Cavernous (Nelson/Marlborough) East Takaka, South Island, New Zealand
By rediguana on 10-Sep-01. Waypoint GC1C4A

On our way to Motueka, we stopped in Nelson on the last day of the year. To find some caches and to have lunch.We took our time for special ones. Like this oldieThanks!!

...no luck today...team bycycle

Have tried for this cache a long time ago. Found this time but still took a while

Sveppi and I just came back from our 2-week South Island trip. We don't geocache much these days but I convinced her to find a few during this road trip. Most finds were looged on the phone's app but a few special caches out of the range of the mobile network were saved in the Garmin for future logging, like this one. These special caches were either very old and/or with a higher difficulty rating.
We stayed at Canaan downs campsite for 2 nights on Christmas and Boxing days. I wanted to do this walk to see the hole, and since this cache was on the specials list I had to go find it too! I feel privileged to find such an old hide, and to be the first one to log it in over 2 years as well. It's in a bit of a bad way however, rather full of water, it would be really cool if the CO could give it a birthday and make this cache even more special.
It gets a favourite point anyways. TFTC.

Looked too slippery today to risk thus one.

The forest, the climb, Harwoods Hole and a fun cache as well.

Found with Tregearp, Wubu12 and Dame Edna whilst on a walk to Harwood's Hole. Find took a bit of time to locate as the GPSr initially had us 21m to the west. The explicit hint soon had us in the right GZ and the cache found shortly after.

All in good order, signed log and replaced as found. Thanks rediguana for the cache.

Great to have a week off and have some family to stay, my brother & sister in law tackled our quarantine facilities to escape for a break from the US, had a lovely day exploring the Harwoods Hole trail. Thanks rediguana, Wubu12 and SJT_NZ were searching high and low but when Dame Edna and I completed our scenic shots we pointed to a likely spot and found it straight away. All in good order.

Found while caching with ABL973. Thanks rediguana

I'm back! It's raining harder than the other day so it's real slippery up here and I have a plan. It helped that I got here earlier too. I setup my base of operations at the foot of the rockfall and let my gps settle.

Like the other day it seemed to like a particular area so up I went leaving my gear where it was, sticking to the right side of the rockfall and looking back to estimate the distance I'd covered.

As with previous logs I also ended up much higher than I thought I would and so this is where I started my search. The hint items of piled rocks weren't much help as it's all rocks of the same colour and nothing really stood out but something did catch my attention. This pile of rocks seemed a bit less random so I started to move them aside and spotted something deeper than I expected to find. I took the cache back down to my gear and sorted out the logging and added a travel bug to hide out for the next cacher.

Heading back up to GZ for the last time I took the cache and my GPS - the co-ords worked out quite good and eventually settled down to 2m. I'm very pleased to have found this one, a decent aged cache, big enough to see and a fantastic, memorable adventure. Thanks rediguana, a favourite.

*** The log paper is tatty and damp. I forgot to bring a spare log sheet so perhaps the next finder could come prepared.

Bugger! I spent about 45min searching but really I should have come more prepared and read some of the previous logs. Light rain and fading sunlight were not ideal search companions for me today. My GPS however seemed to like several different GZs and I knew this was likely not the best approach. I did however really love my visit here and will return ... soon and earlier in the day!

As our furthest away cache today I’m visiting my TBs!

Utterly brilliant! Great terrain, great hide, thrilling location. My GPS was no help here, and I couldn't afford to loook at my iPhone as a scrambled up trhe rocks. I love this terrain. SAnd the view of the holes is better than from lower down, too. TB out. Have a fave.

