The Anchorage (Abel Tasman N.P) Abel Tasman National Park, South Island, New Zealand
By BareKiwi.com on 25-Dec-12. Waypoint GC4398K

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Heute ging es für uns bei traumhaft schönem Wetter in den Abel Tasman Nationalpark. Mit dem Wasser-Taxi sind wir bis Tonga Quarry gefahren und zurück bis Anchorage Bay durch die tolle Natur gelaufen. Unterwegs haben wir immer wieder kleinere Stops eingelegt, um an den herrlichen Buchten etwas zu entspannen, die Natur zu genießen oder den ein oder anderen Geocache zu finden. Außerdem haben wir heute unseren ersten Roben und den ersten Weka-Vogel in Neuseeland gesehen. Ein rundum gelungener Tag

Hier haben wir etwas länger gesucht, da wir uns etwas von der ursprünglichen T-Wertung haben irritieren lassen. Letztlich haben wir den Cache dann aber doch noch gut gefunden.

Thanks for this cache at this beautiful place.

Many greetings from Germany, Nariza & Korshi

# 2.783 - 15:40 Uhr

Der Zeltplatz ist zu empfehlen. Die Hütte war auch direkt am MMeer und sehr schön.

I found this one on my five day 75 km tramp through the Abel Tasman. What a wonderful experience this was and more so with some nice caches on the way! Thank you to all the owners!

anchorage was my first campground and I arrived just in time to find another cache. What a good idea to hide a cache in this busy area. Wasn't too full to search in peace and quiet though.

Myself and a few others tramped together as a group from Apple tree bay to Anchorage, where we stayed for 2 nights. This was the first I myself have ever looked or heard about 'geocaches' so I wasnt very good at it first time round, till a staff who'd been helping me had found it then hinted me to where it was, very simple but complicated to find at the same time lol, but was a lovely first experience and I'm greatful my first time finding one was somewhere as beautiful as Abel Tasman [^] -Faith [8)]

I arrived at Anchorage with a group of alternate education students (KAPKAP) on Wednesday and we've stayed 2 nights. No find until this morning as I'd done something to my hero on the way in and even the rock scramble was challenging. Sent one of the students in on Wednesday evening, but they didn't have "caching eyes" and didn't spot the hiding place.
Somewhat recovered this morning so made the scramble and soon had the cache in hand.
Had been found earlier today by some Finnish cachers ... Wonder if you were the Finnish couple we'd been talking with of and on over the last couple of days...
Thanks for the cache, and the replacement.

We flew over 20500 kilometers to get to New Zealand. [^] There in Queenstown we started our magnificent and unforgettable journey along the whole NZ. First we drove through south island and then the north island to Auckland. Altogether over 3000 kilometers by car and so many glorious and beautiful views, animals and plants we saw. [^] We fell in love with the country for life. Unfortunately we had only three weeks to spend for our holidays, but we really hope, we’ll be back.

After paddling from Marahau 13 kilometers, which took us a couple of hours and photos from seals and dolphins, we arrived here to overnight in Aquapackers catamaran. Because the weather was fine still, we had good time for some caches after eating some packed lunch. Thanks for the cache and very many greetings from Finland.

We have had short walks on the Abel Tasman track further north but had never been to this section before. Took a water taxi to the Anchorage and explored the area before heading on the long walk back to Marahau.
In anticipation of a visit to the area, StreetWalker emailed the CO to see if he would like us to replace the missing cache, to which he agreed. We took a few photos of the new hide (which has been well covered by rocks to ward off thieving wekas) to send to the CO. A short scramble is required now, so terrain rating should be tweaked upwards a little.
A gorgeous location and we were very happy that we didn't have to share it with too many other people today as it sounds like the area can get very busy in peak season. TFTC.

#9895. An easy find as we replaced the cache . New location is behind rocks in a wee alcove, below a tree that is growing on the bank next to a boulder. You need to go across to the rocky slope, but no climbing is needed.

Another one that looks as it has walked.

Looks like a Weka has taken this cache for a bit a walk and unfortunately I wont be able to replace this for a another month or so.

not today

Didn't have too much time to check this cache out, as our water taxi was due. Couldn't locate either

Didn't have that much time as we where on our way back to return our kayak and still wanted to give the fishermans Island cache another go. But we did look around for 30 minutes or so at ground zero everywhere between head and ground level. Given the latest logs it might be possible that the cache is no longer there, or perhaps we were just not looking at the right spot.

Spent ages looking no luck...

No luck today despite having 6 of us looking.

Found a likely hiding spot but nothing within.

No luck for us either

No luck here today for us either..

No joy. I put this down to my bad eyes and a bit of fatigue (just walked in from bark bay). Oh well, something for next year.

Our first find during our two day / one night walk from Medlands down to Marahau.

