Trout Lips (Central Plateau) Oruatua, North Island, New Zealand
By pepsicool on 01-May-11. Waypoint GC2VBPV

Whenever I see a cache with FPs that are probably more to do with the cache and less to do with its location, I am drawn to it. I'm not drawn to trout lips, in fact I have never caught or eaten a trout.My dad is more into fishing than I am, which isn't hard because I don't fish. I am heading back to Auckland, and although this cache might have been on the list for yesterday it got missed off. Today I am on my own, and it was quiet enough for me to drive over the grass and park in the shade. I spent some time circling the tree because it was quite fascinating. I was drawn to something more from curiosity and because I have something similar as camo on one of my hides. And there it was!I won't say anything else or it might spoil it for others, but it wasn't long before I had reeled in a cache and signed a remarkably dry log.This cache really does deserve all of the FPs it has.

Awesome cache!!! There was a trackable that we left.

TFTC

A super cache hide which had us baffled for a moment. Dropped off a TB that I've had for way to long. FP added for the clever hide. T4tC pepsicool,Civvnr&MissTreadlightly....(UK) -/-Geocaching.com finds so far 12253

Wow. Such a cool find. No wonder it has so much love. We love it too. So exciting. Thank you

Thank you

Really lovely, tidy find! Clever hint & clever cache. TYFTC

Stumbled onto this cache Loved the cache gave it a like Signed sealed on to the next one ty

Cleaver... got me thinking a bit, but once I found it, the trout part made more sense

Such a cool cache didnt have a pen though! thank you for your creativity definitely a favourite point tftc!!!

Super cute! Cache is not *technically* at ground level but dont let the hint lead you too far astray.

Nice easy find! TFTC!

Nice one! Thanks pepsicool for the cache!

Found with Cympull. Now that was clever. Looked from a different angle. TFC

Thanks for your amazing cache pepsicool. I really appreciate the time you took to set up and maintain your caches. Love the hide. Found with Fisha1288I must admit Fisha1288 had the right eyes for this. Earns a Favourite from me Cheers, Cympull.

We are on a trip in New Zealand. A wonderful country with a lot of (old )caches. There are too many caches so we limit ourselves to the (old) gems or where we happen to make a stop. We caught the cache pepsicool, thank you for this cache, regards xizat-NL. Take care, this hobby can develop to an addiction.

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 69 - National Park Tongariro - Taupo, Central Plateau, North Island, Nov Zland (autem asi 120 km)U od rna svtilo slunce a bylo ndhern. Rychle jsem sbalila, uklidila chatku a vyrazila zpt do Nrodnho parku, kde se mi vera moc lbilo. Nejdv jsem v obslun obci pro park, kter se jmenuje prozaicky Nrodn park, odlovila nkolik drive in keek a byla to rychlovka, neb obec byla tm liduprzdn. Apak u jsem dojela ke dvma kraoukm vychzkm k lvovm mohylm a k vodopdu Tawhei. Mohyla tedy byl jen kopeek s vhledem na horu Ruapehu - sopku, ze kter lva vytekla pi dvnm vbuchu. Hora je nejvy na severnm ostrov. Vodopdy nebyly velk, ale velmi pkn a jet u nich byla keka. Posbrala jsem jet njak dal, co mi tu zbyly ze vera a pak vyjela opt nahoru do Mordoru na njak vyhldky a pro keky. Prola jsem se tu i msn krajinou, ern ostr lva vude. Pak u byl as popojet zase dl. Jela jsem scenic route cestou sopek s pknmi vhledy na Osamlou horu a pak kolem jezer a k tomu nejvtmu na Zlandu. Jezero Taupo je obrovsk star kaldera sopky zaplnn vodou a j tu budu dal 3 noci pobvat. Cel oblast je iv, jsou zde sopky a zejmna hork prameny, kter snad taky navtvm. Ale jezero je velmi ist a pkn, tak, bude-li stle krsn poas, mon se vykoupu i v nm. A njak prochzky urit taky zvldnu. A tak jsem tu konen potkala opravdov Maory s potetovanmi oblieji a ne nkde u turist ale normln v supermarketu.It was a beautiful sunny day from the morning. I found some drive-in caches in the village of National Park and drove back to Torangiro National Park. I went to see the lava mounds and Tawhei Falls and collected caches that were left after yesterday's visit. Especially the ones on Bruce Road towards Ruapehu Mountain. Then it was time to move to Lake Taupo, where I will have a base for the next few days. On the way, I collected some caches and enjoyed the landscape. Thanks to everyone for their caches and greetings from the Czech Republic. Nice tree and cache, send a FAV.

