The Pororari Archway (West Coast) Punakaiki, South Island, New Zealand
By Moneydork on 04-Feb-10. Waypoint GC23M53

Well I don't know where this has been for the last nearly ten years but I found it sitting in the mud as in the first photo. I took photos of every page and have searched the finders and everything identifies it as this cache. There is another cache within reach of this one which is what I was looking for - if I had of read the hint on the other one I would not have been searching where I found this one.
We use to chase archived caches when they were a thing on project g-c but since that statistic was removed we have not bothered so much. But if I happen to find one (such as this fluke today) then I still log them.
This is a very cool place - so pleased to have come and had a bit or an explore around.

Finally archiving this one.

After a long search in all logical spots still did not find it.
Too bad

Alas, no frog nor log but enjoyed the walk with Dopeyr especially as the rain had stopped! Zekeasaurus had us playing Ninja Turtles and rescuing babies from Shredder on the way back so was rather eventful even without a find and the archway made for some nice photos

Did not find with Zekeasaurus Bunnz

Even although Mrs W.E.K.A. crawled right into a very large hole looking, we failed to find any of the guardian, log or letterbox today We had taken a spare container to put the logbook in, but as we didn’t find it, were unable to do so.

Pressume we found this one as there wad a wet log under the frog. Guessing that is all that is left? TFTC

#623 Another FOUND on our trip in New Zealand.
TFTC Doro & Marco

Found while on walking holiday with muggle group.

I found The frog, but no logbook.

I think, The Cache Us done.

Just a big frog here...

So long and thanks for all the cache! - 11:01 - koem

I found a big animal sitting in the tree... But their is no cach. I also didn't found the alternative cach... Sorry!

Hmm... based on only the most recent logs (all I had offline), I assumed that this had gone missing and the letterbox was being mistaken for the cache.

So I brought along a new 1l container and placed it with the letterbox, near the preferred habitat of the rare Pororari Tree Frog.

So, Moneydork, if I erred, note it here and the next finder can score a nice Lock'n'Lock for their next cache!

Discovered this lovely track and found the cute guardian. As noted by other cachers, the log sheets are soaked. We were able to sign it, but the writing is faint. This cache difinitely needs some TLC. Continued on our trek after signing. Thx. Visiting from Arizona, USA.

Easy find today, everyone who walked the track could see it. Unable to sign log due to sodden state, needs drying out or replacing with a dry one, we had no dry paper sorry. TFTC.

One of our favourite pieces of NZ, The banks of the river were dotted with whitebaiters patiently waiting for a feed. Located the cache in a very obvious spot. Was muggled by a whitebaiter who had is gear secreted close by. He knew what we were up to and had taken on the the role of guardian of the cache.

Although this cache was in a very sorry state, we were able to sign the log (only just).

TFTC

Couldn't find this one today, the container that is sitting there wet/damaged etc is a letterboxing one I think.

A DNF, found what looked like the remains of a cache,a lid and some suspicious items, but it may be still there, will return with the right equipment for a better look. Great valley for a walk, will be back.

found it while walking the beautiful walkway...well better to say Mrs. C found it, JoshThePirate and I didn't know there was a cache and we had no GPS with us Logbook was to wet to sign, so we mad some pictures. thanks for showing this nice place [^]

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Hi I'm a young cacher from switzerland and usualy I write my logs by myself in swiss german.
to keep it simple find the detailed log and any required picures of our find in Cache.Mike logs, he is my fahter.
thanks to all owners for all those fun caches we found during our 6 weeks in New Zealand

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While a nice walk at the river we found this cache without gps!
The cache is too wet, so we can't write a log.

TFTC
Grisu76

Fantastic place, great cache.

Thanks for setting this up.

TFTC

Cache is now too wet to log a find!... We just found a page luckily enough.

Very wet in this location

Interesting place to find a cache. The cache is not water tight so cache is now a bit wet. Unable to logg visit while there

thanks, out:tb

Really nice location and cache layout. Really nice river track. In: TB TFTC #177

Logbook soaked and unuseable...
TFTC

Smile! TFTC

Quick find, thought the first one was wet and could not write in the book. But on looking closer found the correct one. Nice walk from the Camp.TFTC

Great spot. TFTC

TFTC but the log book was soaked and unuseable ...

First found the letterbox with its totally soaked log book but a further search uncovered the cache. Nearly lost the cache on returning to its hidey-hole but a rescue effort by middle Mintie5 returned it to where we found it. TFTC

What a cool cache, though maybe it's too obvious. A very quick find. No mention of letterbox with it in description. TFTC

Beatiful finish after my run from fox creek. I like hides like this one. tftc, julmat

Found this funny box on my walk today. Great area. In : TB. TFTC. Sherlock Hood.

Fantastic! TFTC and trail.

To be honest, we saw some cachers, logging this cache. Thanks to the french family!
Tftc!
Klara&Werner

Great wee cache - and the frog is still protecting it. Nice walk on the only fine day for that week. TFTC

Came here twice and found the cache on both occasions. The first time I was wearing clean clothes and it had rained massively, so that I was unable to retrieve the cache which had slipped very far down without getting very dirty.

I had timed my walk so that I would return after sunset and on the way back I actually got to see some open air glowworms in action (and some other wildlife).

On the next day the situation was better, and actually I found a nice stick so I was able to retrieve the cache und put it back into the "statue" were it supposedly belongs.

Thanks for the cache!

This entry was edited by Der Herr, dein Gott on Thursday, 15 December 2011 at 22:30:49 UTC.

