Bikers Terminal View (Nelson/Marlborough) Picton, South Island, New Zealand
By bumandworker on 09-Mar-16. Waypoint GC6D0TP

Our last day on the South Island.We use the time and go for a walk to enjoy the beautiful view. Of course, we collect a few cans. Almost all the log sheets are full! Many thanks to the owners and greetings from the Moorhelmi from Germany

Day thirty of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.Spent the day traveling from Nelson to Picton.Sunny all day.Walked around the Airport at Nelson before we left, and did a few AdLabs.Had dinner in Picton then did some more caches.Picked up on the way down the hill as there was no parking going up.Thanks, Robmc.

Day 30 of our Enzed adventures with Robmc and today we decided to leave Nelson a day early and be in Picton for the ferry instead of an early morning dash.After arriving on a beautiful sunny day we wandered around town for a bit.Thanks for contributing to an amazing holiday

Quick find here log wet needs new log sheet signed best I could tftc

Arthur find it. Thanks-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --French version below-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Short late log but more complete now that we are back home.Our vacation will take us to the other side of the world to the land of the Maoris. After many, many hours of flying, a passage through China on the way there and through the United States of America on the way back, we will finally arrive in Christchurch which will be the starting point of our journey.We will enjoy the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and we will go back towards the North Island via State Highway 1. To combine business with pleasure, we will take regular breaks and small detours according to the caches that seem the most accessible to us.With a little more than 3500 km in 20 days, we will have discovered many facets of this island which is soothing. We will have to come back because there are so many places that we have not done . In broad strokes, the path will go from Christchurch to the Kaikoura Peninsula then towards Picton for the crossing to Wellington.New island, new road, and by State Highway 2 we go towards Hastings and Napier. We will leave the seaside for several days to go to Tongariro and Taupo. We will continue north towards Rotorua and Hamilton (without forgetting a detour via Hobbiton ) A detour to the Coromandel Peninsula and finally the almost north of the island with Whangarei and Waitangi to learn the history of this country.There will only be a few days left to spend towards Auckland and its suburbs before taking the plane back to the grayness of our European autumn.The majority of the boxes will be found, we have abandoned those where our English was lacking and where we could not understand the clue. Thanks to all the owners who brightened up our path, who took us to incredible places (that's also geocaching)In short, we had a great vacation, saw beautiful places that simply ask us to come back. We learned a lot about the history of this country and its traditions, it's a great motivation for our destinations.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Petit log en retard mais un peu plus complet maintenant que nous sommes rentrs la maison. Nos vacances vont nous emmener lautre bout du monde au pays des Maoris. Aprs beaucoup, beaucoup dheures davion, un passage par la Chine laller et par les Etats-Unis dAmrique au retour, nous arriverons enfin Christchurch qui sera le point de dpart de notre priple.Nous profiterons des plages du de locan Pacifique et nous remonterons en direction de lile du nord via la State highway 1. Pour joindre lutile et lagrable, nous ferons des pauses rgulires et de petits dtours au gr des caches qui nous semble les plus accessibles. Avec un peu plus de 3500 km en 20 jours, nous aurons dcouverts pleins de facettes de cette ile qui est apaisante. Il nous faudra revenir car il y a tellement dendroit que nous navons pas fait . Dans les grand traits, le chemin ira de Christchurch la pninsule Kaikoura puis direction Picton pour la traverse vers Wellington.Nouvelle ile, nouvelle route, et par la State Highway 2 nous remontrons en direction de Hastings et Napier. Nous laisserons le bord de mer plusieurs jours pour aller au Tongariro et Taupo. Nous continuerons vers le nord en direction de Rotorua et Hamilton (sans oublier un dtour par Hobbiton ). Un crochet pour la pninsule de Coromandel et pour finir le presque nord de lile avec Whangarei et Waitangi pour apprendre lhistoire de ce pays. Il ne restera que quelques jours passer vers Auckland et sa banlieue avant de ne reprendre lavion pour retourner dans la grisaille de notre automne europen.La majorit des boites seront trouves, nous avons dlaisser celles o notre anglais faisait dfaut et ou que nous narrivions pas comprendre lindice. Merci tous les poseurs qui ont gay notre chemin, qui nous ont emmen dans des endroits incroyables (cest aussi cela le geocaching)Bref, nous avons pass de superbes vacances, vu des endroits magnifiques qui demandent simplement que lon revienne. Nous avons appris beaucoup de chose sur lhistoire de ce pays et de ces traditions, cest une grande motivation pour nos destinations.

