Gold (Westland) Ross, South Island, New Zealand
By TheWonderStuff on 26-Jan-10. Waypoint GC23BVR

This was an interesting little stop off on our drive today, reminiscent of the gold rush towns in Australia that I visited as a kid. We wandered around and collected the required information before continuing on our journey. Visited with rumpuslabs, tftc

Visited with bektheraccoon, TFTC!

I'm doing a 3-week bucket list road trip around South Island, and after crossing the Alps to the West Coast yesterday, ending up in Punakaiki overnight, I'm now heading south.With Ross being home to an AL, an earthcache and a virtual, there was no way that I could drive through town without stopping ... and as things transpired, I nearly had the place to myself. And it was nice to wander around looking at and reading everything ... and even messaging the CO while I was in situ. Thanks for setting up an earthcache that didn't focus totally on geology here ... good job, WonderStuff.

Visited this little town with its great history. At home wellbdo the administration.

Another long night in Ankh-Morpork. Sometimes I wonder if this city has a soul. I think it must, although if it does, its a loud, unruly, and slightly unwashed one. Its the sort of soul that sidles up to you in a dark alley, asks if youve got any spare change, and then gives you a lecture on how its actually all your fault.

CaptainVimes and I have crossed the ditch to attend the Geo Toroa mega in Dunedin and tour around the South Island for two weeks.Love a good gold town history cosplay.Thanks TheWonderStuff and happy caching

Armed with jandals and a chilly bin, a couple of Aussies headed across the ditch for a 3-week tiki tour, exploring the beauty of New Zealand.DAY 8: Exploring the West Coast to Haast.We spent quite some time exploring this interesting location. Answers submitted by Geoturtle37.Thanks for showing us this special place by placing this cache, TheWonderStuff tn koe~~

Day #6 Greymouth to Haast - The Mega New Zealand ExperienceA chance for an overseas Mega was too good to pass up. Especially with half the state seeming to be attending also. I set about some last minute planning. Flights still available Accommodation found Mode of transport securedLooks like its time to cross the ditch. Ive never visited the South Island before so it is bound to be a fun filled trip.Its an early start today as the agenda is jam packed with sight seeing.A nice little historical town to explore although one of the answers took some time to find.A big thanks goes to TheWonderStuff for taking the time to add Gold (Westland) to the geocaching map for us all to find and enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Wow! The fun just never stops.Have you logged your will attend for Victoria's first ever Block Party? (Think Mega but even more special!)Join us on 22-23 March 2025 in Sunbury to celebrate 25 years of geocaching by logging your will attend at [**GCAP417**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).

#3934 Today is day 13 of my geocaching vacation in New Zealand. I'm visiting Hokitika Gorge and driving to Franz Josef.Found it! It was raining when I got to the town and everything was closing. I did get to step inside the gaol before they locked the door. TheWonderStuff, thank you for the cache!-crystaloops from Taipei, Taiwan on October 13, 2024 @ 16:09:47[GC23BVR] Gold (Westland) was a D1.5/T1.5 Other Earthcache at the time of finding.

During our trek through New Zealand, on the way north, we also visited Ross gold mines. We really enjoyed the beautiful country and the friendly people.Co TheWonderStuff, thank you for showing us this iconic place.

We brought Diaz09 and Harlan2013 to Ross quite some time ago on a first to find hunt nearby. While we were in Ross we gathered the required information but we had not gotten around to sending the information to the cache owner.With the current souvenir challenge that is happening I had a look at our list of earth caches that we have notes on. This is one such earth cache.The required information has now been sent and the photo found ready to log this one.Thanks for placing this earth cache and thank you for the smiley

Tried this earthcache a few years ago but for some reason didn't get all the info. This time I did with the help of a very friendly cat that kept me company.

