Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) Timaru District, South Island, New Zealand
By RAYZR on 18-Nov-18. Waypoint GC80GFE

I am on my way from Oamaru to Christchurch, so this was a good place to stop to find a cache and stretch my legs. TFTC.

Armed with jandals and a chilly bin, a couple of Aussies headed across the ditch for a 3-week tiki tour, exploring the beauty of New Zealand.DAY 18: Christchurch, via Timaru, Ashburton and a rather special windmill.I qualify for this challenge - one I worked towards a couple of years ago.Thanks for showing us this special place by placing this cache, RAYZR tn koe~~

Thankfully this is not a busy road in the late afternoon but MrW stayed with the car just in case (no easy parking along here) while MrsW climbed up the steep bank to make a quick find. ?? All good and dry here. Happy that the checker says we qualify. Thank you.

Day #14 Lake Tekapo to Christchurch - The Mega New Zealand ExperienceA chance for an overseas Mega was too good to pass up. Especially with half the state seeming to be attending also. I set about some last minute planning. Flights still available Accommodation found Mode of transport securedLooks like its time to cross the ditch. Ive never visited the South Island before so it is bound to be a fun filled trip.The final full day in NZ. After leaving the beautiful lake I wound my way back to Christchurch, stopping many times along the way.A quick find here as I tour a few challenges.[RoamingHowie](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=RoamingHowie) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed. A big thanks goes to RAYZR for taking the time to add Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) to the geocaching map for us all to find and enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Wow! The fun just never stops.Have you logged your will attend for Victoria's first ever Block Party? (Think Mega but even more special!)Join us on 22-23 March 2025 in Sunbury to celebrate 25 years of geocaching by logging your will attend at [**GCAP417**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).

Accio 07:20:43Fangsoki, Crew 153 and I have been here over the ditch for a couple days for the Mega and today we are departing ... and the sun came out! The drive north to Christchurch interspersed with a few cache stops. A quick nip around a couple of challenges off the main road with rapid finds.366 dates of 366 completed. Thanks RAYZR for entertaining me at this location. *{Overall find #12835}*

Fangsoki, Pprime and I were driving from Dunedin to Christchurch after the Mega event and picking up a few caches along the way.We all had no doubt that we would qualify for this challenge.The cache was quickly located.TFTC RAYZR

A last minute decision to visit New Zealand for the Mega before we headed off to the UK. A quick find at GZ. With the cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache RAYZR.[teamMerlin](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=teamMerlin) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed. The following TBs came through for the mileage: Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, teamMerlin's Football, LA Monkey

#22851 @1020Back in NZ to attend the Geo Toroa Mega in Dunedin. Today was driving from Christchurch to Dunedin, targeting a few specific caches to help with various challenges and goals. A quick find here. TFTC.According to [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") I qualified for this challenge with caches found that were hidden on all 366 dates of the year.

Found this after searching the wrong spot moved 6 meter away and found it quicky Thanks for set up these challenges and the cache placement Please see image attached as way of justification as the checker doesn't seem to work Cheers

Dunedin MegaAnother quick find here. GrimRaider, Joolay and I are in NZ for the Dunedin mega event. It is great to be back to see more of this beautiful country. Qualification: I have checked Project-GC and qualify for this challenge. Thanks for hiding this cool Challenge RAYZR

Replaced log.Joolay fulfills challenge Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) (GC80GFE) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441Stopped over in Timaru and now in Day 3 and still chasing oldies and challenges. Heading to Dunedin todayFinally back in NZ and this time for a Mega. Starting in Christchurch before heading south. Lots to see and do with Kittykatch and Grimraider. Will be joining with others as the days go on.Thanks for getting me out and about RAYZR

24 October 2024 12:18pm after a detour to Waimate got the missing 28th March date to make nbr 366! TFTC RAYZR # 4174

Up the steep bank to sign. Found during the Dunedin Mega Tour by Tiz13 and Snips and Co.For the challenge, I'm almost there...356 hidden dates out of 366 (97.3%) Thanks for the challenge RAYZR, I hope to complete it soon.

