Redwood Grove (Nelson/Marlborough) Bishopdale, South Island, New Zealand
By bumandworker on 03-Aug-09. Waypoint GC1WT1N

Love this place. TFTC

Found it#906

Needed to find a cache today to fill a hole in the calendar. This was the closest unfound, after not finding GC41MQN and GC2XW3P, that is. Logs seemed to indicate an easy find so I really hoped three times is a charm tonight. It was really dark by now, but the cache was placed along a wide track, no issue to climb with my bike headlight. Impressive Redwood trees, love them! Could not see them very well in the dark, but still nice. Hint is clear and I quickly spotted the most likely location. After a bit of digging I finally had an actual cache container in my hand. I happily signed the RITR log and sighed that my quest for a find today was over! Tftc & favo for the relief

After a very slow start this morning, I managed to find this one where the hint said. TFTC.

Needed a cache today for a number of reasons and this was it. Had a brief look a few years ago on a walk to Rocks Hut but as time was pressing did not spend too much time on it. Today was a quick simple find as per the hint. Cache a bit wet but dried out okay. Log sheet was 'write in the rain', so all good.

TFTC bumandworker

We wanted to do the Tangatree loop but it was closed, so we drove a bit further up and made the short but enjoyable loop walk here. Cache found and I've added a small bag for the log.

A nice easy find with 2 small people in tow. Log slightly damp but still ok. TFTC.

Thanks for the CACHE

Easy find due to the hint, container was found but absolutely nothing in it. No paper, no plastic, no wood with a thin sharpened graphite centre..... RITR paper added and we have scribbled our names on it. Last one for the day. We headed off for a beer. TFTC B&W.

Last cache of the day. It's been a long but very enjoyable hike
Awesome picnic table at this spot!!

A great day walking from Marsden Valley to the Brook, caching along the way.
My idea to do this hike & I thought it would be about 15 kms & maybe 4 hours...ended up being 20.6 kms & 6.5 hours
A well deserved cider & chips after out hike
A great day out!
TFTC

Found the case, but it was empty. Have placed it back in hiding spot.

Headed over to Nelson today to spend some quality time with the daughter. While waiting for her to go out for lunch I headed up this road for a drive. Will definitely come back for some more exploration... just the one cache today. A quick walk up the hill - must have had a decent amount of rain lately - was a bit of a boggy mess.
Cache was tucked away nicely - a tad wet but still ok for writing.
TFTC B&W

This was going to be my one and only cache today, but when I first arrived there was a family playing nearby with bow and arrows - they were having a great time. So I decided to go and get another one or two a bit further afield. Quite some time later after doing a circut I arrived back at the Redwood Grove - they are such magnificent trees. A great spot so close to town. The cache was and easy enough find. Thanks bumandworker for the cache

Cool spot!!

"rite in rain" log in

The path was open again so we headed up. Only a short search was necessary to find the cache. Thanks for pointing out these magnificent trees.

Found this one on holiday in NZ, we (Flying-Kiwi and I) really like caching in this beautiful country for we get to see the most interesting places this way. Thanks a lot!

Sorry we didn't have more paper with us to replace the wet logbook. We continued up the path towards the call of the Tui but turned back at a danger sign on the path.

Cache (and others nearby) unavailable due to logging, please obey signage.

I stopped by a nearby cache to collect a part of another puzzle cache and with some time to spare felt another couple of grabs would be in order.

So I picked this never-before visited track and made my way along, knowing that I would not be going as far up as the [currently] closed section as warned on the gate at the start of the track.

I passed some fantastic trees and the smell of pine was something else, but only one tree was the real target of my attentions.

The cache was quickly found, thanks to the hint. I dried the log and container out as best I could and was still able to sign it, but will make a note to return with a fresh log and additional ziplock bags.

Thanks

#586

Some track closures had us go a different direction. Why we had not bagged this cache before is a mystery. It gave a smile today all the same. Thank you Bumandworker for placing this cache.

We took a chance on some tracks being open in the area and wandered up here. Just before GZ we had to wait for a couple of young ladies to pass before we could make the final approach. Thank you bumandworker.

Last cache before heading home. TFTC

Great to be the first ones to log this cache in the last 6 months TFTC

19/04/2014 9:08:00 AM
4308
Our original easter plan since ages ago was to go hiking. Every night staying in a DOC hut. We had already planned out a route, and a backup in Mt Richmond Forrest park... however the weather sort of ruined that...

