White Wine (Nelson/Marlborough) Fairhall, South Island, New Zealand
By bumandworker on 12-Nov-14. Waypoint GC5GE09

Found it

An easy find thank you, on my way to get the CANZ cache in Marlborough this morning. TFTC - another of my 369 degrees from home achieved.

My Geovan happened to stop at the exact right spot, so all I had to do was cross the road and grab. TFTC.

**20,230**A quickish cache find after crossing the road carefully. Post not as lonely as we thought, and then spotted the White Wine Glass! TFTC

Right, on a role night caching and doing a route about Renwick and back to Blenheim. Sorry for the generic logs.

Oh dear, 2nd DNF in a row.

Log wet and bag torn. I have put in dry paper in bag. TFTC

Found it, but it is very wet. Couldn’t sign, took photo instead - TFTC!

Nice easy PNG.. a few cars but it comes in handy when you need to stop to "check on your kids". TFTC

An easy find on a lovely day. We couldnt miss the wine glass. The log was very wet. TFTC

I guess the people across the road wanted to follow the 'one glass a day' recommendation... TFTC!!

Post a bit wobbly

Heading on a geo adventure with BCD to the top of the South Island...Picton, Blenheim, Havelock and Nelson.

Day 4
Exploring Blenheim and around the vineyards today quick find here TFTC

Day #4of our top of the south island road trip with kjr..after out queen Charlotte trip was cancelled
Tiki tour around the vineyards and the blenheim area today..quick find

Found the correct feature to look behind.... TFTC

Great what people have in their front yard.

That was an unusual and unexpected feature for sure !

Another quick one on this road.

After a short look behind all the lone posts found it

Last day in Blenheim as I head home tomorrow. Been stuck here a week but enjoyed some great caching. Collected about 200 caches and walked a ridiculous number of kms. Today walked out to Wither Hill winery and Omaka Heritage aviation centre. Collected some caches in the way. Don’t mind if it’s red or if it’s white if it comes in that sort of quantity. Thanks

Found! Thanks

Should have been obvious but ....

Even though there is a good clear view in both directions, this took some time to wait for the gaps to retrieve and replace. Log a bit damp but able to be dried enough to sign.

Quick find by Mr 9, the kids were keen for some caches on the way to town after school today

Although the hint was specific, it took a while to actually lay our hands on the cache. An interesting feature, although perhaps a little large for us. TFTC

I needed to use up my free AMEX flight and with no family trips planned, a day trip to Blenheim was arranged. Lots of cache varieties and different difficulties as well. There were too many caches to do individual logs. Thanks to all the COs. TFTC.

In Blenheim for the National Dahlia show. Early morning find along this road before we pack our bags to head home. Thanks bumandworker for the cache.

A nicd sculpture

Quick find on a mini caching expedition in the heat. Tftc

Collecting a few park and grabs on the way back to the motel before the forecast heavy rain. Great piece of art opposite the cache. TFTC

#5211. The family have come south on the Cook Strait ferry for a South Island holiday. Today we are saying overnight in Blenheim so a chance to see a few local sights and for me to grab a few local caches where possible. After dinner the family was watching TV so time for me to whip out and add a few extra caches to the days total. Well that is a distinctive piece of garden art. Very Marlborough. Quick find of the cache. Signed and replaced as found. Thanks for hiding it here b&w.

GPS was a bit off found easy enough tftc

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I love how you point out things that many people zoom past and would never notice. Thanks for the cache

Found on a nice drive over here

Quick easy find. TFTC.

A quick PnG here. Cheers.

Found on a long weekend up in Nelson/Marlborough, with family, friends, and caching. Ticks all my boxes!!

Thanks to all of the CO's for the hides. Cheers.

Quick find tftc

Thanks for the cache

Quick find this morning. Taking a day/night trip to Greymouth so stopped for this one on the way out of Blenheim! Visiting from Canada! Signed the log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache!

Very quick find, but took 5 minutes of waiting for a break in cars, as it was 5 pm.
Nice place to hide while signing the log. Neat place to hide

Yebo bumandworker

Another super spring day, time to get in those bikes to move off the massive food we are served here
And a cache or two or so to go for

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Actually we are on the way back to the lodge... actually

Tftc

A quick find here and then off to buy some white wine for ourselves.

