East meets West (Manawatu) Woodville, North Island, New Zealand
By Adam and Jason on 13-Oct-01. Waypoint GC2229

No response from owner. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

The new coordinates are: S 40 19.466, E 175 48.438 +/- 5m. (taken from MalcolmB's log further down). Would be a shame to see this old historic cache archived.

The cache is still there. Looks like owner has abandoned. Anyone want to give updated co-ordinates to Reviewer?

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 21 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

has the g p s cordinates been re set yet

Claimed for the EA GeoMobbers Forum Quest #7 - E
This is a cache which, despite regular visits to Palmerston North, we have not previously managed to visit. Having walked all the way up, it was somewhat worrying that after a considerable time searching the two possible hint locations at the published coordinates, we were unable to find the cache. We decided to check previous logs and discovered the cache has been moved to a different location, and with the new coordinates, and hint, it was quickly found. We are astounded to now find the cache was moved over two years ago, and the coordinates have still not been corrected. Please update the cache description with the new size and hint, and get a reviewer to change the coordinates to the correct ones. TFTC

This entry was edited by W.E.K.A. on Monday, 13 December 2010 at 17:02:49.

Coordinates, Hint and cache size all need to be updated.

Quick find with tmann421 and Hugo the dog. Glad it was a quick find as it was a bit of a hike and I wouldn't want to be climbing up there again just yet. TFTC.

Found with Barri-Ster & Hugo the dog. Was a bit worried as last visitor couldn't find the cache, however we located the cache very quickly. Really good area for the cache and good walk today. Container and contents in good order. SL TFTC

Looked in both locations with no luck.
Shame after a long walk up here.

Found it but you can probably only do this by reading MalcolmB log

Found this after a few minutes search, and after we had to decider the clue. TFTC

Found Sat 6th Mch - nice hide. Also found this years ago
in original spot when not a "geocacher"! In - dolphin ring, out - bead

With Peregrina. The GPS pointed us into the bushes...but after decrypting MalcolmB's hint we soon had the cache in hand. Continued on to Apiti Lookout, then headed back out to the Ballance end of the track.

[After consulting with the cache owner I have replaced the original cache with a new one. It seems impossible to update the coords so I will keep adding this note from time to time. It is in a different position to avoid the problem with high traffic around the original site and is a 200 ml systema container covered with camouflage tape containing a log book, pencil and some foreign coins together with a Geocoin. The new coordinates are: S 40 19.466, E 175 48.438 +/- 5m.
Hint:] Ba gur rnfg fvqr bs na napvrag fghzc va n faht arfg ng tebhaq yriry.

Found after some searching. A very nice spot. Important to read Malcolm B's note 17 entries back. TFTC. Geodatum

No, I couldn´t find it. Looked for it a half an hour.

Looked and looked but could not find it. I now see it have been moved, should have read the posts before I went eh... Oh well it was a great walk and I'll just have to go back.

Possum found this while walking the Manawatu Gorge Track with the Wednesday trampers from the MTSC. It took him a while thrashing around in the bush without Cleo to help. The tramping group left him to it but at last it was located. Took a UK penny and left a star puzzle. It would be great if the details above could be corrected but the cache is exactly where MalcolmB says it should be (see log of 10 August 2008). TFTC

approx 13:30
Clearly I should have done more research on this one before heading out on the hunt.
As a result I spent time looking for the cache in it's old location. When I did finally go back to the earlier logs to see how others had fared my printout did not go back far enough for me to see the up-to-date data so I came away empty handed. Ah well! Maybe the weather will be a bit better when I get another chance at this one.
Perhaps the owner of the cache needs to update the key data to reflect the changes made on their behalf by MalcolmB.

An easy find and lovely view! TFTC
- girl badge + purple glass bead

[This entry was edited by Iarekt on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 10:47:36 PM.]

This cache has been moved. See my earlier note with regard to its new position and hint.

All that trek up hill and then a no find. Found two thin cabbage trees as in the hint but after an extensive search had to admit defeat. New seat and lookout area may have covered or disturbed this cache. Would suggest checking with owner before embarking on this walk or you may be disappointed.

Came in from the Woodville end & whew what a climb! Found without too much trouble but the given co-ords are not correct.
- Rock
+ Toy
TFTC

Found with nz1 during another gorge walk. The co-ord and the hint needs to be updated. TNLN TFTC

Found with Gumpy Boy during another gorge walk. The co-ord and the hint needs to be updated. TNLN TFTC

Can you update the co-ordinates for this one. Cheers.

love this track! Great place for a cache. took out a couple of Malaysian coins & put in a pet rock - a cat, & a little badge.

