Royal Albatross Centre (Otago) Port Chalmers, South Island, New Zealand
By Wilbywarrior on 07-May-23. Waypoint GCA2R43

Nice quick find with Jag50 and Net61 after being fortified by hot chips and aoli!.....Thanks, Jan!Down here for the Mega.

Found on a trip down south to the Dunedin Mega with trayc.gsigned as MrMuggle or MM to save room..Thanks to the COs for all your caches. We had a blast. TFTC

Down in Dunedin for the Mega this weekend with McJandals and NZFLOSSY. Signed the log sheet MDF Thanks for the cache.

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.

Found with Gazania Rigens & Wombatwandering as per their logs.TFTC

Thanks so much ?? for maintaining and creating this hide Wilbywarrior. Felt like Jane swinging on a Vine retrieving this.

Quite slippery at GZ today, but I managed to get down without falling into the sea. Good sized container. TFTC!

Since Gazania Rigens solved the puzzle, it was only fair we let her go down the slippery, muddy slope to retrieve the cache (and/or fall into the sea). I did help her back up to the car though. Found with Zouavesauvage as well. No Albatrosses were seen. Thanks.

Out on a rainy Sunday with Nosynel and MacPacMum. A bit dodgy after all the rain here. NN had the job of retrieval here. Not sure she was too keen! The puzzle wasn't too hard. Thanks for the hide.#10805

Day 3 of my whirlwind visit to New Zealand.Today I teamed up with barb2e, SmittenGranny, Joolay, Kittykatch, GrimRaider and Icybeetas. We signed the caches as ACD (Australian Cachers in Dunedin) and went out on the Otago Peninsula.We had done a lot of puzzle solving in the months up to the GeoToroa Mega.Today's weather was variable and not as wet as yesterday.TFTC

Out and about with Willis007 and other members of the group QLD+1 finding solved puzzles and multis plus other targeted caches. Logbook signed and replaced as found. We loved our drive around here. Tftc

At last, the day of the Dunedin Mega dawned, and most of the Aussie crew from Canberra met up early this morning. After enjoying friends' old and new company, we completed the Gadget caches. Then it was off to finish the Albatross series, which we had worked on for weeks in preparation for our visit, as well as a few other targeted caches along the way.Thankfully, the weather was much kinder to us today, and to cap it all off, we found every cache we tried for. Please excuse the generic logs. The caches were all great and in excellent condition, especially considering the weather that Dunedin has been experiencing.All caches were signed as ACD, Australian Cachers in Dunedin, which included Isopeda, barb2e, Kittykatch, Joolay, Grimraider, Icybeetas and myself. After signing duties were completed, the caches were rehidden where found. All COs are to be congratulated on their contributions to our game. Thanks for the cache.

Dunedin MegaOut caching with GrimRaider, barb2e, Smittengranny, isopeda, icybeetas and Joolay. Signing as Aussie Cachers Dunedin (ACD). 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. Thanks for hiding this cache Wilbywarrior

Found with Kittykatch today. TFTC Wilbywarrior

Day 3 of our stay in Dunedin for the Mega and the rain is persisting this morning. Headed to the Mega to look at the gadget caches before braving the rain to finish of the Albatross puzzles plus any other targeted caches on our list. Signing as ACD today for Aussie Cachers Dunedin and including Icybeetas, Joolay, Kittykatch, GrimRaider, Smittengranny and isopeda. Tftc

Still mistyWeather still grey, rainy and cold.Day 6 and more picking up with isopeda, Icybeetas, Kittykatch, Smittengranny, Grimraider and barb2e. Signing as ACD-Aussie Cachers Dunedin, or names. Mega Day.Finally 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 Wilbywarrior

Down for the MEGA with Supernannny and Net61 collecting some caches on the way. We had solved this puzzle prior to our trip to Dunedin. As the weather was so wet today, we went for a drive to Portobello. We stopped at the local pub for a drink and hot chips by the fire, and then set out to find this cache. A nice quick find here and we were off to the next one. TFTP

