Fern Walk 5 (Canterbury) Peel Forest, South Island, New Zealand
By 1066 on 12-Dec-12. Waypoint GC42TP0

Time to archive this one as we are no longer able to look after it.

A cracker day to be doing some geocaching at Mt Peel. No problem locating this cache, however the log is wet but ok to write on. TFTC

Found with NZDi. As for the cache, after my experience with the previous find, I made sure I read the hint after leaving the previous two caches. Once again this paid off, as I spotted the hinted item 31m prior to where c:geo, the same distance as last time. I don't know if c:geo is having a hissy-fit, or if the earth has shifted of its axis by 31m. Once again while I was signing the log, c:geo narrowed down the distance to around 8m.

It is Easter weekend and it is time to cross off one of the things on our bucket list, which is to visit the Peel Forest area. We headed south from Blenheim yesterday and overnighted in Rangiora in order to break up the trip. That was an uninspiring place to cache with a miserable strike rate. We arrived at the DOC campground well before check-in time but found out the camp custodians were from Blenheim too, and they let us have our site early. After setting up, we did the Kahikatea Track before lunch. After lunch we decided to do the Fern Track walk starting at the Te Wanahu end and heading to Blandswood. We managed to get six of the seven caches, but it seems as though No. 4 has been archived. The track was really muddy so instead of going back the way we came, we decided to return along Blandswood Road. While doing this we got caught up in a Police SAR operation looking for an autistic, non-verbal 11 year old boy who went missing while doing the Dennistoun Loop Track. We ended up supporting the distraught father while the search operation was under way. In the end it was a successful outcome as the boy was found about three hours after going missing.

TFTC 1066

Found with Kiwimykl. Refer to his log for details.

TFTC 1066

Full of water but ok.

It's a nice track but the owner should take care more of the condition of the Caches. They are all wet.

It's wet. Should be a new container and logbook

Thanx from Holland

The cash was really wet... Impossible to write down your name...

Found this one, but was too wet to sign. Took photo. Tftc

Today we walked the Allans track from Blandswood to the Big One and returned via the Fern walk. In some parts the tracks were muddy and with no exeption every cache we stopped for was wet inside. But we had a great time and i tryed my best to write my name into the logs.

Greetings from Germany and
TFTC sven1539

Walking the Fern Track, this was the fifth find of the day. The track was a little muddy but very enjoyable, saw no other walkers. Was accompanied by loud birdsong for the entire stroll; TFTC

Estella found it - good description- obvious four pronged tree

and the bellbird did sing for us. heading back to camp

Dad found quick. Thanks

Another quick find. With Kaz53

Tftc. Enjoying the lovely walk with Judith

Enjoying the bird song and walk. Found as per hint. Thanks for the cache 1066.

Couldn't find anything at waist height or higher or lower

Did not find

No reception so didn’t have a hint to follow

Found with dakotacats on a lovely walk. TFTC

We enjoyed all these caches along this walk. The track was tougher than we had thought it would be in places, but nothing we couldn't handle! TFTC

Initially signed the older log but then took a look at the new one too and thought perhaps I better sign that too. TFTC # 16,463

Cache soggy wet so dried out the box and replaced the log book and plastic bag. All fine and good to go now.

Out for rehabilitative restorative walk

Wonderful birdlife.

Found on the way back from the waterfalls.

Out for a little walking loop on a lovely day! TFTC!!

We enabled our geocaches now that geocaching is once more allowed under Level 2 guidelines. Happy Caching.

Disabled for the period of isolation so that you cannot catch the virus from this cache.

During our travel in NZ we did not have mobile data. So this log is written, when back home.

Third day in Peel Forest: We headed out to hike around Allans Track and back to the campground via Fern Walk. m3h4 had lots of fun solving all the mysteries. The hints helped a lot with finding the caches. Also GPS reception on the phone was not reliable, but taking the Garmin helped with good positioning.

A fav-point was given to Fern Walk #1 for the great caches.

Thanks for hiding! Found together with m3h4.

After hiking Allan track this was a pleasant walk to get back to the campground.

Tftc. Logged with tdittr.

Lovely walk. I dried out the cache and put some silica into the bag to help keep the log dry.

