Coathanger Bridge (Picton)(Nelson/Marlborough) Picton, South Island, New Zealand
By No Fixed Aboder & Taybee Junoir on 01-Feb-10. Waypoint GC23JEY

Easy find even if the passing runabout thought I was checking the structural integrity of the bridge. Log sheet is full

Logsheet is full

Dnf

Our last day on the South Island of New Zealand before taking the ferry to Wellington. We visited a few more caches in Picton. Unfortunately it was very windy today, so we hardly had a chance to really enjoy the place. On the other hand, we found the caches in good condition, although the log strips here and there need to be redone. We would like to thank all the owners for bringing them here and hiding them. Best wishes from the Moorhelmi's from Germany.

Day thirty of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.Spent the day traveling from Nelson to Picton.Sunny all day.Walked around the Airport at Nelson before we left, and did a few AdLabs.Had dinner in Picton then did some more caches.A steep little coat hanger!Thought the cache might be where it turned out to be.Glad to see we could cross the harbour here.Thanks, Robmc.

TFTC

Day 30 of our Enzed adventures with Robmc and today we decided to leave Nelson a day early and be in Picton for the ferry instead of an early morning dash.After arriving on a beautiful sunny day we wandered around town for a bit.Thanks for contributing to an amazing holiday. Love the camera watching our meanderings.

Took me longer than it should have done!! Thank you x

Forgot to bring a pen but thanks for the cache

Thank you for the cache

EN ; After visiting the North Island, we continue our discovery of New Zealand by reaching the South Island this afternoon. We have two hours available. We take the opportunity to discover Picton...and its caches ??. Thank you to all the installers for the work carried out for our greatest pleasure. Greetings from France. Our Travel Bugs pass through this cache but do not come out of our backpack; they continue the adventure with us. ???????? ?????????????? ???????? Trip to New Zealand, decided very quickly ??, but that didn't stop us from preparing a small file of caches to search, as far as possible. The GC46 was, of course, at the top of that list! ?? and there you have it, we visited it yesterday. Yesss!! ?? Our program should allow us to discover a large part of this country.FR : Aprs avoir visit l'le du Nord, nous poursuivons notre dcouverte de la Nouvelle Zlande en rejoignant l'le du sud, cette aprs-midi. Nous avons deux petites heures de disponible. Nous en profitons pour dcouvrir Picton...et ses caches ??.Merci tous les poseurs pour le travail ralis pour notre plus grand plaisir.Salutations de France.Nos Travel Bugs transitent par cette cache mais ne descendent pas de notre sac dos ; ils poursuivent l'aventure avec nous.???????? ?????????????? ????????Voyage en Nouvelle Zlande, dcid trs rapidement ??, mais cela ne nous a pas empch de prparer un petit fichier de caches chercher, dans la mesure o cela sera possible.La GC46 tait, bien sr, tout en haut de cette liste ! ?? et voil, nous l'avons visit hier. Yesss !! ??Notre programme devrait nous permettre de dcouvrir une grande partie de ce pays.Merci pour la dcouverte - Dziekuje za zabawe - Dankie vir die pret - Faleminderit pr argtimin - ?? ???? ??????? - Thank you for the fun - ?yl?nc? n t?s?kkr edirik - Eskerrik asko dibertigarriagatik - ???? ???? ?????? ??????? - ?????? ?? ?????? - Hvala na zabavi - ????????? ?? ?? ???????????? - Salamat sa kalipay - ?????? - Hvala vam na zabavi - Dekuji vm za zbavu - Zikomo chifukwa cha zosangalatsa - Tak for det sjove - Dankon pro la amuzo - Tnan teid lbu eest - Salamat sa kasiyahan - Kiitos hauskuudesta - Tankewol foar it wille - Grazas pola diversin - Sa? e??a??st? ??a t? d?as??das? - ????????, ??? ??????? - ???? ???? ???? - Na gode da fun - Mahalo ia?oe no ka hau?oli - ???? ?? ??? ??????? - Gracias por la diversin - Ua tsaug rau kev lom zem - Daal? maka nt?r?nd? - Terima kasih atas kesenangannya - Grazie per a diversione - Msi pou plezi a - Hn ji bo kfxwesiy - ?????????????????????? - Aciu u linksma - Merci fir de Spaass - tibi gratias ago pro ludens - Paldies par jautribu - ?? ??????????? ?? ???????? - ??????????? ????? - Terima kasih kerana bersenang-senang - Misaotra anao amin'ny fialam-boly - Grazzi ghall-pjacir - Mauruuru koe mo te ngahau - ???????? ??????? - ????????? ?????? ???? ????????? - ????? ???? ??????? - Bedankt voor het plezier - Danke fr den Spa - Takk for moroa - ???????????????? ???????? ????? - ??????? ?? ?????? ?????? - Obrigado pela diverso - ??????? ?? ???????????? - Mul?umesc pentru distrac?ie - Faafetai mo le malie - ????? ?? ?????? - Ndinokutendai nokuda kwomufaro - Dakujem vm za zbavu - Hvala za zabavo - Waad ku mahadsantahay madadaalada - Kea le leboha ka monate - Asante kwa furaha - hatur nuhun keur man - ??????? ???????? - Tapadh leibh airson an dwpiemy- Eglence iin tesekkr ederim - ????? ?? ???????? - Qiziqarli uchun rahmat - Diolch am yr hwyl - Ksznm a szrakozst - C?m on v s? vui v? - Grazie per il divertimento - Siyabonga ngokuzonwabisa - Siyabonga ngomnandi.

