Riverlands Rail Cycle Trail - Gate (Marlborough) Riverlands, South Island, New Zealand
By bumandworker on 10-Feb-14. Waypoint GC4YCTZ

I wasn't sure if will still be here after noticing the recent DNF but the Berocca tube was quickly found at the second place I looked. Sun is out and hands are slowly warming up.

I looked in lots of places, but no cache. I may not have been patience enough.

Found, fence was off today so thats a bonus. Seems like log is not waterproof paper but is ok. 3rd name on the list

Replaced container

No lid on the container soon found but beware of the electric fence. TFTC

The cache is about 4m from where the cache notes make it sound. Just don’t get zapped

Day 2 cyclocache ride around Blenheim. Missed this one last year so briefly stopped to search. Same result.

this cache still has a broken lid but was placed upside down so was found in dry condition. The plastic bag has been nibbled on by what could be mice so I replaced the plastic bag. All good. Thanks for the cache

Quick find. Container lid is broken, and log a wee bit damp as a result. No spares on me to swap today unfortunately. TFTC

This cache is on the wrong side of the electric fence, has a broken lid (actually read - non-existant), plastic bag for log in tatters.

I decided to go for a wee bike ride today from McArtney Rd to the Near the Cob Cottage along the Riverlands Rail Trail.

This one is serious need of some TLC.

Cheers for the cache.

Nice early evening walk after work with a muggle friend who has a great nose for finding elephant trails! TFTC!!

Spotted this line of caches on the cycle trail from SH1 as I drove in yesterday. Out on a cyclocache ride this morning to convert them all into smilies. My gps waqs pointing all over the place. No idea where this cache is/was.

Take care. I got zapped.

PS the lid on this one is broken - replaced upside down which will keep the rain out but not the bugs.

[Hmm, for some reason my logs of earlier today didn't register, so logging again] Another stunning, sunny Marlborough autumn day! Out and about exploring the Riverlands Cycle Trail and hoping to collect some caches along the way. This cache is not technically on the path, but you do not need to climb over any wooden fences to get to it. TFTC

Found

Off to Blenheim for a couple of days for a work project. Always a good excuse for some caching while on the road.

Work done for the evening, time for some more caches before dinner. This time some specific locations to contribute to a challenge cache near to home.

Cheers bum
#3242

Thank you

Took a little while until I read previous find post and then it was obvious! TFTC!

Stuck in Blenheim for a few days with vehicle problems. Not Plan A but at least it gives us some extra time to cache. Decided to walk the Riverlands rail trail. Managed to get all the caches along the route. Some were quick other took much longer. Knowing they had all been found recently did help me to persevere at times. No joy initially here but realised there was an temporary electric fence that I needed to cross to get to the cache. Hopefully it won’t be there for the next cachers. TFTC

Found it nice and fast. Needs a new container as there is a hole in the lid.

Today was stereo refit for one of our cars. So, after dropping the beast off in town I started wandering the Riverlands Rail Cycle Trail (RRCT) from town. This was the second stop and approaching the cache, reading the logs, I knew what to look for and how to get it. And it was. After signing, I returned As it was found. On the return journey I double checked it as when I returned it I noticed Farmer Joe nearby doing some fence maintenance. Still all good.

Second find for another family day out caching, TFTC

Quick find this afternoon. Beautiful, hot day for a walk along the Cycle Trail. Signed the log and replaced as found! Thanks for the cache, bumandworker!

Quick find
13/10 Catching up on my logging. I had a lovely morning on thecycle way while visiting my daughter Tftc

Nice stroll to an easy find.

A quick duck under the fence and the cache was in the first place I looked. Thanks for the cache

Being a relief teacher with a campervan and a supportive family, I decided it was time to make use of the school holidays. I stayed the night at the Top 10. This morning I decided to cache by bike.
Luckily I found my pen, the bull didn't get me and I didn't get zapped.
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Thanks. bumandworker for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 5739 for me.

