Pakinappers reserve (Waikato) Te Rapa, North Island, New Zealand
By pakiaaro on 04-May-08. Waypoint GC1BXDJ

This cache was lost some time ago and has been inactive.

I can not maintain this cache any longer so am removing it from this site

no sign of CO so time it was gone

Sorry All need to check this one out

Doh! Had the GPX file in from a few days ago and didn't know this was disabled. Spent ages here today looking but no luck for me. So many locations that fit the bill.

Could not find it

Enjoyed the view and the welcome bits of shade up here. We must have followed a slightly wrong direction initially but the cache sense took over. Tftc

Tftc

Tftc. Would never of known about the view up here

A little damp underfoot at the given co-ordinates, however GZ was a little better. Found the well hidden cache after a not-so-short search, placed a couple of coins I'd picked up recently in the South Island. TFTC pakiaaro, #7998

Today saw us travelling to Hamilton from Auckland for the day to help secure some requirements towards our GIO Licence challenge.

A wander up to the to the centre of the reserve, we quickly figured out where we needed to be. A family of muggles were enjoying blowing bubbles in the lovely calm weather today, but thy weren't paying any attention to what we were doing, so we quickly found the container. Thanks for the nice multi!

Found it!! First cache!! A good little adventure for my 2yr old son!! Thanks!

Followed the directions and wound up searching in a couple of places but finally got the cache stash and enjoyed the amazing views.

T4TC such a wicked spot. No idea it was here!

#240

The third cache find of the day. We looked in many places before finding it. Thanks for the cache and another hidden spot.

TFTC

Retrieved TB. It has been lonely up here for soooo long.

This is one of the most majestic places in Hamilton and not many know about it. Over 30 years ago, two little boys discovered this area and one was heard to exclaim: "I can see the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!" How true his words, as this 'mound' lifts you above the day-to-day drudge and puts you UP THERE! Have placed an Egyptian TB. Please ensure it follows it's path.

416 One thing this cache has taught me is directions up til now not necessary as people always tell me where to go. Wat a great view on a lovely sunny Sunday morning.

Interesting place with awesome vies. TFTC

A wonderful little hidden park. Soon had the cache in hand...thanks

Out and about with Gap (of Fap and Gap). We planned on a big round up of caches around Te Rapa... so we started off early. It rained as soon as we arrived in Hamilton, and never let up. I got so wet, I had to ask Gap to visit a second hand shop to get a warm, dry coat... All part of the adventure we had today.

This was an interesting location. We walked up the grassy hillside and made an immediate decision about where ground zone was. A very quick but satisfying multi. TFTC.

Today was the the day to clear a lot green boxes from this area and turn them into smilie faces. With Mrs Fap visiting grandchildren got an early start with the Squirrel, with caches been found easily. But then the rain just started coming down and coming down and both of us getting wetter and wetter.

1.25pm - Soon guessed which palm to use to get cache. Pity about the weather as the view would have been great SLTFTC

1st find. Super easy.

TFTC! cool little spot

A lovely secret spot. Interesting contents. Watch out for mowing muggle on the way up.. May the 4th be with you. Easy find.

I never new this place even existed such great views.
This was the first multi cache that i have ever competed TFTC

Cool reservoir tftc

Nice little area TFTC

Nice place, didn't know it was here.

Found with firebird9 and holly.hunter!

One of my favourite spots for years as a kid and beyond. Lovely place.

We found that really quickly TFTC

Excellent views. Retrieved tracable thfc

Wow, never knew this spot was here. My daughter found this one. Dropped off a Geo-coin and took a geo-coin away which I shall hide somewhere in the South Island. tftc

This entry was edited by CacheStrappedChCh on Sunday, 20 October 2013 at 02:41:32 UTC.

Quick stop on the way home from school, needed to find a multi to drop a GC in, this one looked pretty easy, and a place we knew quite well.

What a great spot! We scrambled around in all sorts of likely and unlikely places- no, they wouldn't hide it so close to those houses, before we decided to read the clues more carefully and then, of course, we found it. A good sized cache, so left a bear reading a book and Dracula as they were about the biggest things I had on me. Thanks for bringing us here.

TFTC

Nice hiding place TFTC

Interesting area that I would never have got to seen without your well hidden cache. Great view today. TFTC

Right where it should be

Had no idea this little park existed. Hound had a quick runaround while the log was signed. Thanks for a lovely little multi

Cl's first find. TFTC

Didn't know this place existed. Jnr Kiwiteacher soon had cache in hand. TB taken.

Nice easy find. Great view.

saw one of my old bugs here nice to see it moving around a bit loved the view

Thankyou! My first geocache find now on to the next one

TFTC

O M G after 2 nights of searching with no luck, another 2 nites of scouting but gz was muggeled, then discovering the andriod compass app i had was inacurate after checking against a real compass, i walked up and spotted the cache instantly. good thing i only live 100m away as this one was getting on my nerves! alot harder than it should have been. tnln sl TFTC!!!!!!!!!!!

