Godwits Rest Motueka, South Island, New Zealand
By DOCMotueka on 15-Oct-15. Waypoint GC65F40

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

700 on beach but no find

not find,

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Nothing here. Signs replaced and now not here. Found a cache in a large tree trunk further up the beach. But with no name I dont know what it belongs to.

Had a good dig all around all possible places that the photo suggested. A lovely walk and kids loved building more houses that the govt has!!!

Not today...

Waypoints not by sign . Please correct me if I'm wrong. I see just found but I can't work out where. There are two new signs since the cyclones but no cache

It was a great walk to this location.on both coords was nothing because the ocean Put it away.so I looked with a Photo

Had the same experience as SJT NZ put in new cords but no joy. All there seemed to be was sand and more sand. Thank you for taking me on this beautiful walk. I will be back as it's such a beautiful place

Visited here today without luck. The updated coordinates took us some 30m away from the DOC sign prohibiting dogs - which was nearly buried. At the posted coordinates there was a small chunk of driftwood pumpkin sized but nothing else within 10m.

Looked under all the near logs and dug out the DOC sign and about 20cm under the bottom of the sign.

We suspected the two recent storms may have shifted and dislodged the cache.

At the coordinates we found a large stick fort structure which we dug under but couldn't find anything. Oh well at least it was a nice walk.

cache relocated from where there was no obvious sign. Cache now at S41 07.243 E173 02.022

That was a quick find a really nice walk at a warm and sunny sunday afternoon! Thanks for the cache!

Ahhhh superb walk out here today... once I got over my muddy shortcut! I'll continue out to the end, a wonderful spot. Thanks for all the info and TFTC

Lovely walk, thanks

Walked all the way out on the sandspit, saw lots and lots of birds and even a couple of penguins. Wonderful day, met a nice couple out cayaking and I really enjoyed this place. I think this is the most beautiful spot I've logged a traditional cache, thanks for showing me this!

Out and about with Ms M today.
Having a wee raid on Mot, as you do.
Time for another walk on the sandspit and a quick find.
No birds seen but plenty of debris on the beach after the two recent storms.
TFTC

Enjoyed the walk, not many birds around here today
Great cache
Thank for the cache

Awesome cache, saw lots of Godwits
TFTC

An evening walk along the almost deserted sand spit to the sign, then it took us almost as long to find the cache. We started at our GZ then widened our search outwards until we eventually found it, opened it up, dried it, signed log book, then re-hid it with lots of stones on top to stop it wandering off again.

Kayaked across to this wonderful spot on Saturday with my geosister. Welcome to these tiny birds that fly from the northern hemisphere for our summer, then all the way back to have their chicks. There were quite a number on the sand spit today. Thanks for the cache.

Good find after a kayak from home across the estuary with Geosis Tillylamp. Lots of godwits and a few yachts racing on the estuary including the other half of Tillerpilots.

Nice walk to get here. Thanks DOC

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For Get Outdoors Day, it was the perfect weather to go for a walk along the sand spit to find one of the few caches in Mot I haven't found yet. TFTC

What a stunning day for a walk along the spit with the sun shining, no wind and the snow capped mountains in the distance. Absolute magic! TFTC #8572

Arrived at site to find container open, lid off, contents still secure inside but clearly muggled....dumb arses! We signed, put it all back together and gathered stones to put on top. Crossed fingers and headed off...tftc

It was a very hot day on the spit today but we found the cache no problem. TFTC.

We were both short of time and reluctant to walk far given the wind on the day we found the cache at the start. Happy to return today to do the walk as a team. The wind was not really noticeable as we walked to the cache but we were aware of both it and the tide coming in as we returned. We saw lots of gotdwits in the area but they stopped resting when they saw us approach. A few other people also out for the walk but not nearby when we found the cache.
Thanks. The extra caches from DOC are appreciated and we have a couple still to find. from DOCMotueka.

This cache contributes to the Rambler's Reward Challenge cache.

We had a fantastic walk along the sandspit today, it's a great place for a walk. As I signed the log I was surprised to hear voices but then noticed that the kayakers who had been paddling on the landward side of the spit were transferring to the seaward side. I hope they were too busy carrying their kayaks to take any notice of what I was up to. Signed the log and then ventured a little further. There were hundreds of godwits, many with young chicks - - - and a few other birds. Thanks for the encouragement to venture along here. We agreed that we really should do it more often.

Out for a walk with the whole family. This was definitely far enough and we had Ellie so couldn't go any further anyway. She loved the walk to here. Time to go visit the Happy Chippie now for lunch.
Thanks DOCMotueka for the cache.

#9596

A breezy but fine day and it was great to get outside and stretch my legs beside the sea Thanks for the cache and i look forward to many more being put out.

A walk after work to accompany my Boss Liquorboy09 - was nice after the busy supermarket to strtetch the legs out along the sandspit - Then repeated the walk with my hubby Stretch0 a few days later - has been awhile since we have been out on the sandspit signed log thanks for the cache DOC Motueka

Out for a stroll after dinner along the spit oh my it has shifted.

Nice evening for a stroll down the spit, been a while since i last came out here, cant believe how much the spit has moved towards land from the cache North, it has almost reached land by the golf course!!
Cache in the open so covered once log was signed TFTC

Nice walk, been a while since I visited this area. TFTC

Fantastic nature walk.

Mrs Biggles and I took a drive out to Mot for some cache maintenance and finding tasks. Really really enjoyed the walk out here this morning. A stunning day to walk out to this cache. Thanks for the inspiring walk and TFTC, Biggles.

Homeschool#1. Super walk out on spit. We need to go there more often!

Found on our morning walk on the Motueka Sandspit, a walk in an area which is never ever boring, provided you take the time to appreciate it. It was low tide but didn't see any "Godwits Resting" unfortunately. The name of the cache fits the location perfectly. This was the last cache we needed to find to complete the DOCMotueka series in the National Geocaching Challenge. Thanks DOC Motueka and your supporters Air New Zealand and Macpac for the cache.

No people, dogs or birds out in the howling wind this afternoon.
Had to hang on tight to the cache while signing the log.
Thanks DOCMot

[Red] Thanks for Supporting the Geokids program, making geocaching more fun for kids across New Zealand so kids aren't sad when they find geocaches . Have dropped some swag into the cache.[/Red]
was hoping for a FTF here but miss it by 2 days dad had not update logs in the GPS
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
taybee nz was hoping for a FTF on this one but I miss it good walk across the sand dumes to day
All in good order, sign log book as[Blue] taybee [/Blue]or[Blue] tb[/Blue].team sign as ttbnz [/Blue] TFTC Log by Gsak

A beautiful day on the spit and a delight to see a tall man made flagpole flying the All Blacks flag on the day they qualified for the final test for the World Cup. The walk was very nice. Something we never would have done if not for Geocaching. Thank you DOCMotueka

It was the perfect day for a wander along here to find this cache. On the way to it we met taybee and taybee nz returning from the cache (who had picked up the TB that was in it). We met a few other people too and were a little surprised how many folk use this area. It was good to see the All Blacks flag flying high still and not at half mast after the mornings semi-final. Thank you DOCMotueka for bringing us along here.

Published

Yippee first to find, on a lovely sunny morning, its always a nice walk down here which we do often. No Godwits no muggles just us today . We left Liisa in the cache.Will give this one a fave too.Thanks DOC.