Having just arrived in Picton, it was straight off the ferry and into geocaching mode!I've been meaning to come up this way many times while traveling through, but never seem to have the time. Today we had plenty of time!We parked a little further up and wandered down to this one. Fortunately I finished the job just before a muggle ambled past.Thanks for putting this here

Found it! Log is pretty full & soggy

#15,538. Park, walk and grab along Queen Charlotte Drive in Picton in Marlborough. The GZ was fortunately all quiet at the time of our visit. Found after a short search, initially on the wrong side. The cache itself was in good condition, but the log was wet inside. Managed to sign on the last space of the waterproof log paper. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.*Thanks for the geocache placement, and for bringing us to this site, and **.T h a n k s. .f o r. .t h e. .c a c h e.**.M a u r u u r u. .k o e. .n u i. .a t u. .h o k i. .t e. .k e t e r o k i.*---### LET US HAVE A BLOCK PARTY!!! ###On **May 3rd, 2025**, we will be celebrating 25 years of geocaching in **Rotorua, New Zealand** with a special **Block Party** event. Join us to celebrate 25 years of this amazing game, and that the very first geocache hidden outside of the United States, 25 years ago, was hidden here in New Zealand.You do not want to miss this event, so check out the ["25 Years of Geocaching NZ! (GCAKR25)" event page]( https://coord.info/GCAKR25) and [event website](http://25years.geocache.nz) for more details, join the [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/924894455969387) group, and sign up to the [email list](http://25years.geocache.nz?p=4) to get updates...If you intend to come, please make sure you get your ["Will Attend" log]( https://www.geocaching.com/live/geocache/GCAKR25/log) onto the page as soon as you can in order to assist with planning the first ever Block Party in New Zealand.**Happy caching and we will see you in 2025!**---

TFTC.

Had parked overnight at the Crow Tavern after catching the ferry from WN yesterday. Headed out for a bike ride to collect some local caches, nice easy find here mid morning while it was nice and quiet, TFTC

On our two-month trip through New Zealand and Australia we travel from Greymouth to Picton. We visited a number of caches along the way and when we arrived there was still plenty of time for a cache tour around the hotel.This cache was found during our walk around the hotel in Picton.**bumandworker**, thanks for the cache.

We are currently on a eight week holiday which is mostly spent in New Zealand and Australia. However, the first three days were spent in Signapore as a nice break from an otherwise long flight. Yesterday we drove from Fox Glacier to Greymouth. Today we are already heading to our next desination which is Picton. Since it is not a very long drive we arrived rather early in Picton which gave us time for some sightseeing and geocaching. On our tour we also visited this cache. Nice spot and in the evening is quiet so we could grab the cache and log it undisturbed. Thank you very much for this cache.

TFTC We did a little walk to find this and another further up the hill. This was easier.

A couple more south island caches before catching the ferry later today. Good harbour views here.

Awesome view

Wir sind eine etwas grssere Geocachergruppe die von Frankfurt ber Doha nach Australien und jetzt in Neuseeland ???? gelandet sind. Heute geht unsere Reise mit der Fhre vonWellington nach Picton. Dort haben wir einiges an Dosen ausgewhlt, gesucht und geloggt. Dieser hier war ein Teil von unseren Entdeckungen und Erlebnissen. Wir haben in den Logbchern platzsparend mit DownUnder2024 geloggt. Vielen Dank frs Hegen und Pflegen dieses Caches. Greetings from Germany/Luxembourg

