Manawatu Water Gap Ashhurst, North Island, New Zealand
By markhnz on 23-Aug-08. Waypoint GC1FGTJ

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On our way to Wellington we made a break here and walked the tawa trail loop. The traditional ones on our way we couldn't find but i hope here my answer (sent yesterday) was ok. Thanks for this earthcache

#1215. I decided to drag the family out to the Tawa Loop Track today and, having not claimed this cache previously, decided to have look at this earthcache. I had not claimed it previously, despite multiple visits, as I had been having difficulty finding the required information. After 'enjoying' the walk we stopped at the coordinates to get the required photo then carried on to read the information boards. Once back home further internet searching was completed to better understand the geology of the region and have an understanding of the underlying processes at work here. It's a lovely area and I am glad to finally have studied this in greater detail. Great to find another earthcache. Thanks. Photo attached.

Day # 13 in New Zealand on a geocaching holiday-trip covering Thailand, Australia and finally my beloved NZ .
Made it from far and rainy South to the North Island. Today’s sunny and pleasant tour [^] took me further up north from Masterton to beautiful Ohakune [:X], close to Tongariro National Park .
Believe it or not : This is my third visit to this scenic area of the central North Island - but today was the first time I was able to see ‘HIM’: Mount Ruapehu [^].
During my last visits he had shyly hidden behind clouds [B)], mist and rain .
But today I could see him in full beauty [8]. How lucky I am !
Of course there were some cool treasures hidden along the route, that I loved to pick up .
Ended up with 23 finds , including two great earth-caches [^], a challenge and a multi-cache . Cool!

On a public holiday like today, there were thousands of muggles around to do the gorge-track...
A lot of fun!! Thanks for showing this great spot and for the lesson learned [^].

Hey - owners on the way up north - you have cool caches [^] !
A big thanks [:X] to all Owners involved [^] for hiding and maintaining .

Cheers from Germany

Stopped off here en route home to Wellington from Napier. There were so many people walking the gorge! I greatly enjoyed the Dam Bridge. Answers sent. TFTC

Came here again for the gorge walk.
Will email answers shortly.
Gps and phone is one device!

Today we made our trip down into Wellington direction and had a walk along the Gorge with really bad weather conditions before. This one was the only one but an EC today More less easy to get the answer but not easy to go on with rain starting again! Thanks for the additional education

Many thanks for hiding, moin moin, and best regards sends Dr. Dose...

Traveling together during our Sabbatical, I've found this one in team work with Dr. Dose and have shared the same nice experience as he explained.

Thanks for it and all the best!

A quick stop while out for the day on the motorbike. Love this area. Hope my answer was right as we didn't have time to stop at the info boards! TFTC

Day walk with the mini cachers. Perfect Spring morning.

Made a special trip down from the Naki to do this earth cache and it was great to walk up in those hills to see the other fab caches thanks Mark for all the knowledge TFTC

Down in the Manawatu for a day trip to visit new caching areas. The gorge caches looked interesting and didn't disappoint. Thanks markhnz for the opportunity to do this earth cache and find out more about the land formation here. The required info has been sent.

A `"weekend between weeknds" with sveppi. We had a function in Pamly last night. We got up early to make the most of the day and give us plenty of time for a long walk before the long drive home. The hike of choice today was the gorge. Parked the car at the other end and hitchhiked back to this end. Started some time before 9am, which was a good idea since it started to rain almost as soon as we got back to the car!
The earthcache was the first find of the day. Answers sent to CO by myself on our behalf. Logged with permission, TFTC

Day two of a 2-day midweek break with fanfan-77. We were in Palmy and wanted to do a decent walk before heading home later in the day. The Gorge Track seemed to be the obvious choice: fanfan-77 had never done the walk before and although I had I was keen to see the slip from above. We decided to leave the car at the Woodville end and hitch a ride back through the gorge (while we were still dry) and start at the Ashhurst end. Lovely walk in a great area. Logging with permission. Thanks for the earth cache.

Stopped by this cache on the last day of a big North Island touring holiday in Barnaby, covering nearly 3000 kms over 2 weeks and getting up to Cape Reinga in the process. We've walked the Manawatu Gorge track from the Woodville end to as far as the Big Slip, then walked back again, as we would otherwise have run out of daylight. This was our first time of stopping at this end for a look. I've often wondered exactly how and where the walking track managed to suddenly disappear from view: now I know . We stood at GZ and took a few photos, noted the information required for the answer required by CO and then returned to Barnaby to continue our journey. We'll stop again one day to walk this end of the Gorge Track: I think that would incorporate the Tawa Loop Track. Given our limited incursion along the track tody this was the only cache found and, as it happened, the final one for our holiday.

Answer has been sent to CO. Thanks markhnz for an Earthcache here and a bit of information about a Gorge that we have traversed on numerous occasions.

