Maori Beach (West Coast) Bruce Bay, South Island, New Zealand
By Sarah & Dad on 08-Apr-12. Waypoint GC293J4

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

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.
(this one we was not able to found -not seen the disabeled - sorry)
TFTC
Schmerzbefreit

Heute ging es von Queenstown weiter nach Fox Glacier über eine wundervolle Bergstrasse. Wir haben die Dosen am Wegesrand eingesammelt und die tollen Aussichten genossen. Danke fürs Legen.

leider ist diese Dose nicht mehr da

It is gone (ex-cyclone Fehi)

Also no luck. Loads of driftwood lying around.

Searched around but I assume it has been taken by the storm

Looked at obvious place and all around but a lot of storm damage here.

Found it thanks

Found this one however it was back in Jan 2018

We have to log a DNF for this one as there has been a lot of damage caused by the storm a couple of weeks ago. Logs and debris have been washed ashore which makes serching very difficult. This one might need to be ckecked by the CO.

The lack of a hint and a low difficulty rating made me think this cache must be hidden in an obvious place. My GPSr led me to the obvious place I had already spotted. There was no sign of the cache and I strongly suspect the recent storm is responsible for it being absent.

We didn't found this one, the place is very damage by to storm last month...

Quickly found with fuschnu on a very beautiful day. Greetings from Austria .
TFTC!

I'm from Norway, escaping the cold winter and travelling around New Zealand for 7 weeks, using geocaching as my tourguide. Today I drove from Queenstown via Jackson Bay to Franz Josef Glacier, stopping for park and grab-caches at beautiful viewpoints. It was really hard to keep driving, as I wanted to stop for photos everywhere. What a beautiful part of New Zealand this is!

About this cache:
A quick find with beautiful views of the beach. Tftc

Lovely to see the sea after a few days inland. Cache rather soggy... Inevitable given the location. TFTC!

I was out on a road trip from Queenstown to Hokitika and back again and stopped to look for this cache on my travels. Parked here and took in the great views along the beach here. Made a quick find of the cache at GZ. TFTC!

Mistakenly scrambled rocks for a while then remembered the DT rating didn’t call for it. Tftc!

What a beautiful beach.

TFTC

Quick find after a stop at the coffee cart.

Quick stop and found during heavy rain. As many others here we found and signed white pebble stone. Tftc

Fast and easy fund along the scenic coastal road.

Many thanks for hiding this cache!

Lovely beach where we stopped for coffee and muffins at a roadside stall. While the rest were enjoying their food, I enjoyed a short drive up to the beach to claim this cache. TFTC!

Because of the rain, not a local in sight! We did see however, the cache!
Easy find on a almost deserted place. As mentioned, the book is soaking wet!
Can't write in it, so it's gonna be a foto log.
#1800. (Yeah!!). Log:08.15 ni/no Thanx!!

Tftc

Heavy rain kept the locals away. I don't think that the log could have gotten any wetter.

We had the great chance to travel around New Zealand during six weeks and were able to see wonderful cities, landscapes and meet nice Kiwis. While staying in NZ many cache owners gave us the opportunity to search for very well hidden treasures and we thank them very much for preparing and maintaining them.
Greetings from Swiss geocachers
oli kuul

Today has also been a mix of caches on the road or after a short hike.
That brings us every time to nice spots and beatifull scenery. It has been partly mountains, glaciers and lakes today. And all todays caches are found.
The view was good but the cache is very wet.
Team Mavos - Albert and Maria

A very nice place, a bit like the end of the world! The cache found well and logged. Thanks and greetings!

Taureau

CZECH
je odtud pěkný výhled na moře, jen kdyby nelítaly ty otravné sandflies
geo smysl mě zavedl bez hintu ke správné skrýši... někdo neumí zavírat sáček ani krabičku, takže je uvnitř dost vlhko

Our vacation or road trip through New Zealand led here.
Easy find, but logbook is total wet. Bye bye Westcoast

Thank Sarah & Dad for showing this spot and maintain the cache.