38 cachers from ????, ????and ???? made a tour with a stopover in ???? and visiting???? and ????to get lot of impressions from Down Under.We log with Team DownUnder24 to save space in the logbooks.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:_gc_AmoebeSTAndyausDuB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHfi1hupsi-1karrai *keeinerLeilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuoDay 15.: With the ferry we arrived at Picton and ended our day in Blenheim. Nice, comfortable hotel and lots of caches especially in Blenheim, a beautiful and quiet city. TFTC from Bavaria

Our colorful troupe of 38 cachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxenburg and Switzerland has reached a new starting point today.The logbooks are logged with downunder2024 for reasons of space.Now it is only a few days and goals until it goes back home.T4t$ says viko76?? from BerlinUnsere farbenfrohe Truppe von 38 Cachern aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxenburg und der Schweiz hat heute einen neuen Ausgangspunkt erreicht.Die Logbcher werden aus Platzgrnden mit downunder2024 protokolliert.Jetzt sind es nur noch ein paar Tage und Ziele, bis es nach Hause geht.T4t$ sagt viko76?? aus Berlin

Bei unserer Gruppenreise nach Australien und Neuseeland konnten wir neben den vielen interessanten Eindrcken auf unseren Ausflgen auch viele Caches besuchen. Wir loggten platzsparend mit Team DownUnder24.Danke an bumandworker fr diesen Cache.

Mit 37 Geocachern, aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz, ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland, beginnend mit einem Zwischenstopp in Doha in Katar. So lange und so weit weg von zu Hause war ich noch nie. Eine aufregende Zeit.Beim Geocaching lag der Focus auf viele unterschiedliche Cachetypen, aber auch besondere Wertungen, Challenges und besonders ein paar sehr alte Caches aus den Jahren 2000 und 2001. Aber auch natrlich ganz besonders die Geocaches, die zu Fu vom Hotel aus gut erreichbar waren.Natrlich wurde stand aber nicht nur das Geocaching im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch die Sehenswrdigkeiten der einzelnen Stationen, die wir besuchten, verdienten ihre Aufmerksamkeit.In die Logbcher trugen wir uns mit unserem Teamnamen "Downunder 2024" ein, Logbuchplatz sparend und effizient.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team, das auch sehr viel Spa gemacht hat.Heute ging es mit der Fhre ber Marlborough Sonds nach Picton und dann mit dem Bus weiter von Picton nach Blenheim.Danke fr diesen Geocache. Danke fr die Ausarbeitung. Danke frs Zeigen.Lieber Gru aus Duisburg / DeutschlandAndyDieser Logeintrag wird mit Hilfe von Google bersetzt.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We set off on a long journey with 37 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand, starting with a stopover in Doha, Qatar. I have never been so long and so far away from home. An exciting time.When geocaching, the focus was on many different cache types, but also special ratings, challenges and especially a few very old caches from the years 2000 and 2001. But also, of course, especially the geocaches that were easily accessible on foot from the hotel.Of course, the focus wasn't just on geocaching; the sights of the individual stations we visited also deserved attention.We entered our team name Downunder 2024 in the logbooks, saving logbook space and efficiently.It was a very special trip in a large team, which was also a lot of fun.Today we took the ferry via Marlborough Sonds to Picton and then the bus from Picton to Blenheim.Thanks for this geocache. Thanks for the elaboration. Thank you for showing me.Kind regards from Duisburg / GermanyAndyThis log entry is translated with the help of Google.

Together with 37 Cachers, we start a journey to Australia and New Zealand via Doha.In Qatar we spent one night and had almost one full day before heading to Sydney.In Australia we visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Cairns. In New Zealand will be Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.To safe Logbook space, we signed the logbooks with our team-name "DownUnder24".Our Teammembers are:\_gc_, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoThank you for the Cache.

We have traveled with 36 likeminded geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.This cache was today among our finds.Thanks for leading us here and thanks for the cache.

