End of the road for Redwood (Marlborough) Blenheim, South Island, New Zealand
By GH6710 on 13-Jan-15. Waypoint GC5K64D

My first geocash

Been meaning to grab this for awhile now, finally remembered a pen! Tftc!

Dodging the showers we snuck in here to nab this one. Extra protected, I like it!

An area we hadnt visited before. An easy find after a short walk. TFTC

When I have a long hike planned, it is always great to get a cache find under my belt early on. In this case, I was able to get one before I even started. All good here.

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Thanks

Ttfc

Headed out today to get the final points for the Cosmic Quest challenge souvenir. Had a plan but that got tossed out the window with the wet weather, so it was on to plan B which was a bit drier.Another cache that was missing last time we looked for it. This time it was a nice simple find and it was good to turn the blue face to a yellow one. tftc#9843

A quick find while out with 3Prettys. Glad it wasn't an uphill walk,TFTC

spacenarwhale and I had some time to fill while Mr 3Prettys was at a local appointment, so I decided to see just how far uphill I'd have to climb to find this cache. Thankfully the answer was "not very far at all", so after a bit of bushwhacking I spotted a Suspicious Pile of Rocks and was signing the log in no time. spacenarwhale perfomed admirably as look-out and selfie-taking-distraction.Thank you for the cache.(cache is no longer at the base of a tree)

Found it

yippee good for first timers like me

I'm down from Auckland for a couple of weeks and this morning decided to head to Wither Hills Farm Park and walk the Mt Vernon Loop, the weather was fantastic for it. A quick find back at the car park after my walk. TFTC!

Found it

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Cache replaced

Dam no luck today

Gone?

Needs a co check

Unfortunately not found. Trees are quite overgrown. Rubbish in trees.

No luck today

Bushes very overgrown and lots of rubbish, couldn’t find

Looked for ages. Couldn't find it.

Had a decent look, but nowhere to be found today

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czechia.

Nice quick find. Glad to see it weathered the storm. TFTC!

Visiting Blenheim with a view to moving here soon, so although today wasn't strictly a caching day I did managed to squeeze this find into our itinerary whilst house hunting.


T4tC GH6710, Civvnr & MissTreadlightly ....(UK)

Find number 10251

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I now live full-time in our caravan & travel the country visiting places we want to visit … we are currently parked up at the Waterlea Racecourse in Blenheim for the next couple of days … today we decided to go for a walk up Mt Vernon via the Sutherland Stream Track to The Crown & onto the Trig Station, mainly to do the Ad Lab here but also to grab a few caches … the weather was ideal, warm but overcast with the threat of rain … all said & done, an ideal caching day … pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally … TFTC ... TN:LN:SL ... #3,631 for us.

I came by to do the AL. Thanks to the AL owner for pointing out that a regular cx was also here. Sometimes (OK, a lot of times) I focus on the AL to the extent of missing other caches. TFTC.

Found exactly as per description (near not at hint!) . No log from last “finder” in the book!

Thanks

In a tree

Took a few moments to find as it was a couple of metres from the hint item

Out with Christchurch group busy paws, Jude_E and lytteltonwitch. Did a point on adv lab close by and came to find you. Thanks for the cache GH6710.

First find for the day. Doing the ad lab. Lovely day for it too

Good spot, not to hard to find.

Lovely start spot

This one was fun for the kids!

Found it easy there was a dead hedgehog beside it

We were in NZ on a holiday hoping to spend a bunch of time geocaching; however, we ended up in ISO due to positive COVID tests! Once our mandatory isolation was over we were able to travel a bit and grab some caches on our trip. This cache was on the to do list for today. Cheers and TFTC.

G’day there GH6710, we were in this area today and found your cache End of the road for Redwood (Marlborough) GC5K64D. Our name was added to the log book at 11:26 am on 18 July 2022. A huge thanks to you for placing this cache here for us (and others) to find!

We took up Geocaching on 3 March 2013 and this cache brings our total find count to - 13654.

