A2O Lake Ohau Shores (North Otago) Ohau, South Island, New Zealand
By drawp on 12-Mar-16. Waypoint GC6D6T7

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I live full-time in our caravan travelling around NZ, visiting the places we want to visit & doing the things we want to do and fitting in a bit of Geocaching here & there we decided wed drive in the Lake Ohau area & check out some of the local, to here, caches we had decided that we wanted to bike some of the A2O Bike Trail, so we parked up at the car-park at Lake Ohau intending to ride back along the trail to the weir & lake outlet the day was sunny & the wind light, so all-in-all a perfect day for riding all the caches ended up being quick and easy finds, the logbooks were signed & caches returned as found were also pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN except photos:LN:LS this was #6,558 for us!

Beautiful container

Good spot

Found it! Thanks for the placing!

Very clever. Stunning spot. The tops of the Mountains just got its first big snow dump for the winter

Took me quite long. My GPS was 10m off.TFTC#664

Many thanks for the cache. Good one .

#23606. We had a couple of muggles in the car, so were pleased to find this one was pretty much a drive-by. They went to look at the lake while we found the cache. When we joined them by the lake a group of cyclists vacated a nearby seat and we took advantage of it to have a well-earned lunch. TFTC.

This is a busy section of the A2O bike trail, especially after not seeing any cycling on the bit near Mt Cook village. I wondered if we would have to walk to GZ, so was surprised to see that we could drive very close to it. Cache was a quick find, then we went down to the lake for a closer look. There was a seat nearby at an info panel so we decided to have lunch here (delicious home made focaccia bread) while admiring the view. Thanks for bringing us here and TFTC.

I enjoyed biking here with my wife.

We biked a bit further from this point . It was sealed road and the wind gusts were getting stronger. It started to rain more frequently. We decided to find a sheltered spot for lunch and stop.

Lovely views from here. Didn't take long to find as co-ords spot on. Tftc

Parked close by & walked along & thought it must be here & there it was. Co- ordinates spot on.

Blown away by Lake Ohau looking magnificent. Cache found with spoonz2

Took a little while to spot. The colour blended in well. Once found we wondered how wed not seen it earlier. TFTC

Camping at Lake Middleton for a couple days camping with the family (and friends). Not a lot of time for caching, just one or two where I can. Quick find here between clyclist groups. Cheers.

Another quick find. On our way out after caching around the lake are and trails. With Cupcake28. TFTC!

Nice cache - great views of the lake. TFTC!

Trouve

Couldn't find it and the sun was setting so the boys called it a loss

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Nice quick find tftc

Found - watch for the prickles. Thanks for cache

Found with gPetone while cycling the A2O. TFTC

With Patandjohn on Day 2 of A2O. A nice ride from Twizel today.
TFTC

Day 3 riding the Alps 2 Ocean cycle trail from Twizel to Omarama (38km) on a stunning Summers day. This was a nice quick stop before getting back on our bikes and heading down the trail. TFTC

Crafty hide but quickly located. TFTC

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

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Found with NZDi. Full log to follow.

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Quick grab while out with the dog. Highly recommend stopping at the nearby pou

Day two of our A2O journey. Our second stop today. Nice quick find. TFTC.

Great find while biking. Tftc

A find while out riding

Gor lucky with this quick find. Tftc

Had a great scout about. Nowhere we could find.. best of luck to everyone else

Tftc nice winter day for a bike ride

I went for a long walk and found the spot. My GPS seemed to be right on it but if this was the case it was in the middle if a prickly bush so didn't going diving in. Had a good scout around. Didn't understand the hint so no help there. Pleased others gave been successful. Good luck everyone. Thanks. SUE

A nice spot for lunch in the van overlooking the lake on a very windy day. tftc

1,098. Nice stop and grab

Fence the key

A crafty hide but located easily thanks

Today cycling the alps to ocean rail trail an awesome experience. With a few caches to provide the cherry on top. TFC

We were heading to Mt Cook for a wee break and of course were caching throughout the area.

We had an awesome time with some brilliant weather apart from only one day where it didn't play ball. Great to see so many awesome caches throughout the area.

Visiting Lake Ohau for the day.

Mr NZRT needs a white cane. Missed the bison for the stones......

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Leaving Lake Ohau today and decided on a morning ride along to the weir and back. Weir had a bit of water running across it. We were not game enough to cross to get the cache on the other side. Saw one person cross with their bike we were having a break.

This one took a bit of searching as GPS was bouncing around for a bit. Finally came close to gz and spied the cache.

