Wairere reserve (Auckland) Warkworth, North Island, New Zealand
By evofreak? on 07-Aug-10. Waypoint GC29WHZ

The reserve is unfortunately still closed due to Kauri dieback. Hopefully it can be re-enabled again sometime in the future
Thanks to those who visited and found this Geocache : )

Unfortunately Kauri dieback is in this reserve Disabling to help stop its spread

Needed a .24 for the 36 Degrees challenge so grabbed the nearby piggy cache. Made sense to follow up and find this cache as well. GPS was good, but wasn't untill I turned around and looked back the way I came, saw the cache. Log has had it so signed the back of the ferry ticket someone had left. TFTC

Container is wet inside out. Logbook is water damaged

Container's wet inside, logbook water damaged

Out and about for a spot of cache detection in the north of Auckland countryside. It ended up being nice weather for it today. Drove over the ford, which was only a few inches above the water line, to check out the waterfall. It was in fine flight after all the heavy rain yesterday. Parked up in the logical spot. It looks like the steps(?) have been removed and the fence fully enclosed. Typical DOC. Anyway, I had a nice stroll to GZ. Followed the path until I hit a fence, then turned back around to look for the hide. Took a bit for the GPSr to calm down, but after a short search I spotted the goods. Cache was rather damp inside. Cheers for the cache placement!

TFTC

Found it. The log is a little wet however. TFTC. Team LOPHB: Lily and Oli

The trouble with looking for a cache so long after the last time it was found it can be very difficult to find. I widened my search along the hint and finally found it yippee.

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... On a flying visit to Northland with the intention of finding very old caches and anything else that is within short walking distance of the vehicle. The gloomy, black sky is an indication that rain is only a minute away...

Gap had a measuring job in the new housing development on the way to this reserve... The river was muddy and discoloured by the recent rain, though not flooded. It took a while to find the correct 'fallen' item. But with persistence, this was an eventual discovery. TFTC.

The Squirrel and my plans for the weekend was to log as many old caches as possible to go towards completing another challenge. This meant a lot of kilometres driving and a bit of forward planning and plus collect as many other caches as we could. The plan was to travel to KawaKawa Bay and stay at Hemi's uncles home.
Early start Saturday morning with our goal to get to KawaKawa. Google tells me its 266 Kilometres one way, but with caching who knows how many km's it will be.
Left Rotorua after work on Friday with a stop for dinner (Cambridge Roast House). Next stop Huntly for a coffee and a chat with fellow cachers, then on to KawaKawa Bay. No caches done on this leg.
Early start Saturday morning to achieve our goal.

9.20am - Ground a bit boggy under foot to get to this cache. Trick was to find the right fallen one as GPS was moving about. SLTFTC

Up in Warkworth for Mothers Day and out for a tiki tour. Took a detour up to Falls Road to grab this cache sitting without a smilie. All the years I'd lived in Warkworth had never walked all the way down this reserve and neither had my Dad who'd lived here most of my life. Some nice Kauri's down here. Eventually after some searching we found the cache, well hidden, thanks for bringing us down here

Nice spot

Lovely area ....have to come back again when not getting dark . Found cache but it was out in open .....Put all together again and hid better ....

#10827. We enjoyed the shady walk through the bush. TFTC.

Today we are leaving Auckland after spending 3 weeks exploring and caching around the city and we are heading northwards, destination: Algies Bay.
A lovely walk through the bush. Cache took a few minutes to track down. First we were searching too close to the river, then I noticed some more hint objects a bit further away, and more in keeping with the GPSr. Once in the right place, the cache was a quick find as the camo is no longer there. Put a few branches/bark pieces in front to cover it better. TFTC.

Beautiful spot TFTC

Cool spot

Too many fallen.. anyway, there it was. TFTC!

No. 2 for the day. Great spot.

A little bit searching but found it. There are many fallen trees

Nice reserve, we have to go back in summer time and spend a bit more time there, maybe go for a splash in the creek. Cache is not too hard to find but a lot of the items described in the hint are around so it's a bit tricky to find the right one. Furthermore being under the tree canopy the reading on our gps was quite erratic. TFTC

Lovely river, tftc

Tftf

Tftc nice walk found with geo Joe

First one!!!!

1st Cache found the adventure begins

Nice hidden waterfall. Picked up geocoin pc8vrw

Nice to move into the cool shade. The water was looking inviting too!

Coming past today and stopped to finally put a smile on the map here. Not entirely sure why we haven't already since it is sort of in our neck of the woods (i.e. the Warkworth area). Turned out to be a quick find. Thanks for placing evofreak?

Loved the walk along the stream, passed some cows grazing in the field. Admired the waterfall, and trees. GPS bounced around a bit, but in no time the cache was found. Thanks for the hide.

On a Road trip with Rustynz, Quick easy find, Nice day for Caching TFTC.

Our first cache, found by J & C. First of many!!

Thanks for cache great spot amongst the kauri

#917 What a lovely spot and a gentle stroll to the cache. Stunning morning to make the find and I had the place to myself. TFTC!

Lovely kauri walk. And spotted easily by spouse! TFTC

Fun walk

11.55am. Have never been to this reserve before, it's a stunning place/
This is what geocaching is for !!
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M+S [:O)] (2476)

11.55am. Out with Oscartello fgor a day of caching adventures in the Warkworth area. Had never been to this pretty reserve before - beautiful spot. Deserves a favourite vote for location. Cache quickly found.
TFTC
M&P.

Nice amble in the bush. The rain has stopped and things are looking fresh. Tnlnsl tftc

A beautiful stroll through the reserve. I've lived here for 14 yrs and never visited this spot. Thanks for getting me in here.

Tftc.

