"Ohhh! So That's Where It Goes!" (Nelson/Marlb) Bishopdale, South Island, New Zealand
By topgear01 on 28-Aug-10. Waypoint GC2E5RR

The first of a couple of caches I earmarked for an evening walk today. I had never walked up this far along the track so underestimated how long it might take to reach the GZ. Had I read more previous logs I would have seen that about one hour was on the money..

Once near the GZ I quickly found the hint item and after that the cache was a quick find.

Sadly the fifteen months since its last find have not been kind to the cache which was full of water, rendering the log book unusable.

Thanks for the hide all the same. Just enough time to try the next cache along.

#1420

Gonna need a new log and bag, please next person up here

Looks like it has done its time.

out for a little walk

#9880. We made hard work of most of the finds on the way up (and managed 3 DNFs as well). This one didn't take too long to track down; nicely hidden.

This entry was edited by StreetWalkerNZ on Wednesday, 19 August 2015 at 07:24:59 UTC.

It was drizzling as we approached GZ so after a quick fruitless search we decided to read the hint. Appreciated the good clear hint for the hide as both our GPSrs struggled in this environment today and we'd already had one DNF today (the first of three). Time to get the rain jackets out and hope this shower will pass (it did). TFTC.

Went straight to it, which has not happened to often recently!

TFTC

Thanks nice spot TNLN

Yay.

Easy find with help from the hint, and an interesting diversion on my trip down the hill, Thanks.

This is on an awesome trail, very easy to over shoot the Caches though [:-)] TFTC.

I felt really lucky today. The other 2 parts of the SIS team were planning a sortie on 2 caches up this way. I tagged along - - - but there were lots more unfound caches for me. - - - I think I ended up with 7. Really interesting to read the description to see how the cache got its name!!! Turned out to be good to be here early afternoon on a weekday because there were no bikes on this part of the track. Great cache. Thanks.

Quick find on way up the hill

So what started as a 2 to 3 hour Waitangi Day walk with MrsM turned into an almost 5 hour mission. Up the Involution Trail, across the top of Barnicoat and then down the Glider Rd, picking up 11 caches along the way. Find #2 and another quick recovery after dodging some mountain bikers. Dropped off a TB. TFTC

This entry was edited by MuzzaL53 on Wednesday, 06 February 2013 at 04:24:17 UTC.

Quick find on the way down from getting 2 FTF's further up the track TFTC

Nice easy find while out on the MTB. TFTC.

Heh I'll remember this one. Came down the 4WD track from Jenkins Hill, followed some tracks, and then bushbashed down a steep slope to come out about 30m from the cache +1
Cheers Gav

This one was in the first place I looked. TFTC.

Great new track and easy find. TFTC!!

TFTC

Found it

We rewarded ourselves for completing some reports by a wander up the track and down the road. Really nice on the new track around midday with the sun still out. Birds singing, blue sky, no-one else on the track. What more could you want?? Ohhh a cache... and just where the GPS said it would be. Thanks for the extra excuse to get 'out of the house'. Now onwards and upwards.

Beautiful spot but glad I was on foot and not on my mtb tricky getting exact gz as sat fix was weak tftc

It pays to read the hint properly - spent time looking in the incorrect place but found with perseverance.

found it in the dark

First time on this wonderful track, with faithful dog to lead the way.
Thanks, Jackie & dog.

Dodged a couple of fast moving bicyclist on our way to this one.
Found with ease.
Great track, a gentle return after a steep climb up Old Goats.
TFTC

This cache was a bit of a surprise to me. Being a visitor to the area I hadn't expected that the newish Involution MTB track would lead me right to it, but when the cache showed up on my new gps as I came downhill I was glad that it had all the cache info too. If only I could get someone to drop my MTB off at the top ............... I'd be back in a flash. Thanks for the cache.

This is a great track with bush, waterfalls, a bit of up and down and of course a couple of caches. very enjoyable afternoon walk thanks. TFTYC #1874

This entry was edited by isis58 on Saturday, 15 January 2011 at 02:23:28.

Biked down here on Sunday on a cache run but must have gone right passed it so walked up after work in the nice cool evening left TB great work on the track

And now i know! first cache on a circuit of 5, very enjoyable start to the new year. Tftc

During our 6 hour walk + geocaching around the area. + geocoin TFTC

Easy find with Kwaka40.
Great track
TFTC

Easy find with Wilson#41
TNLN

yay! i found it on a scount tramp. pity we didn't go higher for more...

Our old GPS was pretty much useless here, but luckily the clue was quite explicit (although subject to interpretation depending on whether you're going up or down!) TFTC.

GR8 day for a ride
Thanks

Can't wait for the weather to improve! Anyway, I get just as wet from the inside, so let's go. One thing learned: I'm not ever going to put myself in a position where I have to do PD. That's hard work! At least we get to enjoy it I suppose. Nice track with some amazing landscaping: fences built from native timber; patios made from locally quarried slabs of stone; and even some water features. Cloud base at 250m this morning, so no views. Happy to find the cache by looking in the obvious places without needing a hint. TFTC.

Ended up walking a good half of this downhill track with the bikes while risking life and limb. Amazing the amount of blood and sweat that must have gone in to making it. Real mtb'ers must love it.
Swapped travellers.
TFTC

Walked up from the bottom. GPS was crazy on the way up so I walked straight past this, found the next one up the track and had to back track to GZ. Found cache in the 2nd place I looked. TFTC, Biggles.

Enjoyed the track, and the waterfall! TFTC

just what i needed. another hill to climb. good to loosen up the legs. tftc

Good cache nice walk the mountain bikers will love this!!! thanks.

after a couple of weeks getting off track in some remote places minus gps, time to get some up hill finds.....always happy to be brought up here ....along with the crowds (running & biking) today. this is a beaut ride, will be good when last 100m is done.thanks Matt

Found without GPS. Still scratching my head about this one. GPS seems to be playing tricks on me. TFTC

A mountain bike ride with 'Navfam' (minus the fam) and 'GazSuz' (minus the Gaz) that inadvertently turned into a cache hunt (minus a GPSr) after meeting Kiwi Explorer along the top. Armed with the clue, we tore down the track (by tore, I actually mean slipped and slid and cautiously negotiated wet roots and rocks!) to find both new caches on this track. Can see this track being a regular ride for a Stoke boy. TFTC

Matt your info is not entirely correct. Your informant may not have told you it took him 1hr 15 to push his bike to the top!! Found cache this morning with Gazsuz and Burlis. Not before Kiwiexplorer had got his hands on it however. Pleased to see people doing there bit to bed the track in. Pretty sloppy today. Must have missed you up there yesterday. Good job we like different waterfalls aye!!

FTF at 7.20am. Great new track even if it was a bit muddy this morning. Met the late late shift along the top road and gave them the clue so they could find this one on their way down. Apparently none of them were carrying gps units - what sort of geocachers are they??? Left a pencil and a geocoin in the cache. Thanks.

Dropping in coin

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