseeland ??. Fr mich ist es der erste Besuch dieses auergewhnlichen Landes und die Erfllung eines lang gehegten Traums. Es scheiterte in der Vergangenheit immer an einem fehlenden Reisebegleiter. Jetzt gab es die Chance mich einer groen Gruppe von berwiegend deutschen Geocachern anzuschlieen und ich ergriff sie mit Freuden. Nach einem Stop over in Katar und 8 Tagen in Australien ging unsere Reise weiter von Auckland nach Queenstown mit diversen Zwischenstopps.**Bis wir heute Nachmittag Dunedin wieder verlassen hatten wir noch gengend Zeit fr ein paar Caches. Hauptziel waren die Alten aus 2000, aber natrlich gab es noch reichlich Beifang. GCB2 fhrte uns hierher. Da ich Multis liebe nutzten wir die Gelegenheit und folgten den einzelnen Stationen. So kamen wir in den Genuss, die Vogelwelt in den Volieren zu bewundern. Die bentigten Werte wurden notiert und das Finale berechnet. Wir mssen aber einen Fehler gemacht haben, denn wir suchten zuerst an falscher Stelle. Da hier keine Sitzgelegenheit zu sehen war, haben wir an plausibler Stelle danach Ausschau gehalten und wurden fndig ??. Jetzt stehen unsere Namen auch in diesem Logbuch.**Danke fr das Legen & Pflegen .

Geocachers on tour. We are a travel group with almost 40 people from Germany and we log with Downunder 2024 to save space. We visited this cache The Green Kea II (Dunedin) today and it is in the logbook. The tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo Thank you very much

We have traveled with 36 likeminded geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.This cache was today among our finds.Thanks for leading us here and thanks for the cache.

Together with 36 other geocachers, the KiSt team undertook a very long trip to Australia and New Zealand for three weeks. On both the outward and return journeys, there was a stopover in Doha, the capital of Qatar .We experienced a great deal on this trip and gained many very different impressions of the two countries, their nature and their culture. Of course, the main focus was on visiting as many caches of as many different types as possible and also all accessible old cans. However, we also made sure to visit many special places of interest and to gain as comprehensive an impression as possible of nature and its flora and fauna.To save the logbooks, we usually signed in with our team name **Downunder24**. For "special" cans, however, we have not missed the opportunity to leave our nickname as well.This beautiful cache is now also one of our finds.Due to the large number of caches visited, it is unfortunately not possible for us to write an individual log for each can, which is why we would like to apologize to the owners for this collective log.We also met other cachers at some of the events and were able to share our experiences. Many thanks to the event owners!Of course we would like to thank all the owners for showing us the great locations, the sometimes tricky puzzles, exciting multis and wherigos, as well as the interesting virtuals and earth caches - TFTC!!!---In der Besetzung KiSt unternahmen wir zusammen mit 36 weiteren Geocachern fr drei Wochen eine sehr weite Reise nach Australien und Neuseeland . Auf der An- und Abreise stand dabei jeweils ein Zwischenstopp in Doha an, der Hauptstadt von Qatar .Wir haben auf dieser Reise sehr viel erlebt und viele sehr unterschiedliche Eindrcke von den beiden Lndern, deren Natur und deren Kultur mitgenommen. Natrlich lag ein Hauptaugenmerk darauf, mglichst viele Caches mglichst vieler unterschiedlicher Typen und auch alle erreichbaren alten Dosen zu besuchen. Darber haben wir es aber nicht versumt, vielen besonderen Sehenswrdigkeiten einen Besuch abzustatten und uns von der Natur und deren Flora und Fauna einen mglichst umfassenden Eindruck zu verschaffen.Um die Logbcher zu schonen, haben wir uns dort meist mit unserem Teamnamen **Downunder24** eingetragen. Bei "besonderen" Dosen haben wir es uns aber auch nicht nehmen lassen, zustzlich unseren Nicknamen zu hinterlassen.Auch dieser schne Cache zhlt jetzt zu unseren Funden.Aufgrund der groen Anzahl der besuchten Caches ist es uns leider nicht mglich, zu jeder Dose einen individuellen Log zu verfassen, weshalb wir uns bei den Ownern fr diesen Sammellog entschuldigen wollen.Auf einigen Events haben wir auch andere Cacher kennengelernt und konnten unsere Erfahrungen austauschen. Vielen Dank an die Event-Owner!Natrlich wollen wir uns bei allen Ownern fr das Zeigen der tollen Orte, die teils kniffligen Rtsel, spannenden Multis und Wherigos, sowie die interessanten Virtuals und Earthcaches bedanken - TFTC!!

