Matryoshka- Hawkes Bay Havelock North, North Island, New Zealand
By
Jodiporsche on 07-Oct-15. Waypoint GC64PDY
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Found today up on a weekend visit from Wellington, and the first cache for me in this area. Overshot GZ at first then saw it clearly from above. Walked up to the peak from here. Discovered the TB but wasn't brave enough to take it. Thanks.
Had to take a little detou after doing the redwoods loop, to find this cutely themed cache. Thanks!
We can not miss it. a favorite point is delivered.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --French version below-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Short late log but more complete now that we are back home.Our vacation will take us to the other side of the world to the land of the Maoris. After many, many hours of flying, a passage through China on the way there and through the United States of America on the way back, we will finally arrive in Christchurch which will be the starting point of our journey.We will enjoy the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and we will go back towards the North Island via State Highway 1. To combine business with pleasure, we will take regular breaks and small detours according to the caches that seem the most accessible to us.With a little more than 3500 km in 20 days, we will have discovered many facets of this island which is soothing. We will have to come back because there are so many places that we have not done . In broad strokes, the path will go from Christchurch to the Kaikoura Peninsula then towards Picton for the crossing to Wellington.New island, new road, and by State Highway 2 we go towards Hastings and Napier. We will leave the seaside for several days to go to Tongariro and Taupo. We will continue north towards Rotorua and Hamilton (without forgetting a detour via Hobbiton ) A detour to the Coromandel Peninsula and finally the almost north of the island with Whangarei and Waitangi to learn the history of this country.There will only be a few days left to spend towards Auckland and its suburbs before taking the plane back to the grayness of our European autumn.The majority of the boxes will be found, we have abandoned those where our English was lacking and where we could not understand the clue. Thanks to all the owners who brightened up our path, who took us to incredible places (that's also geocaching)In short, we had a great vacation, saw beautiful places that simply ask us to come back. We learned a lot about the history of this country and its traditions, it's a great motivation for our destinations.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Petit log en retard mais un peu plus complet maintenant que nous sommes rentrs la maison. Nos vacances vont nous emmener lautre bout du monde au pays des Maoris. Aprs beaucoup, beaucoup dheures davion, un passage par la Chine laller et par les Etats-Unis dAmrique au retour, nous arriverons enfin Christchurch qui sera le point de dpart de notre priple.Nous profiterons des plages du de locan Pacifique et nous remonterons en direction de lile du nord via la State highway 1. Pour joindre lutile et lagrable, nous ferons des pauses rgulires et de petits dtours au gr des caches qui nous semble les plus accessibles. Avec un peu plus de 3500 km en 20 jours, nous aurons dcouverts pleins de facettes de cette ile qui est apaisante. Il nous faudra revenir car il y a tellement dendroit que nous navons pas fait . Dans les grand traits, le chemin ira de Christchurch la pninsule Kaikoura puis direction Picton pour la traverse vers Wellington.Nouvelle ile, nouvelle route, et par la State Highway 2 nous remontrons en direction de Hastings et Napier. Nous laisserons le bord de mer plusieurs jours pour aller au Tongariro et Taupo. Nous continuerons vers le nord en direction de Rotorua et Hamilton (sans oublier un dtour par Hobbiton ). Un crochet pour la pninsule de Coromandel et pour finir le presque nord de lile avec Whangarei et Waitangi pour apprendre lhistoire de ce pays. Il ne restera que quelques jours passer vers Auckland et sa banlieue avant de ne reprendre lavion pour retourner dans la grisaille de notre automne europen.La majorit des boites seront trouves, nous avons dlaisser celles o notre anglais faisait dfaut et ou que nous narrivions pas comprendre lindice. Merci tous les poseurs qui ont gay notre chemin, qui nous ont emmen dans des endroits incroyables (cest aussi cela le geocaching)Bref, nous avons pass de superbes vacances, vu des endroits magnifiques qui demandent simplement que lon revienne. Nous avons appris beaucoup de chose sur lhistoire de ce pays et de ces traditions, cest une grande motivation pour nos destinations.
The cache title says it all. A cache you can't miss literally, and the track walk is painless.
We hadnt survived driving up the mountain without finding a few more caches on the way down. Sure, we were tourists, but at least we were tourists that knew the road rules. Some of the crazies were up here driving for sheep stations.We walked up from the car park and when my wife saw the last bit of scramble she decided to head back to the seat. Naturally I went up further than I needed to only to see the cache back down a bit.I was describing the unwrapping process through the trees making sure I could put everything back in the right order. It got me to thinking why dont Russian Dolls ever have twins? tftc
What a fun cache! Kids absolutely loved it. Thank you for bringing us here. TFTC.
