Hidden Park (Wellington) Otaki, North Island, New Zealand
By OtakiHunters on 16-Jan-10. Waypoint GC230K1

As this cache has been out of action for too long, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Regards,
TheCur8or
Geocaching.com Volunteer Reviewer.

Cache and entire area long gone for the new expressway.
Cache owner also not active for at least a year.
Needs to go - this could not be replaced.

This geocacher reported that this geocache should be archived. A community volunteer reviewer has been notified.

Took some photos to show that GZ is forever gone. This cache will need to be archived
Nice that we were the last to find it before they started clearing everything. The lower part of the park is still there so maybe it could be renewed/relocated?

Have attached a before photo of where the cache was located and some after photos of what the area looks like now!

Seems like the road works have taken this one out. GZ is fenced off. You can get through to the spot but it's all mud today!

It just needs re-positioning about 15-20 m away from where it used to be.

Cherrys Rule

GZ is now part of the roadworks site.

Cherrys Rule

Fence was still there as new expressway is going close to this area. Managed to find a different route though. Cache was there but box was empty with no log inside. Didn't have any spare paper to replace and needs more. TFTC.

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

No Entry sign is still in place. I think it may be part of the Kapiti Expressway extension project.

Can no longer reach cache as there is a gate in the way with a sign that reads "no entry"

Found after a quick search. Unfortunately it was opened and laying on the ground, contents gone. The lid is badly cracked, and the outside is really grimy. There's some gardening work going on, so they may not have realized it's a geocache. Needs some maintenance. This is a really cool idea for a location and there aren't many bigger caches along this part of SH1. An ammo box would perfect here.

Broken lid and contents gone.

Pity such a lovely big box is full of water. Photolog attached.

Found container however it is in need of maintainence really bad.. cant sign log due to water damage.. this is more like a puece of litter hereat the moment.. may i ask the cache owner fix or archive and remove container

It has been moved or removed either delete this geocache or owner place a new one or find it

I found it eventually it was put somewhere unusual so I have put it back here it needs to be and where it says on the map but needs serious maintenance

Logbook soaked. Managed to sign but needs maintenance. Lovely park, who knew it was here?! TFTC.

See previous NM logs and notes concerning the condition of the cache. Needs attention.

Was a very quick find as it was out in the open we rebagged the temp log to keep it dry, Co really needs to give this one some love, cache lid cracked and container had a fair bit of water in it dried out what we could, this place it massive to what you think it looks like, I hope it would get used being such a lovely area, the houses around on the right all sit empty and over grown I think 5 of them and got talking to a guy who said it might be because of the express way.

Took a few minutes, my botanical knowledge is not good but I had googled the hint item so had a rough idea what it looked like.
It turned out I had put my backpack down almost beside the cache but I didn't spot it till I looked from another angle, I must have almost put my hand on it to start with.
Certainly needs a new log and some TLC, I signed the temporary log but it was a bit damp and won't last long.
Lovely well-maintained area which it seems is probably considerably underused.

Interested to see that other cachers had also been here today, saw their names on another local cache but unfortunately I didn't meet up with them.

I would have given a favourite point to this cache if it was in better condition.
TFTC.

Cache needs to be replaced. I walked to cache site to find the 2L container open with 2L of water inside.cache needs to be dried and replaced

I have replaced log with a receipt and put into a little baggie that I had and pit in container. Container has a large crack the length of the lid

Begins our holiday in NZ in Christchurch, we came from Italy to find our son who lives there for two years.
After ten days spent in the 'island of the south stopping at lakes in Dunedin in Oumaru and be returned to Chch, we decided to go north to the island with a flight to Wellington, the idea is to relax a few days between the sea and the beach course cache, unfortunately we will take four days of rain and wind, impossible to take to the beach.
But we'll make with the cache.
They expect historical cache but especially the GC46 one of the few positioned in May 2000 still alive, among other things, the oldest of NZ.
On the way back after the cache on the dunes we stop for some cache
Greetings from Italy
Dopo la cache storica sulle dunDopo una decina di giorni passati nell' isola del sud facendo tappa ai laghi a Dunedin a Oumaru ed essere ritornati a Chch, decidiamo di salire all'isola nord con un volo a Wellington, l'idea è di rilassarci qualche giorno fra mare spiaggia e naturalmente cache, purtroppo prenderemo quattro giorni di pioggia e vento, impossibile scendere in spiaggia.
Ma ci rifaremo con le cache.
Ci aspettano cache storiche ma sopratutto la GC46 una delle poche posizionate a maggio 2000 ancora in vita, tra l'altro la più vecchia di NZ.
Sulla strada di ritorno dopo le cache sulle dune ci fermiamo per qualche cache
Saluti dall'Italia
TFTC

Found the box not completely sealed shut, and the ziplock bag for the log book was open - as such the book is soaked beyond repair. I attempted to write our name in the book on the page with the black plastic clip, but there's no way this one is going to dry out!

