TMGT. Turi's Canoe (South Taranaki ) Patea, North Island, New Zealand
By 2 Bulbars on 07-Sep-19. Waypoint GC8D8QW

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Found with StreetWalkerNZ while we travel from Foxton Beach to New Plymouth. The day started with heavy rain, then drizzle, then fine by the time we reached Bulls for morning coffee.
We thought we'd look for a few TMGT while in the North Island before they are archived, but this has been the first one we have had the time for. We needed a break and a driver change, so after an ice cream from a local dairy, we drove on to this cache. We have been here before for a cache, so the canoe was very familiar. Nice to have a wee leg stretch and look at the rose garden. A quick find and we didn't bother recording the code word. TFTC.

#20952. We'd planned to find a few TMGT caches earlier on this trip, but today was the first time we managed to fit in a TMGT find. Nice quick find here (just as well as we had quite a few smiles to find en route to Waitara). TFTC.

On the final final tour to finish TMGT. With daughter and Geo puppy we are on day 2 of 8days of geocaching.
Poi e a song I remember and so does my daughter a quick find here dog loved a little walk n rolling around and break dancing.tftc

For those of us of a certain age this waka is etched in our memory through the videos of the Patea Māori Club performing underneath it and the dancing on top in Poi E! Wonderful. TFTC # 18,244

Nice rose garden cache was a quick find with no muggĺesTFTC

Nice easy find for the kids.

Cyclical caching and I stopped here as part of our geocaching geotour trip. Nice little park cache was easily found!

Very impressed by the canoe!

Cool place to stop and stretch the legs.

Thanks for the geotour cache!

Stopped on the way north from Wanganui to New Plymouth. TFTC

With the sunny weather and school holidays it was time to team up with Kelly0 and kids to get some cachers done.

I took the opportunity to sit and enjoy the little park with my geo-child. And as there was a muggle sat right in front of the cache I had to get sneaky. Geo-kids are great. I got Miss 6 to run to GZ and like a good parent I went and retrieved my child, with a quick cache sign.

TFTC

After a long weekend away we were travailing home through Patea and my daughter brought it to my attention that we had not logged this find from a few months ago so here it is,
Thanks 2Bulbars for this hide

I noticed the mention of the missing lid in the logs, so I had a rummage around my vehicle and found a nice grey painted mint tin to replace as requested in the CO's previous log. A nice little park, and interesting info here, TFTC

Quick find as we passed through on our road trip adventure.

Apparently this cache is missing a lid.
If anyone is passing by with a suitable container would you please replace

TIA

Easy Find! Lid was still missing but log is in a little bag so it’s safe. TFTC

Easy to find, lid from the cache is missing. Tftc

Quick and ezi find.
TFTC

Short history lesson, quick find.

TFTC 2 Bulbars

*** Out on our MEGA Roadtrip with Wilbywarrior. Who says this can only happen when the MEGA is actually held?! Greetings from Dunedin, caching friends
#423 ***

Quickly found here
Malinkaly and I planned a road trip to go to the MEGA but Covid has postponed the event again. We decided to continue on with our planned journey making adjustments as we go with the ever-changing travel restrictions.
Greetings from Dunedin!
Thanks for the cache, 2 Bulbars
#2672

Decided to get out for the day - unfortunately the weather didn’t play game so grabbing a cache in between showers - tftc

TFTC, Found with Riser5

Picked up some rubbish nearby, glad to stop in Poi E country

Nice and easy find, thanks

Great find, really easy

Needed to get a cache today to continue my streak. Thought it would be easy to shoot out and grab a few tmgt caches. I thought wrong. No luck with the nearby cache and although this was a very easy find i can't for the life of find a 'code'. This was to be my first tmgt but oh well. I'm happy just to find it and even more so to keep my first streak going. Tftc.

Quick find for Miss 11, TFTC.

This was fun, just after signing the log hubby and I were startled by some fighting birds . Thanks for this cache ,Love Turis canoe

Thanks for your amazing cache.
Nice and dry.

