Man of the Trees (South Canterbury) West End, South Island, New Zealand
By Sir Rick and Lady Jan on 08-Jan-06. Waypoint GCRXVR

As this cache has been out of action for too long and the cache owner has not responded or performed any maintenance, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to un-archive it.
 
Regards,
Status Quo
Geocaching.com Volunteer Cache Reviewer.

I noticed this cache has a string of DNFs and that the CO has not responded to the [blue]Needs Maintenance[/blue] log. I have temporarily disabled this listing, to give the cache owner an opportunity to repair their cache in accordance to the cache maintenance guidelines. http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance

While I feel Geocaching.com can hold this location for a cache owner and block other caches from being placed nearby, it cannot be held forever. In other words… Use it or lose it.

Please either repair/replace this cache, or archive it (using the [blue]archive listing[/blue] link in the upper right) so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location.

If you plan on repairing or replacing this cache, please log a reviewer note on the cache page (not email) within the next 30 days to avoid the cache being archived due to non-communication.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Looked behind the mineral and the vegetable, no luck.

Sadly I think this one has gone missing

Needs to be updated. With tinkerb3ll

Lovely day for a bike ride, but not for finding this cache. TFTC

No looks like its def missing

Had a good look around but doesn't appear to be here...bugger!

area has been tidied up and fresh wood chip laid....think the cache has gone

... had a good look, no luck. Looks as if bark chip has been recently placed, so maybe cache was muggled!

[I)] Second attempt to find this log, but unable to locate it despite help of my Temuka Tramping Club friends. Will try again.

Had a good root around and couldn't find it

Sorry, didn't find it

Quick find. Nice park!
TFTC

Yay

Yay

Yay

Quick find so only got 2 in this park while visiting TFTC

Quickly found after a nice walk and a break in this beautiful place.
Thank you and greetings from Switzerland [blue]Li[teal]sa[blue]-[blue]Lot[teal]ta

I had cased out this spot for a cache walk my last 2 visits to the area but run out of time to carry out my mission - this time the meeting finished on time and it was a lovely sunny evening so straight to the area I headed once checked in! A quick park and grab as I headed out of the park. TFTC

nice and quick. On foot caching today. Aiming to reach 400. Thanks brother,if time wull drop in. Tftc

Quick found in a greatful park. Thank you for showing.

TFTC. Weekend escape in South Canterbury

nice and easy,







if you know where to look

Yay! with the Moustachecashstash, slydog.007 and Jackie987, found with relative ease after waiting for passing muggles to pass.

Very hard to find till me friend pointed it out

Finally. Whew. I had this on the gps ages ago, back when it wasn't there. I knew the cache was redone, but had issues with my gps reloading it. Went to the park today for another cache (which had to be aborted for child safety) and decided to walk around, knowing I'd recognise the Man of the Trees if I spotted it. Which I did. And yes the cache was exactly where I had thought it would be. No gps, just instinct, haha. TFTC.

nice area

this man stayed at our house when I was a boy. Dad was a man of the trees. TFTC

Very easy to find lol

Very easy find.

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Nice and easy.

What a great park, must visit again with the geo spud. Lovely weather for a walk in the park.
TFTC

Easy find in a fantastic park - we'll be back to explore more tomorrow!

Nice and straightforward...Ta.

Quick find. Lots of muggles around so stealth required.

This one took a while, but it is there.

found this cache after a second look with the young Meijer Clan members.
Also found Helium the Alien - we will take him for a joy-ride through some interesting caches along the way over the next wee while!

goodbye green alien

checked out a few options but no luck here today

Great winter day for walking with dogs. Tftc

Quick find tftc

Found

nice place, on a lovely day, easy find TFTC

Another find on a great day in Centenial Park

Beaut stroll in the scenic tftc

My nana is referred to here!

A nice plaque for a man who was passionate about his work. TFTC.

I remember this man as a child as he was a friend of my fathers and stayed with us

Easy find while on holiday in the South Island from Whangamata

Enjoying a good walk in Centennial Park...what a lovely spot. Thanks from thiis Canadian!

Dr, environmentalist, follower of Bahu'allah....and now a cache. A Quick find in a lovely sport. TFTC Sir Rick and Lady Jan

easy find

Easy find, great day at the park

thanks for the cache

Well hidden.

found behind rock with plaque on it and contained a barney gumble figurine from the simpsons

Easy find 3rd of the day

Good one , an easy find young kids

Great way to keep the kids busy.

been watching this for a while after a couple of dnf mid year, nice to finally get that smilie. tftc

had been waiting for this to be placed again TFTC

TFTC nice hide

This cache is back in action again.
New Log Book, as original was gone when I retrieved the empty container.

Cache is slightly different position now, due to the area having had a gardening Make-Over recently.
Original contents - this time - -a Brand New Simpsons Collectable - Barney Gumble.

Also, a couple of TB's in there for interests sake.

Cheers

Needs some love?

Looked for ages but couldnt sight it

This cache will be reinstated shortly
The fence has been removed, and cache requires a slight re-positioning.

Very fun to find

searched and searched. got down and really dirty as moles do but still no find. is it still there?

iam sure i just wasnt on the money with this one but noted that the fence missing and the hint locations seem very clear under>>?

Did not find it. Now posting it find not there. There is a good rabbit hole under one of the bushes. So moved on up the road to get the paw.
Great one Rick and Jan

Have removed cache - yes, it was still there -

Will replace cache in same location in a day or two, will be nice and dry with new log-book etc.
Cheers

looked for ages - wondered if it had been taken away for maintenance - might try again another trip

I took the long way (and back track), wife took direct route, easy find once there. Cache extremely wet, left small piece of paper outside of bag (all wet contents in bag)
TFTC

Quick find. Thanks

Log book is soaking and unusable.

Beautiful spot and somewhere we've never been. Quick find, I see there has been a 'needs maintenance' log already, so I'll just echo that it's quite wet. TFTC

Took a bit of finding GZ but eventually located the cache. Interesting plaque nearby TFTC.

Logged as needs maint, so needed to log as found as well! Tftc

Found it! Good hiding place! Took a bit to find, but got there in the end. Logged as needs maintenance as its very wet and in need of new stuff. TFTC.

Really should have been walking but was too bloated from Xmas lunch.

Well hidden!

TFTC

A really nifty hide - shame the container was soaked...dried out as best we could, and provided new paper for a logbook...

Found, but was filled with water - everything wet. Emptied and returned to hiding place.

TFTC

A quick find thanks to accurate co-ords. Watch those steps. TFTC

A nice quiet but sunny day at GZ. Thanks for the hide.

What a lovely spot. Signed log, then made a moccha and enjoyed the nearby park.

We spent too much time looking in the right spot. Dont know why we missed it for so long. TFTC

Quick find on the way past whilst enjoying the lavely reserve. Thanks.

23/30. Quick find after parking and strolling. Dropped Lausers Blue Eye Travel Bug. TFTC.

This took me absolutely ages for a quick cache. But I did look there before - twice! very nice memorial. TFTC #2018

Quick find on sunday morning drive thru Centennial Park

Found in the rain. As others have said container has hole and is no longer waterproof.

Hadn't read logs before find - the container needs replacing. The log book isn't going to make it through winter as it is.

This memorial garden is no longer fenced.

Found the cache, needs replaced as has a hole in its side.

Nice hiding spot.

great quick and easy find thanks heaps cache container isnt waterproof anymore has big hole in side

Found with my 2 kids on our 1st day caching.