Lovely walk on New Year's day. Found without any trouble.

Quick, though well hidden find on a blustery day. Moved Trampers Geocoin on. Thanks for the walk

Thanks very much to MalcolmB for replacing this long-standing cache which I have been meaning to visit for some time. The new hiding place is an excellent choice - a snug, dry spot indeed. This was the third find of the day on our enjoyable afternoon walk through the gorge walkway. TNLN.

[After consulting with the cache owner I have replaced the original cache with a new one. It is in a different position to avoid the problem with high traffic around the original site and is a 200 ml systema container covered with camouflage tape containing a log book, pencil and some foreign coins together with a Geocoin. The new coordinates are: S 40 19.466, E 175 48.438 +/- 5m.
Hint:] On the east side of an ancient stump in a snug nest at ground level.

couldn't find this one. we had read the previous comment, so wer'nt hopeful, but thought we'd look anyway. such a lovely track, hope it does get replaced. We're regular visitors so will check it out again sometime!

We didn't find this one, assume it was AWOL, going by the previous log. Anyway we just came for the walk - which was very nice.

Called in at the site this cache was located at on my usual keeping fit regime and on checking the cache couldn't find it. I suspect it has been removed by persons unknown and therefore is history. It was placed there a long time ago (relatively speaking) and maybe the owner(s) have long gone. If so i would be happy to replace it - perhaps in a new location rather less subject to being muggled. If that is this case let me know.

Did this while walking the "shortest Tararua Crossing". We last walked it 20 years ago- the track is sandal quality now. At Ashhurst end DoC is making it a metalled highway! We liked the viewpoints DoC has added to the track, but were rather taken aback by the sound of the wind turbines. Excellent choice of caching spot, though hiding place seems to be rather easily muggled.

Nice walk in and an interesting view. The windmills are pretty impressive, if not a bit of an eyesore??? - toy horse + GC TFTC

Set out with Paul303 and Snuff to get this one before it went too dark, not a good idea to do this one to late in the day!!! We arrived at 6:20 and didnt get back until 7:45!! Felt like ages getting up the track but well worth it!!

+ horse
+ binoculars
- nothing

TFTC

Was pretty dark when we went for this one. seemed to take an age to get up the hill but very happy to tick this one off.
+ Glow in dark sheep
TFTC

started this just on dark so the walk took a little longer out came the torches with 300m to go we only had the coordinates so we wrang home for some one to give us the cripted clue. and no reception under bush cover till we got close to the site then found quite easely yey loged my 50 th cache.
- toy car
+ mesuring tap
+ empty bullet shell

Called in to visit cache whilst on a fitness walk - all fine.

Took the 40 min option which I managed in 32 minutes and another 20 mins back to the car so happy to save some time and go find some more caches

Great track and great spot where the cache is placed. After driving the gorge so many times it was a suprise to see what was up above. Would really like to do the whole track end to end one day.

No one about at GZ so quick cache find but only just got it tucked away again before some muggles arrived on the scene.

TNLNSL, many thanks, thoroughly enjoyed it.

It took me an hour to run in to the cache and back from Ballance Bridge.
There is great view from the cache.
I have run the gorge track several times, but I have never stopped off at this lookout before.
The cache was intact and dry.
+ car

This is a lovely place to look for a cache, but disappionting as it had been muggled. Found open, spralled over the ground and very wet. Someone had signed the book on the 1-1-07. The three of us cleaned and dried the contents as best we could and double bagged it and put it back where we believe it should be.
Contents now-
PC chip & fan
1 AA Cells
Three screws
Two Airforce stickers/tatoos
$3.00 postage stamp, torn
Miniture clothes line peg
Note book
Instructions
1 working pen
We tidied up the area on a beautiful morning

The spider was almost too unrealistic!

Paco, Red and Pepsi the dog arrived on the lookout just behind some trampers who decided to have their lunch on the spot.

While we waited for them to leave, we managed to find lots of the landmarks on my GPS on the landscape down below us.

35 minutes later, the trampers left and we had a chance to find the cache.

Just as we were deciding what to take, we heard the next lot of muggles making their way up the track. We had very little time to make our choice, close the cache and hide it again.

The notebook is damp. Fortunately, two of the pens still work.

Beautiful place, great views, wonderful weather, ah, this is a great way to start Queen's Birtday Weekend.

Out: emergency poncho
In: dog stickers

[This entry was edited by 0paco0 on Saturday, June 03, 2006 at 3:58:49 PM.]

