Puketapu ~ The Sacred Hill (Hawkes Bay) Puketapu, North Island, New Zealand
By kiwiowl on 05-Nov-09. Waypoint GC20GRM

Short but sharp climb. Thanks.

This was the second cache for the day for us, rattl did the honours on this one for us.
Log signed and replaced as found.
Thanks for the placement and the smiley.

This was our second cache of the day, and involved a little more physical exertion than I would have liked, given how hot it is. But we got it.
Got a funny look from someone who turned his ute around just by the gate at the start. Crazy people!!!
Thanks for setting this up

Due to the MEGA postponement - DavidsonClan and I struggled to put together a weekend plan. The path of least resistance lead to a Squirrelnutcase & Fap'N'Gap adventure in Napier. My Alarm went off at 2:30am and caching started just before sunrise. We had an excellent day but due to a few DNF's - we'll be back. A big Thank You to the CO's for the virtual tour of your city.

This cache was found quickly and without fuss thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward placement. A steep little climb but otherwise pretty straight forward. Cheers kiwiowl & TFTC

With (Mr) Davidson Clan, Gap (of Fap and Gap), and Philip.Perry. This line up was stitched together last night, just in time for our 4AM departure from Rotorua… We have planned another blitz of Napier caches. This should seriously tidy our geomap…

We were unsure about the access point, but it seemed to match the hints. This was a convenient place to make a sandwich before scaling the hillside. Thanks kiwiowl and TFTC.

bit of late planning for another attack on Napier.
squirrel nutcase and myself where going back today to see if we could collect the caches we missed on our last trip.
this time we had the pleasure of Bruce ( Davidson clan ) and Philip Perry, coming with us.
we will have to return another day as we missed a few. still a great day.
at first wondered if we had the right entry point, but after reading description we were okay to go through the gate.
glad this one was not at the top.
tftc

Long weekend plans to attend the Mega in Auckland we’re postponed due to lockdown in Auckland. We decided to do a day trip to Napier so it was an early start Philip.Perry picked me up just before 4am and we meet up with Squirrel Nutcase and Gap from Fap and Gap on the road out of Rotorua at 4am. Had a fairly mild day weather wise only a few DNF were logged the rest of the caches found mostly in good order. Thanks to all the CO’s for placing and maintaining your caches.

Too high but good view there it is from above

Spent the day caching in Hawkes Bay on my way to Whanganui for some work. Was on my motorbike to easy to park up safely near GZ. Wasn’t sure what was private/public access however as there was no one around it was a quick jump the fence and up the hill. Cache all fine. Although technically winter felt more like spring today with lots of lambs, daffodils and blossom. Great day for a smiley. Thanks

On a travel group trip from Tauranga and staying at a lovely winery nearby. A rainy morning so I may as well go walking. A bit wet but have raincoat. Great to get a few more smilies in the area.

I am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. It’s just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these cache. Many Thanks for bringing me here. Cheers.

#4 IGD

Not for the unfit or those without good footwear.

Fearless children are an advantage!

http://www.stellography.com

TFTC and for the fun climb.

Nice short climb to retrieve this one. Like the previous finder, I too liked the story about the original cache and contents. TFTC Kiwiowl. Cheers

The remains of the original story are great. Nice detail that they are still in there
It's a quick walk up there and a quick find on e you are up. Enjoyed the view. TFTC

Nice walk up to GZ, great view of the dark clouds approaching from the rangers. Cache found and log signed in quick time. Cheers.

Climb wasnt as bad as it looked from the bottom so soon had the cache in hand. TFTC

that wasn't as bad as it looked from the bottom. TFTC

CZECH
měl jsem tip na jiné místo, ale trefil jsem druh skrýše, takže bez problému
ovečky byly daleko za plotem

Nice greets from Dresden in Germany . TFTC

When we arrived at the hill, we looked up to the top and thought no way. However we realised the cache wasn't too far away, so we wouldn't need to go that far. So we made the reasonably short, but very steep, climb to a quick find. TFTC

AHhhh the dreaded hill climb - we only say this because last time we attempted it Mr P tore his calf muscle in 3 places and he had to crawl on his hands and knees to the car in extreme pain. We are happy to report his ''Everest'' was conquered today ! No torn calf, took the hill a little more sedately this time, many thanks.