This entry was edited by nzalicat on Wednesday, 08 February 2012 at 01:43:59 UTC.

Had to think about this one. Once we had it was easy.

Verified cache is alive and well.

Just disabling until I have a CHance to verify and resupply cache.

back soon

Neat place, will have to come back when the weather is better, lots of water here.
TNLNSL.

well hidden. surprised i never found before going up there in the past. im moving the coin to a beach tomorrow on our family trip.

Stopping by to drop off a Geocoin.

Found whilst visiting a relative who lives very close by. Nice view!

A couple of paces later and looking around we finally located the cache 520

Found with Novalightning. Thanks.

Tried a couple of times to find this one about a year ago, but wasn't following the instructions properly (not putting my hand out and letting the Palm guide me!). Found easily enough this time round : )

Saw the cache owner's real name inside the cache lid - and had to wonder if this is someone who works at the same place I do, or if this someone else in Hamilton with the same name?

TNLNSL
TFTC
(half of) KatyAndScott and one of the kids
Cache number 135 for us

Managed to track it down after a several minutes, must get a gps unit one day! great views [8]

Peaceful spot. Great view. Easy find. TFTC

Wow what an amazing place, will have to come back here for some sunsets. TFTC

This took longer to find

Grass on top also as full of water as the tank below, Quick find.

Grass really slushy in the middle. Took a little longer to find than it should have. TFTC

Our first ever cache find and to think it was right behind our house. We are now hooked. TFTC
P.S I believe that the "muggle dog" could be ours. If you are barked at by a Golden retriever on your way to GZ just tell Reilly to shut up (we always do)

This entry was edited by Me and B2 on Thursday, 11 August 2011 at 03:44:10 UTC.

This entry was edited by Me and B2 on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 at 23:23:15 UTC.

I know that this was on top of a reseviour, however trapsing across to WP1 was like walking ontop of a giant green spounge, trainers will dry out soon, all for the love of geocaching, TFTC

Easier than I expected. GPS doesn`t work as a compass at all so I had to use my "guess-o-meter" to work out where SE was and it was right on the money!! TFTC

Very wet and squishy ground, made for a slow pace to get to the cache. TFTC

Squish squish squelch. TFTC

Bit of fun with the kids in the rain :0)

Quick find thanks, used to play up here when I was younger.

Found it. Great view.

Even the muggle's dog was finding the heat too much this morning because he/she was off duty. Hint was spot on, thanks.

Wow, didnt know that this place existed. Excellent views of the city! Took giraffe eraser and replaced with metal egg cup. TFTC

Unusual to find such a large grassy area in amongst suburbia. Easy find from clue given.
TFTC.

Was quite surprised to see where we were at the waypoint and realize what we were standing on.
Slight deviation from our first thoughts and soon had cache in hand.
All in great order and intact.. Thanks for the visit [red]TFTC[/red]

Picked up 2 TB's that had been sitting a while to move on our travels next week.

Bit boggy on the summit today!
TFTC

Nice easy find
TFTC

Hard case "hill" luckily the top didn't fall in, Mind you battled the top side water today! not the best day for hunting - TFTC Cheers Muzy Man!

Out and about in the Wiakato to catch up on the caches. Quick find T4TC.

Bit of a walk from "Down by the River" but still a good find for the 3 of us, great spot and the views over the city are pretty good. Once again TFTC.

Hayden found this one - just have to start in the right spot

Out on a small cache run with Gadget-Tron.

Directions and paces were spot on for us. The shape of the field was umistakable.

TFTC

Quick easy Multi (just the type I like). TFTC

Very good views from here, from somewhere I didn't know existed.
Replaced cache better than I found it,it was rather in the open.
T4TC NINO SL

Done a 6 months ago with friends, so nice to come back and log it ourselves

Found this once I had my compass points right TFTC

After quite a bit of searching around many trees and a few recalculations we eventually found the cache. Awesome spot that we'd never been to before.

enjoyed the way you done it

Found quickly. That method with the palm works perfectly. SL TFTC

We found once we figured out which direction SE was

Reached the given co-ords, did the projection, and were quickly at GZ. Soon uncovered the cache. Nice views from up here. TFTC.

# 1124

had a rummage around but no luck in locating it, will try again this weekend

wow the view is amazing, TNLN TFTC

Easy to find for me, haha. I have a friend who couldn't previously find it.

Needed eagle eyes. Why is this a multi cache. It always detered me, I like short caches. But this was really quick and really enjoyable.

Never knew this was here!

TFTC

With a bit of hunting around we finally found it TFTC

Nice location and description.
TFTC

Found as part of my three week caching trip from Wellington to Auckland - # 820. Thanks.

very easy find thanks loved working with the sparkling duet to do this one and others lmao