Stopped off to collect this earth cache after a short round trip through the paihatua track, across to Woodville and back to home collecting caches on the way.

Short walk from parking to listed coordinates to work out the earth cache answers which have been emailed to CO.

Time to head home now, weather has just packed in and started raining. TFTC

Came here late afternoon on Saturday to get this one. It was a horrible wet afternoon. Quite a spectacular gorge and even more so in full flood. TFTC.

Beautiful walk with our daughter who is a student in Palmy. Can't work out how to attach photo.

I was going to leave Palmy today but had second thoughts and so decided to walk part of the Manawatu Gorge walking track and sign off some caches.

Cheers for the cache.

That was an amazing drive through the gorge! And a nice stop at the end with beautiful views. And an EarthCache! I tried to answer the questions and hope they are alright.
Thank you for leading me here!

Vistra and I had headed down to to Manwatu for the weekend, we both wanted a high number weekend and I was looking forward to meeting some of the locals as well.

Thank you to all the CO's for their placements some nicely placed, clever and tricky hides, so a great variety. Vistra had already found this one, have emailed CO. TFTC

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Warm day and happy to join many walkers on this track. First time visiting. Thanks for new knowledge of this area.

Walked in pouring down rain to complete this earth cache, dodging puddles the whole way. Normally the car park is full not a soul around this afternoon. The steam train went past- first time for us seeing it on our trip along the gorge. Thanks for sharing all the information with us

We had a lovely walk on the Tawa loop today. Our first visit to the gorge after moving to the area. Lovely day for it and great to do some caches while we were there too! Thanks!!

An interesting spot, and quite windy today. Thanks for a little different view of the gorge. Answers sent.

Went and completed this earth cache in honour of International EarthCache day.

Kids had a blast although I don't' think they realised why we were there. What you want us to stand here, why? Least Mr Swiss was interested in the info.

Pretty sad that we saw two cars that had been broken into. Beautiful spot, great walk & someone has managed to ruin it for others out enjoying nature.

Newbies had a great morning for it. 4th ever cache

Our first earth cache. Took us to a cool little track which we will come back and do on a better day. Was trying hard to rain on the day we went. TFTC.

lovely spot enjoyed the tawa loop on a nice day, stop for photo shoot of the gap, a good topic of discussion could be had by all.

Did this on a chilly road trip from Hastings. Many thanks for setting this up. Tftc.

#724 Found this one as part of the Geocaching Road Trip Challenge. JimmyNZ held the GPS, i had the camera. Was nice to come to this area without the daunting task of running up the hill like we usually do.

Nice day to be out and not running. Enjoyed the walk with Greenslime, then had a good debate about what we were seeing here. TFTC and getting us to look again at something we drive through frequently.

Visited GZ today on way to parents in Woodville. A little cool on the walk out again. Pleased to finally find the few minutes to stop & grab this one. Did the walk a few weeks before we started caching! Will need to do it again once the weather warms a little more. Tftc
CO emailed

On a road trip to Wellington from Hastings, and this was one of the finds here in and around town. Thanks for the cache.
Got the required information just as the sun set.

Came for a walk out here the other day with Mum and Dad (Danny Dangerously), we stopped here so they could explain about the gorge and how it was formed. Then we walked on up to the big slip, such a cool day out. This is my very first Earth Cache.

Enjoyed the walk with LCBuilder, we'd never been caching in the Palmerston North area so thought we'd get a variety of cache types while we're here for the weekend and have a good look around. Thanks for bringing us here

Did this earthcache with Wafflekitties! Thanks for the Earth Cache

We had a great walk around the Tawa Loop, starting with this one.
The answers are sent and the foto to be attached.
thanks a lot for stopping us here.

Answers emailed to cache owner.

Thanks for bringing me to this lovely spot. Next time will keep going up and into the gorge. Was road works at sight but nicely hidden from the workers.

Photo to be added in next few days when I am able to download it.

Thanks for the earthcache.

On our trip on the North Island we came Down this george and made a stop on this earthcache, took a walking trip on the path and saw this nice area from a different angle than from the road
Thank you for showing us this place and thank you for the earthcache.

We were travelling down to Masterton so stopped off to have a look at this earthcache. It's quite a dramatic gorge providing a route through the mountains. Photo uploaded and email sent.

On our holidays we had an over night stay in Woodville and we decided to visit the Manawatu Gorge (and find some caches).
It was very nice there and we did a part of the Gorge walk. The weather was great and we enjoyed it very much.
It was interesting to learn something about earth history.
Mahopalu

After a short hike in the Ruahines this morning, I stopped for a few caches on my way down to Masterton for the night. Stopped in the Gorge and completed this Earthcache along the way. Answers emailed to CO. A lovely outlook here, TFTC!