On the home stretch of a south island roadie. Have been through Ross a few times. This time stopping to check out the area and it's history. Enjoyed strolling around and gathering the information. Answers sending to CO. Tfte

Very cool cache thank you

On the way north we made a break for nearly one our to look around what's happen here in Ross. A lot of interested things.So the SiamFee and I found also this interested earthcache and collected all questions and answers.Thanks for this nice earthcache.Greetings from the Siamkiwi

On our thirteenth day in New Zealand we drive from Picton Tasman.This beautiful cache was on our way.TFTCHennesAt the end comes the poem of the day.New ZealandBy James K. Baxter(for Monte Holcroft)These unshaped islands, on the sawyers bench,Wait for the chisel of the mind,Green canyons to the south, immense and passive,Penetrated rarely, seeded onlyBy the deer-cullers shot, or else in the northTribes of the shark and the octopus,Mangroves, black hair on a boxers hand. The founding fathers with their guns and bibles,Botanist, whaler, added bones and namesTo the land, to us a bridleAs if the id were a horse: the swampy townsLike dreamers that struggle to wake, Longing for the poets truthAnd the lovers pride. Something new and oldExplores its own pain, hearingThe rains choir on curtains of grey mossOr fingers of the Tasman pressingOn breasts of hardening sand, as actorsFind their own solitude in mirrors, As one who has buried his dead,Able at last to give with an open hand.

A lot of gold around here, or at least people looked for it.Thanks for the cache./herrFamaxe from Sweden

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 60 - Franz Josef, West Coast - Otira, Otago, South Island, Nov Zland (asi 250 km) Rno bylo sice zataeno a 11C, ale neprelo, take dobr. Po sndani jsem vyrazila na krtkou vychzku na 2 vyhldky na ledovec Franz Josef a dokonce byl i vidt. Taky jsem tu odlovila jedinou zdej keku. Pokraovala jsem kolem pobe a mokad po Glacier Hwy a zastavovala u velijakch zajmavost. Cel oblast wetland je nrodnm parkem a zaazena na seznam UNESCO. A je to opravdu mokr krajina - pobe Tasmanova moe, do kterho st mnoho ndhern modrch ek tekoucch z hor a ledovc, taky jezera a mokady a vude kolem detn les. Pes vechny ty eky a ky vedou jednoproud mostky, i kdy si na Hwy, co je roztomil. Na konci jedn obce m zaujala smrovka ke galerii Petra Hlavacka. S takovm jmnem to mus bt jedin ech, tak jsem tam odboila a taky e jo. Pan Hlavek je fotograf krajiny Novho Zlandu a zejm dost spn. Prohldla jsem si fotky i knihy a jela zase dl. Dal zajmavost po cest byla zlatokopeck msteka z konce 19.stolet, kdy zde zlat horeka mla boom. Dnes jsou to ospal vsky, ale tehdy to tu asi tepalo. Prola jsem si muzeum tby zlata, nafotila star domky i hotely z t doby a odlovila pr keek. A pak u jsem odboila na Alpine Hwy smujc na Arthurs Pass. Tam dojedu ovem a ztra. Dnes spm ve starm a opravdu zajmavm a bizarnm hotelu Otira Stagecoach Hotel. Bvala tu stanice dostavnk, co jezdili z vchodnho na zpadn pobe pes hory, a u tehdy hotel a je dosud vetn devnho dostavnku ped hotelem. Zazen pall mall od staroitnost po divn krmy, majitel hraje na mechanick pino, ale piplil mi steak. Na jednu noc je to ale zbava. Ztra dojedu do prsmyku a bude-li pkn poas, vydm se i na njakou vychzku.In the morning I went for a walk to the viewpoints of the Franz Josef glacier and found the only cache in the area. The view was pretty decent, even though it was cloudy. Then I moved along the Glacier Hwy through the wetland area and stopped at caches and attractions. I drove to the center of the gold mining area and saw the local museum and old houses and hotels. After the Alpine Hwy, I started to approach the mountains again and ended up for the night at the slightly bizarre Otira Stagecoach Hotel. There's everything from the stagecoach to Gandalf and Gollum from The Lord of the Rings. So hopefully I'll live to see the morning . Thanks to everyone for the caches and greetings from the Czech Republic.

