"Lions" Rock (Canterbury) Redwood, South Island, New Zealand
By BuckoBoys on 20-Jan-05. Waypoint GCMJ39

Well, after three years of being a very active cache and somewhat elusive to many cachers, this cache has had to be archived. It has indeed been muggled. Most probably after the voracious weed killing that has been recently done about the cache site.
The park is still a great place to come, and if you have time, please stop and look at the Rock next to the bridge. It has a plaque on it donated by a Lions Club, hence the name. The cache was hidden under the back of the rock.
Thanks to all those who have found this and added interesting comments.

DNF. I searched a few potential places at the GZ and couldn’t find it. Then BaldEd said that it was not where he had previously located it. This cache needs checking out.

I'm sorry but i think this cache is gone.....
Searched everywhere and after 2nd visit we gave up.

4th one late in the day and didn't search too long. will come back to try to find it as our dog really liked the dog park which we checked out 1st!!

Hunted for ages - four of us as well. An Asian gentleman stopped by thinking we had lost something (he arrived suddenly), so it was the old dropped key trick. Nothing found!

Luvly quick find on a walk with 4 dogs, and some small humans. Cache somewhat exposed (maybe the recent rains), tried to cover it up a bit. TFTC

1st find for us! Nothing swapped, just left a log in the book.

On one of my usual dog walking tracks. Nice location. A quick find. TNLN, TFTH

I can't believe I didn't find this on my first attempt. I notice that the area has been tidied up quite a bit since then though so I am trying to kid myself that it is easier to find now!
- car, + smiley face

easy find great place to hide, no sign of coin definitely gone...my 50th find

Nice area. Great day. Thanks

Easy find 2nd time around, dont know how we missed it last time. A cheeky hide

TNLN
S.t.

Quick find while family were watching soaps.

No sign of Geocoin, looks like it was uplifted on 6/1 but the visit has not been logged.

TNLNSL TFTC

Quick find with Adee.

In: Vermont Geocoin

Thanks for the Hunt.

Get into the cache Vermont geocoin, bad geocoin.

A quick find thanks to a read of the other logs.
+ 6 of spades playing card and geocaching pin
- nothing
A very busy walkway.
TFTC - The Royal 3

quick easy find, tnln cheers

Great spot - thanks TNLNSL

This is a really nice park. The rock was a 'pleasure' to find - a supporter you have found. Hope that is suitably cryptic as equally as intriqing? TFTC TNLNSL

Dog loved the water. We floundered around and were very happy when we found it! Great hide.

Found after floundering about. Nice rock! nice park, thanks!

TFTC

Found after looking around for a while. TFTC.

Great hide - kept going round & round it before finding it.
- Lovely Sunday walk. TNLN.

Cool spot!!, It was a wicked day out here today.

This has to be doggy heaven, so many happy dogs, was a bit worried when i say all the cars in the car park but the cache site was well out of the way which was great. Nice spot Near by to have a rest and fill out the log and a great cache to mark my 600th cache TFTC

Exercising the dog today,
at the nearby fenced off yard.
We came across the Lions Rock,
it wasn't all that hard.
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Nice spot, will definitely visit there again for picnics and walks. My 5 year old found the cache, no problem! Thanks!

a cheeky hide. A fine Sunday morning, so there were plenty of muggles around.
TFTC!

Took a little while to find this one. Eventually spied the hiding place from a distance after already looking close up twice.

Very big leech attached to the cache container! EEEEK!

Took car and piece of mother of pearl, left a couple of LED lights.

Found the cache after looking around for a while. Took a frog keyring and broken pencil stub, added a green toy car and a new pencil.

We had to have another crack at this one, as we just couldn't find it last time, but it's easy when you know how! We've picked up the T4TC Geocoin and will find it a new home soon.

I have visited this park often and did not realise the cache was here. Lovely tracks around this cache. Dropped off Geocoin T4TC.

A quick side trip on the way home. Not too many muggles due to the rather persistent rain. Easy find. TNLN, thanks.

took a while to find - not that it was difficult, only that we didn't take much notice of the title! mmm, must read the instructions next time.

