Alexandrina (South Canterbury) Lake Tekapo, SI, New Zealand
By Moneydork on Monday 1 December 2003. Waypoint GCHA8C

25th

Great reason to go and check out the view, but no cache.

Worth the walk up the hill for the views though.
 

9th

Couldn't find cache but found a few likely places it could have been at given coordinates.
 

4th

A nice side trip to a new area but no cache to be found for me. 4 long dead rabbit skeletons under the object I reckoned it should have been under, but apart from those nada! Cheers.
 

3rd

We went and looked and looked but were unable to find any cache. Beautiful spot though :)
 

18th

have been meaning to check this road out for years,so thanks for the excuse
 

4th

14:00
Very beautiful location! We logged the cache during a nice walk along the lake. TFNC
Carolin & Matthias
 

11th

We hadn't been here before. Thanks for taking us to such a magical spot. TNLN
 

11th

Biked in from the main road. Beautiful day. Lovely quiet spot.
TNLN TFTC
 

20th

I realise after looking at a couple of photos in the gallery that I was looking a little way away. I think my GPS was a little off for this one. There was a group of a dozen or so volunteers cleaning up rubbish and replanting, so it made a thorough look very difficult. Decided to abandon the search and carried on to Mt Cook. Thanks for leading us up a road we would not usually have taken, we found one of natures little secrets.
 

3rd

Didn't even realize there was anything in here let alone a collections of bachs.
 

22nd

Out caching now the rain has stopped. Tidied the paper around the site and it should look better for the next cachers. The local ducks followed us right up to the top of the hill as we carried on for the full view and we were so impressed that we fed them once we were all back down again. It was a long waddle for them...pickings must be lean in the cold temps. Went back to our hotel via Mt John and great coffee with views - highly recommended. Lovely spot and we'll be back in the summer if there is room at the campsite. TFTC.
 

22nd

Beautiful spot. TFTC. Hungry ducks! TNLN.
 

18th

Thank you for leading us to this spot. Middle of winter and looking very 'broody'.
TNLN, TFTC.
 

9th

Best scenery of my trip despite it being the middle of the night - amazing stars!!!!!!!
 

21st

Found it easily, but some muggle apparently had used the place as toilet Luckily I could retrieve the box with clean hands
TFTC
 

2nd

Easy find. Loved the grebes on the lake. Nice place to camp. Put in chocolate shaker. TFTC
 

20th

Gps showed about 30m to go looked where I thought it could be and decided it was too hot a day for that sort of effort so went for a swim in the lake instead, very nice.
Maybe next time we're here.  

6th

Indeed, never knew this lake existed. A popular place for New Year holidays I see.
 

22nd

Beautiful place. Our three year old and dad had a swim.
 

2nd

Hot and dry. Nice place. TFTC
 

18th

The first cache a friend of us found. Nice view, very windy. In: green ckicker. Out: car.
Thank you, J3 from the Netherlands and Taco, Ellen & Noah from Twizel
 

20th

Found with rchdlyn TFTC TNLN SL
 

20th

Found with rchdlyn TFTC TNLN SL
 

20th

Lovely spot!!! 280 and chasing 300 this weekend. Taking the loooong was to Dunedin. Buying fresh salmon on the way - no other reason. lol
TFTC TNLN SL will post pix on return home. cheers
 

15th

An easy find in a nice spot (I'd been past this way several times butnever goen to the lake). Was in a University of Canterbury Alumni group visiting Mt John Observatory, so got a good look at the lake in the day, and again at night (at night its total blackness makes it quite visible).
 

4th

Down here for a 4x4 trip , Stayed the night at the camp ground, Beautiful place , enjoyed watching the fish in the stream. Enjoyed the hunt , we searched for the cache at night, great!.< Cheers. Found 8 pm
 

29th

Cache has new been maintained - Thanks Butterfly_Lady  

29th

Found the cache - mostly intact. The box had become brittle at some stage, and some bits broken away.
Replaced it with a new 1 litre sistema (same size, different shape) added a new log book, as the current one is a little full but still useable, added another pencil.
A lovely spot, a good hiding place.
Cache is all good now, though could do with a little swag.
 

21st

Easy find. TFTC.
 

11th

Found the lid and logbook in bag in the open.... placed it under a nearby rock
 

21st

Refer found entry from Joe Possum.  

20th

Found what remained of the cache easily. But that was only the lid, the log book and a few pens and pencils. I placed these in a zip top plastic bag and added a motor cycle. I could not locate any other parts of the cache. Maintenance is needed but it still functions. Great spot. Pity we did not make the time for a spot of fly fishing.
 

8th

I enjoyed secret view.
Easy found,but...

Cache Container was boroken.
It was lid,logbook,pens...

TFTC NoTrade
yomikaki,JAPAN  

25th

I'll second the last logger. Can't imagine a muggle finding this cache, but it does appear there is an animal living in this spot?? Found part of a log, cache lid, and pens strewn about. Gathered them up as best as I could and placed under a sizable rock to keep it in place.
 

23rd

Great spot; had seen the lake on a tramp in the area last month. However, looks like cache has been muggled - found lid of box, what looked like half a log book and a couple of felt-tip pens under the rock but nothing else. Real shame. Look forward to revisiting when re-established! Cheers, Mothy.  

26th

Looks good fishing. great views. NINO. Thanks
 

12th

A nice easy find though a bit prickly with bidibidi,s. Saw a few fish rising and felt that I should have bought my rod
TNLNSL TFTC
Jim

[This entry was edited by Onslow Fisherman on Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 3:34:10 AM.]
 