We instead kept on driving to Nelson, and decided to do various day and overnight trips - jus to throw that DOC hut in the mix.

Today it was time to go up to Third Hut, and then do an overnight trip out to Hackett Hut.

First cache of the walk. Still there!! Just had to dig deep...

Consec caching day # 531

TFTC!!

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Had a good look but couldn't find.

Last one on the little walk today. Quick find. TFTC. Sherlock Hood.

Nice short walk and nice easy find. What a beautiful big tree. TFTC

The first while out for a quick hunt with StickmanNZ, TFTC.

Quick find while out for a walk. TFTC

easy first find for my 10 year old - we were lucky enough to find a travel bug

Quick find to start the morning. Took TB and left TB TFTC

Nice hiding spot! Took a couple of goes to find.
Cache doesn't appear to be waterproof. Dried out as best we could. log book was damp but signable.

Left a pencil with the cache.

Found travelbug inside, which we didn't move, but can't find it in the system. The photo I took on my phone isn't totally clear. Maybe I'm entering the code wrong. Will go back at some stage to investigate.

Took a wee bit of searching but finally found the correct location. Logbook signed and returned cache back to its same location. TFTC

First find on a walk that we hope will get to Coppermine saddle.

Out an a hike today from Nelson and doing a part from the Dun Mountain Walkway.
On the way back we had a closer look to thie giant trees.
TFTC - frigidor (Switzerland)

Never been in here before. Lovely morning stroll amongst the trees. Easy find

Stopped here after a long walk in the Brook Sanctuary. Didn't take long to find the cache although it wasn't in the first place we looked. Avoided the heavy shower but the weather had deterred the mountain bikers today. TFTC.

Quick find with Gorgeous Goose after a long walk exploring in the Brook Sanctuary.

New territory for me. - - Interesting. I happened to be in the area on business so picked up this little number while passing. TFTC

Replaced log book

Nice area to take the children; found cache which was waterlogged, & sodden logbook may need replacing. Thanks for the hide.

Inching closer to double digits of finds!

#3522. Interesting spot; well worth a cache.

A pleasant walk down, but a bit of a slog up as we took the direct route.
We also had to tip water out of the container, and the logbook was soaked so was unsignable.
TFTC.

Enjoyed a walk up through the Redwood Grove this morning. Found the cache easily enough. The container was wet inside so we dried it out as best we could and took the geocoin to move it along. Very nice location. Thanks.

Came here on a walk to explore some of the tracks in the area. GPSr was wandering a bit with the vegetation cover so had to investigate a couple of hint objects before finding the correct one. Signed log, TFTC.

what a neat place for mountainbikers ,havent been up here for a long time,took more than one go to find this one but got there in the end,,,,, TFTC

Easy find with Wilson#41.
TNLN

Easy find with Wilson#41.
TNLN

The find was nice and quick but the very tired legs made the short walk seem very long !!! watched a few young ones leaping their bikes over the jumps - far to much energy !!!!! nice to come to an area we have not been to before - am sure we will be back thanks for the cache

What a great area for the bikes to be and after watching a mum go greyer watching the youngsters doing high jumps we headed up further to claim our prize. TFTC

My last of the afternoon on a wander around the Brook Valley. Had come for this one on my way up but a jumpy GPS meant I came up empty handed. Managed to walk straight to it on the way down, a nice part of the track here, TFTC!

Quick find today - I actually also found it a year ago and my log is in current log book. Must have forgotten to log the find. SL again today. TFTC

A very pleasant walk up through the pines. Found with Yeetrees and gonefishing. TFTC

On a BWOC again with -gonefishing and boxhill in Nelson to clean up a few of the nice and challenging caches. Arrived at the entrance and off we went, this is quite a nice walkway to do on a day that started quite gloomily and then now fined up to be a nice warm day. Glad to get some shade and have a good walk up the nicely formed track. Arrived at GZ and boxhill and -gonefishing- found the cache quickly, while I was admiring these giants of the forest, "COOL" trees, I really love these sort of bush walks, Thanks for bringing us here and for the exercise, TFTC TNLNSL (2761)

A nice wee walk up to this cache - enjoyed exporing the area with yeetrees and boxhill. Didn't take too long to sort it out.
TFTC;

Made it to the campsite, & set off to grab two more caches before bedtime. T4tC

A nice hide amongst the giants

TFTC

Love these Giant Redwoods
Thx for taking me here.
Happy Cachin!!!

