End of the Road for Botham Spring Creek, South Island, New Zealand
By woodfamilyinnz on 04-Oct-14. Waypoint GC5E6A9

I couldn’t find it either so probably time to put this one to rest.

Had a good look

Quick find watching the hose jumping

Went to wrong concern and track it back

nup no joy here. story of our geocaching this trip in this area. hard work when you cant find them. see its july last year last found.

niiiiice

Turn around time. I'll leave the stop-bank ones for when i've got better tyres on.

End of the road for us too! The map indicated a walking track down near the river but we couldn't find any indication or signage. Found the cache OK although the log papers are getting tatty. Presumably the CO is not local so a bit of TLC with a clean-out by a local cacher and a new log wouldn't go amiss just to keep this cache active.
TFTC.

After being confined to the caravan for 36 hours due continuous rain the decision was made to pack up and head south from Waikawa Bay for clearer weather. Once we got to Tuamarina Yahoo we were out of the rain. The decision was then made to park up for a couple of nights and go caching. The main targets would be those mystery caches I had solved and needed signing off plus finish off some multis and nearby trads.

Was in the area so just had to go find this cache. TFTC. Cheers.

Quick find today while in the area. Thanks for the cache.

This was where our gps got shut down for a short while so it could rest as it was giving us 124m from the cache where the phone was giving us 3m. It was probably overheating again. Cache was a quick find. tftc

Quick find thanks for the placement... a very dusty place at present

Nearly the end if the road for us. Cycled around the river trail and came out here. Thanks for the cache Woodfamilyinnz

Fairly easy find. Watch for wasp nests! TFTC

Fun with the kids

#6154. I have several work meetings in Blenheim so have come over from Wellington for a few days for a combination of work and leave. Picked up a rental car and headed to the hotel to drop off my gear. There was Just enough time to grab a few caches today. So travelled up to Spring Creek to pick up several in this area. Nice quick find here. Signed the logbook and replaced the cache as found. Thanks for hiding it here woodfamilyinnz.

Nice little side road. Quick find.

Found at 09:13 - #7957 - on a 5 week trip in New Zealand

TFTC

Quick find. Replaced plastic bag.

A quick and easy find. Thanks

A weekend away, first this month!! Time to cache around a bit and then head home.

Thanks to the CO's for placing and maintaining these caches. Cheers.

A QEF on a stinking hot day before heading to the beach. Tftc.

Only a slug and a snail in attendance

Couldn't find
Hint quite confusing
Nice little road though
- anakatjacharlie

Another done and dusted.

Quick find this morning with eltee291! Signed the log and replaced as found. Visiting from Victoria, BC, Canada! Thanks for the cache!

Quickly found today with hingis20. In NZ from Victoria, BC, Canada visiting family in Blenheim for a while and geocaching. TFTC

Our first time exploring around this area - a nice easy find tftc. we spent some time watching three fishermen across the river - unforunately for them they went home empty handed

Found cache then made a new horsey friend, till the electric fence bit us both thru me!

Found cache then made a new horsey friend, till the electric fence bit us both thru me!

Challenging cache found with Moneydork

Nice spot

Thanks uncle Google. Thanks for the cache.

post/stay... of course Thank you

A quick park and grab for us on a lovely day out. tftc

Out with Jo on another Sunday afternoon cache grab, this time around Spring creek and Wairau bar.
TFTC to all COs

Cool spot - nice day with Autumn leaves

Thank for this cache. Great from Czech Republic.

A quick find with a nosy turkey close by. There was a real cacophony from the birds in the near-by trees, didn't recognize the call though - sounded a bit like small parakeets?

Found it

Nice find TFTC

Hint helped a lot

Nice cache, very scenic location.
Sorry, the pencil lead snapped.
BYOP guys!

Out geocaching on the east side of SH1 between Pukaka Valley and Blenheim with Kiwimykl. There was a car parked nearby as we approached GZ, so we carried on and did Wairau Bridge View, then came back. Kiwimykl already has this one which could have made it easier for me, but I didn't need his help for a QEF.

