Bend on Cullen Coastal (nelson/Marlborough) Havelock, South Island, New Zealand
By bumandworker on 09-Nov-14. Waypoint GC5G8M4

I am archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.

Hi bumandworkerThis geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.RegardsTheCoddiwompler

Cache definitely gone, the tell tale b&w rock and piece of wood there but no sign of a cache container and had a decent search across wide search area.

Would suggest this cache is archived as CO not active in community any longer and cache definitely not there.

I couldn't find it neither but I didn't spend too much time because it has so many DNFs.

Cant find tree has fallen

Nope. But I did find someones pen.

So many options, so little time...

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czechia.

On our loop round the track we took a look here but didn't find it today.

Terrible hint, searching for about 30 minutes, checked about 70 or so manuka trees, feel like the creator needs to come look for it and check if still here,

Another detour on my way home. TFTC

That is the whole of the Point done today. A great day

Having dropped HorseGirlNZ at a friend's house in Rai, I headed along to a previously unexplored area of Havelock.

Having parked close to the trailhead near the bridge I wandered along up towards Cullen Point.

Half a dozen cars in the car park but it seems they are all here for the viewpoint only.

A number of manuka, yep, but a process of elimination was required...that and a lucky nudge of a stone holding the cache firm.

Thanks

#3289

Tftc more later

Second DNF for me on this loop. Looked at many Manuka but didn't find a cache.

Diesen Cache habe ich als Teil des Teams LaMaLaMa (jetzt: Mr_Lama) gefunden.
Da sich das Team leider getrennt hat, logge ich nun unter meinem neuen Account Lærry nach.

Ich hoffe auf Euer Verständnis und danke Euch für’s Verstecken der vielen tollen Dosen!
Selbstverständlich werde ich jedem Cache einen Favo hinterlassen, bei dem es der ursprüngliche Account auch getan hatte. Falls ich einen Cache vergesse, dürft ihr mich gerne anschreiben.

Ich wünsche Euch viele tolle Caches und sage zum Abschluss: Bis bald im Wald!
Liebe Grüße von Lærry

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I found this cache as a member of the team LaMaLaMa (now: Mr_Lama).
Since the team unfortunately split up, I am re-logging with my new account Lærry.

I hope you will understand.
Furthermore I thank you for hiding the many great caches!
Of course I will leave a favo to each cache where the original account did it. If I forget a cache, you are welcome to write to me.

Best wishes, Lærry

I don't know, maybe there were too many or there were too few, but I just couldn't find that Manuka tree. I'm still leaving this loop with a feeling of achievement. So thanks for this round of caches.

Trouvée rapidement ! Effectivement on peut la prendre depuis le sentier.

I glanced through old logs which made it clear where this one is going to be, and, as ever with bumandworker hides, he chooses logical straightforward places, usually with great views. Such is the case here. I still think his are worth going for unlike the last logger who seemed to have a thing about b&w.

Coordinates not so good here so we read some previous ‘found’ logs and gleaned a few ideas about the placement. No bush bashing needed here! TFTC

What kind of hint is "manuka" when your cache is hidden amongst 50 manuka trees. This is what we've come to learn is a typical b&w hint and why we tend to just walk past most b&w caches now, including this one. Life is too short. These hides at base of tree and under rock are not fun and not what geocaching is supposed to be about. Remember the old saying, quality, not quantity.

Found it. Last of the circuit Tftc

A nice walk! Thanks for the cache and greetings from Hamburg Germany

No mistaking the area for this cache and it didn't take long to have the cache in hand either. Signed and headed on to the next TFTC

On the uphill portion of the track now having done the track clockwise - I managed to find this one but got Stretch0 to grab it as he has much longer arms and more height then me - my excuse as I was panting to much lol Signed log Yhanks for the cache

Took some searching as our GPS not quite pointing to GZ. TFTC

Was even goed zoeken, uiteindelijk gevonden. TFTC

After practising for the dance portion of the X Race tomorrow (Flossing or Orange Justice, anyone?) the rest of the team was too tired to head out for a cache, so I went up on my own to the lookout. I was quite startled to have a weka walk up to me as I exited the car (I won't get out of the car to cache when there are chickens around and this was not much better) but managed to get a grip and start down the path. At GZ it took me a few minutes to find the suspicious pile of natural material that indicates a cache container, but I was soon triumphantly signing the log.
Thank you for the cache.

Spontant hatte ich mich entschieden hier einen Stop zu machen und den Coastel Walk Way zu absolvieren, die Aussicht zu geniessen und ein paar Caches zu suchen.
Die Runde hat mir sehr gefallen und dabei habe ich die Ruhe genossen und immer wieder auf das funkelnde Wasser blicken können.
Danke für die Caches auf der Runde.

