Think Tank (Nelson/Marlborough) Ruby Bay, South Island, New Zealand
By kiwi-nomad on 12-Mar-08. Waypoint GC1A4HA

Tyftc easy found.

Found with magicaltrooper. Left a wee truck and took a ball

Swapped a ball for a digger.TftcFound with arohamatthews.No need to go down the closed track

Thanks we found it

What view!!!I went the tank along the big slope, right on the edgeThe gps led me astray.I dropped my phone I turned back, it landed stopped right on the lip, That was close.Thankyou for the cache

Easy find, amazing views. Track close due to extensive erosion. Thanks

Tftc

Tftc, don't go the wrong way haha

Good family find

Very clever thank you! Greetings from Australia

TFTC found straight away great spot cheers!

Cant go past first tank as bank has slid away

sneaky spot! shirt got filthy trying to scrounge around found it which boosted my mood

Nice one. TftC

easy to find. Quite at the beginning.

Out with busy paws enjoying caching. Lovely walk here. Mrs C found the cache here. Very clever cache totle and hide so a fav from us. Thanks for the cache kiwi-nomad.

Clever, very clever. Nearly overlooked but coconuts3 decided and voila! Great cache. Thanks

I always enjoy yours Mr Kiwi Nomad, thank you.

Tried what was an obvious place first, but after widening the search area we found another obvious place. Cache was soon in hand, log signed and replaced as found. TFTC.

Found it with a little help with the video call with me, me three

Found it with Muzza221 by video call all so showed me around while on call nice place

Great find Thanks

Never been here before so thanks for binging us here tftc and we added some swag for swaps

Quick find once got to GZ. TFTC

This was a cool one and made you look

Just realised that I didn't log this when i found it with AnnieNZ back in September

I did clamber up the wall and fight my way through the flax lol!!! On the plus side, I did read the description before approaching from the reserve below very cool hide, TFTC!!

Out with DragonDefender picking up some Wonders for him and new caches for me.

Nice camo.

Cheers for the cache.

Fun time with tufty, had fun. thanks.

I hiked up 'the wall' only yo come to a place that seemed to be reached much easier, but again too late for me. My GPSr took me to the tight one and I spotted the nifty hide right away. TFTC.

Once we changed our direction of approach, this nicely camouflaged cache was a quick easy find, and receives a favourite from us. TFTC

Great day to visit this cache. Plenty of sun and high tide.
The tui sounded were about and sounded lovely.
Another wonderful cache. Thank you.

:p

Great walk

Just when we thought we’d get rained out on our morning walk it stopped and the sun came out again. Quick find from the top.

Awesome well maintained wee cache! The fan tails are very inquisitive, and the view is incredible! Lots of great memories up here from growing up on Ruby bay

Tftc,awesome views great container effort

Climbed the hill from the camp below. TFTC.

Tftc

Awesome find tftc kiwi-nomad

Very clever cache. Thank you so much

Found, beautiful views is the bonus

Great view thanks. Found with Fisha1288.
GC gets us to so many awesome views of NZ. TFTC.

Found it and swapped Anklets

Nice easy find. Thanks

Did ankle bracelet swapsies

A walk up from down below and stunning views today in the early morning sun and the whole bay flat as . A little bit of looking about then spotted what didn't look right and cache in hand. Thanks for the cache.

Found

Fun little walk! Hoping the houses around the cache know it’s there

Nice!
Last time we camped at the DOC Campground I missed to look for this one as it was up the road and I went the other direction. Today I passed with the car and decided to stop.
Looks like a nice walk if it continues further down. For me it was only a quick stop and enjoying the view then a quick find of a cool container!
Next time around I might explore the area further.

Found while caching with ABL973. Thanks kiwi-nomad

I have not been at this lookout for, well a lifetime for some. Its not looking as fresh as I remember it having been last time when I biked here from Motueka. I guess with the main road between Nelson and Motueka bypassing Ruby Bay insures this place is quiet which was good as it meant I could search in peace. Another nicely constructed cache and a beauty of a spot to bring me here today. Thanks kiwi-nomad.

Found today

Don’t think it is power it is not dangerous great spot

Yay!! Super fun easy find.

We were enjoying our very last full day in Nelson with our grand daughters and our son. We had come to this area for some yummy lunch, some great caches, and of course a beautiful drive out to the rural areas! Wonderful lunch, a bit of a play and now another walk before heading back in the car. What a gorgeous walk to the cache. The grand daughters really enjoyed it and were awesome on that track, as it was a bit narrow!!! The cache was quickly found and signed. We enjoyed the views from up there. Thanks for the smiley!

