RBT #2 - The Horse Trail (Northland) Ruakaka, North Island, New Zealand
By rednuam6 on 24-Sep-11. Waypoint GC34PXV

Almost a year since this one was found. Container broken but log sheet inside poly bag is dry

Wau, that was a nice campground, with seaview. In the morning I was going for the one nearby and than 3 boxes on the coast. Head problem with that one's because you must go in the plants.
Thanks a lot.

Walked up to RBT #4 via the beach and on our way back to the car we took the detours to the rest of these caches.Glad that this cache was a bit easier to find than the previous two. Still had to get on my hands and knees again for the grab.

Nice walk to this one

Nice easy find om very windy day, now where is the track.

Nice to sit in the shade of the pine tree.

1305. 2:02 pm. Found with eKitten, GRAkiWi and Li0nPaw. Beautiful early spring walk along the beach. TFT(piney)C.

Found lying on the ground,please check if possible,all good inside tftc

Found

Thank you cacher

Tftc

Nice find while in the area with tmann421
Log signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Great cache! TFTC

Not all that comfortable walking across the dunes and all its vegetation but we were had finally managed to get near this trails so decided to follow the GPS and a faint trail. The hint item provided some cover when it started raining. After finding the cache we hid there for a while but eventually decided to just brave the wet.

Visiting Ruakaka for an afternoon at the races. After loosing on the horses we set about changing our luck by picking a couple of winners (caches) nearby. Followed the horse trail before cutting across to gz. Hard to spot any walkway here now. Cache soon spotted upside down. Contents saturated. Removed the old wet logbooks and added in a new all weather log. TFTC

Took a lot of liking but found it. Second log damp but still managed to sign. Tftc

Took a bit of searching, cache wet but replacement log signable.

TFTC

Bit of searching but located it in end.....log too wet to sign tftc

Out & about exploring. Tftc

So hot rummaging around this Tree need a swim after this last one of the day. TFTC

I continued using the GPS tracking...enjoyed finding this cache thanks once again to the accurate co ordinates which enable a quick find tftc

Dark clouds are forming!! Random trails around here. Thanks for the placement Rednuam6

Clue was great kids had a blast

Quick one, bit windy. Tftc

Found easily after a short walk along the beach to GZ. The container here was a bit grimy and the log very wet so we contained the wet logs in a ziplock and left a few pages of notebook as a replacement log. TFTC Lily + Oli

Very wet

Easy just look under

Took a bit of looking for but got there in the end.
Log is very wet but I didn't have a replacement one with me.TFTC

Another easy find today tftc

Out for a Sat avo to try and convert some green around Ruakaka into yellow smileys. Never been to the northern side of the Ruakaka estuary, so this trail was a good reason to go. Nice easy find, but still quite difficult to make out the trail.

TFTC. Logs a bit wet.

Log books are a bit wet. TLC needed.

Easy find thanks.

Enjoyed the drive around the area today.
Soon found in a nice location. TFTC

The second one of this nice trail along the beach. Found and signed the log.

Thanks for the hide and the maintain.

TFTC

Greetings from the Steipilzbrätler from Switzerland

Had a picnic nearby; away from the wind. Right time of year for the feature.

The only sistema container cache in this series and unsurprisingly the only soaking wet one in the middle of summer. What a lovely walk this series has taken us on. Tftc

Found with Pazzabella on a great beach walk tftc

Easy find. Seems like you are not supposed to be in this area

Too wet to sign

[green]Nice beach access here...

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Followed the horse prints. Easy find once we got to go. TFTC

Thought we'd have time to grab this one before heading further in towards Ruakaka and One Tree Point. Only 3 horses trotting slowly round the racecourse today but luckily there were none heading out towards the beach. A quick find, TFTC

Quick easy find. Container was a bit wet inside but still okay

Parents & I were holidaying in Ruakaka for a week.
Lovely sunny day, so headed out for a morning walk along the beach.
Easy access to this one from the beach. Then follwed the trail along the dune, towards next cache. TFTC

Successful easy mission

Has had water in so pad is wet

My son and I found this cache on our hike to Waipu Cove.
Great day, nice coastal hike. TFTC

Wales along the beach then up to the dunes to find the track & then the cache! TFTC

Have always wanted to find this little series of caches and today was the day. Great wander along through the sand dunes. TFTC

Decided to do this walkway while we were at the nearby Marsden City with Team Welsh. A nice stroll among the dunes and some great cache containers. All in good condition and easy to find. Thanks.

I did wonder about the safety of these cache after all the storms BUT All are safe and dry.

Off the beaten track again! Glad we weren't here yesterday - race day TFTC.

