Doctors' Gardens (Nelson/Marlborough) Richmond, South Island, New Zealand
By usakiwi on 19-Jun-04. Waypoint GCJQZ8

Cache has had a good run and time to move on. This is the third time it has been muggled, so as they say in baseball, three strikes and your out.

Tried yesterday, but there was a wedding going on... came back today to get it!
Appears it has been muggled!! Found it a short distance from where GPS and Clue led me to. Lid was off and contents spread around. Log book in a sorry state. Gathered up what I could and rehid - hopefully in the right place.
TFTC

A good easy to find cache in a good spot. Had to return for a third time to avoid the many muggles that like enjoying this area. Our daughter swapped a dinosaur for her small bettle car.

Hi usakiwi
you might want to go and check out your cache
because when we found the cache it was full of
bark and the logbook was ripped up.
apart from that it was a great cache.

Checked out cache and all is well. Left TB.

This was our first attempt at Geocaching, no a beautiful in a beautiful garden. Well hidden cache, fun time finding our first

Very impressed with the gardens, a more manicured or spic and span reserve I have never seen, truly gorgeous. Nice straight forward find with no muggers about.
Many thanks for showing me this place.

Cache has been replaced to co-ordinate and clue location.

Had a bit of bother with this cache. Couldn't find it in the dark so came back and found it in the late afternoon. However just as i was about to replace the cache a family showed up and proceeded to practice hockey and basketball. Not being able to replace the cache I had to find an alternative spot for the cache. Sorry about this but it was time to leave the Nelson region and head for home so wasn't able to hang around and replace correctly.

The cache is hidden under the bridge closest to the main carpark; can some one please put back.

Out for a chilly winter walk and checked it out.

couldent find it but it was dark and that's a large area and were the hint say's it's hidden it was very big

Never seen this many Monarch butterflies; absolutely stunning. Lovely arbour to have lunch some day. Thanks for this cache.
tuttifrutti et al.

Getting dark - was on a quick tour before a meeting at night. A huge thank you to the person who left the small torch. Invaluable - even in writing the log. Very nice place - never would have seen it if not for this cache. Thanks. Took torch, had nothing to leave, sorry.

TFTC, uplifted Geocoin and replaced with another

called in for a play in the park,checked on the cache and found a coin so grabed it

Nice ang quiet garden, very good place for cache.

TFTC
IN: Led torch, TB fish in Fishbowls
OUT: GC Super geocacher

Called in to the cache to swap some TBs
+ Supercacher geocoin
+ Signacoin
- sheep & cats TBs

Got here on Saturday. A concert was on for the muggles, and everyone looked like they where having a good time. Headed around to the right, and came to a drive. I then presumed the park was on the otherside of this property as my GPS was saying it was a mere 40 meters away. Cache area was muggle free.

A nice Hide.

We came back on Monday and dropped in my 2 Ocicat TB's as we where in Nelson for the weekend and wanted to spot the best hides for my travel bugs.

Took a short vid of the concert, which as soon as its uploaded to YouTube, I will post a link.

+ Sheep TB
+Pen
- Soft Toy

+ 2 ocicat TB's

Short Video of what was happening there when I we where there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkRB8qRZzTo

found with yardbirds. a few muggles around so we had to be sneaky.
-calculator +2 toys
tftc

found with Kashkat. a few muggles around so we had to be sneaky.
-calculator +2 toys
tftc

Always like coming here.TFTC
- car, + koala

Lovely garden and the shady summer house was just what Mrs BE required on this very hot day whilst BaldEd went searching for the cache. TNLN.

Nice park. Nice easy cache to do with kids.
TNLN

3 generations of Beltfamily found this one - my Mum, who wanted to check out what we've been up to, myself and my 3 yr old son. Nearly got sprung by a Nelmac gardner as I emerged from putting it back! +green die -green puzzle watch. TFTC - usakiwi's always family friendly. As this is 10th find we are now contemplating our first cache to ensure the hard work by others is rewarded.

Found while on holiday in Nelson. Very well-groomed park. TNLN Thanks

17h45 Easy find, nice gardens
TNLNSL
TFTC

What an immaculate park - and I would just love to own that house! Took the two bugs and left a calculator
Thanks
Ella

Entered the back from a back street and the GPS was pointing into a backyard (the Doctor's?). After wandering around a bit we found the right part of the gardens and short thereafter the cache. Thanks.

Called into this cache aa I an a revlet went to go geocaching today as we had some TB's that we had had for to long. (Had tried to drop them off earlier to the Nelson TB hotel but found it muggled), well it was not a good day geocaching we go wet and had a few disapointments so we gave up and settled for leaving these TBs in the Doctors care.

Enjoyed this cache very much - loved the park even in the sunshower !! took shelter in the pergola (I love it - want one in my back yard !!!! ) Found easily took nothing left white snake cheers for the cache

Back again here this time found it easily but will turn out to be a very expensive one Now niteowlnz wants a structure in the backyard!