Awesome hide, have seen others like it but not with this level of decoration and detail, it was a cool surprise. Unfortunately only 1 TB left, and have now taken it for a wander. Cheers
A quick little overnight trip to Hawkes Bay and then up to Taup and back home to find some Adventure Labs and to hopefully qualify for the S39 Challenge.Such a large cache deserves some trackables, so I've dropped a couple off.All good here, and thank you to Jodiporsche for the placement of your Traditional Cache.Find #6682 at 26 April 2024 3:31pm
Hello from Seattle, geocaching ground zero!! This cache is in good shape could use a new log. It gets a fave from me, and I dropped a trackable in the India level . Now on up to the top of the hill!
Great cache, our son is very into flags, so was very excited to find it. We'll done
Enjoyed this cache. Thanks for making an interesting cache which is not too hard to find.
Cool cache, great way to keep the logbook dry View from the top of the peak is absolutely stunning, our first time in the Hawkes Bay area!
Shermy opened her first cache!!This is really more like a microcache! Youll understand what I mean when you find it!
So much fun! Thank you. Very thoughtful placement & concept. Im glad we could bring @Lui_thedog to GZ. Toilets bottom of the hill are handy too!
This was fun! Brought Lui_the dog with Indiana Jill. Love the dolls!! TFTC.
Nice easy find, needs a new log, completely full. Have left a TB, be sure to log it if you remove it. TFTC!
What a cool cache. A well deserved FP from me. Log completely full. Started new one! Thanks for placing the cache
Having followed the purple path to the redwoods it was just a short hop to this one. Mr disregarded the container as is was so obvious he thought it was an animal trap (off which we have seen many). Mrs checked it out. Brilliant. Have an FP
TFTC! Good walk around the redwoods and Te Mata peak. Love the Russian dolls XD.
Trouve ! / Found it ! Si j'avais su... Trs belle cache 4130me cache trouve.Merci Jodiporsche pour la cache If I had known... Very nice cache 4130th cache found.Thank you Jodiporsche for the cache
Cool! I found this catch while out walking the redwood trails and saw it on my map so I thought that ill have a go at it and... Success! TFTC
Wow, very nice cache ! but no place on the paper to write our name ! maybe someone could bring an other paper
477. On a crisp clear autumn day I came up for a look over the beautiful landscape. What a cool place. This cache is awesome. I forgot my pen so I took a photo to prove I have found it. TFTC!
TFTC and greetings from Germany
IT was difficult to get the Box out of scotland but i had time since muggles couldnt See me.
Log is almost full.
IT was difficult to get the Box out of scotland but i had time since muggles couldnt See me.
Log is almost full.
Amazing cache. Kids enjoyed it.
We guessed approximately half of the counties right… TFTC
We guessed approximately half of the counties right… TFTC
Obvious once you see it but have to hunt to find the spot, very cool cache
Couldn’t get to the log, the final can was too rusty. This is a great location! TGTC.
Found it thanks. First time on the mountain. What a view. Great walk to the top and back down to the carpark
Found at the beginning of a walk up the red trail. This brought a smile to my face on a bright and sunny morning. Nicely done. TFTC
Wandering in Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay between Easter and Anzac day. Found it on my route.
A nano logbook made my day
TFTC!
A nano logbook made my day
TFTC!
Brilliant catch! Very interactive and best cache by far! Original container lid a little exposed so first layer had some unexpected cockroach surprise but nonetheless entertaining find!
We hadn't been up here in a long time so decided this morning was a good day. Drove up though, thought it was too hot even though others were running in the heat! After a stop at the peak we came down and wandered along to this. Fabulous cache and the placement meant we could sit quietly as people passed and they didn't even know we were there! Enjoyed the flag additions, and appreciated the answers provided too. A clever and well put together cache, a FP from us. Tftc
After visiting the peak, I stopped at the lower carpark to grab the caches here. This one was easier to find than to open - hahaha. Took some effort and only had difficulty at one point, though I had a good system in place to putting the log back in was much easier. Well done on the effort for this one. Luckily no one walked past when I was opening/closing the cache. Thanks! Favourite point from me.
After a hot day resting in Napier, we decided to go up to Te Mata to enjoy the sunset views. On the way we stopped for this cache. One of us injuried her ankle the day before (looking for a cache), so 136m walk sounded good to test the ability to tramp. At GZ little cacher went and said he couldn't find anything, he just mentioned a big piece of rubbish. We both soon joined and told him that was not rubbish, we had fun opening and guessing the countries, we are not really good. Suddenly we heard voices and all ducked and stayed quiet. The people looked at us, but then focused on bikes coming up. Once we reached the log, which is of course in perfect condition, as the containers, we realised we forgot our pen, so I took a picture of the log, as a proof we were there. Great idea, a fav from us. Lot of work went into this.
