Behind the scenes at DOC Renwick, South Island, New Zealand
By docpicton on 12-Oct-15. Waypoint GC651NP

Heading out for a Sunday drive. Just picking up a cache or two on my way past. TFTC Fantastic effort put in to the cache container well done.

I was in Blenheim for work and on the way back after a drop off at the airport had only some time for a few caches, so I looked up which ones and this was the first.Very cool. Took a moment as I tried to unscrew parts which didn't work. Just after signing the log (pieces of paper) and trying to put it all in again a car pulled up. How not to look suspicious here? But they moved on once the gate opened and I was able to put it all back together.Thanks DOC

great cache F and K

Awesome swag, thanks

Quickly found the suspect item, but took a few minutes of messing around and fiddling before I figured out how access the log, very cool, TFTC

Loved the challenge to open it

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.A really fun cache. +1 FPThank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! Visited this cache together with **taybeedragon**---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

The DOCNationalOffice team were passing through Renwick and stopped to see what pictondoc had hidden. What a fabulous cache container. Took a bit to figure out how to enter it. Office workers I can hear you saying. Thanks so much for placing and maintaining this cache.

#14,665. I am over in Marlborough for a few days of geocaching after a work trip. Picking up multis is my main mission this trip as I am now aware there might be some challenges out there that require quite a stack to be found within one month. Getting on in the day now so time to check out Renwick. I parked and waited for a car to leave then went to look for the cache. Found something very unusual hidden in plain sight. Guessed what it was but how to enter. After twirling a few parts I made the right action to reveal the inner cache. What a great idea for a cache container. Signed the logsheet and replaced as found. Thanks docpicton for hiding it here. Favourite from me.

Many hands make light work. Had tried for this one in the past without success. Today several hands made it successful. Tftc

TheLandGirl and I are in Blenheim for a few days and took a look for this cache while in Renwick this afternoon. Soon spotted the unusual container at GZ, then found our way into it. Cool hide, TFTC!

A very cool hide. Took a combined effort from Vistra and I to open the cache container. Thanks for this fun cache.

Thank you for a fun first find. Left something behind and took something to hide elsewhere

Tricky cache, lucky we had a young one to figure how to open it

Awesome cache

Thanks for building the parking area just for us cachers. I didn't know DOC was in the business that the cache container indicates. Definitely the first one I have seen of this made into a cache. TFTC.

Our first cache on the South Island. Driving from Picton to Tophouse and picking up a few cache and dashes on the way. TFTC

**20,308**A very clever cache, found quickly and Mr Geckoh soon had it open. Well worth a favourite point, very impressive. TFTC

Lebruns thank you

Great spot for a snack on way through. Fav cache!!

A quick find with TARV2014. All in good order. Thanks for the cache. Took one TB to move on.

A very clever cache and swapped out a couple of TBs to take on some further travels, Thanks docpicton for all the work you do to make the outdoors enjoyable and for the clever cache. Found with SJT_NZ on a jolly to Marlborough

This was my last find today and the main reason for my outing as I managed to drop off three TBs.I could see the hide from my car so once I remembered how these work it was a very quick find.T F T C docpicton.I wanted to drop off a couple of TBs so I found a good sized cache in Renwick and a couple of other caches to grab while out. So it made for a nice little outing of three from three finds.

Two man job

Took a sec to figure out how to open, definitely easier with two people

Love this cache. Hope to place something similar. Favourite given.Im having a couple days in Picton after caching in Nelson with three other Wellingtonians.Today TaybeeDragon is with me as I explore an area of Marlborough I havent been to before. Caching is great for that. I am enjoying the scenery (the hills arent too dry at the moment) and history.Kia ora rawa atu for the cache docpicton.

Very different cache find but super cool might need a more water tight container tho as the log book was a bit soggy.

Got off a bit early from work and headed out for some caching. Beautiful sunny day but got cold once the sun had set. Managed 22 finds and 1 DNF. Was dark by the time I got here but no problems finding the cache. Took me a but longer to sign the log. A wonderful cache that made my day. Thanks and happy to add another favourite point. Well done DOC.

Was an interesting find , need more then one set of hands to open , my toddler enjoyed swapping in his treasures

Its been a while since I last found a DOC cache. You need to place a few more. Fortunately I'd seen that equipment before so the log was quickly signed. TFTC dicpicton.

A quick find, as intended I am assuming. Not much later GAR worked out how to get to the log. Very cool all around and deserving of an FP from us too. We are driving a bit today and do not have time to stop at all caches, unfortunately, so are picking ones the geocaching app has a number of FPs on. So far these are proving to be a bit beyond the usual which is nice. Thanks so much for putting this cache together docpicton - awesome work!

Found with a Dracophyllum. Yes, the open sesame my contribution. Tftc.

The trick was figuring out how to open it … but got with the plot …..TFTC

Trouvée rapidement
MPLC

Yay this was a fun quick find, when we found it, it was a bit difficult to open.