Day two of the MEGA, and matagouri and I have teamed up with watcache to explore the otago peninsula and get as many caches as we could, while braving the bitter cold rain and wind.Despite the weather we had a lot of fun.Thanks to all the CO's for setting up and maintaining these caches.We signed the log as watratmat

Down in Dunedin for the Mega. Great to be back for another Mega 12 years after NZ's first Mega here in 2012. Finding a few caches with Boxhill and having a few laughs on the way.Thanks to the team for putting on a great Mega weekend, and also to all the COs for placing and maintaining the caches.TFTC Wilbywarrior

Found today while out with rosmar, TFTC

Day 1 of Mega caching! Started with an event, then some albatross puzzles (and anything else we spied on our way), and finally a very wet CITO! A lot of fun had in spite of the weather. TFTC!

Outnabout with Chamad, Snickersallan, Ardom & Bluewattle on my first ever trip across the ditch. Log signed as QLD+1 to save some space. After a week of caching around Brisbane and at events last month with other Geo friends, I couldnt pass up the opportunity to hop on board for a NZ Mega adventure. Another great day for caching. TFTC Wilbywarrior

We didn't come here at night nor with kids. But it was raining, so two out of three warnings took effect. TFTC.

Day one - Geo Toroa DunedinWith Queensland buddies, Snickersallan, chamad and WollastonSolved prior to arriving in NZSigned log as QLD+1Thanks for creating and placing for our enjoyment

Back in our hometown for a weekend of MEGA adventures.Weather has changed dramatically since yesterday but we will soldier on TFTC.

Found in the rainLog signed as wat,rat,matThanks for the placement and the smiley Watcache, rattl, matagouri

We are visiting in Dunedin for the Mega and have targeted certain caches for us and this is one of them out of many so the generic logs TFTC

Visiting Dunedin to attend the Mega Event this weekend so in the meantime looking for caches. This cache was found in good condition. Thank you for placing and maintaining it for our enjoyment.

Visiting from Wellington and travelling today with ThatDarnBear and JustlookingOO. I climbed down for this one. A bit tricky. I didnt look down. Thanks for the cache!

#4068 Today is day 25 of my geocaching vacation in New Zealand. I'm in Dunedin for [Geo Toroa (Dunedin, NZ)](https://coord.info/GCA7ZHD) mega event this weekend. Today, I drove to the peninsula and found some caches there.Did the internet research before coming here. Found it today! Wilbywarrior, thank you for the cache! -crystaloops from Taipei, Taiwan on October 25, 2024 @ 14:56:24[GCA2R43] Royal Albatross Centre (Otago) was a D1.5/T2.5 Regular Mystery Cache at the time of finding.

In Dunedin to attend the Mega this weekend, travelling with TrinityNZ and JustLookingOO.Today's itinerary includes all the albatross solves located on the peninsula. We also had a few must-do's on the list. Trinity took one for the team for this one. Too steep for me to get that close to the edge!Thanks for setting this series up! ?? Logs today signed as 'Team Trio', TT on nano logs, and names in full on challenge caches.

We parked at the shops at Portobello and walked along to these three albatross caches and took some photos of the slip . You could have driven along as there was room to turn around / I took a photo of one of the many slips that have occured all along this coast line . . We came down to Dunedin for the great Mega event - which was really good ! - and had previously solved all of the Albatross caches - with a lot of assistance - and had had several days either side , for caching up either side of the harbour and other caches around about . It was a shame that the High cliff road has been subject to the weather patterns and heavy rain and blocked the road . T he Weather either side of the mega was reasonable, but both the saturday and the sunday were rather wet . . sadly. there are so many caches all around this area so even after 5-6 days of caching there are still hundreds of caches to be found . With so many caches some get lost in a bit of a fog . We took nothing and left nothing here . Thank you for this cache .