Best regards from Berlin
DiaMiKu

Wir danken Sarah & Dad fürs Herlocken, Hegen und Pflegen.
Viele Grüße aus dem Berliner Umland von DiaMiKu
23. November 2017

Found on our way to Queenstown. Thx for placing. Logbook is wet.

The circus was parked nearby when we arrived but no-one was about so I made the easy find just before the locals you mentioned spotted me!
TFTC

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@ 10.50

Oh on my stop I can do 2 caches. Whatva great opportunity!

Thanks for the cache says

eggepfuedi from Switzerland

Tb drop

quick stop to enjoy the views (the only spot on the drive from Franz Josef to Haast were the clouds cleared a bit) and find the cache. TFTC!

Sunny day. Wet log. TFTC

Walksabit and I are continuing our tour heading north along the west coast of the South Island. Wow what a sight to see the waves crashing into the shore. I love it! Thanks for placing a cache here so we stopped to enjoy the view.
Greetings from Ottawa, Canada

Nice little hide. Gorgeous view on a windy day. Note the book may need replacing, getting a bit soggy!

Day 4 Hokitiki - Lake Paringa
We ventured back into Hokitiki to find a couple more caches before heading into the glacier area.
Raining most of the morning so picked up a few where we didn't have to venture to far from the camper. A great drive down the coast, many good caches in wonderful locations.
Thanks for placing this cache Sarah & Dad

Enjoying our NZ Motorhome adventure, using geocaching as our travel guide. This was another worthy location to pause and enjoy.

Thanks so much for placing this cache.

Over the years, geocaching has taken me on many adventures, including interesting destinations all over my home continent of Australia and many overseas as well. It has also introduced me to a diverse group of like-minded caching tragics, many of whom I now call close friends.

Today, I was lucky enough to be out and about searching for caches, something I do on almost a daily basis. This was one cache that was targeted and found.

Sorry for the late and generic log, something I am notorious for. Thank you Sarah & Dadfor adding to the adventure that is geocaching.

After 5 days, I'm beginning to feel quite comfortable in New Zealand. There is so much to remind me of home - mountains, glaciers, and the seashore. It's getting close to the end of a three month adventure, mostly away from home. micaparamedic arrived at my place in Washington State toward the end of July and we immediately headed down to Oregon to find some old caches for his Jasmer challenge. From there we headed up north to The Yukon and Northwest Territories in Canada for a few weeks.

We attended the mega APE event in Washington, and the same day headed down to camp on a farm in Oregon where we were directly in the path of a total solar eclipse. Back at my place, we took a few day trips before heading to Australia where we spend almost a month doing many things on my bucket list including walking around Uluru and seeing the Sydney Harbour. Now we're spending a few weeks in New Zealand before once again going our separate ways. What a trip!

Today we were still on the west coast enjoying what it has to offer.

Thanks for the warning about the locals. At a previous cache we had no idea about them and were thoroughly attacked and suffered for days afterward.

Greetings from Australia, found as we continued exploring, we managed to make the stop here, log retrieved signed and replaced as found, thanks for the cache and the fun

Despite the warning we spotted - - - or felt not one sandfly. Maybe it's the wrong time of the year - - - ???
One of our touring party wanted to stop here to see the smooth white stones, two wanted to find two caches so stop here we did. It has been raining most of the day but we have been very fortunate to have favourable weather for most of our stops so that's been good. TFTC .

Tftc

Easy find and beautiful beach

A quick park and grab. Obviously I was unprepared. So many of them, autsch. TFTC. EnyaCologne

I only got attacked and bitten by one local so I got off lightly... nice easy find at a great location. TFTC

Nice grab on a road trip. Tftc

Found

Quick find after the nearby EC. Flies munched me remorselessly.

Out with Red Roaming as we continue our wonderful tour of New Zealand. On our way to Fox Glacier today via a few caches, of course. We put lots of insect repellent on before getting out of the car as I didn't want to get bitten. Cache soon found. MTFTC

Donned fly spray and fly bands as well as covered up before getting out of the car to get this cache which luckily didn't take long! However we wanted to work on the earth cache nearby...and git bitten of course! Many thanks

Travelling around the world with Dartmoor Deliverer to help her celebrate taking early retirement!

