Observation Creek (Nelson/Marlborough) Abel Tasman National Park, South Island, New Zealand
By bumandworker on 22-Dec-16. Waypoint GC6YCZK

I should be able to get to this one week of 2 December

On our maintenance list.Disabling until a team member can get to it.

Had a good look around as it is quiet on the track today but werent lucky today to find this one

Bit of a search around both bridges. Nothing found sadly.

Couldnt find after 20 minutes of looking. Looked at both bridges, everywhere. Must have been very well hidden or somewhere completely else then where I was looking

What a wonderful hike. TFTC pots64

Looked for a while but could not find cache may have been taken

No luck this time, thanks

Looked everywhere for it and couldn’t find it.

Coming from Anchorage I saw wrong option first and was wondering where this could be, glad I moved on and then had a quick find on this one.

For this time of the year we good very lucky with the weather walking the track. We spend 3 nights in hut and 2 nights we had the whole place for ourselves. Found some geoaches on the way. TFTC

Day 3 of our 3 day walk exploring the area.

Had to take the high tide route so missed a few of the other caches that were lower down as we were not sure we could make the stretch back up.

Nice quick find here.

Thanks for the cache.

Walking the Abel Tasman Track over 3 days. Started at Totaranui and aiming to finish at Marahau 3 days later.

Of course had to pick up some caches on the way.

Started at the right end of bridge first time which always helps!

TFTC

Found it!! Lost my pen though

Found on way to Anchorage for a couple of nights

Walking from Totaranui to Marahau over Queens Birthday weekend... Failed miserably to get my offline list sorted on my phone (amateur much) - so most of the trip was non caching... to be fair it was pouring down for those 3 days so I wasn't prepared to hunt in the rain anyway.
Today it is beautiful... after a wet 3 days it is so nice to dry out.
Another quick stop here heading south... TFTC B&W

Sixth cache found while doing the Abel Tasman walk for 5 days. Luckily the area was quiet when looking for this one so it was a quick find, TFTC!

Found after a short search. Nice wee hiding place. Signed & returned as found. TFTC

I forgot to log all these geocaches from a long time ago. Had a beautiful time dropping into as many bays as possible between anchorage & Marahau today. Enjoyed such a beautiful Nelson Anniversary.
Had to wait for some people to pass by but it was a quick grab today.

With low tide still 3 hours away, the cache we wanted to get at Stilwell Bay was not yet accessible, so we continued on to grab a couple of other caches. This was the first of the extra caches and a nice quick find. tftc

Jack observed in on our walk.
TFTC!
#946

It's school camp time and I am following, or leading the kids along half of the coastal track. I started here at Marahau on a Monday lunchtime, walked to Anchorage for the first night, Onetahuti for the second night, back to Anchorage for the third and the out to Marahua on Thursday morning and down to Motueka for a shower on the last night. All up, 78 km of walking on the track, popping down to most of the bays and sidetracks along the way, 11 hours moving and 8 hours 45 minutes stopped for eating, resting and cache searching. This one was easy as per hint and description. Time for some food here...

A nice quick find here due to the cache page hint. Waited for some others to pass before replacing. All good. TFTC B&W.

Today RG1972 and I decided to walk from the track from the Marahau start to Anchorage, and then walk back. So a fair bit of walking, and it was a bit tough going simply because I hadn’t been doing much walking lately. But we enjoyed the views and the walk and I got a few caches on the way. Next time we will get a water taxi home .

Quick find on a cloudy day. Nice and dry tucked away in its hiding place. Tftc

Must be about time to go down, the clouds are gathering so need to get the tent up ASAP! Cheers

Find three, a quick hint had it in hand in the second main place we searched.

Straight to the hide thanks to hint. TFTC.

A big walk today from Marahau to Observation Creek and return. Five hours walking in total ... non stop! Found this as my only cache to mark the end of our journey. A nice quick find with the generous hint. TFTC bumandworker.

We went by water taxi to anchourage which was spectecular. From there we hiked back to our RV. Great trip.
We looked for and found a view of the caches. Happy to read all info special about the traps.
Logged with letter L to save maintance
Thank you.

quick find between walkers tftc. added a new log sheet as book was full.

Après la journée Kayak et durant la rando de retour, on déniche quelques caches au passage !
Merci pour celle-ci qui ne posera pas de problème malgré que notre GPS nous indique 15m plus loin !

On a sunny and cloudy day with some sprinkles I hiked a part of the Abel Tasman Track. The water taxi took me to Anchorage and I hike the beautiful track back to Marahau. It was a wonderful day and the rain started to get heavy when I reached the car - perfect timing. Thanks for all the caches that I could find on this perfect day!
luckyfour from Switzerland

Found it on the way back to Marahau. Forgot to search before.
With the description a short search. TFTC!!!

What a nice walk from Bark Bay to Marahau,
and today we saw more bridges than in Venice!

