HabourSide Gardens (North Otago) Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
By Bitsprayer on 13-Jul-03. Waypoint GCGEQ4

No work been done yet, but cache can go to make rooom for a new one

Bitsprayer

Ths cache site is about to have some work done on it, cache will bw back in about 2 months

Thanks navleader for the Heads up

Bitsprayer

A nice easy find for Anna the reporter. I think she might be about to get hooked on the sport.

No swaps

My first ever find.

Easy find on a lovely day. Found purely off GPS

- Seasons Greetings hanger
+ giraffe rubber
+ Post it Flags

Lovely location on a gorgeous day, no problems finding the cache. Took a tealight candle, left a Hoyts (Dunedin) discount voucher. I loved Oamaru's Old Town, and I'm a bit ashamed I knew nothing about it!

- BLT (Bob, Linda and Tim)

Nice spot! THX. Left Geocoin.
Regards, Thomas &Birgit (Germany)

Cool Spot!
TFTC
-Photo Coin

Lovely gardens and the small steam train was running today as an added bonus. + seasons greetings, - monster finger puppet.

Fourth cache of five finds on our "Oamaru Day Trip"
along with Cameron, Tyleigh and our ever-present Pippi.

Just Sir Rick and Pippi this cache, as the kids were having a splash in the Aquatic Centre, nearby.

Lovely spot.
There was a friendly young bunny rabbit sitting on the lower lawn when we were heading down to the wharf. Later on, after they'd had their swim, I brought the rest down to see this lovely spot. - - The bunny was there once again.

I took the "Polish Currency"
I left a rubber scary monster from Loco364

Cheers.

Quick and easy find. Caching our way through NZ and stopped off to grab this one. Visiting from Richfield, Utah. Thanks for the fun! Bean Stompers

What an intersting place around- thanks for the cache! trendy64
OUT: lamp
IN: 100 Zloty (Poland)

A nice quick grab as the wife checked out the shops. Thanks.

Nice garden, although an interesting smell in the air!
+ torch
- goat

We were so close after finding Agent 86, that it was a fairly easy decision to take another little stroll. Last for the day, and an easy find.

TNLN, Thanks, Mike.

One fish to go! - so logged

Last find of the day after a good day of caching in Oamaru
Added a new Travelbug Bulafish - which I have to replace the tag on - will do so and log it in the next week or so

- Toy Gun
+ Goat

That's funny. It moved! Last time I was here, I was looking at the other end of the park!
When we arrived, the GPS was telling me to look in the creek. I looked in the obvious place, and there it was. After THAT, the GPS agreed... TNLN, thanks.

Nice area, - pink fish + squishy face

good wee spot to visit, + pink fish, - geo sticker

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3 Swedes and 1 Norwegian travelling NZ. Lovely country but hard caches. This one though, was easy. TNLN. 20:th found in 23 days, probably more than 23 missed.
Bjorn (tati),Ewa,Petra,Gitte

Found it at 15.30 hrs. Nice day in historic Oamaru.
In: Dice
Out: Carabine
Thanks.
Meryl(from Holland)

forgot to log this cache found in december

pickup TB PDX or Baaast hope to take him to the West Coast.


froogal

Drop off TB PBX or Baast in the this cache...


Bitsprayer

No one around. Very cute little park. Had to find the cache "by hand"

Damn - we were working off an old GPX file...
I wonder what time Bitsprayer replaced it [?]


[This entry was edited by KiwiLegend on Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 3:46:46 PM.]

Cache is all go again with new spot and coordinates and updated clue..

Bitsprayer

Like I said, I was on my way to a cache that is not there anymore. Nice little park, by the way.

Dam caches is gone again, it's was in agood place to how do these people fine them????

Will tinks about replaceing it as it is a nice wee spot..


Bitsprayer

not sure if the cache has disappeared found the clues but no cache
Ciao ElCapo

What a neat spot. Swapped one bear for another. Thanks.

Wow what lovely gardens.
I have never before expolored Oamaru given that we live only an hour and a half away. Now that we have done a few caches it has introduced us to this fine town.
Thanks Bitsprayer.
Janos.

Beautiful gardens. Found this cache really quickly but well hidden. A bit damp inside.
Thanks heaps for a reason to get out to this garden.
O Bloom

took brooch pins left greeting card. First cache.Beautifull location. Live in oamaru but never knew the garden existed.

Came to seek an Oamaru cache. Came with local first time cacher M of the oamaruchieftains. Left a heart brooch. Great central location. Thanx for the cache. qos from Canada

Hey Bitsprayer,
I have found an old version of this cache, it was open and weeping on a street corner. I have the container and a barely salvageable water soaked log book... would you like it? it has lots of logs in it. I am in Oamaru so am happy to get it to you. I am tigerlillies relation.
Cheers for all the caches.
Lennoir

Came to Oamaru on a lovely day for some caching and this is number 4 cache.
What a lovely little garden. One of the flowers was smelling sweetly but we couldn't detirmine which it was. It was some thoughtful to have a seat nearby in order to fill out the log in comfort.
left Alien head
took nothing
Thanks for the cache
Mcroni

No muggles today as it was getting a wee bit late in the afternoon and it was chilly. WHat a wonderful improvement to this area since we lived here. Took smiley face and left pink car taken from Prestons Hill cache.
Thanks Bitsprayer at least it hasn;t been muggled again yet. We were first to find version 3. Hopeful it will stay around for a lot longer this time
Cheers
Conton

Checked cache, all is well

Bitsprayer

Unarchiving at owners request.

