A20 Hooker River (South Canterbury) Tasman River, South Island, New Zealand
By drawp on 12-Mar-16. Waypoint GC6D6QT

Took another roadside stop. Thanks for the hide!

Found Thanks!

1st a20 find!

We started our beautiful journey through the South Island in Christchurch. Here we went on a big sightseeing tour and visited lots of caches. We then travelled via Lake Tapeko, Dansey Pass and Moeraki to Dunedin for the MEGA event. In Dunedin we visited the MEGA events and together with many other cachers we found many caches around Dunedin. A few days later, we travelled on through the Catlins to the southernmost part of Bluff. We then visited Te Anau and the tourist town of Queenstown. In Wanaka we went on another sightseeing tour until we reached the west coast via the Haast Pass. We hiked to Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier.We continued along the west coast up to Westport, stopping at various sights along the way. Richmond and Nelson, the sunniest cities, were also on our list.A few days later we reached the east coast again in the wine region of Picton and Blenheim.After a few days, we travelled back to Christchurch via Kaikoura.We visited many geological sites, completed many adventure cahes and found many caches along the way.We travelled almost 3500 km and had so many great experiences.Many thanks to all the ownersTeam sissifalke

Stunning warm day - first glacier seen in my life - with keydey on trip fromSouthAfrica - go Springboks go -

TFTCLoved loved the area & this Ivey blue Hooker River

hello, thank you, beautiful cache, we're running back to the heat, it's not the warmest here anymore, we're taking TB

The Hooker Valley is exceptional with magnificent views of Mount Cook and the surrounding mountains.In TB. We put our Travel Bug Neige ternelle for the first time . This TB aims to travel around the world from New Zealand to return at the end of its trip to France near Grenoble in the French Alps. Thank you drawp for the cache.

#23590. We left this one for the way back from walking to the Tasman Glacier lookout. Most of the A2O caches we've found have been closer to the coast; good to find one near the start of the track. Nice quick find. TFTC.

We have found quite a few caches on the A2O, but this is the farthest inland one we have found. Didn't spot any one cycling the trail around here. StreetWalkerNZ made a quick find here while I was taking photos of the wonderful scenery. TFTC.

Thanks drawp for the cache!

Real cuteGr8 locationBetter half found itHer first

Day 15 of our roadtrip around the south island with Blue Jay. Today we drove to Mount Cook and caches along the way (mainly on the way back). Lovely scenery again and beautiful weather. Thanks to all the CO's for placing and maintaining.TFTC. Toffee Man.

Beautiful place. Cache hound quickly on a fab day. We also acknowledge the traditional custodians of New Zealand / Aoteroa, as we geocache throughout their land while on holiday.Thanks for showing us this place, & for placing and maintaining this cache. The is our playground

Found another on the way back to campground while out on the bike

Biked from camp. Great views! TFTC

Wow. Such beautiful landscape getting here on bikes. Amazing.

On our long journey from Germany to Australia / Tasmania / New Zealand / Dubai of a total of 3.5 months, we also crossed NZ from north to south and collected a few caches.This one was found quickly. TFTC

A lovely sunny morning, just right for a quick cache grab as we passed by. Thanks for placing.

Quick find whilst The Cyclist does 7km of A2O! Thanks. Stunning location. Hope to be back for the full trail some day.

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Oops went to far, reverse and u-turn. Quick find once near GZ. Looks like a good trail to do. TFTC

Perfect little hide! Right where it should be!

Found it. TFTC from Denmark

Didnt need the hint. Wahoo!

After revisiting Tasman Lake with friends we stopped for this cache as we headed back to Tekapo. Lovely day out with the weather kind to us. Not cycling though.Thanks.

Log signed on 11/7/23
Certainly a highlight destination of our Holiday. Spent two days in the area which opened a perfect opportunity to grab some Caches, which were in immaculate condition considering the weather they must endure and the volume of people finding them. Would highly recommend visiting. tftc

Cool wee wall thanks for hiding a cache here

Thanks for this cache - we drived over the bridge and returned for the cache

This was a quick park and grab - TFTC.

After a very bracing night at Whitehorse Hill camp, we drove back up the Tasman Valley. It's a much better day today. Thanks for the placement drawp

After completing the Tasman lake walk..stopped for this on the way outnice and clean found in good condition Thanks Drawp

During our roadtrip in New Zealand, we also found this cache. Thanks for hiding!

rahmschnitzel2704 and I could find this cache during our roadtrip through this beautiful country.
Thank you very much for hiding and maintaining this cache!

Quick PNG. Must bring the bike one day.

Amazing place tftc

Found it during our vacation. Thank you.

The way back from Mount Cook TEMBO! and I managed a short break and visited the Hooker River.

Thanks to drawp for hiding and maintaining the cache.

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Fast find with *Filser1* while making our way back from Mt Cook.

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Great spot for a cache. TFTC

After staying the night at the Heritage hotel, we rode our bikes to the White Horse Hill campground to the start of the A20 cycle ride down to Oamaru.
Once we were on the right side, we soon had this cache in hand, and then we were back on our bikes on a cold(2 degrees) and misty morning to continue our ride.
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Nice quick find. TFTC!

On way back up to camp & had to backtrack 200m - tftc

Fantastic view on a beautiful sunny day, TFTC

Woohoo!

Magnificent found! And very quickly. Thank you so much!!

Thanks

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Quick find after an enjoyable few hours on the Hooker Track. TFTC.

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Bike ride to Tasman valley from the camp site in bright sunshine and blue skies. There are worse ways to spend a saturday morning. Greetings from Finland and thanks for the cache

First cache for me on the A20 trail. Really enjoyed the ride down to here. The scenery was amazing. Lucky we had perfect conditions for biking and seeing the beauty around us.