Happy New Zealand trip with geocaching.A pity were with muggle friends and cant visit as much as geocaches as we like. I appreciate all the caches we passed and visited.Thanks, No Fixed Aboder, for the cache. Greetings from Taiwan.

Thanks for my first find!

Need to search from different point of view ... TB out-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --French version below-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Short late log but more complete now that we are back home.Our vacation will take us to the other side of the world to the land of the Maoris. After many, many hours of flying, a passage through China on the way there and through the United States of America on the way back, we will finally arrive in Christchurch which will be the starting point of our journey.We will enjoy the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and we will go back towards the North Island via State Highway 1. To combine business with pleasure, we will take regular breaks and small detours according to the caches that seem the most accessible to us.With a little more than 3500 km in 20 days, we will have discovered many facets of this island which is soothing. We will have to come back because there are so many places that we have not done ??. In broad strokes, the path will go from Christchurch to the Kaikoura Peninsula then towards Picton for the crossing to Wellington.New island, new road, and by State Highway 2 we go towards Hastings and Napier. We will leave the seaside for several days to go to Tongariro and Taupo. We will continue north towards Rotorua and Hamilton (without forgetting a detour via Hobbiton ??) A detour to the Coromandel Peninsula and finally the almost north of the island with Whangarei and Waitangi to learn the history of this country.There will only be a few days left to spend towards Auckland and its suburbs before taking the plane back to the grayness of our European autumn.The majority of the boxes will be found, we have abandoned those where our English was lacking and where we could not understand the clue. Thanks to all the owners who brightened up our path, who took us to incredible places (that's also geocaching)In short, we had a great vacation, saw beautiful places that simply ask us to come back. We learned a lot about the history of this country and its traditions, it's a great motivation for our destinations.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Petit log en retard mais un peu plus complet maintenant que nous sommes rentrs la maison. Nos vacances vont nous emmener lautre bout du monde au pays des Maoris. Aprs beaucoup, beaucoup dheures davion, un passage par la Chine laller et par les Etats-Unis dAmrique au retour, nous arriverons enfin Christchurch qui sera le point de dpart de notre priple.Nous profiterons des plages du de locan Pacifique et nous remonterons en direction de lile du nord via la State highway 1. Pour joindre lutile et lagrable, nous ferons des pauses rgulires et de petits dtours au gr des caches qui nous semble les plus accessibles. Avec un peu plus de 3500 km en 20 jours, nous aurons dcouverts pleins de facettes de cette ile qui est apaisante. Il nous faudra revenir car il y a tellement dendroit que nous navons pas fait ??. Dans les grand traits, le chemin ira de Christchurch la pninsule Kaikoura puis direction Picton pour la traverse vers Wellington.Nouvelle ile, nouvelle route, et par la State Highway 2 nous remontrons en direction de Hastings et Napier. Nous laisserons le bord de mer plusieurs jours pour aller au Tongariro et Taupo. Nous continuerons vers le nord en direction de Rotorua et Hamilton (sans oublier un dtour par Hobbiton ??). Un crochet pour la pninsule de Coromandel et pour finir le presque nord de lile avec Whangarei et Waitangi pour apprendre lhistoire de ce pays. Il ne restera que quelques jours passer vers Auckland et sa banlieue avant de ne reprendre lavion pour retourner dans la grisaille de notre automne europen.La majorit des boites seront trouves, nous avons dlaisser celles o notre anglais faisait dfaut et ou que nous narrivions pas comprendre lindice. Merci tous les poseurs qui ont gay notre chemin, qui nous ont emmen dans des endroits incroyables (cest aussi cela le geocaching)Bref, nous avons pass de superbes vacances, vu des endroits magnifiques qui demandent simplement que lon revienne. Nous avons appris beaucoup de chose sur lhistoire de ce pays et de ces traditions, cest une grande motivation pour nos destinations.