A nice quick find, after another body roll. Cheers.

Today was a day spent cruising around Blenheim, waiting for the late ferry to leave. I was so hot today, >30 degrees. The aircon in the car was working overtime.

Thanks to all of the COs for placing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

We were in Blenheim for my brothers tennis competition this weekend. We decided to take a drive out to on the trail knowing that there's a good density of geocaches here. An electric fence must have been put here after the cache placement. It could only be temporary as there was only one tape. Find #363

Enjoyed the walk on this beautiful sunny day
Quick search around and it wasn’t long before we were signing the log.
Thank you for the cache

Found but over the electric fence some way from the path. TFTC.

Managed to get over the fence without my knees touching the ground. Fumbled around like a teenager until eventually successful

A quick dash under the fence with Miss 5 waiting on the track, another quick find

Yebo bumandworker

Back again in this beautiful area, which we will discover more and more, we went out on rented bicycles for a tour

Yip, jumping over was a good idea

Tftc

QEF today once I read the comments. You do need to leave the track but it is not unsafe. TFTC B&W

Nigel Navigator & I are out for a stroll along the Riverlands Rail Trail on a beautiful Blenheim day.
It took me a little time here with the comment "dont climb over the fence". There is a zappy thingy here so it was a scramble under as I was not going to check if working. Thankfully beautiful day and everything dry. Now it was easy to find. Cheers

TFTC

Out for a bike ride with the kids and time to get some of these caches. This one was fenced off from the track by an electric fence so the kids had to wait while I retrieved. Tftc.

Easy cache and ruminating friends

Although the forecast wasn't that great we decided to head Marlborough way again today to grab a few more caches. There was 5 caches to find along this trail still and it remained sunny although icy cold until we had found the last one when we noticed some high cloud developing. By the time we got back to the car the sun had been superceded by threatening rain clouds and that set the pattern for the rest of the day.
Thank you bumandworker.

We picked up along this trail where we left it last week. A short walk from our park wiling that sun to rise a bit higher and give us some warmth. It did then disappeared to make way for showers of varying intensity. There were enough dry spells to give us opportunity as long as we didn't stray to far from the car. Thank you bumandworker

Out and about for the afternoon now to find a few more hides.


"Don't climb over the fence. Stay on the path." I was never finding the cache today if I followed these instructions as the cache is a good three metres off the path.

Had a dnf here ten minutes ago but once I found the "Pond" hide I returned to search with renewed possibilities. Jumped the electric fence and found in the third place I looked.
TFTC

After a big day out caching in the area between Havelock and Pelorus Bridge yesterday, NZDi decided she wanted a chill out day today so I planned a quick MTB bike ride out along the Riverlands Rail Trail and back to get rid of a nasty green streak on my local geocaching map. This worked out to be about a 12km return trip from home and had us back before 9.30am. We managed to get 8 caches for NZDi bringing her total up to a nice round 40 for the weekend.

Another QEF along the Riverlands Rail Trail on what is proving to be a rather windy Sunday morning. The wind is behind us at the moment, but I'm not looking forward to the return journey.

TFTC B&W

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC B&W

Agh no, a dnf, too well hidden for us
Thx anyways

Found on a great day's caching in Blenheim today, there are lots of caches in the area these days! Good thing I packed my push bike this trip.

TFTC

A nice quick find this evening, very nice for a walk along the rail trail. Some bovine cache guardians here. TFTC

[Red] Thanks for Supporting the Geokids program, making geocaching more fun for kids across New Zealand so kids aren't sad when they find geocaches . Have dropped some swag into the cache.[/Red]
Dad ( [Blue]Taybee[/Blue] ) back in the mainland again and caching. All in good order, sign log book as[Blue] Taybee nz [/Blue]or[Blue] tbnz[/Blue] team sign as [Blue] 2xtb's [/Blue]. TFTC See Taybee log.

