Swing On By (Nelson/Marlborough) Kohatu, South Island, New Zealand
By samy! on 03-Jun-06. Waypoint GCWCPV

We parked over for the night and a good time to do this cache?!?!? For some reason it was still in my GPS. Afcourse with a DNF hahaha. Bridge is fixed so maybe another cache some day?!

Due to the condition of the swing bridge, we have decided to archive this one.

Like others, I didn't like the look of the swingbridge, so hubby blithely trotted across, grabbed the cache and brought back to me to sign, then trotted back again and re-hid the cache and came back again. All up four crossings of a broken swingbridge.

Während unserem Neuseeland Urlaub haben wir etliche schöne Orte besucht. Der ein oder anderen Dose haben wir einen Besuch abgestattet. Dieses hier gehörte dazu. Die Dose konnte sich nicht lange vor uns verbergen. Diese wurde dann schnell geborgen und muggelfrei geloggt. Ohne diesen alten Cache hätten wir diesen Ort bestimmt nicht besucht.

During our vacation to New Sealand we visited many beautiful places and visited some caches. This one was one of them. The container could be found easily. It was retrieved quickly and logged mugglefree. Without this old Cache we had not visited this place determined.

Danke für’s Legen und Pflegen an / Thanks for placing & maintaining this stash to samy!.

In: Nothing
Out: Nothing
Cache safe & dry.

Bis bald im Wald, und Grüße aus Mönchengladbach!

TFTC and greetings from Moenchengladbach, Germany!

Team Entonenteron

# 3679

Danke für die Dose - Thanks for that Cache - Merci pour la Cache - Dzięki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Díky za keš - Ačiū už tą talpyklą - Paldies par šo Cache - Aitäh selle eest Cache - Спасибо за то кэш - Kiitos, että Cache - Tack för att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - Ευχαριστώ για τη μνήμη cache - 感謝您的高速緩存 - Önbellek için teşekkürler - Köszönjük, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graças para o cache - Dankon pro la kaŝmemoron

We'd parked south of the road bridge and walked back in the increasingly heavy rain to get 3 caches. The swing bridge was closed both ends by hazard tape. Not one to take much notice of authority mr j climbed over and found the cache. He hadn't taken the pen and it did appear the hand rail cable was the fault so mrs j risked life and limb. Top cable indeed was Severed on both sides of far end. Had she known ..... Both back safe. NINO TFTC

Lovely swing bridge. Beautiful area TFTH

lovely setting, cache quickly located..tftc

NZDi and I had planned a two day caching weekend with the original idea to cache from Blenheim to At Arnaud to Kawatiri Junction to Nelson on Friday, then cache around Nelson on Saturday. We decided this would be too ambitious and scaled it back and start from Kawatiri Junction and this was the twenty-fourth find of the day.

Throughout the weekend our logs were signed Kiwimykl + NZDi or KM + ND or variations of the two with or without the date depending on the size of the space available and / or the particular logging requirements of the CO.

The ground around GZ was pretty sodden from a few days of recent rain, so we parked the geomobile somewhere where there was plenty of traction and walked the rest of the way. NZDi is not a fan of swing bridges so stayed behind while I grabbed the cache. The chicken wire grabbed me as I retrieved the cache, drawing blood in the process, (a small price to pay for another smiley face).

TFTC samy!

Found with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

I don't like swing bridges, so I stayed on this side while Kiwimykl recovered the cache.

TFTC samy!

We have seen caches in these hiding places before, so a quick find. TFTC.

Heading to Nelson for a wee family holiday. Stopped along the way - cool wee swingbridge. Quick find. Cheers.

Tftc
3rd time looking for this
Dont know why i found it so hard lol
Found with smackroker

Bungelbear and I walked across together. The bridge earned it's namesake, but with almost 200KG crossing, it held up just fine. Quick find, sign, and we were off. Log was rather wet, and we didn't have an extra to replace it, sorry! TFTC!

