Clean Neck ( Central Otago ) Minaret Bay, South Island, New Zealand
By Bitsprayer on 02-Jan-07. Waypoint GC104ZD

We spent some time here searching on both sides & scrambling around. Couldnt find any white rocks to give us a clue. Seems to be a couple of recent finds here, so no idea what we were doing wrong.

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No idea, clues made no scene to us.

Logged

Found!

Short stop - great area.

On TFTC

TFTC and the great view

Yehaass

Find by the overnight on Kidds Bush Campsite. TFTC. THX.

Found it on our way back from the Kidds Bush Campground. Nice spot!

Found that Cache on the way from Wanaka to the Westcoast. Good time for a Geocaching Break.

On a road trip to the West Coast. TFTC!

Nice hide!

Although the weather was not in our favor today️️we still found several caches in nice places.Greetings from the Czech Republic and Thanks For This Cache.
Díky za keš.
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Moje 4503

A very early morning start to head up here for an assessment and we'll I mite as we grab a cache or two.
A quick find in my favorite place new Zealand beach forest.
I had to drain out the water from thr cache . Log damp but still easy to sign .
Dryed out the rest of the cache content and returned to hide .
Sadly I can't stay the night as I have to be back home tonight but will be back as this is just a beautiful hidden gem of nz and I will ne back for the night
Thanks for bring me to this place

Found with and downsouthinv.
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A very early morning start to head up here for an assessment and we'll I mite as we grab a cache or two.
A quick find and manged to keep feet dry which is always a bonus and now on to kidds bush camp site for the reason why I'm here today .
Sadly I can't stay the night as I have to be back home tonight but will be back as this is just a beautiful hidden gem of nz and I will ne back for the night
Thanks for bring me to this special part of nz



Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching.

Life is short. Live one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!!
Thanks for the hide
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On a geocache adventuring in the area and swung by here...cant resist a waterfall! Awesome house across the lake by itself, not visible from the main road. How peaceful!

Hard spot

A little chilly here. Lucky us - managed time keep our feet dry! TFTC

Neat spot for a cache - luckily water levels were low so didn't need my hiking boots. Tftc

Such a stunning waterfall!

What was meant to be one night at kidds bush turned into 3...what a great place..
Heading out this morning to tramp into Cameron's hut for a couple of nights ..not before stopping for this in the way past ....quick find tftc

Cooool

We had a DNF here in June 2020 so today we came back for another look as we read the log which said someone found it recently. This time we read the description better and I managed to spy a possible/probable site from the other side of the stream and M did the monkey work. Excellent place and cache and another favourite point. Nearby we saw a ewe with twin lambs both feeding with their tails wagging "fit to bust".

I’m so glad we made the decision to visit the 3 caches down this private little wonderland. We’d had some rain in the early hours but the weather had settled and turned into a balmy autumn afternoon. A short walk on the edge of crystal clear water jarred with the cow pats that I had to step around. I nearly didn’t see the cache until I turned around to look back at what Merlot had spotted. This old cache is in amazing order!

We drove along here to check out the DOC camp after finding the nearby geotour cache, and on the way back we stopped to have a look for this one. Mrs nzk went exploring and was able to get along the edge of the stream almost to GZ without getting wet feet, but when she realised the cache was up there, decided not to risk her camera / phone / gps / body by going further, and took some pics of the waterfall instead. Thanks for the placement in a lovely area.

After the heavy rain last night we thought we might get wet feet getting this one but managed to sneak along the edge. Pazza climbed up and had no trouble finding the cache

I saw the dust flying out behind a vehicle heading along here on my way up to The Neck so on my way back I decided to detour off and head over here for a look see. I was surprised to see a DoC vehicle parked up and another couple of vehicles went over the bridge while I was here. GPS lead me to the other side first and after checking a couple of places I thought I should check over here. I always love finding these older caches - they always take you to quite special places. TFTC # 16,836

We're hunting Tour caches and anything that's not slowing down our objective to much. After setting up camp at Kidds Bush Reserve we plan to explore as far South as Wanaka. These falls must be spectacular after rain. The creek runs at a trickle today though and the lake is low. So no wet feet needed but it was a blessing at 29C. Thank you Bitsprayer

We are camped at Kidds Bush Reserve for a couple of nights so once we had set up camp we headed off out to find some caches. As we were about to leave the car another chap pulled up and marched straight upstream so that left us to find the cache muggle free.
Thank you Bitsprayer.