I’ve had it with rock clambering now, so I watched Antnich as he homed in on the cache following the explicit hint. Thank goodness, he found it and is now a happy bunny. Signed us in and replaced. TFTC

Arrived at this cache and had the place to ourselves so Andy headed towards GZ to make the hunt and I placed the bags in a nice spot for lunch. After listening to the crash bang of rocks for a while I asked if he needed help and headed up to help out. The GPS was jumping about a fair bit so we were too. I discovered a patch of stinging nettle and can tell you that the cache is not among that. Eventually we decided to stop and have some lunch then resume searching. While we were eating a mouse came over to say hello, it was soon chased off! Once lunch was over the hunt started again and this time cache was found in five minutes. This is now our oldest found cache - by 2 days. tftc tb dropped

We wanted to find (or better replace with the permission of the owner) the Hope cache but the roads were closed due to an accident (just before Murchison) and a land slip (behind Murchison) so we had to go to plan B for our mission to find a cache placed in September 2001. Well, replacing and loging would have been easier - this was a mission scrambling up the hill and searching. Up and down and up and down - but finally got our hands onto the price. The six rocks are no longer six rocks, but the tree is still close by. Glad to have this box ticked, but we were a bit disappointed that you cannot see too much of the cave. TFTC

Another tough find on this track.
We scrambled up while some other tourists wondered what we were up to. Is there a better view up there? No, no there is not sorry.
GPS all over the show, not sure if hint is still valid after all these years. Capperz came up trumps at a spot I might have looked at previously. TFTC rediguana, fills a hidden month gap for me.

Two days caching in the Takaka area over Labour weekend for myself and Capperz.
80+ caches found, 50km walked on tracks in the area, and some great weather the whole way through.
Some real highlights over this weekend.
Day 1 was my first visit to Harwoods Hole, followed by a trek to Wainui hut and a return trip along the mountain bike track. A 31 km day. Back to our lodgings just in time to (thankfully) ignore the rugby match that was on.
Day 2 started with a nice walk through the Milnthorpe paths, enjoying the interesting changes of vegetation around there; and finished with a walk around the Takaka Hill walkway.
A full on weekend of geocaching then and some great spots visited and nice caches found.
Thanks to all COs. Sorry about the cut and paste but anything relevant to the cache is mentioned above in the first sentence/paragraph.

A nice oldie cache here and one I particularly wanted for my finds. I left my pack at the bottom and started the climb/scramble up the slope. Set off a small rock slide but uit stopped pretty quickly too. Checked a number of places then with the G P S showing 5 metres I spotted the cache. Glad to have found it and headed carefully back down the slope to head up and nearlly look at the famous Hole! T F T C rediguana

A long weekend trip to Takaka with mrs capperz away too meant an early start on Saturday, over the hill(s) and a night at the backpackers before another full on day Sunday and home in time for takeaway pizza. A few caches to pump the numbers along, some great scenery and good company with ricardinho.nz in the co-pilots chair. Over 80 caches found and some awesome photos taken and a 30km plus day on Sat, followed by a 20km plus day on Sunday.

Für die Jesmer Challenge kam ich bei diesem alten Cache vorbei. Was ich aber vorfand hat mir erst mal den Atem stocken lassen. Ein riesiger Schlund in die Erde, und den Grund konnte ich nicht mal ausmachen von meiner Position.
Den Cache selber habe ich dann doch ein Weilchen gesucht. Erst nachdem ich mich Wort für Wort an den Hint gehalten hatte, kam ich ihm näher und dann auf die Spur. Jetzt hab ich ihn

On our tour to the farewell split we made a rest here at Harwoods hole. It was not so easy to come here and back, because there was a big festival. It was so amazing to stand here and imagine how deep it goes, awesome! Thanks for the cache!

Cash is wet, log is damp and crumpled, but lovely place to be! TFTC

Finally reached our objective. Was happy to look at the overall landscape rather than get too close to the edge like some people were doing. The cache was a bit of a scramble but spot on for the location when using the hint. Too cold to have lunch here so will take our lunch back tot eh carpark. TFTC

I ran out of time. One headlight in the car has died so I want to avoid night driving. There are only 3 caches older than this in the South Island that I haven't yet found. Mr i-gotit is keen to come for the next visit.

Scary cache for me with the fear of high! The hole is impressive! Tftv

Nine days to do some caching for the price of four leave days - who could complain about that! I found a quirky place to stay near Motueka, ad decided to base myself there to cache in the wider area. I had a few on my hit list, and ended up finding a great variety of different caches on the trip.
Day two - after having to wait at the lights at the Riwaka end of the hill for an hour (they were broken and we were not keen to head up facing the large truck, so we called and waited for someone from FH to come ad fix it), I realised that it was too late for my original plan, and decided to take a more leisurely approach to things - and shorter walks. There are always interesting caches to be found! And - this one was one of the main caches I wanted to find, so it all worked out well! Except I just could not locate it to start with, in spite of approaching gz from so many angles including from the top - twice... Eventually, however, success!! YAY! TFTC!!