Found after visit at museum opposite

Touring through Patea and had to try and grab a couple of caches. Tftc

#9538. I am on a road trip to Taranaki this weekend to locate the TMGT caches in this part of the country and grab any others that are nearby or of interest. Its a four day trip so giving myself plenty of time as you need it with the shorter days in May. My second TMGT cache in Patea. Nice quick find thanks to the hint. Signed the logbook and replaced the cache where found. Thanks 2 Bulbars for hiding it here. Interesting model canoe. From a demographic perspective, one woman and many men make for a very slow population growth rate.

Good GPS Hint Cache is dry & safe
Thanks

Found it, easy find! Interesting container

Parked up at suitable place,there were no muggles about.A quick find and a good cache.Wrote the log and re-concealed carefully.TFTC!

Never noticed the baby before! Love this, and that it became so popular with Poi E during the 80s.

My First ever geocache. Thank you

Rick-a-mortis was here OZR3RZ

Awesome park . Thank you for bringing me here

Thanks 2 Bulbars for the cache. It’s #1373 for us. We found your cache on 14 February 2021. Quick find on our way to Dawson Falls for the night.

On a road trip down the west coast of the north island. Exploring and finding some geocaches along the way. TFTC.

Picked up a few caches around Whanganui this morning and now heading off to New Plymouth. Decided to stop for this one and was pleased to be successful shortly afterwards. Good spot and good hint. TFTC

A few days away in New Plymouth gave us a chance to locate some more TMGT caches. Todays mission was a drive to collect some more. A nice interesting stop here. Quick find. SL. TFTC.

I used to live directly opposite this cache many years ago. I love coming back to my hometown so tftc.

Tftc way find ty mumrow

Easy find a beautiful day aswell tftc

Straight to it using the hint. Nice to get another TMGT on my TMGT tour to Taranaki. Thanks for maintaing the cache, great to have these road trip stops in such lovely spaces.

Quick find while humming the song to myself.

Out caching with Ruru_nz

Day 2 of a road trip with Saethwr around the lower North Island. Caching not a priority, but we will get a few.
Wanganui to New Plymouth.
This was where my family would meet to 'collect' or pass on exchange students coming from or going to Palmerston North or Wanganui. Easy to find (like the cache) for those not familiar with the area.
Thanks for the smilie 2 Bulbars.
2720 16 January 2021 13:21

Lovely waka, pity its too high for a selfie.

Heading back to Palmy after a weekend at Colgate Games in Inglewood. Mice quick find using the hint before hitting the road. TFTC

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I are on a bit of a Christmas Roadtrip from Auckland to Ingill & back ... we'll be doing a few geocaches on our travels ... this being the 172nd cache of hopefully many ... we had been spent Christmas in Invercargill & were now heading back to Auckland, taking the scenic route ... we were now heading North, had been up the West Coast of the South Island ... were now going 'round the mountain' before heading back to Auckland ... we had stayed the night in Wanganui ... be rude not to grab some caches on the way ... couldn't stop singing 'Poi E' as we drove into town ... quick & easy find ... another 'smiley face' to the tally ... TFTC ... TN:LN:SL ... #1,906 for us.

Found at 6 January 2021 7:02 am.

I'm on a short geocaching roadtrip to Taranaki, logging my finds as I go (where possible). Will expand when I get home. TFTC

Good hint

Easy find
Cool monument TFTC

We are on our summer holiday, we usually take a few weeks and travel around the South Island, but this year we are heading around the North Island. Heading up the West coast and back down the East coast. Finding only a select few caches along the way, we are mostly targeting some challenges we have qualified for, some large size caches, some that fill gaps in our date placed grid, a few D/T combinations, some with lots of favourite points, letterboxes and anything else that grabs our fancy.