Visited with Dali87 within our amazing trip around New Zealand. Thanks for nice cache ....................................................................... TB Koumesovo geopivo DDEV7M

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Today, we drove from Harihari to Punakaiki and stopped here to have a short look at this earthcache... Well, to be honest - it took us much longer than we thought, because it was so interesting to read the signs, to go into the small museum and to eat an icecream afterwards ... We found all the answers, took a little walk and made some nice pictures . The answers were sent to the CO and we were really glad having stopped here at this nice placce!! A big thank you to TheWonderStuff for leading us here and for showing us this place and of course also for working out this earthcache here on site!Best wishes from the North Sea, Germany, from Cuxine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________________oooooooo____________oooooooooooooo_________oooooooooooooooooo________oooooooooooooooooooo_______oooooooooooooooooooo____oooooo_______oooooooooooooooooooo___ooo__ooo_______oooooooooooooooooooo__oooo____oo________oooooooooooooooooooooooo_________oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo_oooo_______oooooooooooooooooo________ooooo___ooooooooooooooooooooooo_________oo_ooo____oooooooooooooooooooooooooo_____oooooooo__ooo_oooooo__________oo___oooo_______ooo__ooo_ooo______oooo__ooo_______oooo___ooo__ooo___ooooo___ooo_____ooo___ooo____oo____ooo____oooooo__ooo____ooooooo____________ooo_____ooooo____ooo

Today before we headed to our next stop, Reefton, we popped over to Ross as we wanted to explore this little town. Then picked up a few as we made our way to Reefton Here Info gathered and sent to COTFTC Tim and Viv - ddm

This is a really cool cache in a small town with a huge industry! At the time of logging were about to give the panning a go!TFTC!

Had a small wander round finding the answers. I think we have a larger and definitely deeper hole in Waihi. TFTC.

Golden history, the only history;)Very interesting place. From that day I prefer greenstones )Thanks for the cache and greetings from the Czech Republic.

After years on our bucket list and three cancellations due to Covid, we are thrilled to finally be here. Following several cruises we flew from Sydney, Australia to Wellington, New Zealand to begin our next adventure. Picked up our rental vehicle and will be driving, exploring, hiking, and caching both islands for 3.5 weeks. When we arrived the area was packed full of tour group muggles despite a steady rain falling. Fortunately, the tour bus left in a bit so then we had the area almost strictly to ourselves. Visited all the locations searching for needed info and snapping pics. The rain finally stopped just before we finished our "tour". Our answers have been sent via the message system and we appreciate the CO developing this geological lesson. Thanks for adding to our adventure today, Nukeworker and Racquetball Girl, Arkansas, USA

We had a lovely look around but the rain really dampened things. Answers sent to ECO. Photo attached as requested.

Together with Travelser I'm going Down Under. We are driving around with a motorhome. After 7 weeks driving around through Australia we arrived the 2th November in New Zealand. For ten days we will cross the Northern Island and than for 2 weeks the Southern Island.During our trip we of course search for several caches. Most of them brought us to very nice spots, like this one.All the CO's, and in this case TheWonderStuff, thanks for bringing us here and give our trip a special accent.

After traveling around Australia with Oopie for 7 weeks, we have now been traveling with the camper in New Zealand for 4 weeks. Along the way we will of course also visit various types of caches in beautiful places, including this one.So we make the answers together and with your permission Oopie wil sent the answers.Thanks CO for creating and laying this cache.

Found whilst on a lap of the South Island in our camper VanEmpire Hotel nearby is awesome.TFTC

Day 7 on our holiday in New Zealand. We visited the spot of this Earth Cache. We made the requested photo, and added it to the log. Of course we searched for the answer,s and sent it to the CO.