Bit of scrambling for this one, quick find once I got near it. All in good order

Great walk and cache at the end. Neat to finally reach this spot. TFTC

On a week's walking and caching holiday with trifolia argentea we aimed for 100 caches. Thanks to all cache owners.

Despite all the warnings people still bring their kids here. One of those wanted to take a picture of the hole and when a worried parent called: 'Come back!' a scared little voice was heard: 'I can't.' A member of our team ventured forth and lifted the shivering kid out of danger. Meanwhile our fellow-cacher slipped on the rocks a few meters from the cache and was given first aid by some of us while our last team member fetched the cache.
So: even on a nice sunny day the rocks are slippery and the terrain stars are there for a reason. Be careful (and don't bring kids). TFTC

A great day to be here, my first time here despite being regular visitors to theses parts for 35 odd years. I got quite close to the edge and had a good look down. Jeez that's impressive. The cache took me a while to find, but its one of those ones your prepared to put a bit of extra time and effort into. Cheers and TFTC

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FITW GreenMenace

This was a bit of a spontaneous detour. We were going over to Takaka and while GM was steering us up the Takaka Hill, I was checking out what geocaches are there around. So I came upon this one - I had actually seen it on the map before because this is one of the real oldies. But I didn't really check out what it was about, so I had no idea of the Hole.
Deepest vertical drop in NZ; 50m big entrance - that was all I needed to hear - we were taking the Canaan Rd and getting there! The drive was a bit dodgy in places where you have to somehow share the road with cars coming back from there. But we got there safe and sound and went on the wee hike to the hole.
I tried to come as close to the edge as it seemed sane but it wasn't close enough to see much, of course.
First we tried searching too close to the edge (not really close though) but then backtracked a little and we noticed the place on the left that looked like it could be the described "rockfall". I started searching from the bottom and slowly moved my way up, didn't expect the cache to be as close to the top of it but I scrambled up there and found it eventually.
Another NZ oldie under my belt, cool!
And off to the top lookout cache!

TFTC!
#5676

Tftc

It was planned for today to visit Harwood's Hole and here I am. Tufty and heights are normally mutually exclusive. I couldn't any closer than this to take my photos.

Cheers for the cache.

We were on our way to Tata Beach for the weekend with the plan to have lunch and go for a walk to Howard’s hole. Neither of us have been here before.
Awesome area. The hole is seriously cavernous.
Absolutely rapt to find the cache this afternoon.
A real oldie surviving the test of time.
Worth a fave for a great location.
TFTC

Took a while searching finally locate the cache .This my oldest cache I have found .Tftc Rediguana

I've been wanting to do this cache for a long time. My great great great uncle Thomas Manson discovered Harwoods Hole along with Henry Harwood and John Horton although they never entered it. When we arrived at the hole we could hear a family approaching with the short muggles singing at the top of their voices. So I put the gps away and scrambled over the rocks as close as I dared to go to the edge and got a few photos. It had just started to rain lightly so I was extra careful. After the family left i pulled out the gps, the numbers looked pretty good on the hole side of the rockfall so I focused my attention there, having not read the description. Coming up empty handed we read the description and I decided to try where it sounded like it should be even though the gps didn't agree. Having spoken to Holymu at the last event I was very aware of her near miss with a falling boulder which made me uncomfortable climbing up there so took it very carefully, checking each foot step before putting too much weight on it. As I approached I started to see something that resembled the description and there it was. So happy to have found a piece of caching history in a place of my own families history. Thank you so much for placing the cache rediguana