Ah ha! I wondered why the name. Absolutely love the cache. We had such a nice walk up. TFTC.
Great cache at the end of our walk today, there was no tb in the cache as marked but we enjoyed it with its many countries. Tftc.
After being up here last night I checked my phone when we got back to the accommodation and spotted this popular and Large sized cache. Came up after our trip to town earlier and the late afternoon walk was cooling so no hanging around! All good and replaced as found (obviously!!) Another FP from me for this cache.
The weekend is here and for a change I've got a four-dayer planned with a trip across from Taupo to Napier to have a couple of nights in Havelock North and local area, followed by a trip back across the Napier-Taihape Road to stay at our daughters for a day before watching the football on Monday and then Coming Home, he's coming home, capperz is coming home (football didn't as it turned out! Well done to Italy.
A few nice caches found, not huge numbers so quality rather than quantity. A few more of the PWGT caches as well as some others here and there, thanks to all COs.
The weekend is here and for a change I've got a four-dayer planned with a trip across from Taupo to Napier to have a couple of nights in Havelock North and local area, followed by a trip back across the Napier-Taihape Road to stay at our daughters for a day before watching the football on Monday and then Coming Home, he's coming home, capperz is coming home (football didn't as it turned out! Well done to Italy.
A few nice caches found, not huge numbers so quality rather than quantity. A few more of the PWGT caches as well as some others here and there, thanks to all COs.
In HB for a long weekend, got left to my own devices today while my mate was at work, so went for a walk up Te Mata to grab some caches. Fun hide here on the way down! Tftc
Cleverly done
Glad I decided to run up the track to do this after a long walk today. Tftc
Glad I decided to run up the track to do this after a long walk today. Tftc
Fairly easy to spot. We were greeted by a nest of approximately 30-40 live fully grown cockroaches in the first 2 layers. There was also a nasty smell and a lot of eggs. We did our best to bang the eggs out and seal up the container properly. Unfortunately due to the cockroaches it kind of took away the enjoyment for us for this cache. Thanks never the less we can see a lot of effort has gone into this one. The cache contents was still sealed in not infested. 
One of seven caches located today (not including the five credited for an Adventure Lab before breakfast) on day 6 of our motorhome summer holiday to Hawkes Bay. This was the last of four on our visit to Te Mata Peak today. My coords initially had me quite a few metres away from where the cache was. Fortunately, because of its size, I managed to spot it “away over there”! Thanks for all the effort that has gone into this one. The logsheet was quite wet! Actually just kidding about that – because of the number of containers involved, it would surely be impossible for any moisture to ever get into this one! #3676. TFTC.
In Hawke's Bay for a wedding. Had some spare time in the morning to make a quick trip up Te Mata Peak and grab a couple of caches. An easy find 
*TFTC Jodiporsche #884* +FP
*TFTC Jodiporsche #884* +FP
Nice work. We spotted one Kereru feeding on what I think are some sort of lupin pea pod(?) while retrieving the cache. Thanks !
One of quite a few that we collected as we explored the region. Got a couple of the Russian dolls as change when in Russia in 1972 ! Found with bkj97. T4tcsl
Went seriously astray on this one for a while... that’ll teach me to pay attention to my gps! Fantastic cache, so much work in it. Gets a favourite!
What better way to spend a day in the sunny HB than wandering to the Peak and finding a few caches along the way. Thks
A very clever cache. It’s always nice to come across something a bit different.
Fortunately there weren’t many muggles on the track and those that were didn't notice what was going on in the the bushes.
A lot of work has gone into this one, thanks Jodiporsch. A favourite point for sure.
Took the trackable to continue its journey. TFTC.
Fortunately there weren’t many muggles on the track and those that were didn't notice what was going on in the the bushes.
A lot of work has gone into this one, thanks Jodiporsch. A favourite point for sure.
Took the trackable to continue its journey. TFTC.
wow what a nice one is this. I've left my TB in this, hopefully someone will take him to other nice places. tftc
LOVED THIS!!
Found on our hike today to the Te Mata Peak. Unfortunately we didn’t have a pen to sign the log book, but we loved finding the cache. Great idea. TFTC
Found on our hike today to the Te Mata Peak. Unfortunately we didn’t have a pen to sign the log book, but we loved finding the cache
. Great idea. TFTC#11,528. A good hike in Havelock North. Came across a number of other walkers on the tracks, but fortunately GZ itself was all quiet at the time of the visit. Quick find. The cache was in good condition, all nice and dry inside (as you would expect). Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.
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Such a cute container. Loved the creativity with this one as evidenced with the favorite point. Thanks for thinking outside the typical cache box
