Soldiers' Playground (Otago) Upper Junction, South Island, New Zealand
By GSVNoFixedAbode on 10-Dec-06. Waypoint GCZQWE

wasn't sure what i would find here, found a lovely relaxing memorial area, a quick find of the cache then sat and rested for a bit, well worth coming here, definitely a favourite point cache, 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.

M26 walked up to this little spot and found the good sized cache in the obvious hiding spot.Log all good and signed here. TFTC.

D var det dags fr lite ventyr. Resan gr till Sydney i Australien ???? och sedan vidare till Christchurch och Dunedin p Nya Zeeland ????.P resan ker Tigertassen, jag sjlv, ursus67, Lnganfans och Pidjas, vilket gr att vi loggar under det gemensamma namnet "Tulp". Tanken r att vi innan vi ker hemt ska ha beskt ett Megaevent, Geo Toroa.Hlsningar frn Sverige, sdra Lappland ???? Then it was time for a little adventure. The trip goes to Sydney in Australia ???? and then on to Christchurch and Dunedin in New Zealand ????.On the trip are, Tigertassen, myself, ursus67, Lnganfans and Pidjas go, which means that we log under the common name "Tulp". The idea is that before we go home we should have visited a Megaevent, Geo Toroa. Greetings from Sweden, southern Lapland ????

Four Swedish ladies driving around in Dunedin looking for caches and events. We log as TULP. Thank you.

We are four ladies from Sweden who are visiting Australia and New Zealand Tanks

Such remote spot but nicely maintained for the lads. TFTC

Was a quick find of the reasonable large cache. Took photos as I love memorials and plaques

Day 13 of our Enzed adventures with Robmc and our fourth full day in Dunedin and the weather is still challenging our caching aspirations.We spent the morning doing Ad Labs around town picking up the occasional physical cache as the weather allowed and then headed out to Port Chalmers to finish off what we started. Then onto the final event to say goodbye.Thanks for contributing to the fun GSVNoFixedAbode

Day Thirteen of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.The Mega day today and we spent it around Dunedin.We spent the morning doing some AdLabs around the city, had lunch in the Octagon, then went north to Port Chalmers in the afternoon. Finished off at the Prize Giving event at the Mega.An interesting spot this afternoon. The clouds were low enough to blow through the tall trees here. Quite an eerie effect.A good sized cache at this memorial.Thanks, Robmc.

I took my phone, which was a poor choice under all the trees. I eventually moved around a bit and found the cache. TFTC.

We are four ladies from Sweden on visit in New Zealand. We log as TULP (tigertassen, ursus67, lnganfans and pidjas). Today we visited some oldies and logged solved mysterys. The weather was much better than yesterday. We even saw a glimpse of sun. Like yesterday we found a caf and had coffee with some cake. Not as cosy as the one yesterday. Then back to the event, a bit late due to some (minor?) problem with the car.A big Thank You to CO for the cache.

In Dunedin for the Geo Toroa Mega Weekend with AbbyKitt,MrsHazzer, MrandMrsFraggle & Downsouthinv. Great day to get out,meet a gazillion of like minded people and see more of our country. Southern Raiders Team or SRT

Found more later

Out and about enjoying the gems of our country ??Here enjoying our first ever Mega, in Dunedin. Meeting lots of people, some are familiar. Getting out and discovering new places and putting more smilies ???? on my map, with AnnieLin, AbbyKitt, MrsHazzer, DownSouthInv, wombats4, KNCN, and Tdronsfield aka Southern Raiders Team (SRT)

Up from the South to the Geo Toroa Mega long weekend extravaganza! The Friday a big caching day for our group..the Southern Raiders Team (SRT). With the weather looking ominous for the Saturday BUT good for catching up with friends and fellow cachers met over in Australian Megas for the opening day. So much fun today bumping into likewise happy cachers. Generic logs but behind them a much appreciated thankyou to the COs and peeps involved in the weekend of fun ??