I had a fall earlier yesterday so I was now pretty much out of action with a very sore and swelling ankle so gk had to go to find most of the caches. I hobbled over to have a look around this area, gk made an instant find once he was at gz. He signed the log and returned it as he found it.
We spent quite a bit of time exploring this wee town and beach area, the freezing works display is quite unlike anything we have seen before, as is the vehicle shop/display a little further along the road.
This must have been a grand town in its day looking at some of the fabulous old buildings.
Thanks for placing this cache and thank you for the smiley.

Found after reinacting the famous dance. TFTC

Very nice find with woolwood9 on a little trip away!
SL **tm/ww NZ** (May be black smudge on wet or plastic logs)
*We really enjoyed the tour around from cache to cache!*
Soon had the container located.

Heading north with tmann421 to find some caches,
Signed log tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Found previously by by Blenheim Bear but not logged. on a wee day out with the boys from the Naki heading for Rattles Christmas BBQ. Thanks for the cache all good today. Blenheim Bear

I think I've got the correct word for this series.

Had the day off work so headed off for some caching. Very slowly getting through the TMGT. The canoe is partly hidden by scaffolding at present but still looked impressive. Enjoyed the whale bone structure on the way into town from the south. Worth a stop. Thanks

North Island Campervan trip Day 1

After the fantastic holiday I had a few months ago traveling around the South Island, making the most of one of those incredibly cheap campervan deals available at the time, I figured it was worth taking a week off work before the stresses of the usual holiday period to enjoy some of the delights to be found around the top of the North Island.

So seeing as I have to get to Auckland to pick the camper up it seemed like a great opportunity to break my drive up there up by going via the Taranaki to seek out some targeted caches there such as the TMGT ones, as well as some that would help me with my Jasmer grid, missing minutes (for a couple of challenge caches I'm working on) and any other caches that caught my eye.

Today was simply the drive up to New Plymouth. Leaving work after half a day there meant I had a few hours to leisurely make my way to the holiday park I was staying at tonight. The weather was glorious and making the journey very pleasant. You could even see Mt Egmont properly!

After my previous find, I was glad that this one was a nice and easy find at GZ. No issues at all with this cache or the log, which was signed and replaced before I was back on my way again.

Thanks for setting this cache up.

We are on a ten day road trip to Taranaki, The Forgotten Highway, Taumaranui, Ohakune and back home to Palmy. Along the way will be sightseeing, short mountain walks, museum visits, a rail cart journey and, of course, geocaching. Day 1 brought us to Hawera.

This cache was a quick, straightforward find but then poor old Mr G had to traipse back in the rain to get the code word! We must try to remember. We had had a fairly find day but as we travelled on from Patea to Hawera the rain became quite steady and definitely wetting! TFTC

Nice and easy find here. Exactly what hint says. Muggle did a good job too with helping. Cache is in good condition. Tftc

Pre Labour weekend trip away, seen as I'm working through Labour Weekend, I decided that from Wellington I would head towards Whanganui for the night, then home via New Plymouth to collect some TMGT and Jasmer caches.

No issues with the find, noone appeared to be in the building opposite... although with tinted windows it wouldn't be easy to tell. Interesting model in place, thanks for bringing me here. I have passed through for work once, but never noticed it.

TFTC 2 Bulbars, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 5 find(s) of 15 today, making this find #2289

I've always wanted to see this waka since Poi E first became popular. Today was the day. While here found this nice quick park n grab. TFTC.

Thanks a little scaffolding holding the waka up at the moment hope they manage to keep it. I assume it needs some strengthening.
Travelling with Kiscardi

On a tour around the North Island picking up the TMGT caches with NZ Bozzy , also we found many older caches and filled some gaps in our DT grids.

Celebrating turning 60 today so after a awesome breakfast we heading out to find the local TMTG caches and see some more of the North Island. Perfect !!
TFTC and an opportunity to visit places I would not stop at otherwise.

My wife and I along with Arcane Junior are heading up to New Plymouth for a concert tonight. Naturally we planned to do some geocaches along the way!

This cache should’ve been easy but somehow I managed to completely twist the hint around so that Arcane Junior and I were wandering around aimlessly. Once I read it again I realised our mistake and went straight to it.

TFTC 2 Bulbars!

