The Inland Lighthouse on the Wairoa River Wairoa, North Island, New Zealand
By Wairoa Whanau on 28-May-11. Waypoint GC2WW39

As this cache has been out of action for too long, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Growly Bear
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I noticed that this cache has been in need of owner maintenance for an extended period of time well in excess of the period of "a few weeks" as contemplated by the cache guidelines published on Geocaching.com. While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for you and block other caches from entering the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can't do so forever. Please either repair/replace this cache, or archive it (using the archive listing link in the upper right) so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location.

If you plan on repairing this cache, please log a note to the cache (not email) and then repair the cache within the next 30 days so I don't archive the listing for non-communication/action.

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Growly Bear
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I searched for this one but all to no avail. It looks like it has gone AWOL.

Interesting lighthouse and history. But we didn't find the cache.

ISAG and did not find this

Gave up together with renelm and Difool

Stopped here for the cache, wifi and lunch. The two latter parts were no problem, but the cache itself was not to be found (by us) sadly..

Gave up at 14:00 - together with aedk and Difool

ISAG

This one eluded us, but we found a place eat lunch and free WiFi, something that are very much appreciated when you travel.

Failed to find with together with renelm and aedk.

Difool - 2013-11-01@13:59 NZDT

A quick find on our way down to Napier. Log still damp

Been to Gisborne for the NI National Daffodil Show and doing some caching with the Seagnoid, now on our way home. Thanks for the cache.

Here with Popmac on a geocaching / daffodil trip. Popmac grows daffodils and is taking a bunch to a daffodil tournament thingy in Gisborne with plans to cache along the way, and I came along for the ride. He won $100! Covers part of the petrol costs!
Popmac and I were unable to retrieve this cache on the way to Gisborne, there were two muggles sitting on the lighthouse steps. But I did manage to work out exactly where it was. On the way back, however it was an easy-peasy grab, in the first placce I looked. Log is quite damp, but we managed to sign anyway.

In town for a funeral, great spot for the kids to play.

Note - log book is wet.

Nice stop. We had lunch at the bakery and found this on our trip to Gisborne.

Timing can't have been too bad as the area was trouble and muggle free for a quick find before again heading north

TFT

Nobody around at 4:00am to muggle me

What an intersting spot. I don't think I've ever seen a lighthouse this far from the ocean. Nice easy find. Thanks Te Reo Maori.

Great place on a sunny day. No real muggle issue although lots around.
Tftc

Found it together with tasdevil13 during our trip through NZ.

The first one for today...

TFTC
Roland aka tasdevil13

Easy find on a really nice day. No muggles around

We did it like YuGeo4 and grabbed some food from the nearby café after logging this cache.
Thanks for the good hide!

10367…
An interesting read about the history of this decommissioned Lighthouse and a nice quick find during a break in muggle foot traffic, off to grab some lunch from the nearby Osterleys Bakery & Cafe, many thanks for the cache.

Interesting little piece of history and pity we weren't there at night. Thanks for the cache and stop. Did with Mycro Man

Did with CrystalFairy

Stopped to get this on way from fishing near Waikaremoana. TFTC

Found it!

#2314
Geocaching with Jykk€. Greetings from Finland. TFTC!

#2505
Quick found in dark evening.
TFTC.

Looked at hint (so I thought) and went for walk to find it without GPS. Got to lighthouse and couldn't remember the hint LOL - back to MIL's house to collect GPS and returned to complete.

Thanks for the history lesson.

A. Nonchalant sit in he sun and hey presto a geocache was at My side. Thanks.

I think I visited Wairoa about 35 yrs ago while I was working on a summer vacation job around Gisborne; however, I actually have no significant memories of it at all.
A lovely hot day, driving north, good place to stop (yet again!).
Fascinating - signs on the bridge advising that jumping into the river is forbidden, surrounded by people jumping and diving into the river!!
Quick find, fortunately everyone was off jumping - so no muggles around. TFTC.

A quick find while the kids were playing in the playground.
Thanks.

Was there together with "Schlattergeiss"...
Thank you very much for showing us this great place!
Greetings from Switzerland!
Brown Eyed Goat

Found it after a short walk from the campground nearby...
Thank you very much and greetings from Switzerland!

A quick find. Easy to find surreptitiously. TFTC

What an interesting spot to visit and we've just had the best friendly service at the Mobil station up the road. Quick and easy grab on the way through. TFTC

This entry was edited by tparty on Tuesday, 08 January 2013 at 09:35:17 UTC.

Nice easy find after a picnic lunch on the river banks. TFTC

Wow, lots of people in Wairoa today but none close to the lighthouse. Clue made for a quick find hence avoiding unwanted attention.

TFTC

quick stop on the way to taupo. nice lighthouse and little town here. tftc

Some muggles about, fortunately on the other side of the light house! Thx for the hide - its my very first time in Wairoa!

A quick easy find at this interestingly located lighthouse. TFTC

+ / - Geocooper TB

Found earlier this year but didn't sign log book. TFTC

15.25: On the way from Napier to Gisborne. A quick find at riverside and roadside after having picnic in the park nearby and strolling Wairoa CBD. Interesting story of the lighthouse.

