Wanaka Golf (Otago) Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand
By N!mrod on 04-Jul-08. Waypoint GC1DW1T

It's day seven of my 3-week bucket list road trip around South Island, and after heading over Arthurs Pass and down the West Coast, I'm now based in Wanaka for a couple of days.After solving this puzzle, I headed to GZ this morning and made a straightforward find. Thanks for creating this cache here for our enjoyment.

Thanks for the puzzle . Found with Rayzr. Tftmc

Nice puzzle and a nice quick find today found with ZEALOG thank you for bringing us here to find your cache

Day twenty two of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.Traveling between Queenstown and Fox Glacier.A lovely drive through the mountains and around the lakes, out to the West coast.Not big on the rules of that silly game, but muddled thru with some help.Today it was a quick find, but someone had put a heavy rock on top and cracked the lid.We put a small container with logsheet inside as the logbook was soaked.Thanks, Robmc.

Day 23 of our Enzed adventures with Robmc and today we drove from Queenstown to Fox, a long drive with a couple of stops along the way.Sadly we are just driving through this pretty town - time for a couple of caches, a loo and a coffee though. New freebie container placed inside the sistema - they hate rocks too.Thanks for contributing to our amazing holiday Tititea

Found with Gazania Rigens. A quick duck through the fence wire to find the good-sized but broken box.Will post a maintenance request as I note that this has been pointed out by most of the recent finders.TFTC

This is a popular cache, but the box is broken and the contents wet as a result.A new box and log would be great!

This puzzle made me realise that my knowledge of golf rules is not even rudimentary. But the internet helped, as usual. I suspect the fence at GZ is newer than the cache, but it's easy to climb through it. The cache could do with some TLC as it has a big crack in the lid which lets water in. TFTC!

Found, guessed C. About the third. Thx for the cache. Here for the Merino Muster XC ski race on tomorrow. Lid is cracked, contents sodden except for a small log paper.

Tftc Nice and easy to find with great golf clues!

Staying in Wanaka and there are some new caches, perfect, time to find them! Solved this cache quite a while ago but never got around to finding it. Solved this one online but guessed C. An easy find at the coordinates. CACHE OWNERThe cache is cracked and there is now water inside the cache and a wet logbook.Logbook signed at 15:13 Monday, 22th April. Cache number 339, TFTC!

Solved this one from home knowing this trip was coming up, much research required as the only form of golf I've played is mini! Thankfully the answers weren't too elusive. A nice easy find at GZ today, Bapgirl tells me she ran past it this morning, not knowing it was here. TFTC!

Solved this one before coming to Wanaka. The cache description says it is not on the golf course but there is a fence between the public walkway/cycleway and the cache so had to climb through the fence after the golfers moved on.

Dodgy getting over the fence into golf club We 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

Day 6 of travelling around the south island with Blue Jay. Today, we stayed in the Wanaka area and had a relaxing day seeing the sights while also getting some nice caches. TFTC. Toffee Man.

We are on a trip in New Zealand. A wonderful country with a lot of (old )caches. There are too many caches so we limit ourselves to the (old) gems or where we happen to make a stop. Solved the riddle at home. Tot get the cache I had to jump over a fence N!mrod, thank you for this cache, regards xizat-NL. Take care, this hobby can develop to an addiction.

Solved at home so was determined to stop for this one. Easy Find after sunny walk on foreshore. Tftc

Queenstown to Wanaka today via Cromwell. We grabbed a few caches on the way.Making our way towards Wanaka now and picked this up on route.We had solved this one a couple of days ago. Cache found quickly having parked nearbyTFTC Tim and Viv - ddm

31 December 2023 17:06 TFTC N!mrod for placing this cache, number 13234 for me. An oldie but a goody! Solved ages ago, but hadn't been in the area to collect. Cache all good, did some CITO on the way back to the car.

Nice quick fine while Im in the area. Tftc

Not a golfer myself. But after a bit of googling I found all the answers. Except C, not sure how that is supposed to match a single digit. Anyway, was not an important number to get right. Quick find at gz thanks to the hint. Thanks for keeping this one alive for so long!

