Grand Canyon (West Coast) Granity, South Island, New Zealand
By hazedarus on 17-Jan-13. Waypoint GC44H9E

Awesome thanks. Quick find.

Oh now thats a view. I didnt expect that coming up here. Cheers!

A nice quick find. The Grandest Canyon on this road! Thanks for placing your cache. It has been a while since we got back from Europe, and it is time for us to see more of Home. Ms_KR and I are off to the West Coast for a wee break, and some caching. Today cruised around the area picking up plastic boxes!Occaisionally signed MK+KR on cache logs, and apologies for the generic logs.Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches.

Brilliant sign and geology. Well up to Niagara Falls standard. The one in Southland that is. Thanks hazedarus

very easy park n grab!

Up for work, the Karamea and Hector OneNZ sites have recently been upgraded. Even though I already qualify for the 300minutes of the SI challenge, I'm collecting a few more minutes.

This was another quick find, after being up to the mine entrance, and a quick drive around Millerton. Lucky for the waterproof paper, I think it was drier than the ziplock bag. Dried the water out as best i could though, should be fine.

TFTC hazedarus, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 2 find(s) of 11 today, making this find #4191

Impressive, but I prefer the one in Arizona.

Grabbed this one on the way back down the hill, scratch my name in the log..tftc

I enjoyed exploring this area with my wife.

Thanks for hiding this cache hazedarus I appreciate it. I am geocaching with JDScout today. I have chosen this cache carefully for his likes and dislikes. Caching with JDScout is about compromise so we can both enjoy it. Exploring this area was enjoyable for both of us. Now I have been to The Grand Canyon

Nice quick find. Tftc

Found with Cympull. An easy find. TFC

Thanks for your amazing cache. I really appreciate the time you took to set up and maintain your caches.
Found with Fisha1288
Tb visited
Cheers, Cympull.

We were in the Westport area for the long weekend, coming to this area was on our agenda as Graeme had watched a video on you tube of the Millerton incline, so we wanted to come and see for ourselves.
We were pleased that there are so many caches in and around this area as that is always an added bonus when exploring somewhere new.
Wow, what a sight this was - possibly as close to a Grand Canyon that we are likely to get. We didn't stop on the way up - thought it would be kinder on the camper to stop on the way back down the hill, which is what we did. The cache is pretty wet but with write in the rain paper there were no problems signing the log.

Thanks for placing this cache to help entice us to visit this area and thank you for the smiley

Steep find

Found on the way down the hill. This cutting deserves the name Grand Canyon. TFTC

Tftc

Driving up to grab some caches and to do some walks. Impressive rocks on either side. Liked the sign. A quick stop and grab. Paper wet and a bit green. TFTC

Had to walk back to this as motorhome a bit wide to park on the road. You know what it's like as soon as you start caching myggles appear. TFTC

Collecting a few caches as we head from Karamea down to Westport. An enjoyable drive, and some interesting places to visit. Have been up here numerous times for work so not able to stop. TFTC

Walking up the hill for a bit of exercise, thanks for the cache as a destination. The Grand canyon is impressive!

Day 11 of three weeks winter motorhoming in the upper half of the South Island. Meandered up from Westport to Denniston, Millerton, and on to Mokihinui Beach today, picking up a few caches along the way, including four in the Millerton area. Heading back downhill again at this point. A quick find. #4141. TFTC.

Quick easy find. TFTC

Taking advantage of the fine weather do explore some of the nearby towns. Really enjoying the history of these areas. This really does look like a grand canyon, too. Cache is all good. TFTC

Found

Our last find in this area. SoBad parked down from the cache and Mrs walked back up for an instant find. A nice piece of road although not quite as impressive as the original.
Thanks.

Really cool cache! Always wanted to find one in the Grand Canyon! Sl. Tftc

*Thanks for putting out this cache for woolwood9 and I to find!*
SL **tm/ww NZ** (may just be a black smudge on the many wet or plastic logs)
Weather was quite bad again with several heavy showers of rain

*We soon had another good cache located, very nice spot for a cache!*

Nice to be away on another geocaching trip with tmann421, travelling to a few places in the upper South Island.
All logs signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

TFTC love this bit of road Grand Canyon indeed

We're down to Level 2 so we're away again. Good luck.

To take away the temptation this cache is disabled for the duration of New Zealand being under COVID-19 Alert Level 4.

The rules are:
STAY HOME
Act as if you have COVID-19.
This will save lives!

Thank you.

