Londonderry Rock (West Coast) Dillmanstown, South Island, New Zealand
By Moneydork and Pohutukawa on 15-Jun-09. Waypoint GC1TR3Y

On a gentle journey from Greymouth to Christchurch. TFTC

Enjoying the walk along the trail, certainly an interesting rock, and a great fun adventure finding this today, TFTC

11.6 meters. Managed to get photo before Large group of older tour group

A classic, but impressive size.Thanks for the cache./herrFamaxe from Sweden

We are on holiday and staying with Mr C's cousin in Hokitika. Enjoying a day out exploring and finally managed to get the three of us to walk here to this Londonderry Rock. Mr C recovering from broken hip but this is a good test, Francie first time in here so meant to be. We found the most amazing smell coming from some native orchids, just stunning. Enjoyed seeing the rock from different angles, hard to get it all in a photo it is so big. Loved that this Earthcache brought us here, it is a great thing to see. Answer sent to CO. Thanks for bringing us here and the Earthcache Trigger_Fish. A fav from us.

Unquestionably, this is a fascinating feature. Thanks to the cache owner for providing the reason to visit this interesting location.

Thanks very much, an amazing erratic, hats off to the gold prospector's back in the day

After years on our bucket list and three cancellations due to Covid, we are thrilled to finally be here. Following several cruises we flew from Sydney, Australia to Wellington, New Zealand to begin our next adventure. Picked up our rental vehicle and will be driving, exploring, hiking, and caching both islands for 3.5 weeks. There was a steady rain falling, but we had our umbrellas so off we went towards the cache. Not a muggle in sight during our entire stop. Wow, this is quite an impressive erratic. Our answer has been sent via the message system and we appreciate the CO developing this geological lesson. Thanks for adding to our adventure today, Nukeworker and Racquetball Girl, Arkansas, USA

Have been biking the trsils near by along with gathering a few caches along the wayI was jeen to visit this unique rock so a slight detour and walk and there I wasin fact I thought I was onto s winner as there ws about 6 or so flash as E bikes just sitting there then the riders appeared ..thanks for bringing me to this spot

We have done quite a bit of bike riding today, most of it not on the Wilderness Trail. We were keen to visit this rock. When we got to the old parking spot there were about 6 e-bikes parked there, some with lights blazing. We met the riders at the rock and I was able to read out some information for them. Thanks for setting up this Earth Cache

Found with Wisco Bryo. That’s an impressive rock! Wasn’t sure I had stumbled into it until Wisco Bryo stopped and looked up.

A grand day out with OSC and a happy dog

I missed this cache the first time I passed this way. On my return I had to go off-track a little to collect it. A nice bush walk here and an interesting drive in to the cache. Answers have been sent. TFTC.

Big lonesome rock TFTC

Our goal was to stop and do this walk on our way to the west coast but the kiddos fell asleep just before we got there. So we stopped on our way back. The kiddos loved exploring this place. Answers sent.

Found with NZDi. Today is the fifth day of our visit, and todays mission is to tidy up a few areas where we didn't quite achieve what we intended to do early in the holiday. That means a revisit to Londonderry Rock and Hokitika Gorge, do the Woodstock Rimu Heritage Trail and grab a few PnGs on the way back to Greymouth. On Tuesday when we were here NZDi asked if there were any caches around. I looked at the geocaching map on c:geo and there was nothing showing so I said no. At the time I took a photo of the information panel because that's the way I roll. We didn't take a photo of the rock because we couldn't find a place where it could be seen completely in the frame. Once we got back to Greymouth and I started logging the days finds, I saw this cache and had one of the 'ohttre' moments. Today we came back to correct that mistake. Photos were taken and that was about all, as we already had everything else required to log this cache. The answer has been sent to the CO, so are now logging the find.

