The forgotten Darran Glacier Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand
By Thundercatcher on 24-Mar-13. Waypoint GC489TA

Found this one with TTO1 and TTO2 today. TTO1 and I are touring New Zealand with TTO2 for a couple of weeks and our travels brought us by this cache. So, we just had to stop and find it. The clouds from yesterdays heavy rains were still clearing while we were here, so visibility was a bit limited. It was still a beautiful spot though. Message sent with the answers to the questions for the group and picture posted showing TTO1 and me at GZ. Favorite Point from me.Were really enjoying our visit and have been exploring lots of cool spots. Im sure that we will still have a lot that we didnt get to see on this trip, so I look forward to coming back again some time to see some more of this beautiful country. Thanks for the fun!

CaptainVimes and I have crossed the pond to attend the Geo Toroa mega in Dunedin and tour around the South Island for two weeks.Beautiful views of the valley and interesting to read about what once was.Thanks Heidenspass and happy caching

After yesterday I think we were lucky to see any view at all - according to a tour guide we overheard the sky was so low there was nothing to see!! It's a beautiful place and we enjoyed getting one pics on our way to Milford Sound. Thank you x

Making the trip back to Te Anau after an exhilarating boat cruise on the Milford Sound fiord with chooknchunk we visited 3 earthcaches highlighting the awesome geology through the mountains.A nice stop off here with great views across to the mountains and down in the valley watching the water weave its way through the tree lined river.As we discussed our answers with chooknchunk many other tourists joined us to also take in the vista.Thanks Heidenspass for the Earthcache placement.

Day 4 of our NZ mega mega holiday with The_Tritonz: Today is all about Milford Sound.After spending the morning on a spectacular Milford Sound cruise, we slowly wound our way back to Te Anau via the other sights of interest along the way. Lovely views from here. Answers sent on behalf of both teams.TFTEC Heidenspass.

Headed to Milford with SJT_NZ for a day trip and stopped to tackle a few EC's on the way. Answers Sent through and thanks for the cache.

Am 07.03.24 war ich mit 37 Geocachern nach Australien und Neuseeland gereist, um diese schnen Lnder kennen zu lernen und das Hobby Geocaching im Team zu erleben. Die Teammitglieder sind: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, Penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, Sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo.Die Logbcher wurden meistens unter dem Teamnamen Team DownUnder24 eingetragen und ggf. Antworten an die Besitzer der Gruppe verschickt. Es war eine tolle Reise mit vielen neuen Eindrcken und Erlebnissen.Whrend unseres Aufenthalts in Sydney hatten wir auch die Gelegenheit, einige Caches zu besuchen. Auch dieser Cache gehrte heute zu unseren Funden. Vielen Dank, dass Sie uns hierher gefhrt und gezeigt haben, und vielen Dank fr den Cache.Leider war der Cache mir beim Loggen irgendwie durchgerutscht.

Thanks!

Visited today while touring Milford Sound. Had very little time here but still enough to appreciate the view and get the required answers, which have been sent. Thanks!

A cloudy day, but nonetheless a breathtaking view of the valley.Thank you for this quick pit stop en route to Milford sound.

Beautiful view here. Been here many times but keep forgetting to do the Cache.

Found this cache on a 21-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany and Denmark - At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.One of our Team sends the answers to the owner. We were here 03/07/2024The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:gc, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-TinaGazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, OllileinOpaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma,Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoTFTC, Team Zyanor

Retourning from Milford Sound we had a stopover here. Gathering informations, making some fotos and answered the questions later in the Hotel. - T4TC!

Thanks Thundercatcher for the Earthcache!

On holiday in New Zealand, caching when we can between attractions. Stopped by here after visiting Lake Marion. Fascinating geology in this area.Thanks for the great earthcache! Favorite point awarded!