Solved this one some time ago and collected while in Wanaka. The cache was exactly where it should be. TFTC.

We had solved this one during one of our many lockdowns ahead of our trip to NZ. Quick find at GZ

I've had this one solved for a while so it feels good to sign it off today. I had just replaced the cache when I spotted a log on the ground - I guess it must've dropped out while I was opening it - anyway all fixed now and it must've been the old log that I signed. TFTC #20667

Thanks Tititea for the cache. Its #1852 for us. We found your cache on Friday 17 November 2023. For n solve and we learnt something about golf!!

0845 log will follow. Cache full of water.

Had solved this one before my trip away down here, as today is a mystery dot day. Didn't take too long to work out the numbers and then not too long to find the cache either. Looks like Hal2929 was here earlier than me. Thanks for the placement.TFTC N!mrod, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 4 find(s) of 7 today, making this find #4405

A quick find on my way to Ross. All good with the cache. Thanks

This as a fun one! Worked out the clues at home and went hunting. Thank you!

Out with Alijoy today when we found this cache it was full of water sorry didn’t have any dry bags or paper with us

Super question mark challenge

Solved the puzzle before coming to NZ and today I'm visiting in Wanaka so grabbed the cache of course, tftc! Very beautiful town!

A quick find before attending the Wondrous Wanaka Waterfront Event. OCW MaxAdventurer. TFTC Tititea

OCW EverestHigh. Quick find on the way to a morning lakeside event to start the day. TFTC.

Solved a while ago. Just a matter of being in the area. Bloody hot day so pleased for the shade to stand in while logging.

Hi there Tititea - a chance looking where I didn't expect a cache and this one turned up so I quickly solved the puzzle and went out today. We found this cache at 0223pm after a short search - and the container and log were both in good condition unless noted in the Fieldnotes below. TN, LN, SL. Thanks to Tititea for this cache - the 1st of 1 finds for the day.

FieldNotes: The container needs Maintenance (lid is broken). The Log needs replacing

Another cool cache to log on my Christmas Eve bike ride around Wanaka. TFTC

01/12/2022 7:01:00 PM
A nice quick find, The lid is cracked, I signed the second log as the original is a little crusty due to water damage.

Thanks n!mrod

Find recorded using GCDroid and logged using GSAK

Very old soggy log but spotted another !
TFTC.

My first puzzle cache! And I learned (and then immediately forgot) some facts about golf while waiting for my grandma to finish at the doctors. Tftc.

Fun find, figured the clues out over a few local beers then found this the next morning

. 1613. 10:57 am. A quick solve using online resources and general knowledge. Quiet GZ and a quick find. TFT(golf)C.

Mrs SoBad should have given the puzzle to Sobad (a golfer) to solve. We got to her calculated GZ and, after a short look, realised something was not quite right. However, we did a wider search and spotted something else that seemed not quite right - except it was perfect if you are caching.
Thanks. Sorted out the error when we were back in our accomodation.

Good team work with kimbathelion solving the puzzle and finding the cache. TFTC

Team work solving the puzzle & finding the cache. Raining here but could park quite close so quick run & find. Tftc

Solved this while driving up here so thought I better stop by here and pick up the final.
thanks N!mrod for an interesting puzzle , quick find at GZ

A quick solve while enjoying some brews at the clubrooms the other night, ie Speights Alehouse. Not sure about matchplay, but didn't matter as walked straight to it. Cheers.

Thanks for the cache. Sunny central day!

I'm not a golfer, so this was not an easy puzzle for me and I had to guess C. I must have guessed correctly because the cache was a quick find at my calculated co-ords.
It was a little too exposed so have left it better covered. Good to finally turn this into a smile after solving the puzzle years ago. TFTC.

#20430. First cache in Wanaka, and a quick find by Troodles. TFTC.

solved this one a while back but finally got round to getting it tonight. nice and easy grab, tftc

Being an avid golfer, this would have to be one of the easiest puzzle caches I've done and finished off with a nice quick find at GZ. Thanks for the puzzle and cache N!mrod.