Parked up here, grabbed my gear & made it about 100m before being confronted with a "No Dogs" sign so it was back to the camper & we headed off somewhere more welcoming

Been past here lots of times, with today being International EarthCache Day, back today to get a photo. Thanks for this EarthCache.

This entry was edited by Popmac on Sunday, 12 October 2014 at 08:09:31 UTC.

On a caching exped with Boxhill, -gonefishing- and Yeetrees, the lads stopped here while I went and fulfilled the cache page requirements. It has been a while since I was last through the gorge and today would pass through it twice. An interesting earthcache. Thanks for bring me here to view the sights.

Found this one before doing a few hours caching in Ashhurst. TFTC

heading back from Skindos event and bumped into DannyDangerously again tday while out caching on the way home, have emailed the co answers, managed to get kaleb in the photo thanks for the cache this one has been on my list for a while now.

A day doing some caches around the gorge area with JonoS . Lovely day. Will email answers.TFTC

Time to quickly stop and grab an EC on my way home from Skindos 7SofA event cache.

Hit the road this morning with Princess-Emily from a night stop over with family in Masterton. Had been looking forward to this day all week and had much planned, working up to the MGC Winter Warmer just out of Woodville.

Having just attended this lovely event we meandered our way home collecting a few caches along the way.

Prior to today we had not attempted an Earth Cache and this was our second of the day. I enjoyed taking the time to stop and have a think and then log answers as it gave a greater understanding of "why things are". These Earth Caches are another win for geocaching I reckon . Thanks for bringing me to this spot and TFTEC

Coooool an Earth Cache ... where's the plastic box?? What no swapables??? Oh man, got to take a photo of Just-Lookin at least TFTEC

I thought of doing this EarthCache and then venturing up to the other but time was against me . A great little gorge and a jetboat was doing a bit of a trip up and down whilst I was there. A short walk to GZ and some observations made before I was on my way. TFTEC!

In the area doing the Tawa Loop with capperz
Answers emailed to CO
TFTEC

7:46:00 AM. Home for a week to catch up with the family. Out for a look around Palmy and catch up on a few caches. They have certainly sprung up in the last last 3 years since we were last back. Was a bloody windy day through the gorge today and cold. Answer and photo will be emailed shortly. TFTCSL

Photo after walking the gorge track from woodville end... so many stairs up

This entry was edited by Atoms7 on Tuesday, 18 February 2014 at 07:00:27 UTC.

Found this one while on our drive to Napier. A quick stretch of the legs to get to GZ. Tftc

decided to do the Tawa loop today as it was a nice day and didn't have much else to do. This was the first cache along the way. My phone is my GPS and camera so I have posted a photo of me at the co-ords. TFTEC

alpenmilch80 and I stopped by to take short break from our road-trip and gathered the information we needed (email is sent), took a couple of pictures and enjoyed the view for a while before getting back in her geocachemobile and on the road

TFTC

Quick stop on the road trip to get some education in about the area. Collected the information and had a short walk with a stunning view. TFTEC

Very muddy river on this drizzly afternoon.
I use my phone as my GPS so here's a selfie of myself and a dam bridge (there may be another cacher just in the shot).

My first earthcache. Not the best day for it. It started drizzling as we arrived. My GPS device is also my camera so have just provided a selfie at the Dam Bridge instead. TFTC.

Having driven on the gorge many times it was about time we stopped and explored it a bit better. This interesting Earth Cache was a great place to start. Bit windy as we started the gorge walk. Answers emailed. TFTC.

On our way to Napier today on a sodden Saturday morning. We're new to New Zealand and were surprised to suddenly be in this gorge. With heavy rains, waterfalls appeared in several places. Since I stuffed up the photo of myself at the posted coords, I've included a photo of one of the waterfalls instead. TFTEC.

A nice quick earthcache at an interesting spot to view the river. River quite placid today compared with some days we have travelled through here. TFTC photo posted.

Sent CO answers to questions..
Enjoyed the walk through the gorge, as love the scenery there.
TFTC

Stopped by here while moving between appointments, as have driven past but not seen, thank you for the interesting history lesson and short walk to break up my day

Thanks for bringing me here and showing this to me.
Answers submitted to the CO

TFT Earthcache

On our beautiful trip from Auckland to Wellington and return we stopped at this nice spot and found this cache. We found many nicely hidden containers.
We would like to thanks everyone for showing us such nice locations and of course, the numerous caches.
Thanks and best regards from Germany
Team sissifalke

We like earthcaches as normally guarenteed to be in intersting locations this was to be no exception. No one around so easy to take some pictures. (one has been included)

At the start of an expedition over the Manawatu Gorge track with several other cachers, it was an ideal opportunity to grab the information required for this cache. Photo shows just how low the river is at the moment due to the dry spell; and how bad I am at taking pictures (lense-flare, reflections, over-exposure, son's cap covering part of the picture - at least a crop allowed me to save some of the image... ) TFTC.

