Handy to Hanby (Nelson/Marlborough) Maitai, South Island, New Zealand
By Kiwi_Explorer on 01-Jul-08. Waypoint GC1DMZR

A local nemesis bites the dust

Gone

Too many false geograils.

A DNF for us today despite 4 pairs of eyes looking and some time invested. Will be back.

We had a bit of time up our collective sleeves before a catch-up with mr b but with 3 of us looking, then a PAF, there was to be no cache found this first day of 2018.
Happy New Year K_E, will be back

TFTC. Out for a late afternoon stroll along the track side of the Maitai River.
Cache located after a bit of a hunt around.
Thanks Kiwi_Explorer for placing the cache.

A bit more challenging than others in the area. We wanted to get rid of a TB, but no suitable container found so far. TFTC

I did not know about this part of the path until today. I followed geotrails to get me close to gz, which made getting there easy. Then I made it much too hard, searching far too many places before slowing down and looking. Once it was spotted it was a - pleased noone was watching - moment as it really wasn't that hard to see. Thanks Kiwi_Explorer for the cache

Had a good hunt around in th bushes, feeling a little dodgy. GPS kept telling me I was 5 metres away, never got any closer. A challenge for another day.

Thanks for the cache. Greetings from Denmark

There's not even swings nearby

The last one on the circuit walk. TFTC.

Two recent DNFS and no finds for quite a while so came to check cache today. Hmmm now where did I hide it!? [xx(] Stood in a likely spot that looked familiar but GPS said 20m to go. Heck Im going to have to "find" my own cache. So I followed that until GPS said 6m. Ahh there it is. Log a little damp but ok for now. Checked GPS again - 4m. Happy with that. All good here.

Hah a good look but no luck for us

Tried hard but did not find!

Found on our 25 day New Zealand South Island holiday.

Apologies for the late log but with little or no internet as we travelled and only super slow WiFi in van parks I decided to log all finds on my return home.

Found on a two night stopover in Nelson

TFTC

Quick find, watch out for mugglers on the track!

With Cwnn and hollytean on a lovely Christmas day swim and bike ride. Merry Christmas.

Third time lucky
Merry Christmas!

A big apology to those that found this one in the state it must have been. We should have got out there to fix it. But a big thanks to Tonyflew for the maintenance. Much appreciated.

Having read the previous few logs we set off with some new equipment in hand. A reasonably quick find and replaced the disintegrating log with a fresh one and a new zip-lock bag. Nice cammo! TFTC #268

It's took wet to right on. Good cache

Wet an able to write

Wet and musty

Took a while well camouflaged log just wet mush thanks for the cache

Thank you. A very challenging one. Log is non existent I'm afraid but we were there!!

#8406. The GPSr had me up a steep bank next to the boundary fence. I made it up there with some difficulty, but it didn't look promising. Luckily Troodles spotted the cache lower down. Nice swimming hole. TFTC.

Swimming hole looks pretty deep. No-one around today even though it was a pleasant day and ideal for a swim.
A challenging environment, both from the satellite and from the terrain point of view. Finally found the cache even though the GPSr was indicating I should be another 10m further up the hill.
Despite the plastic bag looking in OK condition, the logbook was wet mush and ditto with what looks like a replacement log book someone has popped in. Didn't seem any point either adding a new log book or sealing up the bag. Took a photo instead as proof of finding. TFTC.

Great little swimming spot

Had good look for it. Maybe not there anymore.

Xmas day visit logbook is a little damp

Xmas day visit logbook is a little damp

Great short walk in the sun, used to ride round here before I moved. Well hidden, log is damp. You should make it lid side up. Thanks

Found by Mr Kiddzinn after Mr Wacls lead him to it.

This entry was edited by wacls on Wednesday, 14 August 2013 at 08:02:53 UTC.

GZ is a place I spent lots of time at in the past with the little ones. The temperature today was not conducive to swinging from the ropes so no muggles. A short intensive search delivered a smilie. Thanks for the memories and the cache.

Anytime I've been in this area there has always been too many muggles to attempt to find this cache but today it was pretty much deserted so we took advantage of that and headed to GZ. It took a short hunt to find the well camo'd cache while heeding underfoot conditions. Both log and bag are wet but log is still usable if careful. TFTC.

Needed help for this one (Thanks JNYMAK) as both my gps's don't put the cache location where i found it. TFTC

Yay found case is box now

We visited on the this side of the river this time, so we searched for a few minutes and found the cache. Thanks!

At last, no muggles on this side of the river and having an enjoyable run with my lady [:-)] TFTC.

Nice spot; hole nearby looks tempting for a dip. TFTC

Finally found after lots of slipping around. Cache smaller than expected, no room to drop off TBs unfortunately. Lovely location. Put new dry Ziploc bag in as old one was very wet. Tftc.

Quick find on a morning wander before the weather sets in. Cache a bit damp, tipped out some water in the bottom. Thanks for the stop.

A sunny afternoon to walk to this cache with HelloMrs who had already found this cache on a previous visit.

Revisited with La Vista.

Got this one quiet quickly. The log is a bit wet and would need some sun tho.
Thanks fpr the cache.
#147

Third attempt at this one, lots of mugles to avoid! Finally used common cache sense and realised where it would be, thanks!!