#3 of the Mega trip. 24 October 2024 9:35am... Have 365 days... hope to rectify that later today! TFTC RAYZR

Tiz13 loves her challenge caches and her challenges. This is a personal challenge I worked on and completed last year ...today Snips and co and l came to find this challenge cache.. photo of stats attached.

NZ_B and I are on a road trip to the Geo Toroa Mega. I'm also hoping to get a multi everyday, so it is now titled the "Mega Multi Road Trip". Today is Day 5 from Timaru to Oamaru. I love challenge caches and the Hiden Date is one of the first sections I fulfilled in Project GC. Like you I had to do a bit if travel and various random side roads with two proving challenging until I could get to them. S a great feeling to see how far ive come. NZ_B pulled up here and it was a quick scramble to retrieve and sign my name. Thank you RAYZR and a FAV to for the great challenge.It's nice to have a trip where, alongside targeted caches, we also take time to find one's on a whim or ones that take a bit longer. We have all day and the caches are calling...[Itchyfeet2020](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Itchyfeet2020) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed.

#3855 Today is day 8 of my geocaching holiday in New Zealand. I'm driving from Timaru to Oamaru first, then up north to Christchurch. Of course, I find geocaches along the way. Found it! Easy D2 Park and grab. I spotted the cache after I pulled over to GZ.RAYZR, thank you for the cache!-crystaloops from Taipei, Taiwan on October 8, 2024 @ 10:57:32[GC80GFE] Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) was a D4.5/T2.0 Regular Mystery Cache at the time of finding.[crystaloops](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=crystaloops) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed.

Finished this one off a while ago and in the area today to pick it up. Cheers[Kiwi Moose](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Kiwi%20Moose) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed.

Yay! Just recently filled the Hidden dates grid! Have added this one to my Garden City priority list, thanks RAYZR

I visited this cache quite a while agp on one of my many visits to Christchurch to visit family and friends both in chc and futher south and at one of these visits i signed the log and i have only just realised that i well over due to log it as a find a having got 17 caches on 360 days of the year and hopefully it will be 18 a day by end of june- with a total of over 8,000 caches. . My Next visit to Ch ch which will be after mega in dunedin i hope to re visit this cache . Thank you for such a do able challenge

Boite Trouve ! / Box Found it ! Une nouvelle petite cache faite ici. Merci pour ce challenge plaisant Trouve le 24 mars 2024Merci RAYZR pour la cache A new little cache made here. Thank you for this pleasant challenge Found the 24 mars 2024Thank you RAYZR for the cache [Rubidium68](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Rubidium68) a utilis [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE "Project-GC Challenge Checker") pour voir s'il/elle tait qualifi(e) pour ce challenge et il/elle l'est.366 dates of 366 completed.

Cache 1654 Slowly going through my completed challenges and gaining the smilies. Collecting all 366 hidden dates was fun and some good adventures were had on the way [TDronsfield](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=TDronsfield) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did. T4TCC

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 52 - Christchurch, Canterbury - Dunedin, Otago, South Island, Nov Zland (360 km)Rno bylo slunce a ist obloha. Nahzela jsem vci do auta a opustila Christchurch. Teprve dnes se tedy podvm vce na krajinu Novho Zlandu po cest na jih do Dunedin. Je nedle a konec przdnin, tak byl zven provoz. Dlnice vede jen kousek a pak se mn v normln okresku s rychlost 100 a obasnmi pedjdcmi pruhy. Jela jsem pes vesnice a pr mench msteek. Je to tady opravdu trochu jak v Hobitn. Malik pkn domeky a zelen zvlnn krajina s horami na obzoru. Cel den se oteplovalo a do 30C. To zde nen obvykl a m to dost pekvapilo po tch verejch 15C. Zastavovala jsem u vybranch keek nebo jen na prohldku msta a jinak jela. Ve druh pli byla cesta hodn vyhldkov - pohledy na ocen, kopce a kopeky a lesy. Moc pkn. Super byla zastvka u geologick zajmavosti - velkch kulatch utr na pli Moeraki Boulders. Asi 40 km ped koncem cesty se nhle zathlo, objevily se vt kopce a hory a teplota spadla z 27C bhem minuty na 15C. A tak to u zstalo. Dunedin je sice pln u moe ale zrove v horch. Je tu pkn kosa a cel msto se rozlz po kopcch. Jen jsem jej dnes projela cestou ke Star kole, ve kter te budu 4 noci bydlet. Mm hlad a pank je nutn. Tak jsem ve natahala do barku a pak u jen odpoinek.Today I finally went to the countryside and from Christchurch I drove to Dunedin. I really liked the landscape along the way. It was very hot and sunny, but before Dunedin the temperature suddenly dropped from 30 to 15C. I also stopped at some caches and enjoyed a nice day. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czech republic. The challenge is completed.[csara](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=csara) pouil [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") pro oven, zda splnil podmnky tto challenge kee s vsledkem: splnno.366 dates of 366 completed.