NZDi and I decided to spend a few days based in Greymouth between Christmas and New Years as a geocaching break from our greater family, who we are having three camping/caravanning holidays between 17 Dec 2021 and 24 Jan 2022. Over five days we cached the 'Grey' area taking in such places as the Larriken Track, Omutumotu Bush Walk, Mahinapua Tramway, Brunner Mine Site including both sides of the Grey River as far as Stillwater, Hokitika Gorge, Woodstock Rimu Heritage Trail, Rewanui Walkway, some Survivor series puzzles we missed on a previous visit as well as a few PnGs in between the various locations. Our logs were either in full or abridged to KM + ND as log space permitted.

Thanks to all to CO's who placed and maintained these caches, especially G7&M and H&H. However from the amount of pill bottles used as cache containers, we have serious concerns about your respective health and wish you all the best in that respect. As a token of our gratitude, we left a token of our appreciation behind which will become apparent in due course.

TFTC Moneydork/Triggerfish

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log and photos for details.

TFTC MD/TF and Pohutukawa

Cracker day and such a fun sight to see. Well worth a visit, at last. Tftc

Out for an after work run enjoying the warm evening. I didn't feel like a hard run tonight so decided I would come here and find some geocaches along the way. I came here once before but didn't take the required photo. Always keen for a revisit. Completed tonight and answer sent to CO. TFTC

Impressive rock! And those piles of smaller rocks shifted during mining, so many. TFTC
(Photo just shows phone by rock as we use the geocache app.)

Found it after collecting geos on the track. Thanks for your time on placing this

Yes that is huge

Heading over to the west Coast to do some biking and some caching. Thought we would pick some caches up along the way. Answer sent
Thanks for the cache. Lovely area to visit and see the changes from gold mining and also since it has finished

Ive certainly been to some interesting places to day. Cycled some of the WCWT. drove a round this afternoon and found a heap of drive-bys. This was a good reason to stretch my legs. I enjoyed the walk to the rock. Had the place to myself today as well. A most impressive erratic, one of the biggest I've seen. Cheers and TFTC

Thank you very much

What a massive rock. Doing a right hand turn onto the road by the water race took a bit of negotiating. Answer has been sent.

(Answer sent to COs) - Wow what a rock! Mr P and I had our lunch looking at the size of the thing. T4tc

Great day out on the bikes cruising around picking up a few caches with the kids.

This rock has tantalised me several times as I have driven past, usually with no time to spare.
At the end of a couple of days caching on the Coast with lytteltonwitch; we set aside time to explore this on the way home.
Thank you for bringing us to this spot - awesomwe sight.

Visited the area vith tmann421 today
Answers sent to cache owner
Enjoyed the short walk this evening

It is time to go to Kumara to locate the nearby caches.

I have passed by this EC many times and have said to myself that I will do that one day. Well, that day turned out to be today. I wouldn't have liked to have that dropped on my toe. OUCH!!!!

Cheers for the cache.

Day 4 of my 2020 NZE (New Zealand Experience).
(My apologies for the delayed logging but I'm in catch-up mode)

Seeing as I can't be in America right now, I'm touring around the South Island instead. During my time here I am aiming to find as many of the TMGT caches as I can (preferably all 41) and also as many Virtuals, Earthcaches and Letterbox Hybrids as possible, plus any Trads or others that will fill a hole in my D/T grid, my Jasmer grid, or else the last 3 remaining Hidden Dates on that grid.

Today was my drive from East to West. Kicking off the day near Sheffield, I was finally going to drive over Arthurs Pass and hoped to end up in Greymouth by the time the sun was setting. I've only ever been over this pass on the Tranz Alpine many many years ago so I was taking my time and enjoying the drive.

I didn't mind the gravel road that led to GZ. I've driven on much worse in the past lol. Parking up, there was absolutely no-one around as I walked/scrambled over to the rock. Very impressive! I took a few photos although I have discovered on my return that some of them have been corrupted, but I can attach one of me making my way over the boulder fields to get to GZ

Thanks for placing this Earthcache.

