In 2019 I got a message from the W.E.K.A's asking me if I had heard of LíB's OTD series in S. Austrailia and what OTD stood for?... I had no idea and after some research we had found out that it was a series called On This Day (OTD) with a story for each day of the year. Well that sounded like a crazy fun challenge and so the call went out to the Otago and Southland Geocachers to parttake in this series. You'll see in the description that the owners will write in either some muggle, geocaching or personnal facts/stories related to this day.
On this day.... 7 January
In 2016 I got to see my first Sea Lion pup, of course following the rules and staying a good distance away and keeping quiet so not to spoke them and mum. In celebration of the start of pup season in New Zealand here is a quick multi to celebrate Mum, the first sea lion in 150 years to give birth on the mainland.
Before she arrived from the Auckland Islands and gave birth on the Taieri coast, New Zealand sea lions had bred only in the sub antarctic, having been driven away from the mainland by man.
To find this cache at S45 54.ABA E170 29.CDE, go to the sign about Mum at the posted co-ordinates and answer the following questions;
A= Born in 198A.
B= Number of Te Wera warriors divided by 10.
C= She is presumed to have died at age 2C years.
D= Give them space, what is the recommended minimum distance you should keep away from Sea Lions minus 2.
E= Number of pups she mothered along the Dunedin coast minus 2.
Checksum A+B+C+D+E = 34
