Holiday In New Zealand

[+Team In The Box?]

Hello there,

 

I hope I am in the right place for my question.

I live in Europe, Holland.

We go in December on Holiday to New Zealand.. yeahhhh

 

We would like to do some geocaching, but we only have the Garmin Worldmap.

Is this enough to find some caches, or do we need more detailed maps.

If so, can somebody at the other end of the world help me with that???

 

Thank you very much.....

 

Best regards

Fred Griffioen

Freddio@xs4all.nl

Edited May 31, 2004 by Team In The Box?

[+JDHnz]

Hi Fred,

 

you need to check out Brent's maps as they are the best you'll find for a Garmin mapping GPS.

 

You should also pay a visit to the forums at www.gps.org.nz where you will find lots of helpful NZ geocachers.

 

Cheers,

JDHnz

[+ssarc]

I am very biased but if you like the outdoors make sure you spend a decent amount of time in the South Island

[+GSVNoFixedAbode]

Have a look at nzcaches.tk. It's a great tool for planning cache hunts in NZ via a map. And I'll add my own biased votes to ssarc's for the South Island

Cheers,

 

G.

[Hairy Little Dwarf]

I have to add my vote for the South Island scenery.

 

...And I live in the North Island

 

Enjoy your visit to NZ.

[kiwitonita]

You'll no doubt have seen plenty of good photos of New Zealand but I'll add this site anyway - down the left is a link to their NZ photos. I've been to many of the places shown in the photos and am impressed with the quality of the images:

 

Just Our Pictures

 

And yes, the Mainland (South Island) wins the scenery vote

 

Agreed, forget the horrible Garmin Maps - a very woeful attempt at NZ Maps.

[+mtbikeroz]

Hi guys,

 

Thanks for the advice also - I'll be touring NZ soon, all by MTB from top to bottom, yes, from A to I.

 

The links & maps above are good.

Edited June 30, 2004 by mtbikeroz