Styx & Stones (Canterbury) Traditional Geocache
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Styx & Stones (Canterbury)
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Located in a new reserve beside the Main North Road heading out of Christchurch.
It is not so long ago that this section of SH1 was a real bottleneck as the road narrowed to two lanes on the bridge passing over the main truck railway and the Styx River.
Reconstruction work to widen the road and bridge is now complete including a viewing platform on the southern side of the highway accessible by foot or bicycle. The platform spans the river and overlooks a small reserve on the river banks. Alongside the road wire cages filled with stones provide protection against flood erosion.
You will find the small to regular sized camo cache hidden amongst the native plantings in the reserve. There is no need to leave the grassed area. When hidden the cache contained log book, stash note, pencil, pencil sharpener, and a small bag of stones from around the world including the Pyramids of Eygpt. Please limit swops to stones in keeping with the theme.
Warning. Please do not stop in this vicinity on the main road in a motor vehicle. There is easy access to the reserve from a side road. Watch any children you might have with you as the river running through the reserve is deep and very swift.
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Jurer fgvpxf naq fgbarf ner bsgra sbhaq.