Coast Track (Nelson/Marlborough) Takapou, South Island, New Zealand
By boxhill on 02-Feb-10. Waypoint GC23KAY

Thanks for the cache

Thanks for find

Great

Heading out to Totaranui this morning, but not before grabbing a couple of caches along the way, Nice views from here, TFTC

Today:Had most of the day to myself, while the rest of the family did some tramping around Toteranui. That's also where I started on my MTB, going over Gibbs hill, then down to the coast, following the main road + some diversions all the way to the bottom of Takaka hill. Found 20 odd caches along the way. Good weather, nice scenery, great success! This cache:Funny, wonder if they planned to let everyone start and end here. Well maintained cache found after some scrambling, tftc!

Thank you! Nice little find

Great spot and had a nice walk on the beach

TFTC! Nice new logbook and completely dry! Sylvia and Mac

Replaced the soggy logbook with a new one.

The Logbook is very wet and you can't write on the paper anymore... Logbook needs to be dried or replaced. Thank you!

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Today steffixx and me spent another wonderful day here in NZ while driving from Onekaka to Abel Tasman Nationalpark. We stopped nearby and looked for the cache. It was a quick found, but we were no more able to sign the logbook, because it's so wet (it was more or less carving the wet paper pages when I tried to write the names in...). Yippie - another found in New Zealand!! A big thank you to boxhill for leading us here and showing this beautiful place and of course also for maintaining this cache 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

Whrend High Tide mit Cuxine gefunden. Der Track htte von hier aus hchstens geschwommen werden knnen. Tftc

Good find but very wet

An easy find, log was a little damp but still able to sign, found with SJT_NZ while we're over checking out a few hikes on what was expected to be a wet day. Thanks boxhill.

Found with TARV2014 on the way back from a walk up to Wainui Falls. A quick find, signed log and replaced as found. Thanks boxhill for the cache.

As we were passing this while on our way to the Wainui Falls track we stopped here. Took a little bit of fossicking around before spotting the cache. Thanks.

Nice easier find, unfortunately the log book was saturated so couldnt sign. TFTC

Paddle chick and I had been up to the Wainu falls I grabbed this park and grab on the way back to Takaka thanks for this cache boxhill

Tftc

Good quick find thanks.

L

Off to Wainui Falls, caching along the way. Tftc

Tide was out but didn't need to get my feet wet. TFTC

A bit of a squeeze pulling in here with the campervan, but we got there.
No problems finding the cache.
Thanks for putting it here

Found after a short search. Lovely day today and the bay looks great. But is the tide coming in or out?

Nice easy find

What a cool spot, I never really paid any attention before! Great access to the beach. TFTC!!

Number 10432 for me. Heading back round the coast now, but stopped to find this little beauty. TFTC, a lovely spot

Great view of the inlet without any water in it. TFTC boxhill.

As it was close to high tide, walking this part of the track wasn't an option. We wonder if many people do? The cache was a quick easy find. TFTC

Day 11 - Labour weekend extended road trip with Kiwicampnut - relocated to stay south of the ditch.
Not the right tide to be crossing here when we called in. I wonder how many do start or finish here.
Thanks for the cache boxhill
# 3099 25 October 2021 2:16 pm

On a trip with Ruru_NZ to gather the tour caches needed or in my case not done yet. Should be able to knock them off on this trip.

Well I have done the start and now the finish. Just leaves the bit in-between.

Located with Ricardinho

A day spent exploring & caching around GB, was a goodie! Lots of firsts for me Short walks I've been meaning to do but never seem to find time, we did this weekend Spectacular scenery right on my back door.

TFTC

Well there you go, the disc is the real starting spot. This was as far as our travels today, but the next day we are off to Wainui falls and slightly further. It took a few minutes here but it was easier to spot looking from the beach side. All good, TFTC Boxhill.

Our second day in Pohara, and today we are exploring a few spots with some short walks. The Labyrinth Rocks, Rawhiti cave and Grove Scenic Reserve were all on the agenda and visited in the morning and early afternoon, then we headed around to Tata Bay and beyond for some park and grabs. Great weather, some really cool spots. Thanks all.

Our last day in Golden Bay and first job is to head around to Wainui car park to grab the geo tour cache. Kev is looking at the info board and we realised we can ride our bikes over the hill to Totaranui - only from May 1 to October 1 - but it is a beautiful day so off we go. This was one of the first we picked up as we headed up up the hill. The downhill was an education for me. Bike ride with a break for lunch and half a dozen caches took 3 hours.
Thanks for the cache boxhill.

