RuaTiki (Motueka) Motueka, South Island, New Zealand
By Stretch0 on 18-Sep-11. Waypoint GC34C14

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It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.

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I didn't do much of a thorough search while looking for this cache but I couldn't find it in the likely spot.

No luck for me after my second hunt for this one.
I go past here almost every day though so I'll watch and wait thanks

No luck. Hopefully it is still here for another days attempt.

Couldn't find this one today.we did find where we thought it should have been though.

Spent awhile here...couldn't get to grips with this, we looked every where except the right place, darn....tftc, we'll be back

Yeah like it

Loged as cg3 - 3 caching-girlies on NZ-tour, greetings from austria tftc

logged as CG3. Thanks for showing

Nice find on our South Island holiday Tftc

Wet awesome hide

Travelling around in our motor home and parked up in this area after visiting the Motueka Sunday markets. Thought I'd check on my phone if there's a geocache here, and bingo! After looking for a bit I wondered where I'd place it, and then it was quickly found. Cheers and TFTC

TFTC

On holiday at Motueka and having a ball.
Very nice area.

TFTC.

This one was just opposite our campsite. Tftc

Quick find for D today. Tumeke @ rua tiki.

In Nelson/Motueka which is day 3,4 and 5 for our 10 day holiday.
We the FastFrames are having a competition each day. Who ever finds the most per day wins then whoever wins the most days in the 10 days gets to choose dinners for a whole week

Today - Mike wins............. AGAIN!!!
10 caches today - Jake 1 - Haylee 1 - Mike 5 - Nicola 0 and 3 which we didnt mark a winner on due to busy roads etc.


I spotted where i thought it would be but it was a bummer i was on the wrong end so mike got the point.

Between me/hubby and kaleb we each get a half point for spotting it and then half point for grabbing the cache so far kaleb is leading followed by kaleb and then me so I need to stop giving such good hints. Loving this weather and looking forward to a couple more days before we head home. Tftc

have been here several times in the past when down in Nelson/Mot and it has eluded me. Saw there were several successful finds lately so thought would give another try. An easy find this time, even with muggles in the car-park. Still worth a Fav for all the trouble it has given me. TFTC

On our way back from Abel Tasman to Nelson we made a quick stop and luckily found this one. TFTC!

# 1700
After dinner it was time for a walk in the area. Lucky me - there were also caches to find.
TFTC - greetings from Denmark

#5023

My first find on South Island and the southern most ever, so far

The log is a bit damp.

Greets from Sweden!

Tack och boxk!

On holiday from England. To celebrate our 60th birthdays we are spending 30 days touring New Zealand in a campervan. On our way we are trying to get at least one cache everyday and everywhere we visit. Today we were busy having been on a cruise up to the top of Abel Tasman National park. So luckily this was next to our campsite so a quick find before going out to eat at the nearby Toad Hall. TFTC

Tricky wee blighter! Searching when you are wearing fluro bike gear and feel like you’re being noticed by every car that drives past isn’t the best feel. The log is really wet. Maybe needs a proper container? Thanks for thinking of this iconic spot for a cache. Apologies for late logging.

Took us a while but got it in the end! A cheeky little hide. TFTC!

It wasn't where I would have put one, but I finally spotted a corner of the ziplock bag poking out and finally got my hand on the log. Which is damp, but signable. Thanks for the smiley!

Lovely quick find when I reached up....

Visited here today for a look then instantly recognized the GZ and realised I had already found this one back in February, so have logged a very belated log for that date.

That was almost too easy, can't believe i never found it the last two times i looked. Great to finally knock this one off while out on a bike ride. TFTC

On our fifteenth day in New Zealand we visited Abel Tasman Nationalpark and looked on the way for a few caches.
Circled GZ once, but nothing obvious. So we looked closer and there was something. Ok, for spa it was difficult. Log signed.
TFTC and greetings from Switzerland

This one could probably do with a simple hint as to not raise too much suspision, but it was a quick find none the less.. good hide (amazing it stays dry..)

Found at 10:43 AM - #5924

TFTC

Met the owner here, he was very helpful
Cheers and thanks,
S.t.

