Ngaruawahia River Walk (Waikato) Ngaruawahia, North Island, New Zealand
By McCutchan Cache Clan on 16-Dec-10. Waypoint GC2KCAC

I don't think the cache is there any more... Checked other possible location but no success

Table has gone, so it's time for the cache to be gone

The table it was on appears to have gone, only a trace of the foundations were at the published coordinates.

Had two choices - guessed wrong A quick drive by as we mooched on down to Pirongia. This is definitely the long way home from Auckland, but pretty typical in the life of a geocaching family. Required Mrs Tparty's earring to extract the log, but once that was prised from her person, it was all done and dusted before the whanau on bikes appeared from the bushes along the walkway. TFTC

Nice quick find using C Geo. app. on phone. On way home north from Raglan Camp. Found with Kittycat 432. Couldnt get log out of cache to sign and had no tweezers. TFTC

So tiny, so sneaky! Tftc

Thanks it took a while but we found it

Now if the app on my phone worked better and I didn't get confused while looking for this one I would have gone straight to it and eventually found it much quicker than I did. Somehow I was looking for this cache using the directions for Waipa River Esplanade Walkway cache.
It took an hour of searching in all the wrong locations when I finally figured where I was going wrong and even longer before I finally found the cache. Blonde moments amongst all the grey today! I'll try one more cache before heading home.

Found it. Well my partner did.i didnt know what a nano was lol.

772 Just finished gathering caches up northern end of the Hakrimatas. So I sat and enjoyed and an icecream and fanta. Oh yeah and another cache. Pen wouldn't work so I scratched away as best I can. Took a photo of the 4 pens i had that would not write on the log sheet

This entry was edited by KayGeeDee on Saturday, 28 March 2015 at 07:24:45 UTC.

After the event I decided to get some more geocaching done in the area. Quick find at GZ. TFTC

Went straight to it and thanks for bringing us to another new place.

After spending the weekend in Raglan, I stopped for this cache on my way back to Auckland. A nice quick find at GZ. TFTC!

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GPS cords were spot on. Nice little cache and spot to hide it.

Perfect place to stop & give the geo dogs a run; and for weary travellers to to take a breather, & enjoy the beautiful river.
Thanx

Found

Found it

a nice little place on earth! TFTC, but I couldn't use my pen on the logsheet! ... Sorry! Greetings from Belgium

The find was easy, the reassembling while standing in the rail was harder. TFTC

Stopped for a picnic on our way home. Couldnt pass up the chance to grab this cache as we were right on top of it.

Found

Tftc.,

Nice location. Thank you for the cache.

Thanks for this cache! What a great day to get out of Auckland. Merry Christmas!

Had a look on a quick lunch break. No luck.

Another grand adventure with Gap (of Fap and Gap). We hope to rack up as many caches as we can, and put them toward our current GIO License Challenge. Today, we head to North-West Waikato to tackle some of the most isolated, far-flung caches I've ever seen. A big drive that will take us from Port Waikato to Raglan Harbour, and everywhere in between... And the weather is going to make this ride interesting.

This was a former DNF cache for me and one that definitely needed replacement. It's great to be back at ground zone to find this one today. TFTC.

A quick find on a detour home from day care with a very tired 2 year old. Nice to add a smiley to this cache after a previous did not find. Thanks for replacing the cache. 131 day streak for us today.

New cache put in place

Was visiting a friend in Ngaruawahia to watch Bathurst but how long can one sit watching this really??? Made my excuses of taking some of the kids out so the adults would have a bit of peace and quiet. Had actually done some homework last night and loaded a PQ (just in case). This one just happened to be on the same walkway as one 175m from their home so a visit was definitely in order.

5 kids, myself and the dog walked along this great walkway. I love walks like this although the kids were not too happy for long - stones in shoes, need a drink, its too hot etc etc. I just kept going and they followed . Unfortunately I had not noticed the DNF logs otherwise I may not have bothered to be honest but I enjoyed myself that was until our normally timid dog decided to chase a cat whilst on the way back to their house and pull over one of the kids who was holding the lead in the process!! Its always harder when its not your child you are looking after!!

Thanks for the walk and the excuse to get out of watching the race anyway!

We didn't look too hard for this one, and the number of DNFs is enough to suggest this cache has gone. This location deserves to have a cache.

Bench shows repair after being burnt so may have been removed

On our way to Raglan, stopped to have a quick look for this cache, but didnt find anything.

Had a quick look around the obvious places but abandoned the search when a muggle arrived. Thought it prudent to log the DNF since the last two people who have looked for have failed to find it.

No sign of cache had plenty of time but no joy

Possible contamination by muggles, couldn't find cache but found small often used ziplock on the ground, close to gate. Please confirm if contaminated.

Hi hinauri ,

Hope you are watching this cache,

Good to see a new member, hope you are enjoying this hobby


I can't send you an email through the Geocaching contact user as you haven't verified your email address yet. When you do let me know and i'll send you an extra hint on what to look for this cache.

Greg (McCutchan Cahe Clan)

A quick park and grab, before heading for a stroll down the river walk...the advantage of a drizzling afternoon is minimal muggles TFTC

Found it!!!