Please read this before you go to find the cache because it’s on somebody’s property and there is no big tree DO NOT TRY AND FIND THIS CHACHE ITS NIT THERE OK

This is inside someone’s property and there’s no big tree

On a trip to Nelson to walk the Abel Tasman track.
Figured this one put at home a while a ago.

Found with annielin and downsouthinv
Tftc

Surprised to see this was hidden way back in 2008! I worked out the co-ords in anticipation of a visit to Wanaka in early December 2019 but flooding of the lake saw the trip called off. So have been sitting on the co-ords since. Quick find. TFTC.

Found with dad. TFTC.

Worked this out ages ago at home.
Today was the day to stop and find it. Log book was totally unusable, as was soaking wet, so replaced with waterproof paper for the next people to successfully log

On a west coast oe and on our way to Nelson for a few days . My first time to travel up the west coast of the south island In 20 years so this time we get to cache our way in to uncharted territory, so let's see what fun adventures awaite us bring it on.
So we snuck thought wanaka but first i need to stop and brab this one as its been on the solve list for far to long and now tideyed up ,and now headed for the coast a few stop along the way.
Nice walk to nab this one and stretch the legs
Life is short. Live one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!!
Thanks for the hide
tftc

In wanaka for a couple of days.Solved this one last night in the motel and decided to come and take a look this morning.A nice easy find but unfortunately the log book is soooo mushy we couldn’t really sign.

*Another good find.
Nice day going from cache to cache with woolwood9.*
We soon had the container located. SL: **tm/ww NZ**
Thanks for putting this out for us to visit!

We enjoyed the drive / walk around!
Container and log are wet.

On a three week trip to the lower South Island with tmann421 hunting caches.
Enjoyed the trip around and the challenge of the finds.
Signed logs tm/ww NZ
TFTC

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

In Wanaka for a weekend of sightseeing and caching...
Thanks for the challenge to get here. Tftc Lod book very wet
Maintenance needed

Very wet log book

Found after shorter working day. Logbook is totally wet. Thanks to previous cacher Dups16 to help me with this mystery.

Thank you for the puzzle, easy location to find but very wet even though the area is quite dry. Could really do with a waterproof container and new log book.

Rainy day today so rest of the family decided to go watch a movie. We decided to do a shop and grab some caches.
Decided to solve this onevtodsy do we could grab it. Walking up to gz we spotted the container out in the open. Logbook was rather wet. Have hidden cache again.

I have parked my snail shell at Alberttown and come into Wanaka to have a haircut plus sign off a few caches.

Nice to see an old cache still active.

Cheers for the cache.

Found with CJ-Curry on our weekend in Wanaka. Log very wet but managed to leave our mark. Tftc!

Found with Hevic on a long weekend trip through Central and Northern Otago. We saw this one on the way back and I immediately went about solving it - there was one we weren't quite sure on but it didn't matter in the end as we were able to find the cache safe and sound (after finding a suitable location to park). No problems at all otherwise - cheers!

Thank you to my mate David who is a member of Wanaka Golf Club he assisted me with the clues. Cache log was too wet to sign.
Thank you from Howard and Kath
Manchester UK

Found on a fresh Sunday morning. Log is a little damp but easily discovered. TFTC

Solved ages ago. Found on a cooler day

Solved this some time ago. Went to solve today and found I already had!! Found cache container easily but log book soggy so couldn’t sign. Have photo of cache if required for proof. Tftc

Being a non golfer one of the parts of the puzzle about Matchpoint had me completely bewildered. However it turned out to be the third number so not too important. We found the cache easily in a recognisable geocaching spot. The logbook was manky and wet but I managed to sign it. The logbook needs maintenance. Sorry I didn't have a spare logbook or a plastic bag.

Enjoyed solving this one, once my brain engaged. Nice quick find on my way out of Wanaka. TFTC

We were supposed to go to Melbourne this week but for obvious reasons that didn't happen. We did manage to sneak in a couple of days in Wanaka instead.

Yesterday we went up Roy's Peak Track (started at 5.30am - so much easier when you can't see what you've bitten off).