Signed 1/2/24

We started our road trip today making our way from Christchurch over to Otematata. We picked up a few caches on the way. Spotted this Challenge ( and Tim likes a challenge ) having previously checked we qualified for this ( hidden calendar completed 20x ) we knew this would be a find once log signed. So a brief search at GZ and logsheet signedTFTCTim and Viv - ddm

Back on the road for a few days out of town and lsst time we tried for this one it was the road closeres and time , but to day we have time and made a quick find on a quiet road .Thanks for this one it been on my to do list for a while now .????????????????????????????Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching. As if I need an excuse aahhh nop I will go rain hail or snow so let's goooo and have as much fun and adventures as possible tomorrow may never come. ????????????????????????????Life is short. Live life one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!! Tomorrow may never come just grab Life by the horns Thanks for the hide ??tftc12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031Jan601618192122129118136121016354176671111263118961213438Feb13777291971109598227171256136111185109115XX289Mar101163514537781413810103512142161011128114611137324Apr8171259151415158124712121513116101795971181795X317May1487121275015652611615310866976565366559299Jun98102310147254124538112536666861057813X226Jul1064336444591195144937913416427418124919277Aug9111976910796681671197101084619118442671110295Sep8910951115375916466913716558695841496X247Oct816166131626101860148887929111310510811411051111382Nov534681016774212092916108869356456521X234Dec7514811954886554565101415143511671261514302771611171271081321521877610091189120981119997968211611810997901011011111411708912099

I'm from Paihia/Whangarei and I'm down in the South Island for 6 days with NZ_B on a geocaching trip.I had a few goals for the trip:*50 or 60 puzzles for my diamond badge on project gc*40 caches to get to my 6000th find*some South Island minutes for a challenge*but mostly a clean out of my ever growing solved puzzle list.Monday we collected the windmill geoart on our way to Oamaru. Tuesday the focus was solved A2O puzzles, the sunflowers and other solved puzzles. Today we're heading back to Christchurch collecting challenges and more solved puzzles.This was my second find for the day. Glad to pick it up today. I had it on a different list when I was down here last time and was disappointed later that I'd missed it. A scramble but I found in the 3rd or 4th tree I hunted in. Thanks for the challenge

The old 29th of February - always a trap for young players 1MinnieMoo and I pulled up for this one and 1MinnieMoo found the prize safe and sound.*[Fangsoki](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Fangsoki) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC78ZHK/27624 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if he qualified for this challenge and he did.**366 dates of 366 completed.*TFTC RAYZR

12/9/2023 Find #6486
Day 4 of the Fangsoki/1MinnieMoo NZ adventures. We got up and moving quickly this morning as we had big day of travel today heading from Lake Tekapo to Dunedin via Timaru and Oamaru. It was a chilly start to the morning with frost on the campervan and table to start the day.
Heading through Timaru we had a couple of caches on the list to find. We pulled the campervan up here and I leaped out to make the find.
Thanks for the cache RAYZR.

Replaced cache all good to go

Needs maintenance

According to project I qualify for this cache. I remember when Granville86 was showing me the stats page and all the holes there were in various stats but this one was full without me even trying. Strange but true.
Container smashed and log books very wet. Left a Signature on one of the wet paged

Have qualified for this one, so will need to venture down this way to collect....

I am sure I qualify for the cache but will check when I get home. Thanks

Signed for later

Thanks for hiding this cache RAYZR I appreciate it. [Nosynel](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Nosynel) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC78ZHK/27624 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

366 dates of 366 completed.


