Kowhai Oasis (Nelson/Marlborough) Tophouse, South Island, New Zealand
By samy! on 28-Jan-07. Waypoint GC10M8N

Merging my accounts. Found this as "Ambers007" on 10/10/2022. Now tracking together with "Hoterini" and merging the old finds.

Took a bit to find as the phone was all over the place .Thanks samy!

There are a LOT of Manuka trees We left a little for the next finder

On the way up north the SiamFee and I made a short stop and could find the cache quickly.Tftc Siamkiwi

Have to get used to what manuka trees look like! Tftc

On our two-month trip through New Zealand and Australia we travel from Greymouth to Picton. We visited a number of caches along the way and when we arrived there was still plenty of time for a cache tour around the hotel.When we stopped for lunch, there turned out to be a cache. We went looking and the cache was quickly found.**samy!**, thanks for the cache.

We are currently on a eight week holiday which is mostly spent in New Zealand and Australia. However, the first three days were spent in Signapore as a nice break from an otherwise long flight. Yesterday we drove from Fox Glacier to Greymouth. Today we are already heading to our next desination which is Picton. Since it is not a very long drive we had the occasional stop to stretch our legs and/or go looking for a cache. We also had a stop here. Very nice place so we first had lunch and then went looking for this cache. It didn't take us long to find it. Thank you very much for this cache.

Driving today from Blenheim to Nelson we took a loop via highway 1 to 63 and number 6, a nice tour through the country and so many caches. We stopped here and there with our muggle friends who were patient and just enjoyed our smiles when we found a cacheLike this one Tftc

Thank you 4tc

TFTC. Great spot. Cache is in good condition.

Quick find nice area tftc

Found with a bit of minor bush bashing. Tftc

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Found it

Our NEW ZEALAND - TASMANIA - AUSTRALIA JOURNEY takes us to beautiful places and provides us with an incredible number of wonderful moments and experiences.Occasionally we also visit a few GeoCaches along the way.A super delicious Christmas dinner and just the two of us... that's our relaxed Christmas days 2023...! In the evening we briefly signed the guest book....Thank you for placing, maintaining and caring snapfish2 from SwitzerlandPS: Translated with the Deepl app

A lovely spot for a quick wander

A very nice place with a big box. Tftc

Found

Nice stop and leg stretch

Another quick one

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czechia.

All good here. On a tiki tour from Nelson to Blenheim. Haven’t been here for several years. Still beautiful. Thought a walk and a few caches were a perfect way to spend an hour or so. Tftc.

Stopped on our way through to the lakes for a bite to eat. Decided to grab this cache while we were here.
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Sorry for the lateness of the log...

Found Whilst on a long Summer Road Trip.

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Easy find tftc

Watch the rooster!

Quick find, camper parked on other side of car park but they didn't seem to be paying us any attention.

TFTC samy!

Found with Buzzybe! Nice place to hide a cache!

Great find Thanks

On the way from Motueka to Kaikoura. TFTC

Park and grab. TFTC

# Found with mobi12 16 november 2022. Greetings from Västmanland Sweden. Found even a TB. Z1BFQ9

spent the night here on our tour around New Zealand. visiting from Denmark. Love the beauty the country.
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Great wee Park and grab. I will camp the night here though. TFTC

Made a short stop on our way south. Took a bit of searching and a little bush “nudging,” but got it. Thanks for the cache and the info.

Easy find after having some lunch! Dropped off travel bug!

Stop for lunch joined by a local native bird and thousands of midges TFTC

Good find

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I am on a two day trip to Blenheim. Even though I could do it in one day, I need the time to find caches. TFTC.

Haeps of weta and pig tracks

A quick find after a bit of a GPS dance. Found a travel bug and will move it on. Left some swaps. Cache log a bit wet. TFTC

Found ..but the 2 TBs were soaked ..KL retrieved them to dry out and some TLC
Cache was very wet dried as best possible...signed and replaced as found thanks for the cache Samy!

