BS2: Windblown (Canterbury) Bealey Spur, South Island, New Zealand
By 8ManAfter on 01-Dec-17. Waypoint GC7FHYR

Thanks 8ManAfter for placing this cache for all of us to enjoy.TNLNSL, replaced as found, TFTC

Found it, TFTC!

T4TC

On a caching+hiking adventure.This one was an easy straightforward cache. The log paper might need replacing. TFTC

Found with Gummi_Venus.

Dnf but quite snowy and icy so???

The views are improving as we head up. Cheers

Another quick stop n grab. Enjoying the walk to far. Thanks 8ManAfter

#12927

Took a little time, but we could find the cache, TFTC

Our first cache where we saw, that geocachers must be in front of us, as it has been logged today.

Lovely walk today, thanks for the caches!

Couldn't find this one , great view !

Nice quick find.
Finished Cass Lagoon circuit yesterday so thought I'd do Bealey spur today to grab some caches

Out leading a day trip for the CUTC. Took the opportunity to try and get all the caches up a track that I don't take very often. This one was a quick find. TFTC

Great day for a walk up to Bealey Spur Hut - found with Juju54 - TFTC

A lovely walk up here but track quite rugged! TFTC

Although we didn't notice anything consistent with the cache name, it was a quick easy find as we made our way slowly up the hill. TFTC

We didn't go to the top, but still noted the color, just in case. This track is beautiful, and we will definitely will do the track again someday. Both container and logbook were in good condition. Thanks for placing this here.

Tftc

Enjoying a hike with the EU crew up to Bealey Hut for the afternoon. Great views and an enjoyable walk. TFTC

Another find without too much issue .
Loving the scenery!

We were staying nearby for a few days, so what better than a walk up Bealey Spur on a lovely winters day! This is a great day walk, especially when we are staying near the bottom of the track! TFTC

No wind today but cool and crisp. Suns out and very high cloud but over there. I am liken it' Cheers This one is now tagged

Monday today, and first up is Bealy Spur Track for the morning, then home via Lake Brunner and Murchison later today.

Its Queens Birthday weekend and The Seagnoid, Zara and I are heading out of town for a long weekend to Arthurs Pass, via Kaikoura. Had a fantastic weekend, seeing lots of new places, limestone formations, amazing views, awesome beech forest walks, but getting nowhere fast. Bloody cold at times with -3deg frosts but thankfully the snow stayed on the top of the highest mountains.. Enjoyed driving back via Lake Brunner, Murchison. An awesome few days exploring.

Great views from here, but no wind at all. Nice and cool, perfect weather for tramping up hills.

Taybeedragon and I are on a five day extended Queen's Birthday weekend. Happy birthday marm! The plan was to cache the Arthur's Pass route, from Rangiora to Lake Buller. You would think four days was enough to do the 211 kilometers, but we didn't even manage the 130 to Arthur's Pass village before we had to pull the pin Monday lunchtime for the drive back to Blenheim. But on the way we saw some amazing views, strange geology, weird amounts of ice in the puddles, ice on the inside of our windscreen - it was that cold. Caves, wonderful beech forests, rather a lot of bridge barriers and even a cache or few. And there was blisters, sliding down icy grassy hills on our bums (what fun!) and rather a lot of walking. Many thanks to all the cache owners that made this such an amazing trip.

Back in business! Keep safe, and thanks for your patience.

STAY HOME, STAY SAFE, STAY SMART!

DISABLING FOR NOW. ANY LOGS POSTED FROM NOW UNTIL THE CACHE IS ENABLED WILL BE DELETED.

STAY HOME, STAY SAFE, STAY SMART!

Heading to the Arthur’s pass area for the weekend grabbing a load of unfound caches along the way
Finally the stars have aligned to get onto this track which I have wanted to do for years
Sorry for the cut and paste but my logs have disappeared into cyber space so having to rewrite them

Easy find. Having trouble keeping my hat on. TFTC.

I understand the cache name! I'm having trouble keeping my hat on.

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Jessus was here with Zuzka during the honeymoon around the globe.
TFTC

Found while in walk with friends. Tftc

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Lovely morning walk before it gets to hot,and hopefully this cache is one of many! Tftc.

I got this cache on the return leg. I got most of the geocaches on this trail & later I had matched my highest record of finds. I have left a few for the next walk, Maybe as part of the university tramping clubs (at University of Canterbury) next year. Find #568

Quickly found on a walk up Bealey Spur with Ilmari the Red and the family. We added a new plastic bag for good measure. TFTC!