Took the long way in and used this as a late afternoon workout on Anzac day holiday, after all the rain had stopped. It was a cracker too, and bonus was I had the whole place to myself, not another soul in sight.

Found the cache OK at 5:00 pm then had to scoot to get to the carpark before dark.

This is a great site, well worth the effort to get to it, I recommend it.

- paua shell trinket
+ monster scary spider (ooooer!)

signed the log
TFTC

Bit of a slog up the hill but we made it - need to get a bit fitter for these ones. Busy place, lots of people passing us! Was trying out my new eTrex Vista Cx - put me right on the spot within seconds - I love it (I thought the view was great too)

This was my 5th cache of the day and probably the longest one of the day to get to.I ended up taking one of the longer tracks to get there,the view from the top was well worth the hike,once at GZ it only took a matter of minutes to find the cache.
the sun was out and there was only a slight cool breeze which was great.

TNLN

TFTC from Andy

Found by Pepsi, Marob, Boots and Chrispy Twitch.

Nice view, easy find, lovely walk. Took the 40min walk instead of the other longer options

- 1,000,000 Turkish monies
+ Play-Doh (pink)

Interesting position with very pleasant views.

Just a relog of this one because I logged it with our clubs account (MUAC) back then.
Cheers
MUAC-CH

Fantastic mud all along the way

good find on a wet day, cache is still in very good condition for no one being there for a year.
tnln

good walk for a wet day. my poor dog is still recoving from the walk lol.
TNLN

#85. Thanks for a great walk - have just bought new boots so a good chance to try them out. The path was very muddy but thanks to my cool boots I didn't slip at all. A lovely day and great to suddenly emerge into bright sunshine and such wonderful views.
- Airforce torch/keyring
+ Paua flower necklace

Ella

Great walk, nice scenery, and lots of kereru and fantails. Overcast and blowy, but the sun came out at the top (Yay!).
Cheers,
Linda and Dylan
-Screwdriver
+Airforce stuff and keyring light

PS- The cache is very full.

Long walk from the start of the Gorge track as we missed the track at the start of the bridge. No complaints though - we were well sheltered from the wind and rain in the bush.
+ emergency poncho
- mini fan
Thanks, M@ & Bx

Morning was overcast with rain here and there.
Walking through the track was like "Gorilla's in the mist" heaps of fun.

SL
- pocketknife
+ Fish in bowl

Thanks heaps!!

Did this cache on our way back from a trip to the Castlepoint cache.
Parked at the car park near the state highway bridge. Arrived at the location 50 minutes later after a good climb with light rain and windy conditions. We too missed the turnoff but after a wee bit of backtracking corrected the error. The low clouds hid the view at first but during the 10 minutes we were there the cloud suddenly lifted and revealed the fantastic views from east to west.
What a special spot and well worth the slog. (Thanks Adam and Jason)
- nothing
+ pocketknife

Cheers Darryn & Bob

Donna and I took two friends Shane and Melissa for a hunt as they'd never heard of geocaching. Great walk, we had a ball as did the dogs. Awesome view! Left the million Lira note from D.U.N.E. and took the destroy keyring.

This is the second time I have walked this track, and the 3rd for Bernadette (the other times were prior to us discovering Geocaching)
Started at the Palmerston North end of the track having left a car at the Woodville end and proceeded to walk the whole track - GPS reception was a bit patchy so ended up missing the turn off to the cache, after back tracking for a few hundred metres we found where we should have turned and walked out into the open. As we were walking with Bernadettes Grandparents we had decrypted the clue so not to bore them while hunting so found the cache very quickly
Took the NIB magnet and left the 'Destroy' Keyring from Pencarrow Head.
Cheers
Nick and Bernadette.

Finished the lab about 1130 this morning so decided to head out and try and grab a few caches. Following Adam's advice, I headed in from the East side of the track. I found the entrance easy enough. I wandered along the track at a good pace for around 30 minutes before finding a sign directing towards a closer car park. Bugger. Oh well, I needed the extra exercise I carried on up and into the gorge and after about 50 minutes I hit an intersection, I carried on a little, and at the next clear air I checked my coordinates and found I'd gone past it. Hmmm. I backtracked and soon found the general area, and as it clicked down to 0.00km I saw the spot where I thought the cache would be, and it was there It was a lovely view from there, of the gorge, and to the east. No exchange was made. I soon headed back down the hill and back to the car and onto the next cache. A fair effort required, but it was worth it and very enjoyable. Great cache! Cheers Gav [68/FTF]

[This entry was edited by rediguana on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 3:30:34 AM.]

Cool! It's good to see my magnet on the move again. Cheers, Donovan.