Horomanga Hollow (Bay of Plenty) Galatea, North Island, New Zealand
By
mineemo on 30-Apr-11. Waypoint GC2VAEG
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This cache has not been found for over two years. It would be good if the CO could confirm if it’s still there. Thanks.
Visiting Ohope to see a cousin. Decided to detour down to Murupara and collect some smiley faces. Sadly this was our one DNF. Had a good search but no joy here.
Had a slight detour to get here as the nearby bridge is closed. Will plan to return sometime.
Had a slight detour to get here as the nearby bridge is closed. Will plan to return sometime.
Out with Philip.Perry and Nzflossy exploring this great area quick find here today as we had Nzflossy with us who has found it previously.
Tftc Mineemo
5.93km
Tftc Mineemo
5.93km
Todays Team BOP road trip was made up of Davidson Clan, NZFlossy and I and our target is Nerweeds Murupara/Galatea trail - but of course I'll try to stop at everything I can 
Cache found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward placement. Cheers mineemo, TFTC.
Cache found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward placement. Cheers mineemo, TFTC.
Down this way doing a road trip collecting some new caches. We were in Richards Nissan so able to handle the potholes much better than in my little Suzuki. I haven't been down here for a long time but have been here a couple of times when we walked into the Midway hut. Sadly this hut has burnt down but you did always have to worry about the car parked here. Found the cache quite quickly but it is very wet inside - I was going to replace the log but feel it is a waste of time and will get wet again very quickly. TFTC
Got to this one right on dusk so used my headlamp and found it right away as cords were almost spot on. However had to dodge several piles of human poo at the base of the bank - man some people are lazy and disgusting !
Great spot, I have been here previously for a weekend hike, gets a fav, thanks
Been on a nostalgia trip to Murupara with Matthew-Supertramp, and he said lets give it a go and we did and we found it Glad he was driving !!
Log all dry --- Container out in the open so we tucked it in a bit again.
TFTC
Glad he was driving !!Log all dry --- Container out in the open so we tucked it in a bit again.
TFTC
Found it on the second try. Thanks to all the geocacher for the hints! TFTC!
Cache is very wet and destroyed, book is wet and you can't write on it anymore. Please hide a new box.
Cache is very wet and destroyed, book is wet and you can't write on it anymore. Please hide a new box.
Found it after a little searching. First cache my friend and I have found, so it was a fun wee adventure 
Didn't take anything, just signed in log book.
Didn't take anything, just signed in log book.I now see why I didn't find it. No tree near the cache so didn't scratch right there. A half rotten branch next to where I found it and I put it back in the same place. Perhaps if you are up here again mineemo you me find a more specific spot for it. TFTC
Nice to get this off my Bug Me list.
Nice to get this off my Bug Me list.
Coords were OK, only 4m off for me. The hint is what is wrong (and should probably be changed). I found the cache almost straight away using Geckoh's hint. After that I went back to the car to grab a big supermaket bag that I filled with rubbish from the site. It's not perfect, but it should make searching a lot more enjoyable for the next cachers. Took stamp left rat and something else I can't remember.
This entry was edited by fanfan-77 on Sunday, 01 July 2012 at 06:26:41 UTC.
This entry was edited by fanfan-77 on Sunday, 01 July 2012 at 06:26:41 UTC.
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This cache has been sitting on our closest to find list for some time and a maintenance run in the area was the only excuse we needed today.
We even prepared a "Horomanga Consolation Cache" to place for those who can not find this one, after finding it rather quickly using the updated description we had plenty of time left to walk some of the tracks and place a big cache.
Just for clarity it seems it is more at the base of a fallen branch
Cache was a bit water logged so we emptied and dried as best we could, logbook was dry in its baggie.
Still amazed that we did not find it last time!
TNLN TFTC!!
This cache has been sitting on our closest to find list for some time and a maintenance run in the area was the only excuse we needed today.
We even prepared a "Horomanga Consolation Cache" to place for those who can not find this one, after finding it rather quickly using the updated description we had plenty of time left to walk some of the tracks and place a big cache.
Just for clarity it seems it is more at the base of a fallen branch
Cache was a bit water logged so we emptied and dried as best we could, logbook was dry in its baggie.
Still amazed that we did not find it last time!
TNLN TFTC!!
A DNF for us too....an old boot or two, luckily no nappy with poo, a bit of a scrabble around, up the bank and nothing found...gps didn't really no which way, so we'll leave it for another day...
1.20pm - Yes I think it's the co-ords, found GZ OK and found cache after a little searching, talk about off road caching. SL,TFTC
Well I was ever hopeful having seen P&P's lastest entry, but due to my lack of experience or perseverence (certainly didn't search that long) or something I was unable to uncover.
When i arrived it looked like Bree's rhino from Grant road had rampaged thru the area. I used a stick to remove any leaf litter from around trees that hadn't already been removed, but all I turned up was piles of rubbish including a used baby nappy - yuk yuk yuk !
Didn't get much fun out of this one - will watch to see what happens.
Huge kudos to P&P for their find.
PS. It was a lovely sunny sheltered spot
When i arrived it looked like Bree's rhino from Grant road had rampaged thru the area. I used a stick to remove any leaf litter from around trees that hadn't already been removed, but all I turned up was piles of rubbish including a used baby nappy - yuk yuk yuk !
Didn't get much fun out of this one - will watch to see what happens.
Huge kudos to P&P for their find.
PS. It was a lovely sunny sheltered spot
Driving home late from Rotorua, that niggly place is still niggling us. Shall we take a detour to check...again. Are we that mad? But its dark and wet, no worry, the truck knows its own way by now! Hallelujah, found!! TFTC.
TFTC.DNF again, strike 3 and we're out! Took the opportunity to check a couple of places that niggled us, and could see signs that told us someone had been here since our last search. Another hour and nothing again.
DNF for us, looks like one if not a couple of previous searchers have attempted this, but not logged a DNF.
DNF again after another 3 hour search. Reassuring to see others had looked in same area.
Thanks mineemo for bringing us back to a favourite place. The Ranges looked stunning after the rain with a couple of mighty water falls plunging from gorges high up in the hills. We enjoyed our "gone bush" weekend but are disappointed with a DNF after a 4 hour search.