NB Dont forget our Devon UK Mega 2017 GC6JZNY this August in the beautiful East Devon area of our county. UK Megas are over one week full of events and geocaching - a wonderful way to enjoy our county!

(Found with Don Cristobal)

Such a ice sot for a break and for taking pictures.
Thanks for showing this place says CachingTIA

Nice quick find here. Managed to avoid the the locals by being very speedy and not standing still. Sadly legolas is missing tftc

"Top 10 NZ's most loved beaches" the nearby sign said. Well, that's only to have a sneak peak at it and then leave again, I guess? Today wasn't a nice beach day, at all, so after logging I ran to my car to hide from the rain... and the sandflies! Thanks for hiding!

Thanks for showing this nice place, found on our trip around New Zealand, greetings from Switzerland.

Fast and easy find.

TFTC
#SBCF

Nice beach and a straight forward park and grab. Enjoying our drive along the West Coast in fine weather, TFTC.

Today from Wanako to Fox Glacier.
The day started very sunny an quite warm. Approaching the coast it became more cloudy. But still about 19-20 degrees.
On the way I could sign the log.
*thanks to Sarah & Dad for your cache*


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... from Germany on tour around the world

On our way to Franz Josef Glacier, we stopped at this beatiful beach. As also indicated by the sign ("Most beatiful beach..."). The cache itself was readily found.
TFTC

windy and a bit rain, but nice view. Thanks

Nice quick cache in the pouring rain.

A half year ago we - McMuffin, Flitzpiepe, LE Surfy and I - started with the concrete plans for our holidays in New Zealand . The flights and the campervan were booked, the hotels in Auckland and Christchurch were selected and the route was planned . On 16.2.2017 we started our journey and arrived on 18.2.2017 in Auckland, a little bit tired, but very excited. The baggage was given in the hotel and we already went on sightseeing and seeking caches. Of course, we visited at the harbor, walked through the streets and had a look over Auckland from the top of the Skytower.
On 19.2.2017 started our campervan adventure . First we drove to Coromandel Peninsula. I like the Driving Creek Railway, the New Chum Beach and the Cathedral Cove very much.
Then we drove criss-cross the North Island. At first we visited Hobbiton, we saw the glowworm caves and stopped at the imposing Mount Taranaki .
The route took us back to the Tongariro National Park, to Lake Taupo and to Rotorua. The hot springs and geysers are really impressive. We also stopped at the Huka Falls. It was great .
The starry sky at the East Cape was phenomenal . Then we visited Gisborne and Napier.
Before we went to the South Island, we visited Wellington. The city is really beautiful but it is also the windiest city I have been.

Arrived on the South Island, our first destination was the Abel Tasman National Park. We walked along the Costal Walk .
We went onto Franz Josef Glacier by Heli. That was very cool .

On our way to Lake Hawea we interruped our tour for this cache and this beautiful beach. I was very impressed - in the west the amazing beach and in the east fantastic snowy mountains.

Thanks for this cache and many greetings, Iliona

Only a few steps from the Earthcache, it was not so difficult to find this cache.
Thanks
McMuffin

#4967

So close to the earth cache we couldn't resist to log the cache.
Thanks!

#8595

Fevalas and I spend 5 weeks at this beautiful country. We visit the North and the South Island.

Today we are going to Franz Josef. We were wondering that this beach is one of the 10 most loved beaches? I can't believe. Nobody is here besides the thousands of sandflies.... We saw more than 10 nicer beaches and we havent't been everywhere in NZ... Nevertheless everything was ok with box and logbook.

Thanks for the cache and best regards from Germany!

zikkenzakke
#3079 14:55

Neat location - and nice quick find.
The bugs were awful, so had to be quick.
There were no trackables in the cache.
TNLNSL. TFTC.

We found the cache when we drived to the Fraz Josef Glacier.
Thanks for showing this place and hidding the cache.
Greetings from Germany!!!