A plan was hatched to try and grab a number of caches, in excess of 120 if possible. I had already found a load between Renwick and St Arnaud but consulting the map around St Arnaud area showed some semi power trail drive by caching opportunities. Fellow Manawatu cacher the Seagnoid was asked if he was interested and a resounding yes was the answer. So the car was fuelled up at very early o'clock and provisions for munching were also loaded. An 0630 start was the plan and the day came to its conclusion around 2130 after approx. 15 hours of driving and caching.
Outcome was a very successful figure in excess of 130 caches which constitutes best day ever (for both of us), best week, month and year too. Over 500kms driven today and man I feel tired but need to make a start logging the finds, and DNFs. Thanks to all the C Os involved in making our day such a great one. Nearly all caches were well maintained, interesting and accurately plotted. There were bellbirds, beech trees, pies and water, sealed roads, gravel tracks, no sandflies (thankfully), rivers and bridges and creeks and bridges and streams and bridges and much conversation about all things caching
A great day out in good company and all made possible by the efforts of the hiders.
T F T C to all the cache owners. We mostly signed as C/S or Capp/Seag or other combos

[green] Capperz called me up saying he wanted to get his ruby Busy Cacher badge, and try for 120 caches in a day. I said YES PLEASEE!!, as I too had tried this once before but only achieved 103 before night defeated me and Edvern in Auckland last year. A successful day, with over 130 caches found in 14.5 hours and 500km. Also tiring - I went to bed as soon as I got home, despite it not being dark yet (yes, we could have cached some more, but the next objective is 180 caches, and there was no way we would have achieved that!). Alas, I had to leave all the planning to Capperz, and he produced a great little plan, listing all the target caches (and more) with which way to turn at next intersection after a cache - a great way to plan a back road travel.
The day was cool, cloudy, with a little drizzle. Perfect caching weather - the weather kept most of the muggles away from the muggle areas.
Thanks to all the COs for a great day out exploring the back roads of the Marlborough region!
Logs signed as CS or occasionally as CapSeag.

Pretty wary of swing bridges and this one didn't look very safe, so got as far as the step up. Fortunately StreetWalker is not as wimpy as me and he was happy to trot across and find the cache. TFTC.

#7693. The sides on the bridge are a bit on the low side, but it's pretty small as swingbridges go, so no problems getting to the other side, and the cache was quickly found once I got there. TFTC.

Wow, that was a bit scary!!! Quick find at the end though. - tftc

Found tftc merry Xmas

12894… Swung on by to locate your cache, that sure is a rickety old bridge now, TFTC.

Found a danger tape blocking the entrance.

Out with TRJ at the Tapawera Show, thought I'd grab this one on the way home. Access blocked at the southern end, probably due to logging up the hill. Hard to believe there was once a forestry village here, in fact my parents lived in Norris Gully in the late 40's, before the camp was closed and moved to Golden Downs.

Makka pakka 2 went out to day and look what he found TFTC

I have been meaning to find this the last dozen times ive gone past but always find myself in a hurry.Job done now

The loud creaking as I ignored the signs was a bit unnerving but otherwise a quick find.

First cache of the day. Quick find TFTC

#844

I had a DNF in Feb last year so, it was good to find it this time. TFTC

One of those times when one just havs to ignore some signs. TFTC

[teal]Last day of our 5 day Easter caching roadtrip. Today we were heading home to Greymouth from Nelson.[/teal]
This was down on our last Easter trip to Nelson so I was happy to see it up and running this time. I am not a big fan of swingbridges at the best of time and this one was old and creaky but that didnt stop us crossing for a quick find. Thanks for the cache, and sorry for the late log

Easy find while on holiday in the South Island from Whangamata

For to long Spooner's has been both to close and to far away for a cache run. When we thought about it and couldn't come up with an excuse this beautiful autumn day was earmarked there and then to remedy the situation. It was a surprise to see a structure never noticed before and after a brief search another smilie was added. TFTC
#10/12

Until today I was unaware of this swingbridge. As luck would have it we took the right approach so had no need to "ignore" the "bridge closed" tape. Cache was soon found and signed. TFTC.

A quick cache on the way in to the forest just behind the reserve,at 5am found it in the dark ok TFTC

Easy find. TFTC!!

Love it

We did not know this existed. Thanks for bringing us to this swinging spot. TFTC

Slight detour on our way to Blenheim looking for caches and some sunshine. Finally we have found both , great place for a cache TFTC.

Called in on a trip to Kiateriteri Thanks LGM

Quick easy find, great place to be in the heat of summer. Thanks.

Parked close by and walked over to the nice little bridge. Walking over this proved very slippery in the wet, so a little caution was used. A minute or two of searching soon had the cache in hand. Contents are nice and dry. TFTC

Quick find while on the way to Murchison kayaking for the long weekend. TFTC

Nice swing to it too!

nice easy one for the grandson to find

Nice place, nice to find this bridge unexpectedly. A bit cold and wet but a quick find.

Brrr it's cold this morning! Nice bridge, TFTC

Caching with Sidewaze. A chilly start to the day - on our way to an auction actually and thought that we would "catch up with a few caches" along the way, as you do. Nice and frosty and still some snow around in the shadiest places. Had looked for this one before...nice to have it back in place! TFTC

Looked for this one when it was AWOL - - without success of course A much more fun experience today. - - - And much fun crossing the bridge. - - - A bit slippy in these parts today. Hey thanks for the hide.

