Preston Road Three Maniototo Community, South Island, New Zealand
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U.N.C.L.E. on 21-Dec-21. Waypoint GA25787
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S45° 11.486' E170° 16.707' (WGS 84) |
| 59G 443320E 4995530N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 351 m |
| Local Government Area: | Otago |
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Description
Despite appearances to the contrary, Preston Road is a legal public road. It is signposted from SH85 a few kilometres east of Kyeburn. The other end is on Mundell Road, which is signposted from SH87, also a few kilometres from Kyeburn. It is listed in at least one 4x4 guidebook so that provides an indication of the type of road.
To help keep you on the right path:
SH85 end of Preston Road.
Zero tripmeter
0.3 kilometres Cattlestop
0.9 Cattlestop. Shed on R.
1.1 Turn R through gate. Track deteriorates.
1.5 Gate. Track turns R to follow fenceline.
2.6 Gate.
2.8 Small rise. Fenceline on R.
3.6 Gate. Fenceline now on L. Track now ruts through long grass.
4.3 Gate. Intersection with Cemetery Rd. Veer left (Preston Rd signposted). Surface improves.
7.5 Haybarn.
7.9 Ford.
8.3 End. Mundell Rd. Go R to SH87.
Obviously, if travelling in the opposite direction, make the appropriate adjustments.
Black bison tube. BYOP. Bisons are watertight thanks to a sealing O-ring. Overtightening the tube damages the O-ring and allows water in. Please just nip-up snugly.
Cautions: Ford probably impassable if there has been heavy rain. If so, use Cemetery Road as a bypass. Cache can be walked, run or MTBed to. Track great for trail/dual-sport or adventure-type motorcycles. Probably not suitable for two-wheel drive cars even in dry conditions due to ground clearance issues. Possibly OK in a soft-roader with good clearance. Piece of cake in a 4x4. Judge the time of year and recent weather carefully and make a call. When the Preston Road caches were previously published on a different platform, a cacher seeking them had to have their 2WD car towed out by tractor - you have been warned!
Hints
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Decode |
Logs
A quick stop at GZ. Mrs D followed one cacher trail, Mr D followed the other, it was at the other. Logsheet was wet unfortunately, but usable. Signed our name, wrote the new cache code onto the logsheet, signed our name again!
Then a wee down and up over the streambed before we reached the end of Preston Rd - no water in it today, but might not be so easy in winter - and headed off for lunch at Kokonga.
Our recommendation for people who don't have proper off-road 4WD trucks - if it's wet, to get to PR3, drive in from Mundell Rd, stop the ford, cross the ford on foot if in doubt and walk to the cache.
