NZ's 1st Capital (Northland) Okiato, North Island, New Zealand
By SaltyCacheNutZ on 05-Jun-09. Waypoint GC1T9X4

just haven't had time... better make way for someone else to place a cache

sorry, haven't had a chance to check on or replace this one...

No luck here today. Great view though.

Doesn't seem like cache is still there. Had a look & no sign of it..

No sign of cache. Beautiful and interesting location.

Thanks for bringing us to this interesting place but unfortunately it looks like the cache is missing. Might be worth checking on.

Searched around the area (didn't go over the fence) and couldn't find. Just seen another DNF log on the same day as us, so maybe the owner needs to check its still there

Could be just me but I could not find this today

Good found, nice place.
TFTC!
DH6AI from Germany

Found it with peternzl. Droped 5 cents down the well but didnt go down and got stuck on the metal bars!!

Found with nathaniel-nzl

Interesting info at sign

10:23
A couple of Aussies based in Paihia to spend a few days around the Bay of Islands area. We really appreciated the comprehensive history lesson at this site.

TNLN . . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt SaltyCacheNutZ.
3397

Super quick find! Love it! Tftc

Had to be a bit careful with Muggles mowing the park, but there it was on my first look. TFTC.

I drove past it but didn't actually find it

The travel bug I have in my possession wants to visit historical sites. How appropriate! TB visit.

New location is good. Hope people still discover the beach where the old cache location was.

Moved & downsized to a vitamin tube. BYO Pen!

sure enough, the brand-new replacement cache has been muggled. Wondering if neighbours do not want any intrusion from non-locals here?... ( even though it is along a public accessway & land!)
Will look at changing GZ.

Coordinates changed from:
S 35° 18.123 E 174° 07.125

Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 18.170 E 174° 07.213

Distance from original: 521.9 feet or 159.1 meters.

A more suitable spot now that historical signs have been added , explaining the history.

Wandered down the track to this one and found the obvious hiding place. No cache to be found without trampling around too much. Shame as it looks like a great spot.

Two of us tried.
It is a great place to hide a cache.
We did not tramp the vegetation.
Thanks anyway.

replaced cache with a 1 litre canister

cache replaced. Nice to see new historical signage added up top...

disabling until I have time to check on this one...

DNF, check if still there

Dissappointing not to find our first attempted cache in NZ

This entry was edited by eljaysways on Thursday, 10 November 2011 at 03:34:27 UTC.

Found the perfect spot, however there was nothing there

No luck for us today

First DNF for a while.

Great to visit this historic spot though.

TFTC

# 2369 @ 15:15 and 7th find on our North Island visit.

Nice easy find. TNLNSL

Thanks for the placement SaltyCacheNutZ

Tb taken. another fun find on our holiday in northland

Excellent spot. Tftc

Historic Place, fellow country man Abel found it first!

With Smiley, detour coming of the ferry to shake of a trail of Ozzies in Campervans

TFTC
MasL

Decided to do some caching around Russell today and this was first stop after the ferry. Surpisingly little around here to explain the history! Nice easy stroll down to GZ though and a quick find of the cache. Thanks SalthyCacheNutZ.

Dog and owner appeared as I was waiting for GPS to settle...then they disappeared and I found the cache. TFTC

This was really a beautiful spot! Highly recommendable!!
:..as long as the rain started!

Thans for showing

womi

This was really a beautiful spot! Highly recommendable!!
:..as long as the rain started!

Thanks for showing

womi

A very nice place and a beautiful house next to the beach ... Easily found! Thanks for showing, v.c.

Gps spot on. Track bit slippery. Tftc

A nice cache to keep me going

TFTC

23-04-2011 at 13:16

#783: Found on our mini cache raid in northland.

TNLNSL. TFTC

Nice easy cache with another great access to a good beach.

Quick walk down the hill to GZ for this one, quick find, signed the log then headed back up the hill slowly, legs were shattered by this point. TFTC

Did this on the walk from Opua to Russell which is an excellent walk although the final stretch isn't quite completed so involves a walk on the busy road-still very much worth it though. This cache took us to an excellent quiet beach TFTC

nice cache on quiet place, swap TB.

just log about drop TB

Beautiful spot. TFTC

nice bit of history dropped off bumble tb. tftc

Great location, TFTC

Fitzy and I are visiting New Zealand for a week to do some caching and have a look around.
This was our fourth cache on day three of our adventure.
There were some other muggles around today, so we had to wait - a lot! .
Nice place to wait though!
TFTC.

This entry was edited by ACBC 66 on Saturday, 08 January 2011 at 03:40:51.

3280 - Found with ACBC66 during our NZ Caching tour...Looking around the Bay of Islands...

A fun quick ferry ride across and then a quick walk down to GZ resulted in another find - a lovely area to visit. Thanks SaltyCacheNutZ !

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

Nice view and easy find thanks.

Stopped by for a quick check & noticed a signature by some muggles (probably neighbours? as the tree has been trimmed); adjusted clue accordingly.
- Hart Family's Geocoin
+ Dauphin TB

Nice quick find, the last of our trip to the Bay of Islands. TFTC!!!