No luck here today, hard to avoid muggles so we didnt spend too much time

Great place for this cache. Found it and drop out 1st Cleethorpes Sea Scouts Trackable.Mark Sarah and OwenCleethorpes, UK

The first found in picton

Day #4 Blenheim to Nelson - The Mega New Zealand ExperienceA chance for an overseas Mega was too good to pass up. Especially with half the state seeming to be attending also. I set about some last minute planning.? Flights still available? Accommodation found? Mode of transport securedLooks like its time to cross the ditch. Ive never visited the South Island before so it is bound to be a fun filled trip.After a lovely stop in Blenheim overnight (with a bonus wood fireplace!), it was off to Nelson today via Picton.A beautiful view from up on the bridge this morning. A relatively quick find here once I switched to the other side.A big thanks goes to No Fixed Aboder for taking the time to add Coathanger Bridge (Picton)(Nelson/Marlborough) to the geocaching map for us all to find and enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Wow! The fun just never stops.Have you logged your will attend for Victoria's first ever Block Party? (Think Mega but even more special!)Join us on 22-23 March 2025 in Sunbury to celebrate 25 years of geocaching by logging your will attend at [**GCAP417**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).?

Thanks for my first find!

Tfc, found whilst here for the ferry going to the North Island. Picton looks very sweet - but small - however only just arrived so wont make any judgement yet.

This was the third one I tried to find, and the first one I manged to

Good find. Thanks!

Went for a night walk and found this, great cache!!

Found it!!

#15,537. Parked for a walk in Picton in Marlborough. The GZ was fortunately all quiet at the time of our visit. Found after a short search, initially on the wrong side. The cache, which was a micro rather than a small, was in good condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.*Thanks for the geocache placement, and for bringing us to this site, and **.T h a n k s. .f o r. .t h e. .c a c h e.**.M a u r u u r u. .k o e. .n u i. .a t u. .h o k i. .t e. .k e t e r o k i.*---### LET US HAVE A BLOCK PARTY!!! ###On **May 3rd, 2025**, we will be celebrating 25 years of geocaching in **Rotorua, New Zealand** with a special **Block Party** event. Join us to celebrate 25 years of this amazing game, and that the very first geocache hidden outside of the United States, 25 years ago, was hidden here in New Zealand.You do not want to miss this event, so check out the ["25 Years of Geocaching NZ! (GCAKR25)" event page]( https://coord.info/GCAKR25) and [event website](http://25years.geocache.nz) for more details, join the [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/924894455969387) group, and sign up to the [email list](http://25years.geocache.nz?p=4) to get updates...If you intend to come, please make sure you get your ["Will Attend" log]( https://www.geocaching.com/live/geocache/GCAKR25/log) onto the page as soon as you can in order to assist with planning the first ever Block Party in New Zealand.**Happy caching and we will see you in 2025!**---

Thanks for my first find!

Beautiful spot, thanks for the cache

Great hiding place

My first geocache with my dad.

My first Geo cache. Finally found one. Greetings from Perth.

In Picton today picking up people at the ferry so arrived early and had time to do some Geocaching TFTC

Quick find and sign while having a wander around Picton on a nice sunny day... quite a few people out and about today.... Thanx4tc

Tftc! Waited for some muggles to move on, thenn did 5-minute search, with no luck. Then I read the hint.! Picton surely is a stunning place!

Nice little find.

Found, black box

After taking the ferry and a short coffee break, we had to take a short walk before heading south with our campervan. This was a quick find and a nice location.TFTC #435

Tftc. Visiting an area my daughter stayed at 10 years ago.

Found on a quick walk after an overnight in Picton . Tftc

A quick find while visiting Picton.

Lovely spot

Beautiful day here having a look around

Nice

Found

Quick find on a chilly day as we wait to check in for the ferry. Fascinating bridge - thanks

Loved it

Set wet Willie free

Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---This cache was easily found and the logbook was signed.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Everything was in good condittion.Thank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! ---Greetings from ***Riga, Latvia***! [^]**Happy caching!**----------***For a little entertainment, here are 10 Fun Facts about Latvia!*** 1) Latvia is among the worlds greenest countries.2) Its home of the first Christmas tree.3) The Latvian flag is considered by many to be the oldest national flag in the world.4) Country has the widest waterfall in Europe.5) Latvia boasts the finest Art Nouveau architecture in the world.6) Jacob W. Davis, a Latvian tailor, was an inventor of rivets on famous Jean pants.7) The Latvian Song & Dance Festival is recognised by UNESCO as the largest amateur song and dance festival in the world!8) Alexander Laime, a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls (highest waterfall on earth), located in Venezuela, by foot.9) Latvians love basketball and Ice Hockey.10) Latvia is famous for being the home country of the inventor of the flavor of Pringles.----------..\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",.\...\ ------- **MATISONS!** ------- \....\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\.....\......\ /// \Paldies/ Aith / Ai / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon

All good here on a lovely autumnal day

Nice one, thanks

Found it

But was really hard

Owsm

I found it , but was so hard because is black one !

