Stone Cold(Fiordland) The Key, South Island, New Zealand
By Trutta, maintained by Pipedream on 14-Aug-06. Waypoint GCXPQ0

As this cache has been out of action for too long, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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This needs maintenance or archived. There is nothing here. There has been allot of plants pulled out

Looked Muggled

Nope..

Gave up at 09:59

ISAG

Searched and searched and no joy

Stopped here for the EC and had a look for this one too but no luck. Have since seen other logs are DNF’s too so would surmise it’s gone. Thanks.

Gone I think

We hunted for ages. Found a really likely spot but it wasn’t there.

Cool rock. TFTC!

We stopped for the earthcache, and I double checked to see if there was a physical cache here as well. There is! Glad I checked! tftc!

First visit to New Zealand, and what a way to see this beautiful country - a lap of the South Island by motorhome! We started in Christchurch and then drove through the hills of the Southern Alps to the west coast.

Today we explored the area between Queenstown and Milford Sound focusing mostly on earthcache locations. Stopped for the EC here and picked up this bonus trad as well.
Thanks Trutta.

Many thanks to all the COs who helped make our geocaching holiday a great success
We left home early April and returned 21 May 2018. We toured from our home base up to a wedding in North Taranaki then carried on heading south right down through wellington and on down the west coast and back up via the eastern side of the alps some times going around in circles. Our aim was to get as many smiley faces on the puzzle caches that we had solved but of course stopping for many traditionals, multies and others as we went. some time we biked the bike trails or walked but mostly by campervan. we enjoyed the quite back country roads, many of them were metal but we just travelled along slowly going from cache to cache. Most caches were in good condition and I will remark if we thought it needs maintence etc.

Found it while working on the earthcache here. The cache was completely in the open so I tried to cover it up as best I could.

A quick find as we head to Queenstown. We didn't stop long due to the rain! Thanks for the hide and bringing us here.

Sorry for the late log. Found with stairman1. We are on our holiday enjoying beautiful NZ. We heard deer roaring. That got stairman1 excited. He used to hunt them in his younger days. All good with this cache. Names added we headed off. TFTC.

Stopped here for the cache and got an added bit of excitement with the Deer roaring near by.
TFTC

Found on our return from a night on Doubtful Sound. Interesting cache. Greetings from Kent, England.

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

TFTC,

JuStMeMi

been passed often stopped today quick find TFTC

good find on way home very quick and easy TFTC

exciting wee find good and quick TFTC

This was a quick find on route to Te Anau. Out caching with Will of the Wisp on our “Round the World in 80 Days” trip to celebrate retirement. Signing logs with our names or initials depending on space. TFTC.

Heute waren wir von Dunedin auf den Weg nach Te Anau. Neben der gigantischen Kulisse haben wir noch ein paar Döschen am Wegesrand eingesammelt und die Natur fotografiert. Danke fürs Legen.

I'ive started my beautiful trip of the South Island in Christchurch, I've visited many beautiful locations. I've travelled via Lake Tapeko, from Dunedin to the most southern part of Bluff. I've then continued with a cruise in Milford Sound and then back to Queenstown.
From there on I've visited Wanaka and the Haast pass to the Franz Josef glacier. I went all the way up to the Abel Tasman NP. Richmond und Nelson as the sonnierst cities were on my list as well.
I've soon reached the east coast in Picton and Blenheim.
After a couple of days, I've then travelled back to Christchurch via Kaikoura.
I've spent a couple of days in Christchurch and it's surroundings.
I've visited many geological sites and have found many caches along the way.
I've travelled 3500km and have experienced so much.
Thank you to all the owners
Team sissifalke

On our trip from Dunedin to Te Anau we had a lot of stops and found this cache. TFTC!

Found this one during our trip in New Zealand.
Today we went from Te Anau to Qeenstown.

Quick find.

TFTC

A nice easy drive by found sll good and signed ...loved the log winder..its perfect ..except the last person probably did not know how to use it thanks pipedream

Stopped to do earth cache and thus on way to Te Anau. Another God excuse to stop! Thanks for the placement!

On Tour with TVRAT
TFTC from Germany
Icehawaii

T4TKäsch
YES, we käsch!
Käsch ON!!

Greetings from Cologne, Germany
_________________/\/\\ __
TVRAT

Being able to do two caches while in the one place was a bonus. This container was quickly and easily found. All was in good condition and the log was signed by some Aussie cachers who are doing a tour of NZ. Many thanks to Pipedream for placing and maintaining this cache.

