hole in the rocks (Central Plateau) Waitahanui, North Island, New Zealand
By Spadey&sons on 04-Jan-11. Waypoint GC2M13B

As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Didnt find it but now see it has been disabled oh darn

DNF at 12:51:32 PM. We found a group of pumice stones at the given location and then as we dug a little deeper there was a rotting nappy that came to the surface - so we retreated and said that we had had enough.

14:52
Whilst we're not a tipp'n it's a miss'n, the debris and rubbish in the locality made us think twice about the serious looking needed for a D2.
We did enjoy viewing the reason for bringing us here but sadly hides such as this do absolutely nothing positive for the image of geocaching.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt Spadey&sons.
4662

This cache has been taken and the area messed up

There's been a lot of water through this site lately, I suspect it's no longer there.

Hole appears to be empty. : (

Logging as found, though clearly needs maintenance.

Needs immediate attention.

#496#9.10
Indeed the logrol is missing. Just an empty box... maybe a bit of maintenance... TFTC and greetings from Holland.

Best taniwha we have ever seen but logbook missing

Scrabbled about in the flax with no luck and getting stabbed by the prickles then took a step back and bingo the cache was ours! I'm sure the taniwha giggled at our silliness!

Found in plain view so covered it up a little better. TFTC

Nice location. Kids played on the beach and admired the big fish head,

L+K cz Thanks

Great place for a cache with magic view of the lake. Managed to grab the cache and complete the log before the taniwha spotted us TFTC.

This entry was edited by rosmar on Saturday, 02 June 2012 at 21:29:04 UTC.

Found along with Dani3104 while on holiday in NZ!

Great spot on a miserable day.

TFTC!

Found with Rhyslostplot while on holiobobs! TFTC
Took TB

A beautiful morning on the way to Wellywood. A quick find. Dropped off TB. TFTC.

Quick find on our way south. NINO TFTC

Loved the taniwha. Beautiful lake and scenery early in the morning. TFTC

Nice cache to get me down to the lake. Didn't use the bench for contemplation because the wind was howling.

Quick found on our way to Rotorua!

TFTC
grisu76

A quick find thanks in a delightful location.

good hide the pummice is right gtodd

The novice whose "bach" is nearby was the first to find. and yes, we saw the hen and chicks too though the chick is nearly hen sized now. Good hide and position. Thanks.

Beautiful day and we even saw the hen and chicks from here!!! thanks

#1368 @1300
A quick find. Collected some pumice. TFTC.

3:50pm #1085
Cache found with Krtik together. There we spent 6 weeks in NZ on bicycles. Nice trip thru both islands, interesting nature, wildlife, people, campsites, geocaching, etc... I'd like come back sometime...
Greetings from Czech Rep. / Europe
TFTC

Team Malodo found this stash, while we traveling from Auckland to Palmerston N.
Thank you for this nice place.

Staying nearby so walked also to this one. Nice to be by the lake. Lovely spot. +TB Private Quackie. SL. TFTC.

Love the artwork - what a great way to beautify something so utilitain! Hate flax hides, but this one was made easy. Thanks

Checked out the hole in the rocks on our way north this evening. Love the taniwha! Thanks for showing us. Very windy today - the shores of the lake look like a surf beach!

# 4902

# 5460 - 5475
Found during the eighth day of vacation in North Island, on our way from Turangi to Rotorua.
TFTC

#5239-5297
Found it with portokeil while visiting from France and Portugal
TFTC

Still raining TFTC

Great to see some art in the infrastructure.

Quick find on the way back to the nearby holiday park. Kids took the opportunity to collect some pummice rocks while I found the cache. TFTC

#2537. Quick find among many muggles enjoying the beach and swim today. Stealth required, but not too difficult with camera in hand with the taniwha nearby. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Good clue. Beaut day on the like. Loved the taniwha/

lake was so calm and beautiful today. the taniwha adds to the interest of the area, nice site. TFTC

A small group of young muggles having lots of fun in the water, but the Taniwha protected me: I found the cache as I hid behind him. Added yellow neck string.

Rainy and stormy weather, but a very nice spot.

TTFTC

wobees/ Germany

Found it

Looks like a cool way to open a pipe. TFTC Cats Out Walking

Nice spot windy day so very splashy

Was on my way north to Auckland and decided that I would do a few caches along the route north. Arriving near GZ I was able to find a car-park at the start of the walkway to GZ and it was a quick walk to the cache. Arriving at GZ I managed to find the cache quickly, as we as some dame muggles rubbish in the flax bush, you have got to love the thought that some people are just so lazy that they cant even take their rubbish with them. What a nice spot for a cache really enjoyed the nearby sculpture and it was a great day to come and visit the lake, another great little spot and thanks for bringing me here and placing a cache here, TFTC TNLNSL (3525)

What a great view of the lake. Here with Goldielover tonight. She can't believe all the pumice stones lying around. We have to pay heaps for them in the shops in Brisbane. TFTC

Quick find as the sun was setting. I couldn't believe all the pumice stones just lying around on the beach. There are none on the beaches in Australia All we have on our beaches is seaweed There were some ducks enjoying the view also. TFTC

Nice to stop around here. TFTC

Brilliant spot for a cache. GPS directed us past the spot but then backtracked using the hint and found it easily enough. Nice spot here when the prevailing wind isn't howling in! TFTC

Nice spot .. Easy find. Tftc

Find #783. The 11th of 15 finds for the day travelling to Auckland for a caching expedition. The mediocre rain and cloud that had bugged us up to arriving in Turangi was essentially gone, replaced with blue sky and high cloud - when the sun did come out it warmed up rather quickly to say the least!