Well, spectacular view from here.Thanks for the cache./herrFamaxe from Sweden

After arriving in New Zealand ???? we (Team Downunder24) discovered the island???????by looking for some caches. ??"The forgotten Darran Glacier" was one of the earthcaches ?? we were interested in. We could find the area and the needed informations too. Interesting location. ?????? We have learned a lot by reading the listing. The mail with our answers were sent to CO. Thanks Thundercatcher and greetings from Germany ???? ??

I have traveled with 37 geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The Teammembers are:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.During our stay in Sydney we had also the opportunity to visit some caches. This cache was also among our finds today.Thanks for leading us here and showing and thanks for the cache.

There was a lot to see and log on my trip through Australia and New Zealand, and this cache was one of them. We were a group of 38 and logged with "Team Downunder24" to save space in the logbook.Thanks says XenSuo

We had a great time in Australia and New Zealand and looked at many sights. Today we looked at Milford Sound and discovered many beautiful sights and details through geocaching.?? That's how we came across this Virtual Cache here too.??Thank you for luring and showing, says ollileinI am also part of the large tour group from Germany **DownUnder24**The tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo

# 21565Whau, I am on a three week trip with Cacher-Reisen and a bunch of fellow geocachers to Australia and New Zealand. It is so odd to imagine that I am going to visit a place that is nearly on the opposite of the globe from my usual hangouts. In Denmark it is late winter/early spring, and I am exchanging the winter-part for late summer in Australia and early autumn in New Zealand. This is so exciting.The itinerary is Frankfurt (Germany), Doha (Qatar), Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns (Australia) and Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Cromwell, Queenstown (New Zealand) before flying back to Europe. That will be two new continents and three new countries for me - and as far away from home as I have ever been. It is a lot of places and travelling, but we also have a plan to find lots of geocaches and see the sights and beautiful nature.Yesterday we arrived in Queenstown, which is the last destination of our big trip.. However we have two nights in the area and a packed program with smaller trips to Glenorchy and Milford Sound. Two fantastic trips to end our long geotour to Australia and New Zealand. I have enjoyed the trip downunder, but I am also happy to be going home soon. The trip to Milford Sound was a very long busdrive, and the heavy rain erased some of the excitement. However, seeing the waterfalls turn upside down - or rather downways up - was very surpricing.We came by this beautiful place, but due to rain and overcast we could not see much today. Denmark has also been affected by the iceages and parts of Denmark have hills and valleys, and some parts are completely flat. However, we have nothing compared to this. Our highest waterfall is 22,5 meters, our 'mountain' is 170 meters, hence our valleys are also not as impressive. But that has been one of the highlights of this trip - seeing how different and beautiful nature is in New Zealand, and yet have a feeling of home. How I hope to be back someday.Tak for cachen til Heidenspass.

The last part of the journey starts on the southern part of New Zealand ???? Our group (downunder24) visits beautiful places with the aim of collecting caches. Today we go to Milford Sound. We admired along the way the wunderful landscape. It is very impressive. Thank you very much?? Greetings from Germany, muschel3 ??The answeres are sending from webmasterrollerin. Thanks a lot to her.

Whrend unserer heutigen Busfahrt nach Milford Sound haben wir hier einen kurzen Stopp eingelegt. We found the answers in our team DownUnder24. Thank you very much for the cache!

Together with 37 Cachers, we start a journey to Australia and New Zealand via Doha.In Qatar we spent one night and had almost one full day before heading to Sydney.In Australia we visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Cairns. In New Zealand will be Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.To safe Logbook space, we signed the logbooks with our team-name "DownUnder24".Our Teammembers are:\_gc_, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoThank you for the Cache.