Found it walking home. No pen or pencil though. Will have to stop again tomorrow. Good way to notice some artwork I've always otherwise missed

on holiday from Hokitika decided to my sisters kid for there first hunt with my kids....we did not find this one i agree with gracie7 + Mum there was too many possiblities and no ckue to round it down

NZDi and I have been planning a long weekend in Golden Bay for a month or so and today these plans came into fruition. Of course a long weekend out of town would not be complete without the odd cache thrown in and so a few caches were planned along the way. The weather back in Blenheim had been crap all week and the forecast for the weekend was not that flash either, however as soon as we got across the Whangamoa's we could see this part of the country was bathed in sunshine.

Today is the final day of our long weekend and the caches we get are essentially going to be Park n Grabs on the road trip home. This has been my best geocaching weekend ever and Golden Bay has some awesome caches to find. We have only scratched the surface and are looking forward to coming back in the not to distant future.

The highlight of the trip would have to be the Rawhiti Caves Earthcache, but there are too many other awesome caches as well. Thanks to all the CO's (especially the prolific bumandworker) for all your caches.

Stopped here on the way back to Blenheim and quickly found the cache. Like others have said before me, the log was wet. So wet in fact that it was impossible to write on. A quick walk back to the geo-mobile and break out the cache repair kit. New log supplied in new plastic zip-lock bag.

TFTC Stretch0

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC Stretch0

Today we did the big loop through Tapawera up to Motueka and then back to Nelson. There was too many possibilities here and no clue to round it down meant we left without a find today Thanks anyway.

This had me fooled for a wee while. Then I thought hmm where wuld I put one and BiNgO!!! Twas in hand. Cheers for yhe cache. Log book very very wet.

After staying the night at Edward Baigent Domain in Wakefield. We decided to go do some local caches and then try a wherigo. After that we were heading to Motueka. This one was on the way. We had lunch here. It was very picturesque.

One of those caches I have driven past so many times that this time I thought I had better get it to day TFTC log is very wet

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Very wet cache and log full after one more find. Thanks

Took a little while to find it. Found it a long time ago with family geocachers and it was in a different place then so was determined to find it this time for my own smiley face. Thanks for the cache.

A last trip over the hill for a few weeks, off to North Island on a course starting after next weekend so a drive and cache and grab was in order. With fellow caching buddies all tied up with other stuff it was a solo raid hoping for and achieving; 2 unique D/Ts, 2 more unique minutes of 41 degrees to finish that off and move towards qualifying for another 2 (as yet) unfound Challenge caches, and Earthcache (thwarted by the tide), the M G S C final Challenge cache, finally, the Centre of New Zealand multi and rescue a T B that's been there much too long and a smattering of others.
Onto the next phase, grab some solved puzzles to get me past the next Project 'badge', only needed 7 but got a few more too.
A nice quick and easy find here as I was leaving town and heading for Ruby Bay
T F T C Stretch0

On early very nice morning was time for few caching...This took a little bit longer, but finaly I had right eye on right spot...TFTC and greetings from Czech rep.!

Had a good look here with one of the Crazycreaghs and MotHunter who had tried here a few times before. Found what might have been the original hiding place, but the cache and log was tucked away nearby.

Thanks

#627

Wow it was a nice find

Finally!!! Not exactly where I thought it would be but log now signed. So pleased to have claimed the smilie at long last!! Thanks Stretch0!!

third time lucky. Although not sure if where we found the log is where Stretch0 intended it to be??

Cruising around Nelson today, picking up caches

Tftc

10th for the afternoon thanks

Visited it during my trip from South Island to North Island.
Thanks for this cache!:)
Greetings from Czech

Nice hiding spot for this ol one

Great entrance to town.

Good find this evening while out visiting. Sneaky cache thought it was someones home.
TFTF

Found this one during a nice walk in the evening after arriving in Motueka. Nice hiding place ;o)

TFTC, Cuculus fugax

Finally!!! Whew!!!

Third time is supposed to be lucky. Well, it wasn't!!!

Second try. Still no luck.

Found finally, I had looked here previously and had no idea, but finally thought a bit harder and there it was.

TFTC Stretch0

Not this time

Awesome find hahaha i was goin thru clues just about ready to give up and daughter managed to think like a cacher and found it.TFTC

Found on our way back from a fantastic week camping at Totranui. Took a wee while and a bit of very careful looking to spot this one, but I got it in the end. TFTC.

