Hawea River Walkway ( Central Otago) Albert Town, South Island, New Zealand
By drawp on 28-Mar-14. Waypoint GC516YN

Quick find on a nice stroll. Tftc

Thx

A nice spot

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Good spot, bit more than 2m from the bush though

Tftc no pen unfortunately

Left some treasure TFTC

Nice track along the river here! On my way for a longer mtb adventure. Quick find thanks to hint, tftc!

Thanks drawp for the cache. Its #1772 for us. We found your cache on 12 November 2023. Disturbed a mother duck and 5 ducklings sheltering under the bush. Hopefully theyll return once weve gone.

Thanks for the lolly pop

Tftc...will leave the lollipop for the next cacher

One of a few caches we located on our bike ride from Albert Town to Lake Hawea (and back) this afternoon. As a previous logger mentioned, this one turned out to be more like 5m rather than 2m from the hint object. It contains two separate logsheets. I signed the first one I came across, not both. #6119. TFTC.

Nice find on our river walk. All good at GZ and TFTC.

TFTC

Great find!

Thanks

The last time I was here there was an event on so kept on driving. Today there were just half a dozen having fun on the standing waves.

I found the cache at least 5m away from the bush.

Cheers for the cache.

Thanks to the hint we made a very quick discovery here. Thanks for the cache.

Mountain biking the Lake Hawea caches today with Ice Diva
TftC

Epic day biking/caching from Alberttown to Lake Hawea and back and then to Wanaka and back!!! Found with Conbat. TFTC!

Was hidden pretty good! I put a Pokemoncard in becaus i didnt have a pen on me :3

Hi there drawp - nothing much to do today, so with caching in mind I planned some of the more awkward caches for today. More awkward means caches that my better half is unable to accompany me to. I found your cache at 1151am after a short search - and the container and log were both found to be in good condition unless noted in the Fieldnotes below. TN, LN, SL. Thanks to drawp for this cache - the 3rd of 8 finds for the day.

FieldNotes: The cache and log were both found in good condition. Cache trash removed to the rubbish bin

A nice quick find thanks, once I widened the search area.

Ms_KR and I are on a wee South Island break. Today we cruised around Wanaka, Hawea and Cromwell. There was a stong nor'wester wind and some lovely lenticular clouds, but it did stop biking and caching.

Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

I also found a pile of rocks in the logical spot and couldn't find hide nor hare or a cache anywhere. Read past logs and also couldn't find the rabbit hole streetwalker referred to in his log. But when I widened my search everything all fell into place. TFTC # 18,018

Thanks for the cache. Didn't have a pen so took photo. Previous logs were helpful

I feel like I found found the spot it was meant to be but there was nothing there

Log replaced

Replaced log

This cache took a while to find. The GPSr took us to a shrub (manuka I think) which had a SPOR at its base, but sadly no cache was under them. We searched further afield without luck then back to the shrub for a more thorough frisking. I was resigned to our first DNF for the day, so suggested we head back to the air conditioned car (it was hot work searching in this sheltered spot).
StreetWalker thought he'd give another likely spot another look- it was a deep rabbit hole which had been covered with a flat rock a few metres north of the shrub. Poking with his walking pole turned up another rock, but no cache. More vigorous and even deeper probing, and I thought I heard the thunk of plastic being hit. So he bravely put his arm in right up to his shoulder and pulled out a systema container! Much rejoicing. It seems even cache containers are going deep down rabbit holes these days .
Unfortunately, the log book is wet and manky looking, so we took a photo instead of writing in it. Put a couple of stones in the hole to stop it falling down again. TFTC!

#20462. This one was looking like a DNF. However, we'd expended a bit of effort to get here (in the hot sun) so persisted. In the end I decided to do a better search of a deep rabbit hole with my walking pole as a probe. One suspicious clunk turned out to be a decent size stone. Probed deeper, and Troodles thought she heard a plastic impact. Hmmm. Checked depth on pole against my arm---should (just) be able to reach it. Put my arm all the way in ... and pulled out a cache. Phew! Put a couple of stones in the hole, then the cache, the put the original cap stone back over the hole. TFTC.

TFTC

4. cache today on my bike trip. Few days ago I moved to Luggate so could start a loop there, find another cached in area. Finally I finished in John Creek due to strong wind + pain in lower back + a small snack .

Cache is wet and mouldy

Very wet and mouldy

thanks geocache creator, was a cold but fun walk

Found it! Its still under a rock buuut moved a a little heh but not too far! goodluck

Didn't spot the wasp nest mentioned in the previous log. Log is VERY wet and I didn't have anything to replace it with. TFTC.

