No Gumboots (Nelson/Marlborough) Traditional Cache
No Gumboots (Nelson/Marlborough)
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Located over a man made landmark finding a parking place nearby is easy from any direction. You have to walk a few metres to the cache so please keep an eye on the young ones when you get close to final co-ords.
The structure traverses the 'Company Ditch'. .NZ. Company's Ditch is an excavated channel reported to have been formed six feet wide in 1860 decade by manual labour. The name is noted on some early plans and is still in use. The ditch was commenced from the Moutere River, close to the line of hills, and terminated at Harakeke, an estimated distance of six miles. It connected several prominent streams and often carried a very large volume of water. Scouring was extraordinary and huge quantities of debris and shingle were deposited where the rivers met, and into the tidal inlet. It's aim was to drain the swampy ground of the moutere valley. It was a great success and enabled many crops to be grown in the area.
Cache is a square black 500ml container with a few swaps and a logbook.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
haqre fbhgujrfg raq bs oevqtr