OTD 6th January (Otago) Portobello, South Island, New Zealand
By Natalie247 on 06-Jan-20. Waypoint GC8HWKX

Road is currently closed following recent weather event

Cache ok. Added a bit more cover.

Easy find I was the second Sam log this cache today

I located a few caches today near Dunedin and on the Otago Peninsula whilst en route to Portobello for the night. This one was a quick find but it really had to be based on the size of it. Tried to cover it up a little better than how I found it. #7363. TFTC.

Trouve ! / Found it ! La bote n'tait mme pas cache... J'ai essay de la cacher un peu mieux mon dpart.4912me cache trouve.Merci Natalie247 pour la cache The box wasn't even hidden... I tried to hide it a little better when I left.4912th cache found.Thank you Natalie247 for the cache

On 6th January this year, I was lucky enough to be travelling to Thailand. Here is my caching log for the day:GCA4334: Elephants are closeAll is in great condition here. No need to archiveI am visiting Thailand with a group of friends. Our primary reason to visit is to go scuba diving however before the dive trip, we as spending three days at Elephant Hills. We have visited the Elephant Sanctuary, gone on a canoe excursion, and spent a lovely day at Cheow Lan Lake where we had a delicious lunch, and went swimming and kayaking.Today we're off on a jungle hike, but beforehand, I had to go and see if this cache was still there. I wasn't sure as it was disabled.On arrival, the cache was found in excellent condition, so I'm not quite sure what it is potentially being archived. There is a new log sheet and new zip lock bag in the container.Thanks, megalodon for placing a cache here for our enjoyment.-Thanks, Natalie247, for reminding me of an excellent day.

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 54 - Dunedin - Otago peninsula - Dunedin, Otago, South Island, Nov Zland (70 km)Dnes bylo pro zmnu od rna zataeno, teplota kolem 20C a odpoledne i pehky. Vydala jsem se na poloostrov Otago, kde jsou mal rybsk vesnice a na pici nejvt kolonie albatros krlovskch, lachtani (nebo tuleni) a taky men skupiny nejmench tuk modrch a tuk lutookch. Nejdv jsem se ale zastavila ve mst v Unity Park, kde je dal star keka z 11/2000. Opt to vypadalo na snadn odlov, od parkovit 100 m do leska, ale tentokrt zde byl nicnekajc hint a leskem jsem prolzala asi pl hodiny a nic. Natst se pak prodrala houtm njak mlad ochrnkyn prody, kter la naplnit pasti proti oposumm jedem, a ta mi poradila, e nco divnho vidla v zemi pln mimo souadnice. No byla to keka. Tak velk radost, e jsem tu netrvila as zbyten, a mohla jsem jet dl. Objela jsem postupn cel poloostrov, zastavovala u keek a taky na hezkch mstech a vyhldkch, a jsem dojela na cp. To u zaalo poprchat, tak jsem jet rychle sela na malou pliku, kam se vrac ti mal tuci z moe, ale byli tam jen njac vlejc se lachtani. Njac lid m upozornili na to, e jeden malink a asi vystraen tuk se skrv pod eleznmi schody, po kterch chod lid. Nael si tedy skr dost na prd, kdy mu vichni chod nad hlavou, ale vyfotila jsem si jeho malou st, co byla vidt mezi dvma stupni schod. Jinak se vracvaj z moe a v podveer a to se na tuto pl sm jen organizovan s prvodcem a vstupnm. Pokraovala jsem u s detnkem na vyhldku na tesy a majk a pak do nvtvnickho centra u kolonie albatros. Tady byla vstavka o faun a Maorskch tradicch a taky obchod se suvenry a kaf a taky WC. Z centra se opt organizovan chod na vychzku s prvodcem na pozorovac ploinu nahoe na kopci, odkud je vidt na ty albatrosy. Nejbli voln termn byl za 2 hodiny a venku prelo, tak jsem to zabalila a vrtila se do nejvt vesnice Portobello a odtud jinou silnic po hebenu kopce jela kolem dalch keek zpt do Dunedinu. Ten je z poloostrova fakt pkn vidt. Msto se rozprostr od moe na kopce na vechny strany. Posledn keku jsem odlovila v dalm mstskm parku a jela na bark na veei. Tuky mm moc rda, ale tady je setkn s nimi pli organizovan. V Chile jsem zaila krsn pobyt na Ostrovu tuk, kde chod ty po cestikch a tuci vude kolem a pletou se ti pod nohama, a to tady zat nejde.Today I found another old cache from November 2000 in Unity Park and then went to see the Otago peninsula. I enjoyed geocaching and nice views and made it to the end to the colony of albatrosses and blue penguins. However, neither type of animal can be seen here without taking part in an organized tour, and they were sold out and it started to rain. So I went around the lookout points and took a different route over the ridge of the cliffs back to Dunedin. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czech republic.

