Jack (South Westland) Jackson Bay, South Island, New Zealand
By Pam on 15-Apr-03. Waypoint GCF8D4

It's day five of my 3-week bucket list road trip around South Island, and today, I'm heading from Fox Glacier to Wanaka. An unplanned detour when I spotted the virtual icon on my geo-map. Such a sad story, but a lovely drive ... thanks for the detour Pam. Answers sent.

Thank you for bringing me to this part of the country. A part I would never have visited had it not been for your cache. I took the walk to the rocky beach and wandered along the wharf to watch folks fishing. A pair of teenagers were using a crayfish tail as bait !!! Obviously locals A local pointed out I could buy a crayfish tail for $95 !!! A well worthy drive to the end of the road and a very peaceful settlement.

Thank you for virtual Its a beautiful day in a beautiful bay

Having spent the night in Haast we got the tip to go to Jackson Bay. What a wonderful drive to get there, driving through the forest with the Ocean right next to it. Jackson Bay was also wonderful, as was the walk to Ocean Beach. TFTC!

Hello from Seattle, geocaching ground zero! We had a lovely drive to this spot and some tasty fish and chips.

Stunning place and fascinating history! Tftc

Had a great day visiting here, enjoyed some fish and chips and a walk around. TFTC!

Starting our next section from Queenstown to Haast this morning. As we move towards north, we made a short stop in Arrowtown. Such a little town with a nice atmosphere. Of course, we took a short time to log a cache. A smiley on the map as proof of our visit.Our next Stop was in Wanaka, visiting #that Wanaka tree. There we met some fellow geocachers from Asia and together we found two Caches nearby. What a nice meeting! Thanks to this wonderful hobby.Last Stop for the day is Jackson Bay. We saw the famous Craypot on TV and had to make time for a meal. We enjoyed the local Fish and Chips a Lot. Yummy! So a Long day of driving and caching comes finally to an end.Thank you to all Cache owners for making a trip to something Special. TFTC and greetings from Germanyaussi96

Heute konnte auch dieser Virtuelle gefunden und geloggt werden.Danke an den owner fr's herfhren und ausdenken.TFTCSchmerzbefreitAntworten sind an den owner raus

Spent a couple of nights here in the RV. It was a lovely spot despite the dreary weather and the mozzies. Spent one day driving as far south as I could. Wonderful area to explore. TFTC

Hi there PamCan. We visted Jackson Bay today, travelling from Wanaka and looking for a good meal of Fish and Chips. We were not disapointed - great food and a great view. After many scenic photos we decided to follow the Wharekai-Te Kou Walk to Ocean Beach and once again we were not disappointed. An absolutely beautiful and peaceful walk with a great view at the end. Thanks to PamCan for this cache - our find 10778 and the 1st of 1 finds for the day.FieldNotes: Answers have been sent to the CO

After years on our bucket list and three cancellations due to Covid, we are thrilled to finally be here. Following several cruises we flew from Sydney, Australia to Wellington, New Zealand to begin our next adventure. Picked up our rental vehicle and will be driving, exploring, hiking, and caching both islands for 3.5 weeks. Despite the rain we really wanted to drive this road to the end and hunt this virtual cache. Gathered the needed answers and enjoyed the view with umbrellas in hand. Our answers have been sent via the message system and we appreciate the CO developing this virtual cache. Thanks for adding to our adventure today, Nukeworker and Racquetball Girl, Arkansas, USA

Spending the night at Haast and decided to make the trip out in the evening and it did not disappoint! Unbelievable drive, well done NZ!

Visiting Jacksons bay this morning for a feed of whitebait. Managed to stretch the range in the rental EV to hopefully be able to make it to Fox glacier this afternoon.Answers sent to COThanks for the virtual

Love Jackson Bay! My only wish was that the Craypot was open in winter TFTC!

