Manu Bay (Waikato) Raglan, North Island, New Zealand
By Butterfly_lady & Radio Nut 50 on 13-Jan-07. Waypoint GC10B8R

TFTC Good cash but no log book

TFTC !!Thanks heaps for this cache. It was an easy and fun find. However, the log book was missing.

Great one for the kids

On a north island roadie we decided to visit Raglan for a couple of nights.Lets see if the surf is up. There are a few nice rollers and a few bodies catching them.Glad to have followed the COs on their maintenance run. Nice to grab a pristine cache and sign a fresh log.TFTC

Called in for a check, and the box was missing (or placed somewhere different to the origonal spot), so a new cache went in today in the spot described in the hint.

Suiiii

Searched every likely spot but no goods today

Walked down from the other cache enarby, a windy but clear day with great views. A few people out on the water making the most of the wind. Lots of muddy spots around the cache but a clear path was found for a quick find. TFTC

We have just found the geocash at manubay it was very fun we enjoyed it very much

We just fought it .it was fun thank's

Thanks

Wasn't well hidden but after looking in a couple of trees I finally found it, wasn't anything inside apart from log book tftc

Yeah. Found at the second attempt. Great day, heaps of juggles surfing. Thanks for the cache.

Caught some really fun waves, and finally came in when I got cold, so would be rude not to find the geocaches nearby . TFTC

Our first nz geocache!!! Cheeeehaaa

Today was my first attempt at the road to raglan on my learners licence. After soaking up the sun for a couple of hours watching the hydrofoils out in the bay it suddenly occurred to me to check if there were any geocaches here and sure enough this one was pretty close to where i parked the bike. I didnt have a writing stick on hand so took a photo of the cache instead. Thankyou for the cache in this stunning bay where its easy to while away the hours.

Awesome Little Bay. Quick easy find, just had to avoid the muggles

To easy

found with flossieteacake. lots of people around but fortunately not too close to gz. took us looking at a few different trees before we found the right one.TFTC

After a nice stroll through the reserve we left Daddypig with the geohound sat on a shady rock whilst GeohoundandI carried on to this one. It took a bit for the gps to settle down, so we had a look at a couple of trees before finding the right one. On approach I had thought it was the right one but was put off by what appeared to be a fence in front of it. Almost got stuck in a muddy bit as I reached for the cache.

Tftc. Found with Hazel and Babr on my forst full day in NZ, beautiful location thanks for the cache.

Thanks COs for your caches along this surf coast. We are enjoying the beaches and views that you are bringing us to. This one is well placed out of sight in what must be a busy car park at times.

Located signed and replaced. The car park at this point was empty today but still lots of surfers out enjoying the breaks. TFTC

No one nearby on a chilly morning, gave us time to find this well placed cache. Thanks!Cache # 1,633

First cache in Raglan. Did with The Wandering Dragons and Violet Butterfly. Thanks!Cache # 1,096

Cache # 5,089 - Took a bit of searching with Astro Hunter and Violet Butterfly, as GPS kept floating around in its destination. Finally found it, and all good. TNLNSL. TFTC!

Found by Till

Easy find, ditch is not hidden any more. Bit of rubbish about, seems surfers are not neat people.

Une superbe baie Pas de dauphins en vue ..peur être une autre fois

love

Had to jump over a small stream of water to get to it

TftC

together with Lavau2 found on our last day in Raglan.

TFTC

A windy find. TFTC.

May next cacher please bring logsheet.

Another good clue made an easy find. TFTC

Easy find. Picked up a cute koala TB from this cache.

Raemoz found it while in NZ for the Australia and New Zealand Police and Essential Services Surfing Competition. What a great event that was!!

#319

Tftc

Holties

Nestled away in Manu Bay

I was home and had itchy feet, I knew I had to get out of the house and go for a drive! But where? I needed earth caches for a challenge I'm working on in the USA, so decided on the one at Raglan. It was raining too and it looked like it was going to stay that way for the whole day - and it did!

After getting to the EC, I was parked close to this cache, so wandered over. Found the sistema laying on the ground, so after opening it realised I had left my pen back at the Gorby van, so just took a foto as proof of me being here. Thanks for the cache. I returned it to chest height and added some leaves to cover it a little.

Owlie Team rules the night. Log book missing. There is a small bit of paper with 3 finds.

Trouvée

Log book missing, just a piece of paper. Great spot though.

Found it out in the open with no log. I signed a paper I had found & left it in the cache. I put it where I thought it was meant to go in the fork of a tree & covered with leaves & sticks. TFTC

Chairs

It was a little tricky at first but we got there

Checked it out, and it was missing. A new cache in place, please make sure you cover it well with leaves and sticks when departing.

I followed the description, crossed a ditch and found an excellent tree that also happened to be at the right coordinates, But after going around it 3 times probing in all the spots that seemed likely, sadly I could not see or feel any container.

Super fun and easy

4 June 2022 08:35 . Day two of the "unfinished business" road trip (picking up PWGT caches, solved puzzles, previous DNF and anything else that I fancied stopping for). A beautiful spot, with Surfers already on the waves. TFTC. Easy when you spot the right tree!

A bit of a clamber but found it. Lovely couple of days in Raglan. Tftc

Found it! Great hide, thank you!

Great hide

07:13
Latvian Camp at Camp Raglan this weekend! Exploring the nearest caches.
I rock-hopped here all the way along the shoreline from Ngarunui beach.

