Two swords (Canty) Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
By
thunderboltnz1 on 18-Jun-17. Waypoint GC77P0P
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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 had been staying in mid-Canterbury enjoying some of the DoC Campsites but were now moving into the Mackenzie Country area we had been out to Lake Alexandrina to score a couple of caches but were heading back into Tekapo nice pull-off area, so we decided to have a crack at this one the cache was an easy find, log-book signed, cache was returned as found were also pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:LS this was #6,526 for us!Armed with jandals and a chilly bin, a couple of Aussies headed across the ditch for a 3-week tiki tour, exploring the beauty of New Zealand.DAY 17: Mt Cook and Lake Tekapo. Lots of rocks in the area but found the cache ok. Thanks for showing us this special place by placing this cache, TBNZ1 tn koe~~
Quick find before the rain with TravelDragon99. All is well here. Nice to see such an old log - at least back to 2019 TFTC
Nice quick find, couldnt attempt yesterday as there were maintenance people around. Nice and quiet today on our return to Tekapo after visiting the observatory. TFTC
Nice quick find - have driven past here on several occasions but always has a workers cars here - Nice quite day long weekend - TFTC
A nice quick find on our way past, my only one for today unfortunately but I'm happy to at least have one as today was a dot day for a challenge cache to fill in the calendar with a cache found in the South Island on every date. I don't have too many left but today was one of them. Very happy to find there was parking on both sides of the road as we were heading away from Tekapo. Thanks so much for the cache!
We are back in tekapo staying again at the NZMCA park for a few days after exploring Southland and the catlins.Checked out the start of the A2O trail on the bike and then turned around near this cache before heading back to town.Very dry scratchy plants around here to dodge. TFTC
Heading into Tekapo & passing by. A quick find, but didnt much like the dried up ? Vipers Bugloss we had to make our way through, prickly old stuff. Thanks for the cache.
While staying at Tekapo we went on to the Saint Johns Mountain and on the way back this cache had to be visited as well good find.Thank you for the contribution of the game by the placement and care of the cache. TFTC
Day 8: In the MacKenzie High Country Todays highlights were, of course, the star attractions of the region, Aoraki/Mount Cook and the Lakes of the region. We attempted the two tracks in the Aoraki/Mount Cook area - the Hooker Track and the Tasman Lake one in fine but very blustery conditions at times. Then, it was off to Lake Tekapo for the obligatory tourist shots before heading back to Twizel for the evening. Thanks for all the caches in the region, they made the hikes today all the more exciting! (End of the cut and paste bit)Heres the specific log for this cache:What a funny little story that led to the planting of this cache. There was a workman busy at the substation nearby, which made me a tad nervous while working on this one. I had to wander around for a bit before spotting the SPOR some ways away from the fence. TFTC!
We were staying in Tepako for a couple of days. Today we drove out to St.Johns and stopped off here for this cache. Found after a short search. TFTC
1MinnieMoo and I were returning to Lake Tekapo after a phat phail trying to get up Mt John via road.We pulled up for this one and picked our way to GZ and soon found the prize. A nice little place for a cache. TFTC TBNZ1 
11/9/2023 Find #6476
Fangsoki and I had arrived in Lake Tekapo for the night, and had hoped to head up to the top of Mt John via the Observatory access but were too late in the day unfortunately. So as we made our way back down to where we were staying for the night, we pulled up for a quick stop for this cache.
Heading over we made a quick find.
Thanks for the cache TBNZ1.
Fangsoki and I had arrived in Lake Tekapo for the night, and had hoped to head up to the top of Mt John via the Observatory access but were too late in the day unfortunately. So as we made our way back down to where we were staying for the night, we pulled up for a quick stop for this cache.
Heading over we made a quick find.
Thanks for the cache TBNZ1.
On a trip down the Sth island, leaving Lake Tekapo. Easy find, cache is in good condition. Left some superheroes as swaps. TFTC.
One of several caches we located as we meandered our way from Tekapo to Twizel today. This one took longer than it should have to spot. There seemed to be a choice of hint objects, so naturally I left the correct one till last! #6022. TFTC.
Day 2 on our holiday in New Zealand. On the way from Christchurch to Twizel, we also visited this traditional cache, searched the box, found it, and signed the logbook.
***T4T$ - Many thanks to thunderboltnz1 for hiding and maintaining this cache.***. ️
***T4T$ - Many thanks to thunderboltnz1 for hiding and maintaining this cache.***. ️
On our way to Picton, TEMBO! and I found some caches on the way. This cache was one of them. We don't See the two swords.
Thanks to thunderboltnz1 for hiding and maintaining the cache.
T4TC Filser1
Thanks to thunderboltnz1 for hiding and maintaining the cache.
T4TC Filser1
Just before our 4WD Tour to remote Farmland in the mountains we easily found this cache.
Thought it was located beyond the fence at first, but decided to look a little closer instead and found it! TFTC!
General log.During our trip through New Zealand we also tried to find as many caches of the geotours as possible. This has been reasonably successful on the South Island.We really enjoyed your beautiful country, the lovely people we met and the many beautiful geocaches we were able to log.To all cache owners, a huge thank you for making this possible!Kind regards from the Netherlands.