Wow that is a nice big rock. Nearly as big as the potholes on the way in

Time to head home after an awesome weekend caching around the hokitika area.
Early start on a mission to get as many between hokitika and Arthur's pass.
White truck and hi viz jacket perfect camo for these caches
Parked at the road side and walked down wasnt going to be able to turn the truck at that corn...
That's a big rock...

took the short detour from the cycleway to see this amazing rock .

I started my great and unique round trip over the South Island in Christchurch.
My first major stopover was at Lake Tapeko - here I hiked up to Observation Mountain.
I then planned two days in Mount Cook NP with some unforgettable hikes. My big goal was the Mueller Hut - on a super strenuous hike I reached it.
I continued my journey over the lonely Danseys Pass to Dunedin.
Afterwards I drove along the Southern Scienic Route via Invercargill to Manapouri for some days. On this route I visited many sights and enjoyed the beautiful nature again and again.
I already booked a tour to the Doubtful Sound in advance - another highlight on my tour.
Afterwards I drove on to Queensown and Wanaka. From there I continued over the Haast Pass to the lonely Jackson Bay with storm and heavy rain. Afterwards I drove along the west coast always in pouring rain.
The rain stopped the whole west coast, but I had good rainwear with me. Only high up in Nelson the sun shone again.
Soon I reached the east coast again in Picton and Blenheim and the sun was shining again.
After a few days I travelled back to Christchurch via the beautiful town of Kaikoura.
At the end of my round trip I spent a few more days in Christchurch and its surroundings.
I visited many geological sites and found many caches on my round trip. In Rangiora I visited an event.
I travelled 3418 km and take home a lot of positive experiences.
Thanks to many beautiful caches I was also shown unique locations, historical sites and geological features.
I am overwhelmed by the fantastic and ever changing nature on the South Island of New Zealand - I will definitely come back.

Many thanks to all owners
Team sissifalke

Riding part of the West Coast Wilderness Trail today but first a few park and grab or in this case, drive and walk caches to find first.
Interesting how it sat on top of the glacier to move down the mountain. Very cool.
Answer sent to the CO.
TFTEC

Visited 1 January 2020 15:21. Now logging with permission.

The drive down to the carpark was 'interesting', but the Subaru has seen worse.... Information quickly gathered at the noticeboard, and then along the track to the huge boulder. The usual dilemma of 'my phone is my GPS & camera' solved by including my caching bag as an identifying item.

Thanks you for making me aware of such an interesting object.

Cool rock.

that is a big rock.
I always enjoy finding earth caches and without fail learn a secret or 2 about our beautiful planet.
TFTEC

Awaiting permission

Yes, this certainly is an impressive rock, I can quite understand why attempts to move it were abandoned. Answer sent. Thanks for the earthcache.

We followed the well worn path to the car park and then made the short walk to Londonderry Rock. Its impressive size dwarfed all the other rock material nearby. TFTC

Found as a part of a previous group TanjackMüley, aka WanderingSparrow. Now I'm continuing on my own. TFTC

11.6m w 8m h

Abit of a tricky road for our car but was worth a quick stop and admire some history and nature. Thanks for the earthcache.

Stopped off for a walk along the track to this rock. Did a circumnavigation and took a couple of photos, then it was back to the car. I think the piles of smaller rocks that the miner's stacked up were almost as impressive as the big rock. Answer now sent and photo's uploaded. tftc

Thanks for bringing me here. This was - exactly what the signpost promised!!
Must've been tough with the 1800s mining tech. Glad they called it a day.
Cheers
IP - logging with co permission

Found on a wet and windy NW'er. Impressive erratic...! Many thanks for a very straightforward EC. I do have a photo but it is in HEIC format which is not compatible with geocaching... I could try to convert but only if essential to do...

10:41
FITW meatrag
Have seen the sign to Londonderry Rock several times, while going to or fro West Coast but had never stopped. This was the day.
It's a pretty big boulder in pretty much middle of nowhere, what can I say! Looks epic.
We also found a stone field just past the rock, I guess that's the boulder stack from minig age, that's described in cache listing. We dubbed it "The Kumara Patch" because of an analogy to Andrew's homeland, Pennsylvania where they have a boulder field named "Potato Patch"

TFTEC!
#6725

Thanks very much for this little visit on our way to Arthur’s Pass ! The strength of a glacier is definitely impressive !
Cheers from the waffle eaters in Kiwiland

Great place GPS on the phone

Always a great walk , been here a few times as we live just down the road , gps on phone but needed to take photo hope that still counts .