I'd recommend a new book, ziplock and box as there are multiple cracks on the top so probably not watertight anymore anyway.

Quick find in what is a lovely little park, all quiet when we swung by.

Unfortunately the log book is done for, will raise with CO.

Quick find in what is a lovely little park, all quiet when we swung by.

Unfortunately the log book is done for, will raise with CO.

Aha. So that's a claret ash. Gotya. We had some difficulty deciding how to access this park. - - - It is truly "just there" but hidden. All good in the end. A great little park. TFTC

A nice wee walk in the park in the sun.
Chatted with a friendly local, then swooped on.
Cache is very wet, but is dry in a ziplock.
Thanks

Gorgeous we park, definitely great for a picnic. TFTC!

Our only stop on our way to Wellington and glad we chose this spot. The reserve is gorgeous and being there just in dusk there were hundreds of birds to greet us as we rounded the corner. An unbelievable sight. Thanks so much for sharing this spot

Miss 6 and 4 were very excited to find the "treasure". Have added an impromptu log book as other was soaked. Never knew this park was here! TFTC

Late Log - TFTC

Out and about bright and early for a caching trip to Waikanae area today. Having been part way up Paekakariki Hill Road and into Queen Elizabeth Park, Raumati, Kapiti and Waikanae itself. Now time to start heading back home, with a few must do caches on the way.

Managed to beat a muggle dog walker into the park and move swiftly away from him. Had no idea that this lovely park was here. Cache was quickly located. However, the log book is saturated and going a bit mouldy. TFTC

Went hunting at night with torches so was a bit difficult. Container was full of cockroaches which wasnt nice but fun to hunt for. Thanks

Quick find. Log book is very wet people's logs are becoming unreadable

Awesome find!

#40. It's autumn so the claret ash wasn't very claret-y coloured, but still was pretty obvious - good clue and good co-ords. Lots of loot to be had - some lucky kids will get some vintage cars. The log book, as has been noted, is VERY damp, even inside the bag. Still able to be written on, but I returned it inside 2 plastic bags, so that may help. Great little Reserve - been past it many times along SH1, and never knew it existed! TFTC!

Thanks for bringing me to the hidden park!!
It looks like a nice place for a picnic... I tried for this one night in April and didn't find it in the dark, but this time it was not too bad - and co-ords seemed accurate to 2m.
There appear to be gang members (MMob) living in the houses next to the entrance to this park, so it may not be wise to go searching here alone - I certainly felt uncomfortable walking past at night - maybe take a big dog or two??
Thanks for the cache OtakiHunters. TNLN SL

2nd one for the day - clue was great!

Great picnic spot. TFTC

Found park entrance and car park. After a short stroll found cache although a bit damp. TFTC.

A good one for kids. Logbook very wet though.

A bit of hunting here before placing my hands on it.lovely parktftc

It was a walk in the park. A nice park. Log book damp. SL TFTC

Gary found it!

Found yeah! Very wet and items rusty, and rundown. Notebook pages very wet.

Whilst this one was easy to see we were looking in the wrong place. Found it eventually.

GPS was out we expanded the search and found it

#1898. What a cool little park this is. Must have driven around the outside of it hundreds of times and never knew it was here. Wonder how much use it gets (other than visits from geocachers). On a warm sunny Saturday it was deserted. This cache took me a little while to find. I saw what looked like the hint tree but no cache by it. So had to widen the search. But spotted it eventually. The old log book is a bit damp but still easy to write in. Enjoyed the walk into here. Thanks for showing me this secluded spot.

Found it log book a little damp
Driven past heaps never stopped

Huzzah

Foundit Thanks for the cache

Nice little spot, thanks for taking us there!

Found on lunch break with kids....beautiful park and well worth the stop for lunch.

This was our very first one! We've driven past this area on dozens of occasions and never thought to stop here. Seeing how long this cache has been here and the logs left by previous finders was really something!

Thanks for an afternoon of adventure!

Very wet cache. Log book is soaked and mouldy. Nice spot. TFTC.

Needs maintenance. Very wet and log book needs replacing as soaking and mouldy.

Had a nice walk through park and trees from down the hill side. Easy find. Container had quite a bit of water in it and the logbook was saturated. Manged to get pen to work and scribe in the logbook. Nice area for a cache. TFTC.

