The Wheel Returns (North Otago ) Awamoa, South Island, New Zealand
By Bitsprayer on 29-Sep-18. Waypoint GC7YBFB

TFTC great spot great history

Came back today to get rid of our blue frown. Log happily signed then had a nosey at the wheel. Thanks for this cache Bitsprayer.

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Found with MacBayMeri today. Thanks for highlighting this to us. TFTC.

Cool place that I had no idea was here. MrMagoo72 and I had driven up observatory hill and saw that there was a cache down this way so came down to explore. What a surprise to see the wheel. Thanks for bringing us here - one of the things I like about geocaching is the things it show you. A quick find with the hint. TFTC.

Found immediately when getting out of car. Interesting structures across the road to

Very cool water wheel. Will have to come back and have a proper look when its not raining. @JoshTait found it within a minute of getting out of the car. TFTC

Great find tftc

Cool water wheel love the wooden structure and stone work I appreciate the work and hoursthat have been put into this restoration Bitsprayer thanks great cache

While walking along the Skywalk I noticed this place. We drove around later for lunch. Thanks for the cache Bitsprayer

#22144. Last find of our trip south. Nice that it was a find that set to rights a DNF. TFTC.

Found with StreetWalkerNZ as we travel home to Christchurch and our last cache find of the trip.
We had failed to find this cache on a previous visit to Oamaru, it turned out it was missing so we thought we'd detour past and hopefully turn the frown into a smile.
Phew, found and signed. The second frown turned upside down today in Oamaru, unfortunately we couldn't make it three . Thanks for replacing and TFTC.

TFTC! Found with AyDelay

Fun

Yup definitely there now and in perfect condition

Cache replaced - Bitsprayer

Add us to the DNF list. A bit rubbishy at GZ, so used our walking poles but no luck.

No luck for us. Had a good look around the two most obvious hint objects. Looks like we will have to return.

Was a great spot

DNF

No luck

Love this piece of history thanks for the hide

Been here before!

*Another good find going from cache to cache with woolwood9.*
SL: **tm/ww NZ**
Thanks for putting this out for us to visit, we enjoyed the drive / walk around!

First finders this year, great location.

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
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Lovely spot

cache replaced, hint updated.

This geocacher reported that this geocache should be archived. A community volunteer reviewer has been notified.

Gave this a really good try with three of us searching. Had no luck here, really think this has gone. The wheel was worth seeing anyway.

This has not been found for a while and is in a prime spot for someone to lay a cache. 3 of us joined the others to NOT find a cache. Really think this has gone with no CO maintenance.

Both my and My.Precious's mob ph GPS couldn't agree on location, but finally they co-operated and lead us to a site that looked promising, unfortunately we DNF. Lovely old bit of history in the restored wheel. Thanks for leading us here. Maybe next time.

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Down from Palmy, back in my hometown for Christmas & out geocahcing my sister lunar24. We used to live at the top of Old Mill Road on Eden St so this area is an old stomping ground. As young kids we would bike down the once gravel road and ride on the BMX track. And (gasp) climb to the top of the wheel! I enjoyed following updates about the restoration. Unfortunately we couldn't find the cache today. Hopefully we'll find it before heading back up north!

A nice quick find today. Cheers.

Seems like forever since we have been to Oamaru, This weekend fixed that!

Thanks to all CO's for placing and maintaining their caches. Cheers

Found the wheel by accident a few months ago when bricklayers were still working. Nice to see a cache here now.

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A nice quick find in a quiet area. A moment to reflect on life after being to a funeral before getting back in the rush of night time family life. TFTC

Cheers

Had a fun day visiting the Steampunk festival in town. Then one of the muggles on board wanted to check out a care home a relative was going to be moving to soon. As they took a look around I played at the observatory and checked out the app to see what caches could be found on the way home.
A freshly done up parking area, new fence and fresh grass seeds.

Lovely old mill wheel

No pen nice hide tftc

On a Long overdue cache up with kjr
Good to turn the frown upside down thanks for replacing quick find tftc

Heading to Geraldine to cache up with BCD. Decided to meet in Oamaru and enjoy the lovely autumn sunshine and find a cache or ten. Nice quick find here TFTC

Finally got Round to making a detour on morning walk with the dog. Quick find. Tftc.

This is day four of a ten day trip down to Dunedin and back to move my daughter to Dunedin so she can get her master’s degree at Otago University.

I am now on the road heading north. I don’t need to make too many miles, so I can concentrate on a few caches.

I liked the work they did to restore the wheel. I wish we could get closer to it. TFTC.

Quick find after looking at minny

A quick easy find at this impressive looking water wheel. TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 45° 5.549 E 170° 57.189

Coordinates changed to:
S 45° 5.555 E 170° 57.175

Distance from original: 70.2 feet or 21.4 meters.

New car park, old fence removed, cache move along to corner

Cache missing, had been replaced along to the corner

Nope not me either GPS puts me at the edge of the road ...hope it wasn't near the tree that has been felled over the fence

Good to see the wheel back but a bit rusty at finding caches.

Just discussed yesterday how saturated the Urban are was, but evidently not when a space like this is identified by the Master.
Saw it published and thought I had to bring my visit to view the wheel foward,
Not only saw the resurrected wheel (great to see) I gained a FTF as a bonus!
Thanks
erninz

Great to see the wheel back in position, looking forward to getting up closer when the construction barriers have been removed. TFTC

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