A total of 38 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland went on a long journey. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand.I've been to New York and Hawaii, but this was going to be my furthest trip yet.The big goal was to get to know the continents with their natural characteristics and cultures. But we also wanted to find historical caches.Our first stop was Doha, Qatar.In Australia we visited Sydney, Melbourne and Cairns.Auckland, Rotuara, Wellington, Picton, Blenheim, Christchurch and Comwell were our stops in New Zealand.We ended our trip in beautiful Queenstown.To protect the logbooks, we logged with the team name Downunder 2024.It was a very special trip in a large team.Thanks for laying and maintaining the cache.Mit insgesamt 38 Geocachern, aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz, ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland.Ich war schon in New York und auf Hawaii, aber das sollte meine bisher weit entfernteste Reise werden.Die Kontinente mit ihren natrlichen Besonderheiten und Kulturen kennenzulernen, waren das groe Ziel.Aber auch historische Caches wollten von uns gefunden werden.Unser erster Zwischenstopp war Doha in Katar.In Australinen besuchten wir Sydney, Melbourne und Cairns.Auckland, Rotuara, Wellington, Picton, Blenheim, Christchurch und Comwell waren unsere Stationen in Neuseeland.Im schnen Queenstown beendeten wir unsere Reise .Um die Logbcher zu schonen loggten wir mit dem Teamnamen Downunder 2024.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team.Danke frs Legen und Hegen des Caches.

A group of 38 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland - Team Downunder24 - are traveling for 22 days from Frankfurt/Main via Doha to Australia and New Zealand. I was able to discover many wonderful things and irretrievable experiences are burned into my memory.Today we were out on Milford Sound in heavy rain and saw lots of waterfalls!!! Afterwards we were wet but happy. On the way back to Queenstown we saw this Earthcache. The answers for this Earthcache were sent out for the group. Thanks to Thundercatcher for the cache, luring and caring for it - kind regards from Switzerland ????

Gelst im Team DownUnder24Danke fr den Cache

Das groe Abenteuer beginnt. Qatar Australien Neuseeland. Zusammen mit 37 anderen Cachern bereise ich diese Lnder. Wir haben uns den Gruppennamen Downunder 2024 gegeben.Das sind die Teilnehmer:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.Heute sind wir mit dem Bus von Queenstown zum Milford Sound gefahren. Unterwegs entdeckte ich diesen feinen Earthcache. Zu sehen war eigentlich nix, nur Wolken und strmender Regen. Ich habe dem Owner die Antworten fr uns gesendet und auch sofort eine nette Antwort bekommen. Danke Vielen Dank an Thundercatcher fr diesen Cache, liebe Gre aus Apensen von der webmasterrollerin Silvia 7. Mrz 2024 11:53

Together with 36 other geocachers, the KiSt team undertook a very long trip to Australia and New Zealand for three weeks. On both the outward and return journeys, there was a stopover in Doha, the capital of Qatar .We experienced a great deal on this trip and gained many very different impressions of the two countries, their nature and their culture. Of course, the main focus was on visiting as many caches of as many different types as possible and also all accessible old cans. However, we also made sure to visit many special places of interest and to gain as comprehensive an impression as possible of nature and its flora and fauna.To save the logbooks, we usually signed in with our team name **Downunder24**. For "special" cans, however, we have not missed the opportunity to leave our nickname as well.This beautiful cache is now also one of our finds.Due to the large number of caches visited, it is unfortunately not possible for us to write an individual log for each can, which is why we would like to apologize to the owners for this collective log.We also met other cachers at some of the events and were able to share our experiences. Many thanks to the event owners!Of course we would like to thank all the owners for showing us the great locations, the sometimes tricky puzzles, exciting multis and wherigos, as well as the interesting virtuals and earth caches - TFTC!!!---In der Besetzung KiSt unternahmen wir zusammen mit 36 weiteren Geocachern fr drei Wochen eine sehr weite Reise nach Australien und Neuseeland . Auf der An- und Abreise stand dabei jeweils ein Zwischenstopp in Doha an, der Hauptstadt von Qatar .Wir haben auf dieser Reise sehr viel erlebt und viele sehr unterschiedliche Eindrcke von den beiden Lndern, deren Natur und deren Kultur mitgenommen. Natrlich lag ein Hauptaugenmerk darauf, mglichst viele Caches mglichst vieler unterschiedlicher Typen und auch alle erreichbaren alten Dosen zu besuchen. Darber haben wir es aber nicht versumt, vielen besonderen Sehenswrdigkeiten einen Besuch abzustatten und uns von der Natur und deren Flora und Fauna einen mglichst umfassenden Eindruck zu verschaffen.Um die Logbcher zu schonen, haben wir uns dort meist mit unserem Teamnamen **Downunder24** eingetragen. Bei "besonderen" Dosen haben wir es uns aber auch nicht nehmen lassen, zustzlich unseren Nicknamen zu hinterlassen.Auch dieser schne Cache zhlt jetzt zu unseren Funden.Aufgrund der groen Anzahl der besuchten Caches ist es uns leider nicht mglich, zu jeder Dose einen individuellen Log zu verfassen, weshalb wir uns bei den Ownern fr diesen Sammellog entschuldigen wollen.Auf einigen Events haben wir auch andere Cacher kennengelernt und konnten unsere Erfahrungen austauschen. Vielen Dank an die Event-Owner!Natrlich wollen wir uns bei allen Ownern fr das Zeigen der tollen Orte, die teils kniffligen Rtsel, spannenden Multis und Wherigos, sowie die interessanten Virtuals und Earthcaches bedanken - TFTC!!

