The Big I #25 (Southland) Invercargill City, South Island, New Zealand
By southlandicebergs on 02-Oct-19. Waypoint GC8EB8J

not sure if my coords were out here or the cache was in the wrong spot, like the previous finder i found this on the other side of the road, still found and signed it, tftc

My GPSr had the coords rock solid on the wrong side of road. TFTC.

I'm down from Paihia for the Dunedin Mega event. We did a lot of caching around there. Our plan was then to come down to Invercargill to get the geoart here, find some other puzzles, visit Bluff and Slope Point. We'll then head north to Middlemarch and up to Christchurch.Todays plan was this I, the Winton W (not all solved yet) and the penguin jigsaws. We ended up finishing early so headed out to Clifden to see the old swing bridge and did a round trip via Monkey Island. Very pleased to get the old Donovan caches. Well this was another puzzle solved in September 2020. I've obviously logged these in the wrong order as my notes say I've been writing the 30th on the logs so far and not the 29th. I think I only wrote the wrong date on a few of them but who knows. A fast find, 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 week ago after a bit of a delay.So now for a couple of days around Invercargill.So Day 11 of my Mega NZ trip begins and Im on my own again so Im just picking out random caches that I had put on my list.These were all solved before heading over for the Mega.No rain but everything was very wet under foot and I loved walking through long grass (Not)Thanks southlandicebergs TFTPC.

Down south from Whangarei for a 10 day trip including the Dunedin Mega. Visiting family here for a couple of days and just had to get out and about finding a few caches as well.A little bit drizzly this avo, but I needed to get out and collect as many of the Big I caches as possible, being as I had solved them all in readiness for this trip. A nice quick find in the hint location. TFTC

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I live full-time in our caravan travelling around NZ, visiting the places we want to visit & doing the things we want to do and fitting in a bit of Geocaching here & there we are in Invercargill visiting family & friends went for a bit of a drive this sfternoon as I needed to get a few Mysteries for a Challenge that were working on we had completed the puzzles relating to The Big I series of Mystery Caches a few weeks back & had saved them all to Google Maps we have been picking them off over the last few days & we ended up needing & getting the four that we needed for today, they all turned out to be easy finds, log books all completed & then each safely returned to their positions were pleased to add some more 'smiley faces' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:LS this was #6,184 for us!

Another quick find here today. Thanks for the placement and the smiley

Quick p&g. Tftc

Found By D. easy to find. TFTC!

Solved these puzzles over 3 years ago. Nice and easy here although I was startled by a wooly muggle hiding in the nearby flax! Thanks for the cache, southlandicebergs#5355

Quick find after work today. TFTC!

Out and about today staying fairly local finding some solved puzzles and traditional caches.
Thank you for placing this cache.

Unpredictable showers kept us close to the car today so it became a fun day of P&GS and solved puzzles. TFTC

I was still sitting in the car when my friend already had the cache in his hands.

T4TC

TEMBO! and I visited Invercargil. There are a lot of caches to visit. We Made it to some of the "The Big I" and signed the logbook.

Thanks to southlandicebergs for hiding and maintaining the cache.

T4TC Filser1

tftc easy find sl and replaced

Today on my way to Catlin I did mostly my solved Puzzle.
Some of them I could not find.
Thanks to all the Owner.

Had the coordinates slightly out on this one but thankfully we weren’t to far away. Contents are fine. Solved these puzzles on our way to Invercargill so we could get them once we got here. Thanks for setting up the puzzles and the series.

Figured out these puzzles some time ago and daughter was down from Dunedin so we headed out for the day, bit chilly, but we had a ball.
TFTC

Got Dad to help me with this one on our family day out doing some bush walks and caches, TFTC

A small detour after family pizza for a birthday nearby.
I keep overshooting this one, so watched carefully today.
Thanks for the cache southlandicebergs
# 3242 20 January 2022 7:18 pm

Sorry I didn't get the time to find all in the series - but this one was a good one! t4tc

Full log to come

With the Event on in Invercargill on Sunday why not make a weekend of it...3 days of caching down South woop woop Plenty of googling earlier in the week had me solve all the Big I puzzles in preparation for my visit to Invers. A gorgeous sunny day and time to explore the outskirts. Nice quick find here TFTC

SL and replaced. Log nice and dry. TFTC

Thanks for the adventure, found it with my mate.

Tftc

All good with the cache here. Thanks for the puzzle and cache.

Chasing points for a science challenge, so we and the wagging tails are out on a windy afternoon finding these long solves caches. Tftpc and GeoArt

Spending a few days in Invercargill visiting my son whose started a course here. While he’s out during the day I have been using his bike to get around and collect some caches. Today was a longer ride to collect The Big I series. Managed to get all the ones presently active. 15 in all. I presume from the numbering that there were more at some stage. Maybe is more of a Little I now. All the finds were straight forward which I was very pleased about because my phone was down to 5% by the end and I didn’t want to come all the way back if it had died. All the logs were nice and dry except No 27. Thanks for a fun morning out in the country and all the smileys.

