Bryn's Rough A Stump (Nelson/Marlborough) Mapua, South Island, New Zealand
By usakiwi on 20-Sep-08. Waypoint GC1GE8G

Sorry people, but the stump has collapsed and the cache container is now well and truly gone.

I gave up as the GPS was putting me well amongst the blackberries, which do not like me at all. http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile_sad.gif

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Spent a good 15-20 minutes rummaging around before giving up.

Didn't find, hint says three meters from road, co-ordinates more like ten.

DNF, was with adammc and had no luck. GPS said its co-ords were accurate but were leading us to a point well away from the road.... Nice place but can't win them all

Very good find & great location

Another good day for cycling

Easy find with the help of the hint and some logic. The gPS was way off for some reason.

The cache has a nice view of the sea. TFTC

Great scenic walk to this cache. Thanks

Thanks. Easy find

Yay another great spot. Tftc

Saw the gate was unlocked so decided to drive to cache.Bit of a rough track but thats when a 4wd comes in handy.I had everyone walking through the blackberries before I read the hint.Mr LB found it quickly after that.TFTC

A quick find during a walk in the area this afternoon. Signed log, TFTC!

My GPS was way off but after the hint cache was soon in hand. TFTC

yay

Should have read clue first. GPS wouldnt settle and had me wandering through the blackberry bushes unnessarily

Quick find while out on MTB TFTC

Find 12 of 13 on Rabbit Island this afternoon. Time was running short as I headed to the car. I passed this cache and with the tree cover it took a while to zero in it. TFTC

Did a little bit of off road driving to get to this cache, its a narrow drive and dusty...we quickly stopped and leaped out to nab this cache..not too many problems locating it.

TFTC
# 785

Found on a great days caching with KiwifruitsNZ. Nice cache hide.
TFTC

Nearly walked right passed this one as GPS was leading us astray. Luckily eagle eyes of one of the juniors spotted it. TFTC.

This was cache number six on our clockwise biking circuit of Rough Island.
+ a marble, - nothing.

got a walk in before it rains again

Surprisingly easy. Lovely walk

#695, 16:15, Rabbit Island is amazing place. TFTC!

Easy find on an afternoon caching with Hazedarus, made even easier because the cache was totally exposed. Covered it after signing log. TFTC.

Why go the easy way if you can do battle with blackberries? Easy find with Holymu. Signed log and added some cover. TFTC

Recommended by fellow geocacher, we are going today to Rough Island. We took our bikes for a ride, together with our doggies Xafier & Xento.
Now it is starting to rain. the drizzle is over.
This cache had us a bit stumped, the hint helped us find it.

What a great spot. Kids had lots of fun looking for this one. Thanks.

on our cache tour with the two young cachers we found this cache on this nice island. tftc.

Good walk Bryn - Thanks.
Nice prezzie for my 71st Birthday'
Love the area.
In: 'Found It' magnet
Out: Travel Bug '052'
T4TC

Took Bryn's advice and enjoyed a stroll along the track around the waters edge. Tide was out which showed plenty of sand and mud flats. No issues with the cache. TFTC
(in TB Mr Muggles Geocoin Travelbug)

We did a full round on Rough Island, it's a very nice location for a short 2 hour walk.
TFTC

Enjoyed the MTB ride down most of the forest tracks on Rough Island. This the last of 7 caches found this afternoon as I explored the island. Thanks for the caches.

Reception not so good, combined with the possibility that the co-ords might be a bit stray, had me looking at a nasty patch of blackberry. Common sense prevailed and the cache was found in a more friendly spot.

TFTC

GPS out by 20metres but found by referring to hint and previous logs.

Co-ords a bit off, make sure you rely on the cache details. Took the TB, thanks!!

Not many wading birds about today. Just a couple of white faced herons. A nice walk to the ach.

#2511#
On my trip around the world I first visited the States, travelled from there to Australia and continued my trip in New Zealand.
Terra Fox joined me and we made a four-week-tour in NZ driving from north to the south and back again.
Geocaching can take you to spots you would never visit and so I used my trip to find some caches in every state and country.
Thank you for this cache and greetings from Germany
Annette (pica8) on the go with Terry Fox

This was one of our Nelson/Marlborough caches found during our holiday trip in NZ.

TFTC

Terra Fox with pica8 on tour

found with the whanua ... gps wasn't on the spot but got there in the end ... t4tc

G.p.s recepton was a little patchy at times but after about 5 minutes of searching found it Thanks.

Nice trail. TFTC

A nice pleasant walk along the track/road. Found without any problems. TNLN TFTC

a great area for an explore. Really enjoyed it thanks for bringing us here. got horse muggled!

Out With Dad and Magpiy biking

Good hide Bryn well placed and an interesting place to sit and have a drink TFTC

It was a fantastic day to take a walk down this track beside the estuary. A nice, easy cache.

great spot TFTC

good cache, had to wait ages for a gap in the canine and owners traffic for a quick grab.

