Melina Ridge Track (Central Otago) Lindis Valley, South Island, New Zealand
By drawp on 25-Oct-10. Waypoint GC2H4TV

A plan was hatched quite a while ago when the Dunedin Mega was announced to come over to the South Island again.I have only been to New Zealand twice before and I loved the South Island.So a chance to come back for a Mega was a no brainer for me.Everything was booked and I flew in the Saturday before after a bit of a delay.Hopefully the weather improves as Im missing the sunshine that I had earlier on on this trip.So Day 14 of my Mega NZ starts and Im heading off to Timaru to check out that town and Im slowly heading North again.Heading up and over the Lindis Pass and I came across this entrance to the Melina Ridge Track.Good on to who ever does this sort of thing.Cache was soon located and signedThanks drawp TFTC.

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A team effort here while travelling south to Queenstown for a skiing and caching holiday with family and friends . Took nothing and left nothing here . thank you for this cache .

Easy park and grab. Take care crossing the road.

Heading to Oamaru via the Lindis pass. Quick find here and picked up a trackable TFTC drawp

Quick and easy! Thanks for the cache.

Didnt take long to find. Tftc

Enjoying our trip back to Twizel. No hint required. Dropped a TB.

Checked the obvious, of which there were a few . After a few false trys we got the right one. Thanks for placing, great spot.

Day 9: Across the Lindis PassThe route for today brought us back to close the big loop of our Southern journey by passing through Omarama and the Lindis Pass and back into Cromwell where we stayed the night. This would be my first trip across the Pass and we found many caches along the way, including the highlight of the day at the Bendigo Historic Reserve. Thanks for all of the caches along the route!(End of the cut and paste bit)Heres the specific log for the cache:Another one that took just a wee bit longer than Id thought simply because sometimes the obvious eludes me. Yes, this was obvious indeed, but I had to check all the other obvious spots that I fancied. Again, glad this one is done, and in another very scenic part of the pass. TFTC!

Found thanks for cache

Day 3 on our holiday in New Zealand. On the way from Twizel to Te Anau, we also visited this traditional cache, searched the box, found it, and signed the logbook.



***T4T$ - Many Thanks to drawp for hiding and maintaining the cache.*** ️

Trouvée

Quick grab. Thank you for the cache.

Quick stop on our way to Mt Cook. Tftc

On my way home . Needed a break so why no where there is a cache to sign. All good picked up the TB.

Hi there drawp - Last days for this trip - and we had to travel to Christchurch from Wanaka.. We found this cache at 1043am after a short search - and the container and log were both in good condition unless noted in the Fieldnotes below. TN, LN, SL. Thanks to drawp for this cache - the 3rd of 7 finds for the day.

FieldNotes: Log was wet – the cache likely needs maintenance. Log was replaced.l

Found it has been leaking

Log is super soaked
Tftc

04.10.2022 10:15 Uhr GMT+11
Logbuch nass ...
DfdC DeSchmidt_n #5

Easy find but cache and log was completely drenched and was unable to log the book. Tftc

Cache safe, but logbook soaking wet due to recent flooding.

Picking some caches I seem to have ignored on other trips.

One of 14 caches located today whilst travelling from Lake Ruataniwha (near Twizel) to Cromwell. This was the only cache I stopped to pick up in the Lindis Pass region besides one at the start. It was a quick find. #4825. TFTC.

As per the hint Cache is in good condition. TFTC

Its amazing how tracks that seem to start in the middle of nowhere..great idea for a cache to make one aware of the opportunities that are out there thanks Drawp

We weren't sure of the parking at gz but there was a good pullover 100m before so that's where we stopped. As it turns out we probably could have sort of pulled in at gz, especially as cache was found quickly. All these tracks lead to? Thanks for the cache drawp

Holiday caching adventure. Thanks for the hide.

After looking at the interp panel over the fence from the cache I'm definitely coming back to explore the area!

Tftc

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Found on our way down to Bannockburn.

Thankfully the rain had stopped. Last time I got out the camper van I got drenched. There was great parking on the opposite side of the cache. This was essential as there was a lot of traffic on the road today.
This cache was found on our second summer campervan trip. JDScout and I plan to do three this summer. This trip is from Christchurch to Bannockburn to the Catlins and back.

Thanks for hiding this cache drawp I appreciate it. It has helped add an extra layer of fun in our holiday.