The littlies find so far thanx

A short stop here for the cache and a break from the drive. We had the place to ourselves so a quick find. A bit of a CITO needed but a nice river outlook. No time for the walkway but maybe next time. TFTC

Mugglers at GZ enjoying a "joint" so had to forego this one unfortunately. Perhaps on future visit to NZ

Our first time finding a cache of this kind! TFTC

A quick stop on the way home from the Mega event. QNice little picnic spot. Quick search and grab and on our way again. TFTC

Found with bkj97 on our mega trip north. Area deserted so quick uninterrupted find.T4TCSL

Quick find as we headed north. TFTCSL

Quick find on the way Waitomo for a caving weekend with the kids

I had trouble locating this one and after some head scratching the cache just suddenly appeared.......hey, I thought I checked there already!

Great to get off the road after driving with the crazy Auckland traffic.

TFTC

Quick find on the way north. No muggles today. TFTC

Neat wee place to visit on such a lovely day . Nice quick find and wonder.

10.05am. Soon had this one in hand.
Thank you. David.

A bit of caching around the area while the other half runs the Huntly half marathon. Nice quick find here and another nice spot along the walkway - well, at the end of it anyway. There seemed to be a party going on across the road with lots of load live music going on. TFTC!!!

Yet another walkway we didn't know about. Thanks for showing us.

TFTC!

the first find on our road trip today. Will be fabulous to revisit and do the walk one day. TFTC

TFTC

Found on the way to Hamilton. Nice walk and easy find. TFTC

Heading South goldielover and I stopped for this cache. No time though for a walk beside the river.
TFTC

Quick stop by as we head south. TFTC!!!

Found it.Tftc

A nice easy stop-off on our way back to Auckland from New Plymouth. Must do the river walk at some stage. TFTC.

Quick stop off and find

This river walk is a huge improvement on the Ngaruawahia of my youth. t4tc

Found this one on our way to Wanganui for Christmas.
Mum located the general area, but was concerned about a muggle camper van parked right next to it.
The kids were a great distraction - 4YO spotted the cache and 8YO grabbed it.

The muggle appeared to sleep through the whole thing!

A nice quick find - and a good morning tea stop.

Found with Wasptor, fraggle_rock and t-rex05. TFTC!

Found with Wasptor and Fraggle_Rock while out on a caching trip. TFTC!

Found on our way from Waitomo to Auckland. Great little spot! TFTC!

interesting found a pair of paints here. stopped for morning tea and continued on our way. TFTC!

A nice spot and a quick find. TFTC

New logbook!

A quick stop to fill a calendar spot. Some unsavory smells at gz! Easy find, scribbled in a tiny signature in the chock full log book.

Log book chockablock.

Found this one while on a 14 hour caching raid around Huntly and Hamilton with Friwinz! Really enjoyable day. Log book full tftc

First geocaching endurance adventure for Geomatt123 and I, we loved it . So that's where the walk starts from! Took a little while to find this one as we were attracted by a sticker that had been left by previous cachers on the other side of the table. TFTC

#22 for the day, out on a mission with Z-masterNZ.
TFTC

TFTC

Thanks for the cache. Was a beautiful day on Sunday and if we didn't have too get to Auckland we would have done the walk.

Very easy nano with great views. TFTC! ??

Another qiuck find after refereeing at centenial pk

quick find on route to Auckland. TFTC

Found an empty eclipse tin on the ground but luckily it wasn't the cache.

Kid's first nano - very impressed!

Nice quick find. TFTC

Nice spot but no time to do walk. TFTC

found

Found it

Great find.

Quick stop.

Had just been up Hakarimatas so legs were only interested in a quick grab! Nice spot. TFTC

Quick find on the way back from working down south. TFTC

67 of 164 finds in the 24hr Cache-A-Tron Waikato Cache Raid
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Located cache fairly quickly, but as we were on a big mission we had to push on, no time to take in the scenery today.

TFTC.

Found on our 24hr caching mission, Cache-A-Tron - Auckland to Hamilton and back again. After a quick examination of objects we had cache in hand and onto to the next one...

Found on our 24hr cache-a-tron mission from Auckland to the Waikato. Due to our 5 minute time constraint we had set ourselves couldn't take a stroll. TFTC

67 of 164 finds in the 24hr Cache-A-Tron Waikato Cache Raid
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found after a short search - no time for the walk today though...

TFTC

This entry was edited by PhantasmNZ on Friday, 02 March 2012 at 10:06:58 UTC.

Found on our 24hr caching mission, Cache-A-Tron - Auckland to Hamilton and back again. After a quick examination of objects we had cache in hand and onto to the next one...

This entry was edited by Loz47 on Sunday, 04 March 2012 at 03:02:32 UTC.

Found it tftc

Had a nice picnic in the park. Something smells tho. Thx

A nice little spot I had visited before, spent the night here in fact.

TFTC

will do this walk another day, good hide, love those nano containers! [8]

Left it too late for a riverside walk today, but it looks like a nice spot, so we'll have to come back to do the walk. Nearly missed it as the spiders have done a good job camouflaging it. Thanks for bringing us here.

Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble

Nice place for the final of the day. Time to get the groceries & kids home !!!

WKTBO T4TC