ETA (East Taupo Arterial) Wairakei, North Island, New Zealand
By
dazzie on 02-Nov-10. Waypoint GC2HD67
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Logs
6.8.11 14:01 Find #1088 TFTC Greetings from the Czech Republic.Found it together with JarPet and geosister.
Nice bridge. I like this combination of colours. Found it from lower road.[^]
Nice bridge. I like this combination of colours. Found it from lower road.[^]
About to disable ETA you have got two weeks from the 28TH July!
BTW for those that use the map to find you way its "way out" Ask google to do a up date!
BTW for those that use the map to find you way its "way out" Ask google to do a up date!
Pulled over in stopping area to check something else, then looked at GPS and saw only 5m away from cache.
7133 Great views… interesting structure, not sure about the colour scheme though. TFTC.
First time on the ETA today, most impressed with the large structure. Couldn't lay my hands on the cache, in spite of a good look between traffic. Coords seemed to be pointing 6m away from the barrier, so couldn't really pin down an exact spot.
NZ11. I came from below to keep out of the traffic. I had no problems choosing the right spot. Thanks.
4987.185 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & One Way Caching A#28
Albida
4987.185 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & One Way Caching A#28
Albida
Don't ya just love this new ETA. Brilliant. Saves up 10-15 minutes every trip. And our first cache on this new route so well done. Easy find by daughter - TFTC.
Quick find and managed to avoid the passing trucks and so did my wingmirror - just. TFTCSL
Finally came back for this one. spotted easily from below. I'd much rather approach this way than parked on the main highway!
Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 37.830 E 176° 05.882
Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 37.825 E 176° 05.888
Distance from original: 41.6 feet or 12.7 meters.
update coordinates
S 38° 37.830 E 176° 05.882
Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 37.825 E 176° 05.888
Distance from original: 41.6 feet or 12.7 meters.
update coordinates
Pleased we were on our MTBs so we didn't need to stop in this 'pull over area'. We came alongside it and up from beneath. TFTC Took awhile to find cos GPS took us elsewhere but got there in the end.
6.45pm - Prawn farm closed so did this cache instead, approached from a different direction than listed but we we rretrieved it by walking up a small bank where no muggles could see us TFTC
#1788. Nice new road. As we were searching, another vehicle pulled up behind us. It turned out to be another caching team - nice to meet you Cache Hunters_Karen and Mark. The cache was eventually found a short distance away from where the GPS was pointing. We returned it where found. TNLNSL. TFTC.
Arrived at this one while driving around outisde Taupo & had our first cachers' meeting with huhugrub! Worked together to find this one a short distance away from its alleged location. Good to meet other cachers. 
Hello from Australia!
Hello from Australia!
28-11-2010 at 10:45
Find: #147
Interesting place for a cache. Luckily we were not on the motorway when we got this one, instead parked on a gravel road and climbed up the embankment to retrieve
TFTC
Find: #147
Interesting place for a cache. Luckily we were not on the motorway when we got this one, instead parked on a gravel road and climbed up the embankment to retrieve
TFTC
Its not a motorway so no need to panic about stopping ( please don't climb up the embankment to retrieve) ,been keep a eye on the cache over the pass weeks there's been a bit cache drift going on. I have been putting back in the right place.(as I did today)
#2720
Drive by yes, but were going the wrong way so had to U-EEE around. Quick find in the evening, hardly any traffic at all.
TNLN TFTC
Drive by yes, but were going the wrong way so had to U-EEE around. Quick find in the evening, hardly any traffic at all.
TNLN TFTC
Very cool bridge and a very impressive bypass, this is one of the best things that ever happened for SH1.
A quick park'n'grab and continued northward.
TFTC
A quick park'n'grab and continued northward.
TFTC
Hmmm Parked the car where GPS indicated GZ, searched about 10m each side of it, but was feeling quite uncomfortable with the dozens of cars zooming by. Will come back, maybe early morning when there's less traffic around to spot my suspicious behaviour!
A quick park and grab - didn't stick around as police were trawling the area. TFTC!!! 
FTF, Taupo cachers have come out of hybernation again. Found it after a short search. Hope no-one gets spoken to by the Highway patrol for stopping there. TFTC