TFTC,
Jabi10

#4950(KM)

Today we drove with a water taxi from Marahau to Torrent Bay. The way back we walked and looked for some caches. Finaly we found only 4 because a lot of muggles was on the way. A very nice day for us and so we thank the owners for lay the caches. Greetings from Germany

[#1308 | 10:15] Very quick grab & go find thanks to the good hint.
Thanks & greetings from the Czechs!

Nice quick find, too early for the muggles yet today! TFTC

Apologies for the late logging and cut 'n' paste but now Mr & Mrs Castoff are back in the UK at the same time we're catching up on the Geocaching adventures. We took hundreds of photographs but were too busy looking at stunning scenery across NSW and New Zealand to make copious notes. SL. TFTC.

Found during our visit. Signed as TBNZ. Thanks for the cache

Signed as tbnz. Tftc

Today we walked the Abel Tasman Coast Walk from Anchorage zu Matahau. This was an cache on our way near the bridge. Thx for the cache.
#3373

An easy one, clear hint
TFTC

On this wonderful day I did a kayak tour from Maharau to Anchorage Bay and back by feet. The weather was perfect and the scenery is incredible, really a paradise on earth! On this day caches were also on my To-Do-list, like this one, which I could easily find with the description in the listing.
Thanks for this cache and best wishes from Germany, kischte.

Found during today's Abel Tasman Track adventure. Great area for leisure. Thanks!

Quick find
The first we found on Abel Tasman track.

Found it on our way back. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Hamburg Germany

Found as a part of a previous group TanjackMüley, now WanderingSparrow. Now I'm continuing on my own. TFTC

Long walk between this and the last one but quick found and time for a two minute rest. Thanks for the cache!

Quick find. Tftc.

A quick find on our way to the Anchorage - tftc

GPS was spot on for us found as it said 1m away! Nice quick find with not a muggle in sight. TFTC

On a road trip south, enjoying the day and pic up some caches. TFTC

Greetings from 2 Austrians  
Die_Asseln

Mrs Beconaze found this one on the bridge

On our vacation trip through New Zealand we passed by here too.
Many thanks for the cache and best regards from Munich / Germany

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Thank you for the cache.

Greetings from Latvia!

Today, D4nielB and me decided to hike in Abel Tasman NP - from Bark Bay to Marahau. Of course we also looked for some caches on our way.
This one was the first find of the day and an easy find.
Greetings from Hamburg, Germany.
Juliane

Today Jul1ane and me did a hike through Able Tasman NP. Took a water taxi to Bark Bay and went from there back to Marahau by foot. Apart from the great nature and lookouts, we also encountered some caches on the tour.

The first find of the day. Had to wait a bit for a mugglefree moment, then could find it easily.

Zusammen mit Firze habe ich mich auf den weiten Weg von Deutschland nach Neuseeland gemacht. Während unseres wunderschönen Urlaubs konnten wir nicht nur die Einzigartigkeit dieses wunderschönen Landes genießen, sondern auch diesen schönen Cache finden und loggen.
Vielen dank an den Owner fürs Legen und Pflegen
Grüße aus OWL / Deutschland

Together with Firze I made the long journey from Germany to New Zealand. During our wonderful holiday, we not only enjoyed the uniqueness of this beautiful country, but also found and logged this beautiful cache.
Many thanks to the owner for laying and maintaining
Greetings from OWL / Germany

Zusammen mit Steffi985 habe ich mich auf den weiten Weg von Deutschland nach Neuseeland gemacht. Während unseres wunderschönen Urlaubs konnten wir nicht nur die Einzigartigkeit dieses wunderschönen Landes genießen, sondern auch diesen schönen Cache finden und loggen.
Vielen dank an den Owner fürs Legen und Pflegen
Grüße aus OWL / Deutschland

Together with Steffi985 I made the long journey from Germany to New Zealand. During our wonderful holiday, we not only enjoyed the uniqueness of this beautiful country, but also found and logged this beautiful cache.
Many thanks to the owner for laying and maintaining
Greetings from OWL / Germany

Thanks for that Cache- Merci pour la Cache - Dzięki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Díky za keš - Ačiū už tą talpyklą - Paldies par šo Cache - Aitäh selle eest Cache - Спасибо за то кэш - Kiitos, että Cache - Tack för att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - Ευχαριστώ για τη μνήμη cache - 感謝您的高速緩存 - Önbellek için teşekkürler - Köszönjük, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graças para o cache - Dankon pro la kaŝmemoron

Found it during our NZ trip with some muggle friends.
TFTC and many greetings from Slovakia

Tftc. What a magnificent place! Greetz from The Netherlands

Auf der 5-tägigen Wanderung im Abel Tasman National Park das ein oder andere Döschen gesuch und meistens auch gefunden.....

TFTC und best regards from Germany

Today I hiked from the Torrent Bay to Marahau. During the nice tour, I could find nice beaches and some caches.

TFTC

Tilo2000

Find with Celyn18 on 04.13.2018 during our travel in New Zealand, a beautiful country. Tftc

Today we were on our Abel Tasman tour. Our aim was the track and the beautiful beaches and some caches thanks for the cache!

