High above Huka Driveby (Bay of Plenty) Wairakei, North Island, New Zealand
By TGC4 on 18-Feb-10. Waypoint GC244MP

Who is the owner?
PHM (please help me)

Looks like parks maintenance have taken this one

Gone, no longer there.

Dangerous terrain, and too many thorns.

Hmmmm wish I'd read logs first. Long gone.

G Stars.

We have no idea -

We have no idea

CO needs to take a look at this..

Anything at waist height is down the bank or away from GZ

Definitely one that's not here!

No way is there anything here that fits the hint. Tree felling and new planting. Maybe this cache should be archived.

Nothing here but a new garden

Tree has been cut down

lots of trees cut down so mt be lost

Can not find at all!

Not sure that the cache is still there as the trees has been cut.

Looks like they may have chopped the tree down. Did not find.

Found it on our way to Rotorua. It was an easy find.
TFTC

Found with Clara and Matty

theres been some tree trimmimg here obviously in the hiding spot- we found the berocca container on the ground with the camo bag nearby and then the lid and log which is full, put bak together and tucked in a new spot. co needs to check. tftc

Found all the bits on the ground in various places. Trees have been cut down. Put in the only place for it to go but suggest a check is needed quick. TFTC

Found all the bits on the ground in various places. Trees have been cut down. Put in the only place for it to go but suggest a check is needed quick. TFTC

Quick easy find as lying in the open. Placed it at the base of tree on the left. Needs a check TFTC

Logbook full.

Early morning found. Thank you very much for the cache. Like we say in the Czech Republic where I am from - Diky moc!

Nice greets from Dresden in Germany . TFTC

Kurzer Hin & Mit am Parkplatz, an dem sich auch die Aussicht lohnt. Danke!

Taupo has a lot to offer - a great lake, lots of sports, interesting about volcanoes, geysers and earthquakes. The landscape is varied and invites you to go hiking. The waterfalls are spectacular and the geological parks are rich. And between some very nice caches.
Many thanks from Germany from the Moorhelmi

Found with mrs steaks. Tftc

TFTC Found after a morning playing on jetboats and helicopters

TFTF. ON THE WAY BACK FROM HOLS. A NICE QUICK FIND IN A VERY PRETTY SPOT. LOG FULL.

Log full.

log needs to be replaced

Quick find on our way back home to hawkes bay. Log signed b&p. Find number 4180.
Thanks for the cache TGC4.

Quick grab here before heading off for a nice relaxing soak at wairakei terraces. A few muggles around today but none near gz. Spotted the lid from a distance and wonder why something so bright was there, made sure when I replaced lid was tucked Inside out of sight. Nice job on the camo

Found while on holiday in NZ

Easy find in the pouring rain. Thanks

Nice and easy. Log is quite full. Tftc

After visiting Huka Falls we picked this cache up on our way back in to Taupo. A quick easy drive-by find, TFTC!

Day 10 of our Mega Roadtrip. Nice to stop after an hour or so driving even for a quick PnG A nice quick find but unfortunately the log is full. Thanks for the smilie

enjoying a wee drive back to taupo from Turangi collecting a few caches while down for the Mega thx.

Found heading home after the mega. Lovely location. TFTC. Logbook full

Last stop on way home from mega quick find

On the way home from Mega and pretty much cached out after the last 3 days. Grabbing a few easyish drivebys. Thanks.

A lovely view over the falls. We grabbed this one on the way back from the Mega and had made an effort to get a couple of caches on the way home. We had been to the falls yesterday but it was nice to see them from a different angle. Thanks for the cache and bringing us to this view point. #662

Returning home from the Mega in Turangi and stopped to get some caches on the way. A quick find. It was good to see the falls from this location, a great view. TFTC.

Out caching with Anastriel, Lycurgon and Small Pooka for the Mega event. TFTC

Toby spotted it from the car! Nice locale

TFTC
#415

This cache has been a popular drive by for many of the mega travellers. Managed to squeeze our names in before full. Tftc

Got this with Pazzabella on our way to Mega great views TFTC

Another early morning start with Philip.Perry. This was to be our biggest road trip together so far, not necessarily for cache numbers, but because we were off to the Mega in Turangi.

Of course Philip had planned out the day with the most efficient way to get maximum cache haul and this series was definitely on our way south.

Nice camo. Thanks for bringing me here.

a quick stop and find on another day of caching heading for the mega, some beautiful views from here, tftc

some great views from here, with no one around this was a quick and easy find, tftc

On my way down to this year's NZ MEGA event (NZ Geocaching Adventure 2016, Turangi). Karicka kindly gave me a lift and we had a fun afternoon grabbing a number of caches on the road from Rotorua to Turangi. Thanks for this great cache.

Enjoyed caching this weekend, or would like to join a large group of cachers next year then check out:
GC6M2V0, Oamaru (South Island) next Labour Weekend (21-23 October 2017)
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On my way to the turangi mega - aiming for 50 caches today. This was find nr 20. Nice spot and great hide! Tftc

Time for a quick view of Huka before heading to the MEGA. Thanks for the hide.
#432

Wet and with a very cold wind when we got out of the car nearby the cache so we didn't linger! Glad for the easy find. Thanks for placing TGC4, if only the conditions were a bit better we would have spent a bit of time looking at views as others have done (now that I can see some logs)! On my way to the Mega with casaba3 so onwards we go...

On our way to the Mega in Turangi.

This was the last cache before Taupo and Mr NZT had to convince Mrs NZT that it would be a quick park and grab.

