Okarahia Stream (Marlborough) Oaro, South Island, New Zealand
By bumandworker on 12-Oct-12. Waypoint GC3YJA1

17 November 2024 3:39pm. It was a long reach, but got it on the 2nd attempt. TFTC bumandworker

MacPacMum and I are on a mission from Christchurch to Kaikoura to search for a FTF that has not been claimed after an entire week!Mission accomplished, which means time for lunch, and grabbing the odd cache or two (or ten) on the way back to Christchuch. Thanks for another smiley.

Handy spot to make a cuppa.We are travelling to Kaikoura for the night. We're meant to be 4x4 into Clarence but canceled. Accommodation paid for and no refund so decided to cache on way here. Normally in motorhome so nice to stop and get some smiles. Thanks for the cache bumandworker

Nice easy find on the way home. stopped for a cuppa! TFTC

It was great to have plenty of room to park up here.The gps had us looking in the wrong place initially, but it eventually settled down, and common sense prevailed. Thanks for putting this here

Heading south with rattll, en route to GeoToroa at Dunedin. Today, started at Paparoa Point, north of Kaikoura, aiming for... somewhere in North Canterbury, tbc. Our sole confirmed target for the day is GCEB9, at Glentui. The oldest letterbox hybrid in NZ, and coincidentally a Jasmer spot that we both need. Everything else collected today is a bonus, so we're stopping as the whim takes us.This one had us searching in the wrong place originally, as the GPS wandered. Then instinct kicked in, and the find quickly followed. All good. Signed, and returned as found. Tftc!

We were supposed to do a whale watching trip today, but it got cancelled as the whales were outside the area. Instead we set off to find a few caches. Nice big parking area at gz and we could park very close to gz where we soon found the cache. Tftc

A quick find and sign here.

Another good place to pull over for a break on our way south. Yes there is a picnic table (now). The cache was quickly found between passing traffic. All ok here. TFTC bumandworker.

Trouve ! / Found it ! 5229me cache trouve.Merci bumandworker pour la cache 5229th cache found.Thank you bumandworker for the cache

Picked up three caches after heading south from Kaikura this morning. Took far too long to find this one. Our coords seemed to direct us to the trees and we spent a while searching there before finally giving up. The hint was of no help! Had a quick look elsewhere before heading away and came up with the goods (fortunately). At that point the coords on both our iPhones were suggesting that GZ was 12-13m away. #7113. TFTC.

Easy find, SL TFTC

1,207 nice stop and grab

The last leg of our journey on our 2nd tiki tour in NZ heading from Kaikora down to ChCh grabbing a few caches as we went.Here we searched all around and eventually found the cache, coordinates a bit off ( we made them S 42 32.541' E 173 27.093')Picnic table - yes Rest - yesNoisy traffic - what do you expect at a roadside stop ! Seems the area has changed since the last time this CO visited their cache which appears to have been over 7 years ago !!!!TFTC Tim and Viv - ddm

A quick find and sign. TFTC

**17,850**
Needed another quick stop and this cache was right next to where we stopped so it was a super quick find and we were back on the road again. TFTC

After clearing out all but three caches on the Molesworth Road between the locked gates before it closes very very soon for the season I headed home. This was the eighth stop along the way.

Time to turn this blue face to yellow. Having read enough previous logs, I now knew where it would be, and was.

Good to be back on the highway, flicking off some of that thick mud from Ngaroma road earlier.

Tftc and greetings from Czechia.

#12,470. After a fun week in Christchurch doing a lot of caching it was time today to drive north to Picton to catch the 6pm ferry. I decided to stop first at Cheviot for some lunch then do a few along the road from there to Kaikoura. Another location with plenty of parking and no cars today. Found after a short search in the most likely spot Thanks b&w for the cache. Need to get to Kaikoura now to do the ad labs. Favourite awarded for your efforts in hiding caches in these out of the way places.

Wanted to stop here but area taken up with road workers. Will try in next time through

Having a milestone birthday this weekend, my aim was 50 caches. That was too much for one day so the 50 finds were spread over the celebratory weekend, 1/2 on my way South and 1/2 on my way North.