Coords tried to lead me elsewhere but I settled for the closest substantial sized tree.

Kia ora! Paldies!
TFTC, Butterfly_Lady!
#8769

Nice quick find in between passing muggles

TFTC

Found it

We have been planning a trip to Raglan for some time now to find the PWGT caches. The weather was lovely, so today was the day. We had plenty of time to explore more of Raglan, and to find a few more caches including this one. We remember visiting Manu Bay a couple of years ago to do a cache along the beach. Only a handful of cars here this afternoon, and we had no problem finding the cache. Nice to return to this lovely beach reserve. TFTC.

Went to a visit to raglan on the way found this cashe. Easy find thanks for the cashe.

Quick find while out and about with kids on this stormy day... family holiday!! Cache located quickly. Signed and replaced. Tftc

Second time here. Was easy find this time, not too many people around. Tftc.

Found it yesterday the 17th - went for a drive in the country chasing a rainbow to Raglan where we visited the different beaches. Mum passed away peacefully at 8am yesterday morning which is why we went for a trip. I use to always video me finding caches and send it to mum as a virtual tour as she was bed bound. I commemorated this one to her. As written in the log. Thanks for the cache.

Found it .we put.a 5 cents coin in box ..

Lots of surfers out today enjoying the swell. No trouble finding this one thanks to the hint

Easy find....tucked away from public beach and car park...
We bumped into Mr and Mrs Capperz here!
I was interested to note some of the beaches here are very rocky.

Forgot to do the butterfly cache just back the way but redeemed ourselves here as we pulled in to watch the surfers and check out this bay and beach. Sure enough no sooner as I headed to GZ we encountered our Auckland caching friends yet again. Nice and easy find here and replaced as found.

A first visit to Raglan for us today, we've passed the turn off a few times and been saying for a while we should go. The recent Geotour caches were probably the final nudge we needed and we headed there today after the weather forecast improved from its previous of a rainy weekend. We headed off at the leisurely time of 0830 and back for a reasonable tome of 1830. Grabbed the Geotour cache in Ngaruawahia on 'the way past', and a nice trip to see the Bridal Veil falls too. Nice day in Waikato and bumped into supernannny, Merlot and Nette on at least 4 occasions as we moved around the region. Thanks to all COs.

Great watching the surfers out in the bay.
Quick find.

Nice cache!

Lots of muggles here today but most of them are either in the surf or watching it from the carpark. A quick clamber through the long grass and the cache was soon in hand. TFTC

sneaky find thankyou

Couldn’t find

Found it thanks

Another interesting spot. Amazing how many people have time to surf on a weekday!! tftc

What a wonderful beach, we have never been here before and really enjoyed our visit. Such a beautiful place.
There were some muggles not too far from GZ but fortunately their van made a nice barricade to shield our activities and we were able to find the cache undetected.
Thanks for bringing us here.

Found and signed. Nice easy cache with food directions. Thanks.

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... On the trail of further PWGT caches and anything else along our pathway.

A busy spot, but most visitors attentions were focused on the water. We followed the instructions on approach and made a quick find in the shade. Thanks Butterfly_lady & Radio Nut 50 and TFTC.

Found a box lying in the long grass, opened it up, nope someones bait box, thankfully not too rank. A bit of mucking about in the wet long grass and soon had the real one in hand.

TFTC

On a road trip down the west coast of the north island. Exploring and finding some geocaches along the way. TFTC.

I could see the gz from the car park.
On holiday in the area with my kids for a few days. Tftc

Took some finding as the GPS was bouncing all over. TFTC

I came down to do some caching with nufrat today. TFTC.

Qef thanks to the hint and good coords. Beautiful day here today, stayed up the top for a while and watched the surfers doing their stuff. Tftc

A quick find with Talla64. A very pleasant area to visit. Thank you for the cache.

Out for a sunset run and this was my 3rd find on the run. Lovely way to spend the evening, exercising and catching caches!

Good directions . Quick find. Beautiful day for walking geopooch along the beach.

A quick find here, before we headed out along the beach

Heading back into Raglan after an epic adventure in some of the local lost forests, we stopped upon this cache.....
The cache is all good.

TFTC.

Yay great find

Was wandering around a couple of trees, before the phone settled on the right one

The sun is shining, and so far we have had success with our finds.

Another fun find, thanks for the hides Butterfly_lady with RadioNut50

Another fun find in Raglan. Loving these hides and the views on a brilliant sunny morning. With rustynz

Beautiful day watching the surfers with Vistra...oh and doing some geocaching:)

Beautiful day watching the surfers with Vistra...oh and doing some geocaching:)

Found this catchy before & the same day we found the manu bay Fisher access

Good Morning good waves and a cache. TFTC

Quick stop. Easy find.

My GPS was bouncing around all over the place... it had me climbing up the bank at one point, but after noting the terrain rating I knew it wasn't up there. It wasn't until I found a pen hanging in a tree (presumably dropped by the previous finder) that I knew I'd found the right tree, and then the cache. I picked up the TB, TFTC!

We have gone down to Alert 3 in our Covid-19 lockdown, and Geocaching is now allowed, so time to re-enable the caches.

DISABLING THIS CACHE TO DISCOURAGE HUNTING DURING THE COVID-19 LOCK-DOWN. NEW LOGS AFTER TODAY MAY BE DELETED. THE CACHE WILL BE BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.