Cape Foulwind Lighthouse (West Coast) Cape Foulwind, South Island, New Zealand
By BK&J on 11-Jan-09. Waypoint GC1KPJB

We enjoyed the walk. Sadly the cache is gone

Pretty certain this one is gone.

This cache seems to have been gone for a bit. Needs a refresh or archiving.

Gone

dnf

Very beautiful walk although the kids thought the path itself was too easy Found a few caches along the way but also a few DNFs. We tried our best
Saw a few seals at the colony, cool to view them from a distance without disturbing them.

Great walk

Sadly we were reluctant to give this one a go with all the DNF's on it. Our time was limited so we had to keep moving on and couldn't give it a go. Shame, as I love a good multi.

Coords in middle of grass. Maybe wrong? No finds in a while though.

Visited the 2 Waypoints to get the info. Then once at final had a good look around but could find nothing.

Coast holiday with friends after New Year. Wandering around Westport. Pretty sure we got the right numbers and found a classic spot where I'd hide a cache - but nothing. Even got caught by another cacher out for a wander. Enjoyed the view nonetheless and will try again another time.

Solved during out last visit here and came back to look for it. Great spots to make for a good hide but didn't find it. Looked on the 31st during an evening walk and again in the 1st at an early morning new years run. I hope I have the correct answers, hint made sense, but no find for me.

Found beautiful vieew

Graet wee puzzle

Completing the Cape Foulwind Walkway for Easter and picking up a few caches along the way.

A quick find after finding all the coordinates and waiting for muggles to leave at GZ.

#6599

Nice hide and found between rain and drizzle showers for Another! day.
I'd done most of the others in October and usually ignore multis, but while staying nearby in the rain I worked it out so came back today for a short walk to the site.
TFTC

We walked from Tauranga Bay to the lighthouse and back so did the multi waypoints in reverse. Luckily no muggles were around at final and I could make a speedy find. Tftc, great walk!

A great morning walk along the coast. It was beautiful and sunny and people did not start arriving until I was on my way back. This meant that I had free range while searching and managed to locate all caches along the way. Thanks for making the walk even more awesome! Great views from the final location. TFTC!!

Had trouble finding the answer to Q3 but thought it could only be one thing (which is was, phew). Such a beautiful day to do the walk, kids loved it. TFTC

Today we headed to Cape Foulwind and had a wonderful time here. A lovely track above the coast line, a fine old Lighthouse and several caches to find. Makes a great day

We skipped the first cache at the parking lot, went straight ahead towards the Lighthouse. Some pictures later we finally set of to the track and later we visited the final as well.
Interesting information about old times here at the Cape.

Thank you for the cache!

Today, our journey brings us to Punakaiki.
On the way, we stopped to see the lighthouse, the seals and then the cavern and Punakaiki rocks.

Thank you for the cache.

Out today clearing off a few caches we missed last time. Spent minutes grabbing all the necessary info. Then at the final we waited for at least half an hour for all the muggles to disperse. I didn't know strangers could chat that long.

TFTC

Greetings from the UK

Mud and Kim

During a nice walk to the lighthouse we found all data for the final and could also find the final at the end.
TFTC saying Sverabe and greetings from Germany
(#1385 @12:00)

A quickie but q a good one. Now for the rest of the track.

Round the world trip Made it to New Zealand and will be traveling all around the Islands. Today: Westport to Harihari. This was a halfway find
Thanks for bringing up this cache!

Vielen Dank fürs legen und pflegen und beste Grüße aus Leipzig!
Thanks for hiding and many greetings from Leipzig/Germany!

After an awesome four day hike doing the heaphy track we have two nights in Westport.. exploring this morning before we go for our underworld rafting experience..
nice quick find
Little bit of Geo sense had this one found tftc

During our holiday in this beautiful country we came to this place.

We could answer all question quick and after a nice walk through the lovely landscape we could finally log this cache.