After we loaded up on food and gas we parked our van for the night. I decided to take an evening stroll collecting some more geocaches around the campground.. Nicely hidden just across the street. TFTC

This is the best cash we hove found to date

6639. Out on a geocaching trip from Tahuna to Motueka today. Doing only caches which are on or close to the main road. This was cache number ten of twenty one for the day. We had decided to go straight to Motueka from Mapua so drove straight past heaps of caches right on the road - such will power!!! On arrival at the nearby car park we remarked on how many times we had found caches in local area. found this one after a short think and search. Thanks for the cache. Rodney and Iris.

Found with Vydra20. TFTC

Nice sunday walk around Motueka port. Cool hide! TFTC!

Found with the whole family and a little bit of help from the Wellwishers

On our way back from a swim at Kaiteriteri.
Figured we had to stop and get at least one cache on the way.
I had worked out what the hide was going to be when "Wellwishers" turned up in their campervan.
1Bumblebee played "hot/cold" with them, Mrs 1Grunta disturbed the hide, and I walked over and picked it up.
Nice to meet the Wellwishers.
TFTC

Sneaky Sneaky, but after looking for ages, there it was. TFTC.

Great find - enjoyed this one.

Quick find.

Driven past this one before.....and whilst I (Mr G) was away with KiwiMoose on a big caching mission from Richmond - St Arnaud, up the Waiau valley to Renwick,then back home through Havelock...Mrs G took the boys to Marahau and had a wee walk on the start of the Abel Tasman (to Tin Lion bay)....she remembered a cache was here and had a look whilst driving past....and they found it....sans gps. Cool. Cheers.

I was going to skip this one when I saw 4 other cachers having a looksie. Thought that I could tag on and get an easy find but after 15 minutes more hunting we failed. Nice to meet other cachers though. Cheers

Second Time not more lucky than the first one. I might need some help on that one...

Another drive through Motueka and another attempt at this cache. As we parked, another car was pulling out, this turned out to be another cacher who had just abandoned his search, he returned to see if we had more luck.
We looked in the same spots as before and after the guy left (we never did find out his name), StreetWalker had one more look and there it was. Unbelievable that we had missed it so many times before, though it is well hidden we DID look there. The odd thing is that this was an old cache as there were logs with last years date, but I thought the CO had replaced it 3 months ago. I reckon it's had a wee holiday and has just returned .
Logbook now full, we squeezed in our initials (SWaT) and date on some blank paper. Thanks for the fun/torture/frustration, we can now drive past here with a clear conscience. TFTC.

#8721. This one has been a bit of a nemesis cache for us. it was starting to look like we would come up empty handed yet again, when I spotted the little blighter. Good to end the weekend away with finds of a number of tricky caches. TFTC.

Got it after abit of looking and hiding thank u

Good find if you know what you are looking for TFTC

Cache Check done and it all good there in full view (Well if you look in the right place).
Happy Hunting

Searched to no avail.

I wasn't keen to stop on our way home from Golden Bay, but StreetWalker has a masochistic streak and wanted to have another look. We had barely started looking when a car pulled up and magpiy emerged (great to meet him). He showed us where the cache used to be hidden (and where we had searched before without success) but it wasn't there. Either the cache has moved or it has gone again.

Wowww! Great hide! Thank you from spain!

Apologies for the late logging.

We've looked for this one many a time and finally success!! For some reason Annie spotted it almost immediately this time. TFTC

Got the little bugger.

Tftcache

Wow great hiding place, if u can't find it, it's there keep looking!!

Thanks for the great hide

No luck on our second attempt.

No luck (again!). We should have wandered across during the event, and then we could have asked the CO for a hint after not finding it.

No luck again even with the hint hopfully next time

Found on the way home after the event...have seen one like it before!!
TFTC.

Yes the last container has been muggled so new cache container in place . So now all good to go sorry for the delay in fixing up

MMM well this one has gone so will disable till i pick up a replacement. Sorry for those who searched and couldnt find ill have it back up and running as soon as I can.

Had a look for the cache both heading into Mot, and on the way out (after extra info was gleaned). Either we misunderstood the directions or it's gone.

Searched wide and far but could not find

Phew

Wow so pleased 1st attempt after reading all the other logs great cache don't give up