Took a trip from Canada to New Zealand to visit my brother and nephew over Christmas. Did some caching and was taken to some pretty amazing places. Thanks for the cache!

Beautiful spot and not the 1st cache I have found there and not the first person to find this cache today either!

We made this a lot harder than it should have been....

Found this with Bartlett Boys while out riding. We were part way up the hill, but decided to go back down to get this one. You should have heard Mr BB whine about the extra 400 metres we had to do! Moan moan moan moan moan.....

Actually this is a really cool bit of forest - well worth visiting (especially if you are on a mountain-bike).

TFTC

During the walk with husband and dad in law. I forgot to log it at the time. TFTC

Afternoon stroll with papasmurf, quick find once GZ was established. TFTC!

Last cache of the day. It was nice walking through these giants in almost complete darkness, the trees were wet and the smells of the redwood forest were really sweet and strong.

Really enjoyed this cache.

3225. A pleasant walk amongst stunning trees, accompanied by the cicada's chorus and the scent of gum.
Thanks
Iris & Rodney

My 2nd paperless cache using an ipod touch.Still learning to use it.Still have to use a gps.TFTC

left some sort of foreign paper currency, of asian decent I would say. Forget to check it out before I left home.
Also popped a bag of silica crystals in to assist with the upcoming winter dampness.
Thanks for the walk amongst the big trees.
Enjoyed!

Yay, my first geocache ever!!! Very close to home, hence my username.....

Took awhile to find

Always liked this bit of forest. Found with GMac01 at the end of a great mountain bike ride. TFTC

Yes a new spot for me so a nice time to explore and a nice easy cache.. Cheers Bo

Nice little wander up to this one. Its been a while since last time I walked this track. Following Bo&Bronnie for a bit today - enjoy your time in Nelson. dropped off No. 7 TFTC #898

Lovely spot - been here before with Belt.

TFTC

Took with a while to find it. Enjoyed near by bike track

nice wee stroll, after the one, great trees they have been around a few years

Thanks Bitsprayer

replaced container. log is fine & all good to go.

Top place for a cache, we felt like we were back in Hanmer Springs, thanks for taking us to this cool spot, TFTC, the container is cracked.

Found this one with Moneydork and Satchmo Cat

thx for the cache another day with money dork

Had a nice wee walk up the track. Took a little bit of hunting, we were close with guesses where it was, but it wasn't quite in the obvious spot. Cheers Gav [4373]

Found this one today while out caching with the rediguana. We circled gz for a while before I managed to put my hand on it, good hide. Thanks.

Lots of trampers leaving as we arrived. Great spot. TFTC

Found after 'Hillside Shearing Shed'. I really like this grove of Redwoods - especially the mountain biking track nearby. TFTC as it gave me something to do instead of just waiting for Mr Navfam at the bottom of the track. Final grab made by Mr Navfam though.

Nice walkway, didn't know it existed. Picked up GC and dropped another one. TFTC.

Dropping in Heart of Gold GC.

Good find,not far one of our old cache site, alas geomutt couldn't come as Poison had been laid in the area.
dROPPED OFF 'EVIL' Geocoin
TFTF

I must say the Redwood track is in great shape at the moment. Managed a couple of laps of the track and grabbed the cache on the way. Burlis lead the way working as my 'crash test dummy' on the downhill. Thanks guys for another great cache spot.

quick find in the trees picked up the bug

Nice walk up through the big trees Dropped of TB

Quick easy find good one interesting area TFTC

Standing on top of the Grampians I pressed "Find Next". Redwood Grove? I'd forgotten about that! So back at this place where I once helped an Auckland cacher get a DNF, except this time the hide was much better, and in fact resulted in an F. Nice spot, indeed in need of more investigation. Pressed "Find Next". Fringe Benefit. Errr... not today! Nice one, thanks Bum.

Time at last to catch up on a few recent local caches. All good with this one. Must explore this track a bit further one day. +TB, TFTC, Biggles.

Was in the neighbourhood doing "Hillside Shearing Shed", so popped over to check status on this one. The "No Entry" signs have now gone, replaced with signs advising caution re Cyanide. Quick easy find after all that!

Good to do this one with the track now open again. A track we had never been up before. Took nothing. Left Quatchi TB. TFTC

Nice One!!!!!!!! Was also at the Shearing Shed on the way to this one. Mountain bikers were having a ball in the mud on the side tracks just up from GZ. Once GPS settled down, no problem with the find. Nice little bit of North American West Coast in Nelson. Well done! Thanks

Easy find; took Vancouver TB.