The Aviator (West Coast) Harihari, South Island, New Zealand
By Moneydork on 15-May-05. Waypoint GCNXY3

Ah, that would explain why I couldn't find it. Don't you hate it when pocket queries & GSAK don't automatically pick up the fact that a cache has been archived?

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spent ages searching and going back to check our figures - no cache. Did drive to the landing site which is worth a drive.
Sad the cache cannot be found.

Found the information, came up with some numbers - did a wee bit of a back track and found a spot that corresponded with the hint. But no cache to be found - by us anyway.

A welcome short stop on our way to Greymouth! Found easily. TFTC!

Interesting story. Found the cache after a short search. Thanks for this interesting stop!

Got a reasonable result from the info and calculations. But after spending half an hour or so, I did not succeed in finding this cache. Wonder if it's still there.
Thx anyway.

Nice hunt for this rainy day. Thanks
TNLN

The co-ords were bang on. The final was where I thought it would be, I remember more info at the site than there is now (read none) when I was younger. TNLN thanks, an interesting bit of coastal history.

i think the first coordinates are off?
but found info and cache no worries!
Cheers TNLN

Bit of a compulsory stop in a way, trying hard to get to Hokitika and avoid the $2.00/litre petrol but wasn't going to make it so had to pay the $20 call-out fee to get some petrol (plus petrol at $2.00 litre of course). Yes, should of just bit the bullet back at Fox.

Good cache, I always like these little snippets of local history.
TNLNSL TFTC

Is this missing? Found everything mentioned but no cache at the end. PErhaps next time we come to NZ...

A great place to stop and read the history. Aha, we thought, looking at the map on site, we're off to the landing site. So was quite perplexed when our final calculations showed a different place than the on-site map. Checked, rechecked. All seemed correct.
Trusted the GPSr, and went off to final GZ. Noted the name nearby and made the connection.
Drained, dried, cleaned the cache, and removed the mouldy swag.

Quick and informative little multi. Glad we stopped off here. SL. TFTC.

Also logging in and out our England Geocoin.

Thanx for the small multi!
teamKollMont from germany xx

Found it at 15.00 hrs. Nice piece of aviation history and a nice hide!!
Thanks-Meryl(Holland)

Arrived just before 4 campervans full of muggles. Pretended to be a documentary maker! I mean, who in their right minds looks at the side of a tin shed and writes stuff down about it!?

Found easily and loved the mural.

Took a smelly candle and left a badge.

A nice wee multi and an interesting piece of NZ history. We always enjoy these types of caches.
Cheers.

Nice quick multi with a great slice of local history. Thanks.

An interesting multi-cache.Good to see a replica of the aircraft and a history of this amazing feat.Worked out the puzzle for an easy find. - Horse + Safety Pins. TFTC.

This is what geocaching is all about for me: learning a little history about the area. Thanks for the history lesson. Guy was quite a guy! Wouldn't have stopped here if it weren't for geocaching. Thanks Moneydork!
TNLNSL TFTC
Early Rizers

Thanks for the short multi.
Yarcs (Braunschweig, Germany)

10:13 am - We did this one on the way back from Hari Hari Coastal Walk (great spot and another cache there). We worked out the final coordinates from the plaque at the actual landing spot. TNLN. TFTC.

Caching with Linleye. If you need sustenance, do call in at the Hari Hari Pukeko Tea Rooms on the main highway. Best we have ever found in NZ.

What a wunderfull day.At the Westcoast is it warm and sunny,and this is my 4th cache today.Nice questions,and nearby the fire-man make a test with here tubes.Befor I get wet,driving to the final.After a short time I found the cache.So makes geochaing fun. Thak you for this cache.ge0rg
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What a fellow, lucky he landed in the swamp. Also visted the spot the signpotsts say he landed. +elephat, - TB bird in hand.,

Well well well.. i logged the correct final co-ordinates only to carry on playing with the GPS and wiping them. However we never knew this till we were asked if we were ok searching in the wrong spot!!! Ooops Re-logged the co-ordinates and off we went to the right spot. Was possibly best to search the obvious spot first before the more difficult areas.
+ Bird in the Hand TB

Very interesting reading about The Aviator. Worked out co-ord, but ran out of time to back track. TFT puzzle.
Goldiehounds
NSW OZ

Found it with the kids. Fun putting the puzzle together. For safety sake and other readers its the clue furthest away from the road. Took Green stone Left Curious george TB, superball, and US dime. Thanks for the great cache.

24.03.2006 11:55 h #327 32 of 65 in NZ
Interesting story about an aviation pioneer and an interesting multi cache on our way to Greymouth. Took out TB Mc Fazer for a flight to Germany which is much longer but more comfortable nowadays as in the times of Guy Lambton Menzies.
Thanks for the cache.
Albatross1901 and Florian from Germany

Interesting place, THX!
In: TB Mc Facer
Greetings, Thomas & Birgit (Germany)

Have just viewed a clip on TV showing the reenactment of this historic flight. It showed the new commemorative plaque and the buildings that were being completed when we passed through recently. It makes our visit even more worthwhile.
Thanks

Enjoyed the cache. Interesting historical event. Took nothing, left nothing.
Conton

Easy find, although back-tracking on a bicycle is always a little disheartening. Great history lesson. TNLN. Thanks again Moneydork.

There is a new commemorative plaque and the whole area has been really spruced up. This actually made gathering the information a little tricky as the format is slightly different. However it was easy enough to sort out and get the correct coordinates. It was good being taken to the second site as well - this was very interesting information.
Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Interesting cache, bit wet so took soap that was wet, and left Smurf TB, took steamtrain TB

Nice easy Cache to find. On holiday from Australia and released TB Steamer 1077 into Cache.
TNLNSL

Easy find spot on coords. Very aromatic cache because of contents. Lovely warm spring day - Nice history lesson - took penny Left harmonica.

Found at 1750 hours, the last find for the day. Loved the great set of clues for this offset cache. The coords were spot on.
TN
+Aussie Penny (the closest one I had to match the year)
TFTC Onslow Fisherman

A FTF! Hidden in May! Blimey.

Nice and straightforward, interesting bit of local history. I wrote down the instructions with a few short-hand shortcuts, which caused a minor confusion, but soon straightened out. Then straight to it, grabbed the geocoin and left a green star stone.

TFTC!

Adding Pud's Geocoin.