Found this cache on a 21-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany and Denmark - At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:gc, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-TinaGazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, OllileinOpaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma,Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoTFTC, Team Zyanor

We arrived in New Zealand. And we are sooooo happy about it. ?? We (Team Downunder24) discovered the island by looking for some caches. We could see many nice places, landscapes, sheeps and beautiful buildings. We enjoyed our stay very much. ?? Amazing. ??"Bikers Terminal View (Nelson/Marlborough)" was one of the caches we could find during our bus tour from the north to the south. After arriving with a ferry, we had have enough time to go to this one.Thanks bumandworker for showing that place??

Das groe Abenteuer beginnt. Qatar ?? Australien ?? Neuseeland. Zusammen mit 37 anderen Cachern bereise ich diese Lnder. Wir haben uns den Gruppennamen Downunder 2024 gegeben.Das sind die Teilnehmer:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.Wir haben uns nicht alle im Logbuch verewigt um den Ownern nicht gleich nach unserem Besuch zur Wartung zu rufen. Ab und an habe ich mich auch mal mit meinem Namen persnlich eingetragen. Vielen Dank an bumandworker fr diesen Cache, liebe Gre aus Apensen von der webmasterrollerin Silvia ?? ??02. Mrz 2024

Together with my B@cker and a lot of crazy Cachers from Germany,Denmark and Luxembourg, we have an exciting Trip to Qatar, Australien and New Zealand. The name of the Group is easy Downunder24.The Team isAmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, -GC-, GEOKaren, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, OpaundEnkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr.Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, webmasterrollerin, Whlhase and XenSuo. Exhausting but beautyful. Thanks for the Cache. Best regards from Buxtehude ( Germany) ?? ?? ??

There was a lot to see and log on my trip through Australia and New Zealand, and this cache was one of them. We were a group of 38 and logged with "Team Downunder24" to save space in the logbook.Thanks says XenSuo

Fourth day in New Zealand ??. This is my first visit to this extraordinary country and the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream. In the past, it always failed due to the lack of a travel companion. Now I had the chance to join a large group of mainly German geocachers and I was delighted to take it. After a stopover in Qatar and 8 days in Australia, our journey continued from Auckland to Queenstown with various stopovers.Today we took the ferry to the South Island. When we arrived in Picton, we had to wait for our bus to arrive to take us onwards. This gave us a little time to explore the town and look for a few caches. We had to use the path down the hill anyway to answer the questions for the virtual one. So we were also able to search for this tradi, find it and enter our names in the logbook. Thank you for laying & taking care .Vierter Tag in Neuseeland ??. Fr mich ist es der erste Besuch dieses auergewhnlichen Landes und die Erfllung eines lang gehegten Traums. Es scheiterte in der Vergangenheit immer an einem fehlenden Reisebegleiter. Jetzt gab es die Chance mich einer groen Gruppe von berwiegend deutschen Geocachern anzuschlieen und ich ergriff sie mit Freuden. Nach einem Stop over in Katar und 8 Tagen in Australien ging unsere Reise weiter von Auckland nach Queenstown mit diversen Zwischenstopps.Heute ging es mit der Fhre weiter auf die Sdinsel. Als wir in Picton ankamen, mussten wir auf die Ankunft unseres Busses warten, der uns weiter bringen sollte. So blieb ein bisschen Zeit, um den Ort zu erkunden und ein paar Caches zu suchen.Zur Beantwortung der Fragen fr den Virtuellen mussten wir sowieso den Weg den Hgel hinab nutzen. So konnten wir auch diesen Tradi suchen, finden und unsere Namen im Logbuch eintragen. Danke fr das Legen & Pflegen .

I have traveled with 37 geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The Teammembers are:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.During our stay in New Zealand we had also the opportunity to visit some caches. This cache was also among our finds today.Thanks for leading us here and showing and thanks for the cache.