23rd

What a beautiful lake this is. The warmth from the sun was battling the cool for the temperature stakes.
In: Cachinoptera Resida TB
Out: Snoopy
Cheers for the cache.

 

5th

No chance of swimming today - only about 16 degrees. Plenty of campers and caravans near the lake though.

Nice spot, found it easily. Thanks. TNLN.

-HamishM from Australia
 

2nd

Beautiful little lake with quite a few people camping nearby. Looks like a couple of muggle kids have found the cache lately given the comments in the log but the contents do not seem to have been disturbed. TNLN. Thanks
 

29th

Very hot day here today 33 deg. at 5:30. We went to the lake for a swim to cool off. I visited this one on Oct 30. I forgot to log it so went today to check the log. Cache is in good shape.
 

29th

Really hot day, few muggles around, neat to check out the camping ground.
TN
+ Dinosaur keyring
 

28th

We visited both ends of the lake, doing our usual first-likely-road method of following the gps. Lots of small muggles mucking about in boats on a hot day.
+dart game, - glass star
 

28th

We are visitors from Holland and enjoy our stay in NZ. Even more due to the geocaching spots. At this one we had a good lunch. Nice spot for it. An easy find. A great sunny day with a great view. Thanks NI/NO.
 

19th

Hopefully got really good Panographic shot that I may upload later. Wonderful view, looks like a great camping spot.
Thanks
 

1st

A wonderful detour to a lovely area of the country that I couild have easily overlooked. TNLN.
 

5th

We were here for dawn today, a very picturesque spot for it. I don't think there had been a cloud in the sky for 24 hours before so it was also extremely cold! Found easily enough, but the cache lid seemed to be just resting on top of the box. Everything was however dry, so we made our trade, signed the log and sealed it back up again.

The log book is full! If you are planning a visit, might be great to take a new one with you

- candle
+ green star stone

TFTC, beautiful spot
 

20th

Drove in to the lake late afternoon on a bleak day - nobody else in sight, houses all boarded up it seems. Wintry views drew the eye (but not the body) to snowbound slopes inland. The hiding-place was obvious as I approached - and I can report that at least in winter the smell has gone. The cache box had been wrapped in a plastic bag that has since torn wide open, but otherwise all is fine. No swaps, cheers, Grandalf.
 

6th

Hadn't been out this way since 2001 when I went up to the observatory on a uni field trip. I'd never driven this far down the road, and so it was nice to see this new lake. It was very pretty today with the autumn trees about. Found the cache easily, it appears that some other animal caches there too. No exchange made. Cheers Gav [505]
 

27th

An easy find in the logical spot - but a beautiful place to visit. The smell is still there! Took badge, left white knight chess piece. Filled in bottom part of last page in notebook.
 

27th

One for Sam this time. Beautiful day.
+ Doll
- Swiss Candle
Sam & Jan
 

6th

An easy find between small decaying bodies
 

13th

Should be called "Dead thing rock!"
When I found the cache, I had to move a carcass of it before retrieving it from the spot.
Signed the log and enjoyed the view.
+ Bubble mix
- Toy wok

Replaced the cache (without the extra camoflage)!!!

Thanks for showing us a great spot - one which we will be back to with the small buckoboys. We will be camping here next year.
 

9th

Lots of little bunnies around! Found it ok, no swaps. Cheers!
 

6th

Beautiful spot, but had to fill in the logbook quickly, as my botty was burning, sitting on the hot rocks!
It looks like this is a dumping spot for dead rabbits, but at least being so dry, they have all mummified nicely.
TNLN - thanks for the pleasant excursion on the way home from a week of hanggliding.
 

3rd

Nice spot
+ Smiley Stamp
- 50C
 

23rd

We are French & Swiss. We visite Tekapo Lake today and it's the third cache. Beautiful place. Very easy to find so we hire the box better.
Thank you.
Out : -
In : Little Swiss candel
Berthe
 

27th

First cache we've looked or and found. good spot. Like the skulls. Took blow up alien and left a watch. You've inspired me to hide a couple of caches around Tekapo.
 

29th

Beautiful spot Wayne & Sheryl. Lovely calm day, managed about 6 casts of the rod for trout, but no luck. + pavement chalk, -birdbrain travel bug.
 

29th

This was my fourth cache find for the day. Lovely spot on a cool but sunny afternoon. Left Bird Brain travel bug here. Hope he finds the ducks before duckshooting starts in a few days. Took screw driver and left childs game.
 

14th

Well this would have to be " Spot Of The Day " what a nice small lake sun just starting to set, a few fisherman in the lake...

+ fridge Magnet
- Hot Lock


Many thanks moneydork for this very nice spot..Bitsprayer

 

14th

This has always been one of our favourite spots so we were glad to find a cache here and give us a reason to come in again. The sun came out quite hot as we were walking around and the water was sparkling.
The water in Lake Tekapo was a brilliant turquoise as we were driving in - this was really spectacular.
+ Hot Lock (from Jeff's Choice)
- London Bus Keyring (Rodney will probably keep this in his collection - thanks Swanny)
Thanks Moneydork for another great cache
Iris & Rodney
 

12th

9am. Lovely day, even at this early hour. Seem to be following Walter & Katherine. They beat me to a cache yesterday too. No exchange. Thank you Moneydork for leading me to this quiet place.
 

12th

Oops. It appears that I'd forgotten to log this cache (it's 18-2-4 now). Left the London bus keyring from a cache in Regents Park (can't remeber the name just now).

Nice spot to stop on the way back from Lake Benmore. I'm sure people were looking at the boat thinking "You can't bring that thing here" (Lake Alexandrina is strictly people power only)