Hillend Views (Otago) Stony Creek, South Island, New Zealand
By Muzzer on 03-Sep-11. Waypoint GC33EXH

A nice find here while driving through to Balclutha this afternoon, TFTC

15:28FITW ObnoxiousSpaceCatNot a snaplock container anymore, rather a screwtop.Good views but nowhere near good weather today for seeing Kaka/Nugget Point.Kia ora! Paldies! Thanks for the cache, Muzzer!#11502

Found with ivss_xx. Nice view from here.

After vist to Nugget point we made our way back to Dunedin stopping for caches. Thank goodness cache has safe spot we nearly blew away. Thanks for the cache Muzzer

Easy find on the way back to Dunedin after a fantastic day out including Nugget point. TFTC

Cheers

Was a quick find on our back to Dunedin

Well now thats a brave hide in plain sight.. guess it all depends if you stay standing on the road or find reason to approach..when the contrast is like a search light... added a little appriopate cover from the surroundings unclear if its position was intended to be so balsey lol.. thanks

Dam easy with the tree cut down

I looked in the obvious spot and there it was; signed the yellow bit of paper. Loved the apology from the arborists for cutting down the tree. Also the wonderful views , walking down to GZ, I could see the sea.

God bless the tree boys

Cool find

The tree is gone, but the containers still here. Found it nice view.

The tree is gone. And i have something for you

Stopped here after a snack lunch in Balclutha. Just time for 2 caches before we are due in Dunedin and a simple one with parking and a view attracted us. Mrs S needed Sobads longer arms here.Thanks to CO and to previous cacher for new log.

Holiday to NZWow does Otago have some views!!! Spectacular! TFTC

A deep reach for this one! Nice rural views. Container wet and logbook sodden so added and signed a strip of waterproof paper. TFTC Muzzer.

Found

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Thanks

Found it

A bit sodden. But tftc

My 100th find!! On my way home from doing a first aid refresher in Balclutha today and decided to grab some caches while in the area. Overshot the mark on this one so parked up and took a stroll and admired the view. Logbook is soggy and almost un-signable, managed with my good pen though. Left a little treasure - AA. Tftc.

Found it during our vacation. Thank you.

Lovely view. TFTC

No.17

Cool little find just off the road. The Log book was water damaged so didnt log my name.
Thanks

Quick find. Log pretty wet. TFTC

Tftc

Great day to find this cache. Views as promised. Quick find though the logbooks are damp.
Thanks for the cache, Muzzer
#3664

Tree

Tree

Quick driveby on a day of caching with RubydooplusC - TFTC

A quick stop on our way home from an afternoon of caches. Appreciate the new log paper. TFTC

Found during a day exploring the Clutha area with my family, the log was soaked so removed and added a piece of paper but it will need attention. TFTC

Needs a new log, the old one was mush.

Quick find on the way home

The two cousies found this one easy

On a tour of the area. Cache is wet may pay to double bag it. Tftc

I suggested to Mr P it was his turn to find a cache as this one was super easy he could knock himself out - done and dusted in no time.

We are heading back to Lawrence the scenic way. A lovely view from up here.
+ a marble, - nothing.

Log book very wet

Found it needed the 4 year old to reach it Very good and interesting find

Very quick find. Lovely views.
Tyftc

Today I was heading to the north and east of Balclutha trying to locate and sign off a few caches.

Nive views.

Cheers for the cache.

Great view. Log a tad wet. Tftc

Found

Easy find busy area tftc work Liltuhoe

Left magnet for a magnet, tftc

Ezy find

Found on my way out of Balclutha towards home tftc

Road tripping from catlins

Cache 514 Had to stop here on the way home for the sunset view ️ stunning, cache quick easy find though a bit damp, log is damp but not wet. Other than that cache is in ok shape T4TC

One of those serendipitous places to hide a geocache. Thanks for placing this- found with Debsnz, (who'd found it some years ago).

Left my calling card here. Cheers.

Wednesday 11 November. Its Balclutha, Stirling, Tokomairiro, Waitahuna, Mt Stewart windfarm and back to Balclutha today. Lets get exploring.

Toby, Zara and I are on a 3 week geo adventure of Cromwell, Southland, Catlins, Balclutha with a day in Dunedin and quick stop in Timaru. With Lenny, my trusty navigator and TBD my companion/mascot. we managed to visit lots of green boxes, now happy faces with the odd sad one. Did some LABs , earth caches, virtuals and wherigos, all chucked into the mix to rack up 500 odd caches. Lots of kilometers, lots of exploring and lots of fun. Thanks to all COs for our wonderful experience.

Doing #fiftyformyfiftieth
Hard work in the dark but cool hide

Ezy

Day 13 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.

I woke up this morning having spent the night beside a lovely beach near Heywards Point on the outskirts of Dunedin. Today's plan was to drive from Dunedin down to the Catlins, although I had no real idea of how far I'd get today. I have been so lucky to have dry conditions my whole trip so far, with the sun really putting in an effort to convince me it wasn't winter!