I qualified for this one a while ago. I finally got to find it. NZB made the find.

A wee bit of a climb to the cache.

[NZ_B](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=NZ_B) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

366 dates of 366 completed.



The second day of a 2-day roadie with NosyNel and Jude_e.

In Canterbury for a 25th wedding anniversary and am caching with GraciesGPSfun as well.
Kia ora rawa atu for the cache RAYZR.

Day 12 of my Spring Holiday and the last leg of the journey on my final holiday day is from Christchurch back home. Still a couple of hours for caching of course!!!
Weather is changing and it's getting near on sunset so this area will be my last stop. This one was a bit harder to find than the last and like others my coordinates were out too...by 28m. Should have looked at previous logs sooner! All good and got it in the end TFTC RAYZR

One of my sons in Whangarei is going on an OE. He sold his car to his brother Tim in Dunedin and fortunately for me Tim wanted me to drive the car down. Of course I jumped at the idea of a geocaching roadie. I've had lots of puzzles solved for such a long time so geoarts were the main target of the trip.

In Palmy area I wanted the shield series and the 20/20 geoart. Then Wairarapa was stickman (which we ran out of time for), the new M geoart and some archived skindo challenges. Wellington was finishing off the kiwi geoart. Nelson I had a few challenges I wanted before heading to Christchurch. It was family time there and perhaps the smile series but time ran out again. Off to Dunedin for the airplane geoart. Then it was time to fly home to say goodbye to my son heading to Denmark.

It was great to have my friend Supernanny come along on the trip for company. We had a wonderful trip and fantastic weather apart from one afternoon. Now it's time to start writing the massive backlog of logs. It might take a while.

I love challenge and puzzles. I'm back home now and I'm gutted I missed this one I had it on two of my lists but not the one I was using that day. I worked hard to get the last cache for this grid recently. Not sure when I'll be down again but thanks for the fun challenge

Coordinates changed from:
S 44° 25.471 E 171° 9.141

Coordinates changed to:
S 44° 25.463 E 171° 9.132

Distance from original: 62.6 feet or 19.1 meters.

As per previous finders logs

We had no difficulty qualifying for this challenge, but on a previous visit two years ago were unable to find the cache. With a photo added since then, and several logs indicating the coordinates were at least 20 metres out, today we stopped 20 metres before we reached the coordinates, and found ourselves right beside the specified tree, with a quick easy find following. For us the cache was 20 metres northwest of the coordinates at S44 25.463 E171 09.132. TFTC

I had spotted that I qualified for this, a year or so ago after moving down.. and kept meaning to grab it on one of my work trips.. but sadly none bought my close enough to detour... I thought I had better call in today and sign the log. Once at GZ, a quick scramble and I had the log in my hot little hands. Thanks for the challenge, sir, they're great to work on over time.

TFTC RAYZR, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 2 find(s) of 3 today, making this find #3297

On a quicky weekend getaway down to the South Island (from Wellington). I flew into Christchurch on Saturday morning, and then drove down to Timaru for the night. Drove back up to Christchurch Sunday afternoon and flew home late Sunday night. My goal was to catch up with a friend in Timaru, and to target a few specific caches that I need, and a few others just 'cos. This is one of them.

No problem qualifying for this one, I really should go and sign the Wellington version of this challenge some time. Pretty sure I logged the same challenge up in Auckland at the beginning of the year. Seems to be a common one. Anyway, I was in the area so made my way here and after a short search in the long grass and trees I eventually found the cache. TFTC.

#3,967 - Saturday - 12/02/2022
puzzle cache – regular - 4.5/2.0

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://geooh-go.com)*

After a long weekend last year caching with grandson and geofriends blitzing the Smurf and Eclipse Series, headed down to nab this one after finding the last of the hidden dates to complete the grid. Alas the road was closed off.
So a wee detour off the Hwy today. Noted the parking waypoint and spoiler pic, thankyou. A slight scramble to the cache which was in good order. Tftc Ray. Fave-ing

wombats_4](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=wombats_4) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

366 dates of 366 completed.

