LOTR37 - Gollum Tongariro National Park, North Island, New Zealand
By
yorkshirekiwi83 on 06-Jun-16. Waypoint GC6K72Q
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We did the Taraniki Falls track. We loved the splendid views and found the caches on this track. Tftc
TFTC pendant notre voyage en NZ leur de la petite rando super sympa de Tanaraki falls.tres connu car les logs sont archi plein.
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EN : We continue our walk towards the parking lot. We stop to look for the different caches, encouraged by our guide . They will all be found, without difficulty. Thank you to all the installers for the work carried out for our greatest pleasure. Greetings from France. Trip to New Zealand decided very quickly , but that didn't stop us from preparing a small file of caches to search, as far as possible. The GC46 is, of course, at the top of this list! Our program should allow us to discover a large part of this country.FR : Nous continuons notre balade vers le parking.Nous nous arrtons pour chercher les diffrentes caches, encourags par notre guide .Elles seront toutes trouves, sans difficult. Merci tous les poseurs pour le travail ralis pour notre plus grand plaisir.Salutations de France. Voyage en Nouvelle Zlande dcid trs rapidement , mais cela ne nous a pas empch de prparer un petit fichier de caches chercher, dans la mesure o cela sera possible.La GC46 est, bien sr, tout en haut de cette liste ! Notre programme devrait nous permettre de dcouvrir une grande partie de ce pays.Merci pour la dcouverte - Dzikuj za zabaw - Dankie vir die pret - Faleminderit pr argtimin - - Thank you for the fun - ylnc n tkkr edirik - Eskerrik asko dibertigarriagatik - - - Hvala na zabavi - - Salamat sa kalipay - - Hvala vam na zabavi - Dkuji vm za zbavu - Zikomo chifukwa cha zosangalatsa - Tak for det sjove - Dankon pro la amuzo - Tnan teid lbu eest - Salamat sa kasiyahan - Kiitos hauskuudesta - Tankewol foar it wille - Grazas pola diversin - - , - - Na gode da fun - Mahalo ioe no ka hauoli - - Gracias por la diversin - Ua tsaug rau kev lom zem - Daal maka ntrnd - Terima kasih atas kesenangannya - Grazie per a diversione - Msi pou plezi a - Hn ji bo kfxweiy - - Ai u linksm - Merci fir de Spaass - tibi gratias ago pro ludens - Paldies par jautrbu - - - Terima kasih kerana bersenang-senang - Misaotra anao amin'ny fialam-boly - Grazzi gall-pjair - Mauruuru koe mo te ngahau - - - - Bedankt voor het plezier - Danke fr den Spa - Takk for moroa - - - Obrigado pela diverso - - Mulumesc pentru distracie - Faafetai mo le malie - - Ndinokutendai nokuda kwomufaro - akujem vm za zbavu - Hvala za zabavo - Waad ku mahadsantahay madadaalada - Kea le leboha ka monate - Asante kwa furaha - hatur nuhun keur man - - Tapadh leibh airson an dwpiemy- Elence iin teekkr ederim - - Qiziqarli uchun rahmat - Diolch am yr hwyl - Ksznm a szrakozst - Cm n v s vui v - Grazie per il divertimento - Siyabonga ngokuzonwabisa - Siyabonga ngomnandi.
349 | 5 November 2024 16:52TFTC, on our day walk Taranaki Falls Track we logged this one on the way. Beautiful walk.
There is not space to write, so I made my signature on side of paper next to other signatures. Thanks for the cache. Yesterday I was at Red Crater, tomorrow I continue around Mt Ruapehu. Today I have easy day, only visiting two waterfalls close to Whakapapa Village.
We are on a roadtrip through New Zealand and for two nights we stayed near Tongariro. Yesterday we did the Silica Rapids, but today we are in for a longer hike. We do the Tama lakes track and luckily there are some caches on the first leap of this track and near the lakes. At the start we had some muggles walking in front and behind us so that took a little while longer. We found the caches quite quickly and had a wonderful time on this beautiful track.
Found with TravelDragon99 on the way down from upper Tama Lake. Pushing 6 hrs so far, almost home. Weather held out. Great hike! TFTC
Today, together with Schatoh68, I made a stunning caching-tour in the Tongariro National Park. This cache has to be taken 
thanks!
thanks!Together with Birba68 we walk today to the Taranaki falls. This nice little cache-round, was perfect for us. We found all the Caches very easy, but the lookbook of the most are rallye full. In some Cache the number for the Bonus is missing, with logic is possible to find the bonus. Thank you
Auf unserer 3 wchigen Tour durch NZ, hier eine kleine Wandertour gemeistert. Die Landschaft ist atemberaubend. Der Schicksalsberg in der Nhe.
