Whitcombe: History Rocks (West Coast) Camerons, South Island, New Zealand
By Annie & PB on 05-Sep-09. Waypoint GC1Y7H2

Spending the winter woofing, tramping and exploring the west coast caching along the way ..of course..
Heading to greymouth for a couple of nights then on to pancake rocks for my next job..
Didnt realise what the location was about until I read the plaque...I actually walked the whitcombe pass last year.. rakaia to hokitika..awesome trip...
Quick find tftc

Interesting read

Today we decided to ride a bit of the Wilderness track and grab some survivor caches along the way and any other caches on the way. This was our turnaround spot. A nice easy find. TFTC

Time to break out the bikes and do some of the local trail. Some interesting spots, and enjoyed the new bridge. TFTC

Quiet area early morning and then the a bunch of cyclist went by. Tftc

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I liked this diversion away from the new bike path. I hope it still gets lots of finds. TFTC.

Enjoying our ride along the trail. Its really nice to commemorate these exploits with geocaches. Cache is all good. TFTC

Detoured to grab this one. Not sure if this monument will get many visitors now with the new road alignment except for geocachers.
Doing part of the Greymouth cycle way with the aim of collecting the Survivor series. Visiting from Dunedin. Tftc

Thanks for bringing us here. I would not have left the wilderness trail without it. Nice quick find. TFTC

A quick find on our way back to Christchurch and I love caches near plaques

Starting the return journey to Christchurch; good to be able to find this cache - I had driven past, previously, missing the turn off.
Getting to the end of a caching expedition with lytteltonwitch; it's been fun.

Thanks for the interesting stop.

BaldEd and I decided to walk to the remaining solved Survivor series caches in the drizzle. So it was on with the wet weather gear and off we did trot. There might have been the odd trad that got in the way as well.

Another one of those pesky trads.

Cheers for the cache.

Great park n grab with blunsdon. Thank you for the cache

Tyfc

Another quick easy find . Tftc

Last time I was down here there were too many road works to stop for this one, the completed road looks good. Nice easy find. Thanks Annie & PB

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Found it TFTC

Thanks, I went back for this after remembering to geocache.... New to this. Great find for the history. I appreciated it and glad I came back a couple of km.

Only local I encounteted was a slimy old slug. Can't stand those bugs. Good to read the plaque to Whitcombe. Tftc
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Quick pick up.
TFTC
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Down to Christchurch for another weekend trip with boneybruce to pick up TMGT caches, and today's mission is to clear out the TMGT caches on the west coast, and pick up a few other interesting caches along the way. Nice quick find in this historical spot. TFTC!!!

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An easy first find of the day on our way to Christchurch. TFTC!

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Found it on our journey! Thanks! Greetings from austria!

Greetings from Austria tftc

Greetings from Austria tftc

Tftc

#100 T4TC

(# 5306). Today is day 2 of my West Coast trip. Weather wise the day wasn't to bad apart from an absolute deluge around lunchtime. No caching at the time as it was far to wet. Today was a trip to Hokitika then the gorge. A quick find. Everything in order. TFTC

Thanks for thefind

thankyou for your cache, we found with the help from 2+4 as they are teaching us how cache.

Hello from Perth WA

We found this while on our South Island adventure with Olive8.

TFTC

On our way from Greymouth we found some caches on quick stops.
Thanks for the story.
TFTC and greetings from Denmark

I travelled aroud so many times and always forgot to pull over here. However I managed to have a lunch time over here today so the cache was finally found.. TFTC

Found it

Stopped off here after deciding the bridge area was much to busy to stop and search at. No problems here and cache soon located, signed, and returned as found.
T F T C Annie & PB

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 very interesting stop while biking the trail. Cache all good. TFTC

After a day along the beach further north with long walks and a lot of inhaling the fresh salty air as well as visiting the pancake rocks, mmmmike and me started driving south to get to the glacier area. We stopped from time to time to stretch the legs or to have a look at interesting sites. Not too easy to figure out the nice and still existing boxes. Nearly turned out to be the perfect job for the co-driver, kept me busy. We ended with a nice collection of caches.
This one was good to find and everything is ok.
Thanks for caring for this cache!

A quick easy find. Thanks for the cache

On my way to Westport to meet up with daywalk family who are renting a holiday house. Quick find.

Today's mission was a drive from Christchurch to Greymouth on my way home to Nelson. Trying to find 'a few' caches along the way. It's been ages since I travelled this route so there were actually heaps of caches to find and at the end of the day my tally was 81. Biggest cache day for me for a while. Interesting and tragic history. Nearly missed this one because of the road works but managed to get across and pull over. Found cache safe and sound. TFTC, Biggles.