Mit 37 Geocachern, aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz, ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland, beginnend mit einem Zwischenstopp in Doha in Katar. So lange und so weit weg von zu Hause war ich noch nie. Eine aufregende Zeit.Beim Geocaching lag der Focus auf viele unterschiedliche Cachetypen, aber auch besondere Wertungen, Challenges und besonders ein paar sehr alte Caches aus den Jahren 2000 und 2001. Aber auch natrlich ganz besonders die Geocaches, die zu Fu vom Hotel aus gut erreichbar waren.Natrlich wurde stand aber nicht nur das Geocaching im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch die Sehenswrdigkeiten der einzelnen Stationen, die wir besuchten, verdienten ihre Aufmerksamkeit.In die Logbcher trugen wir uns mit unserem Teamnamen "Downunder 2024" ein, Logbuchplatz sparend und effizient.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team, das auch sehr viel Spa gemacht hat.Danke fr diesen Geocache. Danke fr die Ausarbeitung. Danke frs Zeigen.Lieber Gru aus Duisburg / DeutschlandAndyDieser Logeintrag wird mit Hilfe von Google bersetzt.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We set off on a long journey with 37 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand, starting with a stopover in Doha, Qatar. I have never been so long and so far away from home. An exciting time.When geocaching, the focus was on many different cache types, but also special ratings, challenges and especially a few very old caches from the years 2000 and 2001. But also, of course, especially the geocaches that were easily accessible on foot from the hotel.Of course, the focus wasn't just on geocaching; the sights of the individual stations we visited also deserved attention.We entered our team name Downunder 2024 in the logbooks, saving logbook space and efficiently.It was a very special trip in a large team, which was also a lot of fun.Thanks for this geocache. Thanks for the elaboration. Thank you for showing me.Kind regards from Duisburg / GermanyAndyThis log entry is translated with the help of Google.

Good view today but because it was sunny and had been fine for a few days so only a few waterfalls showing in the area. We used the parking spot but then retraced out footsteps to the cache coordinates with parking as well as the information boards and actually a better view.Thanks,