I was missing 8th May for a while but got it on my last tour. Getting to gz more of an issue. Here last month and road closed. Forgot that and back today, still closed. Undeterred parked at north end and walked 1km to gz. No joy. Checked hint. Spoiler photo? Sadly no signal and phone in van 1km away. Road was passable as pipe laying down at the bottom of the hill at south end. Had a search and found it 20m away. Removed some obscene graffiti and headed back. Checked the photo - looks different with leaves.

Proof of eligibility attached.

This has taken a while to finish, and involved a bit of travelling around the South Island to score some of these dates. Log was signed in April this year, while passing, though at that stage I had a few more to collect. Thanks Rayzr, for taking me further than usual.

Road closed that we wanted to go down so passed by. Get it next time

Day 2 - Labour weekend extended road trip with Kiwicampnut - relocated to stay south of the ditch. Buggar - Road closed approaching from the south. Will have to get the smile another time
16 October 2021 11:08 am

Made my way to GZ and quickly spotted the cache container. All good here.
Luckily for me when I first found out this challenge I only need about 20 more days to complete it, so targeted caches on a few trips around the south island picking up geotour caches.
I had to get this challenge first as I needed one more positive attribute for another nearby challenge cache.
Today I was heading to Christchurch for the weekend so aimed at getting some challenge caches and others for my Jasmer and D/T grid. Thanks for the challenge!

[Wilbywarrior](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Wilbywarrior) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

366 dates of 366 completed.

southlandicebergs fulfills challenge Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) (GC80GFE) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441

When this challenge was noticed I found I only needed 13 days to fill. So knew I would be heading out of town up to Mt Hutt area twice (but caching only one of each leg) in July. The search was used to filter caches in each year for the dates needed and where they were close to Dunedin or Highway 1 and route 72.
Sat afternoon and into the night I made the normally 6.5 h drive almost double getting 23 caches, Plus this one of course to sign the log. It was signed with one day to do which was to be at new roundabout south Geraldine (or alternative there abouts).
It was really foggy Sat night in Timaru making navigating hard. So used phone navigator to lead me on the right roads to get to a junction where i needed to branch off, woops not Otapua Creek, so renetered right name Otapua and needed to do a u turn on Fairview Road. I did say it was foggy, could not see a good driveaway to turn but did see a well mowed grass verge and lawn so that was the spot and then got bogged @11.30 pm ended up stopping a passing ute and got towed out.
On reaching GZ searched for a good 20 mins extended search trees 20m up hill and found it.
Yes I did get a 2TF on the new roundabout near Geraldine.
Thanks for this challenge.

ridders76 fulfills challenge Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) (GC80GFE) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441

Parking for all these was an interesting experience although I normally decided to park just down the road and walk back.

We were in the area today, so it seemed a good opportunity to sign the log. I have 18 more of these dates to collect, so am nearly there.

#9459. This is the last day of my Easter geotour adventure in the South Island,. Been travelling around with Infoferret since Friday and we have been in North Canterbury, West Coast, inland Otago, inland Canterbury and North Otago/South Canterbury. We stayed in Timaru overnight and will be heading north to Christchurch today but have quite a few caches to do around Timaru first before we head up towards Methven. While heading out to get some PWGT caches we stopped to grab some challenge caches on the way.

Soon after I started geocaching in 2014 I set myself a personal challenge to find all the dates hidden before I reached the first year anniversary of starting. At first it seemed easy but as I got into the 11th month I had a few gnarly ones to find. Some of the dates did not exist in Wellington so had to do some trips around Auckland to get the last ones. The 29 Feb was rare in those days - plenty hidden now. Eventually I got home with a few days to spare before the anniversary. I have hidden caches on some of the rare dates to aid others in this quest. This cache was easy to find but like nzkites who visited on the same day I had plenty of moogles watching me find it. Signed the logbook and replaced the cache where found. Thanks RAYZR for the cache.

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366 dates of 366 completed.

