For those in peril on the sea (Otago) Careys Bay, South Island, New Zealand
By debsnz on 21-Dec-21. Waypoint GC9KJ4A

Was down here for the Dunedin Geo Toroa Event from the sunny Bay of Plenty,Tauranga and are with some of Team BoP. Great to get together with our fellow cachers. Signed Logs MDF. (McJandals,Davidson clan & NZ Flossy) and have teamed up with our fellow bop mates for the last couple of days Squirrel Nutcase and Fap and Gap. (Fangs)I am logging using the Cachly App and using their template option which helps with my memory for logging. I genuinely thank every CO for their time and effort put into these caches. Much appreciated. . Trying to catch up with my logging.

Quickly found when returning back to the main road after doing a lab adventure waypoint

We don't have much experience in sea as we do in caching. Nice and easy find, with a cool lookout view. TFTC.

Back in our hometown for a weekend of MEGA adventures.Weather looks to be improving since yesterday but still chilly for us now Bay of Penty softies!Enjoying another day touring around TFTC.

Always get a moment of sorrow for these young men. Great plaque here. Thanks for taking us there.

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 were staying near Mosgiel for a the long weekend, so we can attend the Geo Toroa Event we had attended the Official Opening Event of the Geo Toroa Mega Event hung around talking & dealing to the things that needed dealt to but needed to clean-up some Mysteries & Multis that were on our hit-list headed out just before lunch we had actually completed a number of caches today & thought wed round things off with a good-old Traditional Cache this turned out to be an easy find, albeit in the wind & persistent rain, log-book completed & replaced as found were also pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:LS this was #6,394 for us!

Well I have to say I admire the CO - debsnz for wanting to walk every street in Dunedin. Thank you for doing so and finding this special area. bunadoorian and I came here on the way back from Seacliff to Dunedin. bunadoorian found the cache first. TFTC and for bringing us here debsnz.

After a previous cache that was a bit too tricky to get to it was good to find one that was accessible for Grub62 and myself. It was also good to read a bit more of the history of this area even if it was a bit sad. Thanks for bringing us here and TFTC.

Quick find, wish it wasnt a rainy day.

Quick k find here tftc

Day 2 of my 6 day trip to Dunedin to attend the Mega and clean up all the puzzle caches solved over the last few years.Todays journey took us from the city via some of the new DT 81 puzzles to Port Chalmers and then back to Dunedin.Thanks for all the puzzles, caches, find, frustration and enjoyment. Found it tucked under the memorial. Thanks for showing me this spot.

Out and about starting in Aramoana today, heading back towards Dunedin and the mega tomorrow. It's a beautifully sunny day and we are enjoying the weather and the wildlife as we go. Tftc!

JD and I are enjoying a gorgeous day in the sunshine, caching our way to and from Aramoana ahead of the mega. I enjoyed exploring up the hill of Port Chalmers, surprisingly Ive never been up here before. Tftc

I am in Dunedin early to attend the Mega next weekend so naturally Im after caches in the meantime. This cache was found but the container was full of water. Fortunately the new log was mainly dry. Thank you for placing it and maintaining it for our enjoyment.

Day 10 of our Enzed adventures with Robmc. We arrived in Dunedin yesterday and today we hired bikes to ride the Otago Vine including a ferry ride across the bay.We managed to collect a lot of the puzzles we had prepared for and I think we only had a couple of DNFs. It rained, the sun shone, the wind blew, it was calm - the whole gamut really.Thanks for contributing to the fun debsnz

Day ten of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.We have at last arrived in Dunedin.We spent today riding the Otago Vine clockwise, collecting caches as we came across them.Stopped at Port Chalmers for lunch then caught the ferry to Portobello.Mostly a nice day except for a bit of rain just out of Portobello (but we soon dried off).This was a very interesting story that I wouldn't have heard but for this cache.Thanks, Robmc.

I spent the day in the Port Chalmers area with my local muggle friend. A quick find but there was some water inside the container which I emptied out. The newer logsheet was mostly dry and so it was signed and replaced as found. Tftc

The view of the island is very beautiful. Brand new log. Thanks for the cache!

Quick Found. TFTC from Pausine from Germany

Nice quick find. TFTC

TFTC. Beautiful history for Leading Signalman Buchanan

What a view! Thanks

We were docked in Port Chalmers for the day on our ship - Holland America's Volendam. We had a tour to Larnach Castle in the morning, but had some time in the afternoon to do a Lab and to find two caches in Port Chalmers.Thank you to the Lab creator and the cache COs for their efforts.#####################This Cache: Quick Find - Very moving tribute to a local hero. The cache needed a new log, so we put one in.

Found today while visiting your beautiful town on Holland America's MS Volendam. Thank you for bringing us up the hill to this lovely viewpoint.

Nice hike uphill but the view and history is worth the effort. TFTC.

Lovely outlook. Quick easy find. TFTC

Touring around while in port with the Noordam. We walked down from the lookout and then back up here. It was worth it of course. Thanks for the hide!

Visiting today on the Noordam. Quick find after a hike up the hill but lovely view. All good at GZ and TFTC.