Final day of the West Coast Wilderness Trail, set off in the drizzle so only stopping for quick finds. TFTC

Day 3 Greymouth - Hokitiki
Day 3 Greymouth -Hokitika
After completing the card series, we made our way following a caching trail into town.
I wanted to do the Flintstones since I had done all the puzzles before leaving Australia.
We found Greymouth a great town to drivw around, a good selection of hides & containers found.
Thanks for placing this cache Annie & PB

Thanks for placing this cache Annie & PB

Second try at finding this one. Brought the teenager this time and he found it

TFTC

Found it . Nice read n beautiful view

Found this one on our trip to Hokitika.

**Blinkies**

Not very camoed

Found in the first place I looked. Love that. Learn to swim.

Quick easy find.

514 West Coast Wilderness Cycle Trail

Nice quick find while riding the trail. TFTC

Quick find whilst on bike

Easy find. TFTC.

Sad History Lesson.but a nice Memorial for a Cache.TFTH

Sad History Lesson.but a nice Memorial for a Cache.TFTH

A sad tale here. TFTC

On our way from FJ Glacier back to our Hotel in Greymouth we searched and found some nice and easy caches.
Thank you for the historic lesson

TFTC
jekejaerfi

Quick easy find and learnt a bit of local history. Helped out some tourists who didn't know where the wilderness trail went next. Tftc

Found it

Hm, are Kiwis talented in building monuments? Or is it a local thing? Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Travelling around the South Island.
Looking at our wonderful home land.
Weather has been inclement but this has not dampened our enthusiasm.
1st to sign new log.
Tftc

today was another nice day for our holiday trip in new zealand were we of course also found some caches along the way from Hokitika to murchison.

This is one of them. thank you for maintaining this cache.

Checked Cache today, it appears that someone has replaced it. Thanks.
NOTE/WARNING: The top wire of the fence IS live, I know, I unwittingly tested it LOL.

We stopped to check on this one while on a maintenance run to Hokitika. We replaced the missing cache in the same place with a 50ml pill container. Happy Caching

Will check this out.

Enjoyed the history but didn't find the cache. Had it stored for almost a year and couldn't get reception to refresh to see if has been found recently as working on bike route in the area.

No luck today, didnt seem to be anywhere else it could have been hiding.

Had a good search round GZ without success, It may have gone.

Late Log - Couldn't find it

Nice view

Final one of 25 caches located today on trip from Christchurch to Greymouth via Arthurs Pass. Light/medium rain most of day but still enjoyed the scenery and a leisurely drive. Didn't see the sun all day until I hit the Coast about 7pm. #1242. TFTC.

Thanks for the interesting history lesson, this was a nice quick find but the cache is wet inside. No view today due to the cloud cover. TFTC

TFTF...beautiful view

Found the cache in the nearby paddock so replaced where we think it should have been. Interesting history. TFTC

Cache was in the paddock. A little wet. Thanks for the break on the drive north

Cold frosty morning with the sun shining. Easy find. Cache damp and needs a clean.

Found on Team Walkers whirlwind trip to the West Coast!

Heading South to Hoki to let the little ones have a nap. A quick find here but a fascinating bit of history. Thanks for stopping us here. TFTC.

Easy park and grab

On a roll today lots of g8 caches

Quick find

Quick find as we headed towards Greymouth tftc

Found on a Bike loop from Kumara. TFTC

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Thanks for placing this cache and for recounting the tale regarding this memorial, it's a sad story of an early pioneer from New Zealands past and it's nice to know people care enough to remember the pioneers who added to the history of this beautiful country, this was a nice easy find and all is well with the cache, sl and raf, tftc. Greetings from Bury in Lancashire, England.

Its Easter & have teamed up with The Seagnoid & Zara, for a magical mystery tour. Bug out Thursday lunchtime picking up the Seagnoid on the way to exploring the amazing West Coast. Loved the history write up here. My find. Cheers

On a big Easter caching mission with ZaraBus and TaybeeDragon. Lots of crawling through mines, climbing hills, walking through bush. And yet we only covered a tiny bit of the West Coast, between Greymouth and Hokitika.
Rather a good write up on the cache description, well done. Contents wet but the log was okay.

Found on our way to Greymouth. TFTC

Walked across the new bridge Nice easy cache

Thanks for the cache and Greetings from Finland!

Tftc

Found on our way down the coast! I loved the bridge

Quick stop and read of the plaque, history update

Great road trip collecting caches along the way, thanks for bringing us here

We are driving from Greymouth to Arthurs pass today and have found a lot of caches so please excuse the cut and paste logs, I normally prefer not to use them. After more than a month of experiencing the laid back NZ lifestyle we are finding much of the traffic on this road today to be in a huge rush which has made some of our stops a bit difficult, but we survived!

Very interesting, thanks

Nice quick find ty

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Be careful stopping