On our drive through New Zealand today a short distance, National Park village to Taupo. We looked for a few geocaches along the way and we found this one. CO thank you for this geocache, with your work we can pursue our hobby during our holidays. With warm geocache greetings from the Netherlands

Out for a central north island mission with Reschedule. Circling around Ruapehu today. Picking up a few extras on the way homeFind 47 of the day.TFTCAwesome cache, love seeing something different. Very well made and all in good condition here. FP from me. Well deserved

Left our Basecamp of Rotorua to explore the cacheline around the central North Island with Kre8ive, stunner of a day! Collecting a few from Trangi as we pass through on our way home. TFTC! #47 for today. This is an FP from us as avid fishermen and a cache with a twist.

I found this cache after dropping my son off at the Hillary Outdoor pursuits centre. It was good opportunity for me to grab a few caches to break up the long drive back to Hamilton. Fun hide. Not what I was expecting. TFTC.

Itchyfeet2020 and I were heading north for a weekend caching in the Waikato with TwigNZ and Mr-Magoo.I was concentrating on signing the logs of the mini Jasmine series and preparation for finding out if I qualify for the challenges. There were a few others we decided to find and this was one of them. It wasnt until I pulled off the road that Itchyfeet2020 realised she had been here before and really wanted to find this one. While I was searching in one part, I heard Itchyfeet2020 call out to say she had found it -one happy cacher.Kia ora rawa atu for the cache pepsicool.

Travelling north with NZ_B and she is focused on the jasmers. We are being a bit selective with other stops. The minute we pulled up I knew I had been here before without success. I had looked all over but then felt the need to keep going. This time I walked over to GZ and found it pretty much straight away. So glad I was the one to find it - whew! Yes it's worth a FAV for the fun.

Very cool and fun find.

Thanks - very nice!

TFTC - what an awesome cache! Found while out for a bike ride

After years on our bucket list and three cancellations due to Covid, we are thrilled to finally be here. Following several cruises we flew from Sydney, Australia to Wellington, New Zealand to begin our next adventure. Picked up our rental vehicle and will be driving, exploring, hiking, and caching both islands for 3.5 weeks. No muggles around which made search and retrieval much easier. Soon our ink was on the log.Thanks for adding to our adventure today, Nukeworker and Racquetball Girl, Arkansas, USA

love the hide.

Great hiding spot! Well done

This one was a wow

This was really very special and well done. I recovered with local cameo to ensure next Cacher has equally good experience. Definitely a favorite point

After reading the cache page and hint I thought I had a fair idea of where this cache might be but was completely wrong and after a short search I spotted the cache. A great hide and giving this one a favourite point.TFTC

Found it

Trouvée rapidement
MPLC

Headed down to Taupo for a long weekend to attend the Possum Night Trail run on Saturday. Left Auckland early on Friday, getting stuck in the traffic on the way to Fieldays at Mystery Creek. Soon left the State Highway to travel down to Turangi before traveling up to Taupo.

On Saturday morning I left my accommodation early to get a good start on the day as I was heading back to Turangi to find a couple of ad labs and caches I didn't have time for yesterday.