We weren't sure where we were going but venture forth we did. Londonderry Rock sure is BIG and it has an interesting story. Thanks for the earthcache.

Auf der heutigen Etappe von Hokitika auf den Arthurs Pass konnten Heckenstürmer und ich wieder einiges erleben. Zum ersten Mal die Kea's sichten und sehen, wie frech die sind Eine kurze Wanderung beim Castle Hill rundete den Cacheralltag ab.

Greets from Switzerland

Day 11 in Newzealand. Today we drove from Hokitika to the Arthurs Pass.
A very beautiful Country with lovely places. We were able to find nice Caches and See Lots of interesting places.
Thank you for showing us this place.
Tftc

During our New Zealand vaccation we visited lots of great places. This was one of it.
Thank you for showing.
çedrus and sternschnupper

Didn't add the fav.

On the road for a trip down the West Coast with our little caravan to explore this part of the country. On our way home to the Marlborough Sounds. It is not a caching expedition as such, but we do manage to stop for one or two
Our travels lead us to your cache, as we travelled down the Coast, many thanks,Moneydork and Pohutukawa , for bringing us here. We’ve had great fun so far and look forward to finding a couple more caches as we travel on our way. TFTC.
We always think the work, and the finding of the feature, for an earthcache, deserve a favourite point.

What a great little diversion, have long meant to pop in here. Pic attached of ThreeSharpe at GZ, answer sent to CO separately tftc fav point from us!

Wow, what a rock!
Information panel was very interesting as well. It 'travelled' with a glacier!
Answered sent to the owner, thanks for this earth cache.

Found it during a great trip around West Coast. TFTC!

Yet another spot that was already on our 'To Do' list, and having an Earth Cache there added an extra enticement. The various spoil heaps were almost as impressive as the erratic, in their own way. It is quite amazing how much effort men were prepared to expend in the search for gold.

Thanks to the CO for accepting my somewhat coherent answers as I could not make sense of my my Garmin note.

TFTC.

**This was 1 of 19 caches that was found by me on the 8th of 19 days in New Zealand.**
**Which also was the 61st of 75 days that my travels thru southeast Asia and Oceania would last.**

This got to be the very last cache that I did visit this day. Or rather night as it had gotten pitch dark when I arrived at the location.

The answers did I send via Message center on December 7th.

*During 19 days I traveled from Christchurch to Auckland in an SUV, that i also slept in during most of the nights. 5.956 km of driving did it take to visit the 351 caches that I have marked as found in c:geo.*

*Earthcaches was my main focus during the stay. And I manage to visit 106 of them. So New Zealand is right now the only country where earthcaches are my most found cache type .*

TFTC

Tftc

Tftc

Found on a great weekend down the coast. Will post picture shortly. Enjoyed the walk

Needed a short walk and the rain had almost stopped so off I went. Had passed the sign post on the main road many times and always wondered what this rock was. It’s impressive! A bit wet underfoot but an easy walk. Slippery around the rock itself. Tftc

This was an impresive rock. But went fast back to the car because of the rainy weather. Thanks for the cache!

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Wow that is one big rock. In spite of the damage they did to the environment back in those days you have to admire what they were able to achieve without the use of modern technology. That's a lot of rock and earth they moved to expose the rock enough for it to fall, I wouldn't want to be too close when it did. TFTEC Moneydork and Pohutukawa

#7679

Love the name, almost as much as my brothers mispronunciation - LondonBerry!

Gevonden!

Back on the road again for another international trip. This time to Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and South Korea.
Like our previous trips we focussed on old caches, high favorites, rare cache types and pretty locations.
Most of the trip was together with Plaguerider, Zanna and FLtravelers, but some of it I did solo.
Logs were signed as DATT (Do All The Things) and if there were answers, we typically sent them as a group.