Some nice trees in this reserve. Everything in box is pretty wet and slimy. Managed to get the pencil to work though. TFTC

Found it very wet and log book a bit soggy. Could do with a clean out. TFTC.

Found eventually, phew!! Very wet inside container, sorry had nothing on me to clean it up. Thanks anyway.

Found it with Riders on da Storms. Never knew this spot existed! Great cache. 3 October 2015 2:07 pm

Only found some metal. maybe the box is gone

Log wet. Bugs a plenty, mouldy food present. Needs maintenance badly. Nice area though.

Nice easy find. Log very wet. Tftc

Log very wet. Needs replacement

Great park. Nice bush!!!!

Found with Sausage Legs. Nice spot

A quick find while travelling around the backblocks of FoOtakexton. TFTC

Excellent park area by SH1. Nice place to walk dog - picking up dropping of course. Found the "treasure " waterlogged but managed to record our entry. Well worth visiting.

Great spot, a beautiful park, kids had great fun navigating this one. Log damp, bag was open so made sure closed.

Nice walk great park stayed the night in otaki grabbing some caches before we head home

Wow, what an amazing park. Container was not well hidden. The log book is quite damp. Road noise is such a shame it spoils such an ideallic spot. Tftc

Thanks for this one- a hidden gem in Otaki!

While I was busy googling the hint lol little dragon found it! Needs a bit of paint work on the container, but still in good knick. A bit sad to see we missed the TB that was in it TFTC

not to hard to find while waiting for shops to open:)

Lovely spot

Cache # 2,414 - Second trip here, this time with some extra eyes (Violet Butterfly and Astro Hunter). Still took a bit of time to locate, as GZ was 7 metres out from coordinates. Nice to find, and deja vu, it started to bucket while we were at the cache (same as last time). Swapped TBs. TFTC!

Found with The Wandering Dragons and Violet Butterfly today. Thanks!

Cache # 421

Did with Astro Hunter and The Wandering Dragons today. Swapped some swag. Thanks!

Cache # 971

Our very first Geocache! A beautiful reserve - the sun was shining and no-one else was around so had a good find! Found a Geocoin, which we took with us to our next geocache. TFTC.

Found today whilst down in the area shopping, lovely spot. Picked up a trackable for onward travel.

AtomsNZ and I had to head down to Welly so we decided to grab some quality caches along the way. We ended up grabbing three regulars (17 away from a badge now), one Wherigo (Bronze badge), a multi (two away from a badge), a letterbox (four away from it becoming my leading badge) and a puzzle. Only a total of eight but still very worthwhile.
This was the second regular and after a short walk it was quickly found, well after I climbed out of the garden because it wasn't quite as far in as I thought it would be.
Dropped off a TB that was heading to Kapiti.
T F T C OtakiHunters.

Found with Tommygun9 on our way through to Wellington, before our breakfast stop. I was still searching for the hint item having not heard the key word of the colour and was searching for a regular one. oops. In the end once the GPS settled down the cache was found. Thanks for the smiley.

Yeeeeah but the tree wasn't red at this time!!

Nice quick find in a lovely little park. If it wasn't for the traffic noise you would think you were miles out in the country. Too separate logs being completed in the same book leaving a few pages blank between the two lots. Thanks for placing a cache in this nice spot - a great place to stop for a picnic.

Had a couple of days staying in Paraparaumu and manged to get quite a lot of caching time. Fair bucketing down for a good portion of both days - hence some very very short logs in an attempt to keep the logs as dry as possible! Thanks for the caches, neat area to cache in.

Another place we have`nt visited before. TFTC

Lovely little park log book wet

Nice park indeed. Quick find. TFTC

A nice find with a couple of young ones today. Contents a little wet today, log book damp inside bag so need to seal carefully. Tftc

Found on a rainy day in otaki. Had to drive around the block twicebefore we found the entrance to the park, Gps lead me to a tree, searched for 10 mins before googling the tree, I had the wrong one! Tried the right tree, bingo, under a nearby bush. Left a tb for the next searcher. Enjoy! Great hide in a great park

Quick find while the lioness did the shopping. TFTH

Have passed this place a million times but never realised it was a public walk way. Good to know. Easy find. Left tricycle ornament. TFTC.

Found yesterday with Owhiro Ray. Another hidden spot that makes a good dog walk/caching combo.

I would hate to think how many times I have driven past this place and never even knew it was here! A nice quick find after locating the correct tree which was a little hard to spot due to it not being very "claret" at this time of year. SLTFTC

Cool find with @axelotyl. Took us a while though!

Took a while, well hidden, perhaps needs some attention, wet book inside. Did our best, tried to dry it out, luckily had the reserve to ourselves.