04 Red Zone Trolls (New Brighton) New Brighton, South Island, New Zealand
By Sir Belac on 12-Dec-20. Waypoint GC93TWW

I have Archived this cache due to it going missing multiple times in this area

A lot of undergrowth to look through, we didn't look hard due to the high number of previous dnfs

Went with dad as always. Dad had been there with LittleTan but we could not find it. The place was a mess, it could use a cleanup 100%. But I found little tree house thing I was going to climb it but I saw a spider!! TFTC Even know we didn't find it
PS think the cache has been taken or destroyed.

I think someone took it because we looked for 10 minutes and didn’t find it

Either hidden well or gone

Bit of a disappointment here. Not sure if it’s been muggled, the area used as a mugglet den or a hang out for no fixed abode but it was not a pleasant look around. Mr 5 would like to know “what on Earth happened here?”

Dnf

I think I’ve found the remnants of above but cannot locate the cache anymore. Hopefully this is just my poor eyesight

Yikes. What happened back here? This area could use a good CITO. The good news is that the cache remains. The bad news is that somebody has destroyed the container. The body is cracked and the lid is completely shattered. I placed a piece of bark over it but it needs some serious maintenance. What is wrong with some people.

Got it!
The final Troll was snagged!!!

Thanks for hiding and maintaining this series.
Took us for a nice wee stroll around the area, with a little bit of swamp running just for fun.

TFTC

Ventured into the bush and tripped over the cache. Enjoyed the spot for a bit and carried on. No maintenance on this one!

Unarer concrete

Tftc

TFTC. Nice peaceful spot

TFTC

Well hidden

Easy find

Out with Knotobsessed for a bit of caching after being told I need to loose weight snd walk more for knee issue. This was my ‘light’ walking for the day.

Can’t believe we just missed finding this one last time here. But the route we took was just a touch boggy all the way until close to the cache area. Don’t use the road after rain or risk wet feet

Having not been able to find this 1 previously it's nice to get a smiley. Did take the longer, slightly more challenging route in...found the easier one afterwards
Tftc!

Thanks for organizing this!

Nice easy find once we managed to get to gz. Tftc.

Well hidden!

Easy to find, thanks

Fun! Someone will have to replace the log paper soon.

A nice quick find. I use to have a cache very close to here a few years back. Tftc

great hide

Tftc

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found

Nice wee spot for a sit down

14 January 2022 15:46. The hardest to find today, and my favourite so far. Nicely hidden, in a place I initially overlooked. I would have liked to explore the nearby boardwalk, but time was pressing, so I had to leave. I will be back for the rest another time, and to see how nature has reclaimed this area. TFTC Sir Belac.

Talking a look at this part of the red zone. Thanks.

Found it after a bit of searching a great spot cache in good condition tftc

After a first stop for an easy park and grab, we decided to explore a second in our attempt to complete our calendar. Wow, these were our words at GZ. The location was amazing, we never would have come without the cache, the view is bit roady, but the place is really nice and surprising. Fav from us! Both container and logbook were in good condition. Thanks.

Found it

Great spot thanks

Locating took longer than it should of; TFTC

Quick find. Even a seat to sit on while signing log. TFTC

Easy school holiday find. TFTC

Lots of false alarms but found it after a bit of a search.

Out for the afternoon caching in the redzone. Thanks

After hunting through Bush found with geomurph geokids and s.o.a

Found with wsa and fam

Thanks!

Found last one yay

In the area for a few days, so to fill in a bit of time we had a wander around the red zone, this is one of the caches we enjoyed finding

Easy find on a beautiful winter afternoon. TFTC!

8433. Had some spare time today after watching my grand nephew play water polo for Waikato at QEII. Spent under an hour walking under 2km around an area I know well since Iris used to teach at nearby Freeville Scnool. Found all eight caches in the red zone (what happened to 07?). They were all straight forward and easy finds. Started at #1 and did them in numerical order. Cold and frosty with also plenty of surface water and/or ice. This one was quickly found and use made of the nearby bench seat.

Went back for another look Found it TFTC

Replaced today at 3:20pm happy Hunting

No luck

will go fix and cheek up on the cache today some time

Out with Knotobsessed and our newbie Atuapiko doing some caching in the Red Zone area. No sign of this one and looked in obvious place more than once. Even extended search.

