Lake Hayes Troll (Otago) Queenstown-Lakes District, South Island, New Zealand
By indiboo on 31-Dec-21. Waypoint GC9KV1W

Got it

Found this morning with feathertop, beautiful spot.Thanks for the cache indiboo.

A few hours to spend in Arrowtown this morning. In the company of McLookers. Lots of water rushing by but cache high and dry.

Great one thank you!

Perfectly in place. Knees got a bit dirty. I AM GUR

It was scary, but braved the trolls and succeeded in our mission

Evaded the troll. Cache on hand.

out for the afternoon to locate a couple of geo caches around Lakes Hayes and this was the first one once we parked the car . it was easily retrieved, signed and replaced. all was well with the cache here . Thank you for this cache and showing us the huge undertaking the community are doing to restore the lake into a better condition Full marks to these hard workers !

Found fairly quickly after working out which side of the bridge the cache was. Wasnt exactly what I had in mind being under a rock but oh well TFTC

Quick find.TFTC

Great clue easy

Lots of muggles about

Definitely had to be a troll to grab this one. Heard some trip trapping OMB while retrieving it!

Kids loved this one. They were quite scared of the troll.

Found in the 2nd spot I looked. Enjoying the caches

Thankyou!!

The troll wasn't home but the cache was. TFTC.

Nice cache, blends in very well. 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.

The hint is right and so wrong as well. TFTCA1S1

A popular spot. I had to wait a bit until the area was free of muggles. Thanks

Nice little halfway point stop for our cycle around the lake today. Lucky I had a smaller and nimbler assistant to help me after I saw it. Tftc

Luckily no trolls or swans! No pen to sign the log but fun find. Thanks

this one rocks! so a troll told us.

It took four of us a while to find this one as the under a stone hint had us looking in the wrong spot to start with TFTC

Nice end to a hike around the lake. Thnx

Toll paid, log logged. Very friendly troll

Last morning of our New Zealand trip before we fly home to Adelaide. Beautiful spot to get a few last caches before heading to the airport.

Found it great hiding spot and cool creek.

This is the start of a lovely walk around the lake which I would highly recommend doing to help walk off your lunch. TFTC

Tftc easy find sl and replaced

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 TFTC Tim and Viv - ddm

Thanks for the cache !

Miss Em and I brought some Shotover kids out for a bike ride and a picnic. And introduced them to geocaching. We stopped for a picnic and saw ducklings, goslings and an Indian runner duck. My father saw a trout in the stream too. TFTC

Quick driveby startling bunnies TFTC

Lots of muggles about but managed to find a clear window to duck down and get this cache.

Found while walking around the lake. Thanks

Posted it

Cute. The boys figured it.

Had fun finding this one with my geo friend thanks

Just think& it’s easy

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. Started searching at the wrong end of the bridge initially. At the correct end it was a quick find. #6145. TFTC.

Retired from looking after slipping and ending up with a wet foot!

Trouvée I was looking for a nice spot to chill with my van today. Criteria for the perfect spot : toilets and caches !

Found it after a while!

Didn’t have to pay the troll toll thankfully. I was on a video call with my geo friends Pokey and MKD8919 when I made the grab. Got it signed and returned as the remaining light of day left me.

A perfect size rock!

A quick find once all the muggles had moved on.

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

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Cooler day to go finding caches!! Great spot! ️️

Meri Kihirimete

A perfect 3 for 3 on Christmas Day during a beautiful walk round Lake Hayes.

Today I gave myself a Christmas present with this cache.We have searched here twice already and today we finally succeeded.I changed the blue smiley to a yellow smile.Greetings from the Czech Republic and Thanks For This Cache.
Díky za keš.
16:07
Moje 4631

A bit wet after a rain shower, but a nice easy find for us in the first place we looked. Thanks for placing this one.

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.

We didn't find the cache today, so maybe next time…

A fairly quick find despite a bus load of children from our local school being in the reserve engaging in various activities. TFTC

Heading home after a conference in Queenstown. Took a a couple of detours as we had some time to play with. Had to wait for a set of muggles to pass by before starting our search. Nicely hidden. Tftc

Another good one. We liked the stone.

Out and about enjoying the history of our country and discovering hidden gems.
Having a family day out with DownSouthInv AnnieLin and AbbyKitt
Signed cache as team DAFA
TFTC

Lovely morning to have an excursion with MrandMrsFraggle, downsouthinv and Abbykitt. Signed as team DAFA

A nice day for a trip to Queenstown and Arrowtown do what better thing to do than pick up a few caches.
A joint team Annielin and Abbykitt and MrandMrsFraggle
Lack is look great but no swimming to day bit cold.

Singed as team DAFA


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

A nice day to find this cache on a nice morning.
Quick find
Found as a team DAFA, annielin, downsouthinv, mrsandmrfragle.
Tftc

Was sure this was going to have been washed away, but NO! All safe & sound. TFTC!

Thanks for the cache! Fun find and great reserve

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

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

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 at kingston...its time to hit the road again.
Quick stop to stretch the legs ..found in the first place I looked..picked up tb tftc

Sent 1066 in

M raced ahead and soon had this cache. We decided that it was a good spot to put a travel bug that we have had in our possession for a little too long.

Nice hide. Managed to grab it between muggles biking past. Tftc

Have not been in to this park for a long time. - Thanks Bitsprayer

Avoided the geese. Smells like something died nearby.

Road trip from Rotorua North Island. Another South island cache found while heading our way back up North.
No troll under the bridge, just Mr PorknPuha.
TFTC

A nice stroll at Lake Hayes. Very relaxing TFTC TNLN

Did my troll thing.TFTC at this beautiful spot

Quick easy find. Watched some gardeners planting along creek bank. TFTC

Holiday caching adventure. Thanks for the hide.

Very popular area today for picnic lunch and walkers. Nice quick find once I had waited for a couple to walk past. TFTC # 18,005

On our way to Arrowtown. Grabbed this hoping to get TB but someone else has been here today & not logged yet. Tftc

A nice find. TFTC

Checked for CO as I was in the area. All good. Dropped TB

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!

Quiet find l, TTF TFTC took rock off top because it just drew attention to it, wasn’t even covering the sides or bottom at all

Tried to sign this one off last night but there were muggles sitting in the grass nearby so had to abandon my attempt. No one around yet this morning so was able to quickly sign before a walker or biker came along. Was here when CO placed the cache so waited until the FTF was taken before adding my name to the logbook.
Thanks for the cache, indiboo
#2887

FTF 11:51am! Biking from Queenstown to Arrowtown and back today and did a wee detour to get this. Happy to get there first! TFTC!

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