Easy find at a cool location.TFTC

Big cache day with BMR49.10th of the day.TFTC

No traffic heading to find this, but then struck multiple camper vans and small buses on the way back. Quick find today. TFTC

Our first geocache! Such a fun find after climbing up Hereweka

15052.

Found. On the way back down the track! Hopefully we find the others.

Ents and sheep:)Thanks for the cache and greetings from the Czech Republic.

Cache 1602 last minute trip to Dunedin/Oamaru. Main aim of the trip is 2 D/T spots, large and not chosen size caches for a challenge, sign some other challenge caches and maybe get a few oldies if time allows This cache was on the large listT4TC

Quick p&g while visiting the area with gdkja. Dropped TB. Tftc

Nice spot. Tftc

Awesome wee stop on the way home!

Our last cache for the day, a nice easy find thanks. Stunning day, amazing views from up here.

We are from Christchurch and came down to Dunedin to do a train trip to Oamaru. Then had a days caching and exploring the Pyramids before heading home. Of course we ran out of daylight so are having a wee detour on our way home to pick up some of the caches we wanted. Don't remember anything special about the 6 Jan. Thanks for this cache Natalie247.

Evidently it's Eddie Redmayne and Rowan Atkinson's birthdays. I also have a friend born on that day. Thanks Natalie247

A nice quick find. Thanks for placing your cache.

Ms_KR and I are heading to Invercargill for a tramping club 75th jubilee, so we left a bit early in hope that the weather would be fine, so we could get a bit of caching in. So far it has been good, fingers crossed for the rest of the time away.

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

Trouvée rapidement avec CrazyTraveler
Merci pour cette belle découverte et cette belle boîte

We're currently travelling New Zealand in search of adventures. We're exploring the Otago Peninsula

3 March 2023 15:27 - Cache Number 2826
A quick find here and the cache is in good condition. Lovely views out over the fields on this spectacularly sunny day! TFTC

#22013. Troodles likes to keep her finds of large containers ticking over, which is how this trad ended up on "the list" for today. KiwiChris got stuck in and found this one, while I was still sitting in the car trying to work out why my normally reliable GPSr was saying the cache was several kilometres away. TFTC.

En route to Taiaroa Head and there was some caching to be done on the way .
I am trying to increase my count of large sized container finds, so a drive by bucket was a must do. While I was aiming for another location, KiwiChris got stuck in and found the cache. TFTC.

On a geocaching expedition with StreetWalkerNZ and Troodles (who wants to increase the number of 'large' containers that she has found, hence the search for this one.) I got to GZ first as SW was involved in trying to get his Garmin to behave and T was aiming for a different spot.

TNLN. TFTC.

Found the cache, TFTC

I found it hard to believe. A 10 l bucket beside the road, but pulled in and the cache was only 7m away. Soon found, and left it properly hidden and the lid securely closed. Thank you, Natalie.

Quickly spotted. Kia ora for the cache.

Nice spot. Good to see a biggun now and again! TNLN. TFTC.

New lid and ne logbook

With the recent bad weather the bucket has lost its lid and was rather waterlogged. We searched for lid but no luck, tried to cover cache until owner can replace.

Bucket needs new lid.

Found on our 2nd day of excursions on this beautiful Peninsula. Lovely reminders of our forebears farming practices up on the rocky Knob above. Well worth the walk on a beautiful day. TFTC

Dropped penguin tb. Big bucket
Heading out to the end of the peninsular, I had planned a route to collect caches that would be as close to park and grabs as possible, hopefully with sensible parking areas. We had been lucky on this road not meeting any traffic on dodgy corners, and as we approached this cache we could see a vehicle coming from the other direction and a great place to park. The courteous driver pulled in so that we could pass just as we stopped and indicated and hoped they would carry on.
Once the coast was clear GeohoundandI sprinted up and found the cache. She dropped off a penguin TB.
She did replace the lid as tightly as possible, even though it was only placed loosely on top when she found it.