Geocachers on tour. We are a travel group with almost 40 people from Germany and we log with Downunder 2024 to save space. We visited this cache Bikers Terminal View (Nelson/Marlborough) today and it is in the logbook. The tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo Thank you very much

Gefunden im Team DownUnder24. Danke fr den Cache

The last part of the journey starts on the southern part of the island. Our group (downunder24) visits beautiful places with the aim of collecting caches. It is very impressive. Thank you very much. Greetings from Germany, muschel3

We are also part of the large tour group from Germany and passed this cache today. We are from Ismaning/Bavaria. We had a great time inNew Zealand. For reasons of space, we have entered the logbook as **DownUnder 2024**.The tour group includes: gcAndyausDuAmoebeSTB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacherReisenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHFo, hupsi-1karrai *keeinerLeilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuo*Greetings from the sunny south of Germany.***Thanks to all owners for caring and caring.****IN: NOTHING****OUT: NOTHING****TFTC Leilah03***A game for all ages! Worldwide* **GEOCACHING**

I am also part of the large tour group from Germany and passed this cache today. We had a great time in New Zealand. For reasons of space, we have entered the logbook asDownUnder24. Thank you for luring, showing and hiding, says ollilein The tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo

Zusammen mit dem Team DownUnder24 diesen Cache gefunden. TFTC B@cker-1

Unterwegs in Australien und Neuseeland mit der Cachergruppe Downunder24,konnte ich diesen schnen Cache signieren.Danke frs Anlegen und Herfhren!TFTC sagt der WhlhaseDie Cachergruppe Downunder24 hat die Teilnehmer:_gc_, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo,Danke fr die Dose - Thanks for that Cache - Merci pour la Cache - Dzieki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Dky za ke - Aciu u ta talpykla - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - nbellek iin tesekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kasmemoron

Together with 36 other geocachers, the KiSt team undertook a very long trip to Australia ???? and New Zealand ???? for three weeks. On both the outward and return journeys, there was a stopover in Doha, the capital of Qatar ????.We experienced a great deal on this trip and gained many very different impressions of the two countries, their nature and their culture. Of course, the main focus was on visiting as many caches of as many different types as possible and also all accessible old cans. However, we also made sure to visit many special places of interest and to gain as comprehensive an impression as possible of nature and its flora and fauna.To save the logbooks, we usually signed in with our team name **Downunder24**. For "special" cans, however, we have not missed the opportunity to leave our nickname as well.This beautiful cache is now also one of our finds.Due to the large number of caches visited, it is unfortunately not possible for us to write an individual log for each can, which is why we would like to apologize to the owners for this collective log.We also met other cachers at some of the events and were able to share our experiences. Many thanks to the event owners!Of course we would like to thank all the owners for showing us the great locations, the sometimes tricky puzzles, exciting multis and wherigos, as well as the interesting virtuals and earth caches - TFTC!!!---In der Besetzung KiSt unternahmen wir zusammen mit 36 weiteren Geocachern fr drei Wochen eine sehr weite Reise nach Australien ???? und Neuseeland ????. Auf der An- und Abreise stand dabei jeweils ein Zwischenstopp in Doha an, der Hauptstadt von Qatar ????.Wir haben auf dieser Reise sehr viel erlebt und viele sehr unterschiedliche Eindrcke von den beiden Lndern, deren Natur und deren Kultur mitgenommen. Natrlich lag ein Hauptaugenmerk darauf, mglichst viele Caches mglichst vieler unterschiedlicher Typen und auch alle erreichbaren alten Dosen zu besuchen. Darber haben wir es aber nicht versumt, vielen besonderen Sehenswrdigkeiten einen Besuch abzustatten und uns von der Natur und deren Flora und Fauna einen mglichst umfassenden Eindruck zu verschaffen.Um die Logbcher zu schonen, haben wir uns dort meist mit unserem Teamnamen **Downunder24** eingetragen. Bei "besonderen" Dosen haben wir es uns aber auch nicht nehmen lassen, zustzlich unseren Nicknamen zu hinterlassen.Auch dieser schne Cache zhlt jetzt zu unseren Funden.Aufgrund der groen Anzahl der besuchten Caches ist es uns leider nicht mglich, zu jeder Dose einen individuellen Log zu verfassen, weshalb wir uns bei den Ownern fr diesen Sammellog entschuldigen wollen.Auf einigen Events haben wir auch andere Cacher kennengelernt und konnten unsere Erfahrungen austauschen. Vielen Dank an die Event-Owner!Natrlich wollen wir uns bei allen Ownern fr das Zeigen der tollen Orte, die teils kniffligen Rtsel, spannenden Multis und Wherigos, sowie die interessanten Virtuals und Earthcaches bedanken - TFTC!!