Could not find unfortunately. Found spot where it looks like it was a hollow by the fence with no rocks. Last person to find said lol. So possibly they took it if so not in the spirit of geocaching
Sent MrF after this one while I sat in the motorhome. To cold and wet for me today. He reports that the cache is fine. TFTC.
Stopped here on the way back from enjoying the panoramic views from Mt John. Grabbed TB.
Nice easy find in the last day of our NZ adventure. Left the LOTR trackable that I have had for some time, waiting to leave in NZ when COVID afforded the opportunity. FINALLY!!! I hope it finds its way home to the North Island soon. TFTC.
Worried cache was missing with the dirt pile, no need to worry, as I spotted the M&M container. Happy to find, nearly dinner time, with rebel98
Geo-Roadtrip in the South Island with TrinityNZ and JustlookingOO to collect some PWGT's and as many other caches as we can.
A quick park n grab. We had been hoping to head up the hill to the observatory but the road closed about 15 minutes before we got there. Oh well. Next time. TFTC
A quick park n grab. We had been hoping to head up the hill to the observatory but the road closed about 15 minutes before we got there. Oh well. Next time. TFTC
On a road trip with JustLookingOO and LL113, we stopped here and found the cache reasonably quickly, being careful of the fences! Thanks for the cache
Found on a very cold day on our way to Tekepo. tftc and a quick find before it started to snow.
Stay away from fence! Dangerous spot, not recommended for little kids!! TFTC, 150th caches!!
1535. 11:09 am. I drove right past and ended up walking back to GZ so the rest of the crew stayed with the van. A quick find otherwise. Signed kanoe+GeLj. TFT(two swords)C.
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.
Quick stop on the way into Lake Tekapo. Strange place to have a cache, but we found it no problems. TFTC!
Quick stop on the way into Lake Tekapo. Strange place to have a cache, but we found it no problems. TFTC!
Found as we were leaving. Had such a fantastic weekend here. Don't know why it took me so long to spend more time at Lake Tekapo!? TFTC.
Heading to kaikora to check out the newish coastal road.havent been up that way since they fixed up the road after the earthquakes.tftc
Right at the back was my position in hockey! Lovely scorcher of a summer day. Found with Piwaka54.
We have been caching around Tekapo and now on our way to Mt John. Stopped off here to capture two Sords. Cheers. Bummer Mt John road closed Mon-Wed so will have to take to long way up.
Day 3 - Wednesday 22 December - Lake Pukaki to Timaru, Ashburton. We cached around Tekapo this morning. Mt John road was closed so walked up from the lake. Then headed to Timaru for some TMGT and PWGT. Left aafter dinner to spend the night in Ashburton
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.
Day 3 - Wednesday 22 December - Lake Pukaki to Timaru, Ashburton. We cached around Tekapo this morning. Mt John road was closed so walked up from the lake. Then headed to Timaru for some TMGT and PWGT. Left aafter dinner to spend the night in Ashburton
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.
Stopped here on the way to the top of Mt John. Which was promptly cancelled as the road is closed Monday - Wednesday. So shortly after we came back again.
Yesterday Taybeedragon and I were at Mt Cook. We planned to stay there two nights but it was a howling gale up there, and it was raining. And cloud. The Hooker Valley was closed with a big gate across the bridge. Many other tracks were outright dodgy. Aorangi has been removed for cleaning and they saw it will be a couple of days before it is dried out thoughoughly enough to be returned. We can't wait that long. So at the end of one day we had done all the walking we could do and left, forfeiting both night's accommodation. We spent the night in Tekapo. So I have at last been to Mt Cook and still have yet to see Aorangi.
Today it is sunny, light winds. It's still a howling gale at the top of Roto Pukaki though. We headed into town early to get the urban caches before the muggles made things awkward.
Yesterday Taybeedragon and I were at Mt Cook. We planned to stay there two nights but it was a howling gale up there, and it was raining. And cloud. The Hooker Valley was closed with a big gate across the bridge. Many other tracks were outright dodgy. Aorangi has been removed for cleaning and they saw it will be a couple of days before it is dried out thoughoughly enough to be returned. We can't wait that long. So at the end of one day we had done all the walking we could do and left, forfeiting both night's accommodation. We spent the night in Tekapo. So I have at last been to Mt Cook and still have yet to see Aorangi.
Today it is sunny, light winds. It's still a howling gale at the top of Roto Pukaki though. We headed into town early to get the urban caches before the muggles made things awkward.
#20423. This one was on the wrong side of the road, but the parking was good (so we crossed the centre line and parked). Took a bit of a roundabout route to GZ, but made a quick find once we got there. TFTC.
We had hoped to have a look around Tekapo, using caches as a guide, but the persistent rain changed our minds and this was the second of just two caches found in the area.
Took the less optimal route to GZ, where we were pleased to make a quick find. Signed the log book under the umbrella to keep everything dry. TFTC.
Took the less optimal route to GZ, where we were pleased to make a quick find. Signed the log book under the umbrella to keep everything dry. TFTC.
Nice, easy find with plenty of parking nearby. I was able to sign the log without being seen by muggles. TFTC.
