Estuary Reflections Motueka, South Island, New Zealand
By Stretch0 on 27-May-19. Waypoint GC88F28

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Same deal. was giving up to walk back away from the water side and there it was. Tftc

Had a quick look, but the ground is all freshly mulched and wood chipped so it didnt feel right tramping around.

Beautiful spot.tftc

Great spot, thanks!

Thanks

TFTC :3

Thanks you! Thank goodness for the colour!

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Quick find, stood out , and at gz. Thanks, heading for lunch soon

Found after a short hunt around while out for a walk this morning, TFTC

Hh

Found my old log book found on the 1/9/19

Yay found it

Big J with her first NZ find! I was looking down... TFTC

Me and my friend had so much fun looking for it

Found

Thanks

So cool first find ever

GPS correct! Need to walk inside

Good thing it's colored or I wouldn't have spotted it. Nice views.

Easy find tftc

Scrambled amongst the bushes for a half hour. Nowhere to put a micro. Hate micros. We give up.

Unfortunately crashing around in the bush and even looking at past finds didnt quite become a success. Last few cachers logged dnfs so maybe its missing? Who knows

Popped in to check on but it has gone so now replaced all good to go.Sorry for those with the DNF

Very over grown

Looked and looked with busy paws. Found lovely rock at GZ but nothing there. Tried hanging and all other trees and flax.

Nope! Looked for ages. 2 pairs of eyes

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Found

Tftc, not the typical container we have usually been seeing, once we stopped looking at our feet it became obvious

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Nearly Gave up turned around and it was right in front off me

Dnf 2 years ago. Found with Cympull. TFC

Thanks for your amazing cache. I really appreciate the time you took to set up and maintain your caches.
Found with Fisha1288
This is the 2nd bluey that we have found today. 2 years ago we logged a DNF. Thankfully today is a smiley
Cheers, Cympull.

Very fun! Didn’t bring a pen so maybe I’ll write it in later

Grass is quite long - maybe that’s our trouble?

So hard to see, but very clear once you see it, what a good hide. All in good condition, thanks Stretch.

Not a find for me today. Could be anywhere with my phone

Nice and dry inside the container and co-ords spot on. Cheers.

New log inserted, good to go

Log is wrecked and not signable.

Lena and I found it! Nice spot

Cheers was a good wee spot

Nice spot, and no muggles around. TFTC!!

Staying in the NZMCA Park nearby and went searching without geopup Finn this time. No long vegetation to contend with at this time of the year. Reasonably quick find today. TFTC.

Really nice view

Fun find

Did a quick check today and is all good. Will replace log when im here next.

No no findy

Couldnt find it) :

Saw some swans here today. Started walking before lunch but we should have eaten first. Tftc

A nice quick find thanks.

Ms_KR and I are off on a wee road trip to Nelson. Today we cruised around Motueka, after the morning rain had stopped.

Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

Beautiful walk with the dog. Clever hide tftc

Replaced ruined log with a small piece of paper. TFTC

Alice spotted it!

Crashed around in the bushes until a bit of colour caught my eye.

No reflections for me,thetidewas well out

No reflections today, with a bit of wind, and it took us quite a while to access and find this cache. We suggest the difficulty should be at least 2. TFTC

Cool spot & cache, tftc

Ones like thus you either see right away or never. This time I saw it to make up for my dnf last time. No reflections. No water!!

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Quick find. TFTC

Tricky

Yup we found it!

rhrhshd

Great cache. No more room on the paper

To hard

The log paper is completely full and needs to be replaced. TFTC.

Found it needs new paper was no room left

Finally found after couple attempts

Having spent a useful hour or so at a CITO event in Nelson I took the opportunity to head out to Motueka, a caching area I have neglected for too long.

I was unsure what I might be in for here as all the signs were that it was going to be snuck away a tree somewhere.

Taking a bit of a direct route I was pleased to spot the cache pretty quickly all things considered.

Thanks Stretch0
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Logged using Cachly.

On a walk with my 4 1/2 month old daughter and saw it was close, Beautiful spot! Sadly didn’t have a pen on me but will be back later!