A quick grab, interessting sculpture. TFTC

We were planning on a trip up Mt Robertson today, but the weather forecast put us off. Just as well, it did get a bit cold and wet. So a few local caches were targeted, and this is one we have attempted before and failed with. This time it was me manoeuvring the geomobile and Jojo making the grab, and she had it in 5 seconds. Put me to shame then. TFTC

Great cache to get your numbers up

Dad is Mum's hero! Mum & Z7 failed to find another cache earlier today, much to Mum's frustration, as she really wanted to earn a 'Get Outdoors' souvenir. But Dad 'got outdoors' and found this cache - based only memory, as he forgot his phone/gps. Excellent work!

Thanks always B&W.

#467

Found nice and easy TFTC

In the area today on Business, with free time between appointments and afterwards, so out and about to find a few caches. TFTC

Good cache

Had to be wary of a very busy road but a quick find, thanks!

Checked two other items as mentioned in the hint before finding the correct one. Whoops. Tftc.

Out and about on a stifling Friday evening with hubby (Kiwimykl) adding to my total by collecting a whole bunch of local caches. We went to the furthest from home first and will work our way back to town along Old Renwick Road and its tributaries.

Kiwimykl already has this one which could have made it easier for me, but I didn't need his help for a QEF PnG.

TFTC B&W

Quick stop.
Chris & Renate from Ontario, Canada

#1331 Gotta love folk that plant a post simply to mark a cache. Why is it here?

Thanks for another South Island smilie.

We were out looking at the Christmas lights and thought I had better get 1 for the day. I had an idea where it could have been, and went straight to it. A very large one across the road. Tftc.

Finally a fine weekend. Off on a campervan trip with my caching pal Bbear.
Off to the supermarket. Time for some Park and Grabs.
I liked the sculpture.

A caching adventure in Blenheim with my buddy Nosynel, we join forces to become cache team NosyBear. This was part of the trail we followed on the trip. Nice quick find. Cheers for the cache.

Having finished the work I needed to do in Blenheim a little earlier than expected, I had the chance to grab some caches on the way back to Nelson.

Hmm, I'd like to see that fit in the dishwasher.

Thanks

#809

A nice pleasant find. TFTC

A nice quick find on the way out for a vineyard tour. TFTC

So many grape vines & winery when it use to be all sheep farms. TFTC

After a round of golf at Fairhall time for a quick park and grab on the way into town.
Nearly missed the rather large go let on the opposite side of the road.
TFTC

quick grab.
thanks.

#1173

Well, we have driven past this spot lots of time, but not noticed the feature - a well placed cache.

Called here this afternoon for a very quick find. Very few people about except for in vehicles on the road. Signed log, TFTC.

I decided to get up early and head over the hills to Marlborough for the CITO event there today. I managed to pick up one or two caches along the way As this was just along the road from the last cache I found with the H & H team we did this one together too. They found the previous cache and I was able to return the favour by putting my hand on this one first. TFTC, Biggles.

A trip "over the hill" to attend my first CITO event meant we could also spend time finding some other caches too. Leaving home early, breakfast at Pelorus, caching interspersed with shopping, a walk along the Taylor Reserve walkway to stretch the legs, all added up to a fairly long but satisfying day before finally arriving home again after 9pm. Most logs were signed H & H or HM & HZ to save space on them.
This was an easy one for us, BigglesNZ handed me the log to sign after going to the correct hint item while I had headed for another. Thank you bumandworker.

At last minute it came all together and attending the CITO event became priority but not exclusive to shopping, caching and recreation. This was two in a row for joint caching with Bigglesnz. While we checked the wrong lone post Bigglesnz made the find at another. A total of 30 caches were bagged on a long but satisfying day. Thank you Bumandworker for placing this cache.

Quick find on our way to Nelson - tftc

Cruising around the Blenheim area today, picking up caches

Tftc

Bypassing an offer of a free lunch (stodge) in the Mess today, I spent my third lunch break in a row on a caching mission, creeping ever-so-slowly to the magic 200 number. I took the long way to work this morning so that I could get the lay of the land in preparation for my lunch break distraction and had a pretty good idea where to look, for both this and the other cache I had targeted today.