***T4T$ - Many thanks to TheWonderStuff for this Earth Cache, and showing us this unique spot. ***. ️

On our road trip through NZ we visited Ross. A nice historical place. Thanks for showing us.

This was a very interesting stop along the way from Fox Glacier to Punakaiki. The old gold rush town reminded me of a town in California where I used to live.

Today it went from the west coast to the east coast and interesting caches were selected. The log release was promptly granted.
Tftc ???&Dr.Schnüffelnase

Interesting story on Gond mining in Ross

Thanks for the Earthcache. Lots of interesting information here. Greetings from New Hampshire, USA.

Wandered around after meal at the pub TFTC

Greetings from the Czech Republic and Thanks For This Cache.
Díky za keš.
18:55
Moje 4662

Had an impromptu stop looking for gold. Evidently we are just fools though

Ross is a great place to visit

After coal mining in Brunner and Denniston, Ross was the third mining site we visited. We arrived at noon and gathered a parking spot with some shade.
Nice and interesting place to visit. We like the information panels with the old photos, showing the place as it has been.
The requested information could be gathered with success.
Thank you for showing us this place and happy new year
NathanS05

Still on our road trip through , driving today from Punakaiki to Fox Glacier.

We pass through this former gold village Ross and make a stop to see the historic site.
Answers to the questions have been sent to the CO.

Nice little (open air) museum it’s actually interesting to see and try to understand how this place went from zero to big and how it is back to a very, very small community today….
All in all than his whole region seems very empty when driving through (even a bit of a struggle to get some food for lunch )

Thank you for providing a reason for a stop here and the interesting earthcache - many geogreetings from chitza from Belgium

An evening cache raid to Ross. Staying further north but decided there was enough time after setting up camp and having diner to pop down here and snare all the caches.

Looked at the lake, do they give former mines now ponds a special name? Two minutes of googlin says no.

Did the ad lab first and then I got to circle around again almost the same locations for this one. I remember coming here before the pit was filled in. A mazzive hole.

Visited Ross briefly while driving south. Answers have been sent. Nice to have this on international earthcache day. Thanks for the ec and greetings from Finland!

On our trip we also passed the small town of Ross. We visited the lovingly designed museum and completed the lab+bonus, the EC and last but not least the Tradie.
TFTC!
Greetings from Germany
Felsmaus

15:30
On a mission to catch up with a 99-year old Latvian on the Coast today. And knocking off a couple of caches of the PWGT list.

Stopped here for the multi, stayed for Adventure Lab and this Earthcache, and then put a trad on top of the cake. Reading about this gold rush, I just can't imagine this quiet wee village with 2500 inhabitants.
The classic nature of man - he comes, he exploits, he leaves. With the gold.

Answers sent.

Kia ora! Paldies!
TFTC, TheWonderStuff!
#9012

Spending the winter woofing, tramping and exploring the west coast caching along the way ..of course..
Making time to finally do this one...

We were coming through here as part of a family roadtrip holiday. We stopped here for a quick visit and ended up spending a little while. Enjoyed the nearby museum with the very interesting guy behind the counter. Our timing was just early enough to look through the historic buildings before he closed for the day. And of course got a bunch of photos and the required info for this cache. Info emailed as required. Really intersting spot and loved learning some of the history from around here. We will be back for a longer visit sometime in the future. TFTC

d with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC TheWonderStuff

Found with NZDi. Full log to follow. Will send answers to CO when we get home.

Found while travelling down the West Coast with Djangomalango. A bit wet today but not enough to stop us getting out the car and having a look around. Will send answers to CO now I'm home again.

I stay in Ross when I am travelling North it has a lot of character. Enjoyed doing the cache while taking a stroll.

Forgot to attach the photo

A great area to visit. Enjoyed walking around learning about the history of the local gold mining industry. Thanks for placing the cache.