New location, with very slight change in co-ordinates.

Ready to go!!!!

Cache is missing from original site. Will check to see if it was moved to another site nearby. Watch this space!

In weather fit for the ducks, there were plenty of them around, including one family gathering with 4 or 5 ducklings, that weren't in any hurry to get out of our way.
Took a bit of a hunt to latch onto the correct spot, but found it in the end. TNLN TFTC.

Very well maintained spot indeed! Feels very posh!
Cheers usakiwi - M@

Found this while touring the Nelson area while visiting from San Diego, US. What a beautiful garden. Very quiet on a Sunday morning. TFTC

Great gardens, no roosters today!
+ Furby
- Highlighter
Thx Alley-cat & kittens

Interesting little park! Easy find - no swops, but TFTC

Nice easy find to start the day, Cheers.
-lizard + piglet

Hi quick stop off on the way back from 'candyland'
- badge and piglet
+ pen
TFTC

This was the weirdest cache on a day spent caching between ChCh and Nelson. Got to the desired co-ordinates, and, hello, there, in the garden stood a woman with a rooster! I immediately thought this was Candid Camera or whatever its called these days. There ensued a long conversation about the womans 40 something roosters that were being looked after by someone as her landlord didn't like her keeping roosters inside her apartment, and the special few roosters and the infection in the present special roosters bit on top of its head (is that called a cob?), and why some roosters were dying. Then the religous stuff that made no sense. Just go away please, I thought. I finally convinced her it was about to rain and special rooster might get sick. So into her handbag went special rooster and off she went. How many people are wandering around with bloody great rosters in their handbags? I'll be on the lookout. Cheers USAKiwi for the interesting (but time consuming) cache.

Our first cache! GPS bang on the mark.
- Necklace
+ Badge

Another great spot i didn't no about and so close to town too.
- ear ring
+ hi-lighter pen

Nice easy find in lovely gardens ..
+ Carved bone bead
- Peter Pan figure
TFTC
Whakatu3 (minus 2!)

Nice One, a busy place but the cache was in a nice quite spot no mugger about

thanks for the find nothing to exchange

Second cache of the day We cycled from Trev's Dream to this cache. The gardens were very quiet so surprisingly no difficulty with muggles.
- jandal
+ maze game
Ballan

Found just on dusk, the garden shape can throw you out

Many Thanks Bitsprayer

Quick walk around park in the rain on quick Holiday in the south Would like to come back in the sun.
In USA Coin

Visited at 1.30pm. Parked at back entrance and puzzled about location.... saw map and realised the park's unusual shape. Headed to cache, only to be thwarted by couple on picnic blanket just metres from ground zero, and several more muggles near by.... will return later

returned at 2.10pm.... one muggle still there, joined by another... but we went and made out nearby just like the first couple we spied about an hour ago.... they quickly left! Cache in hand soon after that.
Obviously a popular spot at lunch time.
Thanks - a beautiful spot, including the begonia houses.

5.45pm. As we commenced to seek this cache we were sidetracked to the begonia house which had the most colourful display of flowers we had ever seen. Must be a good year for begonias. Then a wander through this attractive park to an easy find. There was a nip in the air at this time on the first day after daylight saving ceased but it was a delightful way to round off a successful caching day.
+ bead bracelet
- frog
TFTC.
M&P.

Thought we'd pop in as I drive by this place all the time but this time I had a couple spare minutes. Had to pretend to be having a picnic as muggles arrived whilst I was scruffling around in bushes. It is a lovely place to relax!
- wooden elephant and stop sign
+ 2 badges

Nice park, We were lucky no muggles

Carefully avoided muggles.
Kermit has arrived and minus a lonely bear.8d

The nearby structure provided welcome relief from the heat to write up the log. Loads of families about enjoying the lovely day and the nice shady trees in this park. TNLNSL. Thanks

2.30pm - nice easy find, no muggles about. Cheers.

(Signed log as agentjet)

2.30pm - nice easy find, no muggles about. Cheers.

Decided to look for this one while we had takeaways for dinner.
A nice little corner of the park.
+ Wooden toy
- boy figure

Nice little park
tnln

easy find. no muggles.
+ stop sign
- TB

Fabulous setting - some of the most well kept gardens you are likely to find.

Must confess to having gone traipsing through somebody's yard inadvertently though - perhaps some car parking co-ordinates of 41.20.588 / 173.11.207 might be appropriate to publish - hopefully to avoid other misguided traipsings !

Found by my niece Edie aged 3 1/2 - and we left TB "Wandering Tape #1" which had wandered all the way from Berkshire, England !

Thanks,

Ed (KiwiAnorak)

[This entry was edited by KiwiAnorak on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at 7:54:41 PM.]

