Meremere's Missing Monocable (Waikato) Meremere, North Island, New Zealand
By funkymunkyzone on 17-May-09. Waypoint GC1RB2Q

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this one needs to be looked at full of water wet log book

exellent find the hints sent me looking in the wrong place for a bit but found in the end

Another quick find here while in the area today finding caches. Thanks for the history lesson and also a cache to find.

Nice quick historic find, river is high and a wild wind today.TFTC!

Thanks for the cache and the history lesson. Even though our phone was misbehaving and had GZ some 20m away the logical placement and helpful clue ensured we had the log in hand after a minute or two. Log was very damp.

Nice quick and easy find. TFTC.

Very wet inside container, TFTC

Today, Vamber, KiwifruitsNZ and alpenmilch80 decided to tackle some of the caches out this way. We enjoyed a day of lovely (and muddy) walking, chatting and caching of course!

We eventually spotted where the cache would be, and soon had the cache retrieved and logged. Thanks for history lesson and the cache!

After finishing the Solar System trail, Vamber, alpenmilch80 and KiwifruitsNZ decided to tackle a few more caches in the area, with one aim being to see KFNZ secure their 1600th cache!

A relatively easy find, though this was the second of a series of cache in what was to be described as the "murder series of caches"! A dead cat being the clue at this particular scene!

#1595

During the event at the Auckland's Botanical Gardens Team Vamber invited me to come along to tackle together with KiwifruitsNZ the Solar System trail and other caches in the area. I was a little bit scared about the weather forecast but it turned out to be a rain free sunny day . Due to the rain yesterday we had some muddy patches to cross which we all mastered slip-free and were rewarded later the day with some great ice cream....

Found easily after locating the right side of the road. TFTC

Nice quick find. I had no idea such swampy areas existed in NZ. Logbook wet through but did manage to sign. TFTC

Enjoyed a visit out here. Plenty of lovely black swans on the water. Quick find and really enjoyed the water views thanks.

May need to move cache as a wasp nest is being built 2 feet above cache.

Sad to say I am of the age that I remember this and the fact we used to go the Meremere to get a trailer load of coal for the winter fire. TFTC

This entry was edited by Fencarrows on Sunday, 31 March 2013 at 09:39:35 UTC.

I recall stopping on the highway and watching the coal buckets moving toward the power station. That gives my age away, does it not. I parked on one of the plinths before reading the description which said not to. Luckily the sharp bits have been ground away, where I parked. But don't drive in too far or a wheel goes over the edge. Oops too late. Lucky again it is a 4WD and getting out was easy. Not so for a car. Found the cache. Thank you. Now the warning! Paper wasps have taken up residence near GZ, so take a big can of insect spray or running shoes.

It was "yay there it is!" as going to sit down, but then spoting just a foot away from the cache hiding spot a good sized wasp nest!!!. I had just walked over it so an exit was in order, Log sighned at a safe distance and then replaced from the saffer angle, all done with no stings......this time. TFTC.

Nice spot for early morning caching. Log now paper mâché so left a new log. TFTC

Untidy. Leaking lid

Leaky lid.

Quick find. Logbook sodden all the way through. Left some new paper after drying out the bag as much as possible. Possible future fishing spot. Thanks

A little search required. Cach was full of water, couldn't sign log. This cache needs some maintance.

Logbook saturated, but otherwise a good hiding spot. TFTC.

Was very waterlogged. But great spot for us beginners.

Container half full of water, but we did not have a replacement with us.
+ a marble, - little green car.

This is a cache that I should have done a few months back but I had missed the turn-off. So it was done today. I knew that water level recorder towers and the catwalks had other uses.

Cache was rather damp inside and was only just able to sign the log.

Cheers for the cache.

Last time I called past here, there were workman puting up new roadside cache hiding structures, today it was all quiet, soon had it in hand, Log very wet but managed to sign it, TFTC

Nice bit of History.-Bitsprayer

Wet but able to write on it.

Quick find. River was nice and high. Cache contents were wet.

Things have sure changed here over the years. TFTC

9.35 - Container was full of water but was able to still sign log, dried it out as much as possible, co ords spot on. SL>TFTC

Last Meremere cache for the day. Took longer than it should have to find the cache... Nice hide, if a little damp. TFTC, Biggles

ALL GOOD GREAT CAMOFLAGE

Unfortunatly we have to close the day with a DNF.
Maybe another time

Nice easy find. Thanks for that bit history. Cheers

Nice (though smelly!) find. TFTC!

quick find at groundzone, T4TC

I do remember the coal buckets along the cable but in typical youthful fashion I had interest in where they cane from or where they were going. Nice spot for a cache. Enjoying a few in the area while helping at a rowing camp at Mercer. TFTC

Called in a couple of days ago but muggle on the hill was watching so left it.
Back today for a quick find
TFTC

An easy and quick find on our way to a caching event in Hamilton.
I found the cache and Cath did the grab - teamwork
SL TFTC

Found on way to event. Thanks.

