N is for Nevis (Central Otago) Nevis, South Island, New Zealand
By phiki614 on 21-Dec-09. Waypoint GC21VGG

I am archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.

Hi phiki614This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no cache maintenance logged. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.RegardsTheCoddiwompler

Cant find probably not there

No joy for us today! Gave area a good kick around but no luck finding. Large gravel pad has been added here (lucky for us to cool our vehicle breaks down)Definitely needs a check and replacement Thanks anyway C&J

As previous visitors to this area have stated the cache is missing after a serious amount of road reconstruction here

Looks like it's been taken out by a bulldozer!

Looks like there’s been some groundwork been done right at GZ and this might now have been buried. We had a good look around the area and could not locate

A quick stop on our drive out with Muggle friends who kindly indulged me in my hobby.


T4tC phiki614, Civvnr & MissTreadlightly ....(UK)

Find number 10381

A lovely easy one to find & a great location. Thanks for placing

Nice spot. A hint of green in the hills. All good with the cache. Thanks

Nice easy find. Tftc

Stopped on the corner and quickly found the cache before a bikie muggle made his way up to GZ. TFTC

Wonderful. View from this one. TFTC!!!

Quick find on a pleasant day, tftc

Surprised my car made it this far up.
TFTC

At 506m we found a geocache in a lovely spot with an awesome view back down the valley to Cromwell. That's far enough for today, one day we will return to find the others on the Nevis. A favourite point for this cache.

Went for a lovely drive with friends, couldn’t get this one on the way in as quite a few cows and calves were enjoying the view ! So ticked it off on the way down.

Rock clear when no cows present

Have never been up this far before. Enjoying the caches

Feels good to sign off another of this old alphabet series while up here this evening. TFTC # 16,820

Travelling from Te Anau to Wanaka today, I’m going via the Nevis road from Garston to Bannockburn for a bit of adventure. No problems here, a quick find. Signed log, TFTC!

On the way out from Carracktown drive. Fab trip. Tftc

I hadn’t even got out of the vehicle before my muggle friend had found the cache. TB missing. Tftc

Nice easy find

Quick find. Fine view of the valley. Added a Ziploc in case leaks again and covered over better.

Checking on my cache placed at the beginning of the Nevis Road, thought to do a wee trip up to grab a few caches while the weather held out.. and it did for 3 finds. Then the clouds started rolling in so time to turn around and get the hell outa there! Good timing as a few days later it was snowed in! Fantastic views through the valley to Lake Dunstan. An easy find, emptied out some water as the lid wasn't clipped on properly, log was dry in a zip bag. tftc

Found!

Alexander fun day out

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In the early afternoon we visited Nevis road and the Saddle. Thanks for the cache!

Found on 10/12/2019.

Out on a bike ride across the Carrick Range with a group of workmates. Slogging up the hill at the moment.

TFTC phiki614

Nice place thanks! In:TB

On a road trip to the Nevis Valley for the day from near Lawrence. Lots of fog on the road up through Central, thankfully, none on this road. Quick find, thanks to the excellent hint and accuracy, much appreciated. Collected the Travel bug and will move on

Awesome

Today I had decided to travel in my cachemobile from Kingston to Garston and then along the Nevis Rd.

Met a cow-cocky here and had to explain geocaching to him. He still looked sideways after I finished. Ah well, that's his problem.

In: TB.

Cheers for the cache.

Tftc!! Easy find with a fab view!!

day tripping with downsouthinv,annielin & abbykitt. Never been on this road before, so was a beaut day out

Excellent start to a Nevis visit

Nice day for a day trip. Cache is nice and dry.
Beautiful sunny day

On the school holidays on a nice day to go up the Nevis. A great view. I have not been up the Nevis before. With annielin, downsouthinv and barkingbonkers.
Tftc

At Kingston and the rough lake meant no fishing today .
So what to do?? ....I know... a trip over the Nevis was the call.
Packed mum and dad and other important people into the cache mobile...
Off to Cromwell, and up the hill we went.
The view of Cromwell was nice and clear.
Cache nice and dry.


tftc

#400 Great day to geocache in the hills with vz1pp. Grabbed a TB. tftc

TTFC great view overlooking Bannockburn and Cromwell

Thanks to kingcache86 we found a new container with loads of swapables and 2 TBs. One swapable was an absolute winner for the small one and he was totally happy. I took on TB and left the second one. Driving down to the Nevis vally was our todays adventure and super fun. TFTC

Container as absolutely stuffed. I’ll come back and replace it...hope that’s ok with CO. Swapped travel bugs

Cache is now in a brand new container, filled with goodies and travel bugs

Lovely view. Needs maintenance.

