The Buffalo Skull (Nelson/Marlborough) Mapua, South Island, New Zealand
By usakiwi on 11-Jul-09. Waypoint GC1VQH8

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Didn't even stop whilst passing after recent logs. Place has been flattened , needs a C O intervention please

after 15 mins looking for the cache which as gone west went out 15 meters

We tried to find this, but had no joy. The area has been recently cleared - is the cache still accessible?

This entry was edited by onedude on Friday, 23 January 2015 at 11:48:07 UTC.

Considering the debris, you may need to review the co-ordinates or your description/hint.

Came out for a picnic today and went looking for a couple of caches. Tried this one just before leaving. This was a difficult one for this relative novice. I'm pretty sure that I had the right right spotand I suspect that the cache is hidden under the debris as suggested by others. (I don't know how vydra20 & jockmclaren did it). I wouldn't recommend doing this in jandals . . . (or thongs as us Aussies call them . . )

Found with Vydra20. TFTC

Found it during such a lovely visit Rabbit island. TFTC!

Yep. Under debris.

Looks like this one is well and truly hidden under logging debris.

Looks like this cache (along with possibly two other caches nearby) is in the middle of a recently logged area - this one under mounds of debris.

Think area just logged. Fresh logging in here. No accessible stumps.

For the sake of sanity we set off with sonia26642 for a crazy geocaching trip, aiming to cache until we drop. The main destination was Nelson and the ‘surrounding’ area, but then we ended up covering a few miles in three northernmost regions, plus a few in Canterbury. We were signing/stamping the log as 'Team Polak' or ‘TP’ for the two of us on this trip to save logbook space. We found a lot of different caches, city ones, road side, park side, up a hill and on an island, and we enjoyed every single one of them. It was good to be a professional thingfinder for a few days!

We had great fun and are grateful to all CO’s who placed caches for us to find, and help restore our sanity before returning to our other non-geocaching lives!!

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This was one of the most epic weeks ever, and definitely my most epic caching week ever.

Me and mum headed up on a holiday north to Nelson and very wider surrounds. In total during the trip, we found almost 500 caches! (470 odd I think, but final results are yet to be in! ) We covered about 3000 odd km I think too. Crazy! And had our absolute best caching day ever too at 160 found. Spend 9 days travelling, caching, and having the best time ever!!

So sorry about not so epic logs, as otherwise this would probably take me the rest of my life to log, especially with two big events to organise coming up! Eeek!!

Almost every single log we signed as 'Team Polak' to avoid needing to write out both usernames taking up space on logsheet - as well as precious caching time!! Haha.

Consec caching day # 706

TFTC!!

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Had to read the previous logs to find. Cache a bit wet but wrapped up as best as. Tftc.

A great wee spot for a cache and a pretty quick find. TFTC #99

Easy find, but all was wet and yucky.

After failing at some other cache, this was nice and easy. Loved the walk through the woods

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Hi,
I'm a young geocacher from Switzerland and found this cache during our 6 weeks in New Zealand
Please read our story for this cache in Cache.Mike's log. He also answered any needed logging requirements
Thanks for those caches! [^]

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Cool skull. All a bit wet. Left a lady bug!

A nice ride through the forest. Found on a bit of a bike ride from Richmond to Rabbit Island, and almost Mapua (if we had made the ferry). Thanks for the hide.

Quick find on our 21.5 km bike ride today. TFTC

Awesome cache, loads of fun going through the bush with smackcroker. Thanks!

This is easily one of our favourites so far. Really enjoyed tramping through the bush for this one. The container was a bit water logged, but the log itself was not too damp. Awesome hide, TFTC!!

Nice easy find once I spotted the skull - took the sheep

It was easy to find.Many thanks.

Quick find. Thanks. Dropped TB (Travel Sheep).

Found on a trip from Nelson to Rabbit Island on a beautiful summer day. Tftc!

yep

Couldn't really "see" the buffalo but had a nice walk and picked up the cache - tftc

We came on bikes with weter1 to turn Rabbit Island into smilies. The hide was spotted from afar and the cache quickly found.
TFTC

Good one Jerry.

A free night before Waitangi Day and so a trip to Rabbit Island before gates closed at 9 pm to clear up some caches in this area. Spied the feature from a distance and put the GPS aside for a quick find. TFTC

Good one, thank you. http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile_cool.gif

Found it during our kiwi traveling around south island.Thank you.

Gefunden am 29.12.2013. Jetzt erst geloggt.

Cool find!

Found.

Very good discription,othewise we wouldn't have found it.

A great place for a cache. Thanks for bringing us here and for the cache.

Found it tftc

TFTC picked up a TB

Found it. Dropped off Chad

Found with Team RJ on an all to rare Sunday caching run on Rabbit Island. T4TC!

Found with XD1 on a caching outing to Rabbit Island. Thanks for the cache.

A lovely morning for a before work walk on Rabbit Island. Revisited this cache today to swap trackables. Also first time I used my new phone to locate a cache as I didn't have any 'found' caches in my GPS.