Done in the fun company of Team Trio (Trinity, that Darn Bear and Just LookinOO) who we met a short while before. Talla64 and I are down from Kapiti attending the Mega. I suggested we do the Albatross geo-art series while we are down here, and Talla thought it a good idea. The puzzles are great and fun to solve, although I needed help with 2 or 3 of them. I apologise for this generic log but would like to thank Willbywarrior for this great series which took us to some beautiful areas in Dunedin. In fact plans are afoot to return next year as there is so much to see, and the 5 days we spent here were simply not enough. The Mega was a very successful event which Talla and I enjoyed very much. Thank you Wilbywarrior for everything. Most of the logs were signed T64/FD or FD/T64.

Found the cache and definitely wouldnt want to do it in wet weather

Great container, love these sizes for older hands and fingers. Fun puzzle too. Found with LW today. TFTC

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.A slight left after the crossing to pick up these couple while we were over here.Thanks for contributing to the fun Wilbywarrior

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).Just as Lady Morris started to read the clue, it started raining!This didn't discourage Mr Morris who quickly found the cache.Thanks, Robmc.

Royal Albatross Centre (Otago)Dunedin MEGA Thursday! A bit of sightseeing and of course some caching. It was a great privilege to find some amazing caches in such a beautiful place. A massive thank you to all of the COs for the preparation, placement and maintenance of these caches. TFTC Wilbywarrior# 10595CheersWillis007

Found, more later.

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.TFTC Wilbywarrior

All good here

**80/14/100pt** Clockwise on wing Albatross geoart Never bothered to go to the Marine centre. I have a lifetime to do that. As for the albatross colony, we had been close to the tourist trap once stopping at a rocky beach somewhere to take photos of seals and drove back through roadworks to civilization. A beer wasn't going to get us past the stop/go man before the advent of traffic control lights and a hundred road cones. If the public are so concerned with these minimal safety measures, maybe they should go into the rough and collect all the discarded ones down the shoulders and stream beds. They don't float and oodles of them pollute the Leith around the Uni along with the drunks shopping carts. Walked up the road and stopped in the right place; just room for one quiet lion down there. Noice big cache opened eventually, though not as tough as Bluff Hill box that kept getting stolen from the 20Lt bucket. 3B5 spring binder log book in glad. Dry & ok. Minimal swag TNLN. Waved to muggles across the bay but I don't think they saw us as I got helped up the slope by the moose. *80mt offset* TFTC WW

A multi and a mystery dot day today. Unfortunately I don't have very many unfound multis close to home and what I have I'm rationing per month so I passed up on one near to my first find of the day and took advantage of the relatively calm day to cycle to mystery one a reasonable distance away. This fitted the bill. A lot of cyclists out and about on the cycle track today. Nice to find a decent sized container. All nice and dry inside. Thanks.

This morning the headwind was colder and brisker than it should've been... so we opted for a flat ride. After admiring this magnificent survivor, we kept going to a picnic table with a view of the mirror-calm harbour. And on the return we stopped to fill our backpacks with windfall apples from a roadside tree we discovered last time we passed by - surprising that no-one else has picked them.

Out with Natalie247 and forgot to log this one, TFTC Wilbywarrior

Full log to come

Ohhh, a nice big cache box, I like it. Lovely watching the views of the bay below. Cheers

Fun to find. Last one of the day. Thanks for the cache!

About six weeks ago I came down to Dunedin for the first time since the last time I was here, and while I was here I noticed a puzzle geocache that hadn't ever been found, for over a year. So once I was back home I solved the puzzle and came down again this weekend to find it.Once that was done, I went off and found some more geocaches. Specifically those that made up the Albatross geoart, and I managed to find all of them. It was an excellent day's caching that I enjoyed very much. Especially good was the almost always spot on coordinates, good parking at most locations, and usually useful hints for those tricky hides (except the fake rock one, that wasn't so helpful).All good here, the cache was found safe and well. I did choose to ignore the advice not to do this in the dark, but I don't think I'd do it in the rain.---Thanks to Wilbywarrior for placing and maintaining this cache. I enjoy each and every cache I find, and it is only with Geocachers like this creating them and placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues.[DGSc-Bulk] tagging to help me generate a list for GC30AD8 - DGSc Challenge.