Up early to make the most of a beautiful day..Time to explore and see were we end up .First up some of the D/T series. And now some of the albatross. Thank to the co This was one of our targets for to day let's goo and have so.e funnn Up for the Dunedin Toroa meg and a whole lot of czching fun, time to explore and meet new friends. With Annielin and Abbykitt and mrshazzer and TDRONSFIELD, wombat4, MrandMrsFraggle. Grab this one on the way past ????????????????????????????Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching. As if I need an excuse aahhh nop I will go rain hail or snow , theres no hill to high or valley to low , so let's goooo and have as much fun and adventures as possible tomorrow may never come and we never know what tomorrow may hold for us all just do it ????????????????????????????Life is short. Live life one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!! Tomorrow may never come just grab Life by the horns , lets just go for it .Thanks for the hide ??tftc

Found with annielin, Mrs hazzer, mrs&mrfraggle, wombats, KNCN and downsouthinv as southern raiders term.Tftc

In Dunedin for the mega event for the weekend. Found with annielin, Mrs hazzer, mrs&mrfraggle, wombats, KNCN and downsouthinv as southern raiders term. Tftc

Up for mega this weekend signed log as SRT southern raiders team TFTC

I am in Dunedin early to attend the Mega next weekend so naturally Im after caches in the meantime. This cache was found in good condition. Thank you for placing it and maintaining it for our enjoyment.

Love the container, I have last years model at home currently. :3

Another quick one, nice spot, cheers

Awesome wee spot! TFTC!

Beautiful views from here TFTC

100th find. What a great place

Amazing spot! Very peaceful and quiet. The hint is super useful. Thanks for the cache!

Quick find.TFTC

Never knew this was there.Thank you for the cache.

Tftc

Found

No problems to locate this good sized cache
Log sheet dry.
Well developed location
Tftc

Very nice indeed, franks

Good day to visit the playground after all the rain we've had this week. Getting across the road is better at the wee timber bridge as you can hear cars slogging it climbing up the steep corner and the long stretch from Upper junction has good visibility. Took the path up to the memorial plinth and made our way to the GZ. The black bucket was visible in hide but the goods were dry and ok. Swapped some swag and flicked a bit of rubbish dumped in there over the years. 3B1 logbook signed and returned to it's bags. Grabbed the goods in XL glad and scouted around for some larger bits that would disguise the bucket properly. Pulled some nightshade and Tutu plants had taken root in the new plantings. Don't eat the purrty berries. Sat under the macrocarpas watching the morning traffic zip past, they haven't suspected anyone would be up there today more intent on rounding the bend. Crossing the road back to the parking area took wee bit longer. Noice views up here with the city just waking up, thankyou for bringing us up here GSV. *High fav! **21favs** 2nd Favorite Fan! Heart challenge **20pt 43rd** **Trad** **710pt***. TFTC

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Thanks GSVNoFixedAbode for bringing me here. It was especially moving today to visit this place and I felt quite emotional. It is so sad to think of all those men from an area such as this losing their lives. I was very moved. Quick find of the cache.

A quick find. I didn't know this was here. Thanks

Lovely spot that we wouldn't have known about otherwise TFTC! Took the trackable for upcoming travels...

TFTC Found with geodude Very tranquil place.

Found with Kiwitoad TFTC

Out for some fresh air and sun, TFTC.

Cache 1085

This was an interesting place, and nice to see it being maintained. A quick and easy find even though our phone didn't want to navigate properly.

I've passed this place 100's of times and not knowing what was here. Lest we forget. TFTC

Interesting place. Stopped as was up here courtesy of the Satnav. Rescued the TB.

An interesting site, well maintained thanks to the RSA.

Quick find

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What a great, hidden gem of a spot! Parked as suggested, and headed over the bridge. Would never have known this place was here, so peaceful with great outlook, despite the main road being just below. Soon found the cache (nice and dry) and SL. It was raining quite heavily, but I will be back here on a nicer day to read all about each of the soldiers. A fav vote from me. TFTC.

We were there on Saturday admiring the latest developments and reading the new information about each soldier. Cache is at much the same coordinates but the hint plaque has been moved away. It is time to change the hint! So, RSA have tucked cache behind log at edge of plantings.

Clue updated, thanks Daywalk.

In Dunedin for the week for work and have been doing some long hours so decided that today I would leave early and hit some caches off the beaten path. Well didn't manage to leave as early as hoped so knew I would only have around an hour before it was dark so planned to have a quick look at each and if I couldn't find it not to waste too much time and move on...I can always come back right?

Found the safe way up here with the little bridge - wow it was super windy up here!! Was not expecting to see this and one of those 'if not for geocaching moments'. Even in the dark I took a few moments to read some of the information. All very interesting and I will definitely come back during the daytime at some point.

Found the name from the hint but no specimen mentioned next to it. Have seen this COs work before and its usually great camo so wonder if I just missed something obvious?