Kia ora for the cache.

**#13,166**
Getting close to having to pull the pin to make it back to the airport, ok, just time for a few more...
Nice easy one to keep us ticking on.

*Another good find.
Nice day going from cache to cache with woolwood9.*
We soon had the container located. SL: **tm/ww NZ**
Thanks southlandicebergs for putting this puzzle out for us to visit!

Great series of puzzles, we enjoyed the drive around!

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

In Invercargill for a few days, early morning drive out to Oreti Beach for a adventure lab. Now time to do The Big I solved puzzle. Thanks southlandicebergs for this puzzle cache.

A straightforward puzzle and a quick easy find. TFTC

A week of work in Invercargill. But what to do in the evenings? Well I grabbed a few geocaches. Today I made an effort to grab the rest of the Big I that I didn't already have. So parked up near one of the solved caches and did a big walk around the block grabbing caches as I went. This was the seventh. Nice quick find, sign and replace. Thanks for the cache.

23 January 2021 10:25. Ethness and I are really enjoying this series. TFTC.

A quick find. Having a short trip from Invercargill to Christchurch with Infoferret finding lots of caches, in particular the TMGT caches for me.
The cache may be signed with our individual names or ‘IE’.
Many TFTC.

Arrived in Invercargill just before tea time so after setting up the caravan and having some tea we headed out to grab a few caches. Had solved this series some time ago and as it was near it was our first target. Got all but one - that being the one with amended co-ords. tftc

On a nice afternoon to get this one. Quick park and grab. Worked out the puzzles with the help of Annielin.
Tftc

In Invercargill for abt 24 hours & had a small window of time before meeting a friend for coffee - so I set out in the rain to find the caches in this series.
Thanks for these caches, southlandicebergs. Definitely raining properly at this point, so I retreated to the car to sign the log.

#18983. Nearly finished the series, and have made pretty good time too. Keen to finish before schools get out. TFTC.

Today is our last full day in Invercargill, as we are heading north on Saturday, so need to mop up some more puzzles, including the Big I series, and a couple of adventure labs.
I had made a note about this cache but unable to read my writing ! TFTC.

Nice quick find

Quick find, TFTC southlandicebergs

#10351

Thanks for the cache. Great to find dry one after so much rain.

A little bit of tweaking of the puzzle had some good numbers gathered to pick this cache up on walk around the Big I. I had had some previous business down the private road earlier in the year so the area was familiar. Long sleeves dealt with the hide and camo concealing the cache and the pot was soon in hand to sign log. Thanks for another successful geo art cache SIB. The Southland power trail attribute looks good. TFTC

Cache 186 How is it every time I go to get a bridge cache I either over shoot the end of the bridge and have to park the other side or I’m driving on the opposite side lol Murphy’s law I guess lol quick park and grab, Rock bug added to cache T4TP

Note to self - this is the cache I need to get next. I had a glitch on the Wonders attempt today with a find in Gore not giving me Petra despite already having the other Modern Wonder being offered.

Thankyou.

Solved before coming down this way. Enjoyed the caches

I thought I knew where I was heading so left the GPS in the car and as a result didn't find it in the first place I checked but very soon after. TFTC # 15,505

After finding the TMGT cache out at Colac Bay to complete the tour, I made my way back to Invercargill. The Big "I" caches were a pleasant way to fill in the rest of the afternoon. No rush, dodge the showers, enjoy your self.

Cheers and TFTC

Nice easy find tonight, just as the sun was setting. TFTC

Tftc beaut day in invers nice park and grab.

Thought I'd give the big I puzzles a go, lovely sunny summers day, thanks for the series

**Found on our February - March tour around the South Island. Logging back home in Auckland in Lockdown isolation**

We started the day by tackling the Big I series on a lovely sunny Invercargill morning. Most of these puzzles were solved easily, and a few without needing to resort to Google, but the odd one was a bit trickier. Another easy find here, and we are making good progress, thanks.

Found while out on a drive with Mum and Dad, TFTC

Decided to tackle the Big I caches while out on a morning adventure with the family, TFTC