After a day at Grovetown Lagoon and finally finding Blenheim Rail history I need another 4 caches to get my souvineer for the month. By the time I got here its dark so caching by phone light. Found it and twiddled with it and it opened for me. Yah great. Signed and put back together. Cheers

We are slowly making our way to Picton. We get distracted quite easily. We detoured here not knowing what to expect. We prodded and twisted with no luck. Then we used brain power and within seconds, the cache came apart. Very clever use of this equipment. Thanks for the fun docpicton

A very unique cache soon had the log signed as my engineering mind quickly solved the opening process thanks DoC easy fav

Tftc and greetings from Czechia. FP+

Passing through on a tiki tour around the mainland. Exploring the Renwick area. Got muggled by a DOC worker who saw me with the cache container. He had seen it there but did not know what it was for. Took a while to get it open. Thanks for hiding docpicton. a fav from me.

After a great wine tasting in Gibson Ridge Winery, a quick find. The wine helped me to figure out how to open very easy.

luckily I had an expert with me who helped me get to the logbookGreetings from the Czech Republic and Thanks For This Cache.I send
Díky za keš.
20:13
Moje 4767

Such a cool cache! Took me and the kids a few minutes to work out how to open it. Awesome!!!

Cache was a quick find but it took us a few moments to open it. Loved the cache

OH this is SO good. Thanks very much for giving us a chuckle but it wasn't easiest for a couple of the team first on scene to sort out. Happily something twigged and we had a log book in hand. Another Fav from me. It's no wonder !! TFTC ]8D]

We are on a geocaching adventure with busy paws, Jude_E and lytteltonwitch. Wow very clever cache and happyto sign log. Thanks for the cache docpicton.

Easy parking and good hint. Soon worked it out. Tidy cache!

Took a bit to nut out . Nice to open . Tftc c

On our way back from a camping trip with the kids I was looking for a place to drop 2 TBs. Seeing this was a regular it seemed like a good place to stop. TFTC

Definitely team work required with Kaz53

This gets a fav from me. Definitely took two of to get this one open. TFTC cool

Smart

This was a really good one

easy for a firefighter

Found with pompeychimes

Fire

A few circles around and then I found the “interesting object”.

Had to poke around for a few minutes, but eventually figured it out.

Thanks for the cache! A cool little thingy!

Easy to find but the navigation helped

Nice easy find but opening was fun, team work prevailed.
Thanks

Nice afternoon scootering with JigsawNL. TFTC!

Cache in good condition. Interesting gizmo. TFTC

Very quick and easy find, didn't take long what so ever

Found ! TYFTC!!!

Fun cache!

When you think you have seen all types of container another one shows up. A clever hide . TFTC

In Blenheim for a while.. so think I'll try and do a few when I have the time.... Cool hide.Cheers.

Enjoying my SI adventures. Tftc

16/10/2021 13:57

Our team includes Franco (6), Lucas (8), Maddox (almost 1) dad Cale, mum Lee, Nana and Grandad.
The Jam Clan.

It was hard to find we probably spent 10 minutes trying to find it

That's a goodie

Excellent container

Great cache. Worked it out with the help of my 11yo. TFTC:).

Happened to be nearby for a non-cachng reason and thought to pop around the corner to see if we could find this one. Parked up and wandered about and at first we were a bit confused as to where a cache might be, and a bit nervous the DOC worker might give us a hard time.

However knowing that it was a DOC hide we decided to keep going on the basis that it was pretty unlikely they'd want us crashing about in the garden and that proved to be correct, the cache requires no going into any garden at all.

Mrs Tuolei tried first to no avail and then I failed too. But the two us, ah, there's the charm and the log was retrieved from the interesting container. Great idea for a cache, have never seen one like this before. Thanks to the DOC team for putting this out and maintaining, much appreciated.

Good team work to open this one.

This was a very cool container here.
With teamwork , Jan and I eventually worked out how to open and close this most unusual object!
Never seen one before!

Fun container to access.

Good hide

After knowing a couple of firemen it was easy for me to work out that it is a coupling and used to connect additional hoses. Great cache container and a fav point from me.

Sad to see the garden so overgrown and the plant signs derelict

Hmmm, interesting container. Took a few goes to figure out how to get it open and there it was, nice work. Cheers

Not easy to open but keep trying , there's a trick to it

Very cool but couldn't open it

Very kool hide!

A visit to a workplace from the past for Andy as we hunted for the cache here. After initially searching the wrong side, the correct piece of equipment was spotted and Andy retrieved the logbook for me to sign off. tftc

Really cool hiding place

Found this but couldn't open it to sign. Will try again another time TFTC

Can not find this one looked everywhere

Can not find this one after searching

Could be In over grown garden

Looked everywhere no signs of anything!

Heading up north for a few days, had a great drive up to Blenheim today 60 caches for the day, road busy and foggy in places. Thanks to all the caches placers - Bitsprayer

Took us a little while in the rain today but was a great find

We called in here to check that the Molesworth Road was open and then walked through the small patch of bush to the cache. A novel use for the hint item. Well done DOC.

I liked the container used. It was very heavy and I went about opening it all wrong. TFTC

Spacenarwhale and I enjoyed a lovely walk along the paths, then were surprised to find the cache container so noticeable on the walk back to the car. We returned to the path to (unnecessarily) open it, signed the log and returned it as found as the DOC workers were returning to their cars.
Thank you for the cache.

Hello from Perth WA

We found this while on our South Island adventure.

TFTC

Found while out on a bike ride with Mr 9. Thanks for the cache

Nice and easy. Just my type

Too easy My wifes favorite types wonder if she's reading this...

Out and about with son. Swapped sunfing with sumfing