[Blue]taybee[/Blue] is caching again with [Blue]taybee nz [/Blue] in the mainland again
quick and eary found here to day
All in good order, sign log book as[Blue] taybee [/Blue]or[Blue] tb[/Blue].team sign as ttbnz [/Blue] TFTC Log by Gsak

O Boy!!! what a full on 5 days of caching. Driving/Sailing to attend the Christchurch Mega Event with Squirrel Nutcase and also picking up caches on the way to help us complete our Dot Days and Challenges we are currently trying to fulfill. We traveled to so many places that we have never visited before and with 240 plus caches later knew we had had an eventful few days.

9.10am - Jumped fence, now which gate. GPS steered us in the right direction. SLTFTC

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)...

On our way to NZ Mega Christchurch 2015, and caching as we go. We planned to stay close to the main highway and only venture off into the countryside where appropriate... That didn't always work for us. A 4-5 hour journey ended up taking us almost two days; such was the sheer number of caches we encountered along the route.

We are pleased to report that almost all of the caches we stopped for were in place and in good order. Besides a bit of dampness, there was nothing of concern. This is a feat that cache owners in this area of the country can be proud of... We thank you... Thank you for bringing to our attentions areas of significance. We enjoyed discovering scenic areas, historical and social locations, and other personally meaningful spots.

As stated, we found loads of caches... If we were to write an individualised note for each one, we'd never get the logging done. Hence, there will be a lot of cutting and pasting going on... My apologies!!

Marlborough: A quick find. TFTC.

#899. Just a short stroll along from the previous cache and I was at the GZ. Cache found in first place checked. Starting to get a feel for the cache hides on this trail now. Log nice and dry. Signed and then a quick jog back to the car as the sun gets lower in the sky. TFTC

on the trail with the bike today.
thanks for the cache

#1158

Final grab on the family outing on bikes down the rail trail. A super morning for it with plenty of sun and not a breath of wind. TFTC

#9439. As far as we walked in this direction. Quite a few possible hiding places, and it took a while to track down. TFTC.

This was the fourth of several caches found on the Riverlands Rail Cycle Trail. We knew rain was predicted, and the clouds looked a little ominous, but we packed the rain jackets and set off.
Lots of possible hiding places, especially with the long grass, so cache wasn't quick to track down. We had wondered if the Picton passenger train was due yet, and here our question was answered as it roared past while we were at GZ. The train looked almost empty .
Now back to the car and we'll drive to the nearest access point to the final cache on the cycle trail. TFTC.

Family bike ride

good easy find

Easy find - TFTC

Out walking after lunch in town. Tftc

This entry was edited by Zissas on Sunday, 08 February 2015 at 17:45:24 UTC.

Quick find TFTC

#2751

Holidaying at the top of the South Island with tmann421. Many thanks to all the CO's for making this a memorable trip.

Nice find here.

TFTC and thanks for all the other many caches we did while in the area recently. They really work appreciated bumandworker

Another good find while on a geocaching trip driving around the area with Just-Lookin
Last day of holiday and caching towards ferry home now.

Soon had the cache signed and on to the next one.
Thanks for the good caches

Down from Canada visiting with my daughter and her family in Blenheim. Some of the family were busy doing their own thing so crman1 and I took advantage of the nice weather to hit the geocaching trail to see what we could find. QEF with crman14. TFTC

Out seeing how many caches we could find before the junky weather set in. Turned out to be a pretty nice day. Found with eltee291. TFTC!

Took a stroll this afternoon after doing the slip, slop, slap, thing. very pleasant walking along here. good to get a bit of over due exercise as well. TFTC

Enjoying a fantastic 3-week summer road trip around the South Island with our kids: over 4000km under our belts, having headed south via scenic eastern & southern highways to Bluff, onto Fiordland, wound our way back up the West Coast & now back in Blenheim visiting friends & enjoying a few days’ lovely R&R before heading northwards & home. Thought I'd head out for a walk to explore around the area where our friends live but those rain clouds are looking fairly ominous, which meant I didn't have any takers offering to keep me company lol. Enjoyed my walk to GZ & a nice quick grab, cache all good. Thanks for the fun, TFTC

Having found other caches in the area before, we knew a good place to park the car and walk to this and the next on the cycle trail. No cycles around on a damp day so no trouble making the find. Now on to the next.
Thanks.