We are on a trip in New Zealand. A wonderful country with a lot of (old ) There are too many caches so we limit ourselves to the (old) gems or where we happen to make a stop. No view today Thundercatcher, thank you for this earthcache , regards xizat-NL. Take care, this hobby can develop to an addiction.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Some days ago, steffixx and me visited Milford Sound and on our way back, we stopped here and read a bit about this valley.... Quite interesting, how it was vreated such a long time ago! The answers were sent to the CO and we'll attach a photo of this beautiful place!A big thank you to Heidenspass for leading us here, showing us this place and for working out this informativ earthcache and of course also for the information provided!Best wishes from the North Sea, Germany, from Cuxine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________________oooooooo____________oooooooooooooo_________oooooooooooooooooo________oooooooooooooooooooo_______oooooooooooooooooooo____oooooo_______oooooooooooooooooooo___ooo__ooo_______oooooooooooooooooooo__oooo____oo________oooooooooooooooooooooooo_________oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo_oooo_______oooooooooooooooooo________ooooo___ooooooooooooooooooooooo_________oo_ooo____oooooooooooooooooooooooooo_____oooooooo__ooo_oooooo__________oo___oooo_______ooo__ooo_ooo______oooo__ooo_______oooo___ooo__ooo___ooooo___ooo_____ooo___ooo____oo____ooo____oooooo__ooo____ooooooo____________ooo_____ooooo____ooo

Spotted en route to and from Milford Sound. On 2 week grouptour and really enjoyed visiting this country. Greetings from NJ, USA and tftc!

We spent a week in the Fiordland. We hiked the Gertrude Saddle on our first day. We stopped at each lookouts on our way back to Te Anau. We stopped at the beautiful Pop's View and did the eartcache there.TFTC

Es ist schon ein paar Tage her, dass cuxine und ich da warenTftc

We visited Milford Sound and on the way back stopped for this ECSpectacular view!Thanks!!Greetings from the Netherlands Dank u voor de Cache - Danke fr die Dose - Thanks for the Cache - Merci pour la Cache - Dziki za kesza - Grazie por el Cache - Grazie per la cache - Tak for Cachen - Obrigado pelo Cache - Hvala za predpomnilnik - Dakujem za kesku - Dekuji za cache - Merci fir den Cache - Tack fr att Cache - nbellek iin tesekkrler - - - V mulumim pentru cache - Ksznm a gyorsttrat - Takk fyrir skyndiminni - - - whakawhetai koe mo te keteroki - - cache n tkkr edirik - dankie vir die kas - enkosi nge cache - ngiyabonga ngenqolobane - hvala na keu- ai u talpykl - paldies par keatmiu

Heidenspass ist ein schner Ownername. Der beschreibt perfekt, was ich immer empfinde, wenn ich mal wieder auf Pirsch bin. 3 1/2 Wochen hat es mich nach NZ verschlagen. Muggel wurde eingepackt und ab und an geparkt, damit ich diesem sinnlosen Hobby frnen kann. Los ging es natrlich in Auckland und dann ging es langsam Richtung Sden. Ende war der Milford Sound. Wir sind im Eglington Valley Camp abgestiegen. Nicht die komfortabelste Alternative, aber das Touristenmanagement hat die Methoden, mir Geld aus der Tasche zu ziehen, soweit ausgeklgelt, dass ich manchmal doch ganz schon schlucken musste, um mir die eine oder andere Attraktion nicht entgehen zu lassen. Da musste der Standard an anderer Stelle zurckstehen. Aber wann kommt man schon mal in diesen entfernten Winkel der Welt? Gerade sitze ich im Flieger nach SF auf dem Rckweg nach D.Vielen Dank fr den Extra Spa an diesem Haltepunkt, der die beeindruckende Landschaft vortrefflich ins Bild stellt.

Today we traveled to Milford Sound. We took several stops. This was one of them. Thanks for showing this nice place. Answers are send.

Walked to Lake Marian and then did this EC on the return trip. Great views here. Answers submitted to the CO.

Together with Travelser I'm going Down Under. We are driving around with a motorhome. After 7 weeks driving around through Australia we arrived the 2th November in New Zealand. For ten days we will cross the Northern Island and than for 2 weeks the Southern Island.During our trip we of course search for several caches. Most of them brought us to very nice spots, like this one.All the CO's, and in this case Heidenspass, thanks for bringing us here and give our trip a special accent.