Found during 3 days kayaking and hiking in Abel Tasman. Thank you

See Log from Wönny. TFTC

Today Noerbi and I walked a nice bit along the Abel Tasman Costal Track. Very nice here.
TFTC

Grateful for the hint. Quickly found a a few minutes wait as a lot of muggles wandered by. Tftc.

First day of our Able Tasman adventure .
In the last (and first place I looked). After checking all four options ..doh !!

Found on a 4 day family walk through the Abel Tasman coastal track. Thanks to all cache owners for taking the time to place and maintain your caches. Team Broadbent (signed TB on micros). Find # 1938

What a wonderfull time. I`'m visiting NZ for 10 weeks and find a lot of beautiful places. Nice views and some pretty caches. With my wife kaari74 we log some of these caches. One of them is this one. Thanks all owners for your job.

a wonderful holiday with 2 friends in NZ - thanks for all the great caches we found here

This coastal path was definitely on our itinerary when visiting from the UK. We camped at Kaiteriteri and caught the sea shuttle from the beach there and were dropped off at Medlands Bay. We then walked back along the trail until we reached Appletree Bay where we caught the ferry back to the start.

It was a fabulous walk and the views were amazing and the beaches stunning.

We were lucky to have a lull in muggle traffic and having noted the hint, the cache was soon found. All is well here.

Today we have walked at the Abel Tasman Track from Anchorage to Marahau: 16,5 km with great weather.
The track was really wonderful with marvellous views.

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Anadraxel from Germany.

Gefunden

TFTC

I went to NZ for a 5 week long roadtrip. The nature was just stunning! This geocache showed us again a very nice place. TFTC!

Found! Our first cache on the south island! After a aquataxi dropoff, we walked back! First find of the day!

Auf Urlaubstour mit superlux TFTC!

Während unserer gemeinsamen Wanderung gefunden.

On our fifth day in Able Tasman National Park we walked from Anchorage Hut to Marahau.

Quick find, thanks to the hint!

Thanks for this Cache!

On our fifth day in Able Tasman National Park Feeeeeee and I walked from Anchorage Hut to Marahau.

Quickly found thanks to the detailed description.

Thanks for this Cache!

# 2126

Found this Geocache during our multi-day hike along the Abel Tasman Coastal Track. TFTC!

Found it some days ago.
Tftc

Found it on a half day walk through Abel Tasman National Park. GPS made little problems. TFTC

Also found quickly, the hints help as GPS is not super useful, but map location is good.

Thank you for the cache!

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Visiting New Zealand for three weeks. After hanging around Auckland for a few days it was time to head south! After an early morning flight I looked for a few caches in Nelson and Richmond, then hitchhiked to Abel Tasman National Park for a short walk in the southern part, spent the night camping in Torrent Bay, then back to Marahau and a ride to Kaikoura.

Walking the Abel Tasman walk three days from Totaranui to Kaiteretere in style, staying here and there at lodges along the way, cooked meals, bars, showers and beds; definitely glamping. TFTC 1642

Found it with several friends

Nice quick find on our way to Marahau. No muggles about at this spot this early in the day. Beautiful place to hang out. TFTC

Success! The beginning of an awesome day of caching TFTC

Yeah!on the return for marahau, we found it easier!
Tftc

I was out on a 4 day walk of the Abel Tasman Track, from Marahau to Wainui. Day 1 was from Marahau to Anchorage and I took a look for this cache along the way. This cache was a nice easy find along the way. TFTC!

Third find of the day with NZDi. It is Easter weekend and we have decided to take a break. Yesterday we travelled to Motueka in preparation for a day trip on the Abel Tasman track. Today we get picked up from Marahau by shuttle and taken to Kaiteriteri, from there it is on a water taxi to Anchorage and we then make our way back to Marahau, picking up caches along the way. And finally on Sunday we will head back home dropping in at the Mapua Easter Fair on the way.

Yesterday wasn't supposed to be a big caching day, but some bright spark at GCHQ dreamt up the Planetary Pursuit which put paid to that. Fortunately, I have almost 100 solved but unfound puzzles, multis and challenges in the greater Nelson area, so it was time to put them to work. All in all we ended up with 265 Planetary Pursuit Points. None of today's caches were any of the solved puzzles so were only worth 5 points each in most respects, apart from the odd one with more than 10 FPs, so todays tally was not as good.

After getting dropped off at Anchorage Beach this was our fourth cache on the Abel Tasman proper. We had attempted a couple of others earlier without any luck as we set a self imposed time limit on our finds where minutes looking = Planetary Pursuit points awarded for the cache. As the previous two DNFs were only traditionals they only merited 5 minutes of searching and once that expired, we moved on.

Obviously this one took less than 5 minutes in fact I found it in the first place I looked, The easiest find on the track so far.

TFTC B&W

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

On the way in the Abel Tasman NP a cache may not be missing.
says the JuniorSenior CapRekar.
704 March 21, 2018 11:32 am

Tftc ... very lovely spot

Quick found. TFTC

Easy stop and log