Thank you!

A nice quick find on the way around to the end of the AT track, thanks.

Another long weekend, another wee road trip, this time up to Golden Bay area, with Ms_KR. The daylight hours are are certainly getting shorter, but luckily the weather is mostly dry and warm. Today we cruised Over to Golden Bay and back to Motueka.

Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

#1508. Day 6 of a 9 day caching holiday in the Tasman region with GB Leader. After heading over the Takaka Hill yesterday, today we explored the area around our eco accommodation in Wainui Bay, as far as the road goes. Then off to Takaka for some exploring & caching. Then back to Wainui Bay to our Little Greenie unit, but first time to grab this last one for the day.

Nice one boxhill - surprised to find one of yours so far from home (until I chatted to you the other day!).

Continuing on our PWGT journey visiting the top of the Mainland this weekend. After reading the previous logs we expected to be searching for a while but we were lucky and located it on arrival. Great views from the beach TFTC.

Couldn’t find. Does this rock have anything to do with it?

Also can u check if pukakos got it?

Rocks have nothing to do with the cache. Everything was ok when I checked just on a week ago.

Found on the way back from Totaranui. Nice easy find.

An easy find thx

Found with Fisha1288.

With Fisha1288. TFTC.

Weekend out with wife and the boy.


Found TFTC

#8543. I was staying with friends in Takaka and heading back to Nelson today. But I needed to visit the Wainui sandspit so I could collect a sample of sand needed for a 5/5 Earthcache placed in Oriental Bay in Wellington (Arenophilia). What is the connection you are wondering. Well the sand for that beach in Wellington was shipped over using sand mined out in this very bay! After collecting the sand I walked back to the start of the track and now starting the drive back to Nelson. It was high tide when I did these caches today so no chance to walk over to the spit from this access point. I checked out a few places before suddenly noticing the telltale signs of where the cache was hidden. Signed the log and replaced the cache as found. Thanks boxhill for the cache. This one is a long way from your normal base.

Day 7 of my 2020 NZE (New Zealand Experience).
(My apologies for the delayed logging but I'm in catch-up mode)

Seeing as I can't be in America right now, I'm touring around the South Island instead. During my time here I am aiming to find as many of the TMGT caches as I can (preferably all 41) and also as many Virtuals, Earthcaches and Letterbox Hybrids as possible, plus any Trads or others that will fill a hole in my D/T grid, my Jasmer grid, or else the last 3 remaining Hidden Dates on that grid.

After my huge drive of yesterday, I had planned today to be a bit more leisurely. I was delighted to get to spend some time in Takaka. It's been too long since I was last here, and I have wanted to get back here for a while to try to finish off an Earthcache I started about 2 years ago, so was using that as a great excuse to find a few others too.
What a stunning place Golden Bay is! The weather certainly helped too, as I drove from beach to beach enjoying all the scenery to be lapped up.

This was a quick and easy find at GZ, and I was able to sort out the usual field caching administration and replace everything as found before returning to the camper and moving along the coastline a little further.

Thanks for placing this cache.

Stunning area. Low tide so went for a walk. Tftc

This was a nice easy one for the children

To easy was in a plain view have covered well

Quick find on our way to the waterfall. Thanks for the cache

Thanks for the hunt. Not where we thought it was going to be

Woohoo

Nice to be here at the 17.Jan.YftC

Chur

Quick find on a beautiful day thanks

Beautiful area to go exploring.

Spending a great time in New Zealand with canadianfriend75 we also have visited some caches. The country, the people, the nature, the cleanliness, ... amazing. Thanks to a special country for a great vacation and also TFTC

On our way back to Takaka RTB73 and I made a short stop here and we could find it quite quickly. TFTC

GPS receiption was all over the place but eventually we found the box.

We are surprised that we have never made the effort to stop and find this one. Neither of us can think of any reason that we have not done it. So today was the day. We were the only people in the area and the tide was filling the estuary so we were unlikely to get muggled from the water side.
GK made a nice quick find here, the cache and the log are in good condition. We signed the log and returned it as he had found it.
Thank you for placing this cache and thank you for the smiley

We had to be a little wary of two kayaking niggles but all good apart from that. Tftc

Spent my day finding Caches around the Abel Tasman Drive and this was one of them.
TFTC

TFTC

Crazy idea to start with wet boots.... TFTC

The tide was in so no walkers near the marker today. Quick find. TFTC

Early morning start and a quick grab after a walk out onto Wainui Bay. Thanks for the cache.