This was not one of them. Didn’t spend too long here but couldn’t find it in that time.

Quick P n G for us while on our way home - TFTC

Hoorey there is a picnic table. Not the nicest but should last a while.

Quick find here tftc

Planned West Coast trip put on hold due to atrocious weather. So an alternative route was needed to avoid the rain. Not so! The rest of the south island copped it too..though on a lesser degree. So mainly driving north with the odd random cache finds. Seeing plenty of country less travelled a bonus. Spending a few days in Kaikoura then heading back down south.
Southward bound now!

Happy to announce there is now a picnic table. Easy find, thanks

Nice little memorial nearby. Tftc

A quick find with angelic_kiwi. tftc

A quick find on my way home to Christchurch and I remember a cache being here years ago. I am going back pre 2009

Don't know if he was an Englishman, but there was certainly a mad dog here the first time we stopped. Needless to say we carried on without looking for the cache. This time the layby is empty and cache quickly found. tftc

Time to start heading home after a great weekend exploring the kaikoura area grabbing caches along the way..
Quick find tftc
Didn't even turn off the engine...

No time to stop for long here but good pull over area. Thanks for the placement bumandworker

Found all good here thanks

Tftc

Found with NZDi. It is Waitangi Weekend and NZDi decides she wants to spend a few days in Christchurch to do some retail therapy. A couple of our grandchildren have birthdays coming up and she can't find anything suitable in the local stores in Blenheim and is hoping the big city has a better selection. The plan is to travel south on Friday caching along SH 1, do the shopping on Saturday morning and cache out at the McLeans Island MTB park in the afternoon, then head home on Sunday with a detour to cache the K2R- Passchendaele Memorial Path between Kaiapoi and Rangiora (I guess that is what K2R stands for). Throughout the weekend we dated and signed our logs in full, as KM + ND or a combination of both depending on the room available on the sheet/book.

Today is day one of the trip and having pretty much cached out SH 1 between Blenheim and Kaikoura, our aim is to attempt to do the same between Kaikoura and Christchurch. This is our eleventh cache of the day in our attempt to change the road between Blenheim and Christchurch from green to yellow. After the previous cache we got behind a line up of about twenty trucks and cars, so it was a slow trip here, so this cache made a great opportunity to let them get ahead. The layby was empty which made for a QEF PnG and we took the opportunity to empty the coffee cups and scone wrappers that we obtained in Kaikoura into the empty trash receptacle.

TFTC B&W

Found while caching SH 1 to Christchurch with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC bumandworker

Nice pull off picnic spot.
Back on the Mainland, caching south with the wagging tails, in Van.
Happy New Year, and happy caching TFTC

Another easy cache

You'll be pleased to know there's a picnic table here now - - as well as a cache .

Easy find

On a road trip with NZ Bozzy , heading back south after a delay of 90mins for the ferry we don't have much time to stop for caches but grabbed this quickly.

Main reason was to grab the North Island TMTG caches and some oldies. And also to celebrate a birthday with a 0

TFTC

Thanks last one for today we need to get places. Ferry was delayed for over an hour so we are running a bit late. Travelling with Kiscardi.

Last cache of the day as dusk approaches - driving to Chch from Nelson via Blenheim and a lunchtime event.
Thanks for this cache, b&w. a good place to pull off the road - and I was pleased to start driving again well before a truck which I could see coming down the hill!

Quick stop on our way to south. TFTC

.We are heading to Cleverly after walking around Ocean Beach. Stopped off at Oharahia Stream for a quick snag and tag. Cheers

Out with the Seagnoid, in the Seagnoid Mobile today, to Kaikoura and beyond, for another great road trip on a lovely sunny day.

Thanks again BandW for the many places you have got us to stop, including this one.
[#1071]

Today I am travelling from Kaikoura to Christchurch. Finding a few caches along the way. The weather has packed it in and was cold, wet and drizzling most of the way so I tried to go for caches that looked like they would be fairly easy to find. There is now a picnic table! Cache took me way longer to find than it should have done. GPS had me further from the road than I needed to be. Finally checked the obvious spot and there was the cache. TFTC, Biggles.

