Hokitika Gorge Seat (West Coast) Westland District, South Island, New Zealand
By Sidewaze on 12-Sep-20. Waypoint GC8ZW73

Logging as discussed and with permission of the CO - cheers

Sorry folks. That's it.

Found a rock and a handy place but that was all. Thanks anyway.

No luck today.

Adding my dnf to the stack. A rock was found, but no cache.

Next time.......

Found a rock but no cache with Kaz53

Two of us had a look not really expecting to find it due to other dnf. Found a likely rock but no cache

Found a very likely rock, and the hint is specific and accurate to that, but no cache. Wondered if I should put in a replacement but decided not to this time.

No luck for me. - Bitsprayer

Only had a quick look as there were muggles about. Still could be there

Back in hokitika for my 2nd annual queens birthday weekend caching mission....
Another visit to the gorge as this section wasnt here last year...going clockwise round
Nice quick find with no one around.....have good memories of walking down the river along the whitcombe track at easter after coming over the pass from the rakaia..

Tftc nice rest stop and view

Over visiting family for the weekend. Popped over to the gorge for a look, I’ve been meaning to do this walk every time I’m here but it always seems to be raining! Lol

Thanks for the cache!

Fourth - wow this was beautiful. Over visiting this wonderful place for the south island ultra run tomorrow, was told the Gorge was a stunning walk.. and did not disappoint. Saw the geocaches on the map and couldn't resist. Tftc.

Arrived early and went for a great walk around the Hokitika Gorge. Nobody in carpark when we arrived (it was almost full by the time we did the loop). Thanks for the cache.

Tis a nice spot to take a minute to stop.

We had a great walk around Hokitika Gorge today, tftc!

We waited outside few muggles and took a nice group shot. Good little hiding hole. Tftc.

#3,703: Seated Smiley!
I came to this one after waiting out a rain storm in the campervan. The family had a nice wee walk around the loop, and found some, but not all of the caches. Very nice spot here! Was able to put my hand to the cache after following the fun description!
SL/TFTC!!

Grabbing the caches in the Hokitika gorge whilst visiting the area. Had to wait for some muggles to move on before swooping in for the find. TFTC.

Thanks for the great Cache and the description of the cache. Lovely views indeed. Thanks again for the great Cache.

This probably took longer than it should have, the hint was fine but kind of didn't read it correctly the first time. Lovely spot to visit. TFTC

Good details so quick find. Thanks

Great find, once we waited for some people to pass by. Lovely spot. tftc

Quick find with Jadeisaminx. Wow this new section is cool. Loved the walk today and finding these geocaches. TFTC

Off into the bush again. We are lucky to have these wonderful places to visit. Fave point needed to thank you for all our fun. No pic of the hills today as the mist hasn't lifted off the tops yet. Cache is all good. TFTC

A nice quick find. Thanks for the trail series. Excellent spot to visit. #6623

TFTC CZ

Easy find, thank you, such an amazing place!

Full log to come

This cache must have fallen from its perch.. lying out in the open.
I tucked away in the rightplace.

TFTC
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GPS bit out, but the description and hint are self explanatory TFTC. #748

Followed the instructions that don't mention its also a big stretch.

Took a while to find but it was pouring with rain, but we did find it, woo hoo! Can imagine the view from here would be nice, but could see nothing today.

Headed out for a visit to Hokitika Gorge today, before flying back to Auckland later this afternoon. The weather had been a bit dodgy today, but thankfully no showers came through as I did the lovely loop walk here. A quick find here. TFTC!

Great description. Thank you

I found this cache while on a family holiday to the South Island. We had an amazing time covering more than 3000km and seeing some of the very best our country has to offer. We were very fortunate with the weather and enjoyed a wide range of experiences.

Took longer to find than it should have. we had to wait for some muggles to move along before making the find.

Found on 9/01/2021.

Doing a big loop around the South Island with the Kayaks. Grabbing a few caches along the way.
Took some time for this one.

TFTC Sidewaze

found on a rainy day

Happy New Year. Found with my wife on day three of our West Coast holiday.

It took a big search for this one.
Thanks Sidewaze for creating this hide. It was find 9437 for me.

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I decided to have a walk on the new extension walkway oup at the Hokitika Gorge.

It was too wet to sit down and it was too far to reach the cache if I did anyway.

Cheers for the cache.

As my Uncle William is visiting this weekend the extended family came out here for a walk even though it was already spitting when we left the weather didnt deter us. 11 of us in total. The tail end of our group had now caught up with a smaller midway group who had stopped to take photos but Ben was again the one to find this making very quick work of spotting the cache but then spending someone "smaller" to retrieve it. Score: Mum 1, Ben 2. Thanks for placing this cache and adding to our smilies today

Lovely walk through the gorge. Nice way to finish.

Found on our tour of the South Island.
Absolutely stunning gorge despite the rain. Cache found and all is well here. Good location as the seat gives a good rest spot to sign the log. TFTC

FTF with Hazedarus.
We were almost ready to leave to come and get these new caches and a couple of solved "Survivor" puzzles when there was a small flurry of new caches published, 4 of them on the West Coast so of course that delayed our departure for a while until we had sorted GZ for a couple of them.
Last time here the new track development was well under way with bits of the new bridges ready to be installed and when we read recently it had opened hazedarus mentioned it would be a good opportunity to place some new caches there.
You snooze, you lose but I don't mind a bit.
No problem finding the cache here between muggles before we sat and took in the view after taking the obligatory photos.
Thank you Sidewaze.

FTF With Holymu. The storm finally blew itself out and we were in the process of getting ready for a visit to the extended Hokitika Gorge Walkway and two solved puzzle caches when the phone started ringing. New notifications of multi, trad and puzzle caches and none needing much of a detour. We looked at what was needed and with some serious teamwork it didn't take long before we were on our way. Last time we visited the track extension was still a work in progress and we couldn't wait to see the final result. No expense has been spared and the boardwalks, bridge and track is fantastic. Definitely worthy of some caches
I do trust DOC for placing seats with an ulterior motive. Either you need a break or there is something special. The view is spectacular and we sat down for a bit to enjoy it after making the find. A fav. Thank you Sidewaze

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