Not a Hydroslide (South Waikato) Tapapa, North Island, New Zealand
By cashkids on 10-Aug-09. Waypoint GC1X2KJ

This cache is definately not there... area under development will archive due to this.
Thanks to the finders

Constructing the perfect !!! replacement cache... will place when ready

Couldn't find it..... and spent quite some time looking for it....

will have to redo this one again...in the meantime its on hold

Bugger! I was hoping to get this one, as i drive past it most days... Just couldnt quite work it out.

Bugger too.

Hint didn't all fit in the GPS. I thought I was looking for a small, not a micro, so I was looking on the side of the pipe and not in the hinted spot.

No luck, found a packet of those things they put in shoes to stop moisture. Yeah those..

Unusual object. Could be a bit rough riding. TFTC

Nice quick drive by. Water looked very tempting for a swim on such a hot morning.
TFTCSL

Quick find.
Thanks for hiding it Quiri

Nice hide, quickly found
TFTC

Visited the site - like the name! DNF..

Had this one on the GPS for a while and decided to try even though we didn't have clues etc written down.

Mr Toffees geocaching eyes spotted the hidden gem. Like this one.

TFTC

Fitzy and I are visiting New Zealand for a week to do some caching and have a look around.
This was our second cache on our last full day in New Zealand.
We have really loved seeing the country and doing all of these caches in such beautiful surroundings.
This was a nice spot, and an interesting statue.
TFTC.

3338 - Found with ACBC66 during our NZ Caching tour... Driving from Rotorua to Auckland...

Continuing our drive from Rotorua to Auckland we stopped for this quick find - uinteresting set-up here! Thanks cashkids !!

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

01-01-2011 at 07:50

#339: Found on our New Years holiday trip to Rotorua. Our first find of the new year!

TNLNSL

TFTC

Nice quick drive by on my way further south.

A quick find. great clear cleam river.
TFTC

Nice easy find, boy those cars go past fast. TFTC

An interesting piece of local history, our last stop on our way back to Tauranga.

good fishing in this stream use to go there alot in my younger days thanks heaps

Second cache for the day on our way to Taranaki.

thanks for the cache.

12:45 You are right. It's not a hydroslide. With Xmuggle.

TBs visited. Cheers, GC

We are on a caching holiday from Australia and dropped by this cache. We were headed from Rotorua to Waitomo and decided to drop by this one on the way. It wasn’t until we were right close to GZ that we worked out the name of the cache. The hint on this was made it a nice easy find for us. TNLNSL TFTC

Nice easy on the way to Rotorua
Never knew there was a plaque here
TFTC

Lovely clear stream flowing fast today - and nice easy find - thanks

Nice easy find. Thanks

Beautiful Clear Stream. TFTC

Driven past heaps but finally got around to stopping. Saw no trout! TFTC

Another interesting stop on our way back up to Auckland
TFTC

Pretty exposed cache, but I guess no one ever gets down there any way. TFTC

Found on second visit. It's easy when you know what
you are looking for. Very well Placed and looks natural.
Appears that the area has been cleaned up since
my last visit.

Welcome stop on our way to Matamata. Interesting place, thanks for showing it!

TFTC & greetings,
SAM+SAB

Whee!!!!!

Oops, that's right, it's not a hydroslide.

Cheers for the cache.

Glad I wasn't sliding down that slide.. Definately not butt friendly! Last find of the day..now 10pm. TFTC

Easy find, nice place for a stop... TFTC

What a hydroslide! Nearly fooled us. Interesting spot TFTC.

Nice easy find on way back from Rotorua for the weekend.

Ha ha, now we understand what the name is all about. Nice one! TFTC

Quick top and a quick find on the way to the 10 year birthday party T4TC.

We couldn't an find easy way into the slide. Have found cache though. TFTC

Quick and easy find. Was going to leave a TB, but discovered it actually was a micro cache, and not enough room.
Interesting to see the dates on the memorial!

Looks like someone used slide & left clothes on monument, TFTC nice one

Well that was interesting. and I agree not a hydroslide, unless you are trout. t4tc

Would be a very bumpy ride. TFTC

Found this one on my trip through the north island. Visited some great places and saw heaps of cool stuff. Thanks for showing me around and thanks for the cache.

Nirusu.

A stopoff with a bit of history behind it. Doesn't look like the obvious spot for the first trout hatchery in New Zealand. A quick and easy find at the (Not a) Hydroslide. Thanks for showing us.

# 1709

Found on way home from a great weekend in Rotovagas

Found with Skweak TFTC

GPS had us a little off for some reason, but we managed to have it in hand fairly quickly!
TFTC, Not the hydroslide

Quick find. Kids enjoyed watching the man in the stream trout fishing. TFTC

Another find on the way to Rotorua, now I know the meaning of a hydroslide - a hydroslide on a lost highway SL TFTC

Muggles around but easy find. Understand the name now! TFTC

I think the water may have shrunk this cache to micro size! First find on my last day in NZ. Good to be able to get this one that I passed on my way down a few days ago. TFTC.