Sweet hill..poohs everywhere haha

Husband was the one to experience the calf-burn today. Lovely views from up there. TFTC!

Kids loved the climb for this one! Sheep were very interested watching what they were doing. Great view too.

The sheep were watching us! I liked looking at the view when we got to the cache.

Good view from the cache. Good hints. Challenging climb.

Gorgeous view from the top!

Spent the morning/afternoon out and about clearing up the last of the HB caches we didn't have smiley faces on. Was a nice gentle stroll up to GZ wasn't as big a hill as we first thought. Didn't take long to get our hands on the cache and sign the log. Cool to see the old log still in the cache. Awesome views from up here. TFTC

We did this goat style to the cache. Beautiful views of a gorgeous part of Hawkes Bay. For the first time ever I think coming down was harder than going up. TFTC

What a beautiful spot. We had lots of fun running up the hill like goats. Would have been good to have a piece or cardboard to slide back down on. Tftc.

Added a favourite point as we had so much fun doing some of your caches in this area today and this was the most fun for my daughter and I. Plus the view is stunning. Thanks KiwiOwl.

Def need good shoes!!!

Quite the climb, especially with jandals! haha Found it pretty easily. TFTC

I found this cache with my Mum (sunnybunny64) earlier in the year but have only just got my own geocaching account. I’m hoping you won’t mind me back dating this find so that I can log all the ones I have actually found in my own account. Jordis – 7yrs

Nice view! Cool climb. TFTC. TNLN

Thanks for the climb. definitely need to bring proper shoes next time

Great spot! Loved this one.

Awesome, cool packaging!

nice view and a good activity!
ty

Thanks beautiful views

Love it. Pathtag dropped travelbug grabed.

I parked opposite to the roadside gate and after waiting for a farmer to do his thing I scrambled straight up the hill for a quick find. As I was signing the log I noticed a car slowing down and stopping near my car. I wonder two things.....why did they take an interest in my parked car on the side of the road (there was no illegal or out of the ordinary parking) and I wonder if they knew I was watching them from the Sacred Hill. I guess I'll never know.

Cool views from GZ. TFTC

What a hill, do not know which was worst going up or coming down. If anyone finds my silver ball point keep it with my blessing as an extra reward for climbing the Sacred Hill. The domain at Puketapu provided us with extra bounty - a walnut tree dropping it fruit - lucky us. TFTC

Saw the cache come up on the GPS as being a "Few" meters from the road so stopped to have a nosy. Saw the hill and thought oh well and scrambled up. Nice view and the road and car looked so far away. Quick find and sign and a few photos and very quickly back down to continue the hunt. TFTC

Found with Sevren.tftc

Nice climb in the rain, will need a new log book soon. TFTC

Too steep for the wee man so I climbed up to retrieve. it meant i had to come down to show him and then climb again to replace...but such a nice day it was worth it! Tftc

Quite a climb. Some new lambs were born today . Their mums were't too impressed with me. Tftc

Scrambled up hill but not with the alacrity I had in my earlier years. TFTC

This entry was edited by Zissas on Tuesday, 13 August 2013 at 07:36:05 UTC.

14:20h 20130622 TFTC

nice view and size well worth the spike in enargey to get to a nice size cach

Nice walk a gen lol

Very pleased only had to go this far up. TFTC

TFTC. I had initial concerns about accessing where the GPS was indicating, but after rereading the cache description opened the gate and headed in. A lovely climb up hill which was rewarded with a great vista and very interesting rock formation and shell fossils to remind me where this land was in the past.
Thanks kiwiowi for bring me here and thanks to the farmer for allowing us access.

#3679. Quick climb. Excellent views. Unfortunately, Tiki with Ingot was not in the cache. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Found driving out from an orienteering event, yet another hill to climb on a very hot afternoon. Looking for a geocache this time, not an orienteering control! Coordinates were spot on, thanks.

Bit slippery in jandals but the slide back down on our backsides was fun!

