Pelton Wheel (Fiordland) The Dale, South Island, New Zealand
By ZL4DH (now owned by kev n chris) on 22-Sep-07. Waypoint GC163YY

What an interesting place! The cache itself took a minute or two - somehow the right place got overlooked.Thanks!

What an interesting place! Thanks for showing and telling the story!

Thank you! Good little cache to find

Found this one with TTO1 and TTO2 today. TTO1 and I are touring New Zealand with TTO2 for a couple of weeks and our travels brought us by this cache. So, we just had to stop and find it. Were really enjoying our visit and have been exploring lots of cool spots. Im sure that we will still have a lot that we didnt get to see on this trip, so I look forward to coming back again some time to see some more of this beautiful country. Thanks for the fun!

Making the trip back to Te Anau after an exhilarating boat cruise on the Milford Sound fiord with chooknchunk we managed to pick up a cache or 3 along the way.We had cache blindness here, we are not sure why but after looking in one spot we turned around and there it was right in our face.Thanks kev n chris for the placement.

Day 4 of our NZ mega mega holiday with The_Tritonz: Today is all about Milford Sound.After spending the morning on a spectacular Milford Sound cruise, we slowly wound our way back to Te Anau via the other sights of interest along the way. We enjoyed reading the history info and looking at the old structures here. TFTC ZL4DH and kev n chris.

Cracking spot!

Found it together with Pomegranate on the way to Milford Sound, a rest stop while enjoying the lake view.TFTC to Co

Found together with Ramakristan on way to Milford Sound

Found this one with my niece.

#2326 (Tontako Team) Kia Ora from Spain! We found this cache during our New Zealand / Aotearoa holidays.TFTC

#2942Found by the Tontako Team.Thanks for the cache

It was too windy to get on the water, so we went geocaching instead! Nice spot. Container may need some attention soon.

Only 500m from our house. Finally got this one.

Neat little area, thanks for the history. We have enjoyed our visit to Milford Sound and Te Anau. TFTC

Really lovely bit of history on our way home from our visit to Milford Sound. Great weather made it all the better. Cache is all good. TFTC

Day 8 of our roadtrip around the south island with Blue Jay. Today we drove to Milford Sound for a cruise up the fjords, which was spectacular. We also found a few caches on our way back.TFTC. Toffee.

4-week family trip through NZ - Find #168!A short stop on the return trip from Milford Sound. The cache was a quick find .TFTC!

Quick find after our boat trip in Milford SoundWe also acknowledge the traditional custodians of New Zealand / Aoteroa, as we geocache throughout their land while on holiday.Thanks for showing us this place, & for placing and maintaining this cache. The is our playground

Our last stop on the side of the Milford Rd today. We were going to stop there on the way in but had just passed a few slow vehicles and didnt want to have to attempt to pass them again. On the way back we had time to read the boards and enjoy seeing the relics. No problem with the find.Thanks.

Trouve ! / Found it ! Au retour de Milford Sound, quelques arrts sur la route pour ramasser quelques botes 4771me cache trouve.Merci ZL4DH (now owned by kev n chris) pour la cache On returning from Milford Sound, a few stops on the road to pick up a few boxes 4771th cache found.Thank you ZL4DH (now owned by kev n chris) for the cache

We are on a trip in New Zealand. A wonderful country with a lot of (old ) There are too many caches so we limit ourselves to the (old) gems or where we happen to make a stop. We found and signed this cache in good condition. ZL4DH (now owned by kev n chris), thank you for this cache, regards xizat-NL. Take care, this hobby can develop to an addiction.

Visiting the South Island from Ottawa, Canada, and getting some caches along the way. Very beautiful! On our way backfromMilfordSound. Alas, kayaking was cancelled, but lovely trip anyway. tftc

Found with Dali87 within our famous trip around New Zealand. Thanks for nice cache ....................................................................... TB Koumesovo geopivo DDEV7M

Thanks for bringing me to this interesting place. Had a bit of trouble finding it until I realised how big the cache is, which limits the hiding spots! TFTC from the UK.