Really enjoyed my caching this day, even after a bike ride finding caches in the morning, and then one by car in the afternoon, I couldn't resist and evening walk to get a few more. Was cool to find this one was a nice big cache, very fun to find although care was indeed needed with the steep drop off. Thanks so much for the puzzle and cache! I didn't go to the Royal Albatross Centre but did go up to the carpark and saw quite a few albatross from there.

Once, our trip to NZ had been fixed, J:org started to look after interesting caches and mysteries we could include into our tour. Very soon, he spotted the Albatros and started working on it. Finally he succeeded in solving them all, so just one more question (should I say dilemma?) had to be ansered: on which of them to concentrate during our outdoor-part, as it has been very clear from the beginning we would not be able to log all of them...?Thanks to very friendly chats with Wilbywarrior a solution has been found and we had a wondeful day at the peninsula with lots of great views! Thank you for this great experience with double fun indoor & outdoor!

When planing our vacation in NZ we spotted this nice Albatross Geoart.There still has been enough time to solve most of them but it has been quickly clear: we cannot visit them all. Time constraints did not permit that.Wilbywarrior recommended to take the peninsula side and this has been a very good advise. We have seen so many beautiful places and views from different angles. This was really great!And we found all (!) caches from our todo list on this side.Many thanks for this fun. We would love to come back again and complete the albatross but as well to further discover this nice place in and around Dunedin.Many thanks for the cache.

Out on a cyclocache ride up the cyclepath from Andersons Bay to Portobello and back. I saw I had 3 solved puzzles on this road so it was worth riding up it on eMTB. Nice quick find. Thanks for the puzzle Wilbywarrior.

Very cool container TFTC

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Thanks Wilbywarrior for the puzzle and the cache. I realised today I should of solved more of the puzzles before coming out here but only had a spare 2 hours so happy to find the ones I did today. Beautiful day and the grandkids enjoyed the ride out and finding the caches. Visited some interesting spots - where do you find time to find them all ?

I solved the puzzle last year in anticipation of a few days down here when GeohoundandI moved back to Uni. Today we were having a day of caching, mainly solved puzzle caches, in area that are tricky for her to get to without transport.At GZ quickly spotted the hint item and slid down to the cache dodging the large piles of dried up dog poo and bags of poo dumped here.Nice cache, it makes a change from finding a tiny pill bottle.

I thought that today's exercise would be to sign off some of the Albatross Series on the Southern side of the harbour.One definitely needs to be careful here.Cheers for the cache, Wilbywarrior.

Kia ora for the cache

Near disaster. Left my phone behind at gz. Thanks

Out and about on day 9 of my South Island Tour and day 3 of "Wellingtonions Gone South: Dunedin Edition" with NZ_B, TwigNZ, Mr-Mcgoo, Itchyfeet2020 and matagouri. The target of this day was cleaning up some of the peninsula. All logs signed as MINT. TFTC

A visit to Dunedin by Wellington geocachers NZ_B, Itchyfeet2020, TwigNZ, Mr-Mcgoo, Taybee NZ, and myself. Signing as Team MINT, targeting old caches, Wherigos, and whatever else we can find.Today, we were focusing on the Albatross series. Most of these have been pre-solved, so simply a case of finding. Most of these were simple finds in easy-to-reach locations. There were no problems with missing logs or maintenance required, although one or two took some extraction from the hiding place! Thanks for the series, WilbyWarrior!

A group of friends have traveled together to Dunedin to collectively target a whole bunch of caches, primarily because of their value in terms of Jasmer Grid filling, or for certain Challenge Caches that we have elected to try to achieve.M.M.I.N.T.T are Mr-Mcgoo, matagouri, Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B, taybee nz and TwigNZ. Some logs were signed this way, some were signed as M.I.N.T for expediency, and some (mainly Challenge Caches) were signed with individual names.Day 3, and the main focus of our day would be hitting the Otago Peninsula where we hoped to find many of the Albatross Geoart series, especially the Challenge Caches.We had decided to take a break over a coffee and cake (or cheese rolls or whatever). Now suitably refreshed, we thought we would walk to a couple of nearby caches just to stretch our legs again before continuing in the car. This was a straightforward find at GZ. No issues to report with the cache or contents, so we replaced as found after adding our team name onto the log.Thank you for setting up this series for all to find.