Very nice area to have a geocache! Loved learning about the soldiers and the background of this area

Easy find. Nice place. ️️️

Very special find, in lot of ways
TFTC

Grandson Hamish found this one.

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TFTC - had a great morning. The area is looking good with all the work RSA is doing.

Have been passed here lots of times. Found after catching up with someone I used to work with

Lovely spot with nice views. Quickly found. Tftc

Stopped to see the tidied up playground. Well done the RSA and the neighbour! The cache is no longer under a bush - it had a niche made for it and was sitting out in the open. All good, with some extra signatures from local children in the book. Added a working pen and some camouflage.

TFTC! Pen is running a bit low

Found

I never knew these memorials were there, thanks for putting a cache.

T4TC

Together with TEMBO! I had a really interesting geocaching-trip today. We could find some geocaches, met some locals and had a great talk to them.
Concerning this geocache I want to say thanks because we had much fun in searching and finding this geocache! The cache made our trip even more interesting!
TFTC!

We just discovered that this was our 1,111th cache find. Considering that the Armistice was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. This makes this pretty special and what a chance discovery. We logged this cache on the 28th July 2019.

Thank you for this cache. It took us back a different way to Dunedin from Port Chalmers and the views were worth it. I can't wait until the trees grow. I wonder when they will thin out some of the older big trees. I was so pleased there were some steps up to the plaque. The birds were singing to us. I think they were Tuis but they could have been bell birds. I could only hear them. It was beautiful.

Sad and beautiful spot

The hint for this one turned out to be more true that expected, as I found this cache sitting out in the open. Clearly it had fallen out of one hint object and laid to rest next to the other. After signing I moved it into a safer place but there was no way to tell where its usual habitat is.

Tftc

Fund it

Good catch, had to swap something.

Found on our return road trip from Papamoa to Dunedin. No problem with the find and interesting history.
Merry Christmas and TFTC.

Still more hidden creatures to find. Enjoying caching with kiwinutter, luciusmalfoy05, emojiqueen and silver_penny

Cool spot

What a lovely spot!

I love this view of Dunedin.

Found with nomunomad TFTC

Easy find with the bushes not providing much cover was hoping from the logs this was a different kind of container for a challenge but not to be. Brought us to a spot we would otherwise have not known. TFTC #131

Thanks

Chur

Easy find. A dog appeared but no muggle. Poignant spot. Echo the thanks to the RSA for an important part of NZ history.

After a short search found the cache with Frame Family. A lovely spot. Have driven past here many times but didn’t know what was here. Tftc

What a lovely spot, no idea this was here, TFTC!

Great view from up here. Found with BetaNate.

Nice spot great view easy find
Found with waimoguy

Replaced container with new logbook, swaps. That’s 2 ammo cams nicked recently.

This surprisingly took me ages to find and what I found was an open ended plastic bag held down by a rock. TFTC

The log book is soaked and the whole cache needs a new container (as it is not enclosed)

What a wonderful spot.
Found the contents of the cache but unfortunately not in a container. We did not have with us so we wrapped things up as best we could and secured with a rock.
TFTC

Found the contents of the cache but unfortunately not in a container. We did not have with us so we wrapped things up as best we could and secured with a rock.

Found all safe and secure and what a great spot and container to have here tftc

Heading north out of Dunedin this afternoon and I decided to take the old scenic route via Mt Cargill. This interesting and somewhat poignant spot was on the way. A quick find here - signed log, TFTC

Thanks found ot with my lovely Imo.

Today we were heading up Mt Cargill to the Organ Pipes so we stopped here on our way. TFTC

Found it on our Dunedin to Oamaru caching day ! Tftc!

Number 4 of 34 found around the area today whilst on a day trip caching off the beautiful Golden Princess and number 4 of 76 found in our 6 days caching around NZ.

We parked near GZ and were contemplating the best way up the hill when a voice said come up and get some photos from here. (Luckily JMorg had her camera round her neck).
so this friendly muggle pointed us in the direction of the steps which looked better than the slope i was checking out! Once there we got a history lesson about the area - fascinating that this little place exists. And this is what i love about caching - finding spots you would otherwise drive right by! After a short chat we went to get photos - and then when the muggle had collected his dog and headed back home we made short work of finding the cache.

Thanks for the cache. A fav point for bringing us here.

G'day from Australia!