Found this while off cruise ship

After visiting the lookout made a short stop on the way down to sign this cache off. TFTC debsnz

Originally we planned to go to Queenstown and return to the cruise ship in the Milford Sound. Unfortunately it was cancelled due to the weather conditions tomorrow . In the morning we made a quick visit to Dunedin. Nice little town. In the afternoon we moved around in Otago and enjoyed the views from the lookouts. We released our Hawaii traveler here, take care on it. TFTC forestcats on world cruise 2024

TFTC. Great morning exercise going uphill!

Catching up on logs now that home. Thanks for the cache.

We're here for the day from the Norwegian Spirit. This looked like the closest cache to the port, but was an effort! J meet his stair goal for the day and it's not even 9. Thanks so much. We were very impressed he was awarded the US Navy Cross by Admiral Halsey.

Thank you for contributing to the game. Happy caching January 1, 2024 Lobstergirl visiting from Canada

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Thanks for the cheeky Christmas Eve cache for us travelers from The Mainland. TFTC!

Another qf with MsEvs & R. TFTC

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The hike up the hill was worth it for the view, and to learn about the dedication of a local sailor to their duty. Thanks for the placement, much appreciated.

We paid our respects and then quickly found the cache. TFTC.

I'm visiting New Zealand for a tour around the country . I have already visited many places on the North Island and on the South Island. Now I'm staying in Dunedin for some days. While enjoying the sightseeing I also visit some caches. This is one of them. Thank you for showing me the place and thank you for the cache . Greetings from Switzerland .

Never knew plaque was there!

I came to Port Chalmers to do the AdLab this morning. Found a few "real" while doing the circuit. TFTF

Out for a walk and decided to do this one, a great hide with very interesting history behind it. TFTC

If it wasn't so windy I would have spent more time nearby looking at the views. Pleased to find this rather quickly, safely tucked away in its little spot. Thanks

Staying in Otepoti/Dunedin for a few days while on a trip to this end of the country. Haven't been to this side of the harbour before so on a drive out this way. GZ is a bit disturbed but the cache was soon found as described, and in good condition.
Thanks for the cache.

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Thanks, was a nice quick April fools day find during port day on Carnival Splendour

Here in Port off the Carnival cruise ship Perfect time to explore the area and grab a few caches. This was one of them TFTC

Nice honor for a fellow Signalman!
tftc!

Terrain 3.5 for those of us who arrive on a cruise ship and have to hoof it. 1.5 otherwise. Nice tribute to a fallen hero. Found easily. TFTC

Wahoo found our first NZ cache!! Visiting on the NCL Spirit from Arizona! Beautiful area! Dropped TB SL TFTC!

I let kiwichris scrabble on the ground for the cache while i looked for my pen for signing the log book. Found while on a wednesday walk around Port Chalmers with our group.

While out with the Wednesday Walkers we passed this and daywalk said that there was an interesting plaque and cache along a side street and asked whether any os were yet to find it. Katie-w and I said that we hadn't, so we diverted to the plaque, read it with interest and then looked for the cache. A previous finder had left it a bit too visible so, after signing the log, I placed a few extra stones to hide it better.

TNLN. TFTC.

Just one more geocache for Sunflowers26 and I to find to clear out Port Chalmers proper on our little hunt for the day. We got to the site, and in fact pulled up right in front of it, and had the cache in hand in seconds. Honestly reminded me of some of my earlier days of geocaching. Cheers!

A quick find but I thought we might end up in peril moving some of those rocks and reaching in.

Another find with flossieteacake today. TFTC

Quick find after a short steep hike from the celebrity eclipse. Thanks for a reason to visit this beautiful spot. Log is damp but we were able to write on it.

Wir besuchten das Flaggstaff und fanden diesen cache bei der Erinnerung für Howard Buchanan. Danke für den Cache und Grüße aus Deutschland.
We visited the Flaggstaff and found this cache in the memory for Howard Buchanan. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Germany.

At 10:40.Off Coral Princess cruise from Brisbane around NZ and back home.
Cache log is damp but usable.
TFTC.

We are out caching while in Dunedin for a BMX event. Loving exploring Port Chalmers. Th ask for this cache - nice easy find and more history to discover. Log was damp and sadly precious cacher/s and screwed it up. We re-rolled and put it back as nicely as possible. TFTC .

TFTC great piece of history

Thanks for bringing me to this spot. I've been to Port Chalmers countless times, but had no idea about this plaque. Nice quick find. Poured out the water that was in the cache, and signed the damp log that was inside a plastic bag. Then drove down the narrow road with lovely views, but wouldn't want to drive around here at night, as there didn't seem to be any barriers to driving off the cliff if I steered the wrong way. TFTC.

Just hanging out in the area. Thank you for showing me the memorial. TFTC!!