Thanks for maintaining the caches for us.

Waterfan5,
Kennesaw, GA

**Trip log:**
Found during Team DATT's (Do All The Things) annual international caching trip consisting of FLtravelers, PlagueRider, waterfan5 and myself. Africa kicked it all off back in 2016, with a follow up European tour last year. I tried to pitch Asia but the pull of the Great Ocean Road and completing our 6th continent was too strong, and we landed on week long road trips through both Australia and New Zealand. Before meeting the team in Sydney though, I was able to schedule some layovers in Asia (Beijing, Bangkok and Singapore), so in the end I got a bit of everything. =)

**New Zealand Day 14 - Greymouth -> Christchurch:**
Our last day in NZ! It was packed with lots of fun things though, my favorite being the giant boulders at Castle Hill; what an absolutely amazing place! Driving through Arthur's Pass was also pretty neat, along with our evening explorations in downtown Christchurch. While the country may be small, it provided us with lots of fun memories I'll cherish forever. Perhaps one day I'll find my way back. =)

**Cache Log:**
Nice earthcache along our route. Answers for the group have been or will be sent soon.

TFTC [zanna - Atlanta, Georgia USA]

We’re on our annual international geocaching trip as Team DATT (Do All The Things) comprised of FLtravelers, PlagueRider, waterfan5, and zanna. This year we chose to explore Australia and New Zealand. Zanna and I decided to do a two-day stopover in Beijing, a three-day stopover in Bangkok, and a 12-hour layover in Singapore on our way to meet up with the rest of the team in Sydney.

Once we got the Team back together, we made a “bee-line” to Lane Cove and various caches around Sydney. Then we headed down the coast on A1. After visiting Wasp Head, we headed up through Canberra and down M31 to Melbourne, after a webcam stop on Mount Buller.

We had a great time in Melbourne, which is my favorite city in Australia so far, then onto the Great Ocean Road, the highlight of Australia for this trip. After a couple days (not nearly enough) we left the ocean road and headed up A6 towards Victor Harbor (webcam) and Adelaide (webcams) for our flight to Auckland. Seems we found every webcam in Australia.

After a short week in Australia, we flew into Auckland and continued with our explorations in New Zealand. We drove over to Tauranga, and then down to Rotorua and Taupo, enjoying the thermal features. We headed down 5 to Napier, with stops at a couple of waterfalls, and then down to Wellington to catch the ferry to the South Island.

We spent the night in Picton, and then over to the awesome west coast, before crossing over Arthur’s Pass on our way to Christchurch for flights home.

We targeted old caches, highly favorited caches, earthcaches, virtuals, and of course webcam caches, and anything else that got our interest along the way. Logs were signed DATT. Answers, where required, were sent by one of the team members. Thanks for adding to the enjoyment of our trip with this cache. Great spot.

Stopped by with team DATT on a very rainy day. Answer sent to CO. TFTC

First visit to New Zealand, and what a way to see this beautiful country - a lap of the South Island by motorhome! We started in Christchurch and then headed for the hills of the Southern Alps.

That's not an erratic, THIS is an erratic! A Titanic Erratic indeed. We enjoyed seeing this feature, and appreciated the simple EC questions so that we weren't distracted by pointless googling or other research.
Answers emailed and confirmed by the CO.
Thanks Moneydork.

A good excuse to get off the main drag and circuit part of the Dam whilst indulging in an Earthcache on the way past. Was surprised to see I was the only car in the car park, but it was heading towards 4 o clock and clouds overhead. A brisk walk to the rock, then under and above, then back again for a few awful selfies. Fantastic Glacial erratic here, sat still, not that erratic really. Answer will be sent shortly - phot later in the week.
T F T E C Moneydork, PFP of course.

The last part of the day involved mopping up a few solved puzzles and heading to Hokitika via Kumara (my least fave vegetable!)