Thank you for the Cache.
Team Bioscan

Great walk on a warm and windy day

On our walkway to Tauranga we found all information to log this multi here in Cape Foulwind. Thx for the cache.
#3392

Grabbed the info and made the find before keeping on going. Interesting reading and info. Cheers

30 December 2019 12:08. Tftc. This took me way too long as i couldn't read or subtract!

Eventually located by trial and error plus sheer bloody mindedness! Looks as if I am not the first to employ this strategy. Cache in good condition, now onto the next on this walk...

Found on the first pass, in between groups of strollers. Interesting information! TFTC

Got the information quickly and then waited for a gap in the tourist trail!

Quick and funny multi. Took way more than one hour for us, not because of the multi, but we walked to the seals in between. TFTC

Fun multi and managed to figure it out without having to backtrack.

Found as a part of a previous group. Now I'm continuing on my own. TFTC

A windy wet day here at the lighthouse and after seeing the seals and collecting the nesessary information we headed to the gz to watch a selfie family take photos. then delete them then take more then delete them over and over for ten minutes and just as we were about to leave they packed up there selfie sticks and vanished. The cache was broken and wet but the log was good. Thanks for the multi!

Found After a Short walk up to the lighthouse. After the Found I went to see the seals.
TFTC
twin trapper

Nice path and beautiful tree with beautiful landscape

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

We have just finished the Cape Foulwind walkway and walked to Gibsons Beach. But now its time to sort out this Lighthouse Multi which confused me hiding under The Cape. Captured the data at the infoboards to have to return back up the walkway towards the lighthouse. Spotted the foundations for the original lighthouse to return down the path to snag this one. Sign was missing for clue C but we fudged it to get to GZ. Lid cracked here and cache very wet. Added a film canister and new RITR log to keep this one rolling along. Cheers.
Its Cape Faoulwind Walkway this morning - something I have been wanting to do..

Its off on another geotour this weekend with The Seagnoid, Zara and Toby. We spent last Sunday in Nelson collecting the gemstones from the Museum Heist, so this weekend we are on a Geotour to the Westcoast with The Seagnoid, Zara and Toby, to return the gems. Saturday we visited Denniston, Kawatiri River Trail and Tauranga Bay. The gems have been successfully returned to the Museum. So lets see what else we can find while here. Today its Cape Foulwind Walkway. So lets go!

Found but log was to wet to sign, will try to come back on a nice day to dry out. TYFTC


Photo evidence to show I was here...

Found with Lipnp, log very wet, unable to sign, top of container has a crack in it, enjoyed solving the puzzle an finally finding this one. Tftc ️

Nice we multi ..enjoyed the solve and walk to way points..nice easy find ..thanks BK &J

lots of fun but an easy find in the end, busy little track with lots of tourists

We were here this time last year and did the walk from the other end. Then walked back. Then drove to this side but were too tired to do the multi. This time we approached from this side and soon had the important info and hence the cache. Thanks for the multi BK&J

On our way to the seal lookout we did the tasks and on our way back
to the parking lot we got it.
TFTC and greetings from Austria

A nice walk and Information about the lighthouse and after our walk back a quick find.
TFTC and greetings from Austria

Morgens noch ein paar vom Abend gelöste Multis eingesammelt, dann ging die Reise weiter nach Murchison. Unterwegs noch die Pancake Rock begutachtet und bei Westport an der Küste entlang gewandert. Abends durch einen geheimtip in einem unscheinbaren Bächlein noch Aale gesehen...

Greets from Switzerland

Day 13 in Newzealand. Today we drove from Greymouth to Murchison.
A very beautiful Country with lovely places. We were able to find nice Caches and See Lots of interesting places.
Thank you for showing us this place.
Tftc

We collected the information from the waypoints as we began our walk and the calculated coordinates looked good for a find on our return. We ended up following a slow group ass we were back near GZ - and opted to go slowly ourselves rather than pass them in case we took time to find the cache. As it was, it was a quick find so we could have sped up. A nice way to highlight the informative plaques.
Thanks.