Gotta be one doesn’t it?? Clean around today, only 1 stray sock. Left the caravan on the main road rocking as the trucks thundered past.

Incredibly clear stream, and matching clear logbook!

TFTC

Replaced rusty cache with new one and new log book

Grabbed with cashkids doing maintanance
River still nice

our first find for our weekend away. FTFC

This cache was in a place we would never have visited otherwise - an intereseting historical site with an Aussie link. TFTC

tftc

Nice little hidden area. Soon loocated the cache. Getting quite rusty, but ok for now. SL TFTC

Container is rather rusty now, but we managed to open it and sign the log book. TFTH

Liked the nearby statue

TFTC. Was the monument there when the road went across that bridge?

Thank you!

Found in the heat of the day. TFTC

Zoom past here frequently. Wouldn't it be great if it was a hydroslide !!

Kids are asleep in the car but I'm keen for a few more today as we make our final run home.


TFTC

9.30am. First time we have seen that monument although we would have passed it dozens of times!
Quick find. Thank you. David and Noeline.

The new boy was too keen, shot out of the car as soon as I gave them a distance and headed off to search somewhere likely. Teen 2 was more cunning and waited for me to get an arrow on the compass before setting off and so he gets the find, well done Mat I've often wondered what that bizarre sign was pointing to, well now I know !

TFTC

Nice easy find TFTC

Almost drove on when I saw a car parked next to GZ.
Luckily there was nobody in the car.
Didn't try the slide myself.
TFTC

Quick and easy find. TFTC

Quick dash and grab, TFTC. Loved the sculpture nearby.

Found on the way home from Hastings after a cache raid in Wellington.

TFTC

Had to wait out some pesky muggles

Stopped on the way on holiday. Very cool place to stop and stretch our legs. Played racing the sticks down the stream from one side of the bridge to the other! Kids loved it! Wanted to try out that slide too.... TFTC

A bit of a ho-hum cache until I realised why I was there. Cool! TFTC

Nice little find (quick detour of the highway) on way home. Have been over this many times when it was the beaten track!

Easy drive-by- road very busy. TFTC.

Interesting, but no, not something I'd want to try.
TFTC

On our way home from Rotoma. So often we have crossed this bridge and had no idea the beautiful river that flowed underneath, some guys were fishing from the bridge which looked like fun (whether it was legal was disputable). Thanks for opening our eyes.

Just stopped in passing today and checked up.
Checking placement,refreshed bag and pencil.
Must of just missed GG.All Good.
River still pristine,area around a bit in need of TLC.

Sorry to have missed you guys - I was passing by pretty early in the morning on my way to Vegas. Bagged 4 peaks and 13 caches to boot all up, so not a bad days "work".
This one almost had me giving up. Was going paperless, so didn't see the very helpful picture. Had me crawling around in all sorts of improbable places looking for a normal small container instead. Found by feel within milliseconds of throwing in the towel - phew!
An interesting spot - it's amazing how quickly we forget the changes in roading, and how quickly nature starts reclaiming what was once hers.

The Phantom In And Out Undetected Again.
Well, technically half ownership in this cache but found today.
cashkids doing maintanance check.
Need the numbers..seeking 100.
TFTC

Had to wait for the road painting guys refilling their vehicles for road markings right next to the cache location. Had to do a bit of river watching and waiting, eventually they left and we found the cache on the ground next to where it should be. Must have fallen off. But all good. The girls thought it would make a good hydroslide!!!
TFTC, SeaJ and Family

Quick and easy find in the poring rain. A monument to trout. I just had to stop and have a look. Thanks.

Great spot to stop, an great rock work. Quickly found .... thanks

nice tfc

Good spot. thanks

Made a stop on the way back from Lake Waikeremoana. Looked for quite a while with Rumo & Rala doing most the dirty work. No luck. Perhaps it's been moved?

No luck though we searched the area for quite some time.

well it was persisting down and dark. or maybe im just blind. had a good look but unable to find.

Only had a quick look as it was raining torrentially. It was getting very unpleasant maybe next! TFTC

Took two goes to find this one. good hide, lucky i was tall enough. TFTC

#3070
The hints were confusing for us. Eventually found it after widening our search zone. Left it where we found it. Agree with the previous finders, that water sure is clear.
TNLNSL, TFTC

On the way over to Rotorua to kayak, so grabbed this one with theshanan team.
Nice clear water.
TFTC

Easy enough find and sure enough.... not a hydroslide! Had to dodge a farmer scouting for trout in the super clear stream. TFTC

Took two looks to find this one. TFTC