Alma's rest (Manawatu) Almadale, North Island, New Zealand
By MalcolmB on 06-Apr-07. Waypoint GC11YN8

Had a bit of a walk round the area after finding this cache, what and interesting area

As this cache has been out of action for too long, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Growly Bear
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Cache is obviously gone so I am disabling until such time that I am able to replace it.

Add us to the DNF list. Wasn't in the obvious spot (or any of the others we checked).

Arrived at gz & met in the carparking area with RachelsRiffRaff. Joined forces to try our luck here but the likely hidey hole was empty. tmann421 confirmed he had previously found it there.....looks like it gone

Had a small search with Tui's Return & Tmann421 before going on to Fantail Forest. Seems pretty obvious its MIA. Was a great hidey spot tho'. Always an issue, placing a hide in the local haunts, but thanks for the plan. Cheers

Tried finding this after Fantail Forest. Unsuccessful!

Could not find! Found a nice hole for the cache! Maybe it was stolen???

This entry was edited by we_are_wallies on Sunday, 22 July 2012 at 07:29:58 UTC.

Alas, big search but no find. Found a nice hidey hole for a cache though.

Unsuccessfully attempted this cache with Seagnoid and EtherMiss.
Went off to find Fantail Forest and then attempted again on our way back to the car; still unsuccessful.

Found a nice deep place jurer n oenapu bapr jnf, but the nearby beer bottles made us think the worst

This entry was edited by Etherlord on Saturday, 28 July 2012 at 08:02:26 UTC.

Nice setting by the river...kids got a bit freaked out by the swing bridge...lol. T.F.T.C. S.L

Nice hide. TFTC

Easy once we had the right tree.

A quick visit with agcnz, yeetrees and boxhill after our trip up Rangiwahia.
TFTC.

A quick find while on the way home from Rangiwahai. SL TFTC

A quick find with Boxhill, -gonefishing- and Yeetrees on a caching expedition in the area today. Signed log, TFTC!

Came in from the other side to do this one.

good location

Nice quick find at site today between showers of rain. SL TFTC

Found this second time around. Very well camouflaged. TFTC!

Yay. This time we found it

*SPOILER ALERT*
We had looked in the deeper hole right next to it before, but missed the side one... go figure huh.
TFTC

found with Bouncy79, actually found it this time

Visited this cache today in response to A " could not find" and found the cache safe in sound in its protective camouflage wrapping right where it is supposed to be!

We went out here but couuldn't find it anywhere. We found a place that looked like it might have been there. Does anyone know if the cache is still there?

Looked and looked but could not find.

Could see where it could have been but no.

TFTC

Awesome scenery

Our 4th cache of the day while returning home from holidays. A lovely river stop area, pity some overbite campers ruin it by leaving bags of rubbish. Thanks.
#511

Found with NZ1 & Gumpy Boy. TFTC...TNLN

Found with Spudpn and Gumpy Boy. Found it quickly this time round. TFTC

Found with nz1, tnln tftc

Found with Skweak while down staying at Vinegar Hill Camping Ground for the New Year
TFTC

Found with Geo-Goober while down staying at Vinegar Hill Camping Ground for the New Year
TFTC

Quick find. TFTC

This is somewhere I've been meaning to visit for ages, nice spot and cool camo, TFTC!

Had a good look for this one but no luck today. Will head back for another look one day. Great location for a picnic or camping. TFTC

Nice place to have a streach or camp out. Took a few minutes to find because camo blended in so kicked myself when i did find it. Signed log. TFTC

Had to explain to the people camped 3m away what we were doing lurking behind their bus!

Had two shots at it, but found it easy enough with the GPS. Nice place to visit. Kids want to go back.

Found by Mr Geodatum and Chrissy, with Edvern, on a second attempt for geodatum. Definitely not a picnic day today. Container smaller than expected - not really room for swaps. TFTC

Fifth and final find today. Good day out.

Nice easy find, cache was pretty much exposed, however well camoflaged. Would be a nice camping spot in the summer. TFTC.

A cool bridge and area to explore and a dirty and fast-flowing river. TFTC

A lovely little spot.. What beautiful clear NZ water in the river! Tx

a bit of a back road just to get this cache. a nice detour

#59

Nice easy find while hiding from the rain will visit again when its sunny

Cheers

Found with a little bit of searching. TFTC Really like the bridge. The kids had fun going over it numerous times.

Definitley a place for a rest sat down on the grass then remembered it had been raining earlier shows I'm blond soon dried out ready for the next cache

Played on bridge with younger sister. Loads of fun. Found with NZMamma and chazzanz

NICE EASY FIND .. NICE LOCATION TNLN TFTC

Nice easy one to find. Still discovering beautiful spots we didnt know were in Feilding!!! TFTC

[This entry was edited by Steve+Annah on Saturday, January 09, 2010 at 10:46:27 PM.]

Had to drop a friend off down the road to went an extra mile to find this. Had a quick walk through budh nearby. Very cool. TFTC

Fast and easy find. TFTC

Quick and easy find. TFTC

Found it, nice easy one to find

Found it on my second visit - just about gave up - OK one more look and I found it TFTC

We think we were in the right place- "averaged the gps's confusing readings but did not find it. There was a large pile of cut branches around a possible site. The other possible site had places where there were branches missing but no luck. Friday 13th!!!. Geodatum.