Another quick one on the side of the path. The kids had it in hand in no time. Tftc
Today we walk to the Taranaki Falls, a beautiful area and of course the waterfall is super cool. Tftc
Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I now live full-time in our caravan & travel the country visiting places we want to visit & doing the things that we want to do we are staying at the Kiwi Camp Freedom Campsite at National Park we had booked in for the High Tea Experience at the Pinnacles Cafe at the top of the Sky Waka Gondola Ride once finished there we decided we needed to go for a walk around the Taranaki Falls Loop Track and do some caching while out this was an easy find, log signed & cache container easily replaced pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:SL ... #4,832 for us!(NOTE WELL: The Log Book is FULL & unfortunately we didnt have anything to replace it with)On our Taranaki Falls round tour we could find all Caches of this series.Note: All logbooks are full and need maintenance.TFTC
#4438Holiday in NZToday visiting Tongariro National ParkOn our way to the waterfall, we found these caches due to the very good hints.Unfortunately, all log rolls are full, maintenance would make many people happy againTFTC
Found together with Kendar05. Thank you for the cache. Greetings from Czech Republic.
Found together with Heureka10.Thanks for the cache.Greetings from Czech Republic.
We are currently on a eight week holiday which is mostly spent in New Zealand and Australia. However, the first three days were spent in Signapore as a nice break from an otherwise long flight. Yesterday we drove to Tongariro National Park from Wellington. Part of our team is hiking the Tongariro Crossing. We are lucky because the weather looks good. Mostly blue sky, some clouds, some sun and a nice temperature. Unfortunately the hike it just too much for the other half of the team. Not worries, there are plenty of other beautiful, less difficult and though walks around here. Also as LOTR fans we just had to visit the caches of this series. All the still active caches were found and the hints for the bonus were collected. Thank you very much for this series.
During our two-month trip through New Zealand and Australia, we arrived yesterday in Tongariro National Park. The weather is beautiful and we are going for a nice walk.This cache was found during a walk to the Taranaki Falls.**yorkshirekiwi83**, thanks for the cache.
We picked up the cache in passing on our tour to the waterfall.PS: Given the name, we would have expected a more spectacular presentation of "the treasure" ....Auf unsere Runde zum Wasserfall haben wir den Cache im Vorbeigehen mitgenommen.PS: Bei dem Namen htten wir eine spektakulrere Aufmachung "des Schatzes" erwartet....
Heute auf der Wanderung zu den Wasserfllen gesucht und gefunden.Das Logbuch ist leider voll! Hab mich irgendwo dazwischen verewigt.Danke frs Legen.
We are on a trip in New Zealand. A wonderful country with a lot of (old )caches. There are too many caches so we limit ourselves to the (old) gems or where we happen to make a stop. We found and signed this cache in good condition. yorkshirekiwi83, thank you for this cache, regards xizat-NL. Take care, this hobby can develop to an addiction.
Gevonden samen met Bald Eagle op onze trip door Nieuw Zeeland op 2 mrt. 2024 12:36. Dank je wel yorkshirekiwi83 voor deze cache. Groetjes van mij 1619 uit Eindhoven
TFTC! Greetings from Estonia! Found this cache while travelling around Tongariro National Park.
Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 68 - National Park Tongariro, North Island, Nov Zland (autem asi 50 km, pky asi 10 km) Celou noc a jet i rno prelo, tak jsem se velmi obvala toho, e bude hnusn i pes den, ale natst se kolem 10. hodiny vylouplo slunce a u na obloze zstalo. Sice bylo vtinou 15C, ale to v horch ujde. Popojela jsem jen kousek do Nrodnho parku Tongariro do mal osady Whakapapa, kde je jen pr hotel a nvtvnick centrum a odkud zan vtina trek k sopkm i vodopdm. Vybrala jsem si celkem nenronou trasu k Taranaki Falls, na kter je zbytek kekovho trailu LOTR, tedy Lord of the Ring. Z tto trasy jsou krsn vhledy na Osamlou horu, kam putoval Bilbo Pytlk. Film se tu samozejm i natel. Ta hora je jedna ze t zdejch velkch sopek a jmenuje se Tongariro. Ze srie keek u moc nezbv, co mne mrzelo, ale jinak jsem vechny nala. Cesta mi zabrala s focenm a hlednm asi 3 hodiny a v tom krsnm poas jsem si ji moc uila. Vodopdy pekvapily. Nebyl to jen rek vody, ale pkn proud padajc z ernch sopench skal a konc v malm jezrku. Vude kvetl rov ves a vbec tu bylo pkn. Dlka trasy byla pro m tak akort a k autu jsem dokrela pimen unaven. Dolovila jsem u drive in njak dal keky a pak vyjela v do hor do Mordoru. Pod nejvym kopcem se rozkld sopen planina ernch ostrch utr pesn jak vypadal Mordor ve filmu, kdy pes nj el Frodo Pytlk se Samem. Horn osada je lyask centrum a jezd odsud gondolov lanovka nahoru k nejve poloen restauraci na Novm Zlandu a k lyaskm tratm. J u nahoru nejela, byly skoro 4 hod odpoledne a to u bylo pozd na njak dal vlet. Taky u tu pomalu zavrali. Nafotila jsem si Mordor a vhledy a pomalu se pes keky vracela na chatku. Byl to krsn den a doufm, e poas vydr i nadle.After the night and morning rain, I was afraid that it would be nasty all day, but fortunately the sun came out around 10 a.m. and stayed in the sky. I only drove to the settlement of Whakapapa and set off from there to the LOTR trail, which unfortunately is not much left. I found all the caches, their condition is quite sad. Logbooks are completely full and often damp. I was still pleased with them and especially the walk to Taranaki Falls was great. Across flowering moors with views of Lonely Mountain. I felt like Bilbo Baggins. Then I went up to Mordor and I could totally see the scenes from the movie where Frodo and Sam wander around. I really enjoyed the day, found a lot of caches and walked in the beautiful countryside. Thanks to everyone for their caches and greetings from the Czech Republic.
Our way through New Zealand took us to the National Park. Fortunately, we were able to take a nice walk there and look for a whole host of geocaches. We enjoyed this tour with great pleasure. Thank you CO for making it available. With friendly geocache greetings from the Netherlands
We startetd the day with the Taranaki Fall Trail in Tongariro National Park incl the reaminng LOTR caches in this area. In the afternoon we arrived in Otorohanga where we still the next night.It was a good decision to get up earlier and go for the trail at 8:15am. When we finishe dthe 6km walk the sun was burning and it was quite warm. We enjoed some parts in the shadows with fresh air in the woods and nice views at Mount Doom. 
Except the disabled cache we foudn all reamining LOTR caches - unfortunately some of them are not in a good shape and many logbooks are quite full. Nevertheless we were happy to walk through Mordor and came back safe. 
Thanks for hiding and maintaining the cache.Happy hunting!TFTCschnuckel1[#24179]
Except the disabled cache we foudn all reamining LOTR caches - unfortunately some of them are not in a good shape and many logbooks are quite full. Nevertheless we were happy to walk through Mordor and came back safe. Thanks for hiding and maintaining the cache.Happy hunting!TFTCschnuckel1[#24179]On the way to the waterfall. Quick found. Thanks for the hint. Great walk, today with plenty of rain. Tftc
Yesterday, I got the news that the Shuttle Service for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing Had been canceled due to the heavy Wind. So I had been looking for Plan B which I found quickly: Hiking the Tama Lakes Tramping Track, 17km Return about 5 to 6 hours.As this track is an extension of the Taranaki Falls Track, I was sure to find some nice caches all along the way up to Tama Lakes and back. I was looking forward to visiting the LOTR villains caches which all could be found. Although the logbooks are quite full and some bonus information is missing. Nevertheless, the Bonus was managable and a quick find! The Track, the Lake and the area are stunning. What a wonderful area! We are enjoying looking around New Zealand, full of wonderful places, landscapes and attractions. And so its always good to come across some caches when visiting new places.Thank you to all Cache owners for the caches and their maintenance and making this a wonderful around the world hobby.Thank you for this cache and greetings from Germanyaussi96