This was an interesting stop off. I didn't know about this spot or that it was a DOC camp. Not the nicest place to stay despite the efforts to restore the area. I guess a victim of isolation. Goid spot fir lunch though. The cache was full of water and the two TBs were saturated. Removed them to dry out and re-home. Dropped off a waterproof TB. Thanks for bringing us here Samy!

Stopped for lunch here then had a search for the cache. Found after one false start. Two trackables are still here, somewhat damp. I left them as I can not carry out their missions. TFTC

Which Manuka I wonder. Found the right one in the end. TFTC

Was soon standing at the correct manuka. TFTC samy!.

Day 12 of the Loopppiiieee Tour (top to bottom, east to west). We are targeting the TWGTs for GraciesGPSfun; as well as the PWGT, CANZ, D/T and some oldie caches for us all, as well as driving many kilometres AND, just as important, seeing the sights of the South Island and having a lot of fun.

Out with Ethness.. collecting a few on the way to blue bridge ferry. Tftc

An easy find. Accurate GPS co-ordinates. Water in container, which we drained and dried as best we could. Log fine - thank heavens for waterproof paper. Dislodged a family of cockroaches to uplift container, but they scuttled away quickly. Thanks for the placement.

Nice sized cache, dropped a few trackables. All in good order. TFTC

Container was very wet but we dried it out as best as we could.

Quick find thanks, on my way to lake argyle

On way to lake Argyle to fish

Next stop on my road trip down south. Today Blenheim -> Hokitika. I was intending on going via the east coast, but given the recent weather events in Canterbury, thought the west coast might be an easier route to take. Picked up a few caches along the way. Enjoying these P&G's along the Wairau. Tftc samy!

I feel like this always happen to me: whenever I take my swap bag with me to leave some trinkets for kids in the caches, they are too small and when I find a nice sized cache, I don't have any swaps with me.
Thanks samy! for a good sized cache in an easy to stop spot, there is even a table to have a picnic and a toilet close-by. I just wished I would have been able to leave some things in the container that was empty apart from the logbook.

Tftc,nice and wet today

Spot even had a handy (basic) loo. Took a few mins to locate. Tftc

Thanks samy! for placing this cache

It was great to arrive here at 10pm and set-up camp... only $8/night for all this beauty, a camping spot and tranquility.

I have only passed this way once or twice before and that was over 20yrs ago (biking anticlockwise from ChCh) !!

Looking forward to exploring further south tomorrow!!

Day 16 of our Sth Island (substitute for Seattle) trip. Today it's Greymouth/Westport/Blenheim. Again the weather was great. Many caches through here and chose some at random to collect as we drove through. Thanks for putting a cache here.
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Muggles. It's summer, so this is unsurprisingly a popular stop.
We will be back.

I had planned on staying here tonight but with no one else camping I decided not to as I'm on my own and vulnerable. Maybe someone else turned up but as it is already 6.30 I'm not risking it so will head to St Arnaud for the night so I can start caching nice and early in the morning.

GPS was playing game initially, but found it in the end. SL TFTC

Nice new log here and a quick find due to a well worn track. It is a nice little oasis on the drive through the Waiau. TFTC

Easy park-n- grab, but full of water. Everything inside soaked. Placed a new log in a zip-lock. TFTC

Wet. Something ran and everything is green. Especially my fingers.

From to ferry to the next camp ground
Everything is wet

Nice place for a stop

Thanks for the cache Greetings from the Netherlands

Easy find. Beautiful spot

Great spot easy find

Easy find

Wet day, quick find

Quick easy find. TFTC

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Lots of trees, lots of rocks...

Day 4 of Nosynel's and my geotrip through the Molesworth and back through the Lewis. Nice to have my son's Toyota Hilux for this adventure. Today we are heading to St Arnaud after staying the last 2 nights with Arandee. Thanks for the cache.