On a geocaching adventure around the country with myself, my car and my tent. Drove almost 4000km and collected 170 caches over a week of roadtripping, camping and seeing the beautiful sights of New Zealand. Lots of fun and so many great caches were found, as well as a lot of DNF's. Apologies for copy paste post. Thank you to all cache owners. Day three driving from Momorangi bay to Greymouth. Thank you for the cache

Beaten to it by KR. Tftc

A quick and easy find, as we wandered down the hill. Cheers

We are on our way back south now, with a wee detour to Nelson. Signed the log as Ms+Mr KR.

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

Instant find today. Another mushy log replaced - we are starting to wonder if we are the only people who actually carry replacement logs rather than just whine about full or wet log books.

About 20m error but found it. Logbook is full.

Logbook full.

My son found this super quick - tftc

Found on a beautiful Autumn day hiking around the loop track with the kids and in the company of curious and sympathetic Muggles First find of the day. Log is pretty full but a few spaces left. TFTC

And another quicky

Great view from this area! TFTC

On our way from Picton to Kaiteriteri, we stopped here to have a look at the type of forest, we saw already from the ferry. This nice mixture of different plants and surfaces - in contrast to the pine plantages.
Since this is a round trip and it is a feasable distance, it worked well and mmmmike and me enjoyed the views.
Thanks for hiding and maintaining the caches here!

While driving along the Queen Charlotte Drive we stopped at this carpark and decided to go for the loopwalk and the lookout.
It was a nice hike and some chaches took a bit longer to find then others, but we found them all.
Team Mavos - Albert and Maria

Yesterday I drove along Queen Charlotte Drive signing some caches off but later in the afternoon I kept driving to Havelock and noticed a few more on walkways so decided to come back today to sign these ones off.

After doing the caches on Mahakipawa Hill it was time to locate the ones on Cullen Point. I decided to go anticlockwise and this was the first on the coastal Loop Track. Talked to a couple of muggles about Geocaching as they were sitting at the GZ having a breather and a snack.

Cheers for the cache.

brought the car up from the bottom and then it was down to grab the two missing caches one the point, on a very wet and slippy track.

Paddle chick and I had a day in Havelock and the sounds .We found the cache lying out in the open on the track. Replaced it and put a rock on top and covered it hopefully we as won't dislodge it again .Tftc bumandworker

I must be blind lol

15:22. TFTC, found it, but lost my favourite pen!

Quick easy find.

Out for a walk in the rain during a weekend getaway in the Sounds. The track was a bit damp an slippery underfoot, but otherwise a great walk.
TFTC

Easy find - needed a rest on this steep part of the track so thanks

Starting to get pretty hot climbing back up here in the hot sun this afternoon, about 30 degrees. A welcome drink stop while signing up the cache. 22 February 2017 13:34 GH6710 T F T C bumandworker

Found while having fish & chips at the lookout, and then completing the circuit before dark. TFTC

We have driven past this area many many times but have never made the time to stop and explore - today was the day to go for a wander, easy find here tftc

Enjoying a family walk along this pleasant walkway. A sunny day and superb views. The front runners found it before I got there! Thanks for these placements along this excellent track b&w, a favourite for the series.

A nice walk around the headland with superb views in great weather. TFTC

Greetings from the UK. Beautiful spot on a lovely little walk. TFTC

Yebo bumandworker

A day out from blenheim towards havelock, than over to the queen Margaret drive to reach Pictor and back to blenheim
That's the plan
And some caches might be picked up, if weather and time and the eyes permit it
Signed most logs as B52

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Nice loop, puff puff, nice view, puff puff, nice to stop with a good reason
Tftc

We have done this "Coastal Walk". But we couldn't reach the water. Nice walk anyway.
TFTC

(#591)

We found it on the very nice walk Thank you for this cacheloop

Nigel Navigator & I are off to Cullen Point for today.
Nigel keeps putting me way off track. Got stuck trying to get through a couple of trees so had to ditch the back pack. Finally got it bagged. Cheers

TFTC

Had a look down on the beach too on the way to this cache. Looks like a nice little spot. QEF on this one, and that concludes the lap around Cullen point. Only one left to get is up at the lookout, but that can be grabbed any time we decide to roll past. Too many people making their way up there for me today, and time was not on my side anyway. Thanks for all the caches B&W, again it's something I may not have done if you hadn't put them out there.

This was the first on the Coastal Track. Haven't walked this before so thanks, again, to B&W for getting me out.

Awesome day in the rain with a 6 year old. Last find of the day. Thanks

One more find to keep the kids happy before the trek up the hill - lovely spot, tftc!

A quick find by one of the mums, the kids were pretty much done!....