Weather: clouds, 21°C;
Wheelchair: no problem at all;
State: good so far.

Thank you!

Oliver+Gabi

tftc and greets from germany

lovely lighthpuse

Easily found but busy street so plenty of ptretending to read emails while waiting for a chance.

Log is soaked. I have a minute to let it dry and an emergency logbook to leave.

14:47
Driving north in company with Pprass, we passed through vast grazing and agricultural areas, never ceasing to be in awe of the rugged beauty of the coastal scenery. Being interested in all things nautical, this was a little gem.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt Te Reo Maori.
4518

Found at 11:46 AM GAFF5 in the company of Phetlern. After a long drive we arrived here to a lovely little village and we were tempted to go in for some fish 'n chips as the aromas coming from the shops were very alluring. Do they have those white bait fritters here?
Made of wood eh! Haven't heard of that before and in any case we thought that kauri was virtually indestructible.
Thanks Te Reo Maori

Found back in October, signed log book but have just realised we didn't log visit on line.

Easy find and a slice of bacon and egg pie from Jim Osler

A nice easy find as we were passing through. The cache was very wet inside but I was able to sign. unfortunatly I didnt have a chance to dry it out.
Cheers and thanks,
s.t.

Had to stop at the award winning bakery across the road for some lunch which I agree by the way is THE best bakery in NZ. Sat on the rock here to eat my lunch and carefully hunt for the cache at the same time.
Many thanks

Thanks to my Te Hapara adventure Ed crew this was an easy find!

Nice little light house, logs wet, on our way to Wellington. TFTC

Greetings from Australia. Found on a great holiday/cache hunt with J+J.au. This trip we intend to only travel about the North island but we will revisit NZ and travel in the South island aswell. We really enjoy the sights in NZ and caching shows us things out of the norm aswell. SL..TFTC

Found at night so really easy to get. TFTC

We had to look a lot like tourists (which we were) and do lots of camera pointing while the searcher crouched, smiled and groped around in likely looking places. The ploy paid off. TFTC. Left a little dolphin.

Logging with delay. Nice place and good hide. Did it with a Belgium cacher
TNLN SL
Cheers nzkeko

Bien cacher pres d'un phare

Quick find while heading up to Gizzie. Log a little damp, TFTC.

No muggles today

Stealth used!

Used stealth as midday!

Amazing bit of history. TFTC

Found it with 3 friendly muggles who were enjoying their first taste of geocaching Not easy with many muggles around on a lazy sunday afternoon Log a little damp but signable. TFTC Visited some tbs too large for container.
cheers
Shellnz

Very fine light house. Greeting from Finland.TFTC

A geocoin visit

[:p] Another Geocache Found!

Found it while on a Gisborne Central School, Camp(2) Kaitawa trip. Introduced a few students to geocaching. TFTC SiLiRy

A quick find while passing on way home to Palmy. Interesting spot. TFTC

Helps if when searching between x and y that you start with the right x and y. TFTC

9.50am. Easy find at this very scenic spot. Just left the East Cape behind, heading for Napier. Thanks for the stop off spot. David and Noeline.

Great pie's added to the ease of finding

Didn't take too long really. TFTC.

Quick find on my way to the morning coffee
Tftc

Pretty cool, would love to see it shining at night.

TFTC

A great land mark to visit and learn some local history. TFTC

Carla6

last one for the day on my way home Stopped at the bakery a must do when passing this way

Easy find.

Used super stealth and nailed it in under a minute in the daytime with lotsa muggles about, slick eh? SL TFTC!

TFTC From N. Ireland Found quickly, which lifted our spirits after finding the pie shop closed!

Quick & almost easy find.
TFTC.

Looks like this cache and GC2WW3P It's the Wairoa International Airport, bro! have been swapped at some point as the container we found here was a tube and the log sheet said it was "It's the Wairoa International Airport, bro!". Unfortunately we didn't have time to do GC2WW3P It's the Wairoa International Airport, bro! today. - Hopefully we'll get it next week.

A quick find at a quiet time. Thanks

Nobody was on the road so we had a quick found.
Thank you and greetings from Germany

wobees

Found during a lunch stop here with a school group heading in to tramp Lake Waikaremoana. Didn't take too long to find, thanks for placing this cache at an interesting and pleasant spot.

jr taybee sign log book

easy found on the way to Gisbrone TFTC

Tftc very much mudlles.

Nice old light house.-Bitsprayer

This was a good place to swing by

TFTC

Quick and easy find. Nice location and cool lighthouse. SL TFTC

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! Quick find in the rain which kept the muggles in the shops. TFTC&H Te Reo Maori

This place really deserves a cache so well done on the placement and thanks for the FTF. The logs for this and the airport one were in the opposite place but who cares. TFTC #2199

TFTC (In the posse that laid the cache orginally and not interested in FTFs). This lighthouse has an interesting history. Went down to the bar with a colleague and marvelled at those early mariners who crossed it...looked quite treacherous. A quick drive down to Napier on this business trip today. Nga Mihi nui ki a kaimahi o inanahi ki Te Puni Kokiri. TRMTT.


This entry was edited by TreMichLan on Thursday, 28 July 2011 at 10:33:27 UTC.

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