Home on the Range (Nelson/Marlborough) Richmond, South Island, New Zealand
By surf'n on 07-Aug-05. Waypoint GCQ1Z5

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With 5 kids under 8 a nice walk and cool fun hunting.

Wow, what an amazing view.
I went along the fenceline, wasn't in the first place I looked but got there soon.
Take a moment to look up when you are here, beautiful.

Pleasant walk along Jimmy Lee Creek with Bovverboy in tow to do the dirty work so I wouldn't break any fingernails

Out for a walk with Lustylass thru the native bush along Jimmy Lee Creek. All good with this one.

Nice easy find with an awesome view.

Found it. TFTC

Good morning walk with the dog. Amazed at how busy track was. Some planting at the top but just far enough away to be able to make the quick find. 1173m towards the DGSc distance challenge also. Thanks for the cache.

Good find. Thanks

We are in Nelson for a couple of days. Really enjoyable walk. Met a couple of gents planting trees and shrubs near the cache and had a chat about the area. Cache quickly found. All good. TFTC

A quick find after a wander in the Richmond Hills with SJT_NZ, only one DNF and one failed attempt but all in all a fun outing and great views of the bay. All in good order, TFTC

A quick find with TregearP whilst out in the area today. First time we'd been up this track which certainly gave the legs a workout as we made our way to the top.

All in good order, signed log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache surf'n.

nice

Over from Melbourne visiting Jay’s family and grabbing the occasional cache on our travels. Went for a walk along the creek near Jays sisters place. Great view. TFTC.

This cache is still in good shape. I headed on up to try another couple of caches, with mixed success. Good walk to here though. TFTC Surf'n.
Today I decided on a trip to Nelson with a pretty open agenda. I had noticed that my D/T matrix is a not flattering 55, and has gained only one in the last 6.5 months. Not good. So I targeted some that may help that, as well as a few for the the hidden month matrix, and of course any others that get in the way. Not hugely productive but a good day anyway - spent too much time revisiting some that have been causing me problems....

Quick find once we had the right post. Tftc

Found several days ago.

Nice walk up the hill

nice one. tftc

Enjoyed the walk amongst the trees, some real beauties amongst them. I disturbed a family of cockroaches nearby so that was a little bit surprising. Thanks surf'n for the cache

Definitely good to be in the sun again after the bush walk. A quick find at cache site then a sit in the sun to plan our next target.

Quick easy find cheers

A bit of an up-hill slog on a hot morning - which makes a change! Great views. TFTC.

TFTC! CZ

Need to more of these to get the fitness up. TFTC

Lovely view Cheers

With jerry

Larger fence post

Great day out for a walk in the Richmond Hills and to tick off a string of geocaches along the bird sanctuary trail. Unfortunately, somewhere along the trail I misplaced my writing utensil and there was none to be found in this cache. Hope the attached photo will suffice until I get up there again. TFTC!

Picking up a few caches this arvo. Nice reward for my downhill run. TFTC

Nice view form up here on an Autumn day!

Once in a lifetime we wanted to travel to the other side of the world. This year we took a chance and made a 4 weeks trip to New Zealand! Although caching was not the main purpose, we had our GPS prepared and when we were close to a cache, we of course looked for it and logged it. So we found several dozens of "kiwi-caches" and want to thank all the owners!!

Today we had a "challenge day" in the region of Nelson and - of course - we did also some other caches. This very nice one we found after a breathtaking climb after the nearby earthcache at approx. 30°C. Peeeew! The cache itself was found and logged fast and without any complications. Thanks for showing this wonderful lookout!!

TFTC #3611, Ebnater

We loved it thanks tftc

Woohoo

Glad to be at the top nice spot for our picnic

It's hot damn hot

First time in this area, thanks for Geo, will be back!

Had a great walk with my Nelson family fantastic area TFTC

Found it. Lovely walk.

quick find once I made it up here
TFTC

First of ten caches we found on a lovely ramble in the hills above Richmond.

In Richmond for a wee family holiday. Mrs G came out for a mornings Hill run....one of a handful she found along the way. Cheers.

Easy find. First substantial wooden fence post. Cftc

On my way back down the hill; below the cloud again. Quick find using the hint. Interesting history; TFTC!

Returning from a visit to The World Bank, I was pleasantly surprised to find I was closer to Home on the Range than I expected I would be. Too good an opportunity to pass by, I still took longer to find the cache than I should have done.

Thanks

#359

Have not been on this track before. Enjoying the walk

Hard climb. Great view. Totally dying lol unfit.

Nice walk up to here, great view. Signed log as Caching Nanny but have changed my name since then. Thank you

Great views, was a bit of a climb. Tftc

Great views, was a bit of a climb. Tftc

Having the flu the week before made this walk up tough. Discovered that we had passed cachers paddle chick and cachn nanny we think.

Quick find, great views thanks for bringing me here

#2278

Did this lovely walk with another family. Great view and beaut sunny day. TFTC

After plodding up the hill, finding the cache and signing the log, we had plenty of time to take a seat and admire the view. TFTC.