Sure enough Mrs NZT was able to drive right next to GZ while Mr NZT jumped out and made the quick find. Even jumping back into the car to sign the log.

TFTC

Cache # 3,391 - another quick find, this one with Astro Hunter and Violet Butterfly. Saw that we missed meeting TNXPro by less than an hour. All good with the cache, although note that the log book is nearly full. TNLNSL. TFTC!

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

Cache # 665

A nice find today with Astro Hunter and The Wandering Dragons. Thank you.

Cache # 1,200

The log book is nearly full, and with the nearby Mega event will need replacement after this weekend.

On our way to MEGA and doing a bit of sightseeing around Taupo . A great view of the river from up here. Thanks for the cache

This was one of over 60 stops 'Team B.O.P.' would make on the way down to the 2016 NZ MEGA in Turangi. TNXPro and myself have teamed up again with plans to meet Davidsonclan later on. This cache was found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords, a good hint and a straight forward hide. A good park and grab. Cheers TGC4 - TFTC

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Day three of my New Zealand MEGA geocaching trip
A quick find after visiting some Earth Caches in the area.
Thanks for hiding
R

Great little park and grab. Really liked the log book cover. Tftc

Found this on a lovely day after a walk around the Craters of the Moon for the earth cache!

Found it. Nice easy find in drive by rest area. Tftc.

Another quick find and picked up another passenger as well. Nau mai haere mai e hoa! TFTC:)

Taking a drive down around the mountain for some fresh air, stopped for some caches along the way.

Nice quick find on the drive into Taupo still very early in the morning. TFTC

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A quick stop and a quick find as we stop for a lunch break on the way south. Had to wait for a muggle to leave. Picked up a path-tag but no TB in there. TFTC

Homeward bound...on our journey we found this nice park and drive cache...beautiful view...log book is a lil damp...tftc

Dropped tb

Nice and quick drive by. Tftc

Well camouflaged.

On our North Island mid winter trip. Heading south to Taupo after a few days up the road in Rotorua. Quick stop at this spot, peaks of the river down below - the river making its presence known with its sound.

The boys found it bit forgot a pen .

Great little find on a beautiful day.

Down in Taupo for the weekend so we picked up a few caches on the way. Great spot here, TFTC

On our way from Taupo to Rotorua we made a quick stop for this one. Easy find at GZ. TFTC

After staying the night in Kinloch and losing half of our group, alpenmilch80 and I decided to stay around the Taupo area for some more geocaching before heading up to Rotorua for some more adventure.

Heading out of Taupe now and pulled in to look for this one. Not too many places it should have been and we had it in hand nice and quickly. TFTC

No one around today so was a nice easy pickup. TFTC

We were heading down to the Hawkes Bay for the weekend in order to run a half-marathon in the vineyards. Of course, no road trip is complete without grabbing some geocaches along the way, and this was one of our targets.

A bit disappointed we couldn't get a high view of the Huka Falls from here, but it was still neat to hear the water gushing through. A quick find at GZ, thanks for the hide.

Lovely view of the falls, but there was something VERY smelly in the bushes nearby!

Great little spot to stop, nice to see the falls too.

Found on visit to the Tongariro National Park for the long weekend. Stopped to visit the Falls on the way home.Lovely spot for lunch.

Awesome little find tftc !

Had to be stealth muffler everywhere

Quick cache on the way to taupo gorgeous view TFTC!!

Awesome, great spot!

Yesterday afternoon I visited the huka falls. Really impressive and beautyfull. And it's nice that you can have so many different views on it. After three views yesterday I now stopped here for another one. And I found a nice cache, too. The only muggle around couldn't see GZ and so I could search undisturbed.

Thanks a lot for the cache.
dG

Great to have a successful find after missing out on a nearby cache. AWESOME cache log book. Thank you

Got it; took a while though

Lived here half my life and have never been to this lookout/picnic spot Loved the camo log book and creative hide.

We found this nice cache on the way back to Taupo afther we visited the Craters of the moon.

Thanks for the hide and the maintain.

Greetings from the Steipilzbrätler from Switzerland

I came over to New Zealand to meet my son, who is staying now for more than five months on the other side of the world. Our intension is, to travel now for 4 weeks through this fantastic land and visiting a lot of fine spots on both islands.
Met in Auckland, our first trip led us to the Far North with some spectacular locations. It was a lot of driving, but we think, it was worth the result.
Now the second part of our travelling route led us to the south. Going via Hamilton with some fine locations, Hobbiton was an absolutely must of our "unexpected journey" . Went then to Tauranga with a hard upclimb to Mt. Maunganui, visited Rotorua to see lot of vulcanic activities, have had a lot of fun with Zorbing and Claybird shooting and drove then to Taupa, to doing Skydiving.
Here we go: Napier with it's beautiful Art Deco district and the great Aquarium was the next stop.
Final destination on the North Island was Wellington, were we visited some great places and met some friends from Germany.
Of course, even if it is not our main activity during this holidays, we will looking for some caches, which are laying beside our route.
So this cache was one of those, we've picked up.
Many thanks to TGC4 for this fine cache and best greetings from Germany.
**Geovortex** & *Nilito*
# 6065

Quick find by Mrs Hui. Nice overlook of Huka Falls. TFTC. Mahalo and Aloha from Hawaii.

A daytrip to Orakei-Korako. What a great place. Never seen such a spot before. Then back to Taupo with some finds on the way. Thanks

Nice spot

Headed out on a hot summers day to grab a few caches, great afternoon followed by a dip in the lake.