A Top Cache Geraldine, South Island, New Zealand
By geraldinenz on 23-May-18. Waypoint GC7Q4RN

Don't come here not there the office lady sady

Owner pls change container pls for more fun tftc

Spoke to a guy that works at the top 10 campground and told us that someone has removed it and hasnt replaced it

This cache is still missing. As confirmed by friendly camp ground owner. Not sure what last two finders found?

Found it during our vacation.Thanks.Greetings from Germany.

Staying at the Top10 tonight. Has our cache kit handy and replaced at GZ. TFTC

DNF here and confirmed no longer there

Went for a quick look just in case! Lady from campsite was nearby and confirmed someone has taken it

The caretaker advised the cache was taken away. They waiting for the cache to be replaced

Sadly not able to find The staff tried to help n not able to locate it either

it was clear where the cache was... but I was unable to find it. 2 gentlemen from the campground came to help me, but nothing was here.

Out for an after dinner wander and decided to stop in here. Had a chat with the friendly ginger moggy and then the MSP half darted off and quickly had the cache in hand! Tftc

It's been many, many years since I was last in Geraldine and so being not too far away I made the detour and found this cache! Thanks geraldinenz, good looking town.

Nice little hunt around and found. Thanks

TFTC

We got here and we were pretty stumped, but someone came outside and gave us a hint. TFTC

Coordinates are 35 feet out, but eventually found and luckily there was no one around. TFTC.

Found on the evening walk in Geraldine.Luckily we have choosen the right campground, so it was literally several steps from our campervan. Thank you for the cache.

Tftc

Hopefully it brings luckThanks

Thanks for the cache from czech republic.

Tftc was a little bit wet so Here a picture as proof

We were travelling down from Christchurch to Lake Tepako and stopped off in Geraldine for some of the caches. Searched the wrong host at first, then I noticed the sign. There was a muggle sitting in his car outside the reception building. Time was precious and I couldnt wait for him to pull away. Admin performed and replaced as found. TFTC

TFTC! Good luck!

Quickly found in the open with Gummi_Venus. Replaced it near its rock.

Easily found with ObnoxiousSpaceCat, TFTC!

Down south from Tauranga. On a roadie with a group of friends. In town for a couple of nights, Great to collect a few caches along the way. I am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. Its just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these caches. Many Thanks for bringing me here. Cheers.

My first NZ cache. Very wet but managed to sign the log. TFTC

Nach einer tollen Kseverkostung in der Cheeseburger Company gefunden!

Today I drove from Dunsandel to Geraldine on a bit of a road trip south to visit a friend. I found this cache while I was wandering around the Adventure Lab. I managed to dry off the waterproof log and sign it. TFTC, Biggles.

Not far from our campsite, but coordinates quoted are not quite rock solid. Cache too waterlogged to sign

Found further in that GPS said. Didn’t sign as full of water and everything soaked. Great spot.

Found with clanbeckett on our mini tour of NZ.

Read previous logs for a hint as we were very keen to look with our eyes only and not touch too much.

Headed a little further in than GPS had us.

Thanks for placing this cache.

Found it!!

Further in that I expected. Very cool rock tho

Busy place but managed to find it after a bit of a hunt. Tftc

After a bit of a hunt managed to locate this one. Tftc

We looked around the entrance to no avail but when it went further in I found the hint item and then the cache in quick order. We previously had a DNF on 28/8/2019 so great to have a yellow smiley face.

Easy find. TFTC

TFTC. Easy one, thank heavens - muggle central

Cheers Des, TFTC

Got some new luck and a cache!
Thanks for the hunt, Jessie and Alex

Yes it was. Got muggled by the owners.

We had decided we would spend a night in Geraldine- and thought we would come to the Holiday Park- but they , and everyone else here were full up!! We found the cache as a consolation, and then managed to find one place that still had one unit left! thanks for another smilie

A good cache to add to our haul for a couple of days away.

Found it quickly and we would have stayed here But we have Jessie ^..^ and as No Dogs Allowed we stayed where Dog's are allowed.TFTH

Found with the help of the lovely owner, beautiful wee campsite here

TFTC! GPS took us to a different rock patch wandered down a bit and found what we were looking for!

Got better once we were looking in the right patch. Could do with drying out but otherwise all good.

Stay at the Top 10 campsite so had to grab this hide as it was only 250ft from our tent. ️

T4tC geraldinenz, Civvnr & MissTreadlightly ....(UK)

Find number 10328

TFTC! And I speak find after I helpful hint

Quick find after the lovely owner took us straight to it haha! Thanks for the cache.

Tftc

Excellent

Fun

Second-holiday park cache of the day. As I approached GZ the caretaker who was working only a few meters away guessed what I was up to and offered to help if I got stumped. Fortunately, I didn't require his assistance; TFTC

After a lively walk round the farmers market decide to see if any caches were around. TFTC

Found after talking with campsite staff as felt uncomfortable rummaging around on private property - tftc

Hello from Canada,we are enjoying New Zealand.
Left a couple of flag pins.