We passed a nasty wasp nest near here but made a nice quick find. A kind of rabbit colditz existed here where rabbits had made loads of tunnels under the rabbit proof fence to feed on the new native plantings. Tftc

One log is a mush, the other wet but we managed to sign it. Needs some tlc

Easter Sunday caching adventure. Thanks for the hide.

*Another good find.
Nice day going from cache to cache with woolwood9.*
We soon had the container located. **tm/ww NZ**
Thanks for putting this out for us to visit!

We enjoyed the drive / walk around!
LOG VERY WET HERE.

On a three week trip to the lower South Island with tmann421 hunting caches.
Enjoyed the trip around and the challenge of the finds.
Signed logs tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Great hide! Quick find left a lego . Found with the one, the only , Winston Furchill! Tftc

2020 wasn’t the best year for geocaching for a number of reasons. Trying to make a concerted effort to do one cache a day on average this year. Out today playing catch up already.

Thanks for helping us achieve our goal.

Find count: 2126

Another easy find along the trail. Thanks

Nice stroll on a nice day. Quite a few cyclists around. Found was out in the open.

Tftc

Really easy find.

Nice and quick find. Tftc.

Log later

Good easy find

Staying at camp in rv out for a jog. Tftc

Log soaked so took the time to go back to car and grab a bagged log sheet, these are the times wish I could ride a bike! tftc

Enjoying the caches and walks in the area

Second day in Hawea and Wanaka. Always happy when the family let me squeeze a few caches in on our holiday. Enjoyed the walk along the track. Cache found but logbook soggy. Tried to sign but pen stopped working. Have photo of cache if required. Tftc

Cache was in bad condition. Log was soaked and when i went to write on it the paper ripped. Needs urgent maintenance.

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First find was a cute little lizard, second was the cache!

Spotted this one too on my tour.

TFTC M.o.E.

Found on our TA thru-hike. A little soggy, but we could still sign it.

A nice quick find while doing the walkway this morning. Tftc

Our last day in Wānaka and we hired cycles and rode from Hawea to Wanaka. All caches were quickly located thanks to good coordinates and great hints. Great views along the trail on a hot sunny day.

Cute spot. Log book is soaked. Looks like water has gotten into the bag so I've left the bag open in the hope that it'll dry out a bit

Beautiful day for some caches..TFTC

Nearly finished the mystery at the museum series. Tftc

Up in Cromwell for the week and it's the start of the museum Mystery challenge and this is one of the caches I need to find. TFTC

Good little geo

Biking to hawea for a coffee on a stunning winter morning tftc

Riding on a sunny day on the cycle track. TFTC

Easy find stretch legs after biking

Nice quick find, beautiful day for a wander along the track. TFTC

Kelboy ran ahead and had this cache in hand as we arrived. TFTC

Cache checked and all OK

Log got soaked. Tftc

In visiting from the US. Found in a bike ride between lakes. Tftf. SL

Great hint. TFTC. Te Araroa walking.

Found on awesome ride from Albert Town to Hawea return. TFTC

Saw where I thought it would be riding up to it and there it was. TFTC

Thank you from Howard and Kath
Manchester UK

Great find

Found and logged on a wonderful bike ride along the Hawea River Track from Wanaka to Hawea. TFTC

Found on a cycle ride around Hawea and through to Alberttown. A lovely sunny day with snow low down on the hills. We needed to scrape the frost off the bike seats before setting off. TFTC

Short stroll on a bit of a dull day.
Tftc

Nice stoll with tokens94 waiting for better skiing weather.

30,7,2018.from Norway

Found it!!!

Thanks.

Hi from Tauranga. Staying in Wanaka for Easter and gathering some smileys as we cycle the Hawea trail. Easy find. Cache is all good. TFTC

A quick easy find after a walk from the car park in the hot sun. TFTC

Found

We did a bike ride from Lake Hawea back to Wanaka. A local company dropped us off at the start point with bikes, helmets, maps and instructions. It was a great day. Beautiful views and weather. BART and Lisa spotted this one while waiting for the slow pokes on the bike path. TFTC.

Nice morning walk - Bitsprayer

Found it without difficulties. Tftc!

Very late logging ... Found with Mporokosa. TFTC.

Half way there! Still a few more caches to grab. Makes our ride much more enjoyable to have these caches to look for. TFTC.

Turn around point.

I spotted the likely hiding spot as I made my approach on bike from the swing bridge.

Didn't even have to get off the bike for this one! Now an uninterrupted ride through to the swingbridge.

Walked to here from Camp Hill Road, the sun had come out and it was getting quite warm now around the middle of the day. Spotted the cache as I approached. Signed log, TFTC

Thanks for this nice cache as we hike the Te Araroa Trail!