Got this while doing another cache here,I looked everywhere but in the right spot,but got it in the end,another cache to help us enjoy this area,,cheers and thanks,

Quick find. Like the name, not what I expected.
TNLNSL TFTC

Found very quickly, thanks.
Took: Bottle opener
Left: Racing car

Found the Rock easily but not the cache. Is it still there?

This marks another great Geocaching experience where I found I place I would have never know had Geocaching not brought me here. Thanks.

Nothing like a bit of caching to work off some Xmas pudd.. The great southern cache hunt claims another victim.
TNLNSL
Merry Christmas and TFTC.

Good find this evening by Samy! jnr
TNLNSL

Was here with Ridders76 whilst completing the cabbage tree multi cache. Nice to take a break and have a sit down on a pleasant sunny day. Thanks!

Had to keep an eye out for muggles.
A nice quick find, nice spot
cheers
TNLN

Nice quick easy Find

Thanks

Ryrager & Amethyst

No one around with their dogs so easy find. thanks
56th of 85

Good hiding spot!
Found it with kids and dog.
+ star bottle opener
- bouncy ball
TFTC

2nd cache of the day. Had the kids with me this time and LOTS of debate about the correct way of approaching the cache! Great place though.
Cheers

First log in the new book Did this one whilst out and about doing Cabbage Tree Teaser, nice spot for a sit down. TNLN Thanks.

Did this at same time as Cabbage Tree teaser. Easy find.

Nice reserve.Never been there before.
Thanks

Nice quick find. Almost made things harder than they needed to be.

Log book is full, and needs another - we didn't have one with us, unfortunately.

TNLN

Will pop in a new log book tomorrow afternoon (Nov 5)

Find #30!! 2 of 2 today. Took me longer than expected. (Looked right passed it once) Great park and nice hide! Very busy time of day with runners/walkers. Logged in/out "Skipper TB". TNLN/SL TFTC

01:00h p.m:

Found it during our holiday in New-Zealand. There is no space in the logbook anymore.


Greetz, Rocco and Wendy, the Netherlands

Easy find after dropping off the campervan nearby. Great trip 'round the south island, and a nice little cache too... TNLNSL thanks

Nice reserve and easy find, the girls traded a few items.
Cheers,
SeaJ&Kat

If this cache is where the title suggests then it should be an easy find, unfortunately it's not there. (There is an empty cache sized hole under the one on the right hand side) It may have been muggled? We would be keen to hear if anyone else can find it...

[This entry was edited by adventure on Saturday, August 05, 2006 at 11:45:38 PM.]

9:30am, #2 of day four of our week in Chch (that's 50 so far). Bought us to another of these great reserves in Chch, really like them.

When we got to GZ there was a retired muggle couple sitting within metres [:(!] so we decided to give it a miss. Just as we got in the car they decided to leave so we did manage to complete this cache. Thanks Bucko boys and Sarah.
TNLNSL

Found with friends on a Christchurch trip. Lots of muggles about.
- giant paperclip
+ car keyring
TFC!

found with qmoto

here with Muzzman & Annie
TNLN

A great name for the cache, which is very accurate in co-ords. Left a ball bearing marble, and took a mini phantom mask. Loved this lovely spot. Thanks

Didnt know this place existed prior to recent Press coverage.

A very enjoyable walk for the other side past lake and stream on a typically English feeling winters day.

Roared in for a quick find once mugglesx4 departed.

TNLN TFTC.

Great Cache! great location. Muggles were more interested in our dog than what we were doing!!! Very muddy due to recent rains.Took Dragon as it was too big for cache, left key and ball bearing.

It helps to have your GPS set correctly. Two previous visits this week were fruitless. Exchanged a purple pastic paper clip for a purple lizard

A quick find once my GPS settings were reset,they got mucked up last week while helping 'Hello Mrs'with her settings.

Most people probably do this as a drive by, but for me it was a 4km return walk from the sister in laws house while the girls were doing their thing. Easy find, cleaned the clips on the box so that it would shut properly.
TFTC

Just getting into geocaching, this one is the closest to home and not too hard to find either, thanks. TNLN

Two from Two for the day. Never knew this park existed, one to put in the memory banks for a picnic. TNLN

[This entry was edited by darb672 on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 11:48:39 PM.]