Wasn't holding out too much hope for finding this one with 2 previous DNFs, but since I was traveling back to Taupo and would be passing by I thought it would be worth a stop. Pulled in and there was a car already parked, but I moved closer to the big tree and the car was blocking the view of the muggle.

Wasn't sure what I was looking for, but scoured the area and surprisingly found the cache quite quickly. Took a bit to extract the cache, as I had to be careful not to drop it. Glad I did stop for this one as it was well worth it.

Had a thorough dig and search around perimeter at GZ, and unsuccessful with finding. Looks to have been removed

No luck today

It was tricky

Read the activity and hint and had a good look around in the wind. As with others, had just about given up, when dustlessspider unearthed what we were looking for. Gives us a great idea about how we can hide caches in our neighborhood

Managed to unearth the container, and Miss 7 then fished out the cache after getting the knack of it. Exhilarating find! Thanks!

Greetings from the Czech Republic and Thanks For This Cache. Super cacheI send
Díky za keš.
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Moje 5121

Tahle keš mě trochu potrapila, ale díky hintu jsem věděla na co se zaměřit, když už jsem pár minut chodila v kruzích, tak jsem si sedla abych si odpočinula a mohla přemýšlet, pak jsem se zvedla a svůj okruh zůžila, a nejednou na mě vykouklo překvapení,pak díky předchozím logum to už bylo snadné, chce to se nevzdávát:) díky za keš

Taking a short trip to Cambridge to pickup a car. Couldn’t go on a trip without geocaching!
I wrote in the log and placed the cache back as found, TFTCSL. Thanks pepsicool for this Traditional cache. Thanks for helping us get one step closer to our next milestone of 600 finds.

Logged on 9 April 2023 at 10:38 AM

#569th find

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Well it was time to revisit this cache. My DNF log has been here since 1/12/14 and has been taunting me ever since. I live in Turangi, so you think I would have knocked this off long ago. Well it is officially time to turn that frown upside down and I finally found this one, and my Blue DNF sad face is no longer. Excellent hide and thanks for this adventure so close to home. Today equals my longest caching days streak of 13 days.
A favourite point from me. Cheers

On our way back home after a day of geocaching.
What a cool cache. That deserves a fav.
Good spotting by Mr PorknPuha,
while I was sitting there scratching my head thinking it's not here.
A excellent find, grab, sign and flee.
#16 Today.
TFTC

Day 12 on our holiday in New Zealand. Today we are in the area and surrounding area of Ruapehu, and then we go to Rotorua. We also visited this tradi, found it, and signed the logbook.
Great Idea - FP in


***T4T$ - Many Thanks to pepsicool for hiding and maintaining of this cache*** ️

We came back with a bit of intel. Looked again & could not find it so reread the message & buzzybb found it but then we had a bit of fun getting the container. Took a bit of team work but got it eventually. Omg we finally got a smiley face. Fav point for tricking us with a clever cache. Tftc

Finally found this one after initially coming and searching for it with no luck last year. Had assistance from a fellow cacher who gave us some hints. Such a cool cache. Worth a favourite. Tftc

Heading home from 5 days of hiking at National Park and we picked up a few caches on our way north. This is just so cool - not found by me - found by my muggle hubbie, now promoted to "Mr Pinocchio"! Thanks for setting this one up - has to be a favourite

Found it during our vacation. Tank you.

As with others, I went around in circles for a bit before going and reading some previous logs. After a more focused search, this cunning hide was spotted and soon retrieved. Very nice cache, have a FP, cheers

Geokid 9 was determined to catch the fish today and that he did. Awesome cache - both kids said it’s a favourite from us .

Very clever! Had to fish around a bit!

Very cool hide!