Gefunden im Team DownUnder24. Danke fr den Cache

38 cachers from , and made a tour with a stopover in and visiting and to get lot of impressions from Down Under.We log with Team DownUnder24 to save space in the logbooks.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:_gc_AmoebeSTAndyausDuB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHfi1hupsi-1karrai *keeinerLeilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuoDay 18: in the morning we still stayed in Dunedin before heading to Cromwell. TFTC from Bavaria

Dunedin stand auf dem Programm.Einige alte Dosen und jede Menge interessantes.Morgens sah die Welt noch ganz schn verregnet aus und 8,C mit Wind stimmte nicht gerade frhlich.Es wurde erst etwas warmes getrunken und dann ging es los.Um die Logbcher zu schonen haben wir uns mit Downunder 2024 eingetragen um Platz zu sparen.Wir sind eine Gruppe von 38 Cachern aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz.T4t$ sagt viko76 aus Berlin GermanyDunedin was on the agenda. Some old cans and lots of interesting things. In the morning the world still looked pretty rainy and 8.C with wind wasn't exactly happy. First we drank something warm and then we started. In order to protect the logbooks, we entered Downunder 2024 to save space. We are a group of 38 cachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland. T4t$ says viko76 from Berlin GermanyThe tour group includes: gcAndyausDuAmoebeSTB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacherReisenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHFo, hupsi-1karrai *keeinerLeilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuo

A group of 38 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland - Team Downunder24 - are traveling for 22 days from Frankfurt/Main via Doha to Australia and New Zealand. I was able to discover many wonderful things and irretrievable experiences are burned into my memory. Today we had until the afternoon to visit a few important caches in Dunedin and continue to look at the beautiful city. We were mainly out and about in the beautiful botanical garden, but despite strong winds and a few rain showers, there was still time for one or two caches.This one was there too. Thanks to Natalie247 for the cache, luring and caring for it - kind regards from Switzerland

Wir sind eine etwas grssere Geocachergruppe die von Frankfurt ber Doha nach Australien und jetzt in Neuseeland gelandet sind. Nachdem wir in Dunedin ankamen stand fr mich erst mal eine Runde Schlaf an, danach gings dann frisch in den Tag auf Dosensuche. Dieser hier war ein Teil von unseren Entdeckungen und Erlebnissen. Wir haben in den Logbchern platzsparend mit DownUnder2024 geloggt. Vielen Dank frs Hegen und Pflegen dieses Caches. Greetings from Germany/Luxembourg

Together with 37 Cachers, we start a journey to Australia and New Zealand via Doha.In Qatar we spent one night and had almost one full day before heading to Sydney.In Australia we visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Cairns. In New Zealand will be Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.To safe Logbook space, we signed the logbooks with our team-name "DownUnder24".Our Teammembers are:\_gc_, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoThank you for the Cache.

Unterwegs in Australien und Neuseeland mit der Cachergruppe Downunder24,konnte ich diesen schnen Cache signieren.Danke frs Anlegen und Herfhren!TFTC sagt der WhlhaseDie Cachergruppe Downunder24 hat die Teilnehmer:_gc_, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo,Danke fr die Dose - Thanks for that Cache - Merci pour la Cache - Dzieki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Dky za ke - Aciu u ta talpykla - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - nbellek iin tesekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kasmemoron

After arriving in New Zealand we (Team Downunder24) discovered the beautiful island ??????? also by looking for some caches. ??"The Green Kea II (Dunedin)" was one of them. We could find the needed informations and at the end the final box too. ?? All was in good condition. We enjoyed our stay in the park. Thanks Natalie247??

