Milford Treasure Hunt

Hello Everyone,

The adventures continue in Milford with the annual Milford Treasure Hunt where teams of four people and one car drive around Milford with a camera, taking the funniest pictures they can.

The game begins with the unveiling of a mysterious parchment that gives the initial clue. That clue lead us to where the list of the clues for the rest of the game was located. Once we found the list of clues, we had to answer ten well-written riddles whose answers were locations around Milford. We had 15 minutes to write down the answers and then an hour to drive to all the locations to take the funniest pictures possible there. Each location had a theme that we had to try to incorporate into the picture and each team had an object that they had to bring with them to incorporate into the picture as well. I came up with our team name, which was the Transcontinental Transvestites, and so I got to choose our team object out of a bag, which was a scary manikin head that must have been left over from Halloween because it was covered in blood and stitches.


Once we knew where all the places we needed to go were, we had to try and plan the most efficient route so that we could fit it all in in an hour leaving us enough time for the creative process to produce the funniest pictures. The first place we went to was down to the boat terminal. The answer to the riddle was the Lady of the Sound cruise ship (which is in the background) and the theme was wild animals.


This the house where the workers of the observatory live. The riddle said something about the "cleaning the most expensive windows in Milford," and the theme was fishing. (I'm the one fishing).


Here is a funny picture of me in costume waiting for us to come up with pose for the picture. I love the picture because it looks like I am a zombie on the loose!


The clue for this one was something about "the sign the tourists don't see makes them angry," and it referred to the out of order petrol station at the Blue Duck that leaves them stranded in milford with 120km to drive (up hill) before they can fill up their tank again. The theme was Jerry Springer.


This was taken in the Men's room outside of the Blue Duck. Our team was really good at facial expressions. In this picture, I was trying to make that "concentrated" face babies make as they take a dump.


This picture is epic! It was taken on the airport taxiway and the theme was orgy. What a hilarious picture in the most beautiful sunset lighting! Look at our facial expressions, they are priceless!


This one was the bonus photo where we could take any photo we wanted. The theme was "make us laugh!" This was my idea. Once again, facial expressions make the photo so much better! I was trying to be the concerned father.


And if you wouldn't be able to tell from our outstanding pictures, we ended up taking first place. Our prize was this cardboard treasure chest full of beer, candy, and funny novelty trinkets.

It was a really fun time!!!