Kaituna River bridge (Marlborough) Traditional Cache
Kaituna River bridge (Marlborough)
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(micro)
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
An impromptu placement whilst in the area for an afternoons walking and Geocaching along the excellent local tracks.
The road bridge across the Kaituna river is on the last part of the winding and scenic Queen Charlotte Drive from Picton and affords fantastic low down views of Pelorus Sound and the Havelock Marina.
Havelock
Township with a 2013 population of 486, at the mouth of the Pelorus and Kaituna rivers and the head of Pelorus Sound. Havelock is 43 km north-west of Blenheim and 35 km from Picton via the winding Queen Charlotte Sound coastal drive. Havelock was the childhood home of two internationally important scientists, Ernest Rutherford and William Pickering.
Streets were laid out in 1858, but it was the gold rush to the Wakamarina valley in 1864 that brought the township into being. Sawmilling was the principal activity until the 1910s, then dairying. Havelock has long catered to travellers on the Nelson–Blenheim highway, and is the base for many fishing, launch and recreation vessels using Pelorus and Kenepuru sounds. Since the 1970s a green-lipped mussel packing plant has been the town’s principal employer. Plantation forests are widespread through the valley.
Cullen Point and Māhakipawa scenic reserves face Havelock across the Kaituna River estuary. There is a coastal walking track and a lookout at Cullen Point.
Cache.
This magnetic mint-tin has been carefully placed to be out of sight of bridge-jumpers, and any 'passers-by'. Please BYOP, and replace as found.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre, zntargvp. Cyrnfr ercynpr pnershyyl
Treasures
You'll collect a digital Treasure from one of these collections when you find and log this geocache:
Loading Treasures