Nice quick find on this one. tftc

On our journey to New Zealand, xhead and I travelled to the South and the North Island and to Stewart Island. We had a lot of fun hiking in these great landscapes, viewing a lot of interesting animals and nice peoples. Sometimes a little treasure likes this Cache was crossing our way. Thank you very much for hiding this Cache in this amazing place.
Greetings from Germany, Akirey

Akirey and I visited in April and May New Zealand. First we decided to look around on the South Island including Steward Island then we went to the North Island.
All the time we enjoyed our trip. We saw a lot of sweet animals, amazing landscapes and met many nice people.

Also we searched for some caches. This one was one of them.

Thanks for hiding and greetings from Frankonia
xhead

Tftc

On Geocaching road trip. Letting the geocaching lead us to some great spots. TFTC

On our way to the sounds for the weekend. Time to get out and stretch the legs before the two hour two thousand corner drive to the Bach. Had a lovely walk nice views and some caches on the way TFTC

Drove around this beautiful area with Flying-Kiwi and managed to find some caches along the way. TFTC!

Nice loop, well worth the visit. Found all the caches in good condition, TFTC

Thanks for showing this beautiful spot!

Thanks for showing this beautiful spot!

Found quickly while walking the 1 h round trail

Quickly found on the hot climb back up the hill

... Here and back to Havelock, including the loop, took half the day and it was beautiful. Thank you very much for all the caches on our way.

And this was the last one on the loop thanks for showing us the beauty here!

Found while on holiday at the bach. Walked the track as a family but it was my turn to log the geocaches this time. I have previously found with my sisters before I got into geocaching myself. TFTC!

TFTC

And this was the last cache on our track today. Had a lot of fun walking the coastal track. Thanks for showing and hiding.
TFTC (kaitaingeo, krümelgeo, me)

Today I drove from Picton to Nelson.
Here I stopped for a caching break.

This cache I found quickly, too.

TFTC!
Greetings from Germany,
LaMaLaMa

Me lap of the point was almost complete
The view here was nice, as usual
But it was rather hot on this side of the point early afternoon !!
There is a distinct lack of shade on the last uphill part of the trail back to the carpark

Fortunately the cache was a nice easy find,
thanks to me 'b&w' specs

TFTC, and sending me loopy today bumandworker [^]

Tftc

Dad ( [Blue]Taybee[/Blue] ) back in the mainland again and caching. All in good order, sign log book as[Blue] Taybee nz [/Blue]or[Blue] tbnz[/Blue] team sign as [Blue] 2xtb's [/Blue]. TFTC See Taybee log.

[Blue]taybee[/Blue] is caching again with [Blue]taybee nz [/Blue] in the mainland again
time to clear up this area easy found by taybeenz today
All in good order, sign log book as[Blue] taybee [/Blue]or[Blue] tb[/Blue].team sign as ttbnz [/Blue] TFTC Log by Gsak

Having found the first cache we needed to do some strategic planning to work out where to go if we wanted to traverse the track in an anticlockwise direction. - - - Aha. There. We shortly discovered the bend, and soon after that, the cache. TFTC .

Thank goodness we decided to go this way around the track - it would have been a steep walk back to the car if we had walked the track clockwise. (Not that there isn't any uphill walking anti-clockwise). Great views from this spot. TFTC

Nice, long, walk up from Havelock causeway along the new 'link track' in progress. Will be a great track when it's finished! Nice sunny spot today

NZDi and I had little to do this weekend so after finishing a few chores this morning, we packed a picnic lunch and headed to Cullens Point to collect the series of caches there. On arrival NZDI neededto use the facilities so afterwards we headed up and got the central cache, the proceeded to pick up the others in an anti-clockwise direction.

This cache was a QEF and we used the stop to peel off a layer of clothing as the weather was quite pleasant. After replacing the cache we heard the sounds of muggles coming down the track behind us so waited until they got ahead of us before we carried on.

TFTC B&W

This entry was edited by Kiwimykl on Sunday, 14 June 2015 at 10:57:51 UTC.

Found with Kiwimykl.

Check his log for details.

TFTC B&W

#9651. Given the forecast we weren't sure whether this loop walk would be a go-er, but the weather was OK and we enjoyed the loop track. TFTC.

Out for a quick early morning walk on a 'dot' day . All good and the cache is still safe and dry after all the rain o'night and recently. Thanks b&w for the cache.

The last cache for us on the loop track as we completed it in the clockwise direction. Could hear the cars on the road above so knew we didn't have far to go now - getting warm from my exertions.
Clouds are starting to look ominous so pleased we didn't get caught in the rain. Quick find then the last climb up to the car. Thanks for series of caches here to add to our enjoyment of the walk. TFTC.

Another find before we had the clue read....good stuff on a cracker afternoon...tftc

Quick find. Cftc

today was the perfect day to do the loop track here.
this cache was the last for me.
thanks

#1142

Found on a fairly muddy walk around the loop this morning after the heavy overnight rain. The cache was a quick find in the second place checked. Signed log, TFTC