Day 2 of the trip and with daylight saving starting/ending yesterday I found myself up nice and early and in McDs having breakfast at around 0615. The bike had been loaded into the car for the cycle along the beach to grab the Survivor series remainder (though one DNF would prevent a clean sweep!). It took around 1 hour 40 minutes from #3 (DNF last time) to the end of the line #33, and only 30 minutes cycling on the way back, quite a few caches found on this trip and nearly all were puzzles too. After that was done it was drop the bike in the apartment and head along from Cobden to Point Elizabeth all the way to Rapahoe beach end, then all the way back to the car and finally off to Hokitika, along the back roads, before the rain came down too heavily. As it was the rain got heavier and heavier and caching was stopped for the evening at around 1800, stuck on just over 90 finds. A great days caching and apologies in advance for the cut n paste logs, will comment specifically where I remember any variation.

Easter weekend 2018 is here and I have a cunning plan. Well, a caching plan, but what's the difference? With mrs and daughter working over the weekend and me with a few days off work there was a chance to convert some of my solved puzzles over on the West Coast into smiley faces. And add to my West Coast caching total. And do the Point Elizabeth walk, and several other appealing strolls. And some other stuff and all the way along gaining extra points for the planetary Challenge thingy to gain some electronic 2D Geo-souvenirs. And so, setting off around 0730 on Easter Sunday with the trusty mountain bike aboard (for the Greymouth beach-side track) I clocked up just under 1000 kms by road, a few extra on 2 wheels and several more on 2 feet, quite the trip. The threatened rain only arrived on the second afternoon in Hokitika (by which time I'd done my walks for the day) and the drive back from Greymouth via Westport was in blazing Autumn sunshine - Beautiful. Fantastic scenery all around and a large number of caches from b&w and gracie7&mum helped the total to just over 180 finds.
An awesome few days which my family wouldn't have enjoyed, but conversely actually would have, for the most part. An FTF in Reefton on the way through on Day 1 was another bonus, and monkey off the back for the monthly streak. A few DNFs which is to be expected with that many looked for, but a lot of good sights and experiences too. Thanks to all the COs for their placements.

A nice brief walk off the beaten path, which was a relief after the past few days of driving with crowds of tourists. Cool spot and beautiful bush.

First cache picked up on the road to ChCh from the West Coast. With a long journey ahead, had to be more choosy about which cache I would do, and I prefer ECs among all the cache type. Fairly straightforward most of the time, and you get to see some cool features. This was one of them and I loved the walk through the forest. TFTC!

This is one of those places you have to visit, just because. To think that the miners sluiced away 20 m of rocks and gravel to uncover this boulder, then continued working downwards, and that this rock then fell to its present position - goldmining was large scale earthmoving!

Has no-one been PC enough to rename it Londonderry/Derry rock..? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry/Londonderry_name_dispute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry/Londonderry_name_dispute)

Today’s leg in Janene our Jucy van is Christchurch to Punakiki, much more scenic than yesterday’s Dunedin to Christchurch and today the sun is shining, yesterday it was rain most of the day.

Such a lot of lovely places to stop on the way and loads of nice T caches too,, but travelling with s muggle I had to limit myself to Earthcaches only and close by trads.

This was a bit off the beaten track but once at GZ it certainly is a titanic rock. Answer sent to CO. TFTC

As we were approaching Kumara on the West Coast Wilderness Trail we saw the sign pointing across to the rock so a short diversion was called for. The track to the carpark is an easy ride and then we stashed our bikes a few minutes walk on the track into the rock itself. An easy walk but definitely not suitable for the bikes. TFTC

A great story to go with this great rock. Thanks for the cache

This was the third day in New Zealand for me and micaparamedic near the end of an almost three month adventure. He arrived at my place in Washington State toward the end of July. From there we found some old caches in Oregon and then headed up north to The Yukon and Northwest Territories in Canada.