A quick find at a nice spot with good views and a vantage point across the Taupo puddle. A very easy find that all geocachers will quickly recognize! No muggle issues, only one walking along the beach in the distance. Good spot. SL TFTC.

There was a muggle near GZ but he left once he noticed us. Had to dodge a muggle doing the lawns but the cache was easy to find.

A nice quick find. No grief from the Taniwha today. TFTC

Awesome place!! Love the Taniwha - once we read the clue was a nice easy find TFTC

Spent some time searching in the dark and rain, the spotted the clue.
T4TC

Found with a samsung sii i9100

Quite different to the hole in the rock (Bay of Islands). Loved the guardian at the rocks.

Found with the help of my 6 year old grandson, Marty. We really enjoyed finding the Taniwha and then the cache. TFTC

Got it this time after previous failed attempt. TFTC

Found the pile of pumice quickly and the cache.Thanks.

Pretty cool, enjoyed seeing the local taniwha.
TFTC

Quick find once the muggle had moved on TFTC

Signed on back of old log sheet as did not see a new one.
TFTC

Great spot in the afternoon sun

Quick find on my way to Wellington. SL.TNLN.TFTC

Nice and quick.TFTC

Beautiful spot, even on a very rough and windy day. Our youngest cacher loved the taniwha! Took TB.

Neat spot to come down to the lake - although it was crashing on the shore today with a wind behind it - tftc. Much nicer spot then Mill rd where i didn't even get out of my car

Whoops forgot - TB drop off

A good spot for a cache

TFTC

loved it thanks

A quick find on my way north today. Loved the taniwha! Signed log, TFTC

Quick for early on a cold morning, Mind the Blackberry around site.

Greetings from wimbledon, london. A cold and blustery day! We are staying a very short stroll away at the family bach and i thought i'd try out a few nz caches! TNLN

Found with Psychrn

Found with Psychrn

Easy find with teejay

7146 Nice spot for a cache… must have just missed psychrn, soon spotted the nicely stacked pile of pumice rocks, TFTC.

XC and TK heading north again after a nice relaxing weekend in Turangi.. Rain kept us indoors most of the time.. But had time to dash for this one between showers.. Nice spot for a cache...
TFTC #1420

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! Quick find once we got past the taniwha. TFTC&H Spadey&sons

Quick and easy - My Daughter did not believe me when I told her there was a Taniwha there, but after the visit she is now convinced that this is where his cave is! TFTC

Just down beach from our stay in Taupo for the long weekend. Beautiful spot as the sun goes down, watching all the boats fishing offshore. Like the Taniwha too. TFTC

4.45pm - Last cache for the day plus another to take off the WL. Quick find as the sun was setting. SL>TFTC

Found on a very cold afternoon, nice sunset though, TNLN, thanks from MADToo

NZ11. It was nice to be right on the lake. Wow those bushes can hide all sorts of things. Thanks.

5002.200 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Crystal Compass Rose 2009 5th Ann Glacier A#145

Albida

nice easy find

TFTC. Good spot for a swim but alittle cold and windy today. Cheers.

Nice cache, TFTC

Nice quick find on the way to Auckland today. SL TFTC

An impressive taniwha, and although the type of hiding place doesn't inspire us, it was relatively easy to find. TFTC

Nice little walk in the rain on Anzac Day as we headed north. TFTC

fitzy_1965 and I visited NZ over the Easter Long Weekend on a caching run. We were here in early January this year for a holiday and a caching run. Then I won Business Class return flights to Auckland on Emirates (the flight was awesome by the way) so we're back!

We met the owners at the last cache, and now we're meeting the Grandad of the kids, lovely to see it's all in the family and thanks for the pointer!

TFTC!

3728 + 122 = 3850. ACBC 66 and I visited NZ over the Easter Long Weekend on a Caching run. After completing the 101 Dalmations Power Trail and the Mangere Wastewater Trail of Power, we headed south caching along the way...

After meeting the owner at the last cache we did, this time we met the Granddad of the kids - thanks for the pointer ! A quick find and we were on the way again. Thanks Spadey&sons !

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

I loved the taniwhat - wish our drains were as cool in the South! TFTC.

A quick find right on dark. Loved the taniwha. Left a pet rock - a blue whale. TFTC

We have replaced the cache and moved it by 2 metres as the last one was washed away by a flood.
Come and check it out!

Searched and searched but no luck - looks like a common theme?

Looked hard but no luck

This entry was edited by NZFlossy on Sunday, 17 April 2011 at 09:35:52 UTC.