A noice small premium only cache published in Port Chalmers. This town is the No.1's favourite lunch time getaway so caching business brought us back to town to clean up some trads. Rocked up to the sharp corner and managed a park on the shoulder ok. Some branches have been cleaned up and thought oh dear! cache gonnee?? Nope, bright red plastic shone through to have the cache in hand quickly. A neat little hole just needing some manipulation to remove box from hide. A couple of paper log pages got some signatures added and popped back in a baggy. Returned the camo trying to keep this one hidden and carried on down and up the side streets to swing around and leave town. Lest we forgot; this is my 159th premium only cache logged as a basic member. *Labyrinth **June** Escaping the [S](https://www.geocaching.com/souvenir/?guid=01dbda68-1e9a-40c8-b311-5df5afbee8a0)wamp souvenir nailed. Last move; **15pt** trad **505pt***. Thanks for the smilie Debs.

Cache 1052 Day 2 of my trip to Dunedin to fill in some of my “hidden dates” grid. After dropping Wombats_4 back to her car so she could make her way home I continued my way around the back streets and hills of Dunedin, was a freezing cold morning after a decent frost last night but that wasn’t going to deter me on my hunt for the precious pieces of plastic treasure. Nice quick easy find in the perfect position to to read the plaque and not look suspicious as muggles we’re having a nice night stroll, cache in good shape T4TC

Quick detour to pick up this one. Nice view but a narrow street for the van. Also steep parking, not the time to discover your handbrake needs adjusting.

Cute wee street , wouldn’t have noticed it except for stopping for the cache. Enjoyed my trip up here today . Great views but a little windy for too long out of the car.
Thanks DebsNZ for the interesting placement . And bringing my up here.

Interesting spot. Tftc

I didn’t know there was a plaque here before I looked for the geocache on my circuit of the peninsula.

Doing some caches in Port. Ticked this one off our list. TFTC

An interesting plaque to visit and a quick find, although slightly difficult to extricate. TFTC

It's the school holidys, time for a spot of caching.

I always like these caches in unexpected places

TFTC

Nosynel tracked this down while I figured out how to get out of the narrow street. Thanks for placing the cache.
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This was a nicely kept monument. We drove to Oamaru last night and are heading to Dunedin tonight. Today's plan is to spend a little time in the Port Charmers area.


Thanks for hiding this cache debsnz I appreciate it.

Out on a "Fun Friday" mission with BCD.
Beautiful autumn day and great views further up at the Lookout TFTC debsnz

Fun friday" mission with KJR..parked up just down the road and wandered up for quick find..tftc

Interesting bit of history. - Thanks Bitsprayer

Stopped by on the way out to Aromoana for a walk. Took longer than it should have because I was distracted by all the tree branches against the plaque. Anyway I eventually found it tucked away in a logical place that I had only given a glance at first. Thanks for bringing me here.

To see a plaque like this was quite a surprise!, a piece of history that I would never have known if the placement had not been made.

This is what I like about geocaching, you are always learning.

Thanks very much
erninz

A quick park and grab on a quiet day. TFTC

Kia ora for the cache.

Nice drive by. TFTC

Tftc. Arrrrrrrrrrrgh ️️️️

Out caching with indiboo who had just completed the CO’s adventure lab nearby. Came here to grab this one. Thanks for highlighting this plaque. Cache was quickly found.
Thanks for the cache, debsnz
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What a place to get to 1000 caches thanks for placing this here!!! Found with Piwaka54.

Our first bike ride of the year! Since the cloud was still staying determinedly low on the hills even after lunch, we headed for Port Chalmers. After the up-and-down of the old back road, a little bit more uphill to reach this cache. I'd heard the story, but have never been along this road before - thank you for showing it to us!

There is a memorial to Campbell Buchanan on the family grave in the new Port Chalmers cemetery (see photo in Gregor Campbell's blog) but his body is buried in New Caledonia.

[http://otagotaphophile.blogspot.com/2020/12/07366-leading-signalman-campbell-howard.html](http://otagotaphophile.blogspot.com/2020/12/07366-leading-signalman-campbell-howard.html)

[https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-themes/world-war-two-by-themes/campbell-buchanan-and-the-i-1/](https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-themes/world-war-two-by-themes/campbell-buchanan-and-the-i-1/)

We were out in Port Chalmers working through the adventure lab, and stopped for this cache. The title comes from on of my favourite hymns…….There has been a lot of tree felling around the plaque, thankfully the cache is still in place. Found with Beakface .Thanks Debsnz.

Who knew this was here? I was aware of the naval action mentioned but not this item. The official hymn of the Royal Navy, I believe, and possibly other navies (including New Zealand?) Was this performed at Prince Phillip's funeral earlier this year? The cache was highly visible as we walked up. Unfortunately, the red clips (first of those colour I've seen on a snaplock) really stand out compared to the usual blue. Hopefully we re-hid a bit more inconspicuously. Is it no longer necessary to date a cache log? A couple of days ago I found over a dozen on the Taieri that had not been dated by the previous finder (someone who should have known better too) and the previous finder of this hadn't dated either. TFTC.

Found with dad. TFTC.

Very interesting. Found on a walk with granddaughter. Signed, dated and added time for good measure.

Heading to beach surprised still unclaimed till now

I had seen this cache when it was first published but was heading the other way yesterday. Missed Natalie by 13 minutes thems the breaks.

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