Jum Michel (West Coast) Ruatapu, South Island, New Zealand
By Bitsprayer on 22-Apr-10. Waypoint GC27884

done it's dash.

Too dark and fresh treefall so will have to wait for more daylight.

tftc

Searched a few tree roots to get this one - I looked like it by the time I'd finished

Obvious place - once I'd found it. Searched a few other possibles beforehand though! Tftc.

Nice bush walk even on a drizzles day. Log soaked . Tftc

No luck for me today. Followed the hint and found lots of roots but no cache.

Almost attacked by a locals dog, kept me on my toes!

Pleasant walk with lovely bush and birdsong. Easy find using the hint. Enjoyed our overnight camp here very much.

A quick easy find after a pleasant short walk, although it was a rather wet sloppy cache. TFTC

Found on our tour of the West Coast from Te Anau

Quick find, nice walk. TFTC

Started out on what I thought was the tracks other end ah nah. Back round to the sign post. Found eventually. Great track very peaceful.

Too wet too sign. Took pic to prove find instead.

Nice morning walk after night spent in camp accompanied by hordes of mosquitos. Our intention was to swimm at swimming beach, but to cold and shallow water.

Log-book super-wet!!!!!!

Found it, TFTC.

Took a while to find it.

Just a short walk into the woods. Tftc

Found during our trip through New Zealand.

TFTC

One of three caches that gave me a break from driving. Damp. TFTC.

Done by Mrs Rincewind3 without the rest of the team as we were at home with EQC repair stuff to sort out. Mrs R was on a road trip to Reefton and down the Coast through Mahinapua and back to Christchurch and a hot bath! Many thanks to the caching buddy, too.
TFTC

A quick find by torchlight, the light was rapidly failing as I walked up the track. Signed log, TFTC

Nice little campground.

TFTC
Greetings from Germany

Little Miss-7 found the box. Great first visit to rainforest.

We made this one a lot harder than it needed to be lol. Nice little walk. Dropped off Lucky Key TB. There was no gordon Bennett Geo Coin here though. Tftc

Short stop at the Lake to search for the 3 Caches! Found it easily! Thanks for showing!
Cheers Fritz

A favoutite area to visit for us. Lovely bush with bird song.Lost signal but found using the clue.

Had a little trouble finding the correct trail, I had even walked over it once, however I did finally find it! TFTC

Found it together with Team Autoværn on our New Zealand tour back in 2013.
DK

I know this log is very late!!
But on the holliday the internet connection not was very well, so i would have done it when i got home. but i have been so busy!!
So now i am looking at my GPS, and se the caches i missed to log
thanks for this cache

Took a bit of scrambling amongst the supple-jack before finding it. GPS would not centre on true location due to thick overhead veg. In the end, used own logic as to where I thought I would have put it myself and found it where I guessed. TFTC

Nice little walk there!
TFTC!

When I first started coming here this 4wd track led down to another clearing we used to camp in. Cheers and thannks for the cache, I still love coming here.

S.t.

On our way to Greymouth, we found this nice spot... thanks! 1 TB out.

Down for the Coast to Coast with a bit of spare time in the afternoon. Thank you for bringing me to this magic location. Must bring the family back here to camp at some stage.
TFTC
In: TB

Thanks for the cache, which I found during my journey through amazing NZL. Kind regards.

Lovely spot, had a short stop here so an opportunity to grab a cache. TFTC Bitsprayer.

TFTC
Gruß Frodo32

Yep, we have walked this track many times, the track is in good condition thanks DOC. And thanks for the cache

Found it after a short walk after diner. TFTC!

Enjoyable walk to GZ and an easy find TFTC.

Found it during my kiwi traveling TFTC

A very enjoyable evening walk in the West Coast Bush.

TFTC

It was a nice walk through the forest...TFTC

Quick find on a trip down to the lake with friends. TFTC

Thank you very much for bringing me to this amazing spot!
Greetings from Germany.

What a walking track

tftc

ZH & Blondie invade NZ 2012!

Our 164th find in NZ, 7th of Day 12

We stopped here for lunch, and whilst Blondie had a rest i did the dash around the two nearby walk trails to pick up a trifecta and get my daily jog in!

Nice spot, surprised we didn't get photos! This was the 3rd of three finds in the area.