Thought we had better Finnish this track off. Great walk with the family.

At Bream Bay today to watch the boy play football. Managed to grab a few caches before kick off. No problem with this one. TFTC

We had the beach all to ourselves today. Horse and vehicle tracks had obviously been here before we arrived. Thanks for bringing us here.

Duh, obviously I didnt look properly the first time. Wind blowing from the direction of the horse manure pile. Quick return of cache and trudge off to the next me thinketh. T4T$

TFTC
Foxes in the Dunes

Nice find with Fox_369, also found a praying mantis

Neat hide No problems here thanks to the spot on co-ords.

Log was damp due to the lid not being closed - lid now on tight!

Over from the UK for a holiday and thought we would try and add this to our collection of finds. What a great spot for a cache.

We have signed the log as T2 (Team 2 = B.D.I's & Sir and Lady Harveyjj)
Many thanks for the cache and bringing us here

Found today with Sir & Lady Harveyjj.

Please forgive the generic log as I'm logging as & when I have access to wifi so details of individual caches have become hazy, however that does in no way detract from the time and effort you as CO have put into your hide - that's very much appreciated.
We're in New Zealand on an extended holiday and have loved every minute of it.
We're very grateful to you for placing caches which have led us to some of the most beautiful places on the planet.

The logs have been signed either in our individual caching names or as T2 (being Sir & Lady Harveyjj plus B.D.I's)
Cache returned safely from whence it was found.

Thank you and greetings from the UK

(Ang, Chairperson of the North Wales UK Mega 2016)
https://www.facebook.com/northwalesmega2016

Had a beautiful afternoon out with the family following this series of caches. It was almost low tide, so the estuary was exposed, and perfect for the kids to have a swim! A really nice walk, though the "overgrown trail" really was entirely overgrown for the most part! TFTC

Got it.

Now this hint was a little more helpful and you can see where you should be heading from quite a distance. TFTC

No horses today. Would be an interesting day. Might have to return on a race day!

my excitement of the trail increased from this to do the rest of this series

A nice day for some cache maintenance and another ramble completed. Cache all good.

#1,218, Pleasant walk along beach. TFTC

Great walk but poor legs rather scratched. Left TB TFTC

Found on a hot evening while out and about in the evening. Cache too a while to find but then saw it exposed lying in the grass. Signed log and returned as per hint. TFTC

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2nd find on our dune walk. Suffered a broken jandal on this leg. Bugger.

Awesome scenery found with violetflame2012 and madeinsane

Found with madeinsane and biohazard_freak, while taking a nice drive along the Bream Bay coast. TFTC

Found Violetflame2012 and biohazard_freak. Anice day at the beach tftc

Nice Hide Thanks

Nice to have a walk in the sand Nice hide

Had an hour spare before going to work.
Nice walk/run along the beach and through the dunes.
No problems with the finds.
TFTC

This was the second find in the series and didn’t take long to locate however we noticed a no dog sign nearby so ROS continued along the dunes and MAR headed back to the beach with Lucy TFTC.
This cache was found during our walk around the RBT series and finally to the Three LIttle Monkeys Cache and we are claiming the walk towards the Dunedin rambler’s challenge.

Nice easy find.

Great access to the beach for the Horses. Enjoyed the cache series. T4TC!

Nice views while doing the walk. No one around.

Jandals are not the best footwear for these!

8873 Enjoying our walk along the trail of horses… cache was pining to be found, TFTC.

I was certainly tramping along from the previous to this one.

Cheers for the cache.

Bit of an off road walk! Tftc

3rd of the day going well so far. left a couple of things! TFTC

Found it when out with friends and their children hoping to convert them all!.Great time on an overcast-'Summers' day.

Done 2 caches of this serie. We could manage this with our doggies. Travelled from number 1 through the dunes to number 2. Thanks

Stopped and had a swim near this one, nice little waves today,will bring the longboard back sometime. TFTC.

Thanx for the cache.

TFTC!!! Really enjoyed the walk along the beach

Nice and quick find here. Enjoyed the walk along the beach/dunes this morning to get these caches. TFTC!

4.15pm. An easy walk and this was the quickest find.
Thank you. David and Geoff.

Nice hide, Quick find in a nice spot, great walk and had a swim after - TNLNSL TFTC.

Doing the rounds between showers.Good walk.

grandson is loving this treasure hunting TFTC

We found it easier going along the beach to this one. Quick find at GZ, TFTC!!

Enjoying a wee stroll along the beach on such a fab summers evening. Brilliant series of caches thanks.

The sand was clean and fresh apart from the hoof prints. Wonderful. t4tc +TB