Quick find here but we could not see the view as the clouds were so low. Greetings from the UK. TFTC #7153

Des isch gär nid Easy xi ! Couldn't find it to much Sunflys!!!

A great and VERY popular spot to stop.
TFTC

On our holiday Trip to New Zealand 2017 we found this beautiful spot and nice cache
Thank you for placing it here and sorry for the delayed log...
Lina16

While travelling through New Zealand we found this nice place and the cache. TFTC Die Waldelfen

TFTC, nice place

TFTC

Today it was a nice but windy day. Many people stayed here but we could log without regard. This cache was the last for this day.

TFTC
jekejaerfi

Sea fairy rough today, but I expect it often is judging by all the tree debris on the beach. A quick find. TFTC

We were swarmed by a bunch of mozzies as soon as we pulled up, so Mrs Rattll refused to get out of the car . Mr Rattll was given instructions on where to find the cache, & to open & shut the car door as quickly as possible when getting in and out.
Fortunately for Mr Rattll it was a quick find.
We left a pet rock - a possum.
Thanks for the challenging, surviving the man eating sandflies, cache Sarah & Dad

Krystelle and josh strike again!! Was a crazy down pour but we found it anyways! There was no geo coin like the log said there was

From Melbourne and doing a tiki tour of the South Island after visiting family in Nelson. Grabbing a few caches along the way. Had to fend off a few of the locals but managed to grab the cache. TFTC.

We flew into Invercargill to catch up with the rellies last week. Now its home to Wellington via West Coast with maybe a cache or two to break up the journey. Makarora to Greymouth today.
Quick stop, locals not too bitey.
TFTC Sarah & Dad.

today was another nice day for our holiday trip in new zealand were we of course also found some caches along the way from Wanaka to Fox Glacier.

This is one of them. thank you for maintaining this cache.

Log to follow. TFTC

Don't leave your car door open long otherwise you will have heaps of the locals hitching a ride with you! Lovely spot and spectacular scenery with the trees along the coastline. Love the ruggedness of the beaches that the coast has to offer. Quick find and back to the safety of the car.

Geocaching and holidaying in beautiful New Zealand with SwagHo from Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada TFTC.

This is what the west coast is about. Loved the beach. Tftc

QEF with an awful lot of sandflies. . Here in very green - and wet New Zealand on holidays from Vancouver Island, Canada with HennyGeo. TFTC

Beautifull spot. Trackable not noticed in the cache. Thanks!

Its a 3 week expedition, with The Seagnoid and Zara, round the South Island. Rakiura Walkway, my objective, is bagged, so its homeward bound the long way round. Its day 19 of our epic journey - Hawea to fox Glacier today.
Stopped here and the natives were out in force. A bit of a hunt before finally snagged and tagging this one. Whats this!! lots of white stones grouped here with messages on this. Great beach. Cheers

Temp log more later

Driving from Dunedin to Fox today, a few stops for caches and sights along the way.
Lots of little flies that loved me to death here. HAdr to appreciate the place fioghing them.
Thanks for the cache
R

We found this geocache during our great NZ trip with our dad GlobeCacher.de, please see his log for details.
T4TC and greetings from Germany, Pferdefreunde

During our NZ holiday trip we also stopped at Bruce Bay and took this cache as an drive-in. The local muggles were fishing and didn't take any notice.
Thanks for the cache and geo-greets from Germany, GlobeCacher.de
12:21pm - #4392

Mooie uitzicht en locatie voor een cache TFTC Groetjes uit Nederland

Nice cache here for a stop off checking out the earth cache
Tftc

Found today while heading from Franz Josef to Queenstown. In the area from Florida and love it here.

As i drove down to Queenstown today on my vacation here in this beautiful country, i also came to this place and took a stop. I even went into the waves for a quick cool down, but the drag of the waves was to heavy to go fully in. So i did, what i can do good: finding caches and sign their logs. Also at this place and wasn't disturbed while doing so.
Thank you for hiding this cache at this nice beach and for maintaining it

***No muggles were harmed while searching, finding and logging this cache...***