TFTC

After doing Routeburn Track heading north to do the Abel Tasman Track. Doing some caching along the way.
TFTC

Last half of holiday trip in New Zealand. Starting from Starting again from Queenstown going Westcoast up and Eastcoast down.. So many caches! We liked the nice weather. Thanks for the great adventure.

Found at 8:47:00 AM while travelling from Fox Glacier to Greymouth to catch the train to Christchurch on the last day of our New Zealand caching holiday.

Thanks Bitsprayer

Day 17 of our NZ tour for the MEGA, currently travelling from Franz Josef to Hokitika giving the West Coast a 2nd chance after our earlier visit being rained out! What magnificent weather was turned on for us today. The best we have had in our 17 days and it got up to 17degrees which was positively WARM in the car.

Thought we were going to pick up 3 caches in this parkland but only managed to find the path to 2 of them. Really enjoyed the 150+ metre walk to this one. No time to continue on.

TFTC Bitsprayer

Found one in a jungle!

Found on way north, thanks.

Had a stroll around the campsite before tea and picked up the three caches.

TFTC

First time here, have driven past numerous times and even biked past, also worked in the area, loved this place. TFTC.

Lovely walk to find. DOC busy doing a Spring Clean. Mowing, painting pruning, the 'works'. A real jewel, this place, in the Coast's crown. TFTC.

Just a neat walk. Easy find. TFTC

The forest did bad things to the GPS. Managed to find the prize anyway. thnaks for the stop.

Wish I had more time to explore this area today. It's a beautiful park with well-kept trails. No problem finding the cache. Thanks for bringing me there.

Finally getting around to some logging. Took a while to get the right area. Thanks.

Quick find, a good hide and nobody on the walkway while we were searching. TFTC

Found at 12.05pm on a lovely sunny day,
Nice walk to GZ
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

A lovely short walk,TFTC

#1044 what a lovely area this is. Enjoyed our walk in the forest and soon had the cache in hand. Took pathtag to go to Oz. Thanks once more Bitsprayer.

Just getting to log west coast caches - stayed at lake a few days and got close caches one evening - lovely walking tracks - tftc

Nice area for sure

10:00 TFTC. Actualy STF in 2012:-)

We always enjoy our time on the coast

TFTC

Very short walk from the carpark to the cache and a nice dry hidey hole for the cache. No TB here though. TFTC.

A break at Lake Mahinapua: 3 caches.

Nice walk. TFTC!

Went for a short walk from the parking lot to find this one. had to use the hint and even after that i had to search à wilde since there were several options.

We were going to camp here last night but when the clouds looked threatening we chickened out and went for a nice dry motel in Hokitika. Nice wee walk. Thanks.

Nice track, didn't take too long to find.
TFTC

Lovely day at the lake looking for Caches! TFTC

Quick find on a quiet day at the lake TFTC

Took the wrong track and had to back track with the grandchilren. TFTC

Awesome spot. Really peaceful. Loved it. T4TC.

Another nice walkway. Soon at site and quickly located the cache. SL TFTC

Nice day by the lake have been fishing on lake last year

found on our walk around lake

We almost gave up. Read the hint a second time and realized that since this is not USA, the unit of measure is more likely meters than feet. Expanded the search radius and soon got lucky. It took us about 4 stars worth of effort to find this 1.5 star cache. MI15Team is visiting from Pennsylvania, USA. Thanks!

lovely forest walk. too a bit to find but we did. TFTC! cheers, kiwicachers

Good clue Choice walk TFTC

Handy having four cachers (plus) together - speeded up the thinking and searching. What a truly beautiful area of forest. TFTC.

This was a truly beautiful piece of forest. I have always loved the road in from the main road and the total contrast between the exposed coast and sheltered lake. Feels like stepping into wonderland. This cache made us go to a new area and it was exquisite. TFTC.

Nice little walk! Don't miss it!
Thank you!

Early morning walk

I really liked this little forest! I would have loved to have spent the night here.
TFTC

Nice walk. The kids liked it, too, although it rained quite a lot. TFTC.
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This entry was edited by blaafyra on Sunday, 06 March 2011 at 03:42:30.

Found eventually, nice walk on a muggy day, TFTC.

A tough one this but mrs d came good. TFTC

Also did the other caches in this reserve, a nice walk although some of the area was slightly under water due to the recent heavy rain.

Nice easy find. Lovely bushwalk. TFTC

The clue gives a lot of scope in this territory. Maus1 and I eventually found it. TFTC

Fund with Gma, another nice bush walk. TFTC