Biwer original sends Greetings from Germany and thanks for the Cache.

Found on a road trip from Christchurch to Picton. Quick find in a pretty spot. TFTC

A quick find heading south. TFTC

Heading home from picking up a car in Wellington. Off the ferry and heading home but had to get a few caches on the way. This was nice and easy to find TFTC

QEF, tftc

Thanks very easy find

A quick find while I watched the slow traffic I would later catch up with trundle past. GPS a bit out, but few options here. TFTC Bum.

On the way to Chch for a bit of heavy retail therapy and a catch up with family over the long weekend. So a few caches on my side of the road on the trip down. Thanks to all COs.

Found but GZ was 34 feet out for me.

Quick find with Mporokosa. Tftc

On the way to Christchurch. Stopped to walk the dogs. TFTC

I'm from Switzerland and spend 4 months in New Zealand on vacation. Found this cache after a few minutes search, thanks.

Yes my geo map showed a other spot and a nice picknick table ...but we found the cache ..thanks from Swiss guy !

Reading previous logs put me off- should have paid at least some attention to gps!

Short stop, same experience as other cachers - despite the description, the table is there now, and the coordinates still point at the middle of nowhere. However, the obvious hiding spot did not disappoint.
TFTC Yaws

Greetings from Edidan68 : France / Alsace

Merci pour la découverte - Dziękuję za zabawę - Dankie vir die pret - Faleminderit për argëtimin - ስለ ጨዋታዎ አመሰግናለሁ - Thank you for the fun - Əyləncə üçün təşəkkür edirik - Eskerrik asko dibertigarriagatik - মজার জন্য আপনাকে ধন্যবাদ - дзякуй за гульню - Hvala na zabavi - Благодаря ви за забавлението - Salamat sa kalipay - 謝謝你的樂趣 - Hvala vam na zabavi - Děkuji vám za zábavu - Zikomo chifukwa cha zosangalatsa - Tak for det sjove - Dankon pro la amuzo - Tänan teid lõbu eest - Salamat sa kasiyahan - Kiitos hauskuudesta - Tankewol foar it wille - Grazas pola diversión - Σας ευχαριστώ για τη διασκέδαση - გმადლობთ, რომ გართობა - આનંદ માટે આભાર - Na gode da fun - Mahalo iāʻoe no ka hauʻoli - मज़े के लिए धन्यवाद - Gracias por la diversión - Ua tsaug rau kev lom zem - Daalụ maka ntụrụndụ - Terima kasih atas kesenangannya - Grazie per a diversione - Mèsi pou plezi a - Hûn ji bo kêfxweşiyê - ຂອບໃຈສໍາລັບການມ່ວນຊື່ນ - Ačiū už linksmą - Merci fir de Spaass - tibi gratias ago pro ludens - Paldies par jautrību - Ви благодариме за забавата - രസകരമായതിന് നന്ദി - Terima kasih kerana bersenang-senang - Misaotra anao amin'ny fialam-boly - Grazzi għall-pjaċir - Mauruuru koe mo te ngahau - गंमतीदार धन्यवाद - Хөгжилтэй байгаа танд баярлалаа - मजाको लागि धन्यवाद - Bedankt voor het plezier - Danke für den Spaß - Takk for moroa - Շնորհակալություն հաճույքի համար - ਮਜ਼ੇਦਾਰ ਲਈ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ - Obrigado pela diversão - Спасибо за удовольствие - Mulțumesc pentru distracție - Faafetai mo le malie - Хвала на забави - Ndinokutendai nokuda kwomufaro - Ďakujem vám za zábavu - Hvala za zabavo - Waad ku mahadsantahay madadaalada - Kea le leboha ka monate - Asante kwa furaha - hatur nuhun keur maén - විනෝදයට ස්තුතියි - Tapadh leibh airson an dwpiemy- Eğlence için teşekkür ederim - Дякую за веселощі - Qiziqarli uchun rahmat - Diolch am yr hwyl - Köszönöm a szórakozást - Cảm ơn vì sự vui vẻ - Grazie per il divertimento - Siyabonga ngokuzonwabisa - Siyabonga ngomnandi.
Edidan68 - 8345

TFTC......On our way to Hanmer Springs from Kaikoura and caching along the way. We are loving caching in beautiful New Zealand. Visiting from Sask. Canada

Thanks for the cache.

