Lake Hayes Reserve (Otago) Queenstown-Lakes District, South Island, New Zealand
By indiboo on 31-Dec-21. Waypoint GC9KV17

Found with feathertop this morning. Took me for the team by wading across! Lots of water.Thanks for the cache indiboo.

So wet here. A few hours to spend in Arrowtown this morning. In the company of McLookers. Lucky she has the wading boots!!

This hide will last a long time. I AM GUR

found it!

Nice hide. Thanks for the cache

AS the day improved we thought we should take advantage of the sun and head out to Lake Hayes and locate the three caches here . we found all three and even were the first to sign the log on the new cache there called Dont eat me ! Areal bonus for us ! This would be a lovely spot on a warm sunny day in summer although the water would still be rather chilly . thank you for these caches here . all was well with the caches .

Quick easy find. TFTC

Thank you!

Grandsons enjoyed looking for this, nice and sunny day

As we headed to the cache we spotted a couple of Hobbits and Gandalf heading to the lake for a selfie. We kept an eye out for Orcs but only found the cache

Nice quick cash. Tftc

Nice reserve with not many here.

This isn't the first cache we've found in this reserve. Nice and quiet here today despite lots of cars in the car park. TFTC.

Great hide, found quickly deserves a favourite. Tftc

Nous poursuivons notre road trip en NZ. Queenstown pour 2 jours, nous ferons le tour du lac et jaunirons ce point. TFTC logue en team Mado.

Aprs notre priple en Australie, on dcouvre la nouvelle Zlande. Journe Queenstown. On logue en team Mado. Merci pour la cache et cette belle balade autour du lac Hayes. Trouve sans problme.

Nice area and an easy find. TFTCA1S1

On a trip to Macetown. A quick find in a nice setting. Thanks

Easy find in a nice shaded area while everyone else enjoyed the lake. Tftc

A quick find while at the start of a InternetHash 2024 run

Found a tiny home! Container was a little damp but I dried it off and put it back. Log was dry, no pen to sign it. Thanks for the find!

nice place to Hash

Here with the HHH. Thnx

Found with SallyRM and the geobaby while we wait for a plane to take us home

Found on our last morning in New Zealand before flying home. Beautiful spot to take a walk.TFTC

TFTC

Found it great hiding spot and beautiful view of the lake.

Easy find on the loopTFTC

Lovely spot for a picnic. Stunning place for a post lunch walk. Cache was exactly where and as described and in good condition. TFTC

Tftc easy find sl and replaced

Found this one on our walk around Lake Hayes. TFTC

We found this one on our Lake Hayes Walkway. Tftc

Today we went to Kelvin Heights followed by a trip over to Arrowtown.We grabbed a few caches tooHaving visited those two we made our way back to where we were staying and picked up a few more caches on the way. Here we parked nearby and wandered over to GZ where a quickish find was made - WITR paper was wet but once dried was able to be signed TFTC Tim and Viv - ddm

Thanks for the cache ! The trick is to find the right tree Unfortunately we are unable to write because the paper is so wet, maybe it needs some maintenance !

I understand why this is a favourated spot. The log was soked. Blessed be the inventor of waterproof paper!

Miss em and I biked around lake Hayes today with some Shotover kids and introduced them to geo caching. We stopped for a picnic and saw goslings, ducklings, geese, ducks and an Indian Runner. The last time I visited the cache access was under water but today all dry. TFTC

Magnificent picnic spot TFTC

Nice quick find to wrap up the lake Hayes loop. Will have to come back with a picnic at some point

Rocked it in. Double container but log damp.

Nice hide

Lovely area and walks thank you for hiding

Superb autumn day fir walks& caches again in paradise Nz

Lovely views from here. Shame there's no camping

Dropped into Lake Hayes today to get the classic mirror shots - it was very flat. Also a nice handy cache. Thanks for the hide.

After our bike ride around the lake this morning (superb views with autumn colours at their best) we picked up this cache and another nearby before moving on. This one was a quick find. #6144. TFTC.