Attending the mega APE event in Washington was followed by camping in Oregon to see the total solar eclipse. After a few day trips close to home, we headed to Australia for almost a month doing many things on my bucket list such as walking around Uluru and seeing the Sydney Harbour. Now we're spending a few weeks in New Zealand before once again going our separate ways. What a trip!

Today we were heading to the west coast to see mountains, glaciers and other interesting geological formations. It was a bit overcast, yet we could still see the snow capped mountains as we went.

The rain had slowed down to a fine drizzle, so this was a great walk to take and see plants that were new to me.

Thanks for showing us this monster rock.

Exploring with johgusta.

TFTC

#14124. This impressive rock is weel worth a detour. We enjoyed exploring the area. TFTC.

Found with StreetWalker en route to the West Coast for Queens Birthday weekend to escape the drizzle of Christchurch.
A tricky and rather pot-holed road to the parking place, but interesting to see the remnants of gold mining in the area. Enjoyed the short walk to the rock. Can't believe we haven't made the time to stop here before.
Answer sent, thanks for bringing me here and TFT (earth) C. Will upload photos later.

Freddo slpped on a root. James stopped the rock from falling. Sallymander watched.

Travelling from Arthur's Pass to Hokitika this morning, we detoured out to visit the Londonderry Rock. As we drove along the approach road we unfortunately missed the turn into the carpark. Managed to turn the camper around, but ended up parking on the road. Decided one of us would go visit the rock while the other stayed with the van in case another vehicle came along.
It is a very pretty walk to the rock, and the piles of boulders made by the miners are quite impressive. Thanks for bringing us here.

Enjoying the walks in the area

We found this impressive rock during our stay in Hokitika. It was a nice and easy earthcache. Thank you for showing.

We approached the cache from the south. We didn't find any car park and rapidly found ourselves on difficult terrain. Since the terrain difficulty was supposed to be only **, we decided that this was not the right way to go to the cache. My GPS showed another access from the north. We moved the car and indeed found an easy access from the north with several information signs. Thanks for this amazing earthcache!

Well a few months ago I didn't expect to be down this way quite so soon, but after having completed the requirements for the DGSc Challenge my very Good Wife surprised me for my birthday with some tickets from Hamilton to Nelson return so that we together could have a caching weekend. (now those that may know my wife wil understand that the terms caching and weekend wil ever rearly be used in the same sentence).

So of course the weekend was more about sightseeing in the limitied time that we hand and finding the 25 caches that were on my list which mainly included the older caches, earthcaches and large caches. In total we found 30 caches and covered 870kms while enjoying being in afar different environment than we were used to.

So taking the remaining part of the Friday off of work, and arriving in Nelson at 3pm it was a chance to grab the rental car and start by making our way to Reefton where we would spend our first night. The second night was to be spent in Punakaiki.
This cache being the seventh of the weekend and the second of a number of earthcaches we were targeting. Very interesting history here and can't even begin to imagine the effort that went into the slucing operations that abounded along here. thanks for brining us to this spot
Answers sent to the CO

Thanks for the cache, Thanks for the placement

Amazing rock. Glad we visited. I'm trying to attach photo but having technology problems.

Wow this was awesome!!!! I left Piction this morning after catching the late ferry last night and made it to Franz Josef. I stopped for 5-6 ECs along the way utilizing the long lit days here. Driving the island IS the attraction here and I could do it for days. Wait, I am gonna do it for days but wish it was longer than 6. Many thanks for providing the road map to awesomeness. WOW that's huge!!!! Photos really don't do it justice but a picture is attached of my ugly mug.

Answers sent; photo attached. TFTC

Really enjoyed this venture. Have passed the sign post for this rock several times over the years and never pursued it, Now I have and learnt a bit more. Thankyou so much for taking me there and the great history and story that goes with it, one of the best earthcaches yet. CO has been mailed with requested answers.

FINALLY logging all of my finds from the NZ Mega trip last year. Found with Seemyshell before heading back home to Sydney. Thanks for placing this cache

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**OCW Ali600, Heading from Greymouth to Springfield. Grabbed this one on the way.**
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