First name on new logbook, tooktrackable to move closer to destination.

Found with NZDi. Full log to follow.

We are staying at the holiday park and when I opened my app I was happy to see a cache here. On further investigation I was sad to see it under threat of demise. I approached the camp owners and they would like to see the cache continue, so between us we came up with the requirements to make a replacement. The new cache is a Resene Test Pot in the same location. It has a Rite in the Rain log sheet in a ziplock bag. I even placed a TB in it for the next finder.

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC geraldinenz

No luck for us.

Called in here and met up with the owner, who said the cache has been gone for a while. He had another look and confirmed it has gone.

I was talking with the owners of the Top 10 when I was staying there this week. They are sure that the cache has gone missing as they have looked for it with no luck when trying to help people find the cache

Must be a very good hide.
As we sent quite some looking also talked to the staff..who also admitted it maybe missing

Had a good look. A staff member came out, she knew about it but didn't know the exact position. Searched all objects.

Had a hunt around and could not find cache

Awesome little cache! Took us a while to find as we only went further in after reading past logs. Owners were friendly and helped us out. Our 200th find so thanks very much!

Trickier than we first thought. Very cool container. Gets a heart from us

took a wee while as was looking for something more ‘normal’ was about to head off when spotted it (for the second time) and decided to check it out! very very creative cache!! the coords were a bit off so went off the hint !

I have looked for this one before but the new coordinates I got to the right place. This was a pretty quick find and a favourite point from me. TFTH

Quick find here this morning, TFTC!!

The GPS took us to the gate but then found some alternative co-ordinates in another log (S 044° 05.685' E 171° 14.631) and these took us further into the property to the correct place. Once there a fairly quick find. tftc

Cool cache, tftc

Very nicely placed and clever idea. If you come up to Nelson geocaching have a look at one of mine called She'll Be Right not dissimilar to yours . Thanks for the cache, we'll done.

TFTC

a quick look as the weather was bad with some snow falling.

Forgot my pencil but found it. Thanks

I had a dnf earlier this evening. Back in the cabin I read a few logs. The alternative coordinates suggested S 044° 05.685' E 171° 14.631' were spot on for me which put Des in my sights for the first time tonight. The owners have a very helpful security light on their garage which made the search easier. I brought the container back to the cabin with me and have replaced the log.
TFTC

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

In town for a wedding so grabbed a few in the early morning before the ceremony. A wee ways from GPS GZ. Could do with a new paper.

We called in PAF help for this one when we realised it was inside the holiday park - not a place we feel comfortable searching. Especially for a tricky hide as we were told this was. So armed with information about what to look for, it was a quick grab. Found a corner to put initials on.

This is a very clever creature in the MC garden.

Walked past the holiday park and lingered suspiciously around the entrance. Relieved to see from the cache page that it was placed with permission but, even so, hate this sort of public hide. Especially when nothing jumps out to be found...

Now reading past logs, a number of people say that the coordinates are about 10 m out and the actual GZ is inside the holiday camp grounds at about S44 05.685 E171 14.631. But the main way of finding it is by asking camp owners. Awkward.
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Wow. Great little Geocache. Found it with a little help from some camping friends. Thank you

Nice find while in the area with tmann421 today
Log signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Area very busy and nothing found near co-ords.

Great hide! Desperately needs another log - could barely initial it, sorry. TFTC

Just got my mark on it great hide Des give it ten still heading north on a quest for the solar system TFTC. Thanks for the placement needs new log

A nice quick find here. Love the outer container! TFTC.

Tftc,great hide ,Thank you

Nice easy find, while staying in this lovely camping ground.

Easy find , love this camping spot

Great cache.TFTC

A lovely stroll before dinner, to find this interesting cache. Caching with 31JCB.

Squeezed my caching name on the very full log. I’ve only once before found a similar cache container. TFTC

A day off and time to resupply
So after breakfast a walk to track down a cache or two helped fill in the day .
Now time to get packed up rady to head back to the trail and hills .
Finally I am back on the main land , feels good to back in the south island.
Living life one foot steep at a time as i walk from cape reinga to bluff and caching my way home as I walk the
Te Araroa and discover the hidden treasures new Zealand has to offer.
From the beachs of the north to the forest and lakes and the odd bump of the south
Blùff here i come
Thanks for the hide

tftc

Log needs replaced

Stopped nearby for lunch on our journey south. Had been searching for a few minutes when the camp manager stopped by to see what we were up to (I assume it was Phil). He gave us a big hint so it only took another minute or so to find. Clever hide. As the previous finder noted, the log is now dry, but it is full and needs replacing. TFTC.

Took too long to find this one, we didn't want to look too obvious, so didn't have a decent look at the start. Finally go there. TFTC