Zuleika (Wairarapa) Ngawi, North Island, New Zealand
By Skindo on 24-Aug-10. Waypoint GC2DZDM

#11,760. I was over in the Wairarapa on a work trip. I was aware this one had been found last year. So stopped to have a look for it. After searching in a couple of wrong spots I soon located the cache. Still the original skindo pottle and logbook. Thanks skindo for highlighting the memorial to a sad event from a 100+ years ago.

Thanks for bringing us to this interesting memorial skindo. Intriguing having a stile over the tiny fence.

Paused to pay our respects - just about the only cache I spotted first today! Thanks Skindo for letting us know about such an interesting location.

What a sad story. Thanks for bringing us to this spot. We paid our respects before finding the cache. TFTC Skindo!

Another road trip to the Wairarapa, this time to pick up caches for the Mystery at the Museum. I headed out to Cape Palliser as I haven't been out this way for a few years - before I started geocaching so there's plenty for me to get.

I wasn't sure about my chances of finding this one, given that it's been over four years since it was last found, but I dutifully had a look and was pleasantly surprised to spot the container almost right away, and still in great condition, with the log still nice and dry. Signed and replaced - quite a desolate area around here. TFTC

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Team effort to find this one in the dark with LNM1961 and her husband. As LNM1961's husand moved the torch I saw flash of plastic -the cache. All aok. Now have to hunt for more information about the shipwreck. TFTC.

Found with hubby and ETHNZ. A team effort as found in the dark with the torch hitting a hint of plastic. TFTC

Unfortunately this one appears to have gone missing - I had a good hunt around, and looked in the grass nearby in case it had blown out a bit. Alas - no joy.

Quick find while on a caching trip in the area
Enjoying finding all the caches
TFTC

NIce quick find that brings us to a piece of history that we didn't know about.

tftc

5th for day

Nice to get a little history on the caching voyage. thanks....no 13

Interesting piece of History. TFTC.

A fascinating story in a very interesting part of the country. Thanks for bringing us here!

Such a quiet and desolate spot today. Does it ever get green here?

On the way to Cape Palliser we found this cache.
Mahopalu

A dash out to Cape Palliser and back. This was find number 11 for the day. It is amazing what little bits of history are found in the middle of nowhere. Cache quickly found and signed. TFTC.

Found on a >41 hour non-stop geo roadtrip from Wellington to Auckland via Cape Palliser and a whole bunch of skinny winding Wairarapa roads, in the esteemed company of slieschke, mike-miss and cretti. We picked up our rental car, dubbed the Idiot Box, and assumed our new identity as Team CRT, shortly after 8am at Wellington Airport and headed north.

We first headed to Porirua Harbour to take on the resident Kiwi geo art trail before heading over to the southern Wairarapa and Cape Palliser where we visited the light house at about midnight and tried our best to avoid seals while searching for a few caches along the southern most shore line of the North Island.

We headed up past Greytown and Carterton, focussing on caching areas west of SH2 this trip. There were some highlight caches, particularly around Carterton (I think) and some way up in the hills looking over the whole area from Masterton to Martinborough.

It was daylight again by the time we hit Masterton and we decided to hit fast forward and skip a planned area (will just have to come back again!) and shot through to Palmerston North where we got back into the swing of things.

We took the back-road up to Mangaweka, discovering some really fanstastic little places along the way, like a picnic area and waterfall way down in a canyon, and then we continued via Taihape, across and up through Owhango, to get some really old caches, and then north through Te Awamutu and back to Auckland to drop off the Idiot Box at the airport.

And of course, despite it then being after 1am on Monday morning, and raining kinda heavily, slieschke and I couldn't resist driving over to the North Shore for an FTF on a cache published earlier in the evening.

Thanks to all the cache owners along the way, even if we couldn't find your cache - all part of the adventure! Sorry for the copy/paste log, but just too many caches to remember *all* of them individually. TFTC!!!

Found in the company of Cretti, funkymunkyzone and mike-miss on a crazy Wellington to Auckland road trip in the idiot box. We traveled via the Kiwi GeoTrail in Porirua, the Wairarapa including Cape Palliser, the Manawatu, and back to Auckland via the western side of the Central Plateau. Signed as Team CRT. Despite very little sleep the weekend was a blast!

Thanks!