The last of my must get caches for a challenge. Yahoo. All good. Thanks

Time for another CJ-Curry solo adventure. Feels like it's been too long! Today I thought I'd tackle the Harbour Cone, but of course you gotta pick up caches on the way first. Started here and immediately made things more difficult for myself. Parked some three metres away (maybe less) from the cache but I decided to try another hint object a little (read: twenty metres or so) further away. After deciding to be less silly, I went back down and grabbed the cache easily. Cheers!

Found during a walk up to the the Cone with Econut. TFTC!

Thanks

Spotted a bit of a geotrail which took me to the cache. Nice large container too which is why I came here. I needed a couple of large finds for a challenge.
Thanks for the cache, Natalie247
#3164

Full log to come, co'ods [7mt](https://coord.info/GC66W5W) off it's small predecessor. Qualifier for the [JGG](https://coord.info/GC3R540) challenge. *RTP 425pt*.

Nice big bucket. I think there is another challenge cache I can find now I have 20 x 10L buckets.T4TC.

Bit of looking around the area. Found . Big size

Out this way today for lunch as well as some caches. Thanks Natalie247 for placing, I needed another large container for my latest challenge. Also the view is worth stopping for.
Dropped a TB

Took some coloring in stuff and a hippo. Left some perfume

Out and about with way for KJR's event. I was on a mission to get the points needed for Reach the Peak. Time to head up the hill for this one and get a few up this way. TFTC Natalie247

Another good parking spot. A nice sized hide too. Jude_E and I are on another road trip. We stayed in Dunedin last night. It was a bit rainy yesterday. That hindered the caching a bit. It's just blowing a gale at the moment. Thanks for hiding this cache Natalie247 I appreciate it.

On a caching trip to the Dunedin area with Nosynel. Our third day on the road and we have headed out to the peninsula for a drive. Have cached out this way before. I enjoy the road and views. Nice big bucket here! Tftc.
#7238

Stopping our drive around the peninsula. It will go help with our October spelling challenge. The track was closed due to Lambing season, so we just located the container, both the logbook and container were in really good condition. 6th January have dramatically changed for us. In Canada, we usually stayed home, and didn't do much. But in 2018, during our Tour of the Pacific, we shared a winter tradition with friends in Vietnam: Galette des rois, and almond filled pastry, delicious. Now in NZ, 6th of January, we are usually exploring some part of the country, enjoying summer!

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Well that took me longer than it should have! Should have had more faith in the GPS. All nice and dry inside. TFTC.

I couldn't believe that it was possible to hide a 10L bucket at this spot, but there it was. Don't think that this date has been memorable for me- I'm usually already working anyway. Gloom. Thanks for this hide.

Down in dunnas for the weekend ...on a long overdue caching mission around the city with kjr as my guide.....
Didn't try this on the way up the cone as there were muggles at the carpark so made a quick find on our return..tftc

Finding a few caches before the rain. Staying a few days as weather not good in Canterbury

Visiting Dunedin for the weekend. Enjoyed a cycle out here along the Portobello road. Great to see all the work upgrading the footpath/cycle path. So a total of 40 km cycling with 2 hour walk up Harbour Cone in between and some refreshments at Portobello. Pretty tired by the end. Still got 4 caches on the walkway and some wonderful views. Thanks for the adventure and smileys. This cache was all fine and great to see a large cache.

Nice one on the top of hill and one on the way back.
TFTC

Thank you for this great-sized cache, Natalie247.
I decided to have a bit of a drive out this way - and was really pleased to see there was a Large cache on the way - they are few & far between !
Left TB which I picked up earlier in the week.

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 cache found on a nice day going from cache to cache with woolwood9.
We soon had the container located. SL: tm/ww NZ
Thanks for putting this cache out for us to visit

Found and signed with Busy Paws and Lyttletonwitch, what a large cache!! TFTC!

What a whopper!!! All safe and dry in there. TFTC and a bit of a laugh.

I haven’t seen a cache that big in years. Was a quick find on our drive on the peninsula

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Out and about today for some caching. Had our family xmas a few days ago before we left home so today was just us. Decided to hit central Dunedin today as figured there would be less people around. The only people we did seem to hit was a couple of Chinese tour groups.

Another quick OTD find, at least the NZ ones don't have snakes making their homes on top of them. tftc

Out fir a walk up Harbour Cone and spotted this one next to the car!