Jude_E spotted this one first. I am on a North Island Figure of Eight tour. For the first 4 days I spend time in the Bay of Plenty with my husband JDScout in Rotorua. Now I am on part two of the eight loop near the end of our loop, driving from New Plymouth to Whanganui. This part is being done with my good friends Ethness and Jude_E.
Thanks 2 Bulbars for creating this hide. It was find 9129 for me.

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Ethness, Nosynel and I are on a caching adventure. Second last day and we are heading south. Another TMGT cache done. I remember when I lived in Opunake the waka seemed much bigger. Memory playing tricks over 40 years. Thanks for the cache and the information.
#6258

After reading a previous log about what was on the ground and having stepped in some yesterday (I had to clean my shoes at the Cape Egmont Lighthouse) I didn’t go all the way to GZ today!!!

Found as we headed south. The canoe is surrounded with scaffolding.

Jude_E, NosyNel and I are continuing on our figure of 8 tour of the North Island collecting the ‘Tour’ caches, plus others, plus seeing the scenery, plus having a good old time. TFTC.

Nice and easy find watch out for crap on the floor though

Another quick find

EtherLady and I are on our way to New Plymouth for a weekend away.
We've thrown the EtherKids out at my parents' place in Wanganui, and now we're on the road!

@WonderfulWifey was looking at the map as I was driving, and suggested one on the side of the highway. Even better, it's a TMGT cache!

Quick find thanks to the hint, thanks

Quick cache and dash as we were leaving the area. TFTC

A nice quick find at a spot I've passed so often but never stopped. TFTC

On a road trip and grabbing caches as we go. Been here once before for a cache.

Quick find. Replaced as found. Thanks for the placement 2 Bulbars.

Love the canoe and the history you’re treating us to

Thanks 2 Bulbars for this straight forward find celebrating local history.

On a wee roadie signing off a few more TMGT caches. Weather just the best and such interesting history thx.

On a TMGT expedition, with four wagging tails in tow. Log signed as MM78
A nice stop along the road (driving south for us). Tftc

Last find of our geocaching weekend away. Tftc

Quick find, thank you

A quick find on our way south to Whanganui. TFTC.

Teamed up with Cats&Dragons, for an overnight mission down the West Coast focusing in and around Hawera. It's been awhile since we've done a trip like this and it was great to be out finding caches again. We left Hamilton at 7pm Friday night and returned midnight Saturday, with only a few hours of sleep needed we managed 116 finds for the trip. A big thanks to all the cache owners for their placements.

Another one of the tour complete. Found with ease.

Qwesy, especially after Strachan's Cave! TFTC.

Continuing with my GeoTour and obtaining interesting information as a result, I made a quick and easy find here.

Found this morning on my way to Fielding, I remember this as the Man with the broken arm for years, in fact my brother rang while I was here, I told him where I was and he knew what I meant, tftc fav point from me

Nice little park. All of the roses would look marvelous when they are in bloom.

Nice stop after a long drive. Park deserted so a quick find. T4tcsl

Found with little blue hen. Nice break after a long drive without stops from kapiti. There was from memory a standing warrior in the canoe in days gone by. Perhaps he had popped out for a coffee. Hint made it a quick find. Tftcsl

We are on our homeward journey after a GeoTour around the South Island, and have just one more North Island region to complete - Taranaki/Whanganui/Manawatu.
This canoe is quite the landmark, and each time we drive through Patea we recall the Poi E song. Found the cache hidden exactly as described, thanks.

TFTC

A quick stop in here to tick another geotour off my list. All good here, thanks for placing 2 bulbars.

Awesome stop at something we would otherwise have driven passed. Thanks for the cache. Tftc

used to love seeing the canoe as we went to waverley to see nanna and grand dad nice stop for a cache and now the ankle is better more taranaki caches beware.

After watching someone get beat up on the street we managed to find the cache. Crazy shit.

Found with MrsC on our NZ travels from the UK. Thanks. Found on the long drive from Wellington to New Plymouth.