Yes, it's still fine !

All is good now with a new cache container.

Had good look around but could not spot the cache.

We checked the cache yesterday and it was indeed missing. Will replace soon.

Didnt find this one

A quick dash over and the cache was in hand.

Great Good One!!

Swung on in on the way to the coast.
Lovely little bridge, easy find. TFTC

It was dark and raining by the time I swung on by tonight, both were factors which contributed to a bit of an overshoot while looking for the entry from the road. However once found I soon got to the gz and found the cache in the first place that I looked, almost puting my hand in a large pile of barkers eggs that were unseen in the dark. The bridge was quite slippery in the wet. TFTC - 69 of 75

Planning trip home from nelson to CHCh later in week - and yes GC'ing on the agenda. But wow, this one seems familiar - been there earlier in the year and found easily over the rickety one.

Quick easy find. TFTC

The first time I have stopped hereabouts. TFTC

Cool spot have driven many times and never even knew there was a bridge here!! TFTC

The bridge seemed a bit shaky. Didn't think it was going to hold my weight. Got across and signed log. Cheers for the cache

Took the Takahe TB for a ride across the swing bridge. TFTC

Linked up with TreMichLan for the "Golden Downs Valley Triangle" this afternoon. TFTC

What a great spot to stop, and a toilet there as well. I am surprised there aren't more visitors. Thanks for bringing us here. Unfortunately there is no sign and you are past the entrance to the reserve before you see it. We backtracked and are pleased we did. TFTC

I dont like swing bridges so left Pedro to do the looking. TFTC

Nice bit of bush - pleasant spot

Nice stop and with the swing bridge to where the railroad had been, this was also an historic place. I was greatful for the portaloo nearby. Easy find. SLTN- but left a swap. TFTC

Another spot I'd always just driven by. Now that I know there is a walk there, I'll make a point to stop and do it. TFTC.

Nice find in the dark thanks to Walders

We did this one in the dark with torchs. Makes for an interesting crossing - uneven surface underfoot in the dark... bit wobbly. hillbilly hicks in tow. swaps were made. TFTC

Eder Ents and I joined the swinger group LOL

Vespsa56 & I swung by.
TFTC

Swing bridges and me go together like kids and trampolines! Nice to find this one

and of course integersmirk made the bridge swing a lot as I was on it! Lovely spot. TFTC

Quick find TFTC

This entry was edited by ZCA on Tuesday, 18 January 2011 at 14:39:12.

Quick swinging find. TFTC

nice bridge

that was Nr. 78 in NZ and the end of a great NZ-Holiday

1st of a few for the weekend. Great spot, dogs loved it here!

Usually just shoot on past here. Thanks for making us stop in.

tftc

Hello, logging my personal tracker to calculate distance

7/09/10 1:58 PM Find #187 in a quiet spot. Thanks for bringing us here

first time looking for this one not very successfull wasnt on the gps that we had borrowed but this time it was love the swing tftc

A slight navigation ooops on this one and went for a drive on trig road. Was a great view down onto the cache site so it was find a place to turn around and head to the cache. Got to the correct area and had a lovely walk across the bridge and then lost reception!! After a bit of mucking around it was all worked out by my good lady niteowlnz.

Even small swing bridges are not my favourite lol I do do them but hesitantly lol especially with Stretch0 being so helpful at showing howmuch the bridge will swing or bounce !!! he was reasonably well behaved to day so as a reward I found the cache for him!!!! he couldnt resist the travel bugs either is a very nice spot that I wouldnt mind revisiting in summer thanks for the cache

More trackables, thought this a good place for a bridge coin and a badger.

Nice cache
TFTC
Team Pink Panther

Not the highest bridge we've ever crossed but it sure does swing picked up TB TFTC

Nice little stop. Had a quick trot across. SL Left TB TFTC

Nice find on our way to Greymouth TNLN TFTC

TFTC!

Had a great swing! ?
TFTC!

Jr taybee has this own account how am logging this old find under his new Username (Jr taybee) was log as part of taybee team

Squeeky, creaky swing bridge. Another interesting reserve on our road trip. TFTC

Jnr Taybee is back in the south Island see his Nana in picton and is doing a two day road trip Geocaching with this auntie.
having a good time. TFTC#473

Nice cache
TFTC

What a great little reserve. There are few of these structures around now, I hope it is maintained for the future. TNLN TFTC

Nice short stop on the way south Thx!

Nice old squeaky bridge. TFTC