A nice little arts and craft idea. TFTC

Lucky enough to be staying at this lovely site, a quick find here, though we hope the people opposite know about it?
Tftc
Tim and Viv - ddm

Really tough walk from the campsite but what a view!
Loved the white hiding place...
Lóa, 10 yrs old

Chemin assez discret mais cache facile. Vue magnifique. ️. Maïa et Naël

Couldent find it

Sneaky! Track is closed from the cyclone damage but cache still accessible and in good order

The Seagnoid, Toby, Zara and I are exploring the Tasman region again with the Giff evening last night. Today its Mapua to Motueka along the back roads in Toby - so lets GO!!
A good view from up here. I keep following the track looking for the lookout until The Seagnoid advises I will end up at the bottom if I keep going. Back track to the tank for an easy find. Love this one. Cheers Might have known - its kiwi-nomad again. Fav from me.

Taybeedragone and I are on our way to Motueka after attending the 2016/2017 Geocaching International Film Festival at apua yesterday. We are taking the slow way - geocaching the back roads!
We looked at doing this little series of six or so caches on the coast here (it looks like a series if you zoom out on the map) but alas there was lots of rain and not enough drainage at the McKee camp, lots of puddles. Big puddles. Muddy under the trees. We don't need them today, another day is fine. However up here at this cache - drainage is fine.Nice easy find, somewhat reminiscent of my Marlborough railway series.

A cunning wee hide and a risk of muggle exposure, we had the hiviz and clipboard handy but given the heat think everyone is down at beach. TFTC

Out in the area today with TregearP before dropping in at the GIFF event briefly this evening.

A quick find with all in good order. Again, nicely done sir.

Signed log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache.

It was fun cool I was camping

Only a quick look but no luck. There has been some recent work here judging by the wood shavings so it may have gone.

Thanks,

TKDMAT

Moved the car up to the top of this road before jumping out and carefully crossing the road. Getting towards the end of our days caching and thankfully it was a Q E F. I can see how there would be stunning views on a better day, were still good to espy today though. T F T C k-n

Another weekend day with a Geocaching theme planned; a trip (back) over the hill (again) and head out to Mapua Bay to get the Earthcache out there as well as 'one or two' other options. We left Blenheim at around 730 and returned just after 7 so a good day out was had by all, with the Tasman weather at its best yet again. Caching crew was me, ricardinho.nz and Jojo74 and between us we navigated, found and travelled the roads, and beaches, of Ruby Bay grabbing caches as we went. Logs were signed in various combinations of Ri/Jo/Ca. We also came across a few other cachers; Wellwishers near Marriages Road, 'Snook' (I think) in Mapua athletic park, and a pre-arranged meet up with the good guy that is mr gdguys at Hoddy Estuary park.
A few more for the totals and some more yellow smiley conversion completed over that region of NZ, catching up with Wanganui/Manawatu again.

Nice view from up here, thanks for the cache K-N.
Sunday was the second day over the hill for us this weekend. Today's target area was around Mapua, and the crew today was Jo, Capperz and Ricardinho, with most logs being signed RiCaJo, or something similar. Nelson turned on the weather, and some good caches were found and we bumped into a few cachers on our travels as well. TF all the caches to the COs.

What a magnificent view on a perfect winter's day! Never knew this spot existed till now - so thank for the cache!

Took in the beautiful view ad mad the grab with Snowflake Em

An easy find on todays bicycle ride - thanks for hiding this one!

After our tour in Abel Tasman Park we drive back to the Rabbit Island.
This cache we found on our journey. Thanks for showing this place and hidding the cache.
Greetings from Germany!!

Thanks for the cache, Great view

The plan today was to go and do a boat trip up the Park but the weather was pies. We decided to head to Mapua to check out the bike ferry. Made a few stops on the way. We ended up having a great wee boat ride and super delicious meal at the Apple Shed. Always a nice time with this CO's caches. Parked nearby and scooted to GZ to score a lovely cache. Paused to admire the Tui and back to the truck. Fav from me.

Thanks for the cache kiwi-nomad.
#4640

It's probably one of the best hiding places I come across thank you very much for this Cashe

Awesome thanks

Another clever nomad hide thank you

Grey Ol Sunday, thanks for the cache

Couldn't do the whole track this time cause I had the cachehound with me. Great view from gz though, and a clever hide, Thanks very much

great views and a great cache tftc

first for the day, but kicked the brain into gear to solve

Yay a love those kinda caches! TFTC

Needs new logbook

dropped of a new log book on the way past today

A cunning hide. Thank you.

Must be one of the least known walkways ever! Shame because the view is fabulous

A touch of Kiwi Nomad here, thanks KN

went in the dark with geo family. clever hide. TFTC

Found by torch light. TFTC

One of the best views along this part of the coast

Nice quick stop & grab with a nice view. TFTC

Another clever hide .TFTC

Class cache by the Master tftc

Great view.

Found on a beautiful day TFTC #531

Clever!! Added a bit of paper for log. TFTC

Nice find. Log book needs to be replaced

Thanks Kiwi-nomad. Alway an interesting cache from you. Great view of a packed McKee's Domain from up here.