After traveling around Australia with Oopie for 7 weeks, we have now been traveling with the camper in New Zealand for 4 weeks. Along the way we will of course also visit various types of caches in beautiful places, including this one.Because we solved the questions together, Oopie will submit the answers with your permission.. Thanks CO for creating and laying this cache.

Our tour bus driver said this road just keep getting better. And we agree. We parked at the NZ lookout (no barriers) not the Australian lookout (with barriers) according to our driver. . We struggled with some of the answers. Stunning view. TFTEC

Found after a fantastic day out at Milford Sound. Email sent. Thank you for bringing this to our attention

I visited this interesting location together with BK-Br.Nature is amazing! Our answers were sent to CO.Tftc for this earthcache

During an awesome New Zealand vacation I visited together with Wombatmann (who sent in the answers to the CO) this amazing placeThank you very much for this Earthcache

We just walked up to the waterfall, which was quite interesting. TFTC

Answers have been sent to the CO via message centre.

Second earthcache of the day, on a tour from Queenstown to Milford Sound and back. A stunning spot to look out over the valley and where the glacier would once have been, and ponder the history of the area. Seeing glacially influenced places like this never gets old. Thanks for highlighting it and the earthcache


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In the spirit of reconciliation we would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country on which we geocache throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We (the pants people) pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

We also acknowledge the traditional custodians of New Zealand / Aoteroa, as we geocache throughout their land while on holiday.

Found on return from Milford Sound with NutcacheBNE

A beautiful place and sad Pop story,

I have passed this on previous occasions when not a geocacher. Thought it about time to pull over and enjoy this amazing misty view and read about the history of the glacier tft earthcache

Very nice and very beautiful!

Found on 21/6/23. TFTC!

Found these earth Cache today on my way to Milford Sounds.

Thank you for the Cache and greetings from Germany .

18 years after our honeymoon and we've brought our teenagers along to see the grandeur of Fiordland. Mum's keen to pick up some earthcaches along the way. Our minds are blown to imagine just how big the glaciers were that helped form all this beauty.

TFTC Thundercatcher!

# 809

Stopped here while exploring the Milford Road, but only now read the information in more detail to come up with the answers - very interesting! Thanks for placing this cache and helping me learn more about this area!

TFTC absolutely amazing views

We are on our long-awaited journey around the world in 99 days. Second try after canceling in 2020.
Our third stop after Los Angeles and Hawaii is New Zealand.

This time was of course used to find some geocaches here.
Today we visited Milford Sound and while that time we were searching for the Earthcache **The forgotten Darran Glacier**.

At the given coordinates the needed answers where found quickly and after sending them, ther is a new smile on our geocaching map!

At least we would like to take this opportunity to thank **Heidenspass** for the interesting information and for creating this Earthcache!

Greetings from Nuermberg/Germany
**Wild_Bee_**
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Thank you for the cache - जियोकैश के लिए धन्यवाद - Vielen Dank für den Cache - Gracias por el caché - Merci pour le cache - Grazie per la cache - Obrigado pelo Cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Tak for cachen - Hvala na predmemoriji - Takk for cachen - Kiitos välimuistista - Tack för cachen - Спасибо за кеш - Díky za mezipaměť - Dzięki za pamięć podręczną - Önbellek için teşekkürler - Dankie vir die kas - Asante kwa kache - ขอบคุณสำหรับแคช - 感謝您的緩存 - キャッシュをありがとう - ޝުކުރިއްޔާ - Terima kasih atas cache

spent 6 great weeks in New Zealand with my The start was a bit bumpy (Cyclone Gabrielle) but then it got better and better. We travelled to both islands and discovered a lot. We photographed and filmed many beautiful things, but most of it stayed in our hearts.
Almost everywhere we stopped, a cache was already waiting for us. Most of the caches are well maintained and easy to find.