#6556

Recent additions to the cache placements made it that we could no longer delay what has been on the to-do list for years. We made it a dedicated day trip with just one slight detour to Brooklyn. It must be well over 20 years since I've been here last and it almost felt like a home coming. Good things take time but this is timeless. Partway up, after we determined the general direction of the cache I shed all extras but a pen. Then we slowly worked our way towards a possible GZ. From there we noticed what just had to be the spot. Observation was going to show this historic cache's hiding place and it did. We relaxed and started to take in the surrounds until I noticed something slightly different in build and appearance. True enough, soon I held a caching artifact. After signing my descend almost had a twist by a rock, big enough to be a good handhold, without the slightest protest went tumbling down. Since Holymu was well ahead of me she was out of the danger zone but falling rocks the size of a microwave oven can do damage! After safely arriving back on the track we had a good look around then started our return to the camp. Mission accomplished. A fav. Thank you rediguana

Arriving at the end of the track it seemed obvious which direction we should head in next if we wanted to find this cache. Having read the previous logs we were very aware of the possibility of rock movement so extra care was taken. Part way up we discarded excess gear and continued slowly, looking for hint items. On arrival near GZ we absorbed the surroundings then found the cache. After signing I made my way back down while Hazedarus finalised proceedings. Fortunately I had reached the track before he began his descent as a sudden movement of a large rock meant I would have been in it's trajectory as it came tumbling down.
A salutory lesson for any future expeditions in that kind of terrain.
Thank you rediguana for the opportunity to find one of NZ's early cache placements.

This cache has been on my to do list ever since I started caching. I finally got jolted into action by the publication of three new caches nearby. I knew this cache was old but I hadn't realised just how old it is! It is always great to find something with a bit of history attached to it. The GPS was surprisingly accurate given the conditions, but it was the hint that got me to the exact spot. TFTC .

This was our target cache for the day. We spent ages exploring the rock formations in the area. This was not the first time we have been here but it was the longest time and the first time since we have been cachers. This is such an awe inspiring place a definate favourite from us. Thanks rediguana for the cache

This cache was on my list since 2009, back then I was not able to get here with the big camper van but today we had a small rental car
Then walk was fun and sitting on the rocks above the hole was amazing [^]

Thanks for this oldie [^] and a blue one for this one!

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Cache.Mike

Whatsoever awesome spot. Just loved the walk in and the view at the end was stupendous.

Found cache quickly with help of hint.

TFTC.

Picked this up waiting for the decent into Harwoods hole. Cache is wet and needs new logbook.

Took me a while but after a bit of scrambling I finally found the treasure. Really great to find such an old cache!

#790
3 Nov 2016

Thanks from Zell am See, Austria!

I am logging this since I found it accidentally years ago when hiding some kit before abseiling down into Harwoods Hole and was the first time I had heard of Geocaching

Found this caché with noslen10..the view from the over look is well worth it! What an amazing area. By far my most interestingly located caché to date. Tftc!

Only my second visit here, the last was in 1975! The GPSr got me to within 10 metres of the cache (yay for modern dual-satellite-system devices that work under heavy vegetation cover!) and then the hint enabled me to make a fairly quick find. All in good condition and great to knock off another really old cache! Long may it last. Signed log, thanks for the cache and this one just has to get a favourite point

Found with Palaciega. Great location and beautiful views!

Checking out Harwoods Hole has been on the bucket list to visit for a while. To have a cache there was a bonus. Short on time this was the only cache to be hunted down while we were out here. Mrs ToT was looking for hobbits as we walked down the track. No hobbits, but one very deep hole and a cache. TFTC!!!

Absolutely chuffed to find the original oldest active cache in our area and such an interesting and beautiful spot for it. I carefully read the description, hints and logs before leaving and made notes on anything I thought that would help. I really enjoyed the walk in - its been absolutely years since I last made the trek - it was a place we often brought visitors - not sure why we don't anymore. Anyway had a look at the hole from a distance then took out the notes and decided on a route. Thanks to all the previous finders for their helpful logs and the hint I found the cache easily. I checked a few possible light rocks on the way but then I spied a likely rock pile and sure enough there was the cache. There was a couple of heart stopping moments when the rock I stood on or grabbed for pulling up moved but all part of the adventure. I added another very light rock right on top for good measure. My GPS read 12m at GZ so actually I thought that was good for this locality. Thank you so much for the incentive for this lovely walk today. TFTC #8035

A cache that has been around for a while.