Oh yes, this cache!! (I am writing this log two weeks later)

I went around and around the tree looking for a micro, despite that the description clearly says it isn't a micro. But then again, cache sizes sometimes change, so I would have been looking for a micro anyway. Didn't find anything, and after a few circuits gave up and started reading the logs. One suggested something, I changed my search parameters and promptly found the cache.
Retrieving it was a major problem as bits had been disconnected. I eventually got it out and repaired it, so that problem is now fixed. Definitely a favourite!

Very cleaver

Love it easy find

We targeted this fishing hole on the way past as D knows the CO. Took us a few circuits before I landed the tricksy cache (right on GZ). Nicely done, thanks pepsicool We paused for lunch — disturbing how the trucks shake the ground so far from the road.

This had us scratching our heads for a while! We made circuits, inspecting every possible nook and cranny before B made the find in an 'Aha' moment. Very clever! We rehid and added some camouflage cover. TFTC pepsicool!

Likewise this took me a couple of minutes to locate. *Only* a couple minutes! All good here. Log dry, container dry. TFTC

I'm on a road trip to Auckland, taking my lad to catch his flight over to the other side of the world. It's a good chance for me to spend some quality time with him before he goes.

But I can't simply drive through here and ignore a chance to try to avenge a previous DNF, especially as I'd reached out to friends to get a bit more of a Hint on this one. And besides, it was the perfect place to stop and stretch our legs after the second driving stint. It had rained on and off on the drive so far, and it was a very light drizzle as I parked up and walked over to GZ.

Even with a better idea of the rough location, it still took me a few minutes to locate this very concealed cache. As I am writing this, it occurs to me that I'm not convinced that the cache hide is exactly as it should be, but having said that there's nothing actually wrong with it. Everything here is in great condition, and the log soon had my name in it. Nice to finally knock this one off.

Thanks for placing this cache.

No luck. Was there for a while but did spot some trout in the river!

Just about to give up on this after several circuits and it getting progressively colder and more windy. Then Return2nai went "ahuh!" and there it was! Had actually looked for the previous hide many years ago, so very nice to log this as a smiley! Tftc! FP

Mum and 10YO had dropped Dad and 14YO off to complete the Tongariro Crossing; and were keen to get some caches under their belt before they had to collect them again. This was attempt 10 of 12 for the day, second DNF for the day.
Mum had attempted this cache in April 2018, with no luck. She was sure of what she was looking for then, and again this time... but again no luck! This time the GPS sent her to quite a different location - but, unfortunately, the same result 4 years later!

Found it after hunting for a while. Thank you, great hide.

It feels like it's taken forever for the day of the Auckland MEGA to finally get here, and it's been a hell of a journey for everyone involved with trying to organise it. But today is my big drive up to Auckland for tomorrows event such as it can be under the shadow of COVID restrictions. As with all big drives, it's also an opportunity to try and grab some caches on the way. In particular I was looking to find some of the PWGT1 caches as well as one or two targeted caches of interest to me.

I had really hoped to be able to get a revenge on my previous DNF, but I'm afraid it wasn't to be. I'm not sure how some people find 2 caches here, and I can't even find one!!

Not luck today

Just spent a couple of days in Taupo and now heading to Turangi. Stopping for a few caches on the way. Mr Rubbishparty had previously visited this cache but did not have fond memories of it. He remembers wandering around aimlessly for a while before deciding to move on and bring his misery to an end. As we pulled up the memory came back to him and he wasn’t keen to even stop. Mrs Rubbishparty however had other plans and after surveying GZ for a while and reading previous logs she triumphantly pointed to the spot. Not sure if it increased or relieved Mr Rubbishparty’s misery. Great cache. Thanks.

Scouted around for quite some time. Family got bored and returned to car, thought we’d best keep going on our adventure and come back another day!

After reading the previous logs we thought we knew what we were looking for. But no fishing today.