On a 3 week South Island road trip from Nelson, picking up a few caches on the way.

I got the 2 on top of the pass last time I was down here, today it was this one's turn.

My kind of find, I could identify the hide from across the road!

Nice and quick thanks for the hide

I pulled over to "check the equipment" on the way back to Christchurch from Roxburgh (aka sign the log here ) No dramas with the find in between the few cars that were on the road. What a stunning view. I've been here once before (about 2 weeks before lockdown) and the area was white! Thanks for the placement


TFTC drawp, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 3 find(s) of 3 today, making this find #2869

A lovely warm sunny day to be found geocaching

Quick stop, TFTC

Found with Tokerau

Bring your camera

I’m usually pretty lazy and use the hint before even trying.. this time I spotted it as I pulled in! Thanks for the cache.

Tftc,what a great pass

On the way down from the summit and stopped for a quick park and grab. TFTC

Another quick dash and find. Thanks for putting out so many great caches drawp

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on day 2 of our geocaching trip down south. Today we are travelling from Twizel to Te Anau, the day started with clear blue skies (but rather chilly) and ended in rain as we neared our destination.
We were keen to find this cache as it is a missing latitude minute for 44 degrees south. And a nice easy find too, thanks.

#18798. We didn't have time for many walks today, so we were pleased to find this cache was a drive-by at the start of the track, and not some distance down it. Interesting maps to peruse here. TFTC.

A nice quick park and grab. Thanks drawp

#10169

A quick park n grab as listed I wonder why these are visited so frequently? We're basically a lazy pack of b---s! TFTC

Another quick grab, we saw some crazy overtaking manoeuvres on this side of the hill. Cache all good, was slightly exposed so hid better. TFTC drawp.
Second full day of a 10 day road trip for RG1972 and I to get to Te Anau, attempt a half marathon, and get safely back to Nelson/Marlborough. Today was Chch to Wanaka, so we hand picked a few park and grabs in between food and shopping stops. 20 plus for the day and all in good shape. Thanks all COs and sorry for the cut and paste bit.

So easy to stop and find a few p&g’s a long what is normally a busy road. Very little traffic today so a quick find. Took tb to move along. All good with cache and log. Tftc

Quick park and grab. Dropped TB tftc

I'm catching up on my logging which seemed to have stalled even though we have been in lockdown, my excuse is that I have been working throughout.
Found on our southward leg - day 2. Very obvious hide - if you know what to look for.
This started out as a Geocaching road trip to Invercargill to drop off some stuff for the niece and collect some other stuff for Mrs banian. It turned into a bit of a race back to Wellington to beat the Covid-19 lockdown.
We were able to rebook our Ashburton accommodation and ferry ticket to earlier in the week. When we arrived in Picton the vehicle queue was almost a kilometre long, and got longer behind us. Fortunately, as we had tickets we were still able to get on our sailing.

TFTC drawp.

Quick park and grab whilst travelling from Queenstown to Christchurch to catch the plane home after a fab holiday in New Zealand. Thanks for this remote cache.

What remote but beautiful country.l

Very quick P&G in the obvious (to a cacher) spot!! TFTC

When you see a track like this leading up to the hills you just want to follow it!

Easy drive in find in very nice NZ nature.

T4TC

Together with TEMBO! I had a really interesting geocaching-trip today. We could find some geocaches, met some locals and had a great talk to them.
Concerning this geocache I want to say thanks because we had much fun in searching and finding this geocache! The cache made our trip even more interesting!
TFTC!

Philpott family mt Somers nz

On a road trip south, enjoying the day and pic up some caches. TFTC

Greetings from Austria  
Die_Asseln

For my personal challenge of working towards getting my calendar on GC.COM to be at least the same shade of green or darker I need to sign off at least 12 caches today. I won't grumble if I find one or two more. Today I decided to go for a drive through the Lindis Pass to locate and sign off the required caches.

In TB.

Cheers for the cache.

As we are travelling in our motorhome was great to be able to pull over and park. Looks a nice walk for another trip as had to meet up with friends further south. Nice to get another smile thanks drawp.

Parked opposite and soon found the cache.
Tftc
Tim and Viv - ddm

Day 3 of a 4 day road trip. My mission on this trip was to travel South and West and then East and North. This road trip was all about the numbers but not quite in the usual way. In fact it was hours and hours spent on the road in search of minutes (and caches). I'm filling in gaps in my 'minutes' found across New Zealand in order to complete the 400 minutes challenge for the cache GC7YQZ8 - at the start of this trip I had a 52 minute gap to fill. All good here. TFTC, Biggles.

