'Why' the 'Mak' starts here (Canterbury) Bealey Spur, South Island, New Zealand
By Richbritty on 11-Jul-09. Waypoint GC1VR0F

See notes of april and may

Considering the number of DNF's and the fact that it's not a difficult find I will have to check on this as soon as I get time to head up to the hills....standby

No finds since August. Several DNFs. Needs a check...

We are pretty sure it's missing - sorry.

Couldn't find it.

Hunted around a bit but couldn't find it

could not find- found signs of a cache having been placed here but me thinks it may have been absconded with- searched for ages and eventually gave up

Nice easy cache. Found our first trackable for the whole weekend. Yay.-GC

(512) Another nice easy drive by, even stopped to have a cup of soup.. Such a nice day.. TFTC, SL..

A quick easy find on a sunny morning with a magnificent view of the mountains. TFTC

+ Lord of the Caches geocoin

Quick find, spotted from the car. #187

First stop on the 'Let's escape the rain and go to the sunny West Coast caching expedition'. Now out of the rain and could almost access the cache without leaving the cachemobile - had to walk 2m as I parked too far away. Thanks for the cache.

We have never stopped here before,but today we did.A van load of Muggles arrived as we were signing the Log Book,but they were to busy taking their photos of each other that they didn't notice what we were up to.TN Left a little fish,quite appropriate for this part of the river.TFTC

Great spot to stop at on the way to Greymouth. TFTC

In and out. TFTC, TNLN

Easy find, the river is nice and peaceful up here
Left a piece of paua shell.
TFTC

[A nice easy find but probably a bit too easy.]It might be a bit less obvious if it was on the river side of the rock.[Cheers Bo]

was cold to day

Cold and windy here this morning so wasted no time finding logging and replacing the cache. TFTC

Great spot for a 'cuppa'. Great spot for a cache - even on a rainy day. ... "Are we mad," from the back seat!!! TNLN. TFTC

6th find on our way to Greymouth,nice sunny day,not much water in the river.TFTC

Found on the way to ChCh. 7th for the day. found with gracie7. TFTC

Easy found on the way to Christchurch at the end of our holiday. TFTC
In: TB
Out: -
Greetings Tapaz (from Holland)

11/13 On a trip home from ChCh. Very easy cache and a nice place the sit while signing the log. TOOK GeoCoin LEFT Bouncy Ball. TFTC

This was third day of our vacation in New Zealand. We are driving from Arthur’s Pass towards Franz Josef glacier today. This was the seventh cache in New Zealand. Beautiful place to stop. Thanks. In: coin Greetings from the Lowlandfamily from The Netherlands

Quick find on way up to Arthurs Pass for the weekend.

Auf Grund eines Team Account Splitt logge ich diesen nun mit dem eigenen Account nach.
Die Geschichte zum Log kann bei Cache.Mike nachgelesen werden.

Vielen Dank fürs Verständnis und Grüsse

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Because of a Team account split I'm logging this one with my personal account.
Please read the log of Cache.Mike to get the story about this find.

Thanks for your understanding and greetings

[size=1][font=Impact] .... [orange]JoshThePirate[/orange]

foto stopp on the way to the westcoast; one quick grab and it was mine

Sign is just slightly misplaced, up by the Waimak falls or back of Mt Rolleston would be more technically correct of course. But no matter, I prefer it where it is, makes a nice easy drive by to grab the associated cache.
TFTC

BACK IN THE SUNSHINE AFTER A DAMP DRIVE ACROSS ARTHURS PASS
COLLECTED TRAVEL BUG FROM CACHE

Jsut a trickle today - barely enough for the Coast to Coast starting in a days time.

Another quick stop on the way back to Christchurch.

never realised it started way back here. Great views of the alps. TFTC #1120

As usual I looked in all the hard places first. A beautiful day. TFTC. Hatas

A quick and easy find as a drive-by. Good views of the mountains. TFTC, Team Loopi

Nice easy find. Sent the junior GCs to avoid sandflys. TFTC

Grabbed some photos, what a great spot and a nice easy find.

TFTC

Great spot, nice day, good picture vista. TFTC

No problems. The information board is a bit light on actual facts isn't it; seems full of puff.

An early find after a night at Klondyke corner. Heading off up the Waimak.

TFTC - Great views up the valley today.

Well, in all the times TT has been past here, this particular spot has never been visited. Very interesting and nice hide and camo. TFTC

First glimpse of sunshine here, after a morning of torrential rain en route from Greymouth. Lots of muggles about but managed to find and replace cache without being observed. TFTC.

An easy find the difficulty was putting it back when a bus load of tourists arrived. TFTC

Busy spot today.

The first cache of the trip to the Coast. A great day up in the hills with the river only slightly higher than normal. TNLN Thanks.

Found on my way to Arthur's Pass. Wouldn't stopped here without the cache.

TFTC wessjan

Thought this would have made a nice camp spot. stopped and looked around then headed further west before realising we were right on the cache. Quick find. lovely spot. Camped nearby. TNLN TFTC

Nice and easy wee cache this one. Great day for it! Done without GPS. Cheers

Was a beautiful sunny day, with the snow capped mountains & great to be here to absorb it all. #950

I had better luck finding this one - compared to the other cache that was not too far away!! The familiar peaks at the head of the Waimak were still topped with recent snow, all very clear in the mid-afternoon light. I duly studied the info board, and contemplated the fact that I've tramped up this valley 25 - 30 times over the last 44 years. And I'm always ready for the next trip. I chose this one for my 1700th cache, as I know that valley very well, and the whole area has lots of great memories. Now, the Waimakariri actually starts much further up at Waimak Col - should I place a cache there, I wonder? Took the "5" TB and left a Sasquatch TB. Many thanks and cheers from Grandalf(1700)

A great place to stop on the way to Arthur's Pass. Good views today but still cold and breezy so I didn't hang about too long. A nice straightforward find; a group of sightseers didn't venture far enough from their vehicle to give me any problems. Dropped off Just 5 Words coin in a suitable cache. Many thanks.

Nice quick stop at night.

Many Thanks Bitsprayer

Followed the Pinot Noir's example and made this a drive by. Stopped here and had our bread & cheese for tea on our way over to Christchurch.
TNLN TFTC

An interesting read that certainly provided some good information.
Thanks
ernienz

Realised - driving past October 2010, that I hadnj't logged this from October 2009! So done now

Stopped by after lunch at the pub up the road. Stunning view!
Many thanks

River quite low today. I once crossed it from bank to bank without getting wet feet.

Great. Views fantstic today. Thanks

The first cache of the day. Travelling from West to East coast. We made this a drive by. TNLN TFTC

nice easy find pity the weather was packing in though becuase we missed out on what was sure to be mint views through the pass. tftc

Nice Camo. Found on a quick trip under the NorthWest Arch

TFTC TNLN SL

A quick find on my way through the alps.

Sadly a bit more than a week late for the FTF!! Great views TFTC

I would really like to have got up there for the FTF, but couldn't justify the trip at the moment. But next time...

FTF! A quick stop on our way to Christchurch. Cache was in hand within seconds followed by a small snow fight with what was left on the ground. Took TB TFTC

Dropped off a TB to be moved along, not quite in line with the TB's mission, but oh well!

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