This was effectively a quick park n grab for me. I was happy to see that there was no-one else around to bother me as I conducted my search, and I found the cache with little fuss. There were no issues with the container, but there was no log inside. I happened to have a spare log and baggie with me, so signed it and placed it in the cache and I was back on my way again.

Thanks for placing this cache.

Easy

Found but no log

Found on way to Dunedin. Enjoying the caches in the area. Hopefully my back is better tomorrow

Eleventh day of a two week motorhome excursion, heading via the Coast to the lower South Island, picking up a few caches along the way – 14 today. Travelling from The Catlins to Moeraki today. A reasonably quick find. Yes, good views from this point! #3389. TFTC.

I have a 3 month sabbatical mostly traveling around the planet. My goal is to find and log 1000 caches. New Zealand is my 4th station traveling from south Christchurch to north Auckland, my first visit here, its far away. This is my sabbatical-cache #522.

Quick Find. TftC

Quickly found.

TFTC

Found this Cache on our way from Kaka Point to Lawrence. TFTC

Quick easy find on the way home from Dunedin, TFTC

17 January 2020 10:14. Tftc. A very nice view indeed although a little hazy today. Tftc

Quick find TFTC!!
Find 456

Found this one on our way to Dunedin

Thanks for the cache Greetings from the Netherlands

Easy find. Tftc

A trip from Dunedin to Te Anau for friends’ birthday celebrations. First time using a pocket query. Nice quick park and grab. Tftc

A nice view of clutha and surrounding area. A nice dry log. Would have topped up with some swaps but was only planning to get the FTF micro so didn't bother bringing any.
Tftc

Out caching with Ruru_nz

Road trip to Dunedin with Saethwr. Caching not a priority (for a change) , but picking up a few as we go.
Had to stop here for the greay views - just a little bit of cloud on the horizon, the pic doesn't to it justice.
Thanks for the smilie Muzzer.
2567 24 August 2019 11:48

Headed out today to pick off a bunch of caches alongside the mighty Clutha, as part of a last-minute effort to grab the final souvenir for the Museum challenge. Approaching from the Dunedin end was probably not the smartest way, but I got to the cache and found no issues with it. Cheers!

Had no goodies so left some. Great view.

Fun

We are gallivanting around the countryside in search of the elusive clues as part of the Mystery at the Museum challenge. A chilly day today, however finding this cache made the cold worth it

In the area getting the first to find at Lake Tuakitoto (in attached pic). Now to find the required Fingerprint. Quick find, even picked up a TB.

Nice stop..
TFTC
# 1273 July 4, 2019 14:31

Today was a rainy day but I did it anyway!

Found on a sunny ANZAC day cruise. Probably 30 years since we last went down this road.

Tftc

Nice clean container, alas no TB found tftc

Everything is becoming a blur as to how I found the cache but I thank you for placing and maintaining this one for us all to find.

#16986 9:51

During our holiday in New Zealand we have visited both the North and the South Island. We saw a lot of highlights of this beautiful country, but there is so much more to see. So many highlights, so many caches! The geocaches showed us a lot of special and interesting places. Sometimes a quick find, sometimes we had to search longer. A few DNF's, but that doesn't matter. We loved New Zealand and we hope to come back some day!

Today we have found the cache "Hillend Views (Otago)".

Muzzer, thanks for creating and maintaining this cache!

Greetings from the Netherlands,
de hangijzers

Replaced container and log book.

A bit of a struggle to retreive. TFTC

Making our way down to Nugget point grabbing a few C&D on the way.
A quick find here having managed to park close by.
Dropped off some TBs
TFTC
Tim and Viv - ddm

After a long hot week and the last weekend of the school holidays we decided a road trip was in order so where to go.?????
After a early morning start to pick up a cache or two as we head for home.
A quick park and grab as we head for home
Beautiful early morning views.
Log falling to bits .
Dried out container and put in replacement log.


tftc

Last weekend before high school goes back... so any excuse is a good one, to head off the main road into the wilderness to find us some caches.
Have replaced logbook and dried out the container as much as possible. Perhaps a new container needed?
TFTC

Tftc. Wet day wet cache lol

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

This was the onl;y stop for caches we made on our way to the dunedin airport from down in the Caitlins but yes the log is very very wet I took photos of the view and of the log and container which i will post . as the book is unsignable .
thanks for this cache and another smiley face.

all wet

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.

Unfortunately the views were not what we had hoped to see when we were here, there was low cloud blocking the view and a strong wind making us want to retreat to the campervan as quickly as possible. The cache was soon spotted and the log signed and we returned it as we found it.
Thank you for placing this cache and thank you for the smiley

We are on vacation in New Zealand and of course we seek some caches.
Thanks for this one! Cache was hidden in 2 plastic bags and still soken wet.
Greetings from the Dutch.

Indeed a very good view point. Easy to find

Water was running out the box when we found it. Everything is soaked. Needs maintenance.