TFTC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We spent another wonderful day here in NZ while driving from Te Anau to Milford Sound and back. We made a short stop over here and enjoyed the view and took a short walk to this cache. We found it quick and no muggles were around us and our names were signed into the logbook. Yippie - another found in New Zealand!! A big thank you tokev n chis for leading us here and showing this place and of course also for maintaining this cache here on site!Best wishes from the North Sea, Germany, from Cuxine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________________oooooooo____________oooooooooooooo_________oooooooooooooooooo________oooooooooooooooooooo_______oooooooooooooooooooo____oooooo_______oooooooooooooooooooo___ooo__ooo_______oooooooooooooooooooo__oooo____oo________oooooooooooooooooooooooo_________oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo_oooo_______oooooooooooooooooo________ooooo___ooooooooooooooooooooooo_________oo_ooo____oooooooooooooooooooooooooo_____oooooooo__ooo_oooooo__________oo___oooo_______ooo__ooo_ooo______oooo__ooo_______oooo___ooo__ooo___ooooo___ooo_____ooo___ooo____oo____ooo____oooooo__ooo____ooooooo____________ooo_____ooooo____ooo

Fun find loved all the little treasures left behind

With a beautiful view over lake Te Anau.Tftc

Passing this cache after the great milford sound. Nice and interesting place. Quick found. Tftc

Thanks for the cache at the beautiful lake. Greetings from Polish cachers!

Quick find with some nice history. The container is aging, but still closes completely, for now. It may need a replacement soon. TFTC and greetings from California.

On our trip thru New Zealand we stopped to see all the nice nature New Zealand is offering us.When possible we also search for geocaches, this was one of them.greetings from team Camperfietser

Found on the way to Milford Sound. Thank you for the cache.

We visited the old flour mill whilst we were here. Interesting history about the site. Found the cache in the second place we checked. Nice sized container. As others have mentioned the log book is full. Added some new log sheets. TFTC

Log is full

The coords are accurate, and the box is hardly hidden, so a quick find. Logbook is full.

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Working I the area and tried to picture what a peloton Wheel looked like. Didn't have to imagine anymore after arriving here. Not a soul in sight and and easy find. TFTC!

Nice hide

TFTC great history foggy morning

Not very camo

Came back with span85 on our anniversary trip this year

Quick find on our way into Milford, tftc

We stopped here on our way to Milford, lovely spot and interesting history. Thanks!

Yay! TFTC! I came all the way from Vancouver BC Canada to find this cache Thanks for being part of the adventure!

G'day from Australia!!!
Stumble Trip had been in NZ for the past 6mths, working on the Milford Track. Stumble's Mate flew in to meet up with her and we spent the next 2wks traveling the beautiful South Island in a camper. Whilst the weather wasn't favourable for the first week, we had an awesome time and travelled some 3,200+kms, seeing some beautiful sites and staying in just as beautiful campsite along the way.
Thanks to all the CO. Unless otherwise stated, all caches were found in good condition.

Really nice one. Thanks.

With rebel98, I am finding a few caches he found a few years ago when he came this way with a group of westies 16/2/20

It's my time to catch up.

I was here last year for the start of the Milford track but there was no time to stop to find this cache. So here I am today, signing the log.

Happy to find thanks

Late Log - Found in January on our way to Deer Flat to camp and explore for some time.

During our roadtrip in New Zealand, we also found this cache. Thanks for hiding!

rahmschnitzel2704 and I could find this cache during our roadtrip through this beautiful country.
Thank you very much for hiding and maintaining this cache!

Found it as I was waiting for ferry to do the Milford track! Took the traceable to put in my next international trip!

Pěkné místo i výhledy, pro ty co čtou logy ostatních protože to nemůžou najít, moje rada zní,nehledejte na kovovém předmětu:) díky za kes

On the way back from Gertrude Saddle I took the opportunity to find and log this cache. Thank you.

Nice

Sneaky, not, ?? Love a cache like this, even I can find it, lol. Thanks for the cache, ZL4DH and kev_n_chris!

Day 10 of our South Island adventure and a quick stop of on our way back to our accommodation after a big day out exploring. Thanks for placing this one.

Very interesting place. Left a trackable that would like to travel from cache to cache . TFTC

First I searched at the wrong place, but later I found the box. It’s a bit wet inside, but the paper is okay. Thanks for the cache.