Accidentally stopped here and just checked if somewhere near is some geocache! And yes! 15m away

On the way to Te Anua and Milford Sound we stopped here to stretch and find the two caches. TFTC

Found with VikingNav today while exploring the area. Thanks for the fun cache! >^..^

I finally stopped for this one on the way back to Dunedin after a few days based at Te Ana and having passed it a few times since taking up geocaching. Good to see the cache still going after all these years.

Long Waitangi weekend roadtrip with a couple of friends. Headed from Dunedin to Te Anau (via Gore) then Riverton before finally heading home. Over 700km travelled by car, over 10km by foot and over 30 caches found..... might have left a couple as a thank you to local cachers. We had a great time and saw some cool spots.

Auf dem Weg nach Queenstown habe ich hier gern einen Zwischenstop eingelegt.

Vielen Dank fürs Herrichten und -führen.

ibdh - ich bin der helmut

Quickly found with fuschnu on a very beautiful day.
Greetings from Austria
TFTC!

Thanks for the nice cache Logged together with zamppa00 using nickname ZZ FIN
Greetings from Finland

Our journey around NZ continues. QEF!

Logged together with Zuzzu using nickname ZZ FIN.
Thanks for the cache and greetings from Finland!

Zamppa00 kiittää kätköstä. TFTC

After seeing Milford Sound and the national park we went for a shower in Te Anau before we were off to Lumsden - this cache was on the way

Our day started in the Fiordland National Park. After a long drive, we induldged in a lovely hot shower in Te Anau and from there we went on to Lumsden. This cache was basically the only one to be reasonably found as a P&G. Quick find exactly where we thought it would be hidden. TFTC Trutta, maintained by Pipedream!

January 18, 2018 @ 17:18
Cache #2218

Liked the log book

Broke up the drive Kingston to Te Anau. Scroll is cute idea. Park and grab for us. TFTC

Quick park and catch cache on the way to Milford Sound or back. Found that one with Kerstin.nds.

Tftc

After the long and late trip yesterday to Queenstown, mmmmike and me have more time today for the next station. So, there will also be more room to enjoy some of the caches on the way and to follow the advices to stop and have a closer look to landscape and views.
This one was our stop list for today, and well worth it. The hint and previous logs helped to find the right place - the place was working very well.
Thanks for hiding the box and providing us a nice treat.

We made a stop to take a photo of the cows, and my geocach eye spotted something! Yes, it was a geo cache! thanks

Quick find on an early morning heading east. TFTC!!

We are on a road trip around the south of the South Island. Today we traveled from Queenstown to Te Anau. This was a quick drive by cache. We found the cache quickly. We loved the log book scroll!! Be mindful of all the toilet paper and poo behind the rock. There are some disgusting people around. Tourists no doubt.

On a road trip to Manapouri, picking up caches as we go.

A quick find.

#6138

Found in the pouring rain under my brand new rainbow coloured umbrella on Christmas morning! The clue made me smile. What did not make me smile was the turds and rubbish at this site, I'm local so will go back and collect the rubbish on a dry day. I'll be leaving the turds...

I like it when ECs are coupled with a Tradi find. Two for the price of one!

This was our final stop before Te Anau and the views here were as gorgeous as ever. Easy hide that no one could miss. TFTC!

Found on our way to Te Anau. Tftc

We had the great chance to travel around New Zealand during six weeks and were able to see wonderful cities, landscapes and meet nice Kiwis. While staying in NZ many cache owners gave us the opportunity to search for very well hidden treasures and we thank them very much for preparing and maintaining them.
Greetings from Swiss geocachers
oli kuul

Maybe this place is "stone cold"often, today, with a temperature up to 26 degrees, it was a hot place but a cool cache to find.
Team Mavos - Albert and Maria

Found it tftc!

Thanks not sure what the person having lunch in their campervan thought. A warm day for the 1st Day of summer.

When having a coffee in the campervan just looking if maybe... And clearly this was an obvious hiding place. Thanks from Holland!

CZECH
poslední zastávka dne cestou do postele

@ 16.25

Such a long drive from Queenstown to Milford Sound need some breaks.

Thanks for the cache says

eggepfuedi from Switzerland

Short stop before arriving at Te Anau where we take a rest for the next 3 days ! Thanks for the Cache !

Found with Dirtyhelmut on the way to Te Anau. Nice view!! TFTC

T-Tech and I are touring South Island for 6 weeks

After our trip up to Milford Sound we stayed the night at Te Anau, then this morning we gathered a few caches before heading off to Queenstown. We stopped to do the earthcache right here, and of course had to grab this one as well. A quick find. TFTC, Pipedream.

driving from wanaka to te anau this afternoon. i stopped at some of the caches along the road, mostly where i would have stopped anyway for views and pics. TFTC!