First time on this delightful track. A good work out to get to GZ but with the reward of beautiful views. TFTC

Perfect clear day for a fantastic view to the snowy mountains. A very easy find but not so easy hill climb to get there!! TFTC

TFTC

Our usual walking loop from home so great to have added purpose now that we have started caching. TFTC

#7474. In the gully the track hadn't been too steep, but as soon as we reached the edge of the pine trees the track got distinctly steeper. The views today were excellent. TFTC.

After being in the gully en route up from Hill St, it was great to see the views and the sun. After finding the cache, we took advantage of the nearby picnic table to admire the views while enjoying a sit down (last bit got the heart pumping), the sunshine and a muesli bar. TFTC.

Just out for a walk to the top of the hill and catch up on a cache or to TFTC

Yes the potatoes are there at present and someone has checked to see if they are of decent size, none left so they must have been
Interesting piece of history and what a shame to see it all so overgrown now. TFTC

Tftc

The evenings are getting longer and the opportunity for a post-work walk called. There have been a few caches up this side of the hill waiting to be collected and so a test of my cardio fitness was required. Am I half way up yet? Quick find at GZ. TFTC

I enjoy walking this route two or three times a week and I had thought that this would be a good place for a cache. There are often pheasants around here too, including this morning when I did this cache. My dog was disappointed not be able to give chase ... Thanks, J and dog.

We got to this one the long way around on our rainy day walk along the hills. We stopped for a quick break and noticed we were only 10m away from the cache! Nice and quick find. TFTC.

Great views, great walk and a rewarding find. TFTC!!

Been up here so many times and still love the view Forgot to bring a pencil. Next time then.

Found during a walk over the hill

Quick find on way back down from Richmond Hills, hard MTB ride.

Steep track is right!! But the view is worth it from the picnic table. Decided to keep going to the top. TFTC

Gosh, how many times have I biked past this in past not knowing ! Used to have permission to come up through the private property. Thanks

Quick find on the way to the top of Barnicoat.

Quick find while out walking with Ducksarse Dave. TFTC

A revisit with Gaines'em (daughter-in-law) for some early morning exercise, to show off the view. Lots of work being done on the track since my last trip down, due to the slips after the rain. but great to see that the track was still accessible.

Quick run up the hill then easy find tftc

Plenty of joggers and walkers out enjoying the beautiful day.

A quick find on our way up the hill.

TFTC

I had this track marked down as a must do climb whilst on the visit to Nelson because of the number of caches to found. An early morning start had me here at 7.30am. Great views. Thanks for the cache.

It was a bit of a struggle to get to GZ, maybe I'm not as fit as I thought I was... HAHA.

Once there though it was a straightforward find of the cache. TFTC

A steep climb indeed!! My first time attempting this walk up the hill. Number 1 of 8 for the day. Picked up TB Lucky Da Ladybug. TFTC.

Great bit of exercise. Visiting from Te Awamutu. Really thought I was on the wrong part of the track and almost gave up; then came across 'the gate'. Dropped 2 TBs.

Good cords .Been on this track dozens of times but never get sick of the view.pen broken in cache did not have one to replace it with. Thanks surfn.

Good spot nice walk up the hill with the kids and we could hide from muggles swapped with dinosaur.

Oops. I found this cache when out caching with Sidewaze but somehow missed logging it. Apologies for being a little late . TFTC .
[Libitee made hard work of this back in 2010. - - - I can't believe after all that she didn't log it!!! -Sidewaze]

Awesome!!! We had a good workout or should I say walkout today, exploring places we'd never been before. Great views today, but the pollen season seems to have arrived with a vengeance. Thanks for placing the cache here. Decided not to leave any trackables here but a little posse of them paid a visit.

1350hrs Yeah we found the 'wild' potatoes. Fancy farming them up here. The Italian Job was here......! Our blog www.motorhominginxs.blogspot.com

Easy find, on a good day out. Lots of tracks around here.

Nice evening walk. Passed 9 other people out walking this track too. Dropped Knight TB. TFTC

A nice evening walk with friends soon had the cache in hand .

Took advise & wore boots, lol. Tlnl sl tftc.

Awsome place, good views for a short walk! ps dont wear jandals on this one!

This was going to be a casual stroll for us, but it turned into a three hour major hiking expedition - got this one on the way down. Great tracks up there. Replaced plastic bags as they were a bit damaged. TFTC.

quick find on the way home from wairau valley.

A lovely stroll with the kids. Easy find. Many thanks!

I must have run past this Cache 100 times or more over the years, thanks for makeing me stop and take in the vew.

First of 4 up on this range today. Should've been 5 but I stupidly didn't load one of them onto the GPS. TFTC (467)

Great loop walk to do with the dog. Gps and co-ords spot on. Left W and took Daisy. Thanks.

I found a lot of caches with my Dad - Biggles - and never logged these online. Now I've got my own account, its time to set things straight. Thanks for all the fun, Flying Phoenix.

Harder than it looked, but that's because I keyed the coords in wrong , once I sorted that it was all good. Lil' Stu (8) found it a bit tough, Biggles (43) was slow and steady, and Jarzoo (14) skipped up the track like a mountain goat .

It was a short steep climb but a great view! Certainly walked off the Easter eggs!
TNLN