Riomh's Railway (South Canterbury) Timaru, South Island, New Zealand
By Perso on 18-Apr-06. Waypoint GCVGET

This cache hasn't been maintained for some time, but was until recently still being regularly found. It now seems to have finally disabled itself, and we're now living far too far away to re-establish it.

Is this cache still here? I was so sure I had it right but no luck. Will try next time I am down that way.

DNF
Had a quick look after “Birds of a feather”, didn’t try too hard… there seems to have been some major pruning in the vicinity of GZ…. Is it still there?

Nice quick find after having lunch at the nearby paddling pool and playground. Good spot! Cheers Gav [2705]

Nice little hide - no swaps - TFTC

Not a soul around, found without a problem.
TNLNSL TFTC

Wished the railway was operating today. Interesting work going on with the land reclaimation. It smelt really bad today - we wondered if they were spraying some kind of 'fertiliser' on the reclaimed area.
TNLN TFTC

Lots of muggles around today so had to be careful.Very windy today

This brought back memories.
Easy find, too cold for many muggles
TNLN TFTC

Easy find - not a soul in sight. No swaps, thanks and cheers from Grandalf(1213)

Struck a nice day, it was really interesting to see the developments in this area. Thanks

Quick find. First for the day of a short visit to Timaru. TNLN, TFTH.

Easy find with kwaka40 on our weekend away.
TNLN

Easy find with Wilson#41.

#197. StreetWalkerNZ, Troodles and Oma. Quick find, once we had worked out where to park!

Picked this one in the dark while all the young muggles were close by at the skateboarding park.. a nice easy find, thanks

Heading back to Dunedin and also aiming to make my 200th find. Which I did, yay.

TNLN

Had to watch out for young muggles enjoying the sun. TFTC

Lovely area! Visiting from Western Canada with Irish friends. Took TB, Left a Euro coin. TFTCSL.

i will tell my friends to come here

TFTC

Counting kilometers!

No. 11 on my cachetour through Timaru together with Russellbande and waitaki999 after the "A Picnic in the Scenic" - Eventcache. TFTC!

Been here a million times!!!! Will be a challenge in the middle of the day. No TB

Took a leiesuely stroll acrss the receation area to find the cache. + TB

Enjoyed a lovely stroll around the Gardens and picked up the cache easily cheers

Nice and easy. Had lunch here.

Found it easy enough. Heaps of muggles around for the carnival though.

Nice quick find with Lord IV. Plenty of muggles around for Top Twins concert. No celebrity impersonator though . Just as fun nonetheless. TFTC

Quick find in the dark. TFTC.

Nice easy find for kids considering the large amounts of muggles at this time of year!

Parked car right beside the cache while looking for another one, while driving out realized and had to go back since we were so close without knowing it!! Took gel pen and 20c coin, left monkey and smiley badge. Really nice place will be back here before summer ends!!

I did this one while heading off to watch the fireworks and then forgot to log it!!! Even with all the muggles around it was still easy to retrieve.
TFTC TNLNSL

No Geocoin present in the cache when I got here but it was nice to walk off dinner in this area.
TNLNSL.
Cheers for the cache.

great spot..visited here many times over the years...now a north islander and great to see this area in a different way...

Surprisingly well-concealed location considering the popularity of the area. Thanks.
TNLNSL

Left geocoin.

Reading the cache name we thought thst we were going to need to be wary of approaching trains, well these trains were the least of our worrys.
A nice easy find.
TFTC

Stopped in Caroline Bay for morning tea and found this cache nearby. T4TC.

Second cache for the day...........nice quick find it the drizzle. GPS bang on. Using a Garmin 60CSx.

Dropped off TB train back to the train station.

Dad's birthday and we have come to town to see the toy trains.
My teddy even got a ride on a G grade train.
Thanks for the cache.

65. No soccer today so we were in town to see a model train display. Thought we would give the boys a ride on a slightly bigger train but it was not running today, which in a way made the cache easier to find. Boys enjoyed the waterfull over by the steps especially when someone put bubble mixture in at the top.

Thanks for the cache. I liked your other one that I have found 'Diamonds are Forever' and so now I will look forward to finding 'Cassidy's Handstand'.

- 1/2 penny
+ 20 cent

I found it interesting comparing the two coins and seeing the simularities between them and the differences as well.

In area on trip for work on big new navy ship. Easy find on a crisp, cold morning. Too early to see any celebs.
In: fridge magnet
Out: Reflector
Thanks!

Found while surrounded by muggle gardeners pruning shrubs only meters away.