Not sure the birds were happy I was lurking around. Were making quite a racket. Some stunning birds, lovely to see them but not sure I like to see them caged. TFTM

Woah very nifty. Log book needs urgently replaced though, I just filled in the last slot haha. Can always never help but feel very sad for the birds though. Thank you.

The children enjoyed our visit to the aviary today, especially the kaka that flew over to check us out. A few changes here since we last visited, with a number of the spaces now being used for breeding and rehabilitation of wild birds. Thanks for this multi to add a challenge to our visit!

Found thanks, tazdorf & mike1971

Visiting the South Island via cruise ship. Decided to skip tours to get some hiking in. Went around the aviary gathering the information. The birds were beautiful!! With information at hand I found bench to rest. Signed the log and moved on. Thanks to Natalie247 for this cache.

Today was our last day of our week-long adventure packed holiday in Dunedin and we decided to spend the afternoon in the Botanic Gardens as we'd never been before. We parked up and immediately discovered these amazing and unexpected aviaries. I noticed this multi and found the answers while we were looking at the birds. I'd got all the answers but not yet calculated the final coords when junior cacher got a bleeding nose. He found a seat and while we waited for his nose to stop bleeding, I worked out the coords and found that I was 0m away. That has never happened before! TFTC, we loved the birds!

Found it, very sneaky!

I'm visiting New Zealand for a tour around the country . I have already visited many places on the North Island and on the South Island. Now I'm staying in Dunedin for some days. While enjoying the sightseeing I also visit some caches. This is one of them. Thank you for showing me the place and thank you for the cache . Greetings from Switzerland .

Full log to come. Sid left a lasting impression. One watcher. ***5th** Wheel challenge Sept **Teamwork 8th** Multi 25pt **250pt***. tftc

Out looking for some more smileys. Thank you for the cache!

Our first NZ cache! Thanks for placing in such a lovely location - we really enjoyed our walk around the aviary - especially meeting Sid the Cockatoo! TFTC.

Hallo, auf einem Road-Trip über die Südinsel Neuseelands auch diesen Cache gut gefunden.
TFTC die Krümelmonsters

Sod said hello over and over at me, and roared at me as I wandered off. In the early evening the birds are quite active

I loved this. Saw the birds, learnt some things about them, and was a relatively easy but not too easy scavenger hunt for information.

Fun wander around the birds.
TFTC

I needed a multi dot-day cache today and decided that this fitted the bill.

It was a nice wee walk around the Aviary. Even though I got adifferent checksum total I managed to locate and sign the cache.

Cheers for the cache.

Nice quick multi thanks.

Found it on a family Sunday walk around the gardens. TFTC

One of our last caches before heading back to the airport. GeohoundandI wanted to see all of the birds, and we loved watching the kea interacting with the staff checking the enclosure. A nice and easy multi to solve and find.

this was a nice easy multi that i did with flossieteacake and it was so cool to see the birds, especially the kea. TFTC

I’m not a bird fan so was unsure about this one, but have to say it was really great! The birds are amazing, I was quite in awe of them. Mr Juju loved it because I usually dodge Aviaries! A great multi for us TFTC

Found it!!!!!

November is a busy month in most people's lives, second only to December I suspect. Teachers are very busy at this time as we begin assessing and writing school reports.

This probably explains why we have so many dot days in November and December! So the mission this year is to beat the COVID blues and the report writing mania by taking time out to fill dot days in the evenings.

Was getting late in the day and we needed a find for our 31 day streak. This cache seemed to fit the bill (no pun intended). Didn't take long and had a delightful experience visiting the birds on a hot summer evening.