A bit wet today but not that wet for the locals. Enjoyed our wee look around Ross. Man in shop/museum very friendly and helpful. TFTC

We had a short family holiday to the West Coast, and as my Dad was born in Ross and is buried here as well, it is a must stop place for us. Spent a little time in Ross today showing the wee wombles around and visiting the cemetery and also the grave of another "famous" Ross relative so had time to complete the earth cache today. Answers have been sent.

Thanks for the earthcache.

I enjoyed having the time to do this earthcache today. We had time to explore and did a bit of gold panning as well. A beautiful day on the West Coast. Now heading to Franz Josef. TFTC

FITW Albijos
On a beautiful trip visiting some parts of the west coast. We are very lucky with this gorgeous weather perfect for exploring rain forests, rivers, glaciers, beaches and other geological treasures.
Had fun exploring this historically relevent tiny little beautiful town. TFTC

FITW Harisree

Such beautiful weather in the West coast. Sunny, No clouds, no wind, and we were in dreamland.

Always fun to do earth cache

TFTC

This was a nice little EC to do, learn more about the area. I'll have to come back and explore some more! I'll send the answers through shortly once i've got everything together. Thanks for putting this together!
TFTEC TheWonderStuff, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 3 find(s) of 13 today, making this find #2921

Still quite early in the day, but people starting to mill around so I was pleased that this was an earthcache! nice exploration of the area, TFTC!!

Calum D and I made a detour to Ross while we were in Hokitika because... well why not? It's not like we were in a hurry to be anywhere. This is a fascinating spot and we took many pictures using the nearby picture frame that has lovely views over the lake. Answers sent to CO today. TFTeC.

Calum D and I made a detour to Ross while we were in Hokitika because... well why not? It's not like we were in a hurry to be anywhere. This is a fascinating spot and we took many pictures using the nearby picture frame that has lovely views over the lake. Answers sent today. TFTeC.

Found while out on the West Coast with Thedbees. Weather was poor in Hokitika so we thought we’d go on a bit of a trip to Ross and do some caches while we were there. She has sent answers on behalf of the both of us. TFTC

Enjoyed looking around here for the answers. Sent though to CO.
There is so much history here. Great to learn.
Been on the Wilderness bike ride - was great.

Came here as part of a 6 day epic Tour of the SI in the company of GSEL, seeking out the PWGT caches, but I can never resist a good Earthcache (especially one combined with a good chunk of history), so we also stopped for this one. Scurried about looking for info, and then took a lot of photos! Thanks for taking the trouble to set this earthcache up.

The answers have been sent through to the CO, I'll change this to a found it log, once permission to log this has been received.

Loved all the history of Ross such a quirky place too.

Been to Ross a few times. Pengi got caught and put in stocks today. Naughty penguin.

After a day exploring around Hokitika we headed to Ross to end the day. Nice little walkabout museum and some wonderful history. I should have brought my spade and done a bit of digging given how much gold was still about. Thanks for the earth cache.

This was an interesting walk around with downsouthinv and Abbykitt. I might just have to go back and retrieve her...

Tftc

On a trip to Nelson for a tramp walking the Able Tazman.
Did this while having afternoon tea. Nice to learn about the history of Ross.
Found with annielin and downsouthinv.
Tftc

On a west coast oe and on our way to Nelson for a few days . My first time to travel up the west coast of the south island In 20 years so this time we get to cache our way in to uncharted territory, so let's see what fun adventures awaite us bring it on.
Loved learning about the history of the area . Gold the one thing that can push mankind to some very hospitable places and endure harsh environments in the surch of gold .
This area has a Ritch history .
Life is short. Live one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!!
Thanks for the hide
tftc
Found with Annielin and Abbykitt
Answer sent to co.