With mostly very nice weather, we saw a lot of this impressive island. In many places, caches were waiting for us, which were sometimes easy and sometimes difficult to find. This cache was also included and was successfully signed

We puzzled a lot in advance and the tours were well prepared
So this box was also well found.

now I have another on my personal cache card.

many thanks to [^] **Thundercatcher** [^] for the effort and the cache and greetings from Germany

TFTF

**Geistercacher**
#34191

We're currently travelling New Zealand in search of adventures. We're exploring the fjordland area this week.

27 February 2023 13:37 - Cache Number 2800
A beautiful viewpoint and answers sent to CO. TFTC

What a fabulous day we had, yet another spectacular day adventuring. We stopped here to enjoy the view and find the earthcache. Thanks for placing this one, Thundercatcher!

Day 10 of our South Island adventure and after an amazing walk it was great to stop of here and grab some more views as we gathered our answers for this one. Thanks for placing this one here

Yesterday we visited the milford road. And walked to the marian falls and show the Darran glacier. Thanks for showing us this place.

Hello,
on a beautiful day we visited Milford Sound today. On the way back we enjoyed the view over this valley and are always amazed by the beauty of nature. Thank you for creating this Earthcache and greetings from Germany
TftC Famass

I am helping out my kids who are doing the Routeburn Track. So I am caching when I can from Christchurch to Queenstown to Glenorchy to Te Anau and then back to Christchurch.
Jude_E just sent our answers in. We made a quick stop here on the way back from our day in Milford. Sadly we didn't get much of a view due to the weather.

Nosynel and I spent a day travelling to Milford Sound from Te Anau. It was raining heavily some of the time and clear at other times. We stopped at the lookout here. I have always thought that walking the Hollyford would be nice but I may have left my run too late! Our answers have been forwarded to the CO.
A beautiful area to pull off the road at to admire the scenery. Thanks for thinking of putting an earthcache here.

Just spent 7 days walking back the hollyford from BIG BAY TFTC

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What an amazing valley and former glacier!

I'm in awe of how incredible this must have been so long ago before people walked this area.

So easy to imagine all manner of giant sized beasts soaring in the skies around, or pressing their heavy footprints into the ice and snow of the glacier that is no more.

Thank you for enlightening me to this almost entirely forgotten valley that was carved and created by ice.

This is also my first find in 2023!
Gifting me a souvenir too!

Stopped and enjoyed the view and information. There must have been so much noise and force as the glacier divided in three.

That’s a truly spectacular view worth pulling over for. Tftc

On a group tour with MSueZ. Today we visited Milford Sound and took the boat tour. On the way back we stopped at the viewpoint for this cache. Such a beautiful area! Thanks for the EC!

Beautiful pops tftc

03/12/2022 4:58:00 PM
Visited after a day trip to Milford Sound, great views over the river below

Thanks Heidenspass for placing and maintaining this EC


Find recorded using GCDroid and logged using GSAK

We are holiday from California, mostly touring the South Island by Campervan. After an excellent day at Milford Sound yesterday, we are on a leisurely drive to Te Anau. Thought about stopping here on our way to Milford, but parking was much easier in this direction. Definitely hard to imagine the glacier size! Thanks for helping “remember” the glacier. Answers sent.

Had a great cruise in Milford sound today and naturally did explore the earthcaches on the route. Bit of challenges due to lack of mobile coverage but paid wifi salvaged the situation to enable offline loads at the terminal. Thanks for the ec and greetings from Finland.

Trobat!!

Heading to Milford Sound for the day with a few stops of course! A lovely autumn day all be it a bit chilly we were lucky to not strike any rain along the way...just colder and colder the closer we got as the snow on the hills got closer and closer. What an amazing spot and incredible reading about the glacier that was once in the valley in front TFTC

1576. 2:54 pm. Glad I had at least saved this Earthcache for offline viewing. What a stunning roadside stop and an awe-inspiring example of glacial geomorphology without an existing nearby glacier. Found with eKitten, GRAkiWi, Li0npaw and Jenryellea. TFT(glacial earth)C.