Got close and then spotted it by random chance. Great little walk around the island.

4389 Many thanks Bryn for a Rough A Stump hide, nicely done, we liked.

Found on geocaching trip to Nelson area. No problem to locate cache. SL TFTC

TNLN SL TFTC

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Found with hubby Stretch0 - said road way has a fairly newish looking gate across both ends and whilst it was only latched not locked decided that we would walk the road (much nicer then blackberry prickles) soon found took nothing left skull and butterfly thanks for the cache

Being in the area we decided to grab this cache 1st attempt we were thwarted by Blackberry bushes, (being in my sturdy footware.......... Jandals). So we re-looked at this area and approached from a different angle with better results.

We found this one on our ride around Rabbit. TFTC

Easy to find and log. TFTC

Quick find, TFTC

Catching up with logs for caches I found with Sidewaze before I got my own account. TFTC

Lovely spot. Thanks for the cache Bryn. Picked up Dental Dozen TB.

Drive today from Motueka to Picton and getting a few caches on the way. Today is sunny and warm which is a great change after the deluge yesterday that kept us housebound. Well this was a nice cache and we had a lovely time on Rabbit Island dodging the mud and potholes. T On the run geo coin and L The Dental Dozen TB.

Lovely spot. Thank you, Bryn! Dropped off 'on the run' geo-slug.

Another one for the Beanso boys ... Master Beanso(4yrs) had this one in hand while the girls were still checking their make-up !!! TFTC

Easy find after a long journey from Meg's Hide-A-Way and the GPS was leading as down the wrong road and by the time we realised we thought ok we will just take the shortcut...THROUGH THE FOREST! We got about 100m of the way and finally realised that it was ALL BLACKBERRY. Thinking that it coudn't go on forever we continued on, past the possums and very spiky bushes. We finally reached GZ and we figured out that it took about 5 times longer than the normal trip should have been. Thanks for the cache and very adventurous day trip. TNLNSL.

Didnt get stumped by this one

Thanks

Enjoyed the walk and it was a well hidden cache. Thanks.

TFTC

thanks

Squeals of delight alereted us to our friends young daughter finding the cache! ssshhh! TFTC

Had a bit of trouble locating this one.. few to many trees!!

First time to this part of the island.

Many Thanks Bitsprayer

Found finally, 20m from where my GPS thought, but hint was nice.

Found this one with Moneydork and Satchmo cat

Part of a day with money dork and his son and away from the hotel
TFTC
SATCHMO CAT

A quick find by Pohutukawa. TFTC.

Walked round the estuary to this one. Took jeep so Discount Frodo and his feet would fit. TFTC (384)

2427. Thanks Bryn for a cache in an interesting spot. It was high tide when we were there and the estuary was picturesque.

Thanks
Iris & Rodney

GPS was out a little but a good hint (as aways)had cache in hand in short time
Thanks

Well done. TFTC

Found the brambles first but then a quick look round revealed the spot. More muggles, dogs and off-roaders than I had expected. Left golf ball, TFTC, Biggles

GPS ended up pointing a bit further into the trees than I needed be. After checking the hint I returned to a far more likely and promising location. Cheers Gav [3356]

[This entry was edited by rediguana on Sunday, January 04, 2009 at 3:24:58 AM.]

Easy find with Kwaka40.
Lovely sunny day
TFTC

Easy find with Wilson#41.

GPS took us right through a bunch of brambles before we resorted to the clue... And realised we had walked straight past it before Well done, good hide. TFTC

yep, good laughs when we relised it was right on our faces. Very nice spot TFTC

Nice hide.
Dotparsons

Straightforward find, gps co-ordinates spot on, as always. Left toy car and took monster. Thanks.

Had managed to transpose two numbers of "Man of a thousand voices" and found myself 32m from this cache! Sorted out the problem and grabbed this one too. Thanks.

Made this one a drive by simply because I could. Very pleasant little spot and no-one else about at all.
TFTC

Nice drive with the tide in. Well hidden. - hand, + seaweed. TFTC

Enjoyed a rather longer walk than we anticipated as we took the wrong road to start with! However we got there in the end and did enjoy the walk!
-TB + hand

Try to do the drive in with our campervan. It was a little bit muddy on the last metres but we did it
TFTC + Greetings from Germany
Basti + Jule

GPS spot on so quick find. Drove a bit and walked a bit - passed fishermen who just caught a fish as we returned. Lovely spot with the sun out. TNLN

Wonder if there is a rabbit called Bryn as you seem to have chosen Rabbit Island for your caches. Just visited Meg's cache and she maybe your sister?
Lovely day out for walks today. Retrieved a beautiful Symbology GC and left the Lost My Memory TB. Thanks for this cache and we may find more of your caches on this Island in the future.
tuttifrutti et al.