GC1MXDX Green Gryke (Canterbury) (Traditional Cache) in South Island, New Zealand created by Grandalf

This cache has been archived.

Grandalf: This cache has been great for a long time, but now muggles and vandals abound. So I am giving up coming again and again to renew it. It is now archived.
Cheers from Grandalf

GC1MXDX ▼

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Hidden : 5/4/2009

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Go hunting for a gryke - don’t worry, it won’t jump out to bite you!!

The grey limestone rocks of Castle Hill Basin, Kura Tawhiti, are the eroded and weathered remnants of a huge tilted slab of ancient stone. Natural erosion has weathered the higher parts into fantastic shapes, which are much loved by rock-climbers, and the whole area is a maze of towers, arches, holes and slabs that is a joy to explore. See also some points of interest on the nearby earthcache “Kura Tawhiti” GC1RBCV The weathering of the gently sloping limestone “pavement” leaves huge smoothed blocks called “clints”, separated by holes and channels called “grykes”. This cache is hidden in a gryke that you can step into, covered from view by a Hebe bush (look for the green). These Hebe are also in flower in January. Among this area of grykes and clints are some unique plants found nowhere else. The cache is very near to a conservation area fenced off with wire netting. Do not enter the conservation area – the cache is up on the “clint” above it.

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)