Have decided to give this cache on more go, thrid time lucky, I have updated the clue and the Coords, the cache has moved about 20m..

Bitsprayer

This cache is gone again, I am not going to replace it.. will leave this this spot for someone else to make a new cache..

Bitsprayer

Lovely spot!
We've been here many times to eat fish n chips, icecreams or to feed the ducks, never knowing that there was a cache hidden here.
The original bear brooch was swapped by a little girl, she wants it for a Christmas tree decoration (clasp broken).

Thanks BitSprayer

Well it was a lot easier to find this time I love the old part of Oamaru, but did not get any time to explore as we had to get to Dunedin (plus there were too many people round to really appreciate the architecture). Thanks Bitsprayer for keeping this cache alive.
Cheers
Nick and Bernadette

Check cache, pickup some trash..

Bitsprayer

New member to Geocaching, introduced by Bitsprayer tonight
Found our first Cache with help from Bitsprayer, looking
forward to looking for more.

No one else around this time. Just as well I looked at the web page before coming this time - I noted that you had changed both the coords and the clue from what you initially published!! I now know it is best to check before attempting a cache.

This was just a short way from the B&B we were staying at in Oamaru, and a very pleasant place it is, too.
Mama Bear walked right up to it and composed the ode.
Took: pins
Left: phone torch

Nice area here. The old harbour is also quite interesting. We found the cache with the hint easy. Without the hint, it would be very difficult. Thanks Bitsprayer for this and the other caches, that shows us some interesting places of this part of NZ
No trade

After being frustrated by park sitters on the 12th Feb returned early this morning. Could not find.

Identified the cache site but had to return later when there was nobody near-by (someone should shoot those ducks - or the people who feed them!!)

Left - Simpsons band-aid (from Never Never Land cache)
Took- Plastic spoon
Cheers
Bruce

Raced the kids to this one.
(Much to their disgust).

Lovely area! Chanced to arrive Sunday morning so got the benefit of the Farmers Market as well! Had to use the clue to find the cache discreetly. Nice spot.
- earphones
+ bag of 5 Yowie toys

Had to hunt around a bit to find it, needed to take the clue more exactlty, Left Blue spoon took nothing

[This entry was edited by kwik kiwi on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 1:42:46 PM.]

Looks like the Geo-Muggles have got to This cache, will try and replace it next week..

Robert

On a work trip down to Dunedin thought I would take detour number 4 and detour 8 on the return. The first time round I waited for about 15min but a couple of mothers and kids were feeding the ducks. On my return I had about 10min of hunting time, but even with the clue I could not find it, and then when a couple turned up I decided that it was not going to happen. Great location, I have never been to the old part of Oamaru. I am looking forward to returning.
Cheers
Nick.

Nice spot, very public and had to wait till the coast was clear. Trunky Travel Bug visited with us en route to Moeraki - see photo attached. added notebook and pen which were missing (later found at Mill Dam - could someone please deliver), took paper clips, added 2 tea candles. Nice spot, a lot of work done by the local population to clean it up.

[last edit: 9/22/2003 12:50:37 AM PST]

Stopped on the way home from Dunedin. Great spring day although rain was not too far away. Interesting corner of Oamaru with history all around.
Took tape measure
Left star bottle top.
Thanks

Checked the Cache this morning, all is well...


Bitsprayer

Drove down after work and decided to look for this one straight away. Found it after a bit of searching - our torches were fairly weak!
There were some eerie sounds all around - the penguins were in full chorus. We sighted one penguin under a bush right out the front, just a metre from the road.
We went back in the morning to take photos and found that the whole area was invaded by workers tidying up the gardens. They were cutting everything back and clearing undergrowth. It might pay to check the cache soon as there was no way we could look with a dozen people around us!
Left a tape measure and took the possum keyring.
Thanks for an interesting evening
Iris & Rodney

There were people around feeding the ducks, so I decided to use the hint. The tide was high and the jetty was submerged under more that six inches of water. It's an interesting part of town. No exchanges made. Cheers, Donovan.

We had our lunch just up the road, when I hit the nearest caches button I was rapt to see this was only 600m away.
Ruth found it without the clue, nil trade.
We loved the old building next door.
Cheers, Steve and Ruth

THIS IS FUN .THERES NO STOPPING US NOW
THANKS BITSPRAYER

2nd for the day. Not a bad effort for a newbie!
Lovely spot. Have never really stopped in Oamaru b4, but it was a beautiful day and the old part of town is awesome!!
Took nothing
Left nothing
Thanks for the diversion!