Its been a long time in the planning but finally the week long trip to the South Island to complete the Routeburn Track is here. Day #2 and a trip to explore Milford Sound. Have wanted to do this for AGES so it was great to finally be here. After an amazing experience at the Sound (it was POURING when we started and then the sun came out...like 2 total different places) we stopped along the route back to TeAnau.

We had stopped here along the way in but couldn't see a thing so stopped again on the way back and it was stunning.

Thanks for the cache.

The plan has been a in the cards for a while. I failed to complete the Routeburn track due to poort weather and wanted to finish it.
5 years on, I invited Keylev to come along as I was sure there was some caching to be done. a year on and here we are.

Keylev answered on my behalf. Great view on the return from the sounds! TFTC

On my way to Gertrude Saddle. Great views. CO messaged. TFTC

It was a bit wet and miserable when I visited the Darran Glacier. Nonetheless, I have managed to answer the questions and have messaged my answers to the CO. Apologies for not getting this done sooner.

Stopped on the way the Milford Sound. TFTC.

What an awesome place! Breathtaking! Found on our epic southern adventure with Piwaka54. TFTC

Found with Nutty Nora, who posted answers for both of us

We are luck enough to be able to travel and Milford Sound was on the list. Passing through here there are spectacular views, this spot being one of them. Is great to learn a little bit about how the area and valleys are formed as well.
Thanks for setting this up

We stopped here on our way back from Milford sound. A great spot to stop and imagine the glaciers of the past, thanks for bringing us here, tftc!

Wow!!! What an incredible viewpoint! We had to share the stop with plenty of other tourists in the area which is great to see.

We had a day trip through to Milford stopping at many caches along the way. Thanks for bringing us here.

Excellent viewpoint. Answers sent to cache owner. TFTC.

We stopped off at this interesting spot on the way to Milford. The road was quiet, so we had the place to ourselves. Great views of the mountains and valleys today. Thanks for setting up this EC.
TFTC.

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I write "WRITE NOTE" because it is a time when we can't go on a long adventure, so I travel in the memories of my visits to New Zeusemad. Of this adventure in New Zealand, I only stretch Travel Bug. Writing "FOUND IT" is probably not right anymore, it wasn't today, but I was here before. And unfortunately I won't get here again.

I am sending a beautiful greeting from the Czech Republic.

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An interesting place to stop and see the results of ancient glacial activity, although there was cloud over the tops this morning. TFTC

I was on a day tour to Milford Sound ..we stopped briefly here to admire the beauty and magnificent surroundings...it is amazing how rugged the area is and how it's architecture changes along the way thanks for setting this E.C and drawing my attention to the forgotten Darren Glacier

Darran Range

We had a fantastic day with a bus and boat tour to Milford sounds. We stopped here briefly on the way in. In fact we also stopped 200 meters up further for morning tea. It would have been unheard of to be able to park a bus here in pre covid days as the traffic volume so high. Thanks for setting up this earth cache.

Found with victoriousone and mumandme

Found with Madcow2 and Mumandme. Answers sent to CO. What an amazing place to stop. Great views and somewhere you could easily drive past. Thanks for making us stop.

A nice quick stop on the side of the road to check out the view and grab the answers to this earthcache. Answers have been emailed to CO. It was late in the afternoon and only one other vehicle stopped while we were there to we could enjoy the scenery and peace. tftec

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I are on a bit of a Christmas Roadtrip from Auckland to Ingill & back ... we'll be doing a few geocaches on our travels ... this being the 70th of hopefully many ... we had been spent Christmas in Invercargill & were now heading back to Auckland, taking the scenic route ... were spending the day driving into Milford & back ... doing some caches as we went ... a quick stop here to nab this cache ... we have emailed the CO ... we are logging this in anticipation of receiving the 'all clear' ... good to add another 'smiley face' to the tally ... TFTC ... TN except photos:LN:didn't SL ... #1,804 for us.