NZ Chrismas Tree (Golden Bay) Tata Beach, South Island, New Zealand
By elliot13 on 21-Jan-17. Waypoint GC6ZGFP

Quick find, thanks for the cache.

Thanks for find, log very wet,hard to sign

Left some cool stuff for next finder

Enjoying a nice walk along the beach today, almost no one around, and a quick find here, TFTC

Thanks!

Today:Had most of the day to myself, while the rest of the family did some tramping around Toteranui. That's also where I started on my MTB, going over Gibbs hill, then down to the coast, following the main road + some diversions all the way to the bottom of Takaka hill. Found 20 odd caches along the way. Good weather, nice scenery, great success! This cache:Nice quick find at GZ, tftc!

Found it!

Tftc

Nice easy find. Tftc

Nice quick easy cache and a great beach for the toddler. Cheers

Thanks for the great cache, no pen so photos will have to do for now!

Thanks and gave container a clean

Thanks was a nice easy find

Found it! Still wet though, so we couldn't log it. There was another box on the ground, empty, so we were a bit confused in the beginning. TFTC!

Found it however to wet and moldy to right in

Quick find. Tftc

Easy find tftc

Easy find, fun. Thanks

Easy find. Very wet!

Easy find. Everything very wet so I dried the log out in the sun. Merry Christmas.

Cool cache. No pen and a bit of leakage into the container.

Log later.

Found. A little wet with a few resident slugs, but a cute wee spot thanks

Cool

This is a lovely secluded spot today. The cache was one of the wettest I've seen, so have drained it and put it upside down to hopefully cover the little hole in the top of the box. Amazing view in the sunshine nearby. Paper was just usable. Tftc

Easy find. Unfortunately filled with water and writing often not readable anymore

Tftc

Tftc. Beautiful winters day

quick find once I had the right Christmas tree. lovely sunny autumn day and not a breath of wind.

Here for the Easter weekend looking for a Christmas tree! Between showers we headed out for some caches. No problems finding this one and the cache all fine. Thanks for the smiley.

Our first geocache!

Great name& place

We still had 10 points to get to get the final souvenirs for Signal Labyrinth so made a quick stop here for a nice easy find. Container cracked and contents damp but RtR paper meant log strip was still signable. tftc

#6576

Nice stop. Easy find. TFTC.

I killed two birds with one stone: First I found the cache, then I went into the building. TFTC.

All good here. Covered a bit better than it was . Thanks

Beautiful beach great to be here thanks

Nice and easy

Quick easy find, paper was a little wet

Log a bit wet. Dried, signed and returned to spot. Great beach

In an easy location

Found

Found it on the way to Tata fun and easy for a gorgeous evening:)

Thank you to the creators of this hunt

Very easy find. Then headed off to do the nearby puzzle cache but came across loo paper and a very large poo. So disappointing when public loos were so close by. We loved the art in the loos and had fun mimicking the painted faces. TFTC

Thank you.

Easy

Quick find but many muggles around so had to wait TFTC

A nice quick find but the container was quite wet. TFTC

Great find and very easy !

Nice easy spot

L

This was a family find, a bit rainy today but fun searching!

No flowers on the tree at the moment but the cache was in place. TFTC

Nice easy find! Thankfully no one around at twilight! TFTC!

Nice quick find. Box a bit wet.

Painted Fish Rock

Checked a number of wrong places before spotting the obvious.
I left a pet rock - a tropical fish.
Thanks for putting this here for me to find

Nice easy find

Found by bailey and i, thanks!

Tree was beautifully decorated for the festive season. Happy new year. TFTC

Quick find - I was relieved no one was wanting to use the facilities just then and the coast was clear. TFTC!

27 November 2021 11:32. Stopped here for the facilities, then searched for the cache. TFTC, number 10433 for me.

Made use of the facilities and found the cache. Add waterproof paper for the next cachers to sign. TFTC elliot13.

A quick easy find. All very wet, but the waterproof log was ok. TFTC

Day 11 - Labour weekend extended road trip with Kiwicampnut - relocated to stay south of the ditch.
This was, as intended, a very quick find. Just as well it was this one and not the bigger one we could see as that had a car parked under it and a couple leaning on the bonnet.
Logbook full, only pen is a felt tip which will be ineffective on a RITR sheet.
Thanks for the cache elliot13
# 3104 25 October 2021 4:18 pm

On a trip with Ruru_NZ to gather the tour caches needed or in my case not done yet. Should be able to knock them off on this trip.

Quick find but would be nice to see the trees out in a couple of months time.