Thanks for taking us here and sharing this piece of history

Great view from here

Found with KJR, fun one thank you. No crayfish lunch though Mossies had a feed on us TFTC

Band Road Trip to Haast with AlpiSteve. A couple of hours to fill in before time to set up so we went for a wee drive to Jackson Bay. Didn't stay long because of the mozzies but long enough to get the info required and a few photos TFTV

Very wet today

Tftc

Holties

We decided to go here after this beautiful spot had been presented in a German TV documentary. It was raining heavily when arrived. So we had Fish & Chips first (Orange Roughy), and when it began to clear up we looked for the information to answers the questions of this virtual. We sent the answers. Thanks a lot!

2736. A nice quick piece of history to read thru as we took a day trip to the end of the road. TFTC!!!

Found it:-)
An interesting virtual which taught me some history, answers have been sent to the CO
Many thanks for placing this virtual
TFTC

Out caching today and decided to come and pick this one up. Answers sent.
Thanks for the cache
9502

Visited Jackson bay today. Was supposed to be fine but was a say of patchy showers. Not too many people around.
Thanks for putting this cache together

Mit meiner Tochter in Süd Neuseeland unterwegs. Hier wurde ein kleiner Stopp eingebaut. Die Antworten sind verschickt. Vielen Dank und herzliche Grüße vom Rumtreiber aus Braunschweig, Deutschland.

Found while stopping at Jackson Bay for Lunch. Thanks for placing the virtual here, and for the interesting history.
Thanks.

We decided to try out the fish and chips at the nearby Craypot. A lovely day today. TFTC!

Last cache of the day and probably also on the west coast, as tomorrow we will crossing the Southern Alps. Was worth the drive from Haast.
Thank you for showing us this place
NathanS05

TFTC

We went to see Jacksons beach this evening. Nice place and we saw one penguin. Lucky us. TFTC

# Found with mobi12 8 november 2022. Greetings from Västmanland Sweden

Answers sent. We had a slow trip out to Jackson Bay as advised at the info centre as the road is very bouncy. He wasn’t wrong. The trip is well worth the effort though. A lovely spot

TFTC spectacular and stunning!

A very damp day here today with limited visibility. Nice to visit though. Thanks for the virtual cache.
Unfortunately no coffee as it is closed.

Beautiful day at the bay. Thanks for your virtual

Have emailed and messaged answers. Will log as I don’t like to have my finds too badly out of order. Really enjoyed our trip to Jackson Bay. Very glad to have a cache to find. NINO TFTVC

On my way home from Nelson and getting a few caches on the way. Great lunch at The CrayPot. ftc

Spent the night here and lunch at the caravan which I highly recommend.TFTC

Found with correct answers but no answer yet so checked with a found and we got it right

Great piece of coast line. I enjoyed the interesting history of the settlers sealers and whalers. It was a different time . Ethnes and I took many photos and soaked up the essence of the rugged west coast. Tftc

Last night when I was looking along our route for today I spotted this cache. Prior to 2011 I would’ve called me coming here ‘me being curious to see what was at end of the road where you couldn’t drive any further south around the coast’. That is still true today, but now I wanted to find this old virtual. So off we set driving an extra 48 kms. It was worth it. Bridges, scenery and new history to discover. Favourite given. T so very much FTC PamCan. What a great way to entice people to find out about out of the way places in NZ.

Day 10 of the Loopppiiieee Tour (top to bottom, east to west) and now we are heading north. We have finished the Southland Loop as ItchyFeet2020 and JustLookingOO have returned to Wellington. We are targeting the TWGTs for GraciesGPSfun; as well as the PWGT, CANZ, D/T and some oldie caches for us both, as well as driving many kilometres AND, just as important, seeing the sights of the South Island and having a lot of fun.

Lovely spot at the end of the road. Enjoyed the seafood chowder at the Craypot. TFTC Pam Answers to follow.

