Te Totara (Waikato) Te Rapa, North Island, New Zealand
By panda22 & dazzie on 27-Oct-09. Waypoint GC20B64

It is with regret we archive this listing but it seems the Waypoint has gone walkabout again and the final has become very overgrown with the maturing of the plants in the area. Apologies to the later cachers who have had to struggle through the undergrowth to retrieve the cache, as I did today

Great puzzle. Loved the history & impressed with the thought that has gone into putting this all together. Cache all good today. TFTPC!

This was a cool little puzzle and to be honest i wasnt really sure what to expect after i solved it. I headed off and was able to solve and locate the 2nd WP easily but then my phone started to die. In a last ditched effort i managed to narrow GZ to a 10m radius... It took a little while of looking but eventually i found the cache.... It wasnt where i expected it to have been hidden.... in fact it wasnt really hidden at all just sitting out in the 'open'. as per the rules i placed it back where i got it from but maybe needs to be checked

Nice puzzle, good coordinates hide. Track to GZ overgrown a little bit but nothing too serious. took a couple of TB's [8]

Neat puzzle. Enjoyed doing the crossword. Dropped of TB.

Took a bit of time to complete. First solved the crossword then lost the coordinates so had to re-solve. 2 visits later final in hand, I think I made it alot harder than it should of been. Had lots of fun with this one thou.

TFTP and TFTC.

Really enjoyed this one. We just realised we can see the standing pole from our front door. TFTC

This entry was edited by Me and B2 on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 at 23:40:53 UTC.

Had to stop for lunch after working on the first part as very heavy rain arrived. River level very high. Very cold wind around area. Enjoyed the cache.

A print of the puzzle would have made life easer but managed OK.

A quick find today, had solved the puzzle previously and run out of time. Should have worn some gumboots though my feet were rather wet after traipsing through the dewy grass.

Thought it was going to be more difficult than it was, got there in the end, TFTC

Found with Moneydork after he had done the hard bit
TFTC

went and replaced the log sheet today, added a few bits for swapping. Golf balls all gone so don't bring your clubs without a ball! Noticed Kiwi couple have found the cache 03.01.11 But not logged it.[?]

Been meaning to do Te Totara for a while. We always run out of time before we can get to it, as we usually start our Waikato caching at the south-most cache on our list and work north towards home (Auckland). Today we were travelling south through the Waikato, soTe Totara was high on the list. An interesting spot which we have seen from across the river. Nice multi. The final took us a little while to pin down. Thanks!

# 2417

tftc!!!!

Nice easy multi/puzzle, looked for an obvious spot for the final and had it within a couple of minutes
TFTC

Finally managed to get away from my fixatation of searching where my GPS said it was and looked further afield. And what do you know? There it was, if not quite as advertised. TFTC

This entry was edited by Sannu on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 at 04:24:09.

Enjoyable puzzle multi done just on dusk and finished before the sunset. Interesting place and history here and found all the information and sat down nearby to complete the crossword.Soon found the required waypoint to find the final coordinates.GZ had us out coordinate wise by about 10m so widened our search for a possible hiding area and found. Cache all in good order and plenty of golf balls!.
[red]TFTC[/red] Great

what a nice and easy walk toi this cache

Did the puzzle so time ago with mum lost my cord so now i have log it great cache and a nice walk.thanks

Great cache.Did the puzzle some time ago,just waiting for the wet to come right,Nice spot and a great cache thanks

Third futile search. Hereby relegated to the "Too Hard" basket.

Checked it out, definitely still there. Did have to replace the waypoint. Hope nobody had tried to find it while it was missing will keep an eye on it to make sure it stays in place.

Final not found. Missing?

Nice puzzle, just have to be thinking right.
Unfortunately no sign of the geocoin, MIA I presume.

This is a spot I have wanted to visit, but hadn't found the time. The cache was a good excuse to take the family there and learn the history. + Canadian GC . TFTC

my first mystery cache. challenging yet fun.

We never knew this existed yet we lived just down the road until recently. Thanks for bringing us here. We also get a kick out of doing these types of puzzles. TFTC

The Freezer Mice strike again!!!
Have visited this spot for the previous listing, so didnt rush right out to do it when the listing appeared.
Had a laugh when checking for one of the WP's for the previous listing (on the way), when we found the WP for the new one.
Enjoyable wee multi/puzzle.
Thanks.
TNLN, TFTC.

Easy find after sitting down to do the crossword, it was an easy find for the following waypoint!!

called in on the cache today all o.k. added a few golf balls we found on the way so if you bring your clubs with you feel free to take the balls and hit a few round the park!!

Our old cache here gave us an advantage me thinks. Quickest puzzle I've ever done !!

Nice little puzzle - trying out our Oregon for the first time getting tips from Skweak and Geo-Goober. Left Geocoin, TFTC

A nice easy find with returntonai&jillopy on our afternoon of caching.

SL TFTC

Found with Skweak, Jillopy & Return2nai, TFTC

found with the sparkling duet lol good find thanks really good fun very hot day.

Have often caught glimpses of this monument from Pukete Road on the other side of the river, so this cache was a great excuse to come and find out more about it. Nice puzzle, and we got the co-ords for the waypoint easily enough. Without a GPS, so thought we would have to go home again to plug the co-ords into Google Maps to find the location, but one half of the team located the waypoint with a bit of scouting around. With the co-ords for the final, worked out the distance and direction we would need to go, had a bit of a guess from the angle of the sun and went off on a bit of a hunt... Got there in the end! Would have been easier with a GPS : )
NINO
TFTC

Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble

Had this one in the bag to do for a while, got the chance today returning from Cock & Bull Event.
Great wee puzzle, found clue for final lying on ground... lucky

WKTBO T4TC

Finally got to the other side of town to do this cache, and spent my time productively working out the crossword puzzle (slowly yet surely). On the other hand, Team Geckoh wandered around waiting for me and somehow stumbled across waypoint 2 just as I was finishing up! [The final was quickly found with me gaining some knowledge and Team Geckoh using up some of their luck! TFTC]

Nice puzzle. Had fun doing this cache.

Nice bike ride to this one and nice easy find.
Took out TB - and placed on in.

Got to the sign and got the clues for the cross word and then sat on a nearby park bench to get the following co ords and then off to the final TFTC

Interesting structure here. Easy find. Thanks very much

Second to find, first Hamiltonians - where are all the usual suspects?
Had the idea behind the puzzle sorted before we left home, as we knew one of the answers.

+ a golf ball, - nothing.

Called in just before lunch after seeing that YuGeo4 had beaten all the locals. How could we let this happen!
Was puzzled by the puzzle but got there OK to find two others had signed the book this morning too.
Many thanks for the cache.

Nice walk in the sun today.
T4TC

3400
Woohoo – Another unexpected FTF @ 7:30PM and our 3400th find
A very cleverly constructed puzzle.... which got us slightly confused at first, but then it quickly fell together after an aha... moment. Nice hide for the final. Interesting history, thanks for sharing.
IN: Oranple
Logging thru’ YG4 Craze Comic FTF for some bonus mileage.
TNSL, TFTC

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