Picton Transfer (Marlborough) Picton, South Island, New Zealand
By GH6710 on 16-Aug-20. Waypoint GC8YDBC

Aloha! Sitting in Tombstone Hotel/Motel/Backpacker Hostel wasting time until our walk to the train station for our next scenic train ride, to Christchurch. What is this? A traditional cache in or near the cemetery across the street? Why are we sitting here? Lets gooooo! Sometimes you should listen to the written word, not your own head. After glancing at the gps, straight up we went. Yep, straight up the cemetery. Sometimes were just not too smart! What a huff and a puff getting to the top only to find that we know longer at cache data. We could use the gps for navigating but no other data available. Off we go on a relatively straight line. Whew! Made it to ground zero, had a look about where the gps put us, within acceptable range, took a guess (searched a bit), and BINGO! cache in hand. Back at Tombstone(dont you love the name?) logging this cache and leaving for the station. TFtaking us on a walk&C! Aloha!Note: Log and container were wet. Dried as best possible, added substance to hopefully soak up the condensation until the next cacher, and returned where found. Sorry we couldnt do more.

Tftc

Quick found but was wet unfortunately

Cool find on a nice day

Log is a bit wet so may need to be replaced or dried out

In Picton today picking up people at the ferry so arrived early and had time to do some Geocaching TFTC

Tftc - nice location.Container had about a cm of water in so everything is sodden. Ive dried it out but only had one tissue. Leave the container upside to keep water out.

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.Thank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! ---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

Driving from Christchurch to Wellington today to attend the epic geocaching trip to Mana Island on Sunday. It would be silly to not grab a few random caches on the way up the island.Ended up being 20 minutes early for the final check in time for the ferry... YES! Just enough time to find a cache or two.It was dark by this stage so searching took a little longer than it probably should have, but soon found, logged and replaced. Thanks for the cache. Off to the ferry with 10 minutes to spare!!

A tricky one with backpacks on but a good hide TFTC

Thx

Found it

Thank you

Thankyou cool find

Bit off from coordinates

Just walked right by it. Frustrating but nice spot. Easy terrain

Nice walk through town and out to find some caches. Nice easy find thanks! No pen so bring your own

Found before our ferry to Wellington. Tx from Czech Republic

Coords off by 7 meters . Lots of trash by the cache. Not a pretty one. Found and signed on our last day in the south island.

Another quick find before our ferry to wellington. Thanks.

Just arrived from the North Island heading over to Blenheim, but took my time to stop for a cache or two or three Well foundTftc

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Switzerland.

During our trip through New Zealand while waiting for the crossing to the North Island, we still had time for a few geocaches. Thank you very much to CO for making this available. With a friendly Dutch geocach greeting.

Thank you

Tftc!

TFTC

The colour of the container blends in well with the surroundings. Although we had the hint, there were many objects to check as both devices were sending us around the back away from the road. Too much rubbish in the area due to lazy dumpers and one item I am sure was illegal. Anyway cache found, log signed and we headed off again. tftcCollected the tb#7098

Log and cache ok

Didn't take to long to find. Just needed to look around a bit more

**19,946**A nice quick find here, hint pretty clear so didnt have to work too hard, although has to toggle the cache out with fingers. Dont blame it for not wanting to get out of bed in this weather! LOL TFTC

Quick easy find - TFTC

In town for a couple days. Dropped a TB. TFTC!

4 for 4 today. I'm in Picton for five hours after barely missing the ferry. TFTC

Tftc, the coordinates are a little off, but after a bit of searching it was soon in hand

Coordinates are off but definitely read the hint. Tftc

I went in from the wrong side of the vegetation, but not the nicest place, full of rubbish and evidence of nighttime activities. I retrieved myself and approach from the other side but still a lot of rubbish. Located the cache eventually.

Decided to head up to Picton for some caching. Enjoyed a stroll here through the cemetery. GPS was off but hint and previous comments got me there in the end. Sadly it looks like some people decide to drop the rubbish before getting to the transfer centre. Thanks for the smiley

Quick and easy find on the way back from the tip. TFTC

Eventually found - some rubbish in the area and a decoy painted stone in a nearby tree.
tftc

TFTC!

The phone GPS was not very good today, took a while to find it and found a few interesting things on the way. Cheers

I need a cache for Blue Switch day. Yesterday I failed to find the cache I was looking for. So today this one was on my radar. Thankfully found after a short search. Cheers

easy find, tftc

TFTC. Quit location. René from the Netherlands

Took a bit of looking around but did find it in the end... But it was dark out there when I was at GZ. Cheers for the smiley

Found with Cympull. TFC

Thanks for your amazing cache. I really appreciate the time you took to set up and maintain your caches.
Found with Fisha1288
Cheers, Cympull.

Log replaced

Thanks for the cache! Logbook is full and wet.

Tento hráč oznámil plný logbook.

TEMBO! and I started our way to the North Island by ferry. Near the cemetary we found the Picton Transfer cache after a short search.

Thanks to GH6710 nz for hiding and maintaining the cache.