Looked hard but no luck

Had a good look but no luck….vert wet though

We looked for ages and ages but it didn’t seem to at the base of anything

A wee bit tricky

Loitering with intent to the North of the city, picking up a few solved puzzles/challenge caches. And a few trads for good measure. After getting a few of the mysteries on my list, I relocated across the road and worked on this lot of caches. Had to skip a couple as there was a workman close by those ones, but it's al good, I'll return Thanks for the series, Sir Belac


TFTC Sir Belac, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 10 find(s) of 10 today, making this find #2672

Spent Saturday afternoon geocaching in the area. TFTC

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Out with family

Another beauty Canterbury day to knock some Caches off. Cheers!

#19778. We didn't have much trouble finding our way to GZ as it we'd been in the area looking for a cache (unsuccessfully) a few months back. Quick find (pretty sure the cache lid is split; and the container needs replacing). TFTC.

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on a pleasant autumn afternoon when we needed a few finds for a challenge we have set ourselves.
The last time we were in the area (looking for a cache, of course , we had to walk through some wet boggy areas, so we were very happy to see the way to GZ was high and dry. TFTC.

Really enjoying this series. Life very busy and this is just what I needed. TFTC

Whoop whoop ... placed in first spot I looked. Beautiful being out this lovely afternoon TFTC

Jard

Had to find a path through to where it could be as it’s quite overgrown. Hard to believe there were houses here once

A bit of a search but finally found it. TFTC.

Had to hunt for a wee while but finally tracked it down..TFTH

Gutted to finish with a dnf...hunted all around but came up empty handed ..

Approached it at a good angle so spotted instantly. It has a broken lid

Late afternoon stroll with daughter and grandkids. Granddaughter wanted to find them all, and she did! TFTC!!

I had the day of work today and have been eyeing up this series for a while. Thanks Sir Belac for creating this hide. It was find 9742 for me.

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Good to get another one off the list.

Another nice quick find, after we got to the right place! Thanks again

Thank you

Hadn’t been out to find many caches lately so decided today was the day to get this series. No problem locating this cache. Thanks for the cache

Cache number 4274

Found on a nice day in the area. Enjoying the caches. Was told to go for these a few weeks back
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Used bench to sign logbook. Disappointing to notice there was an easier route to the bridge where there used to be a cache. Tftc

Sorry Sir Balec the Troll were not at home either at church or out shop . Tftc

Quick find, probably not suitable for kids at the moment as over grown with weeds.

Tftc

A nice quick find on a red zone wander, thanks. A nice day for it.

Its been a while since I spent a day in Christchurch caching, and that is what I did today. Ms_KR was away doing arty things, so I headed out east.

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

Well that was very thoughtful of the CO, to actually have a seat there for us to perch on while we signed the log. I feel sure we've cached in here in pre quake days?? Not too sure about that. Thank you enjoying the stroll.

15:02
Found on a dog walk.
I see that trolls like to sit here and charge their phones. There is a micro USB cable on the seat.
We took the bushbashing way to get to this one. Went out on a bit easier path.
Somehow I think I have been to the nearby dilapidated boardwalk some years ago to look for a cache. Yeah, [this one](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7YYRE_old-track-canterbury).

Kia ora! Paldies!
#8110

Tftc

TFTC. Out for a red zone wander with KIS.
Thanks for placing the caches for others to enjoy.

Thank you for this cache, Sir Belac.
Out for a morning's caching on the East side with purdiepurdie; we decided to search for this series and have a bit of a wander at the same time.
It was a pleasant walk with many memories of people I knew who lived in these streets.
This cache was in a great spot with many fruit trees nearby.
FP for this location and the series.

Tftc

Bit of bush bashing here but made the find with JuJu54 TFTC

Quick find.

Beautiful day for geocaching with Demaimiac

Great find with lolliequeen

Out geocaching with Juju54 and Bworm08, bit of a bush bash in here, - TFTC

Bit of bush bashing here, think we took the long way..... but made the find & off we go again TFTC

Sunday red zone walk. Thanks for the hide.

Bit of a Trek to get this one TFTC

Back onto the trolls after a wee diversion to the north. A bit off the beaten track but still a nice spot to sit. And shady, which was appreciated. Cheers