Lovely spot

Trouvée Took it for a quick dry

Easy find! Thanks for the find

Log is wet

Well done you! Any geocacher can find it. Professional wrapping!

Nice quick find, thanks.

Last time i was here, it was wet, So today was the time to stop, and snaffle it.

Checked on the cache today for the CO. All good here

Great spot on a cooler day in Central Otago! ️️

Meri Kihirimete

2 for 2 on Christmas Day. TFTC

Lots of geese & ducks to be seen around here, but no need to disturb them as we headed to GZ. Quickly spotted this one, thanks.

TFTC! Didn’t have a pen so photo proof instead

Out and about enjoying the hidden gems of our country. After coming back from 10 days in Australia, spent the night in Kingston with AnnieLin, DownSouthInv and AbbyKitt celebrating birthdays. Did some stops on way home to get yellow smiley's
TFTC

Found today while spending a relaxing day in Arrowtown. Grabbed my bike and headed down here for the new caches out since my last visit.
Thanks indiboo for placing and maintaining a cache here.

Greetings from the Czech Republic and thanks for the cache.
Found at the end of the day
Díky za keš.
20:08
Moje 4418

A quick easy find as we visited the reserve for lunch. TFTC

Heading home after a conference in Queenstown. Took a a couple of detours as we had some time to play with. Quick find in another beautiful spot of Central Otago. Tftc

Good replacement for the caches that used to be around here.

A road trip in to the area to have a bit of caching fun and see the area and how it changed Found with annielin and downsouthinv.Tftc

Up in the area today for a quick get away.
Today is the first time down to this area . This is one of my main targets .
I'm glad I come down here to explore as it is beautiful
And on a beautiful winter day where else would you want to be.
A quick search soon had the goods in hand and paper work completed.
Thanks for bringing us here.

Getting out and about in to the out doors is my happy place so any excuse to go caching.

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

Feels like I should take an extra point for difficulty - after the rains you need to get your feet wet to get this one! TFTC!

Quick find on a nice stroll along the lake. TFTC.

In NZ on holiday from Australia.
Found on a day out to Arrowtown.

After an awesome time on the Milford track and a few days exploring the Milford road it's time to head home..grabbing a few along the way...after staying overnight at the camp ground in kingston...its time to hit the road again.
Quick find while stretching my legs tftc

Quick find . All good

A nice easy find by Beeba who was on the right side of the fence. LOL

Gps seemed to be a bit out but eventually found it using offline map. Tftc

Quick grab. - Thanks Bitsprayer

A lovely spot here and a nice quick find for us. TFTC

Had a bit of time to kill before flying out so popped in here for a bit. Quick find in a cute spot. Tftc

Lovely spot. Bit of a cool breeze though.

Road trip from Rotorua North Island.
Another South island cache found on our way back up North.
Nice quick easy find.
TFTC

Beautiful wee spot and a lovely walk around the lake

Ahhh shade. Met some friends. TFTC TNLN

Quick easy find. Tho both containers had lots of water in. Dried as best I could. Thank goodness for right in rain paper. TFTC

Holiday caching adventure. Thanks for the hide.

Super quick find on my way out of this lovely spot. TFTC # 18,006

After traveling around the south of the South Island for the past few weeks and spending my last night in Arrowtown, I took a look for a few caches before flying out this afternoon. Stopped here at Lake Hayes for a couple of caches on my way to the airport. A quick find here. TFTC!

Nice simple one to get after an adventure lab, multi and mystery great spot impressed how well the stone fits in the hole TFTC fav point for the spot and first time hider

FTF 12:00 noon! Biking from Queenstown to Arrowtown and back today and did a wee detour to get this. Happy to get there first! TFTC!

Was here when the CO hid the cache and was waiting for the FTF to be taken before coming back to sign. Was going to sign off both of the CO’s caches here but there were muggles sitting on the grass near the other cache so will have to pop back here on the way home tomorrow to get the other!
Thanks for the cache, indiboo
#2886

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