T4TC Filser1

Hint was a little vague but after searching all the bases we soon had the cache in hand.

T4TC

I was on a cruise around New Zealand on the Noordam with my sister, Piney Wood Walkers, my brother, Cloiud9Hikers and their spouses. We were in Picton for the day with nothing to do but explore the city by caching. My favorite kind of shore excursion. Greetings from Minnesota MN.

Walked through the cemetery on my way to GZ. Used the hint to get signed in. TFTC SL

Found today while hoping / waiting to catch the ferry. So I went for a quick check. Log is very wet but still able to write on it. Thank you for the cache.

Found it but it is 12 meters of target.

A well camoed container. It took me a double take to spy it. Our ferry to welly is delayed so had time to pick up this cache. Pleased to get it so that we can maintain our streak. This is day 64. Cache and contents are all fine. Thanks for the placement.

GPS signal not good needed hint

Evening stroll through Cemetary on Halloween
Tftc

Didn't take us long to locate this one. Tftc

Over here for the day. Shopping & caching. Tftc

Found with Judith and Masterton2. TFTC

Found with judithrichards and kaz53. While they are visiting in their motorhomes

Yes with masterton2 and kaz53

So cool:)

I looked at the right spot but didn't see the cx. There was some rubbish around, which, upong careful examination, turned out to be the cx. It was opened and in pieces, so I put it all back together and hid it securely in the tree. TFTC.

Cool find!

Found using the hint after GPS sent us hither and thither. Filling in time before checkin as our ferry sailing was delayed.

Good spot

Took longer than should have in the pouring rain. TFTC

Tftc! Easy find

Closer to the road than what it says.

GPS had us a bit lost We managed to find though, definitely is a park and grab next to the rd TFTH

Had a good look around, no luck today.

No c

Another successful find. A bonus extra for me TFTC

Easy find. Oldest date of death we could find in the cemetery was 1866. Can anyone find an older date?

Nice walk from Bluebridge boarding queue, thank you

A quick find before going for a drive down the Port Underwood Road TFTH

The GPS must have been hung over
Found it
Emptied out the water, dried the log, and the baggie
Replaced

Quick find

Having just delivered half the family to the ferry, it was far too early to head back home. So, I used a chunk of my precious mobile data (I can't afford to be on one of those fancy unlimited ones yet) and made a plan for a couple in Picton and a few on the way back to reach the summit of whatever this months peak is. This was the first. Easy peasy. Dried off the water proof paper and it was all good to log.

Log wet with water in container, able to log. TFTC

Since my original plan of being in Auckland this long weekend is not possible, I decided to head South for a couple of days. Took the ferry from Wellington yesterday morning, picked up a cheap rental, and off I went. I was targeting some specific caches for a personal goal as well as some fun mystery solves and some just 'cos. This was one of them.
All good here, found without too much trouble. TFTC

Lots of rubbish around took us a little bit to fully locate the cache but got it in the end TFTC!

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

Day 1
Arrived in Picton and time to explore. Took a bit of back and forth to locate this one but got to it in the end TFTC

Off on a weeks break to picton/blenheim/havelockon with kjr..
Plan A was to do the queen Charlotte track but with recent rain that has been closed so a road trip was plan B...
Made it 8 1/2 hrs after leaving Geraldine we check in to the yha for a couple of nights..time to stretch the legs wandering round town for a few..took a while to locate but got there eventually tftc

Lots of muggles turning around as the gates were closed. Managed to find it without attracting to much attention. TFTC

Found on my way for a few nights in the Marlborough sounds. Had a target to get and am nearly there

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First find with the cousins - 27th find overall. TFTC!

In the South Island from Tauranga on a six week holiday and now following the PWGT. I hope to have the tour completed before I get home. Today is a day in Picton to gather a few extra smileys. Nicely concealed. Had me going in circles for a while.
I am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. It’s just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these caches. Many Thanks for bringing me here. Cheers.

Tftc,dumping rubbish of at the transfer station before catching ferry

Tftc easy find

Last day of our SI rd trip. Just did a small drive on the scenic rd .lovely. easy find thanks. Tftc

Just finished walking the Queen Charlotte Track, needed 4 caches today so picking up a couple of easy ones that don't involve too much walking. Thanks GH6710

#10942

After two weeks in the South Inland we are heading home. In Picton waiting for the ferry to sail. Thanks GH6710 for the cache.

Nice quick find

Today I'm on my way from Nelson to Picton to catch the ferry to Wellington en route to Auckland. I passed through Marlborough and Blenheim and found a few caches along the way. I was also quiite focused on completing the Solar System quest as well. Here I found the Asteroid Belt and the cache. I parked near the cemetery and walked along to GZ. I overshot by a few metres then bnacktracked to the right spot and spotted the cache. TFTC, Biggles.

Caching our way to Blenheim today. Having just found the AdLab bonus this cache popped up on the radar. Made the short diversion and a quick find.
TFTC

In the area for the night. So call in and pick this one up. Soon located. TFTC