Easy peasy

That is indeed one flash ditch they built. However, they do have the kit for it up here! Cheers

Great!
The Cache was found quickly.

Impressive canyon, not so grand as the Grand, but cool to see. Fast found container. TFTC

Paddle chick and I had been up to Denniston and got this cache on the way back down very interesting rock formation Thanks for this cache hazedarus

Nice, of course this deserves a cache!
As Capperz pointed out, probably deserves an Earthcache also.
TFTC here Hazedarus, quick find as designed.

Day 2 of 3 day trip for Capperz and I with the overall goal of dropping off some keen bikers at the Heaphy track start near Collingwood and not failing to pick them up late on Sunday morning at the finish north of Karamea.
We had one job then, and happy to say we did it.
On the way, of course, we found some caches.......

Takaka to Seddonville, so the goal was caches over the Takaka hill on our side of the road only; virtually nothing between Motueka and Westport; then up the coast targeting some historic coal mining communities and a few others before settling down in Seddonville for the night.
TFTC to all COs.

I'd sighted the pictures for this cache before coming here and was not disappointed. Awesome rocks and formations all around. Very deserving of an Earthcache. That's a challenge for you hazedarus, an Earthcache to capture this great place. T F T C was an easy find as per the hint.

Onto the next part of the caching day - mines and historic West Coast areas. We did most of the Denniston area except the trudge and the harder 4WD caches, and we knocked off the 10 cache loop and walks around Millerton. Some great sights and history up here, shame the weather started to drizzle and spoiled some of the awesome views from on top. Didn't get wet and a good trip off the main road.

Day 2 of the trip dawned bright and early. In fact we were on the road before dawn turned up, and a target of all the 'on the left' caches up the Takaka hill was the aim. Then it was a straight run to Westport via Motueka valley with a couple of mid-journey caches to get on the way. Ending the day with a trip to both the Denniston and Millerton mine and cache circuits and a glad visit to Seddonville to stay for the night at the backpackers at the old school.

This weekend I've offered up my services as a getaway driver. Nothing as dramatic as a criminal bank robbers assistant, more a chance for a group of work colleagues and associates to get away to do the Heaphy Track on their bikes. Ably assisted by ricardinho.nz as a co-pilot and driver of the geocache seeking devices utilising the route which I'd done a full and comprehensive list of before departing. The plan was fairly simple; early finish Friday arvo and take them over from Woodbourne to the Collingwood/Brown's Hut end of the Heaphy and collect them from Kohaihai bridge end late on Sunday morning. A late start on the Friday to get underway as a result of a delayed ferry arrival had us around 30-40 minutes late getting on the road and some fluffing in Motueka for dinner added enough minutes on to mean that we got to the track end on dark, and never got to the digs in Motueka until around 8.45 PM. There was still some time for a bit of 'in the dark' caching where I got 3 finds before hitting the sack, after a couple of refreshments, and a conversation with an aggressive illustrator from Wellington.

A quick find with Tregearp whilst in the area for 36 hours. Enjoying learning about the local history and walking some of the astoundingly beautiful bush.

All in good order. Signed log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache hazedarus.

Stopping in Granity for some walking in the area and of course tackling a few caches. An explore around Millerton with SJT_NZ was the plan for the afternoon. A quick find and all in good order, thanks for the cache.

A very quick park an grab here, ️ tftc.

Park n walk up the road. Look out for trucks. Thank you for the cache

Zara is finally out of the AA Hospital in Greymouth so its time to grab her and a few Critters, while adventuring along the amazing West Coast. Parked Zara in Westport, while The Seagnoid and I headed out with Toby, exploring Granity and Denniston. So lets GO!!
The Seagnoid is navigator as always and Toby and I are paired up, so as The Seagnoid counts down I am looking for a place to park. No go here on the way up. There was a road to a heli pad back a bit. But we are coming back this way. So we stopped on the way down. Parking a little better. Canyon striations look great. Could even support an earth cache. Snagged and tagged this one. Cheers

Zara is feeling better so Taybeedragon and I are off to Greymouth to pick her up and find some of those Hidden Creatures. You carved a figure-8, but without the crossover: Blenheim - Greymouth - Westport - Nelson - Blenheim.
The dragon did not see any obvious stopping places as I was counting down the distance, so we drove straight past. No worries, we'll pick it up on the way back. Which we did. Pretty cool canyon. Obviously not the original road. How did they get into Millerton originally? Okay, we found out at the next cache. Hmmm... no sphinx here either Where is it?