See our qualifying list posted in Feb, we had to seek out a few of these dates over the last few years. I am sitting in the car while Mrs nzkites walks to GZ. I think please let this be an easier find than the last one, when two of us spent way too long for a DNF. When Mrs nzk returned she hadn't had any problem finding the cache but attracted way too much attention from the cows in the paddock above GZ, who all came over to the fence to watch her. If the farmer had been looking, he must have been wondering what was going on! This was ok until one or two of them decided they needed a toilet stop right there, and Mrs nzk had to jump back so as not to get splashed. She tried banging the fence and yelling at them but they resisted all attempts to shoo them away, then after she had signed the log and replaced the cache they all followed her along the fence line to where we had parked our vehicle. Thanks for the placement and the adventure. Cache all good.

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

woolwood9 has used "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

366 dates of 366 completed.

*Another good Challenge 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!

Qualified for this challenge and they did.
366 dates of 366 completed.

NOTE: Co-ords need to be updated 30m out is way too far.

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

Will be back to log as soon as I qualify

Last cache we attempted in the area. GPS had us all over the palce but narrowed it down. Fulfilled the requirements a few years ago. thanks for the challenge cache rayzor

It took a few moments to find but we eventually were signing the logbook.
lytteltonwitch fulfills challenge Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) (GC80GFE) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441

Found and signed this one today. According to project-gc.com/challenges I qualify. TFTC and the challenge. Great container!

1066 has used "Project-GC Challenge Checker" to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did. 366 dates of 366 completed.

We eventually found the cache after checking all the trees. We eventually found it 26 m uphill from where our GPS was pointing. It is definitely there.

hoping to be this way in March. I qualify for this challenge.busy paws fulfills challenge Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) (GC80GFE) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441. Hope to sign the log and tidy this up!!

Seems that I qualify for this cache so will need to find it on my next road trip South.

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366 dates of 366 completed.

I am back in Timaru after a sojorn of 2 years and I have noticed that there are still some caches that I didn't locate and sign off then. Well, I'm back again to do a bit more. Can't do them all as I would have nothing to do next time.

Tufty has used "Project-GC Challenge Checker" to see if they qualified for this challenge and he did.

Cheers for the cache.

Thanks for the spoiler photo- certainly made a difference. Qualified for this a good few years ago. Nice to claim the smiley.

Morning geocaching with moko before leaving town. I think I was writing 6/6 for some reason!! I really wanted to come and revisit here after a dnf. At that stage the hint was by fence, and I did look everywhere that fitted the hint and wider. On revisit and with the new hint the hide was obvious, although 32m away from where the gps pointed me both times. Glad to have this one ticked off as I qualified some time ago! TFTC!!

Project -gc tells me I qualify so off onto the dusty roads to grab my reward. Found nestled in tree as described, 20m from GZ. Check the picture and it should be obvious which tree

Checked Project GC to see if I qualify and I do. Enjoying the caches on my trip around the South island

cache is still there have included a photo of tree it is in between the trunks it will be on the left if you are parked heading downhill

Qualified, ventured out in to the back of beyond, but sadly no find. I checked widely, both sides of the road. There was not even enough space anywhere to hide a 2l container as per hint.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Yes qualify but whether i get to it remains unknown altho' i will be in Chch next month

Another challenge I qualify for and to be found next time I am down your way. Thanks for the challenge.

Qualifying for the challenge was straightforward, but we were quite unable to find the cache.

with the level 3 restrictions lifted on COVID-19 it is now deemed safe to find caches again. keep safe and follow the guidelines as set out by our government.

i would prefer that my caches are not the ones spreading the virus keep safe

See note 29.1.2020. Coords spot on. Tftc and the challenge.

Heading from Dunedin to Rolleston and stopping for a few caches along the way. Weather is helpful today. Thanks to all the COs for placing these caches and enhancing our trip around the South Island.

[joojoo57](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=joojoo57) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

366 dates of 366 completed.

We had a busy day in Timaru today finding the TMGT caches and solved puzzles, and then on to Waimate picking up a bunch of challenge caches along the way.
Another challenge we are well qualified for. This was an interesting zigzag road! We opted to park the camper at the top and walk back to the cache. No problem making the find, thanks.

[TaraTed](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=TaraTed) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.
366 dates of 366 completed.

Qualify - hope to find while visiting NZ soon.