Visited GZ on this day. Sent answers to CO. An amazing out of the way place, missed out on the fush n chups spent too long at Blue Pools cooling off on the sweltering day, arriving too late oh well...
thanks for placing a virtual here

Travelling in our motorhome through Haast Pass and up the West Coast. Had to make the trip to the southernmost road accessible settlement.
Beautiful sunny day.
Answers sent to CO. TFTC and bringing us this far south.

A great drive from Haast, and at Jacksons Bay we completed our West Coast journey from the Heaphy track (Kohaihai) up North to the end of the road here in the South. Fantastic trip, and some good informative caches along the way - including this one. Answers sent to CO, and gets a fav from us. TFTVC

TFTF such a cool place... looking forward to the fish and chips

I believed I had done this a 5 years ago when I was last year. But no smile so this time I will add the smile. Tftc

Great day for a Fish and Chip lunch. Town was busy today with lots of boats and holidaymakers. First visit here for the Sully children. TFTC

"If we are going to Haast, we are going fishing in Jackson's Bay." -husband

Loved it here and went right for gz only to turn around at the spot. Read it out to the car but had to come back to make sure I was right on the dates?!?! ...They didn't know what I was reading was for a geocache haha.

Awesome spot for the entire family and even better to find virtuals here that are accessible for all the littles! Thank you CO

Found the information required after setting up camp for the night at the beautiful bay and going for a stroll. 29 December 2021 17:55

Late to log this one but found on a beautiful day and I also really enjoyed to walk over to Smoothwater Bay. TFTC

On a glorious day in Jackson Bay. And ate at the Craypot

Over from Dunedin and staying in Hannah’s Clearing for Queens Birthday weekend. Had to come down here for a look. Did the shorter walk as the weather wasn’t overly favourable with 60mm of rain forecast this afternoon. Thanks for the virtual.

On a road trip with downsouthinv and Abbykitt, and once we'd checked into the motel, thought it was only fair to head this way. It's been on my to visit list for a few years. The gazillion little locals welcomed us with open arms!
Great to explore this area, and find out it's history.

On a west coast oe 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
So a quick stop in wanaka to fuel up and we work our way to haast.
After we stop in at our accommodation we head down to Jacks Bay this is my first trip this far south on the west cost .
Some of the local residents greeted us well more like a few thousand , (sandflys)
We had a quick look around before heading back to haast and the on set of rain .
Found with Annielin and Abbykitt.
Getting out and about int 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

Answers sent to co Thanks

On a road trip to get and about.
Checked into the motel.
Nice to see this bay I have not been to before.
Answer sent to CO.
Found with annielin and downsouthinv.
Tftc

Suspect I'll never get back here.
Had a chance to drive to the end of the road. Gotto find and cache and fish and chips for lunch. And perfect weather as well!
Tftc

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I are on a bit of a Christmas Roadtrip from Auckland to Ingill & back ... we'll be doing a few geocaches on our travels ... this being the 100th cache of hopefully many & the 1st for 2021 ... we had been spent Christmas in Invercargill & were now heading back to Auckland, taking the scenic route ... we had stayed in Haast for New Years Eve & headed down to Jacks Bay intending to do a couple of walks while waiting for the Fish'n'chip caravan to open ... we were reasonably early & the weather was not conducive to tackling the walks (cold, wet & miserable) while waiting for the caravan to open ... so we only made a quick stop here to nab the virtual cache info needed ... & take a photo of the 'Raewyn' ... same name as Mrs McMike2012 but with a different spelling ... & then it was back on the road ... answers emailed to CO ... good to add another 'smiley face' to the tally ... TFTC ... TN except photos:LN:didn't SL ... #1,834 for us.

Being supervised by a very kind 'fisherie inspector' not only the cray fish were legally brought to shore but also our log was granted approval
Sandflies and fish and chips in Cray Pot. What does one need more?