Our first cache off the plane this trip.
My wife had this one in hand while I was still circling with the GPSr in hand.
Luckily she managed to avoid the hazard described by the previous finder.
W were amazed the number of dogs exercising nearby though.
TNLNSL
T4TC

Found it eventually. Thought i'd better go and read the instructions after thinking I'd found it when it was a plastic bag of dog poo in the flax. Re-reading it gave me the 'eureka' feeling and I quickly found it then. TNLN. Hatas

Taking dog to dog park.

Placed Just for the tast of it TB

This was our first try but it was late at night and wet and we didn't find it. Came back today after finding 2 others and found it straight away.
Took sandwhich
Placed coke TB 467273

[This entry was edited by graychch on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at 12:07:35 AM.]

Out cycling before going to sit in a conference for the rest of the day. Found in the rain. TNLN

Nice easy find. lots of muggles.TNLN

Found with ease about 7pm. No sign of a geocoin here. TNLN.

Quick find. TNLNSL

Nice park, quick find.
Took TB Dakotz, Left Lizard
Greetings, Thomas & Birgit (Germany)

My third nice and easy one of the day. Lovely reserve and a gorgeous day. Who could ask for more?
-Caribiner
+TB Dakota

Quick find once I re read the download and this was even in the dark. Thanks for the cache
+Carabiner
-Geo Coin
SL

Found at 2130 - GeoCoin + Carabiner SL

Lovely reserve.
Left geocoin.

Easy Find . TNLN SL
Nice spot for cache

Nice One!!!!!!!Easy find. GPS was spot on and cache name sealed it. Pouring with rain, therefore a quick stop. Must return and spend more time in this unique reserve.TNLN Thanks

it was my first time i went with a.b really cool spot we think you need a new pencil tho.
i found it quite easly but with a wee bit of help from the expert.
ive come down from blenheim for a swimming meet and got dragged along and found it really fun.
oh yea some muggle dude ran past and gave us a funny look but he was soon gone looking quite confused.

It was great to find it as we have had a hard time getting geocaching right this afternoon! Thanks for making it straigtforward.Left a mask as there was not very much in the box. Took nothing. TFTC. Linleye.

Mr Buzz searched the rock and didnt find it, then Mrs Buzz had a mothers look and there it was!

We almost took the wrong entrance - and a 500m walk. It's not clear from the map that that is not necessary.
The boys were oblivious to the downright hint that I gave them- but found it eventually. A clever hide. We took mercury to the nearby dog park for a bit of socialising afterwards. TNLN - Thanks.

did this cache after visiting nearby attraction.took a few mins. as few runners and walkers about.thanks

Thrashed about without result until we went back to car and reread cache details, then kicked ourselves. Lost cow (from Fisherman's Friend) while back was turned, may have been eaten by lion. No trade.

I'd planned a visit to this cache to drop off Edna the Echnida TB who wants to be around animals - it seemed an appropriate spot. However, Edna and I found that she would have to lose a lot of weight to fit in the cache box - or else find a bigger home.
But we did like the hiding place - Edna applauds. No swaps.

nice place came across it doing wet worlds they share somthing in common

I saw this one a couple of days ago, but didn't have time to look. Came back today with the family, and racing the rain; we found it where one would have though.
- leopard + sea shell
Thanks for the nice day in the park.

1118hrs.Myself and g/f out again hunting. A few muggles about walking. Had to pretend to admire the view of the water, as a muggle had stopped to admire the view also. + leopard - hairclip.

Duh... Looking at the name of the cache again might have been a good start, heh. Got it in the end, nice spot for it.
+ balloon
- compass keyring
Thanks guys!

[This entry was edited by McPossum on Friday, March 18, 2005 at 6:34:34 PM.]

Had a geovirgin with me. She found the cache in no time at all. I missed it. TNLN

Another family day out caching. Georgia found the cache quickly. The name of the cache gave it away nicely.
Thanks guys
- Magnifying glass
+ Tokala compass

Out caching again after work with Swanny. I recommend the carpark down the road, near the corner under the big tree. From there, it's only 1km, over 2x barbed wire fences, 1 paddock and a carpark to the cache! Geeze - you'd think that after nearly 200 caches, I'd know how to park close to a geocache! Cheers!