Big day on Rabbit Island

So many potential buffaloes tftc

Awesome 2 for 2, TFTCache

Great hide tftc

Awesome, thanks for a fun day out

Found it on a short bike ride out with cousins and Brocko of course. Easy find, nice Buffalo resemblance.

Would have been an uneventful find except for one of our party ending up in A and E with a fracture. Won't forget this cache in a hurry. TFTC

True to cache name. TFTC

We had to walk into this area. A group were shooting a movie around the "skull'. We marked our success and movied on.

on a stunning sunny afternoon. TFTC

We're planning to spend a whole day (caching) on the island soon but wanted to hunt for a couple before heading home from Nelson today ..

It's still hot debate whether Jr Juicy or I spotted this first, regardless though we both enjoyed revisiting what we call The Enchanted Forest (Enid Blyton fans will understand), listening to the trees whispering their secrets "Wisha-wisha-wisha", and making the find .. Loved the 'buffalo' too

Thanks for the fun!

This was a lovely walk..Found easily.

Yay. Cool stump.

Raining what of course we cacheing

Great hide enjoyed the walk here and the cache. TFTH

A nice walk along the forest track then up into the trees,I walked right past it following the gps.Then read hint and Miss LB soon had it in hand,Should have followed the gps on the way back out,had to do a bit of bush bashing to get back to the road.TFTC

Tftc. Nice littld walk. Took Cotswold Lion 'S' tb.

Yes a good likeness Found quickly, signed log, TFTC!

Last cache for us today, TFTC. Dropped of our TB

89

Tftf

Greets from Germany!

LordFisch

Found

Nice afternoon walk around part of Rabbit Island during Valentine's event. TFTC

Buffalo head indeed. Dropped a TB.

We had a good walk around the island and yes did see the odd rabbit. We thought we could drive to more of the locations as we where trying a collect a number of caches today but soon found gates but enjoyed the walk instead.


We parked at the corner gate and headed down the forrest trail until the GPSr said 50m to go so we headed into the forrest (light underground) and saw the feature as the GPSr was a little slow under the trees. A quick find for today. We signed the log and re hid. TN LN TFTC

The buffalo skull was easy to find. Perfect GPS reception, and far away from muggles... TFTC

Looked at a couple of stumps before seeing THE one from a distance. Then an easy find. Great area. On a cycle trip airport to Mapua. Tftc

Fourth find with GPYesss on our early morning Boxing Day cachathon. Quick find after staggering through the bush and avoiding a downpour. Tftc.

This entry was edited by Spankymoore on Thursday, 27 December 2012 at 01:48:37 UTC.

Found with Spankymoore on our boxing day 5 hour cache fest. As we walked through bush, I was wondering how the name of this cache was going to tie in to the site. Well done. Great thing ! A mad dash once we realised. TFTC

It really does resemble a buffalo, and was an easy find. Tftc

Found after a quiet walk through the forest. Thanks!

Eventually found the correct stump and yep, definately an apt cache name

Visiting Rabbit Island and decided to have a look for this one. Good descriptor. Easy find. TFTC.

Found as part of a geocaching trip to and around Nelson. TFTC! Found on 28/8/2012 (but forgot to log the caches from this trip at the time!)

TFTC. What a cool name and location for a cache. Just perfect. Cache was in good order and I have given it a favourite vote.

Went bush a bit. Left travel bug. Nice place.

Saw GZ from a distance away. Didnt bother with GPS from there just walked straight up to it and found instantly. Have been meaning to come out here for ages to check out the bike tracks, will have to come back with the bike next time. Thanks

Today our plan was to go on Rabbit Island : not too crowded at this time of the year ! Really nice ! The views could habe been better (lots of clouds) but we enjoyed the beach and the shells colllection ! Thank you for the cache / Merci pour la cache. Greetings from France !

Eventually found it. It would have been a lot faster if I had read the description properly. I did not realise it was supposed to be shaped like a buffalo skull. I think I looked around 5-6 different stumps before AI got the right one. TFTC

Kept an eye out for other buffaloes. Lucky to escape with our lives!

I didn´t understand the name of the cache till I have found it. Now I understand, really true:). TFTC!

Real bushwacking today as loggers were at work on access road and no access was available (that way !! The skull was worth the machette work. TNLN. TFTC.

Decided to find a few caches whilst picnicing with the kids at Rabbit Island, quick find. TNLN. TFTC.

An impressive buffalo skull indeed. Had some troubles finding my way there, and only after finding it, I found the easiest way getting there.

Anyway, enjoyed the quiet woods.
Thanks for this cache!

Ina aus Wien
(Ina from Vienna, Austria)

Its so amazing when your looking for a stump that looks like a buffalo head how may of them look like buffalo heads.

Looked for the buffalo skull and there was the cache.

Easy find on an afternoon caching with Hazedarus.

The beast looked big and mean... Easy find with Holymu. TFTC

Had to bush-bash a bit here, but found easily enough once at GZ. Thanks, Jackie and Grant.

Nice stump and cache. TFTC

Easy to find! And it really looks like a buffalo skull

Haha it does look like a buffalo skull. TFTC

Place was easy to find because it really looked like a buffalo skull.