After a bit of circling around, Master B homed in on the GZ and we were pleased to get the cache found before the campsite got busy for the night.

#386

We came with a watertaxi and started our 12 km track to Matahau. Nice cache in a fantastic area.

After a 13 km walk along the trail we ended up at Anchorage beach. My wife got tired and sat down on a log and refused to move until the boat came and picked us up.
I myself went cachehunting. It took me a while to find this box but finally it was in my hands.
Afterwards I went back to the beach and served my wife some coffee and a muffin. Almost at once we got company by a duck (?). The bird kept on quacking until we gave it a bit of the muffin.
We had a fine day in the Abel Tasman N.P., but where is the warm weather we expected to find?
TFTC and greetings from Sweden.

After an amazing daywalk on the Abel Tasman Trek I was able to find this one. TFTC

Quick find but looks like the corner of the container was gnawed by a possum!

Walked the bush track from Te Pukatea instead of kayaking round. Very pleasant. What a great setup at Anchorage Bay. Only a few people around on this glorious morning. Must be bedlam during the Summer. No difficulty with finding the cache. Thanks.

Found it! Tftc!

Picked this up whilst waiting for our water taxi after a great kayak and walk combo of lovely Abel Tasman national park today. TFTC [5280]

Found it, just before the night. Tftc

While travelling around in New Zealand we visited this cache.
Thank you for letting us see the country!
Thank you for the cache!

As my tent was only 24 metres from GZ i thought I'd save it for a night cache after everyone had gone to bed. As the only camper there was no worries of muggles. Quick find thanks. Took TB

#2107

This entry was edited by paddle chick on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 at 08:36:56 UTC.

Finally a cache along today's route, thx

On our way through the Abel tasman.
Found this one really quick.
Tftc

Took the Watertaxi to The Anchorage today...

Nice area to find some Geocaches

Thank You

Quick find after a amazing walk from bark bay to this place. Greetings from Germany and TFTC

Bei unserm Neuseeland Urlaub auch hier vorbei gekommen... Gesucht und gefunden! Tolle Gegend hier...!!!
Danke fürs verstecken und herführen!

(Found with Don Cristobal)

After days of rain we had fantastic weather conditions on our hike through Abel Tasman - and some nice caches on a great trail from Barks Bay back to Marahau
TFTC CachingTIA

Fourth cache on the first day of the Abel Tasman track. More than usual on a great walk. Just after this we waved to the aqua packers hostel and had a well deserved BBQ and sleep.
Thanks for the cache!
HalveZool (697)

I finished my walk of the Pitt Head Loop Track with the finding of this cache.

TFTC

r.c.h

Finally found one. Opposite side of the globe compared to the last one found in Denmark.

thanks:-)

Tried to find it after our walk along the costal track, but we were in a hurry, the watertaxi was about to leave... Couldn't find it... What a pity.

TFTC

Found it on our New Zealand trip.

Tftc

Found this one during our Great Walk in Abel Tasman. Lovely area

Thanks for the cache

My first one in the park after I took the watertaxi.
Thx for this one.
Greetings from Luxemburg.

Quick find on the start of the very nice hike. Greetings from germany

After arriving the Anchorage Bay we did a round walk and this was cache # 1 for us.
Greetings from Germany.
TFTC

We tried this one twice, once on the way out to Pitt Head and once on the way back. We search for about 15 minutes, but had no luck. The hint was of no help and there were people pitching tents close to GZ, so we gave it up and headed back to catch the last boat home.

Thanks for showing us this nice walk! Easy find.

TFTC,

first cache of our 5day Abel-Tasman-Coast-Walk-Trip. Easy find. Quick in fast out.

Cheers,

On the other side of the world we had an amazing experience while traveling New Zealand. Great impressions, lovely places and nice geocaches all over. Thanks for inventing and hiding. Lemmer

On great tour with Lemmer in New Zealnd we foundamazing spots. Thanks for all of it. Flatrate

Found it for the final at the first of 3 amazing kayak days!

Love this place… golden sand, crystal clear water and a geocache. Perfect.

# 1030
Nice campsite, thank you.

Wewereinthe park for a few day staying on the aquapackers boat. Had a fab time and enjoyed picking up this cache. TFTC.

Easy find in Rain

Found this one during our month long campervan/"Road trip" vacation in New Zealand. It was a wonderful experience driving around this beaurtiful country.

This one was found on a day walking part of the Abel Tasman Track

Thanks to BareKiwi.com.

Our find # 11867

Mrs SoBad was about to give up as the GPS was unhelpful. Then a friendly cacher who had just done the loop in the reverse direction offered assistance. Reading the logs now she realises that she should have done that earlier.
Thanks. The last for the day.