On our trip thru NZ we visit a lot of places and see many spectacular locations.
This cache was one of our stopps thanks a lot to the owner.
TFTC
Schmerzbefreit

We are staying at the Golden bay campground, went to the Farewell spit this morning and came here for an afternoon swim. Beautiful!
It was low tide, we parked the car right next to the cache and walked left (after signing the log - thanks for providing a pencil), we saw a sting ray and had a really great time here

After the last two hunts for other caches did not result in smilie faces this did. TFTC

Found this one despite the phone coordinates being all over the show. Tftc

Took a little while to track this one down but got there in the end - tftc

After swimming and sunning at Tata Beach we decided to head for Wainui Falls before home. Picked up a TB. TFTC

So that’s where the track starts.

Last one of the day before returning to Nelson. I couldn't get a phone signal so I had to guess. Second choice was fruitful.
TFTC!
Tb in

TFTC

Tftc
On a holiday trip in New Zealand was looking for a few geocaches places were beautiful and great thanks

Quickly found with fuschnu on a cloudy day. Greetings from Austria .
TFTC.

Went for a walk between downpours and found this cache this afternoon. Last find for 2017! Thanks

Staying up the road so popped down for a quick walk. Nice spot, TFTC!

At the Abel Tasman drive we found this cache on a beatifull day that gave us a lot of nice views.
Team Mavos - Albert and Maria

This morning I had remembered that I wanted to have a look at the Wainui Falls before I leave tomorrow.

This one was on the way and I just had to stop and sign it off.

Cheers for the cache.

Very pretty view at high tide! Weather is better than expected after all that rain there's a little sun peaking through.
Crafty hideout ) tftc cvitamin

Clever hide, found after a short search. Left a trinket

Taking a winter birthday break at Pohara Top 10 Holiday Park. Stopped on our way back from Pigeon Saddle as we'd driven past earlier. TFTC.

Its a long weekend so The Seagnoid, Zara and I are off for an adventure to Golden Bay. The Seagnoid is navigator and Zara and I pair up getting us from A to B??
It was dark when we past here on our way to Totaranui early this morning. Much easier caching with day light assisting us. Hey a house for sale and the occupants thought we were here to check it out. Was welcomed in by the house owner while the Seagnoid snagged and tagged the cache then came for a snoop as well. Amazing bach with the oldest part having a beautiful polished wooden floor. OK on the road again. Cheers

Taybeedragon, Zara and I are on a three day sojourn to Golden Bay, courtesy of Her Royal Highness, Queen of the Realm, Defender of the Faith and Head of the Commonwealth. Happy birthday Liz!
We came past VERY early in the morning - on the way to totoranui. On the way back the sun had woken up, someone had found the light switch, and we could see what we were doing. Which for the dragon meant touring through the house opposite the cache, as it is for sale. not that she has any intention of buying here. So while she was house... window shopping, I put in the hard yards: found the cache, signed it, put it all back and was finished long before the dragon had finished exploring.

Easy find, TFTC.

That was a nice distraction.

The travelling fox is happy =^,^=

(Found with Don Cristobal)

No muggles around because of the rain
TFTC says CachingTIA

Quick park and grab. TFTC

Found on our way back from Wainui Falls.

Quickly located. TFTC

Trying to figure out my new GPS, coordinates a little out by it, but it maybe that I'm new at this. TFTC

Hey nice one TFTC

#8641. Stopped by Abel Tasman Drive in Tata Beach to have a look at the real end of the Abel Tasman Coast Track. Like most people we had used the Wainui car park entrance to get onto the track instead. GZ here was all quiet when we visited. Quick find. Nice hide. The log book was a little damp, but writeable. The cache was otherwise in good condition. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.

Thanks for bringing us to the site, and …

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This weekend us capperz are over the hill to Golden Bay and celebrating. It's our wedding anniversary on Friday followed by my 50th birthday on the Saturday. So we looked around for a decent place to go for the weekend and the potential of this beautiful area won out (this time). Only grabbed the one cache on the Friday night (there was much drizzly rain and poor visibility) trip over the hill(s) so there was much anticipation for what was next. Both the Saturday of my half-century milestone and the Sunday were bathed in golden sunshine and the temperature was perfect; neither too hot nor too cold.
Day 2 and a few in and around the region before we head back over the hill again. I had a plan which required me to get a sample of sand from Wainui and would be rude not to go look for the caches to the waterfall too.
Heading back to Takaka to get some lunch provisions, after a couple of caches
This was one and an easy find
T F T C boxhill