Our 500th find. Initially looked the wrong side. Thank you from Howard and Kath

On a return trip up to Central from Invercargill (the alternate way, a change for TD) testing the newly acquired van with great company and plenty of chats. A bit of a run up further north today to show TD the sights as she hadn't ever ventured above Wanaka. A little diversion off the main road to this wee cache. It was a bit of a hunt up, down, and around. Hmmm have a think.. check the description again. Up 2.5-3m, so scanned that area. I see a white stone! Directed TD to the spot, she the daring climber not me! Yay it was there! Great wee hide and lovely spot too, thanks for bringing us here.. a fave for the adventure tftc

Cache 405 What a stunning mini waterfall here We stopped and went down to GZ Closest phone got me was 2m so searched the area well, no cache Hmmmm so we climbed up from the top to see if it was up there hmmmm not their either back down to GZ to double check..... Wombats_4 saw a possible hiding spot over the stream. So I threw off my shoes and socks and tackled the freezing cold waters (and no my brain didn’t think go back and cross the bridge ) so I scaled a few rocks over there and held onto the tree with Wombats directing me to where she thought the cache might be hiding and she was bang on WAHOO! I wouldn’t have seen it. So we signed the log and I added a Rock bug to the cache before putting it back in its hide. Then yes again I crossed the freezing water before heading back to the van. Guess I left my brain behind today lol coordinates were 30m out from GZ for me according to my phone. T4TC

Found it nice creek and small waterfall

Stunning location

Easy about looking for this as thought was a lot higher and I have no nerves!!

Climbed up and nothing. Then saw it coming down again. Nice waterfall with best view from the road.

What a great place with a wonderful waterfall. We looked and looked but could find nothing that matched the hint and the previous logs. We were determined to find it and kept standing back to look and go back to look again. But we could not find anything. So frustrating.

Nice stop on the way to kids bush

Nice cache. Thank you

Nice waterfall, nice hide, nice little climb for our wee cacher. Both container and logbook are in good condition. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache. Merry Christmas.

KrystalKath and I are returning to Makarora after staying at Cardrona pub. There's been more rain and new snow on Sentinel peak and we're looking out to see the mighty waterfall in The Neck creek from the other side of the lake.
KK said she'd like a closer look so here we are.
Of course I know there's a geocache here. Parking by the bridge we don our gumboots and have a closer look.
Initially I lost the gps location due to the steep cliffs so it was back to the bridge to reset and the second incursion was more successful. Fortunately I didn't have to take on the briar rose just beyond the cache. That's a handy tree! I guess that's why it's only a T2. Signed log, admired the waterfall and chatted to the calves. All good here TFTC

Found as a part of a previous group TanjackMüley, now WanderingSparrow. Now I'm continuing on my own. TFTC

What a wonderful place! We weren’t sure if we were at the right height or level. But as we went closer to the waterfall we found this one quickly. Cache is in good condition. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache. fp from us for this hidden gem.

Found with Ivetacek.
Nice weather (no such rain).
Nice waterfall, we would miss it.
Thanks for the cache.

While visiting Wanaka, we have taken some time out from the usual tourist things to find a few geocaches in the area. We have been having a great time exploring the area and partaking of some of the activities available.

Thank you Bitsprayer for placing the cache and for maintaining it for everyone to enjoy

Gorgeous spot with amazing views.

Spectacular view across the lake, and great little waterfall. Lots of fun to find!

An awesome spot for a cache, loved exploring by the creek. Dad found this since I was a bit short. TFTC

What a great wee spot for a cache. Thanks for getting us to stop at this nice waterfall. TFTC

Thanks for bringing is here, the waterfall is very nice. Found it in great condition too. Tftc

Nice spot. Grabbed it on our way to the campsite.

A lovely spot, thanks for the cache, an easy find !

Found with our 3 and 5 y.o. Thank you Bitsprayer for making us stop here.

*Day 11 of our amazing trip*

On our way from the DOC campsite towards the starting point of the Isthmus Peak track, blumen-wiese and I stopped at this nice location to look for the cache. Thanks to the accurate description we could find it rather easily.

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Austria.

Day eleven of our wonderful New Zealand trip Oztriaco and I started at the near campesite. So before we made our way to Ismuth peak we stopped for this cache. we were lucky there were no cows on the way. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Austria.

Found it!!! Amazing spot. Last geocache adventure in NZ. Until next time.

