Te Munga Wetlands 2 (Bay of Plenty) Omanu Beach, North Island, New Zealand
By kaimaikid on 22-Feb-04. Waypoint GCGJR6

Well after checking all of the waypoints to make sure that they are all still in place only to discover the cache missing - very odd as its a place very unlikely to be stumbled on - ah well such is life...

Will check it out as soon as posible - that is when I get a chance...

Coming to visit this area soon, is this one still active, can we do it? or do we *can* it?---- No response from owner it seems.

What a stink[xx(] instructions a bit vauge are you looking for more coordinates or do u look for the next picture from one picture place really STINKS!!!!![xx(] not really a place i would put a cache

After a couple of hours back and forth I think I arrived at the final destination but was unable to find the white cube with it's red lid. Can't be absolutely certain it was the final waypoint though. David.

Decided not to proceed past the sign... (Didnt have all thew logs with us to read either).

First Multicache, took a couple of goes, kept running out of time.. but both a couple of nice days for a wander round the wetlands. Took Pkt. of fishing flies and left Snoopy to rest in the dark for a while

after a talk with kaikaikid i have put the cache back in, he is making contact with the council to get them to lay off the cachers

Did this 1 with my dad rick-a-mortis, the bad thing was he was carrying the container to put it back. he helped us with the clues and made us find them all. when and only when we had found the last waypoint marker he went off and replaced the container. we then set off to find it.

TNLNSL

went in today after the last few logs explaining that they were told they were trespassing, myself and tgawookie went in and removed the container

i have been on the phone to the kid and i will put this back in the next couple of days as he has permission from the council to have it there.

[This entry was edited by Rick-a-mortis on Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 8:12:45 PM.]

Finally got to get to this cache again after doing the first part. Found the first waypoint, while looking for the second came accross some people from the council who told us that this property is not open to the public, and to leave.
You ,might want to hide the cache somewhere else. I am really dissapointed as I have really wanted to complete this one.

Found the first plaque very quickly via Garmin 60C and the prox option. This took me to the second one but the GZ was at the otherend of reading. Finding the prize took a while due to heavy duty coverage.

In 4X4 Jeep (Modified)& Zorkmid #50
Out Geo-Coin

Thanks for the hunt.

A very interesting and satisfying cache to have completed.
Pukeko's obviously have no sense of smell! (unlike wolves)
Lovely also to see such healthy native vegetation especially those beautiful cabbage trees.Out-TB.IN-Geocoin.

At last...nailed this little ripper cache...in the dark, in the rain and in the middle of giant mosquito country...got home covered in mud but hey...thats what washing machines are for. Thought I'd finish this off in no time....wrong again...allow plenty of time for this one!! Thanks Kaimaikid.....a well thought out and challanging cache PS OSH have got in on the act at "Watergate" so it looks slightly different now.

Well what a mission to try and find the first waypoint...all to no avail but had fun anyway moutain biking around the great tracks...I'm thought I had it sussed but obviously not...out with the old gridded paper, compos & protractor I think . Cheers

[This entry was edited by JFBNZ on Monday, May 02, 2005 at 12:58:06 AM.]

Had to return to finish this one as we came across some dead and dying ducks. We rang DoC and SPCA.
Next trip we came across Zorgon and his 2 Zorgonites. They were on bikes and we in out gallant Galant. After crossing paths several times we all arrived at the cache together.
A great cache, many thnks.
In Compass out sinkers.

We read some of the previous logs before leaving home and decided it would be a good opportunity to give the bikes a run. Turned out to be a good move as there was quite a lot of territory to cover. Nice to meet Mr and Mrs Smoking Gun on the way around and teaming up in the end to make a joint find! Most enjoyable cache - Thanks.
In: Mini blank CD-R, Out: Packet of marbles

A great cache, with pictures and waypoints (and mighty
serious tags they are too!) A pleasant hour wandering
around this somewhat-odd but well-reclaimed area (and
then a swim at the Mount). Is funny, I see M@ concerned
at how people can do geometry caches without a GPSr
Nearest-Waypoint facility, and I was just thinking the
same about TUMONZ-on-a-laptop (gotta love those
intersecting circles ) p.s. Entrance gate doesn't
look quite like that anymore (post painted yellow, sign
gone), but easy to match. Thanks for this cache.

Decided it was a lovely day for a bike ride, so I dropped by to see the new location. I still think this is a great cache idea.

The gate is locked as MGA said. So if you are going to do this one for the first time, it is walking or mountain biking only, so allow a lot of time.

Took TB, otherwise TNLNSL

Thnaks

Swung by to check out the new final resting place of the cache.Pleased to see this back up and running. If this container floats away now, we are all doomed. The yellow forestry type gate is now locked so it's walking only in here now.
Logged a revisit in the book.
Thanks

New cache when replaced contains:

bag of marbles
4 AA batts
pkt. of fishing flies
pkt. of sinkers
Rugby pc game
carabiner
led keyring
pkt. of sticky labels
diary
logbook, stashnote, pen + pencil
Rico Racoon Travelbug

[This entry was edited by kaimaikid on Monday, September 20, 2004 at 1:01:00 AM.]

Well, I went to this one unprepared for what I was getting into. Unfortunately it got rather dark and was difficult to complete. Allow a reasonable amount of time.

Good effort Gary, a pleasant change.

Took & left nothing (but a log entry). Thanks

Willbuild
went for a walk around this one with Matt (tolska) after the big clean up. easy walk around but a bad smell around area. Interesting area. no swop.

Found with Willbuild. Always enjoy these 'geometry' caches. I've just discovered from Willbuild that not all GPSrs have Nearest Waypoint functions, making the task for them a bit more difficult.
+ hand vice
- sunnies
Cheers, M@

What a neat place, heaps of tracks to follow also glad i had a vehicle that has good ground clearence.
I did this with tgawookie, we had an awesome time driving around this area as the gates were open
- eightball key chain
+ adhesive velcro dots& water balloons

thanks alot kaimai kid

Hmm, I wish I took my car in here, it has an air purifier.
Great place though. Pams mum, Sister and Nephew came along for the smell.

Took Lazer and left nicads

Thanks

Did this one with Rick-A-Mortis. Had great fun doing this cache - great area. Already knew where the cache was hidden before we got the final co-ordinates, but it still took several searches to find it.

Took Keyring
Left Golf Tees

Thanks alot Stoney, I really enjoyed this one

Yeeha. Found it first.
Takes a little thought to get going but once underway it's only a matter of time to solve this one.
Didn't realise how many tracks abound in this area. Drove some of them during this cache hunt and walked the rest. The yobbo's haven't obviously found this place yet, very little trash around.
Almost stumbled onto the cache by chance. Great idea for multi caching.
Nil in and nil out, just a log in the book.
Kaimaikid has done well. Thanks

Congrads Mga for being first to find this virgin....

just a note - in the first pic you'll see a gate with a sign saying hazardous area keep out - ignore this as this is a public reserve set up for the general public to walk etc around.

The other night I went down and found that gate closed but tied with a piece of string - I believe this was done by a local contractor who still uses this to dump waste fill.