Quick find. Doing a bit of A2O cycle trail while camped at DOC camp

Great spot. Thanks.

1549. 3:32 pm. Like so many stops in this valley the scenery and the magnitude with one with awe. Found with eKitten, GRAkiWi, Li0npaw and Jenryellea and signed kanoe+GeLj. TFT(mountain view)C.

Road trip from Rotorua North Island. Another South island find.
Found it after looking on the wrong side of the wall .
And watching a young man jogging past us, and back again.
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First of the day. Out to do a few walks. Nice to have an ulterior purpose. TFTC

Found on the way to the blue lakes. TFTC

Thnx

We finally managed to get away for a week’s holiday after months of lock downs and cancellations to various trips and flights. After landing in Christchurch we headed to Mount Cook to spend a few days exploring the area, doing a few walks and enjoying the dark sky star gazing, as well as exploring lakes and small towns of the Mackenzie country. We also found lots of geocaches which we enjoyed finding. Thank you to all the CO’s for taking the time to place and maintain these caches.

Day 2 of our trip. After doing the hooker lake walk, we decided to go to the Tasman glacier and pick up a few caches. A quick stop on the side of the road and a quick find. TFTC!

A fairly quick find here, on the way out to Tasman Glacier while camping in Mount Cook for a couple of nights. TFTC!

A little bit of hunting but pretty quick find. TFTC good condition, nice and dry.

Nice quick cache - merry Christmas

Wellk we have cached all the local caches around Mt Cook and with the Hooker Valley closed we ventured out to The Tasman Valley. Weather great on this side of the divide. Wierd. Looking back Mt Cook Village still shrouded in white. Quick stop here to snag this one on the A2O trek. Cheers. Ive cycled some of this from Elephant Rock to Oamaru. Now I get to see the start but not cycling.

Day 2 - Tuesday 21 December - Tekapo to Mt Cook and back down the end of Lake Pukaki.

The Seagnoid, Zara, Toby and I are of on another Geo adventure this time to Mt Cook for 5 days. Met up with Bullertrout and Bro on the way down. Lake Pukaki was fine but Mt Cook was wet and wild with the Hooker Valley being closed due to high winds, so did not stay long. We went exploring Tekapo, Timaru and a round trip to Lake Coleridge. Short trip and very tiring but awesome.

After half a day at Mt Cook Taybeedragon and I had done everything we could and so bugged out to check out the Tasman Valley. Nice easy find here. Hey - what nong put the A2O on this side of the river, only to have to cross to the other side to continue down the lake? Crazy.

Quick found on a 6 weeks holiday, just before sunset. Last cache today.

Collected this one while passing time waiting for our Helicoptor ride. Took a picture from the air of the cache location. Can you see the cache location.

Geo pen failed us. Easy find. TFTC. Will send photo as proof.

A nice quick find here on our way home from the Tasman Valley walking tracks. TFTC.

Beautiful spot, and solitude! TFTC!!

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Found in the pouring rain. Came up here for a day trip. Next time up here will stay a couple of nights

Quick find in gusty wind conditions . With Tokerau

Found with judithrichards

Found during a great weekend. TFTC

Found, lots of sandflies here in the early morning ,beautiful spot.

Tftc,still in which cavity

Collected this one on the way to the airport as part of A2O. TFTC

I grabbed this on the way back from our walk to the Glacier view. My son and I quickly found the cache then we went for a walk over the neat bridge. My daughter stayed in the car with the heater on to warm herself up.

These rivers would be amazing in the spring. I've enjoyed learning about glaciers and the water colours through the earthcaches in the South Island. I did like the drive from Wanaka to get here but I'm not sure I'd like 5-6 days on a bike. I have solved some A20 puzzles near Oamaru but we didn't get there this trip to collect them. Hopefully one day I will. Thanks for your cache

Out with grandaughter, Redco5, for a nice walk to Hooker Lake and nearby kocations.

Redco5 located this one.

Cheers for the cache.

Found with Fisha1288

2nd find today

Found while on honeymoon with Loz47Approaching this guy I thought he might be a bit of a challenge... While it wasn't quite the 'park and grab' type it didn't quite take as long as I thought it might! Nice little hide thanks

Approaching this guy I thought he might be a bit of a challenge... While it wasn't quite the 'park and grab' type it didn't quite take as long as I thought it might! Nice little hide thanks

Still dry!

Took 4 sets of eyes but we got there in the end!!

No rain today so decided to grab this one, finally. Just stunning day today, windy but stunning.

My first time at the mount cook np last Friday. After walking the hooker valley track it started to rain. Found that one quickly what helped with not getting soaking wet
Thanks for hiding

Amazing thanks!

Nice easy find. Thanks cool picture taken with bridge and mountains

Quick grab on a cool morning. Thanks Bitsprayer

Level2. Just did scenic flight. Awesome. Saw this (spot) from the air. Cool.

A quick drive by here. The next time past here will be with the bikes TFTC!!!

Greetings from Scotland. We had been at Mount Cook for the day and, after a diversion up to Lake Tasman, were now heading back to our apartment in Lake Tekapo. We had passed this one earlier as we were unable to stop due to other traffic. We pulled over on our way back. At first we couldn't spot the hint as we were too far forward of it but as soon as we got out of the car we knew where we were going. We headed over for a look. It took much longer than it should have and we were starting to get despondent when MrF announced he had spotted it.


*This is our 10594th logged find. Found at 14:48 hrs.* TFTC

Have had a great day caching around Mt. Cook. SL. TFTC.

Trouvée facilement ! Il pleut moins ! C’est bien !

TFTC !

14:05
Jessus was here with Zuzka during the honeymoon around the globe.
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