Good quick stop for the cache. SL -TB TFTC

Last stop on the way home and nice to visit somewhere I hadn't been before. Pretty quick find. TFTC

Quick find TFTC

Had never been here before. Very interesting. A few muggles around. Sat and ate a snack. When the muggles left the cache was quickly in hand.

Nice find. The Blue Duck got really excited when he saw the wetland so we had to let him go. TFTC

Fun with river and sun TFTC )

what a nice and easy cache

Nice quick cache on the way to Auckland Thanks

Took a litte bit to find

10:52 Quick find on my way south to Taupo. TFTC

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I remember seeing this as a kid. It was quite a sight. Coordinates spot on the money. TFTC.

Got it this time, The river iw way up after all the rain last few days but cache is still high and dry.
TFTC

Needed to PAF as no cache size stated. Quick find after that.

IN: Fire truck TB

No wasps today. However being the first day of the duck hunting season made the place sound like a war zone. TFTC.

J remembers driving down here when the cableway was operating. Interesting to be back here again without the structures. Easy find at GZ, wasps still around. NINO TFTC

Had to look around a bit to find this one.Thanks.

1.44pm. We had just pulled up when car load of fisher people turned up with nets and deck chairs , but they soon left.
A lot of wasps around GZ so watch out.
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M+S [:O)] (1533)

Last find of the morning before heading south back home.

Did not find this one but with all the guys going into do work on maimais for duck shooting and some nice people releasing some hand reared orphan ducks from west Auckland I had to watch the carp swimming in the river quite a few times.

Nice little bridge by a creek. Great place for a hide. TFTC.

interesting history and a nice wee cache. TFTC

Interesting piece of history. Find was made by our smallest team member who is very good at getting into those hard to reach places...!
TFTC

Found with Skweak on the way home from Auckland TFTC

Geo-Goober parked on the pad, like ADV we didnt read it either, but thankfully we wernt treated to a flat tyre!
Made the hunt alot harder than it needed to be! I remember the bucket lines working as a young fella, it was quite impressive in its time

SL TFTC

Would love to have seen this when it was working. An interesting area to explore. TFTC

Oops, parked on the plinth before reading the notes. Lucky for me I got the right one and was able to drive away afterward.
Must of been an interesting sight in it's day.
TFTC

This one was were we thought it would be but still managed not to see it on the first pass. Got there quick enough though. TFTC

Found as part of my three week caching trip from Wellington to Auckland - # 857. Thanks.

No 3 cache of four today. Have lived in the area a while and remember the pylons and cables being removed. TFTC.

Easy find. TFTC

Used to duck shoot here in my younger days.The cable cars were working back then.The road was gravel & could drive all the way down to the mine site.There was a gate that was open up to duck shooters during the season.
A lot of work has been done to restore the swamp back to the way it was.

Cheers funkymunkyzone

Nice easy find, no problems. TFTC.

Quick find in an interesting area. TFTC

Quick easy find. TFTC

Nice detour stop and history lesson.
Liked the hide and found quickly
Contents all dry and signed Log
All quiet here today.
Cant remember the monocable,but the evidence can be seen.
TFTC

Good find
Found with cashkids.

Would you believe it? A fisherman (after Koi Carp) had parked on the concrete plinth. Returned later and made a quick find Thanks.

The monocable would have been a sight to see. Looks like a good place to explore by kayak.
T4TC - M@ & co

I can rember the cable way as a kid traveling south, good to see there is a cache here to keep the memorary alive

16:20 This was interesting. I remember these buckets from a younger life. Imagination filled in the rest...

We have driven past here many times, but never ventured up this road before. Odd countryside - if it was a bit warmer you might expect to see alligators in the swamp!
Nice cache hide. Thanks for another interesting detour on our trip to Cambridge.

# 633

Quick find on way home from the city .river water very high

Another interesting place, Paua remembers the coal buckets, visited on a school trip....a long time ago. TFTC.

Quick easy find.
T4TC

I can remember the cable way, but had never been along this road.
Easy find Thanks

Easy find, but, as I was going only by GPS, forgot to have a look at the non-monocable (nonocable?)

Snr Southern Augur retrieved the cache while Jnr and I sat it out in the cold NINO TFTC

Another quick stop in the area, I am old enough to remember the monocable well, was always fasinated by it.

TFTC

Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble

Yea... Where they gone, was a landmark coming through Meremere.

Out: TB 'Blaize'

WKTBO T4TC

Loved the two teensy skinks sitting on top of the cache today. Certianly have memories of the cable. Letf Blaize TB

nice easy find with good clues -cheers jumboz

Out caching with WELSH. T4TC

No worries with the find, the whizzkid had it in hand before MandyP and I were out of the car. TFTC

Quick stop on our emergency trip back to Auckland to continue the battle of the Bridge - so much for our day in Taupo T4TC.

Found with GuanoGerbil and OmaGosh. Thanks for the fun!

Found with GuanoGerbil & 49er princess. OmaGosh, over and out...

A quick and easy driveby thanks