During our trip through New Zealand while waiting for the crossing to the North Island, we still had time for a few geocaches. Thank you very much to CO for making this available. With a friendly Dutch geocach greeting.

Had not looked here in rain when last passing but today was the day! Thanks

As the drizzle had eased off a bit, Andy decided to walk up the track to the lookout where I would meet him. A nice easy find here. tftc#7099

**19,952**We had to wait out a couple of bikes pushing hard uphill before going in for this cache find. Mr Geckoh watched a bit wistfully as he wouldve liked to have had his bike with him. mr Geckoh required a bit of hand holding on this one. So found easily once in right spot. TFTC

Filling in time before checking in for the ferry. Parked above and walked down. Had to look in a couple of places before locating it. TFTC

Found on the way to Picton to ferry. Thank you for the cache.

GREAT view on this one. Glad I made the walk and miffed I couldn't go further on cause the weather was turning. What a great spot. TFTC.

10 finds in one day as I'm aiming to heighten my New Zealand total. Now it's time to catch the ferry to Wellington on this wet day. TFTC

Tftc, a bit wet and chilly today, but such a beautiful spot

Found it on a Trail run on a sunny day. Thank you for placing.

Tftc a nice View

Tftc a nice view

Not sure how I did not find this at my previous visit!!! TFTC!!!

Enjoying getting out in the morning before our family get together.

Decided to head up to Picton for some caching. Enjoyed the walk up to the lookout. Found and replaced as described. Thanks for the smiley

Tftc

Got cha TFTC

Found with Dracophyllum. Snapped it up on way down. Tftc.

found quickly on a lovely morning tftc

TFTC!

Nice and easy one on our way down the path back to the town. Cheers

3.20pm. On the way to the ferry. Easy park and grab.
Thank you. David and Noeline.

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czechia.

Thanks for your amazing cache. I really appreciate the time you took to set up and maintain your caches.
Found with Fisha1288
Cheers, Cympull.

Stepdown tricky find, Bit a strange place to get caught by a muggle, have an excuse ready.

TEMBO! and I started our way to the North Island by ferry. Near the Bikers Terminal we found the cache in good condition.

Thanks to GC6D0TP nz for hiding and maintaining the cache.

T4TC Filser1

Great views from up here which I enjoyed while *Filser1* found the cache.

T4TC

I was on a cruise around New Zealand on the Noordam with my sister, Piney Wood Walkers, my brother, Cloiud9Hikers and their spouses. We were in Picton for the day with nothing to do but explore the city by caching. My favorite kind of shore excursion. Greetings from Minnesota MN.

Stepped down and spotted the cache. TFTC SL

Here we had to have a very close look till the cache was discovered. Looots of green…. But we managed it! Thanks!

Today some caches around Picton.
Great hidde.
Thanks.

Bumblebee day again. I had been thinking during the week that a loop round Queen Charlotte was due again. It is still a mess after the recent couple of weather events so I knew it would be a stop-start mission. Might as well cache along the way. This was the fourth stop but only third find. Seems someone has missed the curvy bit of road on the way up the hill and ploughed into the cycleway bridge. Luckily the CO had hidden well enough under to save it from being driven through.

Everything was quite wet from the rain, so I didn't relish the idea of diving in to find the cx. Fortunately, I was able to descend just the right amount to be able to reach the cx. TFTC.