A very pleasant walk along here today. It was trying to rain but the temperature meant that a little bit of moisture would be welcomed. TFTC .

Not quite the same weather as when I cached another couple in this series last night but hey, a days caching is still excellent whatever. Had a long day in the office today and from what I saw of it was better off for being inside. seemed so gusty that Winnie the pooh would have to re-write a certain well known story.
A quick drive along Alabama Road, what a good way to bypass all that snarl of driving through town and across the railway etc, will remember this for future routes across town. Possibility of a trip up to Rainbow ski-fields tomorrow so therefore the possibility to grab some out of town caches for my last November dot-day which falls tomorrow. If not, there are still a few around Blenners to grab.
No problems here with the found. Grabbed just before a moped came 'roaring' along the walk way.
This weas the second and last one of the day today. Streak is at 14 days and growing nicely. Just like a mo in Movember.
T F T C and the smiley b&w

Quick stop to stretch our legs after the long drive from Christchurch. So we went for a walk for this one.

[green] starting to go stir crazy - I haven't been out on the bike for a while. So the hell with study and the possibility of rain, today is the day to escape from the military, for a short cycle from the Air Force base to the coop drain just south of Blenheim and back.
Love this little rail trail cycleway. Shame it doesn't go further (like, say, to Seddon). Cache was a nice easy find although there was a nice obvious geotrail going to the wrong place. And yes, I helped reinforce the trail. The Seagnoid - sending cachers down the wrong way since 2011!

Through the long grass and prickles but the cache is there safe and sound, thanks

Took a wee while to find this one, but found in end thanks

Quick find while out for a walk with Mrs KE and her Dad.
Thanks bumandworker for the cache.

#8566

We actually did this as a P&G heading out of Blenheim. Someone had put a piece of board along the fence and we just followed the geotrail. Watch for prickles when make the grab for the container. Thanks for the cache
[purple]Our cache find: #2836[/purple] | [green]Cache of the Day: 7/57[/green] | [blue]Cache of our trip: 81/224[/blue]

Took a moment longer than expected to find this, as we went to the obvious spot matching cache name..... sometimes one should stop and check....
Thanks for the invite along this walkway again..... just was too windy to go for the longer walk we had planned, so the trail was undertaken instead.

While travelling around in New Zealand we visited this cache.
Thank you for letting us see the country!
Thank you for the cache!

Awesome find my gps led me to it. Its the most obvious place down this path

Found after attending the local event

A little wander. TFTC. Cheers Bo

Nice walk on a beautiful afternoon. Quick find. Tftc

Quick find. Tftc

Quick find tftc

I parked my car by the hall and walked along to this cache. Sort of wished I'd brought my bike with me but never mind. A nice walk along to this cache. A few puddles on the path weren't much of an obstacle and a fairly quick find here was good too. TFTC, Biggles.

Stayed the night in Kaikoura, now heading to Nelson, road re opened after freaky storm

Tftc

nice hide

A quick easy find of another cache on this high grade trail. TFTC

Thought I might be able to get to this one in a more direct route but decided against it. It was very very tempting to try and drive down here but thought it wouldn't be a good look in the work car. So a nice wander instead. TFTC #5537

Off on a mission to get all caches along this end of the trail. Took Mr W a while to find this one but he got there in the end. TFTC

nice stroll down the cycle way in the evening after a real hot day nice easy find tftc

Find #287 for the BAMMJams, and our 3rd FTF (2nd for the day). Found exactly where we expected it to be. Carried on wandering down to the next two caches, gets pretty hot along this cycleway without any trees to provide shade! The mini-BammJams dropped a dice for future swag collectors. TFTC.

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