26th of the great antipodean pre-wedding adventure.

This is likely to be our favorite cache of the trip.

We were driving back from the Blue Pools: a pretty rainy, pretty not-very-blue time, but that's fine, still very pretty.

We saw this cache come up but we didn't have any details in our phone except the title and no connectivity. Even saved maps wasn't show up for the immediate area. So it was pretty blind all the way from Route 6 to GZ.

We were totally pleased when we found it, loved the waterfall, and enjoyed driving through the sheep.

Great cache. Thanks!

Today I left the DOC Boundary Creek campsite for Lake Hawea and after parking up my snail shell I backtracked to locate and sign off a few caches.

What a hidden little gem this waterfall is.

Cheers for the cache.

What a beaut little stream and falls. Quick find. TFTC

Got it! On a NZ road trip from Maine, USA. Thanks for the cache. This one is dedicated to Harambe. May his spirit guide us to the next cache.

Beautiful spot! Hi from Portland, Maine, USA. Found with my team Rewa. TFTC!

Went straight to it, following the hint. What a lovely tranquil place!

Thank you for bring us here. We’re on our way to Kidd’s reserve. Caching ensures you reach the best places.

A beautiful little spot that I wouldn't have seen if it wasn't for the cache. Thanks.

today i traveled from haast to wanaka and found some caches on the way. this spot here was very nice and the cache was hidden in a clever spot. TFTC!

What a beautiful spot

Great hide

It was on the other side of the stream........ha, walk over the bridge!

TFTC such a lovely spot

On our way through to Wanaka from the West Coast, a short detour and quick find and climb. Tftc

Picked up some mountain water while here. Kai Kelamoku found the cache. Tftc

Truly an amazing location. The views to the lake are good and views up the creek are even better.

On my way from Haast to Wanaka. This was the fifth and last one I've visited along the way. It didn't take me long to find the cache and I loved the idea of getting this view, without all the other tourists around. Thanks for hiding!

On our way to Fox Glacier WE made a short detour to the neck stream. Being two meters tall the signing of the logbook was no problem. Thanks for hiding

climbed up the banking and didn't see the cache came back down and checked the GPS when I was approached by another cacher (Edvern) so it was back up and spotted the cache straight away, why I didn't see it on my way back down in the first climb, log signed and a chat with her and off we go along the track TFTC #3384

Glad we took the short detour to this one, and surprised to meet another cacher here! Also surprised that I was the third visitor today. That's an impressive chasm. Thanks Bitsprayer - good to be back in your territory again.

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Quickly found, impressive cleft into the hill.
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today was another nice day for our holiday trip in new zealand were we of course all found some caches along the way from Wanaka to Fox Glacier.

This is one of them. thank you for maintaining this cache.

Holidaying in the area with queenvera et.al. and collecting some caches along the way. TftC

A quick find after spending the night in the nearby DOC Camp, but boy was it busy. TFTC

Thank you for showing this wonderful area.
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Thank you for this cache and this nice place

Beautiful place! TFTC!
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Quick park and grab with the family still in the car a bit tuckered out from their Blue Pools walk on our way back to Wanaka.

A lovely little spot we would not have known about had it not been for geocaching - tftc and a quick find.

Great wee cache thanks for making us stop and take in the surround. Fav point for the view!

Thanks for taking us off the main road to this nice spot

We are taking a 3 week vacation from the UK to tour around New Zealand. Today we are driving from Haast to Arrowtown. We stopped enroute to pick up some drive by caches. We saw some superb scenery on our journey today.
SL. TFTC Bitsprayer.
03/01/2016. Found at 14:12:00. Total cache find#3848.

Great spot...shud have bought a fishn rod!! Took bracelet left ring tftc

Waterfall was great today. It would sure have to be fierce to prevent access to the cache. We worried a little about our geocamper on the road so didn't want to risk stopping on the way in. Really glad the cache was here to "force " a stop. NINO TFTC

thanks for bringing me here loved coming down here and finding the caches and discovering the camp site aroha and happy caching

Cool cache in a cool area. Even discovered a camping area down here. TFTC

Very nice drive here. I spent a little longer than I should have finding this one.. I was actually about to call it quits when I looked in a place fhat I somehow had missed.. doh!.

I was planning on going out to take the other caches on this could, but the road is currently closed due to lambing.. so back to the mainroad I went

Found at 03:00 PM - #5690

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Awesome spot. Clever location. Picked up a trackable.

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