We visited the Ross Goldfields and di this earthcache. The information was soon found though we did have problems finding the De Bakker cottage and had to ask at the museum. TFTC

Having a great day having visited Hokitika Gorge the Tree Top walk and now Ross. Watched the film in the museum and learned a few new things. We enjoyed walking around the little town. Thanks for your earth cache. #6627

This looked like such a cool place to visit. Unfortunately it was raining on our trip up the West Coast today. I made a couple of dashes out to try and do this but not surprisingly my phone doesn't like rain so I had to give up. A wonderful looking place that deserves this cache. Thanks anyway

Nice to be away on another geocaching trip with tmann421, travelling to a few places in the upper South Island.
All logs signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Answers sent to cache owner for us both by tmann421

Thanks for putting out this Earthcache for woolwood9 and I to visit!
Enjoyed the walk around the area and up to the old gold mines.

We were down south whitebaiting and came up to Ross for the Sunday roast at the Empire. Now back in Hokitika at cousins's with wifi. This was a great interesting earthcache we enjoyed so a fav from us. Answers sent to CO. Thanks for the work put into this cache, showing us something not noticed before and the fun TheWonderStuff.

I parked up in the carpark and had a good wander around reading all the information boards. A lovely bit of NZ history.

Cheers for the cache.

(# 6162). Day 11 of my South Island odyssey. Today is getting some caches between Haast and Greymouth as well as having a good look around. Had a great look around and also did the loop track. I love this type of history. Answers sent to the CO.

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on a 3 day weekend to the West Coast to increase our find counts on some low number calendar days. Also we were keen to escape the dismal grey and wet weather in Christchurch.
After biking the trail from Ruatapu to Ross, we had time to check out Ross. We're pretty sure the last time we were here, it was in our pre-geocaching life so all the cache here were new to us. Took a bit of hunting to find all the info but it was interesting reading all the info boards. Answers sent on behalf of SW and myself. TFTC.

#18380. It's been many years since our last visit to Ross, and it was good to return today to pickup a few caches after our ride down a section of the bike trail. We enjoyed gathering the info for this cache; most interesting. Troodles sent answers on behalf of us both, and also uploaded a photo of both GPSr's. TFTC.

I loved walking around with paddle chick doing this EarthCache Tft Earthcache

Visiting the coast for the long weekend, visiting a TB while Nanzie does the earthcache

During our trip along the west coast of the southern island we passed the town Ross. Beautiful surrondings and an interesting history of gold.

Answers sent to CO.

Thanks for the cache!

Leaving Sweden in the beginning of January, passing Singapore on the way to Australia. Then visiting NZ before flying back home via Dubai. A trip of almost three months. Fantastic scenery and nice people along the way.

On my way from Greymouth to Fox Glacier I stopped at Ross for a little walk and some caches. TFTC

Today we spent the afternoon at Ross and had a nice walk along the interesting walk way.

The answers for that EC felt more like answering a virtual, but it was interesting to learn about the history here. We even saw that big nugget (replica - that was impressive! Must have been kind of great happiness when digging that piece out ... And if you think about the gold prices right now ....

We enjoyed being here in Ross. Thank you for the Earthcache! Answers fro the EC were sent to the owner via Message Center.

**Found on our February - March tour around the South Island. Logging back home in Auckland in Lockdown isolation**

Travelling and caching from Lake Paringa to Hokitika today. We really enjoyed our wander around the Gold mining exhibits in this reserve. There is plenty to see and read here. Thanks for showing us.

Originally was just passing by but it was such a nice spot we decided to have lunch here then noticed the earthcache for here. An interesting history. Answers sent to CO.

Very nice place to walk, thanks for showing.
Our answers I have send
greetings from the netherlands

We had a lovely walk. Found with mr c on our travels from the UK thank you. Mr c has sent the answers.

Found with MrsC on our NZ travels, from the UK, thanks, Great Location. Answers sent to co

Biwer original sends Greetings from Germany and thanks for the Cache.

Out cycling the Wilderness cycle trail from the Ross Top 10 Holiday Park.
Cycle complete and now heading back home to Nelson.
We walked up here from the hotel after dinner yesterday but didn't have the tech with us to find the two waypoints. Back today with the GPS and finished the cache off.
Answers sent to the CO.
TFTEC

Another great T W S Earthcache and a fun one to end the days finds with. All good here and ansers have been sent already. mrs wasn't keen to leave the car so long distance pics were taken and I put myself away in the stocks. T F T C TWS, good use of your Virtual too I see.