A great spot really enjoyed my visit

On holiday in New Zealand for 4 weeks & staying with my family in Lyttelton

TVM4TC

This one was quite fun to find. The way to gz is not short but is definitely worth it. Arrived at gz we admired the deep hole and then started the search. Our gps was all over the place, so it wasn't a big help. The previous logs and the hints got us finally on the right spot. We found out that the slightly lighter stone are not lighter anymore and we found the cache only by luck. Therefore we placed a slightly lighter stone on top of the stonepile to help the next cachers. TFTC

An interesting drive down another windy gravel Tasman road and an even more interesting walk to Harwood's Hole. I'm not sure what I was expecting with the access, but the initial flat walk through the beech forest was not what I had envisaged. The rock hopping of the last 500m was more challenging but it didn't take to get to GZ.
We were lucky in that we had the place to ourselves, though it would have been a different story if we had gone a little later as we met about 3 groups of people heading hole-wards while we walked out. I misinterpreted the hint and was searching too low down, but StreetWalker trusted his GPSr more and headed up. Soon he espied a suspicious pile of stones and then the cache.
Not a place to be during an earthquake, those cliffs above us look most unstable. StreetWalker had a closer look at the hole, while I was happy to stay as well away as possible. Heights are not my thing.
Fantastic to find such an old cache and great that it is still going strong. Well worth a cache and a visit. Thanks for bringing me here and TFTC.

#10335. With our departure from Richmond just a few weeks away, we've been busy polishing off our 'bucket list' of local caches. A trip to Harwoods Hole was the last must do on the list, and today was the day we got to knock it off. The walk from car park started off very gently; a more or less flat walk in open forest. It got a bit trickier as we neared the hole, with some narrow rock-strewn sections that had to be negotiated with care. Once at GZ we decoded the hint (figured we needed all the help we could get given a relatively high DNF rate). Troodles reckoned the hint object was quite large and not up the slope, but I had no joy there. After rereading the hint I thought the hint object might be smaller, and spotted a likely candidate a wee way up the rock slide. Once I got there, the cache was quickly located. Great to find such an historic cache (the oldest still active Nelson/Tasman cache!). It's in excellent condition. TFTC.

Lovely walk

Unfortunately, today had no luck...But nice area there...

We walked up to the lookout first. Very atmospheric in the swirling mist. Then we came down to look at the big hole. An amazing place and well worth the walk.

The gps was all over the place. When we found the cache it said we were 30m away but the clue helped. It was a bit of a scramble up there. TFTC

someone might have liked the rocks you piled up - or nature's changed a few things here. we left without success as well. strange, DNFs don't happen to us often.

Thought I found some good places for a cache but no. Didn't get so much help from my GPS either.

We didn't have unlimited time, but we did have 5 people searching - with the aid of the hint - for about 15 minutes. It's a tough spot to get the GPSr to settle down, so it's quite likely that we simply didn't search the right area. Thanks anyway - definitely worth the walk to check out this amazing location.

Walked today, shame the weather wasnt better. Still worth it! TFTC!

When you read the hint, it is a really easy find - without reading it or a very good GPS signal, you could be searching for a long time... TFTC

Very impressive hole!! Good idea to hide a cache! Thanks for that!

What an epic place! Took me a while to find this one because I always look up the hill and not down

Cheers LordFisch

Found at 8:06:00 p.m. on 23/01/2013.

An awesome spot, didn't want the kids going too close...

TFTC rediguana

Geocaching with Jykk€. It was dark when we get there (about 10.30 pm) and it was raining. We searched 1-1,5 hours, nothing.

It was rainy night so we did not see any colors.
Noin muuten tämä DNF kyllä nosti V-käyrää kyllä aika exponentaalisesti. Menee samaan kastiin Flutunin kanssa.