There IS a picnic table now.. and the coords do seem to be poinbting towards the edge of the woods rather than the edge of the main road, where the cache is found just fine

WrOOOm.. Wrooom! WrOOOOOoom

Found at 17:01 - #7973 - on a 5 week trip in New Zealand

TFTC

Coordinates put us in the middle of the parking area. We hunted around nearby trees with no luck. Area looks like it might have been widened by road workers recently. Wondering if it is still there.

Had to wait for a car load of muggles left before I could go for it. It might be a noisy spot but at least you have plenty of warning of approaching vehicles. TFTC

#7326

Kia Ora from Minnesota, USA. I am traveling with VikingNav from Blenheim to Christchurch today and we broke up the trip with caching stops along the way. It was also a great place to stretch our legs. Log was signed. Thanks for hiding this fun cache for us to seek. >^..^

On the way to Christchurch on a nice day. Stopping along the way to stretch and break up the drive, or to get out of the way of faster traffic. If there was a cache at the stops, we tried to find it. A very nice drive, even with all the road reconstruction due to the earthquake. TFTC

One of my fav ways of spending a weekend day - jump into the car with a direction in mind, stopping for caches along the way, enjoying the journey. This time I piled a couple of 'kids' into the car also, and we headed to Kaikoura making the most of the road being open for the weekend and not that much traffic thanks to the Picton detour still in place. Needless to say that we never made it as far as Kaikoura, although we leaft early enough and got quite close. Try explaining that on a monday at work - where did you go over the weekend? Well, Kaikoura, but we did not quite make it there. Oh, is the road still so bad? LOL!
So this is as far as we got on our way to Kaikoura! At this point we realised that we need to turn around to make dinner already cooking in the slow cooker in time as pre-arranged with the rest of the whanau , and the timing was impeccable TFTC!!

My first stop on my afternoon caching road trip. I found myself drifting around and looking at some animal carcasses and prickly plats before I grabbed my GPS and saw where i was meant to be looking. Good to see there's a picnic table here now. Tftc.

Found with warfi. On a day trip to kaikoura. Very wet day.

Quick find, TFTC.

checked

all quiet as well....most unusual

missed out on this one. but probably did not look hard enough. but seeing we had to drive back to christchurch we decided to go on.

Was on the way home from MTBing, Geocaching and Money Spending in Kaikoura. Stopped at this random rest stop, well actually just pulled off the road and parked as I was towing a caravan. Nice quick find. TFTC B&W.

Thanks to co out on day caching with Creek Rd girls and salvation army

QEF and grab. TFTC

Stoked to see it here with all the work done recently! Thanks

GPS is out for me but it had to be where it was! Tftc

With a few more days of holidays left we decided to head south again and find some caches we didn't have time to look for last week, plus some more off the beaten track. This was one of 51 found today.
Thank you to all CO's who made this possible.

Our recent multi day Canterbury cache raid was so successful we decided to have another one before the holidays finished. Again we got stabbed, prodded, pricked and scraped by the variety of hedges the region is so famous for. And of course we can now hold our breath a lot longer. A skill well worth developing to avoid breathing in part of the road surface every time a vehicle passes. Just over 200 finds were logged this time and a great time was had finding the caches with a variety of shapes, sizes and placements. A big thank you to all COs who made this possible.

Driving south from Picton to Parnassus today picking up a few caches along the way. On a caching road trip so didn't have time for a rest or to use a picnic table anyway. But this pull over area did have one thing that we could use - a cache. Thanks.

Quick find on the way home from a long weekend in Kaikoura. TFTC.