Some caches along the Cape Foulwind Walkway! Very nice walk with spectacular views on the West Coast: the untamed natural wilderness! Also saw quite a lot of wekas, the thieves of quite some disappeared caches here!

Tftc BK&J!
#4335

Tregearp and I stopped here on ou way North and took a short walk for a couple of traditionals and solving this Multi. Straight forward and enjoyed the walk on a stunning calm and warm West Coast day. Final turned out to be a bit challenging as whilst signing the log a tourist decided it was a good lunch spot and occupied the nearby rock as a good place to enjoy the view and start her lunch. Luckily there were two of us - one engaged in conversation and provided a screen for replacement of the log (whilst repacking the pack of course).

Thanks BK&J for the cache in a great location.

No foulwind today and a lovely view out to the horizon and up and down the coast. A quick visit with SJT_NZ on our way to Granity.

Ein toller Walk, bei dem wir uns in dieses Logbuch eingetragen haben. T4TC from Germany

Tftc! No inventory...

Love lighthouses so had to stop and grab this one. Gathered the info & headed off to make an easy find at GZ. TFTC

No foul winds today which meant the rain came down vertically rather than horizontally! However we put on our waterproofs and walked to see the lighthouse. No problems getting the information needed and subsequently finding the cache which we protected when signing the log to keep it dry.

Nice short walk on a lovely day, thanks for the cache!

We had best weather and so we enjoyed the short walk to the lighthouse. Answering the questions was no problem and after a bit searching we found the cache! Thanks for this nice little multicache! Greetings from Germany, GolmarKlonk

Having just spent 5 days walking The Old Ghost Road (& one very comfortable night at the Rough and Tumble Lodge) we somehow had the energy to cache our way home.
We found 18 and had one DNF, and then wilted and stayed the night in Reefton rather than continuing to Christchurch.

I'm afraid I'm going to continue the cut and paste logs, but at least the weather improved so we could actually open containers without them filling with water (all logs signed ). Speaking of which; we signed the logs BRN (Bo&bronnie, Rincewind3, and Not Manly Jack) to save time and space in the log books.

A nice short multi in an area Not Manly Jack and I have never been to. I did the homework will NMJ and Bo continued ahead to the lighthouse, then caught them up. We then went to find the cache. It was an easy find in the second spot I looked. The log is fine, surprisingly, given the cracked lid.
We didn't carry on to the seal colony this time, we'll just have to come back.

TFTC BK&J
Find # 3641

A nice easy find with Rincewind3 and Not Manlyjack while we were in the area. Many thanks for the cache. Cheers Bo

Found this Geocache during our walk along the Cape Foulwind. Nice views of the coastal landscape and waves. We saw a lot of seals. TFTC !

A nice and quick find after gathering the required info. Almost gave this a miss as I had plenty of walking yesterday, but reason prevailed. Cheers.

Today we pottered around Westport, geting some of the nearby caches. Then off to Hokitika for the night. Great weather and a lovely drive.

Thanks to all the CO's for placing and maintaining these caches. Cheers.

Out and about with muggle sister and as there was a gap in the drizzle we got to walk around here and enjoy the sea views and brisk wind. Nice multi thanks

Sorted the required information and then it was a quick find at GZ. Interesting information on the noticeboard about the area. Fabulous views. Signing logs with our names or initials depending on space. Out caching with Will of the Wisp on our “round the world in 80 days” trip to celebrate retirement. Greetings from England, TFTC.

After visiting the Tauranga Bay and the lighthouse, I was lucky to find this one with the help of the hint
TFTC

Soon had the numbers worked out and headed for GZ. Had to wait for some muggles to wander past - they were carrying a surf board and bare feet - obviously not in the area for the same reason as us. A nice quick find was made and once the log was signed it was returned as we found it. Thanks BK&J for the cache

Found with VikingNav today while exploring the area after checking into out hotel in Westport. Thanks for the fun cache!