It appears that there has been alot of work in the area lately, hope the cache site isn't affected.

Took nothing left NZ half penny.

TFTC

Good find in a lull of muggles. Good spot. You certainly know the tide is low and the mud is high, so to speak. T4TC. TNLN. Cheers. Nice walk for the dog.

Nice spot. Easy find.
TNLNSL TFTC

lots of muggles around and work being done close by. cache a bit damp. T sharpener, L Aussie coin. tftc.

#29 and last one for the day. Arrived here about 8:30pm and had a nice easy walk with no one else about. GPSr spot on so a quick find and back to the motel for a well earned rest.
TNLN, many thanks.

Also found just on dusk - didn't see kiwimoose though! TNLN Thanks

Just on dusk, so no muggles about. Easy find thanks, they have improved this place since I last visited as a kid.

Easter Sunday. Glorious weather. Do you need three guesses to work out how busy this place was? Scouts still camped nearby too. Getting cache out of its hiding spot was easy but getting it back in was a nightmare! So many people around! Plastic bag has disintegrated. Didn't have a replacement with me unfortunately.

Nice easy find - lots of sea scouts around for their jamboree

TNLNSL
TFTC

Trains where running today but was feeling very adult so didn't go. TNLN.

Quick and easy cache, hardest part was being nonchalant with all the muggels about!

+luggage tag - ducati (to go with my big one)

Enjoyable bike ride around Timaru. TFTC
Early Rizers

Nice easy find - the cache is now dry TFTC

Lovely spot on a lovely evening.

TFTC,
WallaceDuo

A late-night find. Interesting characters down at the bay at night! Cache is still damp. TNLN, Thanks.

Quick find while Mrs GSV spent some relaxing time at the nearby TG Rose garden. Cache is damp and needs maintenance, certainly not a waterproof container.
Cheers,
G.
-Yanky star pin,
+bead ring, reflector

Our 10th find for the day.


Busy day at the carnival, but ground zero was a quiet spot.

Took TB Tharg on a trip to the carnival. Will take him back to the city to achieve his objective.

Nice place,and not much muggles.ge0rg
in;PIN
OUT:COIN never eat

A quick found as another busy day in the bay.Took alien so that I could fit in a geocoin.

Left geocoin Never eat soggy weetbix in this cache

Quick find, a lot of people around.

lovely day, our first of four caches

no one around except a couple workers,nice easy find

I was down this way for a mates graduation celebration from police college, while down here I managed a couple of easy caches. We come down here nearly every New Year, the kids are a wee bit old for the train now but it's still fun to visit. TFTC

+ Alien Eraser

Thanks for a nice easy find. Cache needs attending as logbook is damp. Cheers.

Quick find
TNLN
Cache wet
TFTC
Conton

it will be nice area,but unfortunately is under reconstruction now.we found the cache quite wet.we tried little bit dry it.TFTC,TNLN

Quick in and out find on the way back home to Dunedin from ChCh. Had the kids play in the park for a break. Nice spot, will return on the next trip up. Cheers
SeaJ&Kat

Nice and easy to find. Just took the baby for a walk and took the GPS as well. Very cramped bottle. Lovely day. Took nothing.

Haven't been here for close on a decade (I grew up in Timaru).

1:30pm. #7 on the Dn-Chch trip. On the road again after lunch, and a nice easy find to get going with. Had to wait for a bunch of kids to pass before replacing the cache.

A nice find on our way to Christchurch. I stopped to take photos of the sails pushed over by the weight of the snow still on there from the recent blizzard. Trekked through the snow (which was a novelty for me) and found the cache quicklt. TNLNSL Many thanks Perso.

C.O.D Gosford Australia

Rated: for Overall Experience

Thanks nice quick cache left finger skate board just fit took nothing

Real tight container so the bag has got ripped.
Whats with all the tight necked containers in this part of the country? TNLN

1131. We had to come to Timaru for a lunchtime meeting so we set out to find this one before heading home.You could tell how much rain has fallen recently when the grass areas that are usually used as picnic grounds are now looking like miniature lakes. We hope the cache lasts in this spot once the summer comes - it will be trickly when there are muggles around but even though it was a lovely clear afternoon after a frost there weren't many people around so we found it quickly.
Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Great cache, just hope it stays in place, we had lunch here today.

Many Thanks Bitsprayer

Yay - -3rd of three Perso FTF's for the afternoon.

What better way to spend an hour or two on a drizzly Saturday afternoon?

TNLN.

No muggles around today - -I reckon these places are better to be found on rainy days, no muggles playing then.

LOL

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