Ufffff, no hint and so many possibilities!
It took me some time and it was probably the typical moment about to give up when I lifted the view and it was just there!
Easier in winter time I guess, but it still was a longer search for me.

After climbing through bushes to GZ, discovered there was an easier path A little bit of searching and then we spotted it.

No luck here. Lack of a hint was unhelpful: up, down, what?

Quick find

Cute

This could have been a much tougher find, but I was lucky enough to spot the glint of metal pretty quickly. Thanks that it’s not a camo! TFTC Stretch0.

Located with Ricardinho
Lovely tiki tour into Motueka for lunch after the Mapua Easter Fair. Had the best lunch ever at Toad Hall!
TFTC

Nice quick easy find. Would be beautiful when the tide is in.

Thaaaanks

Found with NZDi. It is Easter and NZDi decided she wanted to go to the Mapua Easter Fair seeing she missed out last year due to Covid-19 Level 4 Lockdown. Also we purchased a caravan late last year and as Easter is traditionally the last outing of the season before caravans are closed up for winter, we didn't want to waste this opportunity even though we have another trip planned next month.

So the plan is to set up at Motueka Top 10 Holiday Park for three days going to the Fair on Sunday, then on Monday look at the weather and decide whether to spend another three days in Golden Bay or head down the Wet Coast. In the meantime there is some caching to do.

Having cheekily checked in early at the caravan park and scoffed a lunch we prepared at home before we left, we headed out this neck of the woods on our MTB. On our way here we got the info for a puzzle and two multis, but the puzzle final was some distance in the future and the multis had us confused so we figured we would work on them back at the caravan. So now we are heading south along the coastal track heading for the other end of town picking up caches along the way.

This was our twelfth find of the day and surprisingly it was easier than the previous one by this CO. We usually have trouble latching on to these type of hides but this time this wasn't the case, maybe because the colour stood out.

TFTC Stretch0

Found while on an Easter caching holiday with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC Stretch0

First time/ new to this! What a hoot! Thanks Margot

A bit breezy for reflections today, but the swans were in attendance watching me carefully. A slight geotrail led me to gz, then a good stare at likely spots had me finding the good hide. Had a nose around the empty bike track nearby, I don't think I'll be braving those jumps.
Thanks very much!

No reflections today ..the tide is out...but I am guessing it would be superb thanks for the cache and bringing me to this great spot

We are biking around finding caches this afternoon. Finding a way in here was the issue. Lovely estuary views. Thanks for the cache

First put yourself in position to see the reflections

After spending the day over takaka way we are back for dinner in Zara. This one is on our back door step so come for a walk after dinner to get this one snagged and tagged. Cheers

Saturday 13 Feb - Motueka - Takaka - Pupu Springs - Collingwood - Riwaka and back to Motueka. Another fun day.

A surprise call from Taybee NZ wanting to do the PWGT series inspired us to come to Tasman for a 3 day weekend with Zara and Toby. We explored some awesome spots in Collingwood, Takaka, Kaiteriteri, Riwaka, Wakefield, Nelson and Cable Bay. Thanks for al the COs who helped this happen. Enjoyed reading all the cache pages relating to NZs history and events.

Found while on a nice walk. Beautiful little view of the eastury from the cache. TFTC

No luck for geopup and me today. Too much wind creating ripples for reflections so missed on both counts. Maybe another time.

When I first arrived at gz I was pretty sure what kind of cache this was going to be. Sure enough after a quick follow of the geotrail I had the cache in hand. Tftc

Very cool thought I was lost but then I found it. Lovely walk. TFTC

An early morning trip over from Takaka to find a cache or two to keep the numbers ticking over. took me a few moments to spot. TFTC

Sadly no luck

Spent a lot of time hete as well, dnf

Found last month on the 24th but forgot to log on here. Signed the paper tho. TFTC. Beautiful spot. Kids had a ball on the bmx track

DNF, no luck here, nothing found. Nice estuary anyway. Seen black swans too.

Yes with Crickethawea

Found. Very cool. With judithrichards