I started my great and unique round trip over the South Island in Christchurch.
My first major stopover was at Lake Tapeko - here I hiked up to Observation Mountain.
I then planned two days in Mount Cook NP with some unforgettable hikes. My big goal was the Mueller Hut - on a super strenuous hike I reached it.
I continued my journey over the lonely Danseys Pass to Dunedin.
Afterwards I drove along the Southern Scienic Route via Invercargill to Manapouri for some days. On this route I visited many sights and enjoyed the beautiful nature again and again.
I already booked a tour to the Doubtful Sound in advance - another highlight on my tour.
Afterwards I drove on to Queensown and Wanaka. From there I continued over the Haast Pass to the lonely Jackson Bay with storm and heavy rain. Afterwards I drove along the west coast always in pouring rain.
The rain stopped the whole west coast, but I had good rainwear with me. Only high up in Nelson the sun shone again.
Soon I reached the east coast again in Picton and Blenheim and the sun was shining again.
After a few days I travelled back to Christchurch via the beautiful town of Kaikoura.
At the end of my round trip I spent a few more days in Christchurch and its surroundings.
I visited many geological sites and found many caches on my round trip. In Rangiora I visited an event.
I travelled 3418 km and take home a lot of positive experiences.
Thanks to many beautiful caches I was also shown unique locations, historical sites and geological features.
I am overwhelmed by the fantastic and ever changing nature on the South Island of New Zealand - I will definitely come back.

Many thanks to all owners
Team sissifalke

Day One Of Our Journey
Mr & Mrs FapAndGap and Squirrel Nutcase have travelled to the South Island to collect all the TMGT caches.
Arrived in Invercargill and mission was on.
City very busy with bikers everywhere for the Burton Munroe Reunion.
Bit of a late night but we found everything we attempted.
Caches all in good condition and thanks to the cache owners for these placements.
SLTFTC

With Fap and Gap... Late last year, we started to plan for a trip to the South Island - The goal was to complete the TMGT trail.

Waitangi Day - Invercargill: Gap solved the 'Big I' series at home (I was determined to also solve this series before logging). I recognised many of the languages and was able to piece together some of the translations without needing to depend on online sources... We decided to visit the trail tonight. Our time here is short, and logic said that by getting this geoart out of the way, we'd have a bit more freedom tomorrow... I admit that a night time approach wasn't the best idea. Darkness added an extra layer of difficulty, as did the recent flooding in the area. We wondered if flooding would prevent us from getting through - no problem... Thanks southlandicebergs. TFTP and TFTC.

In town for a few days, and solved the series in preparation. Some of them I could just read off, and this was one of those! TFTC!!

Had looked at the various Big-I puzzles before heading south and then spent some time today driving around to collect the smilies. Thanks.

After the Thursday night BBQ tea in Riverton, I came back to town via here to claim this for a dot day before heading to my mates to watch NZ v OZ on day one of the 3rd cricket test, and while Searchwisely was at work. Hopefully January will be our first "dotted" month?

Had a great day out and about caching in Southland area today, many thanks to all the cache placer's.Thanks Bitsprayer

Found on a caching two day journey into Central Otago and Southland with Bitsprayer. Really enjoyed the challenge of the puzzle caches and the many hours spent to unravel the coordinates. Also great to travel along the many roads in the area. Many thanks to the various cache owners for placing and maintaining their caches. TFTC

Another quick find in this clever series. TFTC

Found. Full log to come. TFTC.

Another dot day bites the dust

Another nice easy find. Jude-E and I are on a geocaching trip to the deep south. We are flying back home to Christchurch on the late afternoon. I love Geo art so we are concentrating on the big I, anything else is a bonus. Thanks southlandicebergs for placing this geocache 8021 find for me.

Sadly there was no large event in New Zealand in 2019 but there are a few Mega events planned in Australia. New Zealand will have another large event in 2020 in Auckland. 
======== NZ Mega 2020 ========
Planning for the NZ Mega 2020 event is well underway. It will be held in Auckland over Labour Weekend, 23 to 26 October 2020. Thanks for hiding this geocache.

Day 3 of a 3 day caching venture with Nosynel. Today's goal is the Big I. Nice quick find. Thanks for the puzzle and cache.
#5092

I have now parked up the snail shell at a country club for a few days so that I can locate quite a few caches especially the solved puzzles. If a few Trads get my way well and good.

This one was pretty obvious.

Cheers for the cache.

Another early morning dash out to grab a smiley. Nice warm morning no one around. Quick easy find. TFTP been enjoyable to solve

Solved these a while ago, hoping that the rest of the series would be published before we leave for home. Not to be though. A nice quick find today. Cheers.

Time to have a holiday road trip, and today we cruised around Invercargill and environs, to collect a few TMGT and other caches.

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

It had been a long long day and then the mandatory work obligations .
I got a call from annielin and a pick up was arranged and we had just enough daylight to sneak out and grab this one .
A quick drive to gz and a let's look here and what do you bingo we soon had cache in hand sign log and returned to the hide.
Now home to have a quick bite to eat and a good night sleep.


Thanks for the hide Southlandicebergs

tftc

Picked dsi up after a work function, with just enough time to go get this one.
Tftc

Quick park and grab in between showers tftc

Thanks for the placement tftc

Yah I am home when the latest lot of new caches appeared this morning, some head scatching and guessing got me answers to some of newest puzzles, Wombat found me so we managed to untangle some more answers together,
Pleased we were out before the rain set in
Thanks SIB for the fun puzzles and our own soon to be geo trail
quick {FTF}

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