The big Molesworth circuit is in progress. Today is day three of Jude _E and my geotour. Thanks to her kind son we have use of a Toyota Hilux, extremely helpful indeed. We stayed a night at Blenheim with some of Jude's friends and are staying at St Arnard tonight.
I wanted to find a large cache, some solved puzzles, some park and grabs and a few others on the way.

Sadly there is no large event in New Zealand in 2019 but there are a few Mega events planned in Australia. I plan on going to the OzGeomuster in July. To find out more visit this site: https://www.ozgeomuster.com.au

If you can't make Aussie. New Zealand will have another large event in 2020 in Auckland. I will keep you posted in my logs.
Thanks for hiding this geocache.

We are on vacation in New Zealand and of course we seek some caches.
Thanks for this one! Just a little bush walk
Greetings from the Dutch.

Quick find this afternoon with eltee291 and crman1 on the way back to Blenheim from St Arnaud. Nice little rest area/park! Signed the log and replaced as found. Visiting from Victoria, BC, Canada. Thanks for the cache, samy!

Found today with hingis20 and crman1. Sitting around wondering where to caching today and both hingis20 and I both came up with the idea of heading to Saint Arnaud seeing as how it was was going to be a nice day. Thing is, I was in the house and he was in the caravan when we thought of it. On vacation here from Victoria, BC, Canada and visiting with my daughter and her family. TFTC

Eltee291, Hingis20 and I are finished lunch and we are on the prowl for more caches on the way back to Blenheim. Tftc

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Travelling through New Zealand we are also looking for some caches which we can seek. This is one we could find.
TFTC
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Hier kurz gestoppt und durch das Elisabeth gelaufen und noch schnell geloggt.
TFTC

Thanks for the cache.

Went straight to it. A little wet..

Found at 10:40 - #8258 - on a 5 week trip in New Zealand

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Quick find and a nice leg stretch. On my way to Arthur's Pass. Thanks for the cache.

found on way to Westport, thanks

After the GPS settled we headed in the right direction and soon spotted the cache hiding place. Unfortunately water had seeped into the container. Luckily only the bag with the goodies had water in it. The bag with the log had somehow stayed dry. Dried what I could, signed log and replaced where found. tftc

Nice easy find on a very cold winter's evening on the way home from a mini road trip. would have liked to explore this area a little more. Tftc

On a tour of the south island many thanks for placement 
Enjoying the drive through here thanks nice area

While planning our easter road trip I was looking for some Freedom camping spot and this one came up and an extra bonus there was a cache close by .
So after spending last night camped at Acheron and a full day today driving the molesworth road it was great to pull in to this awesome place and have it to ourselves, drove right to the end and set up the truck for the night .
Ate dinner then wandered to the cache for a quick find I removed the soaking log book and signed the replacement log . will drop In a tb In The morning after hiding a cache at our camping spot this place deserves 2. Another place that caching takes you gets a fav for location

Driving from Murchison, trying to out run the storm, after a bumpy night in our tent. Not sure where we'll end up tonight but still grabbing a few caches as we drive in between some heavy showers.

Visiting from the UK after a break of four years.

T4tC samy!

Civv'nr & MissTreadlightly (UK)

Out for a drive, picking up caches every now and again. Nice easy find. tftc.

Driving along SH63 with geohusband picking up a few caches every now and again. tftc.

GPS coordinates spot on.

Great place to stop for a break. Tftc

Easy find! Tnlnsl

Quickly found. Log and everything else inside is very wet so placed a fresh piece of paper on a New plastic bag and signed that.tftc

Thanks for the cache. The road is a lot busier now. Log book unfortunately is wet. Sorry, we didn't bring spares with us.

I found this one back in 2013. I didn't remember it, so I thought I would look again. That was not long after I started caching, and didn't put much of a log. I am more experienced now, however, I don't have on me a spare log to replace this very soggy log. It is a nice day, on our way to Culverden for some of the school holidays. Tftc.