I recall being impressed with this place when I visited over 25 years ago so was keen for a return trip with the family this time. A very pleasant stroll through the Beech forest and still that sickening vertigo feeling looking into the hole. Great place for a cache.
Many thanks

A great walk, got rained on our party resorted to plastic throw away ponchos and that on Boxing Day, memorable family fun outing with Sproggv

Found with BorgerNZ on our extended family's boxing day walk. We braved the rain and were rewarded with a cache and opera in the wonderful acoustics.

What a hole! Surely a worthy stroll with a worthy cache. TFTC!

Love this spot! Super fun hunt and scramble finding this one.

Been in here many times and it is a truly magical place, was great to have a reason to venture in for another visit on our day out caching. The GPS bounced around all over the place in here, not surprising given the environment, but with the help of the hint we were able to find it. TFTC

We are from Oregon, USA, and are on a two plus week trip to the South Island. After hiking the Milford Track (absolutely fantastic) we are making a car trip up the west coast. Despite a few hair-raising moments when we first attempted to learn to drive on the left side of the road, all is going well and we're having a wonderful time. The South Island continues to amaze us with it's astonishing natural beauty and the wonderful friendly people.

This was a fun trip to another amazing place, though I have to admit, I gave the hole a wide berth. The hike up to the viewpoint was excellent!

I don't think we would have found this cache without reading the clue very carefully. Our GPS was bouncing all around and not much help in helping us to narrow down the search. Once we carefully followed the clue, it was an easy find. Thanks for getting us to this unique area!

Found it, though it wasn't hidden as expected. Maybe the rocks have weathered and lost some colour . Kids were a bit too keen to look into the hole for my liking. I was last here over 30 years ago as a young fella. It's great to be back.

I am enabling again upon confirmation of a find I will be getting up in the coming weeks with the intention of upgrading to a 'premium' container - to an ammo can! I was supposed to be up Mon-Wed this week, but events have conspired against me. In the meantime, game on! Cheers Gav

Logged with permission
Cam up for a hike up here to pick off a few other local caches and decided we would give this one a look even with it disabled. After a scout around looking Nightowlnz took up on a visual hunch and with a no luck on this turned around and everything fell into place and cache was soon in hand. Thanks for bringing us here TFTC

Thought we would have a look for this even though it was disabled - and after a bit of scrabbling and hunting I was about to give up when I spied a site worth investigation - and there was one very wet and bedraggled looking cache ( have done a little TLC to the cache till the owner can get to checking for himself) Thus logged with permission So all good till Stretch0 took a tumble back down the rocks and opened up a good gash in his shin - so then had to fix Stretch0 up before we could continue to the next cache - thanks for the cache and bringing us up here

I had been hoping to get in on the weekend of OCT 1-2 to check this, but the weather was, ah, not the best. I hope to get in and check within 2-3 weeks. Cheers Gav

OK. That's enough for me to temporarily disable it. I'm planning to head up here mid-August 2011 to maintain/replace it. Cheers Gav

Couldn't find it today with a search party of 3 of us. Had the place to our selfs and could not find the cache. Was a fantastic day to be out and about. Wouldn't mind coming back out to try get it once confirmation of cache being there is there. Thanks heaps for the great location to put the cache =)

One more DNF _won't_ make it NM The first DNF wasn't a full search due to muggles. But, that said, I am intending to get in here in the coming months to place new container, record coords with a high sensitivity unit etc. If possible I may try and move it to a less muggly location. I would have probably maintained it by now except for the Feb 22 Christchurch earthquake. Cheers Gav

The track and the view down the was worth it but cache there was none for us today. Searched all alone for a while every possible hole (except the big one) and turned many stones which where all the same shade of grey due to the wet conditions and slippery when even climbing the stonefall making it a T4+ then quit when becoming dark. One more "dnf" will make it a "nm"...

A demi DNF as we never really got the chance to search. Always at least two other groups at the site, sometimes up to four, visual search only as we didn't want to raise suspicions. The cache was only the bonus of coming here so were happy to leave it. The guitar playing was very nice while we were there though, a nice bit of natural reverb.