Found it this time, great wee spot for a cache.-Bitsprayer

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Nice one! - quietschi & original micro
TFTC

A lovely walk today, well timed in the non-rainy part of the weekend. We were happy to see a familiar pal guarding this cache, which is in good condition - all fine & dry. Proceeded on up the track to check out the next cache, but discovered it was not at all the right weather for it today. So carried on a bit further to admire this scenic area.
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Coindrop....sorry

Found it and laughed! We love this walk along the river and the cache was the excuse to get the youngsters moving. TFTC.

Very cool hide! Didn't find the letterbox as we didn't know where to look. TFTC.

A real treat. TFTC.

Love the frog TFTC

This was a very nice walkway through the rainforest today and a nice hide as well although it was a bit far "inside". Surprise, surprise... TFTC!

TFTC, beautiful pororari river walk:)

We liked this cache very much! Thanks!
In: TB

Found with a short search between showers of rain. A nice area. Couldn't do much about wet log as started to rain.

Log book is completely wet. Just managed to sign it. Container full of water.

Nice quick find inbetween the muggles. Great Tree! TFTC.

Very nice frog I dropped off there my TB

What a cool find and a lovely walk.

Cache too wet to write in, but a beautiful spot. The river is down today, but the mud and debris shows how high it gets!

A good one, missed on first pass. Surprised to see the GZ site so wet and muddy. TFTC

Wonderful short track in the later afternoon. Thanks for showing it.

TFTC

Possible to find this one even without GPS as the tille nicely gives away the location. However, as beautiful as the scenic walkway is, the Cache needs some maintenance, as the log is soaking wet.

TFTC
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Great choice for a milestone find; this area is simply breathtaking. Cache found by Jr 7. Seal broken and cache literally full of water. According to the guy fixing the track the river was running about 2 m above the cache a few days ago. This is probably going to need some TLC. Thanks for this one, top cache.

On the trip from Czech rep. Thanks

We're on a trip around the world, now for 7 lovely weeks in Nz. Today we travelled from Abel Tasman Park to Punakaiki. Found this cache after a very nice walk. Thanks for the cache! We loved the rivergorge here.

I traveled through New Zealand and found the cache.
Nice place. Good hiding. TFTC
Greetings from Dresden, Germany

What a fantastic Cache! Many Photos were taken with the kids. Thanks

Nice walk along the river, a number of other walking the track or fishing. Some damage around the tree where people have looked. TFTC

1530hrs What a neat walk. Found the letterbox as well. 'Ribbet' The Italian Job was here......! Our blog www.motorhominginxs.blogspot.com

We added a note to the front page of the cache book as there is a letterbox hidden within 5m of the cache but no cacher seems to have found.

Wow. What a cool place. We need to come back here again. This time we had to head back to return the rental car! BTW nice camo!

Easy one on a great and relaxing walk along the river. Hope no muggle will find it. Thanks!!!

Ribbit! Found it! . Interesting local wildlife and the stone cliffs are amazing.

The cache has been replaced.

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S 42° 06.562 E 171° 20.732
Distance From Old: 24.4 feet or 7.5 meters.
Correcting co-ords

Cache may be missing?

Tried finding this one at night. Lovely walk. And the end location is pretty unique.

No luck for me, had cache owner with me, it's not were he placed it, think we know were it is, but no light source with us.

Bitsprayer

No luck here and we hunted high and low for ages. Nice walk though.

Really enjoyed the stroll to this one. Not to sure of where our hands have to go thou. will be back to do "the wekas waterhole" next trip, as out of time this trip.

Walked right past it too busy enjoying the scenery.
Easy find, candle power was handy. TFTC

Of course it had to rain the weekend we picked to go to Westport [:(!] The walkway got the feet a bit wet and I REALLY didnt want to put my hand where I needed to but I sucked it up and did what I needed to retrieve the cache. TFTC

Nice walk, glad I had my torch as it made the find a bit quicker. Decided to pass on the dip at Weka's, maybe next summer. TFTC.

Found this one with Kiwi Explorer. Once I pointed out where I thought it was he illuminated the subject and retrieved the cache. TFTC, Biggles.

Correcting the failure of the last attempt. Shed some light on the subject and had a 30 second find this time. Luck of the draw how easy the last persons rehiding makes it. TFTC.

And this was the first cache after sunset. We enjoyed the silent morning.

Lovely walk late morning. Found with the help of the tiny flash light on my key ring. Started to drizzle returning to the car and everything fogged up as I headed to the next cache. TFTC

I see it was found not long ago. I guess the hide was just too clever for me today.

Found on 22/03/10 on our way south with the Winnebago Motorhome Wild West Safari. Couldn't believe we have walked this walk many times and not registered this archway. A clever hide. Weather not good so had the place to ourselves.

Very pleasant walk with Mrs BaldEd to GZ on a nice day. Cache was found to be clearly visible to anyone walking the track. We were double entertained during the logbook signing. First by the local curious weka who was just not happy until he/she had had a peck at the brightly coloured cache container. Secondly, by the 2 Australians kayaking the adjacent shallow rapid. After getting out and pulling their kayaks to above the rapid, one then gave the Aussie version of an Eskimo roll (without the Eskimo success) as he attempted to sit back in the kayak. Hillarious. We clapped and cheered. Re-hid the cache with some natural material in front of it. Thanks for the cache.

Before going into the Inland Pack Track and getting really wet feet, we checked out this cache as well. Beautiful place!!!

TftC

Steve

Nice spot.
TftC

Our second find for the day. An easy find on a lovely walking track. We didn't even need to refer to our paperwork to find this one as GPS was accurate. However, do watch for muggles on the track.

a nice walking track with heaps of beautiful places. tftc nirusu

Cool track. Lots of people walking and kayaking here today. FTF for the cache, and was easily spotted. TFTC Cheers

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