TB drop - found it log follows in a couple of weeks

Found on a day walk from Marahau to the Anchorage and back to find some of the caches along the way. Hunted this one down before having a picnic lunch at a nearby table. I had to use a bit of cacher's instinct here as the GPS reading were bouncing around a bit; found it after about 10 minutes' search. Signed log, TFTC

We were lucky twice today: 1. to found this cache after long search, 2. no to stay overnight in this crowded camp

Easy find, but hard to log because of the mugglers. Beautiful place! I stayed here for 2 nights and didn't want to leave...

First find in New Zealand and first on our coastal track. Actually met the cache owner and got an extra hint. Thanks!

Finally one found in our Abel Tasman Tour.we walked about 13km and it was gorgeous. Tftc Team Bingo from germany

The last one of the loop cost me the most time. I couldn't use the hint. Thanks a lot for all the caches along the loop.

Surprisingly, no muggles around at the time I came through. The hint isn't completely useless at the moment if you observe close enough and connect the dots. It was nice walking along the beach at the Anchorage with hardly anyone else in sight. Spent the rest of the day hiking up to Bark Bay where I spent the night in the hut and kayaked the next day. Amazing place, hope to come back here again during my time in New Zealand!

This took us a while to find, no thanks to the description or hint.

TFTC

Wow, what a fantastic new hut here! Found this cache on my way past to the campsite at Te Puketea Bay. TFTC.

during my trip around NZ, I have found this cache.
I would like to thank all the owners for the awesome Caches.
greetings
Navigator111

Hint totally meaningless at the moment. Local warden came along. He said he had been shown the hide, but could not remember!! Pleasant chat, then we found it anyway soon after he wandered off to chase tourists. Thanks

South Island take 2! I got a second chance to travel around south, so I'm trying to pick up a few caches I didn't have time for the first go around. Walked the beautiful coastal trail to Anchorage with 2 others & picked up 2 more people on the walk back. Wonderful day for it! TFTC!

There were muggles, but not the tourist kind. The groundskeeper was nearby and he was suspicious of us looking around near the construction area. But Choco started chatting with him and all was good. Otherwise, it was a quick find.

Had a bit of a chat with the caretaker covering interesting topics like the boat about to get stranded on the beach, then located GC. The area will be great when reconstruction completed. TFTC.

At our start of today's hike we were at Anchorage Bay.
We found the cache quickly.
TFTC at this beautiful place!

Found this Cache on my hike through the park!
Greets from Germany.

TFTC LordFisch

Tftc

Lots of muggle carrying kayaks, but managed to find it unobserved in the end.

TFTC!

Found it during our track on the Able Thanks for hiding

Greeting from San Diego. Calif.

Vacationing around the South Island in our Motorhome. We really enjoyed the sights of NZ. Had a blast swimming, camping and hiking. TFTH

Saw somebody finding the cache, just when we tried to find it. So the TBs were all gone, when we tried to get them. Though it was the 7th, not the 1st??

Great walks and great views. Picked up a travel bug, but not the one listed!

Together with Thundercatcher, Bommelstation and Claudischen we make a trip trough New Zealand.
I love this country! It' so beautiful! .

On our tour there are a lot of caching places. This is one of it and we found it
Thank you for showing us this place
And greetings from Germany!

Auf unserer Campertour in Neuseeland haben wir nach Caches gesucht und fanden diese Box. So konnten wir uns erfolgreich in das Logbuch eintragen.

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On our campertour in New zealand, we were searching for caches and found this box. So we could successfully log into the logbook. Thanks for bringing us here.

Greetings from Germany

TFTC

Auf unserer Campertour durch das schöne Neuseeland sind wir (claudischen, llamingo, thundercatcher und ich) an diesem Cache vorbeigekommen und haben ihn gefunden.

Viele Grüsse aus Deutschland!

TFTC
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On our campertour through the beautiful New Zealand we (claudischen, llamingo, thundercatcher and I) got past this cache and found it.

Greetings from Germany!

TFTC

We found the cache on a sunny day after a walk on the Abel Tasman walkway.
Thanks.

I read the desciption of this cache in the middle of bush - hm. Restart - now it's easy. out: TB #232

you don't have to bush bash but your not out of the bush either.

It was a hard walk, but we did it!

TFTC
#1429

Took AGES to find this, very high muggle area!

Our NZ#10 on the 5th day of our holiday. Really muggly place but the campers/tourists didn't care about me.
It was a good idea to come in the park today (and a successful geocaching-day).
Ron2cache

Just called in to drop a trackable item.

My 317th cache.
Thanks for showing me that nice spot. Had much fun with my kayak.
Regards from Bavaria
JJ

Nice Beach. Tftc

We were spending the night in the Anchorage and found this cache in the evening. It took us a while because there were quite a few muggles around thanks to the sunny weather.
Off: Travel bug
TFTC

Found with Brocko, having just come off the boat into the Anchor place, and boy oh boy! There were a few boats anchored up here today! Thanks for the cool cache