West Dome Block (Southland) Acton, South Island, New Zealand
By rentdi29 on 04-Jun-17. Waypoint GC76P3N

Couldn't access as there is a new fence.

On a short road trip today doing some business and also picking up a couple of remote caches. Thanks for placing this rentdi29. I had previously travelled in this area for a day tramp but very pleased to come back today and grab this cache.
when I was a lot younger there was a very cool swimming hole in the river that I drove along today. Spent many endless summer days there back in the 1970's. having lots of fun.

An easy find. The peice of paper left is still dry. Thanks so much

A quick find. I am on a challenge to find some remote caches ie at least 2km from the nearest cache. The log was soaked so I added a bagged alternative log. Cheers

tftc (:

Uuuuuw is still there for you guys too so I’ll just bring the boys to the house for thanksgiving dinner or dinner and then we can go over to my moms and bring them home and bring it to you and then I will come home Sunday morning so we will be able and will miss it thanks

Tftc. The book was soaked

Easy easy find and nice view

Nice wee drive. - Thanks Bitsprayer

Into the back country to this cache site. Cache found OK but log is wet and has turned to pulp. Left a mark on it will be difficult to sign. TFTC

All a bit wet, but left my mark.

Tramping club are cycling round the mountains. I thought I'd drive and tramp and geocache, as it's rainy.
Log book totally sodden

Have just got back from NZ so starting to log caches, easy find and we enjoyed the drive

A quick find today while in the neighbourhood today. Nice quiet spot but forestry crews working up on nearby hillside. Cache is in good condition still even though it hasn't been found is a while. TFTC [^]

Down South for a bit of caching and a bit of a detour before heading home.
Nice quick find here TFTC

For my personal challenge of working towards getting my calendar on GC.COM to be at least the same shade of green or darker I need to sign off at least 12 caches today. I won't grumble if I find one or two more. Today I decided to go for a drive northwards from Lumsden up to Fiver Rivers and Mossburn.

A little detour off the Mossburn Rd to sign this one off.

Cheers for the cache.

Our tiki tour continues and we're now on our way to Queenstown. This was a short divert and the reason we like to cache, it's shown us a pretty road which we would have normally driven straight past.
Log book signable but damp. Dried out cache as best we could and returned.
Tftc
Tim and Viv - ddm

We had an observer watching our progress here. Such a lovely day. TFTC

Never been up this road before, love the journey that geocaching takes you. Approaching 1500 finds.

Nice little drive and a quick find.

Found at 11:20 - #8103 - on a 5 week trip in New Zealand

TFTC

Always wondered what was on this side of the mountain. Now I know. TFTC

Nice quick find beautiful area tftc

Found it

A week away down south and a chance for some caching. Was a nice and easy find this with the hopes of lots more. TFTC

It was interesting to see some beech trees growing on the flat during the drive in and I was more impressed by the larger beech forest visible up towards the headwaters of the valley. At least it hasn't all been displaced by Pinus radiata. Cache was quickly located.

A quick easy find after a longish drive in to the cache. We note the road is closed from this point, for logging. TFTC

Yay joint second to find with Abbykitt and annielin.
We spotted this one as we made our to Kingston.on a beautiful day with not a cloud in the sky.
This was a nice side trip to pick this one up.
Tftc

Yay second to find with Downsouthinv and Annielin. A beautiful day for caching. Tftc

Yay a jont second to find with downsouthinv and abbykitt.
Yhis is a beautiful spot to come to and on a magnificent day not a cloud to be seen .
Thanks for bringing me here i enjoyed the side trip.
Tftc

Out for a drive leaving all the low cloud behind us in the south. Good gravel road to the cache and box was found at the first place we looked. Off for a drive around the mountain visiting some family members dropping off new season vegetables from the roadside stalls. TFTC

ø¤º°°º¤ø¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø, 26th FTF ø,¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø, 930th find ø,¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸
Feeling smothered by the cold damp and heavy clouds this season down home, took a peek at the district for a new cache with a blank field that fitted the bill for an easy park'n'grab with the muggle that didn't require a several hour tramp uphill. Sidetrip got organised to find some SUN! and essentially some UVB. The road had a new spread of gravel but no potholes which made for a smooth ride after the recent frosts had dried out the countryside. Only the surrounding mountains had dustings of snow on them and I had never been this close to West Dome before. Recent logging has changed the tapestry of the hillside but in leaving our run late enough meant not encountering any logtrucks, just farmers and feed-out wagons on the roads after Gypsy day. Wave!
The small cache was an easy find after the GZ was spotted much further away. Claimed our FTF's, threw in some swag and recorded the cache details on the GC book. Grabbed the goods in a new big baggy and rehid at the place. Coffee and scones at the Deer capital and a cruisey roundabout trip home visiting some family members further afield. Thanks J&D for the FTF and the dose of vitamin D . I'll put the wooden coin to good use somewhere else real soon.

Published