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

Travelling and caching from Cromwell to the southern West Coast via Haast Pass. Arriving in Haast we next turned south to come to Jackson Bay to visit this early Virtual Cache site. Answers sent to CO. Thanks.

I started my great and unique round trip over the South Island in Christchurch.
My first major stopover was at Lake Tapeko - here I hiked up to Observation Mountain.
I then planned two days in Mount Cook NP with some unforgettable hikes. My big goal was the Mueller Hut - on a super strenuous hike I reached it.
I continued my journey over the lonely Danseys Pass to Dunedin.
Afterwards I drove along the Southern Scienic Route via Invercargill to Manapouri for some days. On this route I visited many sights and enjoyed the beautiful nature again and again.
I already booked a tour to the Doubtful Sound in advance - another highlight on my tour.
Afterwards I drove on to Queensown and Wanaka. From there I continued over the Haast Pass to the lonely Jackson Bay with storm and heavy rain. Afterwards I drove along the west coast always in pouring rain.
The rain stopped the whole west coast, but I had good rainwear with me. Only high up in Nelson the sun shone again.
Soon I reached the east coast again in Picton and Blenheim and the sun was shining again.
After a few days I travelled back to Christchurch via the beautiful town of Kaikoura.
At the end of my round trip I spent a few more days in Christchurch and its surroundings.
I visited many geological sites and found many caches on my round trip. In Rangiora I visited an event.
I travelled 3418 km and take home a lot of positive experiences.
Thanks to many beautiful caches I was also shown unique locations, historical sites and geological features.
I am overwhelmed by the fantastic and ever changing nature on the South Island of New Zealand - I will definitely come back.

Many thanks to all owners
Team sissifalke

Found while travelling in the area last week. A beautiful place to visit and well worth the 40km each way from Haast. Had a coffee in the cafe there and a walk around the area. I emailed the answers last week. TFTC

Visited Jackson Bay again a couple of weeks ago with Victorious one. Last time Mr TS was here it was the 1990's and caches were not an option! Thanks for the smiley down the bottom of the Coast, and the answers were sent to the CO last week.
Cheers
Twosharpe

I like this area.

New Zealand we are back again.
Hoping to find some caches at secret or interesting locations we are with the motorhome on the road.
This day we visited Jackson Bay, a dream if us since we saw the documentation movie in TV.
The answers were sent to the co.

Thanks to Pam for hiding and maintaining.
Best regards
DiaMiKu from Germany
04. Dezember 2019

We had decided Haast was going to be our last overnight stop on a caravanning trip in the lower South Is so after setting up camp we still had plenty of time left to grab the four caches in the wider area.
Our last trip to Jackson Bay was in pre geocaching days and included a walk to Smoothwater Bay to share lunch with sandflies but today it was too late in the day to contemplate a walk anywhere so we had a look round the village before heading back to Haast.
Answers have been sent to the CO.
Thank you Pam.

Our last over night stay on a trip from Christchurch to Greymouth via Southland. The main objective was to complete logging all South Island TMTG caches but you just can't help the by-catch Before our geo-caching days we walked the track to Smoothwater Bay. The sandflies were so big you measured them between the eyes... Nothing of the kind today. Just memories and an interesting bit of local knowledge. Details have been forwarded to the CO. Thank you Pam

Drove out to Jackson Bay from Haast. Unfortunately, it was pouring rain when we got to ground zero, so we didn't enjoy any of the walks. Tigerlily did reward us with a coffee and non-alcoholic ginger beer from the Cray Pot. Email has been sent.
Thanks for the fun, Pam!
Found on November 23, 2019 at 1:48 PM
CptPhoenix&Tigerlily -- Flagstaff, AZ

Message sent to cache owner so changed the log to a find. TFTC

Visited here and will send answers to cache owner when we get home in a few days. Alas the Cray Pot wasn't open so now time to head north to Haast. TFTC

Lodging note until answers confirmed.
With a couple of scheduled days off work and the weather due to change tomorrow (for the worse), KrystalKath and I are taking the opportunity to pick up her girlfriend in Haast and continue here to Jackson Bay for the day.
Enjoyed the scenery of the drive out here. Those are massive imposing slips along the way.
We thoroughly enjoyed our lunch at The Cray Pot, then explored the area, walking out to the end of the pier, gathering the required info for this old Virtual, and chatting to locals and visitors.