The host of the B&B where we stayed last night had Peel Forest as recommendation for hiking - so we came here and decided to hike the Fern Walk. And it was a nice surprise and much fun doing so. An interesting kind of "Forest" - since we don't have such big ferns back home ...
We found most of the caches along the trail, except one. But we liked this little adventure very much.
Thank you for placing and keeping the caches here!

Thanks

Thanks

TFTC

Easy find. Great discription

Clue is spot on.
Found with grasp103
Tftc

We are finally home and I am trying to catch up on logging some of the caches we found on our holiday.
We had come to this area somewhat unexpectedly, we were further down the South Island finding the TMGT caches until the extreme weather made us head north again. So with a message to a friend we were set up for a couple of days in this area.
I had just come through Allans Track which was about as much as I could comfortably handle on my own and I was heading back to the camper van via Fern Walk.
This was a really pretty walk and much more like the terrain I am happy to wander along on my own.
The cache was found really quickly, the log signed and returned as I had found it.

Thanks for placing this cache and thank you for the smiley

had a lovely walk today through the ferns and native forest. A few fantails kept us company at times. The track was a bit challenging after the very moist night weather conditions, a couple of found sticks helped Lytteltonwitch and I negotiate our way round, apologies for the cut and paste logs after this. All finds were safe and found according to hint. TFTC

I was one side of track and Busypaws the other side of track. I got there first. For once my phone outdid the GPS

While Andy went for a walk up Little Peel yesterday, I started solving the puzzles in the area on my in/out 1 bar of data reception. Today we headed out to pick up the solved ones and any other caches we came across on our walk. Parked at the Blandswood Road end and did the Emily, Rata Fern and Big Tree tracks on the way back to the campground.

Heading along Fern Track now on the way back to the campground. Track is fairly busy today so we are having to stop and wait for the muggles to depart often. All caches along this track were quick finds. tftc

Badly water damaged. Could not write in the book

The forecast for the Easter weekend was rubbish after today so I bundled the family up and told them we were getting some exercise. It took a little longer than planned (5.5 hours for the loop along Allan's Track and back on Fern Walk) but the kids really enjoyed it and got nice and muddy.
Nice and simple. Cheers

Nice walk, a bit humid today. TFTC and greetings from France

Ook deze gevonden, maar weer een zeer nat logboek. Weet niet of deze cache of nr. 4 waarbij ik mijn naam niet op kon schrijven, zo nat was het logboek. TFTC

I have been very impressed on all of the walks around here, I havent seen a single pest or wasp trap and the bird song has been amazing and all within a beautiful area of bush. I'm used to walking the tracks around Nelson Lakes where there is such a lot of trapping going on. Another easy find. Thanks 1066

#8532

Logs getting wet but still sign able.

Quick find on a lovely bush walk. TFTC.

It is fun but needs mantanince

Lovely winters morning for a walk in the Forest with BCD. TFTC

Quick find, log was too wet to sign. Didn't have any spare bags or paper on me. Have photo if needed. TFTC

Bit cooler now.

Fern Walking with Lt. Caine - and cache no. 5 for today

So far the Fern Walk was super nice. ReCached and I enjoyed all the small containers along the trail very much and this one was found quickly by me. TFTC 1066!

January 2, 2018 @ 12:08
Cache #2048

Thanks. Couldn't sign log, container full of water.

This was the only cache that was wet - had some trouble signing the logbook. TFTC

Log was very damp. Aired it out for a bit, hope it helps. Left a token

found all safe and secure on a caching adventure for the day logbook wet 2/5 tftc

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Another quick find. Glorious day to be out and about! TFTC

Enjoyed a visit to Peel Forest. We did the Fern walk and found the caches along the way. TFTC.

Together with arbor95 I am on a holiday tour in New Zealand.

We are two Germans, old friends since a long time. Together we visited a lot of other countries in the past, even before we started geocaching. [^]

For our trip we usually looking for some extraordinary caches.

Therefore we had mostly a lot of fun.

Today we hiked the allans track and back we did the fern walk. It was awonderful day in the woods.

Thank You very much for this geocache, for the challenge and for the maintaining.

Greetings from tripleclaus to 1066.

#8557, 15:09,
During our holidays in Newzealand we searched some Caches.
A wonderful day on this track.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this box
arbor95

A team effort to find this one

With cardiffkiwi, TFTC.