2 caches found, 2 logbooks signed but only 1 smiley. Great cache deserves a favourite point.
Malinkaly and I planned a road trip to go to the MEGA but Covid has postponed the event again. We decided to continue on with our planned journey making adjustments as we go with the ever-changing travel restrictions.
Greetings from Dunedin!
Thanks for the cache, pepsicool
#2594

We are great fishermen!
Two trouts at one fishing site. Amazing. And still only one smiley. Ah well. We had fun and the fishing was great!

TFTC pepsicool

*** Out on our MEGA Roadtrip with Wilbywarrior. Who says this can only happen when the MEGA is actually held?! Greetings from Dunedin, caching friends
#351 ***

Ending my way from Taupo to Feilding today. My first mission are the Labs in Turangi. But hey, this has a few faves and sounds interesting. Time for a not so quick stop. A few circuits and then I reread the clue. Aha, here it is. Nice hide. Have another FP. TFTC

WHAT A COOL LITTLE CACHE!!! Probably one of our top 10 crafty/creative finds tftc

That is very clever. We nearly gave up. Out with our grandies so on our way home thought we would grab of caches a couple this was a great start

Oh my round and round the pine tree we went. Just about to call it off when Mrs Catherine came up with the goods....then surprisingly found another one exactly the same less than a meter away!!!!

So nice to turn this blue face into a yellow! Nice easy find this time. Very cool cache.

I like this, very clever. TFTC

Nice easy replace the paper

Down this way on hoilday nice easy find what a beautiful spot

No paper so will try stock next weekend when back at Bach

Too hard for us - had a good hunt around but no luck

spent time trying to locate cache with no success. Was about to give up when I saw something interesting and voila there it was. Very ingenious and definitely a favourite. Thank you.

Somehow the original cache was totally removed so I've built a new one and placed in the same spot.... and it must be working because someone has already found it.

Great cache, nice easy find. Favourite point from us!

Temporarily disabling until I can check it's all OK

No finds since August 2020. CO hasn't been online since September 2019.

I am roadtripping up to Auckland this weekend for a mates 50th birthday, and have broken my journey up a bit by stopping for a few caches along the way (as you do lol!).

I have driven through the villages along the road beside Lake Taupo many times over the last 30+ years but but never really stopped to spent much time at them before, apart from letting my lad play in the occasional kids park when he was a nipper. One of the bonuses of caching is that it makes you look at places differently, so I was happy to make this one of my stops today.

Sadly though, in spite of a thorough search as the the Hint, I was unable to find anything but a good looking spot for the cache which was empty.

Had a good look around here, but no luck finding the cache.

Spent a good few minutes searching but, disappointingly, no luck today.

Thought this would be a fun stop for the kids on our way north. Unfortunately spent 15/20 minutes with no luck. In the end the wind got too much and we had to accept defeat.

what a cool cache!! definitely deserves a favourite point from me... Kiddie absolutely loved it too!

What a cool cache! Definitely made more difficult by the addition of many pine needles

I'm on my way down to Palmerston North for a few days of caching. This was a stop along the way. TFTC.

We were almost going to give up and go when it was found! Very cool hide and cache, a favourite point from us. TFTC

Nice work on this one, have a FP!

The first finders of the decade!
After we abandoned attempting the nearby hydro cache, we had to get this one. Looking in nooks and crannies we widened our search. Got em!
Great design, a fav point for us. Worth noting it needs a new ziplock, although dry when we retrieved.

End of year family trip before Xmas to this fabulous location. Staying with family friends at their batch. Our 5 year olds are getting into this great outdoors adventuring and just lovely to see them waiting to find the next one. We have loved all the finds.... dispite the rain..... and highly recommend finds in this area. Definitely feeling caches spirit around here. Wish we had more time to find them all. TFTF'S

Was just about to give up and there it was. Very clever.

T4TC

Together with TEMBO! I had a really interesting geocaching-trip today. We could find some geocaches, met some locals and had a great talk to them.
Concerning this geocache I want to say thanks because we had much fun in searching and finding this geocache! The cache made our trip even more interesting!
TFTC!