Weigh Station Westland District, South Island, New Zealand
By maitahisteve on 12-Nov-19. Waypoint GC8FYRJ

Great find

I was looking for the hint items, when I saw the cache and realized that was them. TFTC.

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Log has been replaced.A lot of rubbish in the area, you don't have to go amongst it.PLEASE REPLACE LIP PROPERLY. Thankyou

Log was too wet to sign. Tftc

Paper is quite damp, make sure you screw the top on tight!

Found on way from fox glacier to greymouth. Tftc

After a quick fossick in the bush found successfully. TFTC

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 60 - Franz Josef, West Coast - Otira, Otago, South Island, Nov Zland (asi 250 km) Rno bylo sice zataeno a 11C, ale neprelo, take dobr. Po sndani jsem vyrazila na krtkou vychzku na 2 vyhldky na ledovec Franz Josef a dokonce byl i vidt. Taky jsem tu odlovila jedinou zdej keku. Pokraovala jsem kolem pobe a mokad po Glacier Hwy a zastavovala u velijakch zajmavost. Cel oblast wetland je nrodnm parkem a zaazena na seznam UNESCO. A je to opravdu mokr krajina - pobe Tasmanova moe, do kterho st mnoho ndhern modrch ek tekoucch z hor a ledovc, taky jezera a mokady a vude kolem detn les. Pes vechny ty eky a ky vedou jednoproud mostky, i kdy si na Hwy, co je roztomil. Na konci jedn obce m zaujala smrovka ke galerii Petra Hlavacka. S takovm jmnem to mus bt jedin ech, tak jsem tam odboila a taky e jo. Pan Hlavek je fotograf krajiny Novho Zlandu a zejm dost spn. Prohldla jsem si fotky i knihy a jela zase dl. Dal zajmavost po cest byla zlatokopeck msteka z konce 19.stolet, kdy zde zlat horeka mla boom. Dnes jsou to ospal vsky, ale tehdy to tu asi tepalo. Prola jsem si muzeum tby zlata, nafotila star domky i hotely z t doby a odlovila pr keek. A pak u jsem odboila na Alpine Hwy smujc na Arthurs Pass. Tam dojedu ovem a ztra. Dnes spm ve starm a opravdu zajmavm a bizarnm hotelu Otira Stagecoach Hotel. Bvala tu stanice dostavnk, co jezdili z vchodnho na zpadn pobe pes hory, a u tehdy hotel a je dosud vetn devnho dostavnku ped hotelem. Zazen pall mall od staroitnost po divn krmy, majitel hraje na mechanick pino, ale piplil mi steak. Na jednu noc je to ale zbava. Ztra dojedu do prsmyku a bude-li pkn poas, vydm se i na njakou vychzku.In the morning I went for a walk to the viewpoints of the Franz Josef glacier and found the only cache in the area. The view was pretty decent, even though it was cloudy. Then I moved along the Glacier Hwy through the wetland area and stopped at caches and attractions. I drove to the center of the gold mining area and saw the local museum and old houses and hotels. After the Alpine Hwy, I started to approach the mountains again and ended up for the night at the slightly bizarre Otira Stagecoach Hotel. There's everything from the stagecoach to Gandalf and Gollum from The Lord of the Rings. So hopefully I'll live to see the morning . Thanks to everyone for the caches and greetings from the Czech Republic.

Today before we headed to our next stop, Reefton, we popped over to Ross as we wanted to explore this little town. Then picked up a few as we made our way to Reefton We began to search and after a while the cache was found. Not in the best condition and the area is quite a rubbish tip. Ah well, log signed and returned TFTC Tim and Viv - ddm

Dieser Cache konnte heute leider erfolgreich geloggt werden. Hier hat jemand seinen Mll abgeladen da suche ich nicht weiter. Danke an den owner fr's legen und pflegen TFTC Schmerzbefreit

Thankfully the cache was nowhere near the rubbish. TFTC

Too much rubbish

Rubbish

Log extremely wet but patience and you will find TFTC

Nice quick find with the helpful hint. As others have mentioned it is a bit of a rubbish dump in here - I just can't understand the mentality of some people! TFTC maitahisteve # 20,642

I imagine this was once a nice stop but now a disgusting bushland covered in trash and human feces, didny feel comfortable looking any further unfortunately

Log book a bit wetTFTC

Accidentally wandered a bit far into the bush. Lot of rubbish around, I picked up a bit but need a good 3 or 4 bags to get it all. Once I wandered back out I spotted the hint and then the cache with no trouble. Log book was wet but still managed to write on it. Signed as Buzz. Nice hide. TFTC!

G'day from Australia!!!
Stumble Trip had been in NZ for the past 6mths, working on the Milford Track. Stumble's Mate flew in to meet up with her and we spent the next 2wks traveling the beautiful South Island in a camper. Whilst the weather wasn't favourable for the first week, we had an awesome time and travelled some 3,200+kms, seeing some beautiful sites and staying in just as beautiful campsite along the way.
Thanks to all the CO. Unless otherwise stated, all caches were found in good condition.