TFTC

Cache find no.: 2088

Nice quick find while in the area. TFTC

Thanks for the cache

Out for a bike ride enjoying the first day of the last month of spring. Such incredible views - and a couple of caches on the radar. Starting from where we parked the bikes, it took an embarrassingly long time to check each possibility in turn until we reached the right one. A large, wow, that's more like it! Moving on the TB.

Tomorrow the lambing season closure is over and Harbour Cone is open again!

Found easily enough but for the mud all over my shoe. Found two TBs with @peadub here. Took two and left one. Signed log and replaced where found. Also cleaned my shoe! TFTC.

Bit of a muddy step up to this one. Swapped my TB out for another here. tftc

(# 6090). Day 7 of my South Island odyssey. Today is getting some caches around Dunedin as well as having a good look around. A quick find. Everything in order. TFTC

6 jan this year? Hospital it was for me, but all good now!!, quickly found with
Abbykitt and Downsouthinv.
tftc

Going for a road trip to Dunedin for a new scenery. Doing a challenge and getting the ancient and modern places.
Quick find. Nice view of the hills.
Found, sign and put back in place.
Found with annielin and downsouthinv.
Tftc

After a night st the camp we made a very early morning start to make a run for a high dt rating
So as we work our way home from a find on the target cache we pick up this on on our way back.
A beautiful morning and stunning views it's been great looking around thi area as never been out here before and I will be back. As we have a lot of catching still to do

Thanks for the hide

tftc

A QEF here this morning. Also my turning point, time to head back to town for breakfast. TFTC

Easy grab with no one around!!

Had to sit out and wait while a couple changed into all their walking gear and heading off. Very cold and windy up here today so I don't envy them. Nice quick find of the huge container after they were out of sight. TFTC # 15,524

Had to try a few approaches to get this cache - mainly due to a muggles car blocking the obvious route! Audacious hide. Walked up from Bacon St, on to Harbour Cone, then back down via the other side of Bacon St track. Dunner stunner today!

Distracted by muggles that turned up to climb to the top. Did that last year so not today. Then struggled to find anything. Back to the van to ponder and set off the way I should have first time and got it straight away. Damn the muggles

Nice quick find for the young cacher

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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, 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. 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.
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Found the parking easy enough, then the real fun started. Followed a few trails, searched a few decoys, someone wrote the co-ords where off, so I tried them. Even walked into a hole up to my thigh! I am guessing the remains of a stump rotted, or fallen tree even? luckily I was wearing my tramping boots, so no harm here. Just gave me a bit of a fright, as I was on one level, and the next on another

This is not being found as quickly as I thought, then returned to car for a think, spotted a different approach, and this time meandered my way to this large cache.

Happy to find this one, log signed, thanks for the hide and the adventure Natalie247

Quickly found. Nice to find a big cache once in a while.

Gps had us wandering about a bit but reading a previous log helped. Log signed and cache replaced as found. TFTC

A quick park & grab for this one. Looked at a couple of hint objects before picking the right one. TFTC

Surprise, surprise. It already had a name on the log from this morning. Nice big container and the cache was well covered. I spotted the geo trail leading to it.

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

Since we were so close after the last find it would of been a pity not to get this one. Really put a time pressure on for the rest of the day.....................would rather have kept on caching.

We searched a few potential hint objects at this location before finding the correct one, which for us was about 9 metres northeast of the coordinates at S45 51.481 E170 38.624. TFTC

Another convenient parking spot, TFTC

Quick grab a few people up the harbour cone today. - Thanks Bitsprayer

The escape from the city was welcomed, really enjoyed the views from the top road as a passenger as we wound our way towards the goal.
A quick find and sign and then some time for Bitsprayer to photo a treasure from bygone times in the paddock below.
Thanks
erninz

First of the OTD caches for me. The prospect of a cache a day for the whole year certainly excites me! Found with Napoleon_Solo. Not sure how the "call" went out to find people to contribute to the series, but it might be worth remembering that not everyone is on Twitbook, or InstaFace or whatever it's called. TFTC.

Found with dad. TFTC.

On a trip down the peninsula and had to stop here for a quick find.

(FTF) 2142

(FTF) #58 @ 2142 with Gadget169
Time for a wee drive on our hunt for OTD's.
Lovely night and great views along the way. Soon arrived at GZ and cache located not long after. Nice place to be and bought back memories of another enjoyable geocaching adventure up the nearby Harbour Cone. Must do that again soon! TFTC Natalie247