Just to add to bumandworkers note - it sounds like the container has been leaking. It may be a couple of months before I get back up there - it probably needs a new container, log, and I may consider moving it a few metres if I can get it more protection from the elements. It is certainly still there and findable, just not in the best condition currently. Given the find rate on this cache, I don't think that will be too much of a problem. Cheers Gav

quick and easy find with the hint. heaps of people doing the walk yesterday, but today, with rain, we had the place to ourselves. Could not sign log, have emailed owner with issue.

Thank you for putting the cache in this area. It started to rain and I had no shelter so TNLN. Log book was damp.

A great walk and a great sight. We also went to the lookout- a very worthwhile climb. TFTC. Geodatum.

Success on our second attempt. Last time we had tried paperless caching with our Navman - and it had not recorded the cache information properly. Today we took paper and did use the clue although the GPS did point in the right direction.. Nice day to do this as it was not too hot but still dry - there were a few people on the track but those at GZ left soon after we arrived. Sobad saw a significant site from a distance and left Mrs Sobad's sister to uncover the cache. TNLN TFTC

Enjoyed the find and the lookout

Found with Crystal Fairy while touring the South Island. TFTC

Thoroughly enjoyed the walk here.. Over the rocks and through the valleys.. For those who haven't done it, its worth doing and not a difficult walk.. Most of the time its a 1 terrain and sometime a little bit of a 2... The final cache is a little bit of a scramble up the hill (watch for falling rocks) but the views here are well worth it.. Pity the camera cant take the phots of the immensity of the place.. Explored and had a bite to eat and heaed back to the car, thinking the fairy half had gone ahead.. Got back to the car and no fairy in sight. They had gone to the lookout nearby and we had missed them en route.. Thanks for a great cache..

Locating this cache has turned into an object lesson on how NOT to cache. This is the 2nd attempt; the 1st was aborted early when I had a 5 year old following me around on the rock fall, a 1 year old getting sucked dry by sand flies, and I myself went for a small surf on a stone board. But today, I came armed with just myself, and an extensive description obtained by one of my friendly cachers that recently found this cache. Well, that WOULD have been the case, had I not left it at home. I made my way to GZ through the drizzle, and found my way up. I tried to remember as much as I could from the instructions I was given. Then solid heavy rain set in. With this being labour day, I wasn't the only one there. This meant that for the half an hour I was up there, I provided an additional point of interest to the tourist - lot's of pointing and head shaking was observed from my privelidged position. I can report the rocks don't get any more slippery in heavy rain. When even the tourists had given up on the Hole, and on me, I decided to make my way back to the pack I had left safely on the side, and read the original clue provided by the cache owner. Now why didn't I read that earlier? There it is!!! (DUH >). I love this area, and the walk into it, and spent long minutes standing in the rain in various places taking in the green and the silence between the drops (how Zen of me). So that's another DNF stain off my record! Great cache - definitely achievable if you THINK instead of do what I did... TFTC.

On the return leg of a trip to Golden Bay with Kiwi Explorer. What an epic cache this is! Made to the general area of the feature without too much difficulty and then the search began. Located and checked a number of likely spots before finally spotting the right one. My first visit here and well worth it. TFTC, Biggles.

Biggles and Mr KE were nearing the end of a big caching day in Golden Bay, started at Trilobite Hut at 6am this morning, just two more before heading home was the thought. The walk to gz was how I picture the Enchanted Wood from the kids stories looks, not my first time at the hole but first time looking for a cache here. I knew finding the cache wouldn't be easy and it didn't disappoint, so glad when Biggles pointed to the small pile of rocks and when I moved one we saw the prize. +/- coins TFTC.

[This entry was edited by Kiwi_Explorer on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 8:49:22 PM.]

great walk. the low cloud lifted and we had a view. wow. not great a heights. unless im flying. tftc

My second visit to Harewoods Hole in a month or so, took my Mum and Fiancee in there, we had an awesome wander and we were lucky enough to see a native snail close to the turnoff to the lookout track, soo cool!!!! once up at the lookout we were above the cloud so it was just amazing, found the cache after a bit of scrambling around but all good and cache in good nick, TFTC, Cheers!!!

This is a great place for a walk but some of the muggles we saw had no respect for there lives by trying to get a better view,. The cache is an easy find but the log book is slightly damp TFTC

Found this one with Moneydork