I came over to New Zealand to meet my son, who is staying now for more than five months on the other side of the world. Our intension is, to travel now for 4 weeks through this fantastic land and visiting a lot of fine spots on both islands.
Met in Auckland, our first trip led us to the Far North with some spectacular locations. It was a lot of driving, but we think, it was worth the result.
The second part of our travelling route led us to the south. Going via Hamilton with some fine locations, Hobbiton was an absolutely must of our "unexpected journey" . Went then to Tauranga with a hard upclimb to Mt. Maunganui, visited Rotorua to see lot of vulcanic activities, have had a lot of fun with Zorbing and Claybird shooting and drove then to Taupa, to doing Skydiving.
Here we go: Napier with it's beautiful Art Deco district and the great Aquarium was the next stop.
Final destination on the North Island was Wellington, were we visited some great places and met some friends from Germany.
After crossing Cook Strait now we will follow the east side of the southern island down to the most southern point of New Zealand.
Blenheim with its wine yards, fantastic dolphin watching in Kaikoura, the story of earthquake in Christchurch, following the famous coastline down to Dunedin with its beautiful and interesting places as well as the nice city of Invercargill were our main spots on this part of our journey.
Of course, even if it is not our main activity during this holidays, we will looking for some caches, which are laying beside our route.
So this cache was one of those, we've picked up.
Many thanks to bumandworker for this fine cache and best greetings from Germany.
**Geovortex** & *Nilito*
# 6137

Second day of Chelzea and I doing a weekend cache run through Hanmer to Blenheim through Molesworth Station, an overnight camp and then return along the main highway back to ChCh. A pretty intense weekend with over 120 caches found that most seem to blend together so reluctantly cut and paste logging. Had a great time finding many wonderful caches in a fair few cool spots worthy of the visit. Very few DNF's but will note anything interesting or wrong with individual caches. Thanks to all the cache owners.

Cache found on our way back to ChCh.tftc

Found while on a cycle trip from Picton to Christchurch, great to combine cycling with my interest in Geocaching, and also have an excuse for a micro break. *TFTC bumandworker #8556* Took advantage of the picnic table to have a good break ahead of a ride up the next big hill!

There's a picnic table now! Looks brand new. Tftc.

Stop, park, grab, log and go.

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On a day trip to Kaikoura to see some seals so did a few caches on the way home.

Easy find on the side of the road. Found, signed and returned. Thanks for the cache.

Found in 'the usual' place. Found with debsnz.

First to sign the replacement log Thanks for taking the time to replace. Found with Aoraki Sheep.

Coordinates changed from:
S 42° 32.542 E 173° 27.093

Coordinates changed to:
S 42° 32.538 E 173° 27.099

Distance from original: 36.3 feet or 11.1 meters.
Tree and cache is gone....replaced cache with a micro

Found it with Team FIN [janahola, kapeka, laalaa & temyllyl]

We had fun with caching few weeks here in New Zealand. Lots of geocaches and many sort of them too. We saw awesome places, weather was pretty good all the time and people were friendly and polite. Caches were pretty similar like in our home country. Of course there were some exeptions. Nice and really scenary country!

Greetings from Finland

FIN (laalaa, janahola, temyllyl, kapeka) holiday in New Zealand. East coast towards to North Island. Lovely landscape and we had fun.
Greetings from Finland.
Thanks for the cache.

On a geoholiday road tripping to Christchurch MEGA and around beautiful New Zealand. Our four people group (temyllyl, laalaa, kapeka and myself) from Finland used group tag FIN to log the caches.

After the Mega weekend we drove from Christchurch to Blenheim caching on the way. We saw many nice places and caches. Thanks for the cache!

Welcome to MEGA Finland in 5-7 august 2016!

11th day on our geo-roadtrip in New Zealand, and caching our way towards north. Logged using our group nickname FIN with janahola, laalaa and kapeka. We made it to Christchurch, and now it is already to start heading back home, fortunately first driving back to Auckland.

This entry was edited by temyllyl on Friday, 20 November 2015 at 09:24:56 UTC.

noticed the work going on so checked. one nearby tree removed.

Find #3812 when we first came to this cache the area was under major construction ,so we stopped on the way back after the workers had gone home , a quick find TFTC