GPS had me scrambling all over the place, after a while realised it wasnt being very useful so thought logically "Where would I hide it if I was CO?" soon had in hand. Thanks

A quick diversion on the way into work this morning and found pretty easily. Good job the cache is above most heads judging by the river debris nearby!!!

Last time i was here gps took me to a different spot this time quick find

Thanks goes to Nordy1 for the dry log. Much appreciated.

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Wandered round in circles for awhile before finding it, GPS was a bit off on this one,, Dried out container and bag , replaced log with a few pages out of pad i had with me signed and returned to spot i found it (old log unreadable) Thanx4tc ,,,,Shud B ok for a while now,,,

Log book is soaking wet. Needs a new box and log book!

Found after scrabmbling about in old mans beard for 10mins

Tftc!

ok

Cache has been infiltrated by water and log book completely saturated.

Found it on a glorious Nelson winter's day and remembered where we used to come for a summer's swim with the kids. TFTC

So pleased the KEs can't see THIS cache from their dining room window!!!! They would have had a good laugh!!!! Seems my GPS was 6 metres out today, and I believed it - - - until I thought again and looked at the terrain rating. Fortunately at this stage a big helping of luck kicked in and - - - - there it was. Thanks for the fun.

Found this one while on our annual South Island holiday from Whangamata

Greet from Czech Republick and thanks for cache. Nice.

A quick find while in the area this morning. Signed log, TFTC

Found with the help of the hint. Warm, windy afternoon and people swimming nearby so had to be discreet.

Great cache thanks.

TFTC

Cache in good shape. Cellular triangulation in this area may confuse tracking, so beware.

Coordinates changed from:
S 41° 16.469 E 173° 18.459

Coordinates changed to:
S 41° 16.483 E 173° 18.454

Distance from original: 88.3 feet or 26.9 meters.

Cache replaced in a less flood prone spot. Coordinates updated.

Cache moved and hint updated.

I fear that the river may have claimed this one. Will replace in a higher spot soon.

Searched for ages, but could not find this one

Merry Christmas! We weren't able to search for this when we visited the lovely location yesterday as muggles were sitting nearby, so we called by again this morning when all was quiet. SL. TFTC.

23/12/10 8:44 PM Find #216
Nice spot TFTC. Was this tied at one point? Might be good to identify the cache name and owner in the log book. I think some of the heavy rain came through this way but cache only had a few drops of water inside.

Was really happy to get this one on 06 November 2010 at 11:06:00. I logged a DNF previously after I just couldn't find it on my own... I was looking for a 400ml container, but the one there is only 200ml container, so I didn't think it could've been where it was! Karen spotted it, and we left a GC behind.

Cache replaced today and it is now tied to the fence to avoid it going kayaking again.

I think the flood might have put paid to this one. Searched thoroughly with hint but only debris to be found.

With todays flood this cache might have gone West. We will go check on it when the river recedes.

Second place I looked and no muggles around so a quick sign of the log and off for some other nearby caches showing on our gps thanks for the cache - we must come back and do more of the walks around here

Target Cache. We left home intending this to be the third cache of the day but were slightly diverted and it became #14 mmmm never mind (this seams to happen a lot to us when we cache) a nice stroll and a quick cache TFTC

Searched every spot mentioned in the clue but no joy, all i got for this one was a cut finger by the rusty barbed wire - hope my tetanus is up to date!

Second find using the new iPhone. Got us there but we needed the hint. Good spot for the family. Thanks.

A quick find before heading further up the valley. TFTC

Quick n Easy cheers

11.30am - Had to watch a muggle roung our parked car, had a nice wee walk to find it, we are amazed with all the lovely spots and parks in Nelson - TFTC

Took the longer way here, a quick find.

Left GC.
#993

TFTC

Nice spot for a picnic lunch,nice cache.

I found this on my 2 month tour of NZ (Australia)

Very nice swimming area. Soon had cache in hand. SL TFTC

lovely day for cache hunting

I have had this one loaded in the GPSr for ages and I must bike past here nearly every week. Had a few minutes spare today between jobs so snuck down the track for a quick find. TFTC

Nice spot.
TftC

After a nice river walk we chilled on the banks and searched for the cache. Easy find.

TftC

Steve

#1671 As the GPS wanted me 7m into the field I guessed that I would need the clue. An easy find once that was read. TFTC DS8300

Found as about to give up. TFTC

Found eventually TFTC

A nice little wander just on dark but easly enough to find. Cheers Bo

Nice brisk walk to this one.

Nice spot.

Grabbed a pic, but had shaky hands so its blurred - so wont post it.

TFTC

Lovely spot, TFTC

Needed the clue. Enjoyed watching the lambs from here

Did a cache check with Kiwi Explorer after a report of a recent DNF. Cache was found fairly quickly and in good condition Cheers Gav [4382]

A quick find after a short walk along the track. The GPS was bang the on money with this
one. TNLN SL TFTC

Good one Mr KE. We have splashed around in the water there many years ago when the kids were younger and still wanted to go to the beach with us. Now it's just sad old us geocaching in these lovely places.