Completed today while doing the gorge walk with my family. TFTC

Removed the question relating to the information board that is no longer there.

As others have said, the sign is missing. I took a picture of the other sign nearby.

Traveling through New Zealand in February with the Campervan we visited your Cache.
Thanks for showing us this place.
We only did the short walk to the GC and went back.
Looked at the Gorge from the car while driving through.
TFTC Mammut75 with LumpiMaus / Austria

Walked the new loop track today and saw the notice board at the listed co-ords has been taken down, so Qn 1 cannot now be answered here, as originally was the case. There are several new noticeboards at the track end of the parking area. Perhaps the co-ords and Qn 1 could be amended to make use of this location, although it still might be preferable to go to the original co-ords to complete Qns 2 & 3. Hopefully cache owner can check this out soon. Thanks.

Beautiful site, very busy today... and even time to take a photo for a passing group of Chinese tourists.

Last cache on our way home from Sprint the Bays.... Loads of information on the notice boards, but not whet I was seeking. Attached photo not great , but not easy to take photo of self one handed!

On the way to Foxton for the next leg of our holiday.

Spotted this earth cache while cache surfing yesterday. Arrived in light rain, so stood in the shelter and read from the information boards. When the rain lifted, walked down to ground zone. The information board is missing, so did my best to answer the questions. Was fascinated by the walk below the road, under the bridge. Stayed and watched a train on its way through to Woodville. Thanks for the reason to stop and TFTEC.

First time ever we have driven through the gorge. It was quite impressive to see the massive reparations that were necessary after the landslide in 2012.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Went for a walk and took a photo, but couldn't find the info either - would be interesting to know!

The 16 year old and mum of the team were heading south to Wellington from north of Auckland picking up a few caches along the way. Info sent to owner and photos will be uploaded once Ryan returns from Outward Bound. Thanks for the excuse to stop and stretch the legs.

I couldn't find the requested info, but I've walked the gorge walk instead.
TFTC, Wiesel Flink,
#1262

Visited cache site today but info board missing. Beautiful day anyway and geo-daughter posd for photo
TFTC

Got to the right location but couldn't find any information boards. The new ones closer to the carpark didn't appear to have the necessary information on them required to complete the earth cache.

It's been many years since I last travelled through the gorge and I think it was in the opposite direction to what we travelled today (Manawatu to Wairarapa).
It's good to see the landscaping and the new information boards at the parking area.
TFTC.

#4374. The new signs are well worth a stop for. We couldn't find a sign with the answer to the species question (maybe that info was on old signs that are no longer there). Anyway, we gathered some info on species, and Troodles sent the info off to the CO. TFTC.

[#539] Thanks for the great reason to stop and admire this wonderful geologic feature T4TC!

Haven't heard back from CO, but here goes our log anyway.

Busy day today on the track being Good Friday. Spent some time thoroughly reading the new information boards after returning from locating a couple of caches along the Gorge Track and viewing the slip.

Found with ThePollardFamily. Email sent to cache owner.
A lot of rain has fallen in the last few days and the streams that feed the Manawatu River are flowing very fast.

T4TEC, number 111 and my first earthcache!

I have enjoyed my previous visits to walk the Gorge Track so I was quite happy to return; this time with Netty who appreciated the shade on such a warm day. We took our time to read the information boards that had been added since the last time I was here.

Took a young friend for a training trip along the gorge walk and back. Road blocked off at the juction to Fitzherbert East Rd, which is a bit silly. It should have a detour sign there, then block the road at the gorge walk carpark. But we went around anywhere. Check the photo - you can just see the size of the slip, and also that the sign boards have been removed from the info station . Could just see the digger on the top of the slip from the first lookout.
Saw a morepork on the track! at 2:30 in hte afternoon! They do get out early!
This is my first trip on the track since it was stoned, and I think they did a great job.

WStopped off to enjoy the view, and learn a bit about the gorge. TFTC

Enjoyed a quick stroll along the footpath to the bridge. Nice views of the the gorge along the way. TFTC!

NZ11. The road along the gorge is quite a feat of engineering. I loved the chance to walk along the side and underneath it. The river looks dramatic. Thanks.

5026.224 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Landsharkz Sydney A#133

Albida

This entry was edited by albida33 on Monday, 27 June 2011 at 08:45:13 UTC.

Arrived here early this morning but was surprised by the number of muggles parked in the carpark. A really nice earthcache. TFTC

Thanks for bringing me to this earth cache. Questions posted. TFTC

Nice day and a great track

Our first time on the Manawatu Gorge Track. A fascinating landscape that shows the power of water over time, and interesting Earthcache. Thanks.

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