Day 7 on our holiday in New Zealand. Today our tour is going from Fox Glacier to Punakaiki. We also visited this traditional cache, found it, and signed the logbook.



***T4T$ - Many Thanks to maitahisteve for hiding and maintaining of this cache s*** ️

The complete month march I am travelling on both Islands. Christchurch heading south, next the westcoast.
AbelTasman-Wellington-Rotorua-Hahei and finally Auckland.
This was one of the caches I found; thanks for showing me the area.

I have looked at this place every time we have passed, today was the day we had time to stop. A short hunt and cache was soon located although not the container we were expecting. Anyway, log signed, cache replaced as found and we were off again. tftc

#6559

Great day to drive down the coast - TFTC

With good parking nearby for the campervan we stopped and grabbed this one as we were passing. Great parking here for our campervan.

With such a helpful hint I quickly spotted the cache and soon had it out of its hiding space.

The log was signed and returned to where I found it, then onto the next one.

Thanks for placing this cache here and thank you for the smiley

Found a pill bottle. Hope that counts.

Almost dark but I managed this one. Yay for me and my eyes. No trucks getting weighed.

On my ride to Ross and back. Last for the day. Lots of rubbish around - thankfully didn't have to sift through it. TFTC.

Follow the description. Round to it

Found on this beautiful day Great hide Thank you for the cache

Nice find on our way home

Nice hide. Didn't take long to spot it. All quiet here today. TFTC

On our way down the Island and working towards my 8000 find hopefully over the next couple of days, thanks for the placement. nice standing in the cool bush

Quick grab

Quick grab

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Nice quick park and grab. TFTC

FITW Albijos
On a beautiful trip visiting some parts of the west coast. We are very lucky with this gorgeous weather perfect for exploring rain forests, rivers, glaciers, beaches and other geological treasures.
Had no trouble in finding this one,with the help of the description and the cache is all good here . Just have to look at right level. TFTC.

FITW Harisree
On a beautiful trip visiting some parts of the west coast. We are very lucky with this gorgeous weather perfect for exploring rain forests, rivers, glaciers, beaches and other geological treasures.

Thanks for the hint
TFTC

On the Coast for 6 days white baiting and finding a few caches. Tftc

Day 6 - Labour weekend extended road trip with Kiwicampnut - relocated to stay south of the ditch.
Woke to blue skies and spectacular views. Quite different from yesterday.
Wober with the new sealing if this is still a weigh station? Could still follow the line. Collected over a bag of CITO towards GC8NEAT.
Thanks for the cache maitahisteve
# 2985 20 October 2021 4:12 pm

On a trip with Ruru_NZ to gather the tour caches needed or in my case not done yet. Should be able to knock them off on this trip.

Did a lot of CITO here which included bongs. Needless to say my grab is stick came in very handy

A few punga, many of them in groups, but managed to locate the cache relatively quickly. TFTC!!

Kia ora koutou katoa.

Back after our enforced covid holiday.

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Quick park and grab shame about the rubbish.. but thankful i didn't need to be weighed!

On a west coast adventure and on our way to Nelson for a few days . My first time to travel up the west coast of the south island In 20 years so this time we get to cache our way in to uncharted territory, so let's see what fun adventures awaite us bring it on.
Day three of our road trip from Hokitika to ???
An early morning start to day first stop Anzac service and then on the road and having one amazing adventure as we make our way north.
We weighed up weather to stop here but after weighing it up we did .
A quick stop here and we soon had the goods in hand and log signed and returned to hide


Life is short. Live one foot step at a time.Never say" I'm gonna "- Just do it!!
Thanks for the hide
tftc

On a trip to Nelson for a tramp walking the Able Tazman.
Easy find.
Found with annielin and downsouthinv.
Tftc

Relatively quick find. TFTC

It took a while to find the hint items as there seemed to be lots here but then I recognised the hint and found the cache. We were pleased to have found it.

Quick grab. TFTC with Tokerau

Found in the pungas.

Cache in good order

The place is a tip

We were on our way to Ross with Mr C's cousin for the Sunday roast at the pub. Had to stop here and find you. All good with cache thanks maitahisteve.

Good stop for the kids on the way to Ross

Tyfc nice easy find with kerryowl

Great park n grab with blunsdon. Thank you for the cache

It wasn't until I read some previous logs and the description that I made any headway with this cache and once I had done so it was a quick find.

I looked about aimlessly for a while - - - then read the description. That made the search much easier - - - thankfully. No-one stopping large vehicles here today. I wonder how often this station is in use. TFTC .

Nice to be away on another geocaching trip with tmann421, travelling to a few places in the upper South Island.
All logs signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Thanks for putting out this cache for woolwood9 and I to find!
SL **tm/ww NZ** (may just be a black smudge on the many wet or plastic logs)
*We soon had another good cache located!*

Area very quiet today.