Found this while out and about with Cretti. Tftc.

Found orginally as part of phasevisitor team, now created own account, re-logging as yorkshirekiwi83.

After heading up to Warkworth and picking up a few caches along the way, I turned off to head west, then back down to Auckland via SH16. After a short stroll through the reserve the cache was quickly found at GZ. TFTC!

After heading up to Warkworth and picking up a few caches along the way, I turned off to head west, then back down to Auckland via SH16. After a short stroll through the reserve the cache was quickly found at GZ. TFTC!

Lovely spot. Cache now well hidden by natural camouflage (aka dirt!)

Was sitting in dead sight. Hidden it again

Out for a day's drive on the public holiday and ended up near this cache. Was a lovely walk to find it, TFTC

wow that was a challenging find!! thanks

Popped up to Warkworth to visit my parents, been meaning to grab this for ages and luckily nice easy find, tftc

Very well hidden nice geocache!

Gps a bit wandery & a few choices but we got there in the end-a great little reserve-tftc

Found by our son. It's a beautiful spot! Thankyou.

Cute little reserve.... no pen but nice cache find

Doing a caching run with tikitour, she had found this before but was keen for me to add it to my finds.
enjoyed the stroll to GZ with lots of fresh hay and cows near by. took all of us a while before locating the cache, its well hidden.

On the Second day of my very short northern explore I decieded to see what I could to do around the Warkworth area, Nice little spot along here and eventually having worked out what didn't belong I had the cache in hand, Thanks for bringing me here

TFTC

well hidden, only found it because it was an odd place of a birds nest

A nice hide. Found while enjoying a walk besides the Mahurangi river. A really neat place. Took 'Kartoffelpüh' TB. TFTC.

This entry was edited by GP5 on Saturday, 15 December 2012 at 10:10:14 UTC.

TB drop + cache check

A great place to visit, spent some time on the far side of the river as well, some great looking Kauris there.--all good, thanks!

Cache was uncovered, so saw it from a mile away. Recovered so not as easy for the next person.

Had to visit Wellsford today, then took a detour on return journey and found this cache on the way to old friends further down Woodcocks Road. Needed to make sure calendar was filled in today. A lovely stroll, Very nice spot. SL. TFTC.

A nice cache with my heavily pregnant wife. Thank you.

Out with Butchie Bum and the Geonut for another 24 hr caching adventure!!! Heading through to the West coast for more caching! Lovely walkTFTC

Out in the geonut on a great geo road trip with Rednum6. Lovely stroll along the river thanks.

Thanks for the clue. GPS a bit out cos of the trees, but lovely bush and glad finally visited, we are locals. TFTC

A really nice spot with some lovely trees, really enjoyed the visit to this one. Unfortunately forgot to bring a pen and there wasn't any writing stick in the cache so had to improvise with a stick. A fairly clear signature however.

TFTC

Nice short walk to cache. Soon located it. SL TFTC

A pleasant walk along the Wairere Reserve to the cache. Afterwards we drove over the ford to find a good place to turn the camper around - very picturesque area, thanks for showing us.

# 3752

TFTC

Beautiful spot and the falls were running nicely. EAsy find - TFTC

good cache
not to hard to find
TFTC
found it with " team collogne " and " scheng "

a nice area for a cache

TFTC

Walked this park before , Nice area for a walk.

On the way home north from Auckland, nice place to stop. Never ventured here before so thanks for getting us here. TFTC

Nice wee bush walk.-Bitsprayer

Another trip up this way to pick off a few more caches.

This is a nice and pleasant walk alongside the Mahurangi River.

Out: TB.

Cheers for the cache.

Swaped a bug for a bug ^.^

Lovely sounds from the stream below. Surely only the locals know about this spot. T4TC - M@

lovely river

11.50am. A quick find once we got in to the area. Why doesn't a reserve such as attractive as this not have a place to park the car? Did wonder as we walked in if we were on the right side of the river. We were.
Thank you. David and Noeline.

6320 An enjoyable walk through the Kauri Grove... nice waterfall, took a few pics, TFTC.

forgot our pen so had to run back to the car, gave us a moment to enjoy the birds.

nice river =)

A fun find in a nice little reserve

Forgot our pen will write it in another day, nice stroll, didn't know the path was there.

Nice easy find on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Think we startled the napping sheep a little . TFTC!

Finally found it. Gps had taken the day off so relied on the hint. Tftc

Thought for a moment the track went through the creek, didn't feel like wet feet so early in the day so looked around and found the real track.

TFTC

Swung by this evening after getting the mx5 out of storage for the winter, Im a bit of a mx5 freak.

Had a nice walk through Wairere reserve and a quick find.

TFTC

After lunch in town came out to this nice reserve. The walk was pleasant and very pastoral. There was a lop eared bunny right where we parked (and a stoat when we returned) and lots of lambs. A ewe with twins gave us a photo op. NINO TFTC

Nice walk in thanks.
I have 2 caches with a similar name in the Waikato

A pleasant walk and an easy find. Very nice spot. Thanks.

Nice walk to GZ and a quick find. TFTC

First find of the day on our round trip to Waipu. Nice to finally walk through the trees without the rain dripping down. It took a few sweeps before the cache was revealed T4TC.

lovely little area
TFTC

Great spot. Quite a bit of water going over the falls after the rain. TFTC

Nice little reserve.
No problems finding the cache.
Surprised to see I was 2nd TF.
TFTC

What a beautiful spot, even in torrential rain/flood conditions. Strange how it works out you don't visit places like this even though work is less than 1500 m away! All safe and dry despite the elements throwing everything at it. Was sure I'd be second in the log book but was pleasantly surprised to be FTF .
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