No.4 Added a cash to the cache!

Found it! Added a Peruvian coin to travel on. TFTC!

#14585. Great place for a cache (good parking; interesting bit of rock). TFTC.

Found with StreetWalker on day 2 of our road trip to the Oamaru Geofest, taking the scenic route, of course. Today we are travelling from Cromwell to Manapouri, via Queenstown.
After attending an event in Queenstown, we still had a bit of a drive to our accommodation for the night in Manapouri, so caching stops were few and far between. Two caches for the price of one here so of course we stopped. A quick find, it took longer to re-hide the cache. TFTC.

Day 3 of our south of south NZ caching blitz out on our own in the very cold windy day, we were definately stone cold! glad this one was a quick find and back into warmth of van. Tftc

Found alongside Hevic, silvachief, and jaycie on our Fiordland trip. I don't think I've ever seen a deer flock that large before - certainly an experience in and of itself! They were too far away for me to pet, unfortunately kidding aside, the cache was found in fairly good nick and in pretty good time. Cheers!

Great to see all the nearby deer, Tftc!

Found by accident when I stopped to do the Erratic Earthcache As I'm touring NZ with my wife and any hint of me geocaching would be greeted with rancour and possible divorce proceedings I took a photo of the cache I'd accidentally uncovered but didn't risk signing the log. Will upload this when I'm back in UK. TNLN. TVM4tC - one of the few trade I'll get the chance to find this trip And best wishes from the UK

Great hiding spot had trouble with the log book but got it in the end. Tftc.

Trouvé facilement

Tftc

Greetings from Australia, we managed to stop for this one as we continued our tour around NZ, log retrieved, signed and replaced as found, Took TB, thanks for the cache and the fun

a quick stop and grab on our way to Te Anau to sell Girl guide biscuits tftc

Quick stop and find. Tftc

Quick park and grab! Tftc

Off to Te Anau to sell GGBiscuits. The crew (AnnieLin & Abbykit, Downsouthinv & Loveheart900) decided to make a caching trip out of it so we are staying the night.
As we pulled in there was another car waiting to pull out. As we piled out we urged the muggles to get going. Then on signing the log we saw it had been found today. Hmm. Maybe they weren't muggles after all.
We hurried to sign the log thinking that maybe we would catch them at the next cache. But which way would they go? The next one is after the turnoff to Manapouri.
Nice camouflage, and thanks for the smilie.
1531 16 September 2017 17:04

TFTC HErDd

second geocach of my life and good opportunity to have a break on the road

Quick stop here for the caches. Not much traffic around. Cache ok. TFTC.

Great little find thank you..will take tb on a little trip with us

On our way to Te Anau we found this cache. It was an easy found. Here we dropped our travelbug which we brought with us from the Netherlands.
TFTC

With Xlxmas we were taking a New Zealand round trip, and geocaching help us to find interesting places on the way. So we stopped here to have a break nearby this big stone. We found the cache easily. Thanks for hiding it there.

after a long way we stop here because we where interested by the story about this rock, juste before reaching our destination, TFTC

Not so quick park'n'grab. Pulled into the rest stop just as a council worker arrived. Had our coffees at the picnic table waiting for him to leave. Area was tidy with no evidence of muggle-scat and the exposed con wasn't that hidden. Cute logscroll in good condition, log only half-full on first side. Re-rolled and bagged back up. We SL and re-arranged the hide on opposite side of the obstacle. Watch out for the thorns. TFTC

Found it on the way back from Arrowtown. A shame that people use this area as a toilet stop . Watch your step

Well that was revolvting. A muggle had decided to have a poop and left their paper work under the rock on the cache. Aww crap. Washed my hands after signing the log. Turd poopy cache today.

TFTC. Sorry, I will write more later, I am still travelling.

Out with Red Roaming on our trip around New Zealand. Travelling from Te Anau to Queenstown and caching on the way. Log signed with my full name. This was the first cache of the day. Soon found, signed and returned. TFTC

(Found with Don Cristobal)

Found on our way back to the north.
TFTC says CachingTIA

17:14
We're stopping off Collecting caches on our way back to Frankton after spending the day in Te Anau where we visited the glowworm caves which we thoroughly recommend is worth visiting, soon found after a brief search and all is well, sl and raf tftc
Greetings from Bury, England

What a cool rock! Kids enjoyed the leg stretch. TNLN TFTC

Tftc. Easy find in the pouring rain

On my way to Te Anau on my south island recumbent bike tour today. Nice weather today. TFTC.

Last one today. What a view around during sunset. Thank you! Diky moc!

Easy find - TFTC! :3