When I was shiving my snail shell yesterday I noticed these caches alongside the road and thought I will have to come back just in my cachemobile to sign them off.

Cheers for the cache.

Quick easy find helped by specific hint. TFTC

Jeepers this place is a rubbish dump. Could someone please hold a CITO here?

Taybeedragon and I are off on another weekend's exploring - again! This time to the West Coast. The company owes me some time so I took Friday off. Lots of rain on the way down, but after that it was a nice cloudy-but-not-rainy weekend. It never rains on the West Coast when I come to visit! Parked Zara in Greymouth and on Saturday came down this way in Toby. Taybeedragon had an excellent trip planned - two cycle trips, some TMGTs and adventure labs, 74 caches all up today.

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on a 3 day weekend to the West Coast to increase our find counts on some low number calendar days. Also we were keen to escape the dismal grey and wet weather in Christchurch.
Managed to park within a coupe of metres from the cache and SW quickly tracked it down. TFTC.

#18389. Based on the name of the cache I thought maybe there would be a guard rail and a quick find of a magnetic cache. But no, we had to take a couple of paces into the bush. Thankfully the hint was good, and the cache was quickly found. TFTC.

Quickly found thanks to the instructions. Sadly there is quiet a lot of rubbish around here. TFTC

Day 3 of my hokitika caching mission and time to get a few numbers . Early start do nice and crisp ...
After doing s section of the bike trail it was back in the truck for a bit more exploring
Could do with a CITO at gz , did my part quick find tftc

It's a lot easier to find if you follow the instructions in the description. Thanks maitahisteve

#9687

Another quick easy find cool cache .TFTC maitahisteve

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To take away the temptation this cache is disabled for the duration of New Zealand being under COVID-19 Alert Level 4.

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I have a 3 month sabbatical mostly traveling around the planet. My goal is to find and log 1000 caches. New Zealand is my 4th station traveling from south Christchurch to north Auckland, my first visit here, its far away. This is my sabbatical-cache #576.

Once all the muggles had left it was a quick find.

**Found on our February - March tour around the South Island. Logging back home in Auckland in Lockdown isolation**

Yesterday we travelled the Haast Pass and stayed overnight in the DOC campground at Lake Paringa. Today we are headed for Hokianga.
Plenty of hints here making for a nice quick find. Haven't heard that term for punga before. TFTC

Found on a three day caching journey over to the West Coast. We really enjoyed the challenging hours spent in solving the many puzzle caches and now the signing off on the log books. We had a great spell of weather as we traveled along the many roads in the area. Many thanks to the various cache owners for placing and maintaining their caches. TFTC

Had a great day on the West Coast todya lots of km's walked, grabbed heaps of caches, and had a lot of fun. Many Thanks Bitsprayer

Bullertrout, Ian and I have just cycled from Ruatapu to Ross. Now we are back in Toby for the return journey to Zara. Dropped off at the weigh station. This one took some time to pin down the correct hint items. Finally Bullertrout gets its snagged and tagged. Cheers

Making a long weekend out of Waitangi Day exploring the West Coast with Zara Toby, Bullertrout and Bro. Its Waitangi Day today. Exploring Hokitika, Ross, Hokitika George, Lake Mahinapua, Lake Kaniere areas today. Great time and visited some amazing places..

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We had just walked about half of the Ross to Ruatapu section of the Wilderness Trail and stopped here on our way north again.
Reading the previous log it seems we were lucky to come out of this with clean shoes although we did note and comment about the amount of rubbish evident.
This was intended to be our last cache for the day but as we neared Hokitika we received notification of new caches, all in the Hoki area. Needless to say this wasn't our last cache for the day after all
Thank you maitahisteve.

This was our last find for the day until notifications came through of new placements. Excrement whether human, canine or otherwise is an occupational hazard for a cacher. We struck it lucky here and came out without a blemish. Not in the first place I looked for the find. Very nice hide. Thank you maitahisteve

Ewhh...tthis place is shameful. Rubbish and human excrement.
Careful where you walk.
Neatly hidden cache good one.
TFTC
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A fairly quick find just off a not at all busy road. TFTC

FTF @ 10:00am.
I saw these new ones pop up yesterday and rang Mum at work but the weather was not very conducent to be out with the boys so it had to wait until today. After abit of a horrible morning with one of the boys it was a nice distraction to go for a drive. A nice quick find here and happy to see a blank log. Thanks for placing a cache here - the rest can wait for a future trip.

With Karma Reprint. Thought we'd be in with a chance for a FTF here, even coming from Õtautahi, but not surprised to be beaten by a local. Still pleased. Still sunny. Tftc

A nice quick find today with Ms_KR. And Beaten to the FTF by Gracie7 + mum by 3 hours. What a let down, but thems the breaks. Hopefully we will have some luck later on. Cheers.

Its Show Day, where to go... Greymouth and the West Coast look OK for now so lets go there!!

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

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