Thanks for geocache

5 year old found it

End of the track after 4 hrs: up Mt Vernon and down the Covenant with morning tea, lunch, the Ad Lab and 10 caches for me. Loved the mature horoeka/ pseudopanax crassifolius/ lancewood which we saw on the way down before getting here. I didn't know, but heteroblasty is the word which describes the different form from juvenile to adult tree. Tftc

Quick find before a wander up the stream. TFTC

We live in our motorhome, staying in a friend's front yard at the moment sorting appointments for us and Dog. Geopup Finn us at the groomers for a MUCH needed trim, shampoo and pedicure so he missed out this time. Nice quick find. TFTC

pompey chimes

Awsome find!!

The family has some new boots for tramping so a great spot to start wearing them in. Onwards! Cheers

Off for a walk in the area, absolutely magical place - TFTC

It was a hard to get to but a fun one to do

Tftc

I thought of doing the AdLab here but after looking at the hill climg for this old geezer with a dickey ticker and gammey knees reason won out.

So as a consolation prize this Trad was signed off.

Cheers for the cache.

Back from a walk up the hill, carpark fairly full but no-one about. Quick find, thanks for replacing the cache.

TFTC GH6710

Nice QEF as I was in the carpark with my youngest offspring. TFTC and it was there are in perfect nick (thought you may want the update as it seems to have previously gone missing).
*** Along with a few other caches today I signed this one as the 23rd Jan, my mistake there, it was found on the 25th***

Replaced, just above gl

Found the pole and checked under a lot of trees. Found a bottle and a couple of cans but nothing resembling a cache. Even had a previous finder with me and they couldn't find it again either.

If anyone has a hint that would be appreciated

Perhaps my eyes need a check, but I checked the hide spots around GZ and came up empty handed. Could've been the heat messing with my mind

Clue helped. No one noticed me. Tftc

Chur

After a ridiculously busy few weeks st work, it's time for a much needed day off and a wander around with Aurora11511. Nice hide in great condition. TFTC

Found it nice start for walk

Found by littlies on sunny day walk

Last cache of the day before heading to the motel. Easy find, TFTC

Great day out

Quick find while riding past. TFTC

Quick find, all good in cache. Somewhat disappointed as upper tracks all closed due to fire risk. Will have to return in winter. Tftc!

Heading home to Nelson albeit via the side streets of Blenheim and Renwick.

I had a real sense of déjà vu with the caches along these roads. Either I found or never logged them or the location has been recycled. Either way it’s a smiley where there previously there was not.

Nope. I don’t think I have been as far along here after all. I have now though and another find to prove it.

Picked up the TB for a road trip.

Thanks GH6710
#3256

Logged using Cachly.

We were going to walk up Mount Vernon but the tracks are closed. At least we got this cache here to console ourselves. Thanks for the placement. GH6710

Nice easy find..sadly no mount walk today track closed due to fire risk..thanks for the cache

Dropped off a TB

So sad the decision to climb Mt veron was taken away from us (never mind).
Quick easy instead.

Thanks for cache here...easy find for me...but too dry and hot for Hill Walking...

Petit geocache facile et sympa

Spending time in Blenheim today before taking ferry back home. Lovely day for a walk. TFTC

A nice start to my walk - frosty morning and in the shade along the stream as I headed all the way up to Mount Vernon trig. TFTC!

Found log on the ground but no cache. Have replaced at GZ under a stone.

Cache check, safe in a tree near the hint item. Returned the logbook.

Easy find

Easy find..but not a jam jar

Stuck in Blenheim because of vehicle issues so lots of time to cache by foot or by bike. Today I decided to walk to Wither Hills Farm Park as I did yesterday but took a different route to collect some more smileys. Didn’t find the cache however then noticed the log lying on the ground nearby. Water proof paper so able to sign it. Unfortunately I didn’t have a container with me so tucked it under a stone at GZ. Needs a CO visit for some TLC. Thanks

Fun!

Nice easy find to get me started today tftc

With crickethawea. Looked in wrong tree to start

Found with judithrichards. A dead hedgehog was guarding it

A quick easy find at the end of the road. Unfortunately we rarely have the time to venture up into the hills. TFTC

Found and signed tftc

26042020

First of what is hopefully a number of finds on today’s mission

Me and my boy found this one . It was our first find so that was exciting. Not to hard. Not to easy.

First of the day thanks

Quick find, TYFTC

any early morning but we found it before the sun rise

Watch out for the ants at pole found it

Ax1632

Found early morning on our very first day of geocaching.
K&R️

Yay very first find
K&R