TFTC

Find count: 2405

A nice amble looking at the birds. A couple of typos in the clues but nothing bad. I left Pengi in the van. He was bitten in the beak by a kea a few years ago so gets a bit nervous.

Thanks for the cache Natalie247. Enjoyed a wander around the parrots up here in the gardens this morning before heading meet my daughter for coffee and head back south.
Quick find at final

On our first day in Dunedin we went to the garden, and collected all but one WP. Today, we came back to look for the Kiwi Guardian post, and we found the last WP, a quick maths calculation and we had coords. At GZ, this was a mission for little cacher, the expert in this type of hide. he quickly grabbed the container, which was in good condition, as the logbook, and returned it to its location. Then off for the Post, which we found after going all around again. Thanks for this nice multi that takes us all around the aviary!

Level 2 - geocaching allowed

As the country enters Level 4 (lockdown), https://covid19.govt.nz

It is strongly recommend that whilst we go for a walk for exercise, we need to take care on shared surfaces and geocaching should not be done at this time; https://wiki.groundspeak.com/display/GEO/New+Zealand

To remove temptation, I am disabling this cache and ask kindly that you do not find this cache during lockdown.

Remember there is more than physically finding a cache, there are plenty of puzzle caches you can do at home. Or if you live near a multi you can walk the trail and save the find for another day. For more info or connect with wider community see Geocaching New Zealand on Facebook.

Stay home, stay safe and save lives.

Great way to explore the Aviary! Thanks for the cache.

Now know this part of the gardens really well. Thanks!

Thanks Natalie, here with my nephew. Beautiful Dunedin morning. Thanks for bringing us here

Kia ora for the cache

On a three week trip to the lower South Island with tmann421 hunting caches.
Enjoyed the trip around and the challenge of the finds.
Signed logs tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Another good multi-cache found with woolwood9.
We soon had the container located after a lot of walking around finding the numbers! SL: **tm/ww NZ**
*Thanks for putting this cache out for us to visit*

Very noisy birds! Liked the one that said "Hello" every time you walked away but nothing when you talked to it!

Beautiful morning walk to Dunedin Botanic Garden, small short rain, but waterproof jacket is enough. Include a photo of logbook having only my GCstamp, obviously too small .

First sign on the new log book. Had a nice time walking around the different aviaries and learning about the birds here. TFTC

New log in place

For information on Geocaching during Covid19 in New Zealand please visit www.wiki.groundspeak.com/display/GEO/New+Zealand .

Note: geocaching is not allowed under Level 3 or 4.

Please note, not everyone logs as they go, so please approach this cache as if it has just been found, take care and keep up good social distancing and hand hygiene.

Please check on the Garden's opening times as these might have changed for Levels 1 and 2.

As the country enters a 4 week lockdown, it is strongly recommend that Whilst we go for a walk for exercise, we need to take care on shared surfaces.... to remove temptation in urban area I am disabling this cache. Remember there is more than physically finding a cache, there are plenty of puzzle caches you can do at home. For more info or connect with wider community see Geocaching New Zealand on Facebook.
Stay home, stay safe and save lives.

Please note this area needs to be safe for keepers, so as tempting as it is, don’t come visit the birds,

Zusammen mit Panne Koppa und Mini_JayJay gerne diesen trotz der vielen Stationen sehr schnellen Multi angegangen. Richtig toll was es hier zu sehen gibt... Die Aufgaben konnten wir alle ohne Probleme lösen und am Ende auch den Cache schnell finden. Mini_JayJay hatte hier viel Spaß dabei die schönen bunten Vögel zu betrachten. Das Logbuch ist jetzt voll.

The Logsheet ist now full and must bei changed.

T4TC
# 18984

T4TC
# 18984

Round the world trip Made it to New Zealand and will be traveling all around the Islands. On my way along the eastcoast I’ll be exploring Dunedin. I am impressed by all the beautiful birds! A good decision to come here!