18 January 2020 11:23 AM. I really must get around to finding the original this is based on... qualified for this a few years ago. Tftc

The hidden-date-matrix is complete since a few years, so we logged on our way to christchurch.

[OmaSusi](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=OmaSusi) hat [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") verwendet, um zu prüfen, ob er/sie diese Challenge erfüllt und er/sie hat es geschafft.

366 dates of 366 completed.

#17747. We enjoyed exploring this nice bit of gently rolling hill country south of Timaru. No problems qualifying for this one (StreetWalkerNZ fulfills challenge Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) (GC80GFE)). TFTC.

Today StreetWalkerNZ and I need to head back to Christchurch, having only just scratched the surface of the Oamaru and environs caches. We decided to drive north after coffee in Oamaru, hoping to escape the rain.
The rain had stopped, so we decided to take the scenic route into Timaru, via some challenge caches. As we have cached for so many years, the grid was filled before challenge caches were became a thing. Attaching screenshot of my grid.
An interesting area that we hadn't been to before. Good view from here and cache was a quick find. Spotted paddlechick's name in the log book, looks like she is also taking the scenic route [:p]. TFTC.

Targeting a few challenge caches as I make my way north again. A quick find. Thanks RAYZR

#9363

Another quick find, TFTC.

I have 366/366 placed dates...

Checked and all goid for the next finder

A quick and easy find.

[karma reprint](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=karma%20reprint) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

366 dates of 366 completed.

Cheers

Heading to Timaru for the weekend, there have been a few new caches published off the beaten track since we were last down this way.

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

Optimistically working towards the requirements. Tftc

On the tour with crypto51, Dancing Queen25252 and myself on our list are very interesting caches, also this.

The challenge is satisfied. Project GC:
Yogiteam2 erfüllt die Challenge Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) (GC80GFE) gemäß https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80GFE

We found the cache good.
Best regards from a German geocacher. TFTC.

Dancing Queen 25252, Yogiteam2 and myself are on a 4-weeks-geocaching-tour in New Zealand. Many thanks for the cache and best regards from three German geocachers.

[crypto51](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=crypto51) hat [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") verwendet, um zu prüfen, ob er/sie diese Challenge erfüllt und er/sie hat es geschafft.

366 dates of 366 completed.

Today was the day I decided to walk the Pareora Walkway so I decided to take the opportunity to sign off some challenge caches on the way. Thanks for placing the challenge.

I used the "Project-GC Challenge Checker" to see if I qualified for this challenge and I do. 366 dates of 366 completed. [^]

Cheers.

A quick sortie to S Canty today, so I decided to collect some of the Challenge caches while I was here.

"kotukuSI fulfills challenge Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) (GC80GFE) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441".

I remember so clearly finding the last cache I needed to fill this grid - an impossibly high micro-magnet on a Stop sign in Lower Manhattan - it was exceedingly hard to return to its nest...
Thank you for this Challenge and the cache, RAYZR.

Finally made it out here to grab the challenge caches. In the area with Minion 1 to visit Minion 2. Took a tour around the backroads to grab some others and we came across the Shetland pony club taking them out in pony drawn carts. A lovely day to be driving and caching.

Natalie247](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Natalie247) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

366 dates of 366 completed.

Signed container

Signed container

We are on our summer holiday driving around the South Island with no real idea of where we will end up each day. We are often drawn to an area that has the potential to give us a few geocaching smilies and somewhere we have not spent time exploring before. In some cases we are revisiting placed that we have been before but liked so much we are going there again.
We were starting to think about heading back up the island for home, but I told gk about these challenge caches he was keen to come and find them.
Parking was not so easy for our campervan and trailer so we parked on the nearby road and GK went to find the cache while I stayed with the campervan just in case I had to move it. The find did not match the hint completely but it was still a quick find.
Thank you for placing this cache, I do enjoy challenge caches. And of course thank you for the smiley

gkmlb fulfils challenge Hidden Date Challenge (South Canterbury) (GC80GFE), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC80gfE/38441

I knew that I qualified for this as I've already done a similar challenge to this one and I'm working on getting two ticks per day. The remains of a skinned possum was at the base of the slope. I stuck a couple of twigs into the ground to help prevent the cache from slipping down the slope.