**Log about this cache:**Today is the sad story of no Tongariro crossing because of the bad weather.A little brightness for one hour give us te opion to visit Taranaki falls.After the visit off the falls there was a lot off rain...No problem with thise one**General log:**After years of planning and the canceling of trip due to the corona crisis, the time had finally come:****"more than 5 weeks in New Zealand".**And how beautiful it was!Visited both the north and south islands, many tourist attractions have a cache nearby so I could do some as well.Lots of virtuals and earth caches too and traditionals. But also done a few multi caches here and there also even a mystery and wherigo cache.The trip to New Zealand was great and we saw a lot of nice places. The country has so many different types of landscapes. And the nice thing was that it is winter in the Netherlands but summer in New Zealand Too bad it takes so long to fly and that the flight is so expensive otherwise i can go here next year again.Now you can enjoy it, logging the caches is also part of it. I will try to email the answers for the earthcaches and virtual caches to the relevant co`s as soon as possible. But first log all caches and upload the photos .Submitted via Garmin Live Geocaching
Too bad it takes so long to fly and that the flight is so expensive otherwise i can go here next year again.Now you can enjoy it, logging the caches is also part of it. I will try to email the answers for the earthcaches and virtual caches to the relevant co`s as soon as possible. But first log all caches and upload the photos .Submitted via Garmin Live Geocaching3 weeks (adventure) vacation in New Zealand ???????? for dschinny and me. We were very excited about what awaits us and simply were looking forward to a wonderful time together in this beautiful country ?? We spent 1.5 weeks on the North Island and the rest of the time on the South Island, had an incredible time, visited so many interesting/awesome/breathtaking spots and locations - I am sure that we will never forget this time here at New Zealand our whole life!Yesterday we hiked the famous Tongariro Alpine Crossing. What an adventure, what a stunning landscape around us! The colors of these lakes are magical. We spent much time around the lakes and took so many pictures ?? A very long day full of excellent views, some caches and so many memorable moments ??Today we visited some caches at Tongariro National Park - including this cache. Unfortunately we hadnt had much time to discover this National Park for more than only 5 hours, but we made a lovely walk to Taranaki Falls. It was very hot today so this walk wasnt easy, we were happy about the times that we could spent in the rare shadows on the way to Taranaki Falls.We were also able to find this cache today and could sign its logbook.Thanks a lot for this cache and many greetings from two German GC-crazy New Zealand vacationers ???? zh9 ??
???????????? dschinny & zh9 // Road Trip New Zealand 2024 ????????????From Auckland zh9 and I went further and further south for 3 weeks, we saw and experienced so much that I could write an entire book about our vacation here. Hot springs in Rotorua, swimming and hiking in Abel Tasman National Park, the strenuous and long but indescribably beautiful and impressive Tongariro Alpine Crossing, black water rafting in Waitomo Caves, Foo Fighters live in Christchurch, night hike through Wildlife Sanctuary Zealandia and so much more . Simply indescribable.Of course there was a lot of caching, including today. Thanks to geocaching we saw and discovered many places, viewpoints and other locations that we would certainly not have visited as a normal tourist.Yesterday we hiked the famous Tongariro Alpine Crossing. What an adventure, what a stunning landscape around us! The colors of these lakes are magical. We spent much time around the lakes and took so many pictures ?? A very long day full of excellent views, some caches and so many memorable moments ??Today we visited some caches at Tongariro National Park - including this cache. Unfortunately we hadnt had much time to discover this National Park for more than half a day, but we made a lovely walk to Taranaki Falls. It was very hot today so this walk wasnt easy, we were happy about the times that we could spent in the rare shadows on our way to Taranaki Falls.We were also able to find this cache today and could sign its logbook.Best wishes from Northern Germany,????? dschinny ?????
Geloggt mit c:geo als Chrolimasi oder meist mit CHR ,wenn mglich immer mit Datum oder wie bei wie Nano's/ Platzgrnden/hnliches/ irgendwo dazwischen/ganz hinten im Logbuch.Natrlich spendieren wir gerne ein neues Doserl oder Logzetterl falls zur Hand!Es knnen auch schon mal Einheitslogs vorkommen, wie bei groen Ruden/vielen Dosen oder vielleicht wenn mal nichts erwhnenswertes dabei war.Bitte seid uns deswegen nicht bse!Jeden Owner/in/innen zollen wir natrlich Respekt fr deren Arbeit,auslegen und warten der Caches ,jede einzelne gefundene Dose zaubert uns immer wieder ein neues ins Gesicht und einen auf die Karte!Egal wo auf der Welt,Servus ,Ciao,Hello,Hola .... aus !Und wie immer!TFTC!
