Sweeping Pines ( Lake Clearwater ) Ashburton Lakes, South Island, New Zealand
By thomasvl_nz on 17-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4K501

As this cache has been out of action for too long, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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The area has all the Pines removed. The cache may be gone too.

Sweeping pines have been swiped!

More trees have been cut down. Lots of stumps left. Will try again when it's not so cold and wet!

A short walk and another smiley, TFTC

Found all safe and secure with team_macdonald on a geo adventure tftc

Tb drop.

Thanks, still here, even with trees chopped down 10m away

Nice Place. Thanks for bring me here and for the cache.

The road was a bit rough for the camper

Jdscout and I camped at Lake Heron. I have not been there before or Lake Clearwater. The road was quite rutted to Lake Clearwater so we decided not to go any further. We were both amazed with the amount of holiday homes in the area.
We walked along the lakeside to find this geocache. A nice big one.
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Thanks. thomasvl_nz for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 4648 for me.

A quick drive by. TFTC

Stopped here for a visit but didnt say too long with the stong NW winds howling through here.Nice quick find.Cache in good condition.Tftc

Nice location on a fine breezy day. No Muggles around here. TFTC

Amazing place. The Rohan is beautiful and cache easy to find. Love this type of cache that takes me to nice place and not hard to find

Out with team Macdonald and grandchildren doing day caching thanks to co

Another nice cache with some awesome views. waited until the motorbikes and cyclists passed and then made the dive and grab. wasn't quite where the hint had said but location was still obvious. great to see a decent sized container. tftc found with chiko1

Hmm, the pine tree choppers are working so it might not last much longer. However, safe for the mean time. Cheers

Came here about a month ago. But never got around to logging. Beautiful day in my backyard

A nice quick find thanks. Cheers.

West Coast or Geraldine for the weekend? No chains for the car so Geraldine it is.

Thanks to the CO's for the hides. Cheers.

Stayed the night in motorhome at Lake Camp. Very nice to see the sun rise. Tftc

Having a fabulous Caching Trip into Lake Clearwater and beyond.We found it uncovered,so covered it up a wee bit better..Nice to see a B I G Container,but sadly had nothing to leave..TFTH

tftc

along with fiona84 month on a 2 journey through new zealand and australia. on the journey we passed through the cache to beautiful places and were also some very old caches log. many thanks for cherish and maintain the caches.

Together with schrek77 I traveled two months through New Zealand and Australia . First we traveled with a camper for 6 weeks the North and South Island of New Zealand . Then we went to Melbourne where we visited the city and the surrounding area . then we went to closing in the north of Australia . During this time we visited several geocaches and were brought to very nice places through this partially . We also had the opportunity to visit some very old caches , which extremely pleased us . We wish to thank Owner for nurture and cherish the caches .

Last find for the day. Bubs enjoyed finding this one and the swap that he found inside the cache. Thanks!

We did a hike around the lake today. It is a lovely place. Nice hide, quick find.
Thanks!
#634, 12:29

After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing while the GPS accuracy settled, the cache was easily in hand. Shame I didn't have bigger goodies to add - it's nice to find a decent size container. Beautiful spot. Saw a surreal thing when we got back to the road after finding the cache - a musterer with multiple working dogs came through with a large herd of sheep kicking up a huge dust-cloud. Something you don't see too often.

Warm and hot day nice to be next to lake camp TFTC.

Nice quick find on our day trip to Clearwater, stopped here for a coffee and a cache. TFTC!

An awesome morning dawned. We waited for the sun to rise a bit & the frost/ice to start melting before heading out on a family adventure to the Ashburton Lakes district. A great day.
A great day was had at the (frozen) lakes & climbing Mt Sunday. Heading back out late in the day but a smidgen of time to make a quick find and sign of this one. Trees a bit damaged due to snow but cache all good. Getting on a bit...last cache of the day. Time to head to Methven for some tea then onwards to home. Cheers.

Me and my dad finding geos! Best thing ever.

Made a new logbook. There is no pen. Well hidden

Thanks to Peter Jacksons Edoras, otherwise I would probably not have visited Mount Sunday, what a amazing place. On my way back I stopped here for some more caches. TFTC

A nice forest along Lake Camp! We like pines and the sound in the wind! Tftc!

Thanks for the find. had a surprise sight, a horse and rider. Lake level is low. Cache is safe and dry.

Thoroughly enjoying today's explore

A lovely stroll along the lake. Found the GZ with ease. TFTC

We are on the road again!

Today we found some very nice geocaches and enjoyed it to walk along every single trail.

Thanks to to all the owner for hiding the caches!

Mallorcatommy and I were on our journey through the southern island of New Zealand. With the help of geocaches we came to so many beautiful places, saw breath-taking landscapes and had, all in all a very wonderful journey! Thank you to all owners for placing all those nice geocaches!

It was exactly where it was supposed to be, cheers

taking the kids for an evening fish ( no luck on the fish front) quick find ooops left my pen back at the tent tftc

Quick find but no TBs with Nonaz TFTC

We are staying at Methven for the weekend. Heading up towards Mt Sunday today. Very strong winds here today but found it quite sheltered near this cache for our picnic lunch. TFTC!

Tftc

Tftc, nice lake and all alone here. Beautiful.

A quick easy find after a short walk along the treeline. TFTC

TFTC

very nice place with view of mountains for Hugh the Hampster we left here. good difficulty level. Very windy on a cold day, neat to see the langmuir currents in the lake. TFTC

Great part of the country

Had a wee look, ran out of time had to head on back to Christchurch, I'll try again in the summer.

A day out with Mrs Nofs. A couple of nice walks, a coffee or two and a few caches - something for everyone. Thanks.

Quick find.

Had a great day at the lakes today.

The last of the Clearwater finds for this trip, easily found in the dark after a fishing trip.
Tonight it was the "screaming pines", the wind was quite impressive.
Cheers and thanks for all the caches you placed here.
S.t.

Nice easy find today. Nice cache. Very windy today. Could hardly stand up through the trees TFTC

Beautyful lake! TFTC!

2TF !!! Worth the short walk to GZ and liberated the TB.

TFTC. My First FTF !! SL. Left Swap. Thanks for the treats ! Yes I did enjoy them on way back to the car !

This entry was edited by Pollyf on Saturday, 24 August 2013 at 21:32:59 UTC.

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