Found on as drive back from Milford sound

Trouvée

I think I might have gone to another cache in the back blocks which featured a larger Pelton wheel. Oh yes I did, Dynamo Hut. A cache there also. It had 2 Pelton wheels of 2m diameter so this one is quite small. Good hideyhole though. Thanks! #8708

️ Parking ️ was wonderful. It made finding this cache really enjoyable. A glorious day in today. I enjoyed the sun while geocaching . I can't believe that wheel still spins.

Very nice find I love the engineering of a pelton wheel. Turns a low volume of high-pressure water into energy. Modern power plants use large volumes of low pressure water, so Pelton wheels are not used anymore.

A very easy find in an interesting historical location. Beautiful spot in the sunshine today. Thanks for placing this one.

Our first sunny day at fjordland. We found the history of the station and the waterwheel that still worlds very interesting.

On our way to Milford Sound. A good place to stop and have a break and have a look at where hikers come to start their journey on the Milford track. Interesting history and thanks for the cache.

I like these caches that show the history of a place. A favourite point given. Thanks

Found it randomly without knowing it's here, cute little cach tho

Interesting location . Thought this spot was just a jump off for the big walk.

Found it. TFTC

Found this cache on the scenic road to Milford Sound. Muggels were around but left soon so we could log. TFTC!

Wow! Just thinking about the settlers and how they lived here. Next stop Milford Sound!

GPS a little off, but an easy find! TFTC

Tftc!

On the way from Te Anau to the Milford Sound we stopped here and found the Cache. D and T should be 0,5 higher.
Thanks for hidding say GeoGrillen
Favi point in

We are on holiday from California mostly traveling by camper van around the South Island. Today we are on our way from Te Anau to Milford sound, but couldn’t pass up a stop at this end of the Milford Track and a chance to see a bit of local history. Gets a favorite for marking an otherwise easy spot to miss. Thanks.

Our first find

Heading to Milford Sound for the day with a few stops of course! A lovely autumn day all be it a bit chilly we were lucky to not strike any rain along the way...just colder and colder the closer we got as the snow on the hills got closer and closer. A cool wee spot here and cache was found without any problems at all. Enjoyed looking in the sawmillers hut and plenty of photos taken here! TFTC

Found this one today after a neat morning out on the lake catching a couple beautiful brown trout

Found on the way back from Milford Sounds had very back cell service couldn't get any info but had a good look round and found it.

Road trip from Rotorua North Island Another South Island Cache found, on the way to Milford Sounds. Still fantastic views.
TFTC

Park in carpark not on side of steep bank lol. 4th cache of the day

Found it

Seby Lukas Geoff

nice bit of history here. TFTC

Nice one

Nice easy find and an interesting area. Quite busy. Camo almost worn off. TFTC

The plan has been a in the cards for a while. I failed to complete the Routeburn track due to poort weather and wanted to finish it.
5 years on, I invited Keylev to come along as I was sure there was some caching to be done. a year on and here we are.

Quick find here. TFTC

Its been a long time in the planning but finally the week long trip to the South Island to complete the Routeburn Track is here. Day #2 and a trip to explore Milford Sound. Have wanted to do this for AGES so it was great to finally be here. After an amazing experience at the Sound (it was POURING when we started and then the sun came out...like 2 total different places) we stopped along the route back to TeAnau.

Interesting little spot here to explore.

Thanks for the cache.

A quick find by Mrs ToT as we cruised to Milford. TFTC!!!

Evaross

Thanks for placing this here- a chance to read about local history! Found with Piwaka54 on our epic southern adventure.

A big thanks from my little one for this cache. Loved the place, the wheel and cache itself. Easy find!

Making our way south and enjoying the quiet roads, weather has been amazing, thanks for the placement.

On our way on to do a Milford sound boat trip on a 3 week South Island tour. This is day 5. Tftc

Decided that as our wedding anniversary was on a Saturday that we would celebrate with a day cruise. Its taken us 6 years of living in Southland to get here, and I wanted to do this before Aucklanders are released from lockdown next month.I got the cache and investigated the hut while hubby played with the bits of machinery left. Apparently the one closest to the lake is a dynamo - I had a dynamo on my bike back when I was a uni student.
Thanks for the cache ZL4DH and kev n chris)
# 3216 21 November 2021 9:51 am

Took us a wee while as gps said about 5m away. Looked in every nook and cranny before venturing further .
Nice spot to have an understanding of what used to be here

A nice easy find in a place with history. Tftc