Sehr schönes Bild !!!

I love rock formations- should have been a geologist. Maybe in the next life! Tftc

This morning is taken up with visiting Granity and Millerton environs.

I replaced the logsheet with a waterproof one.

Cheers for the cache.

Heading down the hill in the rain, making a quick stop here. The log was torn so we added a new piece of paper to extend it's life. tftc

#15100. This grand canyon is impressive! We stopped on the way down. Troodles stayed in the car, ready to move to a parking area down the road if another vehicle came down (it didn't). Quick find in the rain. TFTC.

Found with StreetWalker on our week long post Christmas trip to Reefton and the West Coast. Day 6: Karamea to Waimangaroa.
Left this cache for the way down. Took some effort to carve out this road form the hillside and the result is pretty spectacular. SW took one for the team and headed out in the rain to make the find while I stayed dry in the car TFTC.

Visiting Westport for tomorrows Bridge tournament. Time for a sorte up this valley before heading to our accommodation.
A grand canyon indeed.
TFTC

Away for a few days holiday during the school break. In Westport for a couple days exploring. After walking part of Charming Creek we stopped past here for a bit of a look around Millerton. Nice one, cheers! No traffic so an easy stop and sign. Canyon was way cool with all the recent rain....

Another quickee (cache)on the way down.

Wow, such an awesome spot!! TFTC!

Very nice part of the road getting a few caches on way back to Westport

TFTC! Quite impressive

Wow, this is a substancial site (if I could see it) the clouds had come down so I could make out some of the sides but could hear the watersheds running hot. TFTC

Camping over at Carters Beach and the weather forecast for the week is not good. So we are out and about - mostly driving inbetween showers. Checking out the Millerton area - never been here before so taking it slow and checking out all the views.
Saw the spot for this on the way up hill - but decided parking was better on the way back down.
Jumped out and made a QEF - cool spot here... but do want to get to the real Grand Canyon one day.
TFTC hazedarus

Fantastic bit of geology exposed here, just fascinates me. Logged a bit late, apologies. TFTC

Quiet road to just stop. Impressive. Tftc

Quiet road to just stop. Impressive. Tftc

Wow! Very cool. Pouring with rain so the sides by the road were flowing like a river. Made the find and got very wet. TFTC!!!

Wow, not quite what I was expecting to see as I came around the corner. A bit of work has gone into building this section of road. Thanks for the cache hazedarus

#4395

Quick find on our way to Millerton. TFTC.

I kind of missed the grandness of the canyon. Easy find.

Nice sign

Replaced container and log with water proof paper. Please leave as found.

We love the sign - imagine that was not done by hand. Quick find, TFTC.

A nice cache as we explored the west coast

Tftc

Nice easy find, even in the bucketing down rain!!!

I like it............. well named

It is a pretty impressive drive though. Worth a favourite for that and the humour. TFTC #5413

Quick park and grab; TFTC.

12984… Wow, impressive Canyon and some spectacular views of the waterfall. Have visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona but this was pretty amazing to drive through. Many thanks for showing us this awesome location, a favourite point added.

Quick stop easy find. Enjoyed the impressive waterfall (thanks to all the heavy rain) over to the right. Continued on up to the Bath House ruins.

TFTC

Logging for the record, I was present when the cache was placed.

Nice quick find with lot's of trucks about today. TFTC

Impressive road. Probably the last find of our West Coast holiday. Thanks for all the caches.

I have been going pass this sign most days since this road open. This is all about to end as we say goodbye to the coast.

Quite a remarkable piece of roading engineering. Thanks

Nice easy one at the side of the road. Nice view. Thanks.

good hide. found on a trip down the coast.TFTC

Back in the day workers would have used pick and shovel to make this, now they use bulldozers TFTC

Found on a road trip with Kiwi Explorer.

An awesome location, whic I have visited in the past. TFTC

A great man made feature that I always thought needed a cache. Mrs KEs hill starts need a bit more work though. Thanks hazedarus for placing this cache.

#6864

An amazing section of road. 3 busloads of workers/miners drove past while we were at this cache site. TFTC

A great location for a cache, TFTC

Very aptly named. Really enjoyed going through here. Fast find. 15/41 caches found today. Thanks for the cache

Great name it does look similar to the real thing here. Nice spot. TFTC .

We have admired this before. And, it was admired 2 days ago. Great cache thanks.

Impressive bit of road works.
TFTC

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