Nice spot not far from a busy town centre, nice day. Took time went round the garden, niely kept. thanks no swaps

We had to come back to this one as too many muggles last weekend and people working their garden net door looking at us suspiciously.Meet Buzztasman there and when Eraserman junior had trouble working the clue he kindly gave him a hint. Thanks Buzztasman.
-marble
+ kiwi

A lovely spot close to town so could walk to this one with the kids while waiting for the car in the garage. Fortunately was quiet so no problems avoiding muggles. Had to rumage around in the garden for a bit.

Rather tricky when I came from the wrong street - had to go right around the big house avoiding gardeners - easy otherwise. No swaps, cheers, Grandalf.

Lovely spot, easy find TNLN

A simple cache to find, nice park.
TNLN

Easy find this one. What a great spot. Stopped for coffee with Mrs xs in the nearby structure. TNLN

Went to a part of this place i had never been in - a lovvely autumn day.

Thought I knew this location well, but the particular spot where this cache lies was new territory to me! The toilets were locked so this was a mighty brief visit!

What a beautiful spot. Enyoyed takng a break in such a serene setting. Coords were spot on. Found it within a minute.
+TB Mrs Pengie
-Brass Monkey
Thank you
Conton

Nice gardens. The sprinklers came on just as we arrived so the dash to the tree had to be well coordinated.
-Walkman Kiwi
+Boomerang Earrings

Lots of gardiners working here today, had to pretend to be interested in the flora around the general location.
No problem to find, replaced the bungee cord with a dinosaur!
Cheers

What beautiful gardens. Nice to be able to bring the dog in too. Strange signs though - 'Warning - no cricket in park'. Maybe a warning as to the consequences?
We almost did a full circuit of the house, before ending up at the right location. TNLN - thanks.

Great place to visit on a summery Nelson afternoon. Easy find. Managed to sidestep a wedding party.

fonud it

Great place on a hot day! Some muggles thought so, too, and had lunch here. We went for a coffee and looked for the cache on return. Nice one!
+ bunjy cord, - tape measure

My first one to find! Now to explore other areas.

Co-ordinates were spot on, found easily. Lovely gardens - today is a hot humid day! Good to see Baz (previous log) is still moving aroung - he's a hard one to fit into a cache! TNLN Jane

Hey, I think we're following Bear Left around and are just missing them!

Very nice gardens, and they are easy to find when you don't suffer from coordinate transposition syndrome. A quick slap and all was on track.

Found the cache and almost had to silence a muggles in the grandiose house nearby!

Explored the contents in the pagoda type thingy.

+ tape measure

BAZ, aka Vombatus Ursinus (TB 454172) visited with us.

Cheers
Jonno, Dawn and Jordan

Muggles nearby so I pretended to be setting out a picnic while JM snuck in for the cache. I played the decoy while she signed the log and made our trade.

We enjoyed the last spot of sunshine for the day while walking around in this pretty little park. There were muggles in the pavillion, but they were too occupied with each other to see me slip off to find the cache. Took compass keychain and left a Buddha.

We made this the first of the day, hoping to avoid any wedding parties, and we did.
The assistant gardener seemed less than thrilled with his weeding, but we were glad that it kept him occupied in another section of these lovely gardens.
A bit of a fossick, with an eye on the neighboring house (and the patrolling dog in their yard), and Mama Bear sooned turned up the cache, which we logged in the rotunda.
Just what the Doctor ordered!

I popped by yesterday but didn't get to go in as there was a wedding reception going on. Called in today after doing some other caches in the area and managed to nail this one. No exchange made. Cheers Gav [336]

Came yesterday but a wedding rehearsal was in progress so we made sure we came early this morning to get there first! A lovely park - so well set out and groomed.
- kiwi + compass keyring
Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Landscaping will not effect the cache site,so no need for change. Go for it as is. USAKIWI

Unarchiving at owners request

Because of relandscaping of the gardens, a new cache site is necessary. Will notify when the amendment has been determined. USAKIWI

A lovely day for a stroll in the beautiful gardens. An easy find thanks - I note a new log book. No exchange, the first find of 7 today on our way to Christchurch. Thanks - Tony & Anita

We looked around a while, but couldn't find this one. It was cold and rainy with some groundskeepers working nearby, so we gave up. We followed the hint and found what we thought was the right place, but no luck.

Didn't know this part of the garden was here.
See something new al the time.
+ green bird
- lollipop

Easy find.
Nice gardens.

- USD 1/4 Coin (destined for the next cache we do).
+ Stickers.

I didn't even know that the wee park was there! Nice spot and a nice find. Traded a little kiwi for a glass lolli ...

The neighbours little yappy dog woiuld NOT leave me alone, funny little thing could not figuire out what I was up to!

A stunning winter day .

Maple Hill

Cool, thanks Usakiwi for a neat cache, its great to see another cacher active in Nelson.
Our gps zeroed about 4 metres from the cache, we used the clue as it was pouring down.
Baby Jack accompanied us on his first cache hunt and was safely tucked away in his buggy under the rain cover.

Nil trade.

Steve, Ruth and Jack