Beautiful day to be out walking. Getting some geos on the walk is always a bonus. Thank you

Another good find with kaz53

Got it actually on the way back from a virtual as it was well hidden!
TFTC

An easy find today, thanks

Story to come

Since my original plan of being in Auckland this long weekend is not possible, I decided to head South for a couple of days. Took the ferry from Wellington yesterday morning, picked up a cheap rental, and off I went. I was targeting some specific caches for a personal goal as well as some fun mystery solves and some just 'cos. This was one of them.
All good here, found without too much trouble. TFTC

Thought I knew what I was looking for but took a bit longer. Found once I negotiated the greenery. Tftc

So we are back in lockdown. Its a beaut day and the outdoors beccons. So with my mask, gloves and trusty cache kit, I venture out for a walk to Shakespear Bay Lookout. Bypassing here and with no traffic, either vehiclular or walkers, its a good time to stop off here. Replaced the damp log here with a temp WITR log to help it along. Cheers

Heading on a geo adventure with BCD to the top of the South Island...Picton, Blenheim, Havelock and Nelson.

Day 1
Arrived in Picton and after checking in it was time to explore. Nice quick find here TFTC

Off on a weeks break to picton/blenheim/havelockon with kjr..
Plan A was to do the queen Charlotte track but with recent rain that has been closed so a road trip was plan B...
Made it 8 1/2 hrs after leaving Geraldine we check in to the yha for a couple of nights..time to stretch the legs and see how far we can get along the link pathway..
Nice quick find tftc

It had been raining most of the day but it eased off later and we could get out on our bikes for a quick look around and some exercise. Really enjoyed coming up here for the view. TFTC

On our way up to the lookout and this one is on the way. It would be rude not to stop and pick it up. It looks like there as been a car over the bank here recently!

A lovely day to go cacheing pleased to find this one on our second visit. TFTC

Great views from here .

Z12 for the find. Mum & Z also trying to complete a virtual cache

TFTC B&W!

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In the South Island from Tauranga on a six week holiday and now following the PWGT. I hope to have the tour completed before I get home. Today is a day in Picton to gather a few extra smileys. Nicely concealed.
I am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. It’s just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these caches. Many Thanks for bringing me here. Cheers.

After I knocked off the north island and 1700 km down we crossed te straight and head for the start of the south island leg of the Te Araroa and it feels great to be walking on the south island again.
My first trip this far north on the south island and to see the sounds in all there spender on a perfect day.

Finally I am back on the main land , feels good to back in the south island.
Living life one foot steep at a time as i walk from cape reinga to bluff and caching my way home as I walk the
Te Araroa and discover the hidden treasures new Zealand has to offer.
From the beachs of the north to the forest and lakes and the odd bump of the south
Blùff here i come

Found on day off trail sorry for late log

Life is short. Live one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!!
Thanks for the hide
tftc

Tftc easy find, great views

No a bad view from here but had to dodge runners and bikers today. Terrain rating maybe bit low as the broom makes it difficult to access and it's a long way down. Thanks for the placement bumandworker

I found it difficult to get an accurate fix ..it seems to be about 7 m.out....and really 1.5 T hmmm I don't think so..Maybe a site visit would be in order..cache found all good and dry ..thanks

Doing a road trip as I have to wait for my villa to be refurbished. What better way than doing a road trip geocaching. Thanks for placing and maintaining.

Not to be my day at this one

Foind it no walking down bank required

No luck here for me, and the rain intensified, so I continued up. Quick check on the return journey was not much of an improvement, and I left it for another day.

Returned to this one after not finding last year. The previous log was very helpful, bush bashed in a bit further out of sight and found this well hidden one. Thanks b&w.

Tricky! Glad for the blue!

A quick find once I ventured in a little further and was out of view. Tftc.

This was more difficult than I thought it was. So not found

Out and about in Picton for a couple of days. Went for a short walk to collect this one. Eventually located and sign the log. TFTC

On a 3 week geocaching trip with woolwood9 around the top of the South Island.
Thanks for the reason to visit this location and for the cache.
*Very nice find for us here*
SL **tm/ww NZ**, but may appear as a black smudge on the many wet logs or plastic log strips.

Nice to be away on another geocaching trip with tmann421, travelling to a few places in the upper South Island.
All logs signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Dropped a trackable. Larger than cache, though magnetic helped keep its position. Merry Xmas to ye who finds! - V²