Quick find TFTC

A nice straightforward series, completed with Kakariki. We started at the Te Wanahu end so did these in reverse, to then return via Allans track and the puzzle cache series there. Plenty of people out enjoying the warm sunny day today. I wonder what happened to number 6??

Found with TeamTelfer - it helps to have eight sets of eyes!
TFTC

TaybeeDragon and I are off for a three day walk on Stewart Island. But we have a camper, so once you add in getting there and back, it's a three week trip. Day 6: Ashburton to Tekapo.

Lots of fushia trees here, but most of the fushia flowers have dropped to the ground and and berries are no where near big (or ripe enough) enough to eat . Should have been here earlier. Or later!
Have another favourite!

My mission is my first 3 day tramp on Stewart Island. The Seagnoid has Xmas off so we are off on an epic adventure with Zara around the South Island. The Seagnoid is navigator and scribe, Zara and I have teamed up and Im cache logger. Day 6 - Wednesday - Ashburton to Tekapo today.
Love this bush walk. Lots of ferns and some majestic old trees and now fushia trees. The trunks really stick out being so lightly coloured. Another cache bagged and tagged along this amazing walk. Cheers

Walked this track this morning, then walked back to the car at the Blandswood end via the road. All up about 2 hours and very pleasant. The cache here was a quick find, the coordinates were well out for me (as were most of these) but with eyes wide open I spotted the likely hiding place as I approached.. Signed log, TFTC

Day #2 of our Labour Weekend trip to Geraldine and today StreetWalker and I wanted to visit Peel Forest and do some of the walks in the area. Unfortunately, the day started out very misty so a slight change of plans saw us drive up the Rangitata Gorge Rd in the morning before tackling the walks about midday when the mist lifted.
Wrong time of year to see the lilies flowering, would like to return to see them. There was water in the container and logbook is wet and starting to get slimey. TFTC.

#13297. Another quick find on the fern track. TFTC.

After visiting Mount Sunday, Ninalila and I went to visit Peel forest and did the fern walk.
Really nice one with huge trees and big roots.
All the boxes were easy to find

We signed the logbook with our team name : lekiprokos

Thank you for the cache and the discovery

Nice walk in the Peel Forest with fefe.adrien. Surprising to see such old native trees, we enjoyed this lovely track.

We signed on the logbook with our team name : Lekiprokos.

Tftc and the discovery!

TFTC

TFTC the way trought Wood was littel wet, put we has good shoes

Nice searching during this lovely bushwalk. Tftc

Lovely day for a walk and a spot of geocaching. Thanks for the series

Found with my grandson Eddie

Found by my grandson Eddie TFTC

Found with quinella on our loop walk. Tftc

Quickly spotted the cover! Thanks

Fairly easy to find on this nice track, TFTC

Today we walked a couple of hours along Allans track and then ferns track and found quite a few caches along the way. Thanks for placing and maintaining all these caches.

We must be the slowest hikers in the world. Ok, we were looking for many caches along the way but still managed to turn Allan's track + Fern Walk into a 5.5 hr hike.
Allan must love going uphill, not sure why until we saw the view. Coming down the fern walk we could really enjoy the forest. Thanks for the caches along these trails.

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

On tour in NZ! To safe space and time we logged as cg3 (caching girls 3)!
Tftc and greetings from Austria

logged as cg3. tftc. very nice walk in a beautyfull forest. thanks for that!

Loved the walk, hadn't been to Peel Forest for about 30 years. TFTC.

We have been on a road trip trough New Zealand for 25 days. Today we went for a walk in Peel Forest. Of course we also looked for some caches. This cache has been one of them

Thanks for the cache

TFTC

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After logging some of the caches we started to notice that the warning for muddy paths in the description of the caches is correct. Anyway it's still nice here. Also number 5 is in good shape. Tftc!

Granville and Papa on an morning caching hunt. A short bit of searching required before Granville camp up with the goods. Salamat!

Found with Guwapo's Papa on morning walk along the Fern Walk.

A quick easy find on the somewhat easier return trip after walking Allans Track. The log is damp. TFTC

It was a bit cold today but that did'nt stop the people coming out today what a busy walk. Thanks.