Staying near Haast for the weekend. Had to go to Jackson Bay for fish and chips. Beautiful hot sunny day and a dead calm sea. Heaps of boats out fishing. Fisheries officer there doing his job which was great. Unfortunately he had already discovered that some fishermen/woman can't count and were taking more than their fair share.
TFTC

Lodging note until answers confirmed.
With a couple of scheduled days off work and the weather due to change tomorrow (for the worse), KrystalKath and I are taking the opportunity to pick up her girlfriend in Haast and continue here to Jackson Bay for the day.
Enjoyed the scenery of the drive out here. Those are massive imposing slips along the way.
We thoroughly enjoyed our lunch at *The Cray Pot*, then explored the area, walking out to the end of the pier, gathering the required info for this old Virtual, and chatting to locals and visitors.

Answers with Karma Reprint. Too much liquid sunshine to go for a walk to Neil's beach or I might have been too full of fish chowder from the Craypot. Tftc

A quick and easy find. CAme down this way for a couple of caches and a nice lunch. Cheers

Easter holidays, and a road trip to Milford Sound. Time to start the trek home, via the West Coast. Off to Franz Josef today. The weather was good for caching, mostly fine, with times between caches where there was a little rain. Sweet.

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

Nice drive and really worth the effort as it was a great lunch. Open till 5.30 now, maybe seasonal and the place was packed. Tftc

*Found with [Geooh Live](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohLive)*

Found relevant brass plaque to get the nose and very short period.
Will email when have wifi.
Nice hide tftc

After we visited the glaciers and yes we had a lot of rain. We visited this not really know location. Thanks for the cache!

Wonderful drive to this place!
TFTC

Stopped by to visit a friend and have dinner at the Cray Pot

We found this geocache while visiting this beautiful country. Today we drove from Lake Hawea to the West Coast via the Haast Pass. Along the way we took time to catch 2 geocaches. The first one was Roaring Billy Falls. We think that the path through the forrest was as impressive as the falls. The container was found rather quickly. Second and last one of today was the virtual at Jackson Bay. After collecting the data we enjoyed the view on the sea while eating and drinking in The Cray Pot. Thanks for these caches!

Answers just send by mail.
This was my first cache of 2019.
We stayed at Haast and wanted to see the Glaciers today, so Jackson Bay wasn't 'on the route' but we had heard of dolphins sometimes swimming here, so we made the trip and were fortunate to see them!!!!
We also had a nice early lunch and met a Spanish speaking couple from Argentina. Absolute worth the trip!
Yes, it was raining and windy - but we enjoyed it!!

I loved this place, it felt like the end of the world.

Found this virtual while waiting for dinner @ The Craypot . Had a lovely day today - beautiful weather and great company. Fav point from us. Answers emailed to CO. Many thanks.

*Day 10 of our amazing trip*

On our very first evening in NZ we were told by one of the locals that we should visit Jackson's Bay. So, despite not really having much time for it, that's what we did. We did not see any penguins (it wasn't really the right time of the day), but at least we had lunch at the nice orange place (whoever has been to Jackson's Bay knows what I mean) where we were eaten by sandflies. One may argue that it was not really worth all the drive, but still I liked the place, and I can imagine that it may be a rather nice area, if one gets to spend more time there.

Anyway, the answers for the VC were easy to collect and have been sent to the CO.

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Austria.