A fine set of facilities. Log has room for 4 more. Will need replacing soon. Thanks.

Located with Ricardinho

A day spent exploring & caching around GB, was a goodie! Lots of firsts for me Short walks I've been meaning to do but never seem to find time, we did this weekend Spectacular scenery right on my back door.

I don't normally make recs on public toilets, but I'd highly recommend a visit to these ones even if nature isn't calling! Stunning artwork, some people are so talented God dam it!

TFTC

We are heading out toward Wainui for a bit of a drive and stopped in here for this park and grab. It’s a nice day and there won’t be many days like this when GZ will be this quiet, so we took advantage.
Do check out the nearby toilets, they have some great art in them. TFTC elliot13.

Our second day in Pohara, and today we are exploring a few spots with some short walks. The Labyrinth Rocks, Rawhiti cave and Grove Scenic Reserve were all on the agenda and visited in the morning and early afternoon, then we headed around to Tata Bay and beyond for some park and grabs. Great weather, some really cool spots. Thanks all.

Day 20 of three weeks winter motorhoming in the upper half of the South Island. Moved on from Port Tarakohe (between Pohara and Ligar Bay) back over the Takaka hill to Motueka today. Picked up a few caches along the way.

A reasonably quick find. The cache seemed a little too exposed in such a public place. Tried to hide it away a bit better. #4230. TFTC.

Last cache today . Found just on dusk in this beautiful bay. So pleased to be in this part of NZ .
Thanks for the cache.

Tftf

First cache of this trip, and a nice easy find.
the cache is wet on the inside, but I was able to sign with the supplied pen.
Cheers and thanks,
S.t.

Lovely.. thank you

A quick find with SJT_NZ, thought we'd tackle caches in this area before heading to a cafe for some breakfast. A little water in the cache but dried it off and checked the seal, log was not too wet as safely in a bag.

A quick find with TregearP on a cool Sunday morning. A few dog walkers around, but all quiet at the GZ. Signed log and replaced as found. Thanks elliot13 for the cache.

#20052. A nice quick park and grab. Nearly time to head back to our chalet in Takaka to make a well earned coffee. TFTC.

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on a cool but sunny morning as we head to Ligar Bay.
When we got to GZ, I found that this cache wasn't on my GPSr, so while I fluffed around trying to work out what the problem was (I had inadvertently applied a filter that filtered out caches under 1 1/2 terrain ), SW got stuck in and found the cache. TFTC.

Good little find.

#1505. Day 6 of a 9 day caching holiday in the Tasman region with GB Leader. After heading over the Takaka Hill yesterday, today we explored the area around our eco accommodation in Wainui Bay, as far as the road goes. Then off to Takaka for some exploring & caching.

Easy find, but log is very wet, but ok to sign. Tftc elliot13, but shame you didn’t spell Christmas correctly!

Quick easy find.

Just had a nice walk from Tarakohi to ligar Bay to get your cache nice easy find . Thanks elliot13 for this cache

Nice lunch stop...TFTC

Quick find

We hadn't been to Golden Bay for some time and with plenty of caching options here we are.
We took advantage of some welcome shade when we parked here to look for this cache. Hazedarus found it while I was inspecting another spot.
Thank you elliot13.

We were ahead of the long weekend traffic this morning and when going home we were going the right way. Just like we planned it. The plan was to look for the Tour caches in Tasman and Golden Bay and grab some random P@Gs on the way. The weather cooperated nicely being not to hot and not to cold and we achieved what we set out to do. The point of return was Collingwood and we're slowly working our way home again. It's been a while since we visited the bay here but geocaching called today. Although we're still in holiday mode the splendour of NZ's Xmas trees was spent for another year. A quick find here. Thank you elliot13

Found during a bike ride from Port Tarakohe. Nice easy find. Thanks for the placement elliot13.

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Thanks for the tree species hint in the description! We added a seashell. Great to find on holiday! tftc

Cool cache!

Nice easy Cache, thank you

Easy find. Kids loved it

TFTC Another one for my daughter while we enjoyed the afternoon at the beach

Getting around the area geocaching - Fav point added We loved all the caches we did while on holiday.

TFTC

Easy find but log is damp. TB isn’t there.

Nice easy find to get me back into geocaching, thank you!
P.s. Paper is very wet. Someone didn't put it back in the bag right but now it's too wet to do so.

Found with my wife on a bike ride

We're on our way back to the Top 10 by bike.
Thanks elliot13 for creating this hide. It was find 9362 for me.

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Found on the way back from Totaranui. There was a nearby muggle mowing the lawns, so I had to be stealthy