While our daughter went for the 'big one' the Tongario Alpine Trail, my wife and I did the small ones.I read the LOTR about 40 years ago. My girlfriend at the time somehow identified herself with Golum. I never understood why, because she was a very intelligent and beautiful human being. But whenever I see or hear 'Golum' I'm reminded of her.Best regards,CrankyGerman
Different side of the track, surprise!A day trip out during the Xmas has become a bit of a scene these last few years for daughter Liv and I. Weve been Richmond Ranges overnighting in a hut, Te Aroha for an oldie cache, and this years iteration was a trip up Whakapapa for a trip out to Taranaki Falls, Silica springs as well as another couple of other side walks. We managed over 39 finds for the day and looped back via the Desert Road after heading in via Ohakune and helping a couple of SOBO TA walkers.Thanks to all COS for their hides, there were a few wet LOTR ones but managed to add a mark here or there.
After hike Tongariro Alpine Crossing, we made another small hike to the falls near Whakapapa village. It was really nice walking with a lot of caches. Thanks you a lot for this cache. Greetings from Slovakia.
We thoroughly enjoyed our walk out to the Taranaki Falls, made all the more enjoyable by this series of caches; thank you immensely for the hard work that would have been involved in setting these up.
Loving our trip to NZ. Our trip today to Tongariro National Park to do some hiking was a highlight we will always remember. Hello from Celebration, FL. SL. TFTC!
Today a small Tour to the falls, doing the nice round here, only one we didn't find. A nice walk, thanks so much.
Greetings from Canberra, Australia! It was too cold and windy according to the forecast to attempt the Tongariro Crossing so we decided to walk the loop track to Taranaki Falls. There were beautiful views all around, Rupeahu and Mt Doom were partially behind clouds but they were still epic nonetheless. Quick find at GZ. TFTC!
Today we did the Tama Lakes Track, it was a really nice walk expect for the heavy rain when arriving at the lower lake.During my return walk, I manage to find several geocaches in the area including this one.Thank you for all the work to maintain these caches.Greetings from France
Trouvaille effectue durant notre voyage en Nouvelle-Zlande. Nous avons sjourn dans les villes suivantes: Auckland, National Park, Wellington, Upper Moutere, Greymouth, Franz Joseph, Wanaka, Te Anau, Queenstown et Lake Tekapo. Nous avons crois des gens sympathiques et trs serviables. La nature est formidable. Nous avons observ des paysages magnifiques. Nous en garderons un merveilleux souvenir.La trouvaille de cette cache a agrment notre parcours. Merci **yorkshirekiwi83** d'avoir plac cette cache. Salutations de la Ville de Qubec, Qubec, Canada.=====================Find made during our trip to New Zealand. We stayed in the following cities: Auckland, National Park, Wellington, Upper Moutere, Greymouth, Franz Joseph, Wanaka, Te Anau, Queenstown and Lake Tekapo. We met friendly and very helpful people. Nature is wonderful. We observed magnificent landscapes. We will keep wonderful memories of it.The find of this cache enhanced our journey. Thank you **yorkshirekiwi83** for placing this cache.Greetings from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.Archimde & Eureka!12438
I made the loop clockwise (lower trail first) and this was the first cache I found. There was so much to see on the preceding trail, so many pictures to take that I completly forgot the hidden treasures This was a quick find, just as I love it TFTC
Did the Taranaki Falls track years ago, but good to come back today and grab some caches along the way. Didnt take too long to find. Tftc
Auf dem Weg zu den Taranaki Falls und Tama Lakes wurde diese Dose eingesammelt. DfdC
Despite its size, I found this cache quickly, after initially overshooting the mark by a few metres. Not much on a normal day, but after hiking all the way to Tama Lake, it was almost too much to turn around. Eventually I found the precious.
We did the Taranaki Falls track today. We were lucky to not have snow during the walk but too many clouds to see the volcanoes. The falls were very beautiful !
Heute ging es zu dieser tollen Runde als kleine Aufwärmung bevor es morgen zur Tongariro Alpen Wanderung geht
Bis auf eine Ausnahme konnten alle Cache gut gefunden werden.
Tftc und schöne Grüße aus Südthüringen
Bis auf eine Ausnahme konnten alle Cache gut gefunden werden.
Tftc und schöne Grüße aus Südthüringen
Another quick find along the way. After a busy summer season most of the log books are full and require attention soon. Thanks for the cache.
I did the Taranaki Falls Track and picked up a few caches on the way. Such a beautiful landscape! TFTC!