Team CRT - traveling in The IdiotBox - For the first time, I have joined in with the mad crew of: FunkyMonkeyZone, Slieschke and Mike-Miss in a mad 40 hr caching drive from Wellington back to Auckland.

We're into hour 13.

Find #781. Thanks for the cache. 30/08/2014 21:05

A plan was hatched for yet another extreme, fly down, drive back caching weekend from Wellington to Auckland. This time, Cretti and slieschke joined in on what turned out to be another epic road trip with myself and funkymunkyzone (our third trip this year).
We all met up at Wellington Saturday morning as i ended up being on an earlier flight to the rest of the crew. Jumped in our rental which happened to be a Ssangyong SUV this time round and headed straight to Porirua Harbour to hit the Kiwi GeoTrail. From there on, we zig zagged our way through Wiararapa to Cape Palliser, back up through Martinborough, Masterton, Ekatahuna, Pahiatua, Palmerston North, Taihape, Te Awamutu and back home to Auckland in the early hours of Monday morning.

To save time and log space, we signed the logs as "Team CRT" travelling in the idiot box for the weekend. Lots of laughs were had over our 1500km+ / 41 hour road trip which consisted mainly of narrow gravel roads, some of which had spectacular scenery and views. Sorry for the copy/paste logs as its now all abit of a blur having only a few short naps in between. Many thanks to all the cache owners who have placed caches for us to find on another epic little adventure. TFTC!

This was our last one for the day and found in the dark!

Final find of the day, 24 in total so a good days caching in my book. tftc.

Making a strong start to our winter caching in 2014, we hope.
This one on the way to a Wairarapa day's run to Palliser.
Enjoyed the history on this one. Thanks.
Straightforward find; cache in order, log signed, then safely re-hidden.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

Were in the area taken photo's, did not have the GPS with me, but said to the wife there has to be a cache there, and found it in the first place I checked. - Thanks Bitsprayer

Getting dark, but found with a light. Tftc

A nice spot for a cache, cleaning up a few in the Wairarapa.

TFTC

Nice to stop at a historic place during our trip. Sad to see how many lives are lost at sea. TFTC

Thank you, skindo, for placing this and the many other caches along here (and the rest of the Wairarapa!).
I accidentally drove past here but found the story so interesting that I turned & drove back. On a blustery & damp day one can easily image the conditions in which these poor folk perished.
TFTC.

Interesting to know the story behind this memorial.

Interest bit of naval history TFTC

Amazing pioneering story. Thanks!

Thanks for showing and telling.

#3595 @0730
Heading for Wellington after a forced night camping out near Cape Palliser. After being rescued I continued my caching mission finding the caches I'd passed yesterday getting to the Cape. Another quick find here. Interesting history. TFTC.

It has been interesting to learn of the local history with the various caches. Have driven by this spot many times and never noticed. Cache in good order and log dry. TFTC and many thanks for the history.

Quick find in an area we had not visited previously but glad we made the effort on such a gorgeous last day of the 2013 caching year.
What a great area to spend New Years eve, wine is already in the fridge TFTC.

A poignant spot, and rather sad it is so neglected now. TFTC

Found with troodles. TFTC

Found on a motorcycle ride to explore the area. What a beautiful memorial to those poor souls with the flowers in full bloom. This must have been a bleak and pretty deserted area when the disaster happened. TFTC

Nice that this little memorial remains. TFTC.

Quick find on the way home from a nice long weekend in Ngawi

Interesting bit of history. TFTC

Nice spot to have a rest for trackable, tftc

Definitely a spot to stop and look, thanks.

Found with Edvern and Tramper Ted on Geocaching weekend in Cape Palliser. TFTC

This entry was edited by Done and Dusted on Sunday, 11 August 2013 at 04:25:17 UTC.

An interesting history, and you can imagine the wild seas at times although day it was very calm. TFTC

Found during an enjoyable stay at Palliser Bay for the weekend. Thanks for inviting us to stop at this monument with its interesting, but sad history.

We visited this cache on our return after visiting Cape Palliser. An easy park and grab with a sad story. Thanks for the box!

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An interesting memorial dedicated to the crew of the Zuleika.
Out: Dragon's Strasbourg Astronomical Clock Geocoin
TFTC.

Almost had enough caching for the day and driver getting sick of stopping, but thanks for placing all your caches along this coast line.