TFTC woodfamilyinnz

our last chance for some caches before we go back to work on monday tftc

A nice after work adventure ☺

The boys and I heading back from the river, stopped in and bingo ..got it

Nice quick find whilst caching in the area. TFTC

Quick Easy Find....TFTC..
I had pondered the same thing with that corner...some beautiful houses down here.

Nice park and cashe

Nice easy find on my way to Blenheim TFTC

On Tour together with Sabe73 as Team "TheBros" around South Island to visit some nice spots.
We also visited this location and could find the box almost quickly.
Thank you for showing us this place and of course for the Cache.
Greetings from Carinthia/Austria.
NoTrade

Zusammen mit PPJoe als Team *TheBros* in NZL mit dem Camper auf Tour. 6 Wochen Geocaching, Herz was willst Du mehr.
Der Cache konnte gut gefunden werden, wie man sieht werden die Dosen hier gut gewartet.
TFTC & LG aus Tirol/Austria/Europe

On my last few trips to Blenheim I've carried a list of the caches my other "team" members have found so that I can leave as many as possible for us all to do together on another excursion. This is one of the ones they have previously found. TFTC #7278

Quick easy find. Tftc
This log posted with CacheSense for Android!

Knew exactly where it would be. TFTC

#3450

Thanks

I had a spare couple of hours this afternoon so decided to go and pick up some more caches in the Spring Creek/Wairau Bar area that I didn't have time to get yesterday. I was planning on heading out to the Wairau Bar area first, but a car that I had been following all the way from town at 80 km/hr decided to head that way (some old farts having their Sunday drive on a Monday), so I came here first.

My trusty eTrex 20 gave an audible signal as the cache approached, but I missed the turn-off so drove on by until I came to a safe place to turn around. It turned out that this was the entrance to a massive equestrian centre that I had no idea existed, so once again Geocaching is responsible for expanding my knowledge.

As for the cache, it was located in a setting familiar to rural caches and was a QEF PnG.

TFTC woodfamilyinnz

Quick find on caching trip in Blenheim with KE. TFTC

Called here this afternoon for a very quick find - first time I have ever been along here. Signed log, TFTC

Driving Christchurch to Picton, picking up some more minutes for my 400 minute challenge. Most finds were park & grab. Last of 42 for the day.Thanks for the cache.

On our tour through New Zealand we visited many inspiring places, enjoyed delicious meals, met friendly locals and tourist AND found some Caches.

So this Cache was one on our trip. Thanks a lot for hiding and maintaining.

Hoarse

Tftc quick visit while horses stay overnight at equestrian park.

Cruisy friday morning out for a drive once the rain had stopped.
I have also always wondered where this road leads..... Nice properties around here.
Easy Find TFTC

TFTC. Driving out from The Sounds with flobberworm! And decided to spend a night at Spring Creek on the way home.
Planned to grab a couple of caches but made short work of that as it was teaming with rain.
Thanks to woodfamilyinnz for placing the cache.

A quick find with my family. Thx for hiding

Great little tiki tour

A nice little cache

TFTC

Quick in and out. TFTC!

Driving home and miss pricelessnz was asleep so thought I would take scenic route. Another road I have driven past lots and never been down. TFTC

I had a great Waitangi Day out caching in the area today. Definitely a first time to this place for me. All good with the cache. TFTC, Biggles.

Quick find on a weekend over the hill

We spent some time on the see-saw this morning wondering "shall we" or "shan't we". "Shall we" won. So a few caches went on the to-do list. No problems here neither with the cache nor with the drizzle trying to make an impact on the parched earth. Thank you Woodfamilyinnz for placing this cache. It helped make us explore an area we haven't been before.

We had procrastinated for some time this morning whether we would head to Marlborough then an unexpected visitor delayed things a bit longer but eventually we hit the road for a leisurely cache finding drive around this area. This was one of several we found today. Thank you woodfamilyinnz.