Quick find by MRS EU. TFTC

After finding the cache we headed onto the foot bridge to play pooh sticks. We almost ended up with a Shrek bridge parady when it started swaying. I was not happy but bravely planted my feet, declared we were far enough over the river to play, got the game rolling then got off there as fast as I could. I use the word "bravely" rather loosely
- pet rock + glass bead

Another great little place to visit and chill - if I lived here I'd never go to work just spend my time visiting these lovely reserves and caching. I actually looked at the cache site and container three times before I realised what I was looking at!
TNLN TFTC
:0)
Logged Leepinlzrd GeoCoin in and out to assist its mission.

Nice Little spot.
Would have liked to have explored the area a bit more but ran out of time as we need to be back in Hamilton later on in Pm.
TFTC

nice easy find. put in pet rock - rabbit.

Wow what a great little spot for a cache, love the mushrooms that are growing nearby, found cache easily and managed to retrieve it with little hassles, TFTC TNLNSL (596)

A nice easy find - our easiest so far. Nice spot, even went on the bush walk
SL
TFTC

Had a reasonable look but was interrupted by lawnmowers. Maybe need to come back for a 2nd look.

Another pleasant reserve to return to when I have more time to enjoy it. The river would be very inviting on a hot day. TFTC

Cool place on a hot day... shoud have brought along togs and towel. We loved it out here and will come again over the summer. TFTC

found nice and easy, loved the bridge

Back in the area so thought we would knock this one off the list now it has been replaced. Quick, easy find where we expected it to be last time. Made sure we re-hid well. Thanks for replacing the cache. NINO, #629

Replaced cache today. It is a small cylindrical container covered with camo tape and securely hidden ( I hope!). When replacing it scatter a few dead leaves on top of where it is located. Thanks.

I will go out and check on this cache during the week or next weekend and replace if necessary.

A pleasant place to stop on the way home. Unfortunately couldn't find the cache. Pretty sure we found the right spot, given the clue, so unless the co-ords are way off, it may have gone Will keep an eye on this one as it should have been easy!

Quick find and a spot of late lunch.
TNLNSL
Thanks Malcolmb
Cheers TT

As we approached GZ there was guy loitering about with 2 dogs, he kinda looked like Jules Mikus, he wanted to shoot the breeze, I finally got him disinterested in conservation(about the time I said we where from Auckland).

Nice easy find, thanks for bringing us here, lovely picnic area.

Had a bit of a walk round the area after finding this cache, what and interesting area

This one had me flummoxed as the GPS was bouncing around and I searched and searched and just as I was resigned to a DNF a rebooting of the trusty GPS found the location with a greater degree of accuracy.

Nice quiet spot today. Easy find. Nice spot for a stop on a trip for a bit of R&R

Found it.

Replaced log with a new one together with tape for the cap. Checked coords. All OK.

Nice little spot. Boys went for a bush walk. You need a new log as it is full !

#1085
Nice spot for a picnic, had our lunch before making the find. Agree with mtbskier, that someone tried to bbq the cache.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Popular spot today with a couple of muggle families picnicing/swimming nearby on a lovely summers day. A couple of girls also walked down the riverbed shallows on their horses! Great spot. Many thanks for bringing me here.

Found cache OK. Looked if somebody tried to light a fire in the hiding place.

TFTC

A lovely spot - is this one of the locals' best kept secrets? Wonderful swimming spot for younger members.
Had to be discreet due to a muggle car parked oh so close to GZ. Watching us closely from the bridge.

my gps was spot on!left expired aarp card from usa.

Nice spot, we thought of stopping over here for the night, but moved on after a short walk around
TFTC

Nice Quiet Find First Of The Day.

Nicely Hidden.

TNLN, TFTC

Lovely walk over and along the river.

Awesome we found another one.
Everyone enjoyed a good game of touch rugby afterwards.
Great place for a picnic.

Nice spot,so close to home but never been here before. Look forward to taking a swim in the river someday.
Met up with Jolaine and whanau, good game of touch rugby with the kids.

On our way home to Hamilton after a South Island trip.
The hint made this fairly easy to find. Had a coffee break before moving on.
+ a marble, - nothing.

12.40pm. At first I thought this would be tricky. There was a troop of scouts camped in the open space. But the cache was just out of sight so I was OK. Thank you. David

Found on a trip heading north to the Day / Night Thriller MTB event at Taupo. We enjoyed checking out the gnarly old trees in the area. Thanks for an interesting stop.

excellent spot!,again,a place never before seen.very nice,great hide too.
-small screwdriver
+small figurine
TFTC
MORTAL3!

Ronbu visited at 1645. Cunningly concealed. The additional hint was helpful, although first off I got the wrong tree. Looks like a good spot for a family outing and the bridge across the river looks to lead to an interesting area to explore. LNTN TFTC

what a cool spot the kids love the bridge

Third cache of the day. Weather starting to clear but the river is up quite high. Nice little spot for a picnic when the weather is better.

- marble
+ 1.2mm precision screwdriver

Thanks,

~ Chrispy Twitch and Boots

Nice, but very windy.