Pulling up beside where I thought the cache was likely to be and turning on c:geo, I got a distance of 2.05m, which was probably pretty accurate. Then it was a case of waiting patiently for a break in the traffic (from both directions) to make a grab for the cache. Before long a suitable break happened and I made a grab for it.

A QEF which takes me one more closer to my next target of 200.

TFTC B&W

Took the back road home from work today. Needed to be a tad patient though - the road was very busy from both directions.
TFTC B&W

TFTC. Visiting this lovely part of the country to attend the Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow. What an amazing event.
I took an opportunity during the lunch break to pick up a few caches. It was really quiet in town as it was Easter Sunday.
Thanks bumandworker for placing the cache.

Having a rest in town after 6 days on the trail through the Rianbow and Molsworth Roads.TFTC.

I noticed this white feature on my way to an appointment this morning so wasn't surprised to find myself back here on the way home on Black Friday. TFTC #6583

Disturbed the wee dogs. TFTC

Quick find of a well named cache on our rapid circuit of Blenheim today. TFTC

I've never noticed the feature before. Quick easy find TFTC

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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

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 cache - liked viewing the winery

Sent my dad back to Canada on a plane this morning so what better way to get over the sads than to do something that he loves....geocaching! Found with FluffyUnicorn02. TFTC!!

My grandpa left to go back to Canada this morning, which was sad....so we went geocaching because it was something he loves to do. And hey, it made me feel better...so thanks!! Found with coastalmartinis. TFTC!

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!

#8965. We were pleased there was plenty of room to pull off on this busy road. TFTC.

We had driven down this road a few months back and found most of the caches along here, but this cache had been placed since then. Had to wait for a couple of parked cars to drive off, then hopped across the road and quickly found the cache. TFTC.

Parked and a quick find by Mrs Wood. Tftc

A quick find, and appreciated finding a good parking spot close by.

TFTC

Back home in Germany it's to do all the logging. Because of bicycling we had limited baggage and no chance to log decently. Sorry for a non idividual log, we had so manny impressions in beautiful NZ, thus we can' t remember all the details. Nevertheless TFTC

Find #410 for the BAMmJams - Mrs BammJam and the mini-BammJams headed out for a school holiday afternoon of caching, with the promise of ending up over at Makana for a chocolate!

This one proved to be an easy find - we'd sussed out the area a few days ago and knew exactly where to stop the car - cache grabbed, log signed and cache returned in a matter of seconds! The mini-BammJams took out a tiny green peg and replaced it with a dice. TFTC!

I decided I'd go and watch the cricket somewhere but that finished as I was parking the car so I went caching instead. TFTC

Put the kids to bed and left Mrs SB with a good book and mocha whilst I went out to mop up some caches. Thanks for all of the hides.

Easy find. Cftc

Dropped off We Will Not Fail LOTR Geocoin after it's trip to Sir Peter Jackson's Omaka Aviation Center.
Good luck on your journey funky little coin:)

After 'thirsty work' what is better than white wine. Well maybe a cache and better still a found cache.
Thanks.

On a mission today to achieve a personal goal before midnight. - - - It was tempting to stop here and celebrate it but, oops, no, have to achieve it first. Besides there are too many caches to be found that drinking wine and coffee is not going to help. Thanks for the hide .

Tftc. Quick find the 6yr old!

After yesterdays exertions up to Mount Vernon Trig and surrounds I drove towards this 'cluster' of four caches before deciding to leave until tonight. The weather has been threatening rain for most of the day but had come to not much by mid afternoon. Got my stuff together, including red rain jacket, and headed up to the car park at Forest park Road. G P S was showing me 1 point something kms to cache number one and with a winding path it promised to be another afternoon of 6-8kms walked, nice.
Weather was distinctly average after a bit, but decided to push on anyway and try and clear out the fabulous four, or at least I hoped they'd be fabulous!
Lucky last of the day after finding my target 4 caches on Wither Hills and moving my find total to a 2899, need one more to even things up, this one will do me nicely
Parked so close it was great and dashed out and grabbed and signed before I could get any wetter
Replaced as found and now for a bath and a soak
T F T C b&w

Nice quick find last one for the day beware of the dog