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Very windy today! Quick park and grab on our way up the side of Ohau. Found with Conbat. TFTC!

Quick find on the way in to Ohau
Found with ice Diva
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Took a while checking a few options until gps settled . Even then was hard to spot !
Thanks

On the A2O trail ride. Finding some caches was a bonus. Thanks for hiding drawp.

Breezy here today.Tftc

Day 1 of our A2O odyssey. Twizel to Omarama.
Love this area. A great track to cycle on.
A tricky wee hide. Replaced the log.
TFTC

I could have driven closer, but it was a nice stroll in any case. TFTC!!

Unfortunately we were unable to find this one today, will be back to look again

Great wee thing hard to find

Found it this time as no one around. Tricky one but finally got it. Log book full

Found on a nice drive in the area. Enjoying the caches

Tricky find, but persevered. Log full. Tftc

A very windy day for a bike ride TFTC

Tftc,and the scratches otherwise awesome

Headed back here since I couldn't find it last year. finally found it but a challenge in jandals! TFTC drawp

Lake Ohau is something else, what a view! T4tc

Heading to Ohio lodge for the night.
its great to be back on trail and heading south ,in the next day or two I will be backb in Otago and fimiler ground as 12 years in Central has a lot of great memories .
So let's go and see how many km I can do to day .

Finally I am back on the main land , feels good to back in the south island.
And now getting closer to home .
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
Thanks for the hide

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Will have to come back and do the cycle part.... looks like fun and awesome views

Today we biked along the bottom of Lake Ohau around to the weir.
Great bike ride on a lovely day. Caches were mostly easy to find .
sorry for all the copy and paste but need to get these finds logged.

TFTC and making this ride even more interesting with caches placed often enough for a break from riding. And a chance to take some photos of some amazing views.

Had to wait for the muggles to leave and the headed for where the GPS indicated 0 m to go. TFTC

Found the second time we looked, couldn't work out the clue, still cant

Found the second time we looked, still can't make sense of the clue

Nice spot, took a while to find this one... TFTC

There are some changes since we were last here - a Ngai Tahu history sign, a totem pole dedicated yo the prophet Te Maiharoa and heaps of elderly e-bikers. And this cache!

Great cache thanks for hiding

#280 girls weekend trip to lake Ohau and a quick course of geocaching for my friend. I had to help them with this one. TFTC

It's definitely a hataraw. Thx for previous clue Activity, helped heaps. Level 4 day 11.

Found this on our TA thru-hike. It is so windy! And dusty- we can hardly see to the other side of the lake!

An enjoyable weekend enjoying the scenic McKenzie area, and finding some great caches along the way. TFTC

Day 3 A2O

No idea and hint was useless.

Great location perfect place for a photo

Great location for a photo. Easy find thanks

The cache was easily found although it was more of a hataraw thana tsop. LOL. A lovely spot at a start/finish A20 leg. We saw the stamp for people who complete the cycleway. There is a very nice wooden picnic table dedicated to a local. It was a pity it was too early for lunch.

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My original plan had been to wander along the trail finding caches one afternoon, but that didnt work out this trip. The condensed days during winter really limits time for caching when you are driving or have other plans during the short daylight hours. I hope to be back this way to find these one day. Cheers drawp for all of the caches that you have placed that I have found during my travels!

On the A2O cycletrail. Stopped for a few minutes to admire the view and find the cache before the road section up to Lake Ohau Lodge. TFTC!

Wow that's a great place to hide it. I took us a while to find it. We're like craze looking for it. Well done! Thanks

On the A2O ride ..stopped the here for a lunch ...thanks draws for the placement

This was a great excuse for a lunch stop. Thanks for the cache dreap

Cache checked and all good.

nice views. tftc

A very nice walk along the lake. This one needed a little bit of searching before we signed the logbook !
Many thanks for hiding at this beautiful place and greetings from Germany !
#589

What a beautiful area. Took a photo of the pou. Will be back with my bike. Thanks for placing this.

Quick find.

What a view!!! Ready for a nice walk along the shores of beautiful Lake Ohau!

Tftc drawp!
#4280

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Gorse aint fun. Although finding it was fulfilling

Had just spotted the hide, when a pleasantly talkative lady arrived to take her two dogs for a walk. Once she headed off it was a quick sign and replace before the next one arrived

We were really impressed by this hide

We found a number of caches on this trip - thanks to all the hiders for there hides. Trying to get these all logged.

TFTC

Found with Mute

Took a few extra hints

Very cold up here today with all the snow down so low. TFTC # 12,546

Tftc very cunning