Found with KK33NZ on a caching run dow Featherston to Palliser Bay coast. Poignant reminder. TFTC Skindo!

Enjoyed the write-up on this one, and a poignant, but somewhat small memorial. I guess there were quite a number of ships wrecked on the southern coast in the 'old days'.

Thanks for the history. Yet another site you would miss if geocaching wasn't bringing you here.

TFTC! Dropped off a 'Street Shark' TB. Seemed a good place next to the ocean.

#3713. A fitting memorial. Fortunately, today was sunny and relatively calm. Quick find. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Moving back up north too windy down here for the caravan. Stopped for some caches on the way back. TFTC.

One of Rala's parent's cats is called Suleika, so we had to stop. This place is in a wonderful setting, although the "reason" is not so wonderful.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Day 6 of the trip home to Christchurch, around Martinborough. A quick stop on the way to the cape. Thanks for the hide.

Another interesting snippet of history that I have learnt through geocaching.
Cache took a few minutes to find - I initially looked int he correct place, but couldn't find it (didn't want to get my clothes wet by the long grass) so looked elsewhere and StreetWalker eventually found the cache.
TFTC.

#4544. A very nice little parking area, interesting history and good views. TFTC.

We looked everywhere, but possible this one has gone missing.

Couldn't find it. Looked everywhere.

A big day of geocaching. 16 found today in the company of oz n nz when visiting area while on holiday in New Zealand. TNLN TFTC.

Thanks for bringing us here on a glorious sunny day to this delightful spot. TFTC

TFTC

TNLN

A bit tricky to grab this one without stomping on the vegetation. TFTC

Stopped here thinking it was a quick roadside and found the grave. Very interesting piece of history. Thanks for the quick stop. Did with Mycro Man

Did with CrystalFairy

Doing a run along the coast today. Beautiful calm sea and sunny weather. A quick find. TFTC

Found with danielle:-). TFTC

Quick stop-by. TFTC. Found with Matt29.

A quick find in the first place I looked. A sad reminder of days gone past. It certainly is "big sky country" around here. Just magnificent. TNLN SL TFTC

About to give up, then success, cache in hand. Very interesting story. TFTC.

Unfortunately didn't locate this cache. Really interesting story though

TFTC quick find while in the area.

Thanks for the interesting information about an event I had previously had no knowledge of. It seems to me that the memorial is rather inadequate for such a tragic occurrence.

Find #1149. Continuing to journey along to Cape Palliser. Yet another shipwreck site along the Wairarapa coast - we've visited alot of them now... the coast really is quite literally littered with them. This must be one of the older ones however, and the weather was poles apart from what the crewmembers of the ship must of experienced, today it was as flat as glass. It looks like it's been a while since someone came out and maintained this spot. Thanks skindo for notifying us of this interesting piece of history. SL TFTC.

Superbly researched information making the cache so much more meaningful. Great work skindo.

Quick find on another caching day here after staying the night in Greytown. Interesting piece of history. NINO TFTC

Quick find. TFTC

TNLN, Signed log.
TFTC

Found on bit of a clean up tour of the Wairarapa. An interesting little memorial. Great spot for a cache.
TFTC

Leerzaam, snel gevonden

Nice here today. TFTC

Beautiful views ,beautiful day,hard to believe the history when you get perfect days like this,signed log ,thanks for teaching me something new

Beautiful views -- we intend to come back on a sunny day.

quick found on the way to cape palliser ...

Nice wee cache, while in the area. Bit sad thou.

Quick find on a great day caching the area tftc

A quick find on the way to Cape Palliser this afternoon. I didn't know about this monument, thanks for bringing me here. Signed log, TFTC!

last cache for the day. found in the bark.

An interesting location - what a sad history.

Interesting bit of history! Well spotted - we wouldn't have seen it in the dark otherwise Cheers Gav [7876]

Las one for the day as the light dropped. A fitting memorial. TFTC

day down the south coast nice cache

close to another surf spot nice history

Found this cache on my way from Cape Palliser today. Interesting spot. TFTC. Sherlock Hood.

#671. Thanks for the piece of history in another one of those spots you drive past without knowing it was there. Cache quickly found, TNLNSL, TFTC.

Easy find - thanks for making us stop and see this spot otherwise wouldn't have known it was there - cheerz Jumboz

Never noticed this before. Interesting spot. TFTC