Found very very very very hot here today

Love the smell of thyme Sadly cache container broken.

Found it. Container needs a new lid

Full of water awesome view..4wd mission over nevis!!

A quick find but the container lid is broken and plastic bag all split. No longer waterproof.

on a trip up the Nevis with family and friends

Got this one on the way back home. Cointainer had a broken top but log book still ok

Watching the paraponters enjoying the thermals. Found with RowenaD. TFTC!

We are cycling from Cromwell to Garston, and naturally we have to log a few caches along the way . Tftc!

Somehow I managed to notice on the handle bar mounted GPS there was a cache approaching and I managed to pull up in time.
Unfortunately the lid is broken and the box was full of water, but the snaplok bag did its job and the log is dry.
I replaced it upside down to try and keep things dry.

Cheers and thanks,
S.t.

Found on our way over to Garston. Excellent view

Caught up to a few more vehicles so was good to stop for a little while and let them get ahead. TFTC

Great drive. Go at least to the saddle.

Glad to get a chance driving up this road. Tftc

Very nice views on a perfect day.
Thank you for the cache.

This is fantastic country. I was going to do a trip to the Nevis anyway. The series of caches are an added incentive. Took panther TB.

Well have an opp on my shoulder about 4 weeks ago and still got about 4 weeks to go before I'm back at work so I thought I would come visit some friends in Cromwell for a few days so was a great time to find a few caches. So out for a bit of a 4WD trip up here to get a few caches and this on the first one we came apon. What great views from up here. Awesome. TFTC ☺

Lovely view on a brisk cold morning. TFTC.

Left TB

Great view

Our wee boy, 6, found a toy crocodile so swapped it forward blockhead. Sweet find.

This is a very impressive road with so many great views!

Thank you for the cache!

On our way to the Nevis!

Great view from here. Want to come back one day with the caching jeep and drive all the way through this road. Tftc

Nice one

I was on a mad dash down to Queenstown for a funeral and had to have certain 'breaks' along the way and I was heading up the Nevis to grab a cache for a D/T rating I wanted and this was literally on the way. This road looks like it's going to be fun. Love view to Dunstan.

Thanks for the cache.
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We came back from our ride over Nevis road. What a beauty! Now when we are going back we see this cache and visited it. Wow, What a ride, super. Thanks. Regards, paroja from Holland.
#8062, 17:00

Quickly found today in the wind!! With Camp Mother & Ken TFTC

TFTC

Great views as Granville86a and I made our way over the Nevis Road. Havent been here in 12 years, love it, glad to be back. Admire those biking up on such a hot day, impressive!

Found with Chosen1978. After getting caught in the droving of several thousand merinos along the road we finally made it up to the cache. Quickly found and the log signed. The start of the traverse of the valley in the new cachemobile, A chance to test out it's capabilities.

Found it

On a drive up to the top

Skink hotel. Tftc

Yeah buddy

Found this during a beautifull drive through the Nevis!

Quick grab while trying to keep in front of following vehicles and their dust storm.

Found it, awesome spot

Nice easy find for the kids

Heading back down the hill after getting to Duffers Saddle. Thankfully there is ample space to get off the road as there were many trucks going both up and down. Another quick find by Guwapo. Salamat!

Quick find and I see we aren't the only geocachers out here today. Dropped off a TB. TFTC

Thanks for the cache

The start of our day aiming to get through the Nevis. Nice start.

A quick find right after the wheel change. TFTC

Found today on stunning trip through the Nevis. TFTC.

13.00h. Quick find but no TB. TFTC!

a great day out with beautiful views.

traveling with group doing the nevis road good find tftc

Nice quick find, doing the Nevis with a group, 2 couples are geocachers, gunado1 & 10grands, but not really into it so they had to do the finding today. No TB here. TFTC

I've made this trip several times on my motorbike twenty years ago and this was the first in my car. A quick find on a stunning Central day. Thanks.

Just about to the end. Great day

On my way into the Nevis River for some fly fishing decided to take in this cache. TFTC

On the way to Old Woman hut. TFTC