Day 2 of our West Coast visit and part of todays targets was to get out to the glaciers at Fox and Franz, a trip out to Bruces Bay for the earthcache there, grab some missing minutes on my Easterly coordinates for a Challenge cache in Nelson, and just generally get some gravel under our heels and some fresh air in our lungs. This is the only 'full day' we have as we travelled down yesterday and head back to the rat race tomorrow. A long day was experienced, we were on the road before 7 in the morning and back in just after 9pm. Plenty of awesome scenery and experiences,and no sandfly bites! Thanks to all CO s who made this possible, and the the West Coast for just being you.

A weekend away has been discussed for a while now, and me and mrs c both had the Monday off so a 3 day trip over to West Coast was the plan. We were fully hopeful of getting down to see the glaciers at Fox and Franz Joseph and were staying in Hokitika for a couple of nights. Plenty of kms driven and a few caches found, incl a virtual and 5 Earthcaches. Good weather all round, no sandfly bites (I know!!) and plenty of awesome sites and sights.

Yeah, my Lottikind and I came here and enjoyed the places you showed us.
We have identified the answers to your questions, please have a look at my mail

TftC and greetings from Germany says ????R?I

Where have I been this year? See [Poparni-2020-TB](https://www.geocaching.com/track/map_gm.aspx?ID=3261631)

Nice stop and lots to learn. Took a walk with muggle husband and enjoyed the perfect day. TFTC

Quaint little town. Enjoyed learning about the history of this old mining town.
Thanks for the fun, TheWonderStuff!
Found on November 24, 2019 at 2:33 PM
CptPhoenix&Tigerlily -- Flagstaff, AZ

Found as a part of a previous group TanjackMüley, aka WanderingSparrow. Now I'm continuing on my own. TFTC

Found this earth on our stop while driving south. Enjoyed learning about the history here that a lot of people will miss. Some of the facts are hard to believe. Thanks for this wonder stuff!

Sweet history! Sleepy town. Closed on Sundays it seems. We hiked a bit up the trail and said hi to the pub doggies.

KL6 and I are in NZ for 16 days or so exploring the South Island mostly by campervan—with a few shoulder days in BnBs. We plan to visit the Fjordland first—Milford Sound—and the back track and head all the up the Punakaki Pancake Rocks vía the west coast, stopping by Franz Joseph along the way. Then back down to the lakes, Tekapo, Punaki, Mt Cook, and then Wanaka. Finally we’ll return back to Queenstown after our huge campervan adventure. Lastly back to Australia for a couple nights before heading back home to the USA.

Obviously, we stopped by this cache along the way. We originally had about 171 caches on the list to be near and check out. Whether due to favorites, or a planned stop for the evening. We have planned the adventure using cachetur.no which is amazing by the way. Highly recommend the website and app when you’ve got a lot to see and find. Helps keep you on track and it’s awesome to have a schedule with time estimates of when you’ll arrive at the next destination and if you’re ahead or behind schedule.

Thanks to TheWonderStuff for the Cache! Found around 4:54 PM - I often sign as Wæki3 (shorthand for Wæki3_KL6 due to small logs and or KL6 not being with me for the cache find). But this is an earthcache so did we sign!? This is Find #2176.

We have also contributed a lot of caches in the Flagstaff Arizona area, and currently to date we’ve hidden 85 caches. Even if you’re not in the area, I’m really into creating interesting and creative puzzles. I have some clever ones—many to do with logic, math, graphic design, or games. Checkout my certitudes page for a collection of many of the Unknown (Mystery) caches I’ve created (https://www.certitudes.org/feed?u=W%C3%A6ki3_KL6). Perhaps after a few solves, you’ll find yourself in the area.