On day ten of our wonderful New Zealand trip Oztriaco and I made our way to Haast and than to Jackson Bay. We were very happy to find a virtuel cache. At Jackson Bay we I tasted the whitebaits. Than we made a short walk to the beach. The answers were send to the owner. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Austria.

T4TC #86 love jacksons bay and greases at the craypot.

Beautiful Bay.. Found with Geo daughter Jaimee83 no reception at the Bay forgot to log cache. TFTC

TFTC.... and bringing us to this amazing spot... which led to a two night stay right next to the water.

So grateful there was a GC placed here as we didn't have a chance to log many on our travels.

Found with geodad Matini264 and muggle hubby

Met some very friendly locals and heard some great stories of the place too.

Due to the bad weather we couldn'z enjoy this place as expected. We had rain nearly trhe entire day. Thanks for the cache!

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My PA (rustynz) says I am behind in my logging

Found some caches missed during a westie adventure with rustynz and gorby.

Thanks CO for all your hides

The answers for the virtual have been sent by the group (rustynz and gorby)

Rustynz, Rebel98 and myself Gorby are Westies from Auckland. We regularly head away on cheap flights to here and there, this time we have flown to Queenstown for a 3 day adventure of fun and caching. Rebel is our nominated driver, I navigate and rusty tells us the hints and description.

Today is our third and last day of our adventures. Sad to leave the South Island so soon, but we WILL be back - soon.

We had a nice night last night by the hot fireplace, a huge wooden log fire, chatting to various fellow residents at Haast Lodge. I gave away a hot water bottle to a young Dutch woman who happened to be sleeping out in her hired car! Brrhhh, it was cold enough in my room with the heater going all night - and I wore my clothes to bed!! We met an older British guy who moved to Australia and married an Australian woman there, nice to have met them too. That to me is one of the highlights of staying in cheap accommodation, is chatting to overseas visitors and making them welcome in NZ!!

So after hot spaghetti and sausages on toast and a good coffee for breakfast, rusty and Rebel and myself packed up and made the journey to this cache first. It was on our to-do-list due to it's age and the remote location.

We parked up at the plaque to get the required info and that will be sent off to the C.O then since it was such a very fine morning and as rusty said a golden glow, any fotos we took could only come out very well! She heard tui, I only noticed the scenery and the bridge we just had to walk out to. We dd that and took a slow walk back to our hired 4wd.

Thanks PamCan for this virtual, we really loved being here and the cache was a bonus too.

On a caching adventure with rebel98 and gorby

After an overnight stay in Haast (cold, had to keep the layers on!)

We made the drive to Jackson Bay before 8 am, after an early breakfast.

Its a beautiful drive, the weather is perfect, and the morning sun puts a golden glow on the Bay.

Quickly we found the required information, and then went for an explore, walking along the wharf. So much history in this place, and times of hardship.

An added highlight was the bird call, it was amazing, a real symphony of bird sounds.

Thanks Pam for the virtual, and bringing us here. The answers have been sent to the CO.

After the mini-cyclone yesterday, we were out on the road again today! We made a long detour to get this old virtual. What a beautiful place! Pics coming when I get a better signal.......tftv!

Found in our holidays to New Zealand.
Greetings from Germany and

TFTC,

JuStMeMi

Beautiful place.
Son found this.
TFTC and keeping it alive.

After driving up to the Haast Pass this morning I decided to continue by driving South from Haast in the afternoon.

I went to have a feed of fish and chips from the café here as I had been told they were great. BUT so were the prices and they were closing up for the day so it was back to the caravan for leftover stirfry.

Cheers for the cache.

Found as part of our day exploring South Westland. Answers sent to the CO.
TFTC

Thanks so much for maintaining this old Virtual, Pam.
It has been in my sights for a long time & I am on road trip that I have essentially planned around claiming it !
I set off today on an expedition - with a one-way rental car - from Queenstown to Christchurch via Haast, where I am spending the night. A lovely, easy drive from Haast to Jacksons Bay.
Answers have been emailed.