Thanks for bringing up this cache!

Vielen Dank fürs legen und pflegen und beste Grüße aus Leipzig!
Thanks for hiding and many greetings from Leipzig/Germany!

As the Kea is a firm favourite of the muggle I am travelling with, this cache was a must do. We approached from down the hill though so weren't collecting the information in the proscribed order, but neither of us minded the doubling back as it gave an excuse to revisit some of the inhabitants.

Lots to admire here and information to absorb, and we also basked in the sunshine, then taking advantage of the shade.

Found the final in a secluded spot and then made the descent back to the car to go in search of dinner.

Thank you Natalie247 for placing & maintaining this cache.

16 January 2020

Lots of beautiful birds in the enclosure. Cache all good. TFTC

Great trip around aviaries thanx.

First cache while exploring the botanical gardens. All answers were good to find as the cache was.
TFTC
twin trapper

A verry Nice walk her thanks De Bijtjes NEDERLAND

Lots of fun, TFTC

Loved wandering around the aviary this afternoon, the cheeky Kia’s were a highlight, as was Sid who was trying to burrow out of his enclosure- one clever parakeet! By coincidence, I sat on the very bench which my coordinates led me to to work out this multi! Very satisfying.

Have not been here, for a long time. - Thanks Bitsprayer

Great wee multi for Mila’s first! Unexpected container - thanks

Quite enjoyed this cache. Some fasanting birds as well as a lovely day. Didn't realise that there were way points for the plaques so it was a bit trickier. Fav point from me.
Tftc

Nice walk around while learning some new information about the gardens and seeing the birds. Stopped to do some of the other geos too but made this our last one as it was raining heavily and getting dark. TFTC

Quickly found the required answers and then the log was signed.
Tftc

I decided to do this shorter multi before starting on the longer ones around the gardens. Wandered up and down collecting the numbers then off for a nice quick find. I was a bit lucky because as I approached GZ from one direction a family approached from another heading for the same spot. I claimed it first so they moved on. TFTC # 13,575

Quickly found the clues and then nabbed the final cache. Thanks for placing this!

#3966 Natalie give me ride to the Botanical garden and I decided to do her multi which was very pleasant to do. I saw many nice parrots and after easy counting I found final cache. Thanks for the cache, greetings from Czech Republic.

We found this geocache during our New Zealand trip. This was one of the last places we wanted to visit in Dunedin. We wanted to meet some native birds such as the kaka and kea. We were impressed by the size of both birds. All info for the multi was collected easily and the stash even so. Thanks for this multi!

Beautiful and relaxing walk through the garden, also visiting the aviary. The colibri was found quickly
TFTC

We were spending the afternoon at the Botanical Gardens and enjoyed seeing the colourful birds in the aviary. Some appeared very shy but one Sulphur Crested Cockatoo in particular was very friendly.

We gathered the information needed and found the cache soon after. All is well here.

I came to the Upper Gardens yesterday and found some of the info for some other Multis, bit not this one. Returned today & enjoyed the amble. Nobody around near GZ.
Thanks for this well thought out Multi, Natalie247.

**This was 1 of 18 caches that was found by me on the 5th of 19 days in New Zealand.**
**Which also was the 58th of 75 days that my travels thru southeast Asia and Oceania would last.**

As I needed an multi cache on this date this seemed to be an good choose as I already was in the garden for GCB2.

I remember that I had some of the waypoints. But after walking around all the necessary numbers had been collected. And an visit to the Kea cage was also included.

*During 19 days I traveled from Christchurch to Auckland in an SUV, that i also slept in during most of the nights. 5.956 km of driving did it take to visit the 351 caches that I have marked as found in c:geo.*

*Earthcaches was my main focus during the stay. And I manage to visit 106 of them. So New Zealand is right now the only country where earthcaches are my most found cache type .*

Loved walking through this garden and the aviary was beautiful. Made for a fun caching adventure.