Traveling from Greymouth to Westport, stopping for caches and to see the country side. A great sunny day for caching. Stopped to take a walk to the light house, so decided to do this multi at the same time. Everything worked and we made a quick find. TFTC

It has been a very wet day but luckily as we arrived here the rain stopped-if briefly which gave us the opportunity to gather the necessary information and find the cache. We had reasonable views but no seals that we could spot. Thanks.

I decided to have a walk along the Cape Foulwind Walkway early this morning before it was inundated with tourists. My plan worked. Met all the tourists after finding all the caches.

After getting all the info I decided to get the final after I had walked the track and was on my way back to the carpark.

Cheers for the cache.

An evenings walk along the cliff top to spot the seals & rounding off with a beer or two at the Star Tavern.

Visiting from the UK after a break of four years and grabbing a few caches along the way.


T4tC BK&J, **Civv'nr** & **MissTreadlightly** ....(UK)

Grabbed the required information as we started the walkway but didn't grab the cache until the return trip. Just before GZ there was a nice rock lookout and a muggle positioned himself up there. The cache was grabbed when he turned his back for a moment, but we had all sorts of problems trying to re hide it. A couple of muggles came up from the carpark and stood at the GZ lookout for a while. They then wandered up the track a bit and stood a while longer. Once they finally moved away, the first muggle came down from his perch and stood nearby. As we still showed no sign of moving he eventually headed off to the carpark and we could finally replace the cache. tftc

Got the numbers and had a quick find before doing the rest of the walkway. Thanks for the cache BK&J

#7172

ReCached and I enjoyed this little multi-cache very much. After walking back along the beach to the car park, we started the walk once more on the path which goes past the lighthouse and found the cache quickly after all the muggles had passed. TFTC BK&J!

December 27, 2017 @ 11:08
Cache #2007

That was a quick multi, but we made it a long walk by exploring the cape a bit more. TFTC

Did this the opposite way around, since we were walking through from the south. First the lighthouse, then the carpark sign, then... it did take us under an hour,even in the hot sun. Enjoy having a multi making the most of the area's history, thank you BK&J.

We should have done part one when dropping off the shuttle car. We didn't have to do much backtracking to complete this one. Thanks.

Found it tftc

Found it on the way back of this beautiful walk along the coastline

CZECH
prošli jsme se až na konec treku, viděli několik lachtanů a cestou zpět jsem odlovil finálku

T-Tech and I are travelling around South Island for 6 weeks

We free camped at Kawatiri Beach Reserve last night and this morning took the drive up the coast as far north as we could get On our return to Westport this evening we took the detour out to Cape Foulwind (just because I liked the name ) and grabbed the two caches here.

It was interesting reading the information signs at the carpark, and we noted what we needed, then headed up to WP2. No problem finding what we needed here, and we crunched the numbers for GZ. Then it was up to the top for the view and to check out the lighthouse, before going to GZ where we made a quick find. A neat job! TFTC, BK&J.

Over from Brisbane for a number of weeks "motorhoming" around the South Island with IolantheK [^]
Now on our way from Haast to North for a bit sticking to the coast, grabbing caches between views [^]

What a great view from this cache. well worth a visit [^]

TFTC BK&J A favourite point from me

Our apologies for the delay in posting our log. Things have got a little out of hand recently & the backlog has become rather more of a "log jam".

Our thanks to BK&J for placing this cache for us to find (or occasionally not) on 08/11/2017. Further details (for earthcaches & the like) will be supplied to the CO once the jam has cleared.

@ 12.25

After this awful night with heavy wind and rain I was glad of walking a little bit. The wind was still present, but the rain stopped more or less. It was a nice walk from the lighthouse to the seals and back.

I could complete this multi during my walk.