A Quick trip over to the Bay while Mrs Dragon was at work today to see what I could possibly find before heading back tonight.
has made for a long but memorable day, nice spot up here and quickly found, Landed on my RSE on way down thanks to the wet grass

TFTC

I scrambled too high and spent quite some time searching in the nearby trees. I have the thorn scratches to prove it. The sunny day and wonderful views made up for my error. Beautiful spot. Thanks

Took a deviation via the top - to look at the view? No, didn't get the info right ! Great view.. Very very hot today. Old fellow looking good for his age.

Ventured into sheep country to find it, but the views from up there is worth the while. Took a few pictures from there. TFTC

A quick walk up the hill from directly below and an almost instant find. Nice area, haven't been here for many years Interesting rock formation. Signed log, TFTC

Took TB, left another

13th find and this is the kids favourite so far!

Found ok. Had a local shout up at us for being up on the hill. Was quite funny having someone scream "BE QUIET. THE ARE SHEEP SLEEPING". I wasn't sure how respond .

Hmmm... 70m here straight up the hill. What about further on? No path ok, what the heck. Walked 300m up and along the hill (realised it wasn't at the top before I got there, luckily). Nice hide, though.

Nice climb kids made nice goat sounds

Beautiful views from this hill! It's great that we can finally explore even private lands, since ALL lands in NZ are private…

thanks for the cache!

Found cache OK but log book was lying on the ground some yards away,saturated and unusable. Left a note in the box, admired the view and left. TFTC

tftc

Very nice viewpoint, thanks for this place!

A quick find, TFTC

This entry was edited by anakhanz on Monday, 02 January 2012 at 20:56:57 UTC.

This one was fairly close to where we were staying, so couldn't resist a couple of last caches for the day. A quick dash up the hill and there it was. Nice area. TFTC

TFTC, great fun climbing that hill!

Nice short climb, quick find, nice view.
TNLNSL. TFTC.

what a nice place, the hint helps a lot, i come from Quebec, Canada

I was going past so it seemed silly not to stop and find this one. A quick scramble up to GZ. TFTC

TFTC Good to have a decent work out made even more so when we were well to the right of the cache. Demon saw where cache should be and Angel spied the hide. What a slippery meander... lol... was worried my not quite so co-ordinated 8yr old spawn was gonna find his way to the bottom in a hurry. TNLNSL. Had intentions to leave something but unfortunately in our rush had left it in the car... at the bottom of that hill. Tried conning the young one to reclimb but nup stubborness, but understandable. A lot of fun thanks!

Quite a steep climb. Got son to do it for us!!!!

Great fun thanks.

Nice climb TFTC

Just down the road from the orchard I owned. A lovely spot. TFTC

easy find a little bit of a climb. a good veiw on the way home. nice spot for a cach.

I am glad the cache was not on top of the hill.Even with the sheep tracks it a hard climb.Thanks for cache.

Nice cache, climbed like a goat! Thanks

Found it ok, good workout for the legs, nice view. Took fireman knome, left a bell. TFTC

Nice climb. TFTC

Finally got to knock this one off on a nice cruise in the country. TFTC

Great view easy find
Out: Unicorn geocoin or as I call it, Unicoin
In: Interesting british coin
TFTC

Ended up walking quite a bit further than necessary, should of been keeping a closer eye on the GPSr.
TFTC

Found with angelic_kiwi and Melt'd on a very wet and cold day. A bit of a climb but a lovely view from the cache. Would be nice spend a bit of time here on a nice day. TFTC

Good view. TFTC

A fun and nicely placed cache, thanks. Found with angelic_kiwi and mumandme

Are there Unicorn TB http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=2417923 or is it lost? It's in black satchel together with laminated card. Look at photos: http://img.geocaching.com/track/58d200a7-a569-4304-b416-a1d744c12df0.jpg

BIKED OUT TO THIS ON A FINE BUT CHILLY MORNING-GREAT AREA-TFTC

TFTC - the travel bug we were after seemed to have moved on unfortunately.
Nice spot. Thanks!

A nice easy find to bring fifty up, Took cycle NZ geocoin and foxhound Tb. TFTC

Nice spot for a cache TY
+GC -TB
TFTC

TB drop