Travel Bug Dog Tag Ernie and his Rubber Duckie

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Owner:
Flippaduck Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Friday, January 7, 2011
Origin:
North Island, New Zealand
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

He has completed his first goal to go from Tauranga, New Zealand to Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England on the 22/09/2011

It is now time to bring him home to Tauranga, New Zealand


If you can please take a photo of Ernie and his Rubber Duckie in the areas he is found / placed again so the Flippaduck family can see him on his travels.

About This Item

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This is Ernie and his Rubber Duckie.

We would like to see how far he can travel and to see how many people he can meet on his travels to get to home to Tauranga.

If you can please take a photo of Ernie and his Rubber Duckie in the areas he is found / placed again so the Flippaduck family can see him on his travels.

History of the Rubber Duck

Synonyms: Rubber Ducky, Rubber Duckie Inventor: Unknown
Time Invented: Possibly late 1800's when rubber manufacturing started
Made Famous By: Jim Henson in the 1970's performing "Rubber Duckie" as the character, Ernie, on Sesame Street.

Other Rubber Duck Facts:
Early rubber duckies were made out of heavy rubber and did not squeak.
Modern rubber duckies are made of vinyl/plastic.
Some bath toy ducks actually can squirt water out of their mouths.
Most modern rubber ducks have a hole in the bottom that allows them to make a squeaking noise. Some have a sound chip on the inside that when squeezed, make a real duck quack sound.

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Tracking History (25128.1mi) View Map

Mark Missing 4/3/2015 crouchcrew marked it as missing   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 3/15/2015 kaykat02 placed it in Bug Inn→Bug Out→ A TB Hotel Washington - 2,580.26 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/4/2015 kaykat02 took it to Moon River Cache Hawaii - 23.61 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/3/2015 kaykat02 retrieved it from (KPL) Travel Bug Exchange Hawaii   Visit Log

Didn't realize you wanted him to return home. Will drop off soon a travel bug hotel that I frequent, but it will be in Washington State. Some very serious Cachers frequent this spot and will be sure to move it along quickly.
Dropped Off 2/27/2015 klossner placed it in (KPL) Travel Bug Exchange Hawaii - 2,543.12 miles  Visit Log

And here we are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/31/2015 klossner retrieved it from The Villages 0.6 Oregon   Visit Log

... and now let's move along. I can get you halfway to New Zealand.
Dropped Off 1/31/2015 klossner placed it in The Villages 0.6 Oregon - 2,585.12 miles  Visit Log

... so I'll drop it for him ...
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 1/31/2015 klossner grabbed it   Visit Log

oldsmokie forgot to log his drop ...
Dropped Off 11/8/2014 oldsmokey placed it in Come Fly With Me Oregon - 2,440.23 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 11/8/2014 oldsmokey grabbed it   Visit Log

This Ernie the Rubber Duckie came into my posession Here in Central Oregon, I don't now if it came here for the Great Duck Race. I will try and get this back in circulation. Ernie is in good shape, I would like to go back to New Zealand with him.
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