Nice cache by the beach

Found 'Desert' GC

TFTC

Was uncovered, recovered and droped in geo coin

Found this reasonably easily. No Travelbugs in cache today.

Nice walk down to the waters edge, must have been about 15 Tui in nearby flowering Kowhai tree and saw a couple of fat Wood Pigeons.Dropped in Zebra TB.TFTC.

Cache uncovered. Recovered it

Great spot.

This entry was edited by kevsteam on Saturday, 31 July 2010 at 00:01:02.

4784 Quickly found at New Zealand’s first Capital. Saw some super sized houses in the neighbourhood. Thanks for the history lesson and TFTC.

Found the spot. No wonder thay chose that spot. Great place. TFTC

On the way to the Russell birdman with 2 wee bucks and Grammy Deadrock. Didn't even know this place was here! TFTC

On the way to the Russell birdman with 2 wee bucks and Grammy Deadrock. Didn't even know this place was here! TFTC

called in to check... fixed lid and replaced pen. all good
TB dips: Sweet Blue Penguin and Kiwi Steinlager

One of the local children found the TB for us!

Felt like a very special place as we were the only people wandering about. In TB Mara - out TB Chikadee

Placed TB CDYB3M

Tide was in and oh so calm. Beautiful spot on our doorstep! Dropped TB Swamp Thang.

Take your picnic. Great location. Found TB 536477

TB Visit

Cache number 8 today.... Kids wanted to keep going.... Phew! Not been here before. A race now before it goes dark..... TFTC

OUR THIRD INTERNATIONAL FIND!
Lovely view from where the cache was hidden.
Wasn't hidden very well the previous time as was visable from where I was standing.
Hid it well so it will be more of a challenge for the next person!
Left our signiture card and took a pink car!
Great find!
P.S. The walk was impossible. HUGE HILL!

Updating my logs at last! - found this a while ago with Shellnz TFTC

Found easily with Mr Chillipips after enjoyable walk down to beach. Heard muggles around but did not see them. Nice place in late afternoon. Dipped German GC in and out for visit. TFTC
Cheers
Shellnz

We found this cache with Standa.Sefl during our holiday in New Zealand. New Zealand has very nice nature, thanks for all nice places. Greetings from Czech republic.

We spend great four weeks caching in NZ. NZ nature and the caches are amazing. Thanks for all the caches, the great adventure and greetings from Czech Republic. Out: tb

Enjoy Russell School's slug which they found.

Nice little spot. Wouldn't have come except for caching. TFTC

I always thought it was Russell, but then the DOC sign says it was, who'd of thought they would change locations of a town.

TFTC

Thanks for the nice information. TFTC

Found on caching holiday I'm NZ

Found during our visit from the Netherlands. TFTC

Cool camo .. and even cooler pink pen ... TFTC

A new info through a cache. First capital. Good to know.

TftC

Steve

Nice cache before we went on the ferry. Easy find and lovely lonely beach!
Tftc

Cycling in the area...this cache gave us the opportunity to discover a very nice place..TFC

Never been to this historic site before. Nice walk to GZ and an easy find. Lovely sea views from here. Thanks.

# 906

Our first cache after leavng the ferry and didn't take long to find thanks for sharing this historic site T4TC.

Honeysuckle was in full bloom, almost overpowering. Quick find TFTC

This was a quick find, once we realised there was a cache in the area. (We'd wandered down to the reserve just to see the first capital site, and THEN turned on the GPSr on a whim! TFTC TNLN

Easy cache on nice location!

gotcha!

Well think I went the wrong way to this one, Sarah(gpsr) took me to the end of a road near some big posh gates. Looking around I saw the beach access sign.
Off I went, the vegitation got thicker and more overgrown and in the rain was soaking wet, finally got to within 20m of GZ but the tide was right in against a large log.
Decided to try time it right and run around the log when the wave went out. Stupid plan. Timed it wrong and got wet, yay, thats good for the work shoes. Found the cache and got back to the car, soaked as. Good thing messy Pooke's like me carry a change of clothes in the car.
TFTC

Quick and easy find on a nice day out caching. Had a terible cold but that didnt stop me. Very nice spot. TFTC

An interesting piece of N.Z. history at a beautiful location. First time here so thanks for bringing me to this spot. TFTC

Suspect I took the long way to this one but it proved a very pleasant and interesting walk.
Nice spot. TFTC

1.05pm. A great spot, spent morning exploring Russell we recommend doing the pompellier tour, well worth the $7.50 entry fee.
+ pink peg
- orange peg
TFTC
Cheers M+S [:O)] (1307)

We were staying with my bro just about the ferry landing. On Sunday we walked up the hill and I commented "just the place for a cache". When we returned to the house we checked the computer and there was this cache. TNLN and enjoyed the views and learning a little NZ history along the way. Thanks.

Never knew that this was the site of our first capital. Nice spot TFTC