A day at the races (West Coast) Wharemoa, South Island, New Zealand
By Moneydork on 23-Feb-07. Waypoint GC113NP

The racing club has closed down and this land is no longer open to the public.

Night caching with Ramadonis. Logbook really wet so may need to be replaced. TFTC

quick find
log book damp
good one TFTC

Found on the way south.

A quick find, the last on a morning walk to get to know the area. Managed successfully (although with some difficulty) to write in the wet logbook. TFTC!

Our last for the night just before it got dark. We found a very wet log book and the cache container serperately. They are now back together again but needs a day or more to dry out the logbook. We tried to sign it but it was probably more like etching as we all know pen doesnt like to write on wet paper TFTC

For some reason there is no log in the cache

Quick find but as others have said there was no log and I had nothing on me to write on and I chose not to write on the script that is in the cache. TFTC #1096

log has gone . it needs maintenance

A pity the racecourse is now defunct but it still made for a pleasant evening walk beside the lagoon. TNLN Thanks.

There is no better way to see all the areas around town than this, another spot I knew nothing about but really enjoyed the walk.
Thanks
ernienz

Pretty easy find, even without a GPS. Cache was so exposed it wasent funny. Have hidden it a little better now. Cheers TFTC

Nice quick find to start the day,walked back through the racecourse as it was dryer.TFTC

quick find. tftc

Visited this one some time ago - with Moneydork.

Very boggy path to the cache, a few slugs were attached. Quick find.
TFTC

No races today... just lots of mud! TFTC

Still a bit wet round here but found easily enough. SL. TFTC

Quick find, went after rain so ground was boggy and got wet feet lol. No pencil. Took troll coin.

[This entry was edited by kanemegan on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 1:45:15 AM.]

Team Hayjagen found this cache at 12:00n on 08/09/09.
The leader of the pack walked right by this one, but he was height-challenged.
Found quickly because it wasn't covered well.
It is now.

T: Travel Bug (UN3W4A),
L: Drawing pinwheel, Pokemon card, lots of cache

TFTC,
Team Hayjagen

Maintained cache - it now has a dry logbook.

Wasn't even able to write my name in the book as it is sodden but I did leave fresh silca gel.

Found with mongyspeed TFTC

A great quick and easy find the cache is quite wet though

This was our first geocache that we attempted. Pleasant walk and nice and easy. Some water has got into the container though and we were unable to leave our details on the log book.

Cache is soaked

Inserted our Calling card - as cache is truely soaked.

Nice little spot - many thanks

Managed to drive almost right to the cache. (I was quite surprised to find that you can drive right into Flemington racecourse, where the Melbourne Cup is run, at almost any time.) I found an obvious hide only to find someone's Cigarrette and lighter stash there! Looked further, and there was the cache too! hmmmm..... The log was VERY damp Thanks Moneydork.

nice walk along the water

Just dropping our travelling geocoin in for miles, forgot to do this when we logged the find.

8th today, quick easy find NINO TFTC. You could drive to this one..

No races today so the coast was clear. A nice stroll. TFTC

we were down this way for xmass thought we would knock off a couple of caches
TFTC

Easy find. Cache extremly dry - especially after all the heavy rain & storms of recent weeks. Just about drove right to the cache. A bit boggy under-foot in the cache-area though
Took: Nothing
Left: Atronomical Clock of Prague TB

TFTC

Decided to park outside - in fear of getting locked in!!
Cache was an easy find. No swaps, thanks and cheers from Grandalf(1191)

Lots of ducks today! Scared a pukeko hunting for the cache.
TFTC
+ Bouncy Ball

The gate was open so drove on through and found ourslves in a carpark a few metres from the cache. Bit muddy getting to the cache from the car but was rewarded with a quick find. Thanks

A bit mushy under foot near GZ but an easy find. Thanks.

Quick to fid. Nice location.
TNLNLSL TFTC #378

I am a little too accomplished at being the lost out of towner. I drove all the way to the cache, but never got challenged. Civil disobedience does have its place in caching Once at GZ, an invisible force placed my hand on the cache. If they were all that easy, there would be no fun - but happy to take this one. Thanks for the cache.

It was a nice stroll, especially as there weren't any people, and the ground was fairly firm Cheers Gav ]1908]

Nice and quite today for a stroll down by the river GPS let me to the spot

I found this cache while on our trip down the westcoast, cheers.

good place to hide a CACHE monydork

good find thanks for the cash

2003. We squelched our way to the cache site after the rain. It is not such an appealing site in inclement conditions! We found a drier path to make our way back to the car!

Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Nice day for a walk, got itchy feet from grass, saw some ducks. Thanks NTNL

found it quite quick TNLN thanks.

jake the muss.

Greeted by geese, watched by horses. Easy find.

A gorgeous day to be wandering around the lagoon. Didn't see many ducks though! No swaps!

2nd of 3. nice and easy find. not many ducks when I found this. TFTC

i hide the belt family geocoin here

Found quickly on a whirlwind day of geocaching with Pinot Noir. TFTC.

PB found this right away - just as well - as another wet late night expedition.
+ polar bear

found this after a we while of searching nice spot

foun it after about 15 mins

Nice walk on a sunny day. Must have been really small horses as I didn`t see them. Thanks.

Nice spot,easy find,take some bread for the little horses
-key ring
+micro pen

We got very wet feet and the pram got stuck but we had fun finding this one without a GPS!
Thanks

A caching afternoon...

good after work cashe

number seven today. Its been a long one! No time to look at the scenery.Off to kowhai bush...TFTC

Good find on a sunny afternoon, got wet feet. Took bird added polished stone. Number 7!

Moving finds from my alter ego

Found

tried to do a drive thru. drove in, but the gate was shut on the way out. YIKES! Gate was not padlocked. PHEW!

The gate was open so we turned this one into a drive-by. TNLN

Surprisingly there were quite a few people around the stables near GZ. They must have wondered what the h..l I was doing there, trying not to look out of place. + cow.

Nice but boggy walk around the lagoon in the late afternoon sun.
- Puzzled TB
TFTC

Getting late in the day. Luckily I didn't drive INTO the racing grounds as my car would have been locked in while I was getting the cache!

+ Puzzled TB
- Minitape

Number five of the night session. Only time for one day in Greymouth so making the most of it! Nice walk around the lagoon.

A pleasant but damp walk, and a quick find. TNLN, Thanks.

nice one. thanks!!
baer for Rotte Struppi

Number one NZ find. Suprised when I logged the details in the gps, was just over a mile (yes I still deal in miles!)from where I was. Took red lizard left tape. Lizard on way to Scotland now! TFTC

Nice One!!!!!!!Great start to a new days caching. Spent a bit of time watching the nearby activity. Away we go. TNLN Thanks

Found it
Took: blue jandel
Left: bird

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A quick find to wrap up our hunting on the coast this weekend. Thirteenth find for the two days. Lots of bird life around the lake area.
TNLN, TFTC.

Were going to leave this one for the Coast Cacher's to be FTF, but then I saw some CHCH cacher's on the coast, who I know like to get FTF's, so out I went near midnight for a cache hunt, found in about five min's ducks still awake.

Many Thanks Bitsprayer

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