Today was time to head home, but not before a tiki-tour past Glendhu Bay and out to the Treble Cone access road.

This was the third of the day on the way back through Wanaka. I'd solved it *AGES* ago and wanted to sign the log while here. Unfortunately that wasn't easy as there was water (& mould) inside the container, and inside the (open) bag. The log book is drenched. I managed to find the recent page and my power tank pen worked on it but there is definitely maintenance needed here.

TFTC Tititea
Find number 4172

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache: there is water inside the container and the log is soaked. I wasn't travelling with my full caching kit so was unable to help, sorry.

I fumbled my way through the number bit and mixed up a couple of them. Having realised I had made a mistake and back to the hotel for a drink. I rearranged the numbers and got a warm feeling! Soon at the proper GZ for a quick find of a wet log. I managed to sign the log and then I replaced the cache container as it was discovered.
Thanks for placing this cache

It’s not often that we attempt and history cache so hawkeye was really pleased that his efforts in solving the puzzle before we left England resulted on a nice quick find at GZ. Thanks for adding fun to our holiday. Have a favourite point for providing a mystery puzzle we could actually cope with! SL. TFTC.

**Found on our February - March tour around the South Island. Logging back home in Auckland in Lockdown isolation**

Travelling and caching from Cromwell to the southern West Coast via Haast Pass. Sorted the puzzle from home, and very pleased to come and make the find today. The container was spotted as soon as we approached GZ. The cache was open and the contents scattered, with the logbook quite wet. Managed to add our initials and put it all back together as it should have been. Might need some TLC. TFTC

Wasn't sure about halfing a hole, but it was the least significant digit in the coords, so we were close enough. Fun one. Tftc.

Found. Full log to come. TFTC

We’ve had a barrel load of weather lately all over the region. With the road to Haast closed due to slips our cafe is also closed, so KrystalKath and I have come into Wanaka to escape our cabin-fever **and the rain.**
As I haven’t got out much lately **I just had to find a geocache,** and this one is it having solved the puzzle a while ago. *Had trouble with C but got there by a process of elimination.*
Easy find as per hint. And all dry, which is great. TFTC

Solved yesterday before coming to Wanaka today from Dunedin. Quickly found. Tftc

First puzzle cache! Solved as example puzzle with guru Spoonz2 overnight... and it all worked!!!another dimension of geocaching appears. Tftc

Worked this one out together with Flumsy2 sitting by the fire last night. One of the clues didn’t make sense to us so a guess was taken and paid off when we found the cache this morning. Thanks for placing this.

Found with hifiveitslivtime. Been on our 'to do' list since we started, pleased to have cracked that at last. TFTH.

Great first mystery cache. Worked out the night before and then found this morning. TFTC

Dad solved this one last night and we went out after dinner to find it tonight, quick find. TFTC

Thanks to google was able to solve this as we have no idea about golf. Drove out tonight after dinner and retrieved the cache. TFTC

100th Cache find for the grandsons, fitting it be a non-trad they're pretty stoked. tftc

100 FINDS!!!! YAY!!!! solved with nana (wombat1234) a good puzzle for the 100th tftc

One of the puzzles solved before this NZ-trip. On GZ it was an easy find [^]
TFTC

Got it! Very awesome and a massive container! Thanks!

13 January 2019 at 10:15

Our 6th day in New Zealand we spent in Wanaka. It was raining hard in the morning and we feared, that we could not cope up with our plans. But then it cleared up and we went straight to the lake to see the famous Wanaka tree. After that we went to this puzzle cache. The puzzle itself we solved back home and even that we don't play golf it was easily solvable for us. At the cache site we could spot the location already from a distance. TFTC and greetings from Switzerland

Bereits zu Hause eingelocht und hier ohne Verzögerungden Ball gefunden - TFTC

Solved this a long time ago and was passing with a friend while out for a drive. I was not sure if I had solved the mystery correctly but It was exactly where it should be so I got something right. TFTC

TFTC, solved it in a cafe on the morning and then went for a little trip. Easy to find