This is a Traditional Letterbox geocache - which means the cache is at the posted co-ordinates.
There is a stamp inside the container for people to stamp their own Letterbox collection book - so please make sure you or anyone in your group does not remove this. Due to the size of the container no ink pad has been provided.
This is one of the first stamps I have had a go making myself and it is not easy to make a poppy (yes that what it is). Why a poppy? Read below.
I have a number of war memorial themed geocaches around Otago/Southland. I set them up because for me remembrance is not about glorifying war. Rather, it's about reflecting on its horror, its sacrifices and hoping never again. "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
So many for such a small settlement - I cannot imagine what it would have been like to live here at this time.
When I was in the UK I came across the war memoral series, which uses the same theme as their micro church series; https://www.warmemorialseries.co.uk/ . I delayed publishing this multi from recent adenture lab along the same theme, as I was hoping this series creators were opening this series to outside of the UK. The answer was sadly no, they were only keeping it to UK. Maybe something we can do in NZ, but unfortunately right now I don't have the time.
If you are intrested in knowing where other war memorials are located in Otago you can find them at https://nzhistory.govt.nz/map/otago-memorials
The red poppy has become a symbol of war remembrance the world over. People in many countries wear the poppy to remember those who died in war or are serving in the armed forces. In many countries, the poppy is worn on Armistice Day (11 November), but in New Zealand it is most commonly seen on Anzac Day, 25 April – as it marks the anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian troops, popularly known as Anzacs (the acronym for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps), on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey in 1915. While the campaign ended in military defeat, it is widely claimed that the Gallipoli experience helped foster a sense of nationhood in both New Zealand and Australia.
A half-day holiday for 25 April was gazetted to allow everyone to attend the remembrance. A typical commemoration begins with a pre-dawn march, a short service follows, with a prayer, hymns and a dedication that concludes with the fourth verse of Laurence Binyon's ‘For the fallen’:
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
The last post is then played as the sky starts to light up with the first rays of the sun, followed by a minute's silence and the reveille. The service concludes with a prayer and the singing of the national anthem.
Wish to attend New Zealand’s next Mega Event? GCA7ZHD Geo Toroa will be held on NZ’s Labour Day long weekend 26-27th October 2024 right here in Dunedin. Details in the link below;
