Settlers' last stand (Motueka@Nelson/Marlborough) Motueka, South Island, New Zealand
By beltfamily on 25-May-09. Waypoint GC1RQY2

Strange enough, it is still there! We found it behind a tree and signed the logbook. Maybe just unarchive it??? The place is worth a visit.

gone

Old boots found part of a log but that was all we found during a thorough search at GZ. Almost certain the cache is gone. TFTC

Out and about on a morning of caching before heading back to Wellytown ,interesting spot TFTC

Good find, But inside the cache it was really wet

I can see this area being developed some day what with the commercialization of Mot. Quick find.

Quick find. TFTC

Found this morning before work. Quiet a nice easy cache. Learning alot about places in Motueka i never knew. Thanks for the cache =)

Another nice quick find. SL TFTC

Our second find! Not too difficult.

Nice cache and a place we wouldn't have seen without the geocache. Thanks a lot!

What a beautiful little remembrance park. Easily found cache. Thanks

This was a quick and ready find due to the helpful hint. Interesting place as well.
Greetings, ligi & chilifarmer

During our 4 weeks holiday in the southern island of NZ we did not only find an exiting countryside and wildlife. The many caches brought us sometimes to places we didn´t expect or planned to go to.
Thank you very much for this. Greetings from Germany.

Visiting from Holland, found this one easy!

TFTC

2nd cache I have done in here, must see what happened to all the old Mot caches.

TFTC

Nice conifers here - they don't do as well as this in Auckland. The hint for an easy find, thanks.

# 2667

It actually stopped raining just long enough to find this cache. T4tC

Very interting location, easily found, TNX4$

a good stand found.

Easy find while walking around Motueka.
Thanks for the cache Quiri

Visited a couple of old cemeteries around town this morning. Interesting to see the advert on the cache page too. SL. TFTC.

thanks to geocaching we are finding great spots that we wouldn't of discovered on holiday, and enjoying being on our bikes

well hidden

found: 14.11.2010 - 18:26 - Cache #202

There we were, two Europeans visiting a European cemetery in the middle of New Zealand . Thanks for leading us here!

TFTC,
Anundal

Found this one while visiting from Aust
This place has a wealth of history and we found it very interesting.
Thanks for showing us this area.

Nice quick find. The cows took a definite interest in me, and there were some startled quail around - I'm guessing they had a nest nearby. Cheers Gav [7010]

Easy find today - it was very exposed so gave it a bit more cover. TFTC.

Well, we’ve driven all around Motueka looking for caches, so we thought we’d been to every little park & reserve that there was, but no – here’s a new one! Lots of interesting things here – little quails running around & ‘basket’ fungi, and the history. Could have stayed a bit longer but the weather was a bit marginal. + Felix Micro-Geocoin

Easily found today

Found this along with Italian Job

1300hrs Interesting reading. Some really attained a very good age. DO The Waldo Jog (447713) and PU TB ACDMGB. The Italian Job was here......! Our blog www.motorhominginxs.blogspot.com

Easy find. TFTC

Lovely Park to remember Pioneers. TFTC

Very nicely done place, interesting
TFTC

Visited here a couple of times in pre-caching days and had a good look around - funny how you have no idea that there could be a cache hidden somewhere. ( Actually I wouldn't have known what a "cache" was then). Enjoyed finding this one, TFTC.

A lovely resting place TFTC

TFTC!

Nice tree.

Easier than we thought it would be

TN left toy

4303 Quick find at the Settlers’ last stand, a nice and quiet restful spot, TFTC.

It was interesting to read that the first burial here was in 1844 - there surely must have been earlier deaths in Motueka. Maybe there was another cemetery in use back then as well. Quick find. T4TC.

Interesting spot that we never knew existed. Thanks for bringing us here.

Easy find on way back from caching weekend in Golden Bay

Many many many cow-muggels here. And they were all pretty interested in geocaching...
TFTC

neat little piece of history and cache
a bit empty so i added some stickers

Our first cache in Motueka. A nice bike ride and great clue. TFTC

I stay for three days on the TOP 10 Holiday Park and so I was here. Thaks for hide and show me this place!
TFTC Beutenberger (Germany)

TFTC!

Easy found. TFTC!

#1723 Got here in pouring rain. A guy with two dogs was studying the graves, so ate my sandwiches and waited for him to leave. Rain eased off and I dashed in to find the cache. TNLN DS8300

At a rainy day I cycled in and found the cache. TFTC MacBanger

3206. A quick find in another spot that we have visited on previous visits to the area. We sat on the seat to write up the log and found a 'real rat' dead on the grass in front of us. We thought we had found "Ratty" yesterday - was this another cousin?

Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Good find in an area we have been before, after writing out the log Samy! snr quietly pointed out a dead rat right near we sat.
TFTF

Another good quick log. TFTC

Beaten by eagle eyes. TFTC

Interesting peace of history.TFTC

A quick find. TNLN TFTC

Found while out on an evenings bike ride. TFTC

Found with Crystal Fairy while touring the South Island. TFTC

Did this one beetween showers without the GPS.. Great hint and obvious location.. Interesting graves here..
Thanks for the cache.

Nice little cemetery!

Quick find, thank you. We spent a while reading and wondering about the Settlers.

A quick find through Mot. I think we left a TB here but can't be sure as I can't find my notes on my new GPS. Another page in the manual to read!
TFTC

Getting round to doing my logs - late like usual Found with hubby Stretch0 Nice to see a cache back here again Took Nothing Left Mini Peg thanks for the cache

6 months living in Motueka and now have made time to start caching! With this one just 1/2 km away was an esy target to start with

Something is dead at GZ - and its ripe.

Lovely little area - and monument.

TFTc

I really enjoyed visits to areas such as this, there is so much history to learn about and caches such as this brings me to these areas.
Thanks
ernienz

Nice wee spot to return to, container full of water, but log book dry.

Thanks Bitsprayer

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. This park is just drying out enough to permit a nice walk. Good hide, needed to use the hint. TNLN SL

Found this one with Moneydork and Satchmo Cat

A great wee park. TFTC

Found cache quite exposed, so was an easy find.
Find # 28 for today, left Chasing Butterfly Lady geocoin to start it's journey.

Lovely sunny day for a visit to Mot and a few family caches. Stopped by here before taking our lunch break. TFTC.

went straight to it with out the clue, cordinates spot on. A homeless soul camped in the trees further back. Left them to it to rush home. Thanks for the cache, we have heaps around here to come back for....another day.

Found it! On second attempt

TFTC TNLN SL

quick and easy one on the way home. tftc

Easy to find. TFTC

A good hiding spot!

Number 5. Really interesting location.

Nice quite spot to re-visit for another new cache

Very peaceful here today. Quick find thanks (650)

Over in Mot for my daughters football game, so decided to do a couple of quick caches while the team warmed up. NIce peaceful resting place, TFTC, Biggles.

Familiar spot but well worth returning to. Quick find on our way to Riwaka in a round trip caching. TNLN TFTC

Nice One!!!!!!! Delighted to see a new cache at this very historic spot. One of our very first multi-cache placements (now archived) was near-by. Surprised with the amount of new restoration and recognition of the pioneers that has taken place. Well done! Left TB Thanks

Got here just on dusk on the way back from Golden bay.
Picked up the TB

Andre found this cache while we were taking a Sunday drive. This wee area seems out of place now with the encroaching houses. ty.

3rd to find interesting area good one TFTC

Not long home from a hunting trip and saw these caches in my area,Always appreciated so took the kids for afternoon cache or two.Great historic spot, worthy of a cache.TFTC

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While we where out doing "no place to go" we did this one as well TFTC