Today Trifolia Argentea and I took ourselves for a hike up Bealey Spur. Quite a serious walk, but it felt good, and the views were certainly worth the effort. Along the way, we collected a whole string of caches - with not one missed! An excellent day in all.

TFTC!

quick found on the way up today. we had fun, rain, thunderstorm and finally sun at the end of the day.
Thanks - team bycycle

TFTC! Beautiful day out.

Getting the hang of the BS theme..

We were today on our tour to the Bealey Spur Hut. We had a wonderful sunny day and absolut great views. With the kids we need 8 hours and had a nice rest at the hut. Thanks for the cache!

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FITW GreenMenace
Views start to unfold here.
Much easier to find than the first one.
No wind blow today, all nice, calm and serene.

#6446

#3911 We went up the hill with our kids and we loved the surroundings and the views!Thanks for the cache, greetings from Czech Republic.

Gorgeous spot. Tftc

Sorry for very late log

Found on the walk up to the hut with students on the Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies from the University of Canterbury as part of a field training exercise. Lovely day for a gentle walk. Great to be here. Thanks for the cache.

Out for a walk up this track on a lovely sunny day!

It was not very windy today!

TFTC

Removing Premium status.

Loving the caches. TFTC

The fourth of 11 finds today (along with 3 DNFs). The three of us stayed at Dew Drop Inn opposite the Bealey Hotel on Saturday night so we could walk up to Bealey Top Hut on Saturday and explore Castle Hill Reserve on Sunday. As writing Bo&bronnie, Rincewind3, and Not Manly Jack on the logs was tedious (& a lot didn't have room) we logged as BRN. I joked that BRN stood for "feel the BuRN!"
Definitely windblown up here! Initially we thought this might take a while but we soon saw the tell tale cache camo.
TFTC
Find # 3183

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The panoramic views are fantastic at GZ

Today we decided to hike to the top hut. It was higher than we thought, but it was such a lovely natur and very nice views to the river and to the mountains. We found 8 caches from 9. The bonus we solved using all our inspirations. TFTC!

I scored a free night's accommodation in Arthur's Pass for the Saturday, perfect for caching and walking!! Today I decided to head up Bealey Spur past the hut and collect the caches along the way. I was really looking forward to collecting the series! At this point realised that it's the colour of something else I need to look out for, LOL!!! I was hoping I recalled the first one right... What a muppet hahaha. TFTC!!

We stayed the night at Lake Pearson. Sunday's mission was Bealey Spur.
I am now logging these finds on the way home. I am enjoying sitting down although my entire body is aching.
JDScout and I thoroughly enjoyed the walk. Finding geocaches was a bonus.
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Thanks. 8ManAfter for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 5342 for me.

That's the second of the series done and dusted. Just hope the rest are as easy to find. Onwards and upwards..

We have never walked this track before so a new series of caches up here spurred us on to do it. This cache was a quick find. TFTC.

Been a few years since I did this track so back today with the family. Bit hot when not in the shade. Made it to the top for lunch. Followed by a cold beer at the Bealey hotel afterwards.

Plans were afoot for a different Mad Monday Mission... those were dashed when CO contacted TG about these being published. I did a bit of a shuffle around with cachelet minding as Mrs TW was in Auckland. A few texts and phone calls later TG came and grabbed me at 5.15pm and we gapped it to the car park and headed up the track at 7pm on the dot. The plan was to turn around at 10pm regardless of whether we got all the caches and we'd only spend a couple of minutes finding the caches. We headed up and DNFed the first cache we came across and then found all the rest thankfully. We got to the hut at 9pm and got back to the car at 10.30 clocking up 12.5kms! We had the perfect night for it it was clear, warm and had a super moon. We even heard a morepork as we were walking back in the dark. Great fun. And back home in bed at 12.30am.
Second {FTF}, woohoo.

Thanks for the cache 8ManAfter.
#5269

**FTF** 751pm with TheWanglers
Monday Night Mad Mission time with TheWanglers.. We'd already scoped out an adventure for tonight but when we saw this new series of caches published last night on the spur we quickly changed plans! A fun nights adventure. Picked up TW earlier than usual and we parked up next to the Track Head and set out bang on 7pm. DOC sign said the hut was 6km and 2.5hrs away. All told, even with stopping for caches, photo's and admiring the view we were at the hut by 9pm....then back down and at the car by 1030pm ...and home by midnight. Passed a few people walking out, and 3 camping out up the top. Cool As.
Still some heat in the day and this initial stretch was hot going.
Pretty exposed up here on the Tops.....be interesting in a storm or high winds....as it was this evening was still pretty hot with just a gentle breeze. Awesome evening with great views in all directions.

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