(# 8331) The Wellington crew are on another mission. Included are Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B, TwigNZ, Matagouri and TaybeeNZ. As usual quite a bit of hilarity. Day 3 was more centred on the Albatross series around the peninsula. Signed as MINT.Thanks Wilbywarrior for bringing me here.

A great informative puzzle to solve and where I got a bit distracted by the the information I was looking up. And of course, a great place to visit.Day 3 of The Wellingtonians are in Dunedin tour with TwigNZ, Mr-Mcgoo, Itchyfeet2020 and matagouri, as well as TaybeeNZ who decided to have a few days of his South Island tour with us. We are targeting specific caches -oldies, wherigos (thanks to the Seagnoids new caches on the Wainuiomata Hill road in Lower Hutt), a certain jet and hopefully a certain bird. Of course, there will be days of laughter, no doubt at my expense During our time here, all found caches were signed as MINT, regardless of whether 2, 3 or all 5 of us hadn't found it previously, or with individual names for Challenge Caches according to whomever was claiming the find.Kia ora rawa atu for the cache Wilbywarrior.

Day 3 of our Dunedin Invasion with six welly cachers. We have lots of plans and caches to find - probably to many - but with many of the very targeted oldies now done, day 3 can be a bit more play. Today is the peninsula. All is well here. Found by MrMcGoo from.car no. 2. All logs signed as MINT.

Out with the wednesday walkers, one of whom did the downward journey to retrieve the cache, while i stood at the top of the bank, trying desperately to avoid the doggie doos.Thanks for the cache, wilbywarrior.

Found with MrMagoo72 after a hunt around the wrong side, I made my way round the other, holding on with one hand and being careful with my foot placement. Nice big cache container - wish I'd brought something to put in it. Carefully uncovered the cache, discovered a trackable and signed the log, being careful not to tweak my back any more than necessary (I should have been more careful lifting my suitcase during my travels). TFTC and for all these new puzzles.

This is such a lovely road - the last time we came along here we were on electric bikes. TFTC.

Found our our trip to Dunedin. Cache all good. TFTC

I let Mr p&vee do the honors for this one.

What a great day in Dunedin, gabbing a few caches around the the place, 100% today no DNF, most unusual. Many Thanks - Bitsprayer

At last, T rating more appropriate for my nerves. Sadly lacking in swag so left a TB and my spare teeth.

An easy puzzle and find on a spectacular day. TFTC.

Enjoying solving the albatross series, a good variety. Heading back from the furthest that I decided to go on the Peninsula, a wee diversion for this nice big cache. Carefully made my way to it without any stumbles thank goodness! SL and off to find a few more on my return to Dunners. Tftp Matt

The puzzle was straightforward, but retrieving the cache was a bit tricky for a couple of geriatrics. TFTC

We were in Dunedin to to the train trip to Oamaru we heard about at your event in March. It was great, today was to get a D5/T4 cache at the Pyramids to fill a blank dot in our grid. Came down to enjoy the coastal route and find some solved puzzles. How appropriate this cache was the first of this Geoart series for us to do. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache Wilbywarrior.

Solved these shortly after they were published, went out this way to watch a running race today, so popped over to find this. No albatross, but saw some Pukekos! TFTC

After a lunch stop we walked to this one. Beautiful day, sunny and blue skies. Agree that the drop off is significant! Found with Debsnz.

We'd had lunch nearby in the sunshine and were enjoying the sunny, calm winters day so much that we elected to walk to this one, not such a good idea because as soon as we had signed the log and replaced the cache, the sun disappeared and down came the rain. Found with Spoonz2

Found with dad. TFTC.

We didn't find the actual hiding spot too bad but a few metres away, where we parked, it really was a sheer drop. Nice big container. TFTC.

Definitely an interesting one to access on a wet and windy day. But made the FTF just fine.

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