TheLandGirl and I were staying in Picton for the night, before commencing the Queen Charlotte Track tomorrow. We arrived in Picton this afternoon and spent a couple of hours wandering around town, sightseeing and doing a little bit of caching. There was a muggle on the nearby seat, but it turns out that we could look without him noticing and we soon made the find of the cache here. TFTC!

Oh man, that last clue helped!! Wed been over here (4 of us) a week ago with no luck. Thanks to the last cachers for the find! However!! We did end up moving it down to where the clue clearly says its supposed to be.

Thanks

Very cool find

TFTC-SL. Look up. Need to be tall to reach.

Easy find, though it took some time to locate the cache. Loved the city and the Toastie shop. Remember to look up!!

Hehe

Having made landfall after the ferry crossing, naturally I set out to find some local caches in this new land, so set out for a bike ride to explore around the area. Came along here while doing the Ad lab, great place for a cache, nice quick find due to the good hint, TFTC

Team Katie and Jack's wedding kiddies first ever geocash... Took us a while but finally found yeayyy

Wonderful day for a boat cruise TFTC

Found it. Thanks

Found it! Thanks.

Found whilst visiting Picton on the cruise ship Carnival Explorer. A great clue made for a quick find in this beautiful little town.Thanks No Fixed Aboder for the cache!

Quick find on a cool evening!

Had a little puzzled but let things settle down. TFTC

Cool bridge and nicely hidden. Enjoying our day in Picton. Hello from Chicagoland. TFTC!

Visiting this lovely town for just one day on a cruise ship. Grabbed this very early in the day. TFTCGeoDuffs

Found on our walkabout doing the Lab. TFTC

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#4430Holiday in NZToday we're in Picton, waiting for out trip to WellingtonWandering through Picton, found this oneTFTC

Walked through Picton today. Found this on the way TFTC

Found it with children. Good spot, my first cache find

New Zealand CruisingGrimRaider and I are cruising NZ to celebrate his 60th birthday. A quick find here between muggles. Thanks for the hide No Fixed Aboder

Git gefunden.

Good Morning Picton, it is our first found on South Island of NZ. Thank You for hiding.

Great day to start with a find. TFTC

1.Fund auf der Sdonsel. Vielen Dank fr den Cache an No Fixed Aboder & Taybee Junoir sagt IRQ0h.Fund: #902

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No luck today

TFTC!

Thanks for the find! Excellent spot! Traveling with friends from the USA!

FTC. Here with my wife Stacie and friend Lynn. Traveling from the United States, South Padre Island Texas. Having fun out caching today. Thanks for giving us another adventure!

We are currently on a eight week holiday which is mostly spent in New Zealand and Australia. However, the first three days were spent in Signapore as a nice break from an otherwise long flight. Yesterday we drove from Greymouth to Picton. This afternoon we take the water taxi to Portage. So this morning we have plenty of time for another nice stroll in Picton for some sightseeing and of course geocaching. The weather is quite nice and we are really enjoying ourself. On our walk we also visit this lovely pedestrian bridge. We could not find the cache in the first instance because our gps still had the old coords. Once we read that the cache had moved a bit we search on the new spot and after a bit of looking around the cache was spotted. Thank you very much for this cache,

During our two-month trip through New Zealand and Australia, we arrived in Picton yesterday. We returned our rental car and took the water taxi to the Portage in Marlborough Sounds.Before the water taxi leaves there is some time to visit a few caches. This cache was found.**No Fixed Aboder**, thanks for the cache.

Looked and looked. Coordinates spot on but not a sign of it.

Really fucking cool

We found it this evening on our way to dinner. TFTC

Our second day in town. Was busy yesterday and just went over the bridge. Picked this one up on the way to dinner. Good Coordinates. And hint.

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Coordinates changed from:S 41 17.364 E 174 0.587Coordinates changed to:S 41 17.363 E 174 0.580Distance from original: 32.5 feet or 9.9 meters.Cache now has a new location after going missing again

Coordinates changed from:S 41 17.363 E 174 0.580Coordinates changed to:S 41 17.363 E 174 0.582Distance from original: 9.1 feet or 2.8 meters.I have it correct this time

It will be checked in the next few days

Searched for a while. Think its gone.

Hmm - that makes 4 of us that couldn't find it

No luck finding this cache today

No luck today

No luck for us here - looks as though bridge supports very recently painted