Holidaying at the top of the South Island with tmann421. Many thanks to all the CO's for making this a memorable trip.

Nice find here.

TFTC

Another good find while on a geocaching trip driving around the area with Just-Lookin
Last day of holiday and caching towards ferry home now.

Soon had the cache signed and on to the next one.
Thanks for the good caches

Aha. Still following the KE family. Made the quick find and headed to the next road end.
TFTC

A quick stop after giving Ellie a swim at the river.
Thanks woodfamilyinnz for the cache.

#8795

As we approached GZ, we saw a guy walking along the road - we had seen him earlier in the morning when we were driving along Rapaura Rd towards Awarua Park so he had come quite a distance since then. He gave us an odd look as we drove up and parked behind him, then disappeared over the rise in the direction we would be heading after finding this cache. We wondered if we would pass him again (and what his reaction would be as we appeared to be following him) but we didn't see him again so he must have walked on the side road to the river.
A quick find at GZ then off the find the next cache. TFTC.

#9010. Quick find in an area that was new to us. TFTC.

Nice easy find, enjoying the visit to the area.

TFTC

A quick find here.TFTC

Easy find, after a nice drive in the Country.

Found this with the Gray family on our way to Rarangi......all safe and sound, tftc

Good find. Kids enjoyed it.

2degrees coverage let us down here, but managed to geocache our way to finding this geocache. Swimmers in the river on our way here. Cheers!

The first day of Summer is upon us and what a scorcher to start us off this year, not. It was jacket on all day today at work and jersey after work was the order of the (chilly) day.
Decided I need to keep my little streak going, Geocaches that is, not lack of clothes and invading sports events!
Put my fishing gear into the car as you never know when you're near the river, and later the diversion, whether the fish are running................. or just running away/swimming away. Saw this cache get posted a few weeks ago now when I used to live on another island not that far away (not Stewart Island)
No problems with the find and pleased that the next and nearest is on a road that links to this one. I too believed this cache was connected with the English batsman and Ashes hero Sir Ian Beefy Botham.
But it's not. It's named for a road. Nice, just not as swashbuckling.................................................. How do you swash a buckle by the way?
T F T C woodfamilyinnz

Lovely wee spot. was interrupted by a muggle looking for the pony club.tftc.

Mrs Sobad just assumed there would be a cricket ground involved - the main cricket lover was at home watching a game. Until she was directing the driver using autorouting and spotted the real reason for the cache title.
The cache was just where her GPS said it would be.
Thanks.

Over from Nelson for a day's caching, and a great day it has been too. For some reason, my device initially led me in the wrong direction so then all I had to do was investigate what Mrs SoBad was up to and sign the log . Thanks for the hide .

Easy find and logged while having a cuppa. Never been here before so had decided it would be a good starting point for a nice walk down the diversion. Got past the bridge on Chaytors road before turning back. Lots of whitebaiters enjoying the nice day but getting nothing!TFTC.

29 October 2014 5:16PM gahaylock out for a walk with the dogs

[green] Haven't been on the bike for a week or so, so I decided to escape the confines of the Air Force base and head out on the bike to try for the empty log book at Wairau Bridge View, just down the road from this cache. After all, it has been sitting there for a few days, someone one will try for it soon. I get here and.. Oh dear... Weka signed the log here earlier today. Which means they will have gone on to Wairau Bridge. Maybe I should have come out yesterday as I had originally planned. But we had I.E - Interior Economy - cleaning - to do, which ate into available cycling time. Oh well. I'm here anyway. May as well pay Wairau Bridge View a visit anyway. In the end I visited all seven caches around here, and still got back to base before sunset.

A quick easy find as we headed home from the ferry.
TFTC

Second-to-find - does that count for anything?!? Hadn't been out here for a long time - thank you for bringing us back!

Wee smile here....I had looked at a spot further on a few days ago with intention of returning.
And yip, the Equestrian centre is looking good.
Easy find with good co-ords.
thanks woodfamilyinnz for the cache

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