Thanks for the cache says

eggepfuedi from Switzerland

Found with NZDi. We had been intending to do a trip to the Coast after a workmate and fellow geocacher came back from a Christmas camping holiday and dropped a map of walks around Westport on my desk. On comparing the walk and geocaching maps, it was apparent to see there was plenty of scope for a geocaching holiday or three to the coast. The only thing we needed to ensure ws that the weather played the game, unlike when my workmate had her Christmas break there. Knowing that we had the weekend free this weekend I kept an eye on the forecast for the coast and it was looking pretty good, so a motel was booked and a rudimentary and flexible geocaching plan was hatched.

The idea was to head to the Coast early on Friday morning picking up no more than half a dozen caches along the way. We limited ourselves to this as we know from previous experience that it can take over six hours to do an hour and a quarter trip if you are geocaching as well.. Once we got to the coast, we were going to do the Cape Foulwind walk, then cache as much as we could from there back to town. We then intended to do as much of the K.R.T caches before retiring for the night and in the morning do the Charming Creek Walk before heading back home again picking up the odd cache along the way. In the end it was mission achieved with 74 finds over two days and only one DNF along the way.

After our trip from Blenheim, severely limiting the amount of caches we grabbed along the way, we arrived at the carpark around 10am. After getting changed into more appropriate caching attire we walked the track to Tauranga Bay picking up all the caches in order apart from the nearby multi.

After getting the numbers at the first waypoint we made our way to the second and got those as well. Working out the we would have to back track for the final, we decided to get it on the way back as we were doing the return journey. Once we got to the Tauranga Bay carpark, we power walked our way back to the start in 50 minutes. Its amazing how fast you can go if you're not caching or sight-seeing along the way.

TFTC BK&J

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC BK&J

On West Coast travels for a wee family holiday. Staying in Westport. Came out in the late afternoon to find a seal or two...and not disappointed plenty of seals to be seen. I approached this from the fair end having walked from the seal colony, Mrs TG and the boys driving back around to meet me at the lighthouse as I walked the track....so I hit WP2 first. Cool history. Not wanting to backtrack I used this alone to calculate ~GZ ...and good enough to make the find and sign, bazinga. After signing I bumped into Mrs Tg and the boys walking in to met me. Yahoo. Cool series along the walkway...and nice to finish with a multi. Cheers.

Nice little multi. Had to backtrack to get final.

#1882;
We have enjoyed the short walk up to the lighthouse. The sea was pretty impressive today - at least to us Swiss guys TFTC!

Quick multi, nice place, found on our trip around New Zealand, greetings from Switzerland.

On our way south the west coast we took a rest at Cape Foulwind.
We had a great view in the evening and took some photos.
My wife said: it couldn´t be there is no Cache!
And suddenly she took a small box out of its hidden place.
So this one was a luckyfound for us.

What a joy!

Thank you very much and many greetings from Germany, dopsi5

Took longer to find than it should have tftc twitcher50

Found this cache together with SpookyEyes during our camper van tour through NZ. Thank you for hiding the container and showing this place to us. Greetings from Austria.
TFTC

Found this one together with looki on our Campervan Tour through NZ. Today we are heading for the Cape Walkway and the Seals. This nice multi was on our way!
Thanks for hiding. Tftc & Greets from Austria

Logged: 29/10/2016
# 1 found today

Sunshine when we woke up, rain when we left our accommodation but we decided to visit the lighthouse anyway. When we parked the car and walked up the path the clouds broke and the sun started to shine making it more enjoyable to make notes. Couldn't find C but logic is enough to find that one. The calculated coordinates placed us at a spot where the hint made sense and a moment later we had the cache in hands.


Another day of our tour in New Zealand.
Clouds , rain, sun, 7-14 degrees
Greetings from Belgium
TFTC BK&J
this was found 7019

Love this area! TFTC

Solved the multi, found the cache and then did a small part of the walk. We did this walk first time we came to Westport, but today we had other places to go to so didn't want to spend too much time here. Simply fabulous walkway. TFTC.

Nice place and Nice cache! Thanks, it is our first cache in Nz!