Looks like a nice place to go for a walk! TFTC!!

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Found it. Nice and easy.
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On a days geocaching with Kiwi Heather and Aussie Pete.
Quick park and grab. TFTC

We are on our summer holiday driving around the South Island with no real idea of where we will end up each day. We are often drawn to an area that has the potential to give us a few geocaching smilies and somewhere we have not spent time exploring before. In some cases we are revisiting placed that we have been before but liked so much we are going there again.
We decided we would head to Cromwell to see an old friend, so here we are stopping along the way. The rain was ensuring we did not make too many stops.
The cache was a quick find, signed the log and returned it as we found it.
Thanks for placing this cache and thank you for the smiley

Nice stop to stretch legs.
TFTC

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During our road trip in New Zealand south Island. At thé program : sightseeing, gastronomy and, of course, Geocaching!
So, we took the time to visit a few Caches, to remove some green, orange or blue dots on our map.
We will distribute favorite points according to our mood and caches met.
Thank you to all Owners for the installation of these boxes and for their maintenance.
A nice place for a box!
Greetings from France!
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***T*** hank ***F*** or ***T*** he ***C*** ache
***M*** erci ***P*** our ***L*** a ***C*** ache

On our 7th day in New Zealand we continued from Wanaka to Twizel. We took the road over Lindis Pass and were looking for some caches along the route. We found some but not all of them. The weather was rain in the morning and clearing up around noon. This was a short stop. Looking around and then we had an idea and it was the right one. TFTC and greetings from Switzerland

Gemeinsam mit apaspa auf grosser NZL-Tour. TFTC

Found on our 5th day in New Zealand. Saw many beautiful spots so far. I am curious what we will see in the next 3 weeks.

Found on sunny but windy day with Mr Chillipips, ML and MW.

Up for some fishing in the Twizel Canals. Great weather while here. TFTC.

Long trip today - transfer from Te Anau back north east. So the caches are a very good way to stop here and there and take some time to admire the landscape. Fortunately the weather is stable. Sometimes mmmmike and me even found special places because of the caches or we get the context to what we see.
And very nice - a quite old cache again on our way. Some of them sit already pretty long around here in between the rocks.
Thanks to the owners! This one was good to find with the hint.

Quick found in this lovely place . TFTC from Switzerland

a quick find while passing heading for home tftc

NZ trip 2017.
Cheers from the Posspet Boys

last full day before flying home, we have managed over 2000kms and not quite 500 caches but a great week away, thanks to all the COs who have placed these caches and taken the time to look after them.

Logged with GCDroid. Taking advantage of a long weekend and camping down at Aviemore. Snuck out for a bit of solo caching on a lovely day. Quick find here. Tftc

If I was about 35 years younger I might have given the track a bit of a workout and headed in for a tramp but not today - age has caught up with me and so a smiley for the cache will be fine by me. Photos will help the memory of this journey.

TFTC. Found with PyriteNinjas

Found it! Super quick park and grab with me gale cousins! TFTC

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Easy fine. Thank you.

On our way back north from Invercargill, so stopped off to look for this one. Cache was a quick find with the good clue. TFTC

Found on our trip from Queenstown to Lake Tekapo. TFTC

No walking, no cycling - unfortunately only by car...but a quick find

TFTC
jekejaerfi

Quick find today. Beautiful spot. If only my mountain biking fitness was up to it this would be fun. I love the Ahuriri Valley. Tftc

QEF after lunch and before a short walk. NINO TFTC

**Thanks** for the cache!
Lars and Helena , Örebro, Sweden

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*Finally vacation and time for the trip 'down under' to Australia and New Zealand via China. We’re expecting to see a lot of different animals and flowers and also hope to find nice caches and meet other geocachers during our journey.*

Another quick grab on our way through the pass. On a 11 day caching trip around the south island. Log signed as b&p.Tftc drawp.

This was the furthest cache away from home today. I may come back and have a wander around the walking tracks and lay one or two caches. Cheers

Found on our way from Wanaka to Christchurch, TFTC and Happy Halloween

GPS was sending me well beyond the cache. Common sense prevailed.

Found it after a bit if wandering.

Definitely obvious