RBT #1 - The Start of the Trail! (Northland) Ruakaka, North Island, New Zealand
By rednuam6 on 23-Sep-11. Waypoint GC34PXW

Chur

Easy peasy

Found on a wet windy day. Log is very soggy but managed to sign. Tftc

Nice spot TFTC!!!

Didn't find it look all around

Not there

Tftc

Tftc. Log book very wet. Could not sign.

Relieved to spot this one almost immediately

I couldnt see any track to get to gz so we ended up bush bashing our way to it. It wasnt in the first flax we looked at but in the second one. TFTC

We could not find any trails to the cache so we had to end up Bush bashing to go nice big container TFTC

Found itty

Thanks

DNF

After we watched a training of horses at the course TEMBO! and I visited "RBT #1" and signed the guestbook.

Thanks to rednuam6 for hiding and maintaining the cache.

T4TC Filser1

Nice easy find once we got to the GZ bit of bush bashing to get there.

T4TC

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.

On a caching afternoon with yvettetb and nessvab, trying to log a few caches before the cyclone hits. It was getting pretty windy but still no rain.
Quick find though our GPS (geocaching app on phone) had us several metres from gz. Tftc

Out on a caching afternoon with Yvettetb & Thetravelbugtribe before Cyclone Gabrielle hits. Not much of a track here anymore and we weaved our way in and out of the plants. Cache was soon in hand. I went back to the car to retrieve a new plastic bag to keep the log dry. TFTC

Great afternoon caching in the blustering wind before Cyclone Gabrielle is due. Quick easy find at GZ with Nessvab & The Travelbug Tribe.

This was great fun and some cool treasures. Not been found for a while.

Nice trek through dunes, wasn’t too hard to find

Followed the path to this one and then wondered over to the hint items. Plenty of them around here. GPS had us search a couple of wrong ones before we followed our senses and made the find here.

Excellent

In town for the weekend, & started our morning with a very pleasant wander along the beach, & a quick-ish find here. Tftc : -)

Nice easy find. Good view from atop sand dune.

Easy find thanks

Found it in flax bush where it says hood for kids as I had a 3 year old with me

So fun!! Not in the flax it said but close

Not the flax my GPS said but close.

Great one

Good directions from Thomas

I found this one not Tom

Took me a while but finally

Easy find that's to hubby. Lots of gorse amd mingimingi. Note paper very wet as previously stated

Plenty of flaxes to choose from - logbook needs drying out

Book very wet...took a few flax's to find!!

Paper log a bit wet so left it out of the plastic bag hoping it may dry out.

Cache found and swag left! Picked up the tb to join us on journey. Cache is a little wet so tried to dry what we could and replaced with lid right. Ttc

Lovely day for it. Left something special.

1309. 3 pm'ish (Accidentally logged in the field). I saved this starting one for the finish on the way back to the car. TFT(#1)C.

Coincidentally found it under Pohutukawa tree put back into flax

Found

Found it

Thank you creator! Was a cool find

Wanted to attempt this trail but this first one had me clambering over the dune and plants which I was uncomfortable with. At GZ there were a number of suspects that matched the hint but I was to able to find the cache. Decided to abandon the trail and try some caches elsewhere.

Quick find

Nice find while in the area with tmann421 today
Enjoying the trip north and the caches
Signed log as tm/ww NZ

Nice find with woolwood9 today.
We enjoyed the drive / walk around the area.
Stamped logs as tm/ww NZ which may just look like a black smudge on plastic logs!
TFTC

Unusually without our canine companions today and remembered the caches around here were not dog friendly so decided to do a spot of caching on our way home. Not all that comfortable walking across the dunes and all its vegetation but we were here now. Found this cache had a nice bit of water it, which we tipped out, but the log was writable so good from that point of view. Thanks for the hide.

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. Cut over from the race course hoping to pick up the dune pathway. No good, looks like it is now completely overgrown. Followed the GPS and soon found gz. Log book slightly damp but still usable. All good. TFTC

GPS took us strait to GZ many thanks

Log book still dry despite the cold wet weather. Tftc

Couldn't see any sign of a trail around here other than the one to the beach, Took a few visits to flax bushes to locate the cache.

TFTC

Nice easy find attached nice beach tftc

Up here for the weekend. Tftc

That was fun...and easy too. TFTC

Came out here from whangarei to watch the races, thought my sister and I would go on a stroll between races. TFTC

Back in the area chasing some points for the Planetary pursuit. Found this just as its starting to get dark so no time to linger long. Right where GPS said it would be, cheers

I don't like flax !! But luckily this wasn't wet & Weta flax today. Nice find. Thanks

I enjoy these type of cache where it you, GPS, and the unbeaten track...excellent Co ords enabled a quick find thanks Rednuam6 for the great placement

This trail was on our list today after parking up nearby for the night yesterday. The trail was a bit indistinct and hard work in the windy wet weather. Thanks for the cache Rednuam6.

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1 more

Went exploring with the kids and found it

Nice quick one, few flax.... tftc

Found easily once at GZ, Frankie the muggle-boy-brother tagged along too. We did some trading here, and then returned the cache to it's hide without being spotted by the workers grading the racecourse road nearby. TFTC Lily, Oli + Frankie

Nice easy find once we got to the GZ bit of bush bashing to get there. TFTC

After searching the wrong flax, I soon found it. Coords 2m out, but I'm only using my iPhone. Container and log book in good order. Left a love heart stamp. Thanks for bringing me here #ttmug

Many hint items around this area however had cache in hand after a few minutes of searching TB is mia 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 tril was a good reason to go. Nice easy find, but quite difficult to make out the trail.

TFTC

TFTC

Thankyou rednuam6.....Was in area so found your cache here .....Keen to do rest of trail on another visit this summer ....

Awesome day up at Ruakaka to explore the beach and do a spot of Geocaching! Fun cache to find in the sand dunes.. The hunt was followed by some dune sliding and sand handstands. Thank!

Easy find thanks.

TFTC Lovely afternoon of caching

Nice walk along the Ruakaka Beach today. Easy found and back to the Beach.

Thanks for the hide and the maintain.

TFTC

Greetings from the Steipilzbrätler from Switzerland

When the hint says flax I'm not keen, but accurate cords have made this easy thanks!

found with Pazzabella tftc

Interesting spot

[green]Perfect sunny weather, no muggles around, quick find...

TFTC![/green]

It took a while to find after a long search. TFTC

This one didn't take us too long. We did hunt in quite a few nearby flax bushes before my caching buddy called out those magical words "got it". I'm having a lovely day in this beautiful area, TFTC

Took a little bit to find but got there in the end good spot.

Pulled up right at this entrance to this walk, weather was windy but quite sunny, after a short walk across the dunes, cache was soon in hand. Heading back to Auckland after a long weekend in Whangarei.

Parents & I were holidaying in Ruakaka for a week.
Lovely sunny day, so headed out for a morning walk along the beach.
Had been unable to find the start of the path, so wandered along the beach, near GZ I scrambled up the sand dune, leaving my 80 yr old parents on the beach.
Quickly located cache and path. Returned to beach via path, ending up about 15m further down beach. Had to shout several times before my parents heard me over the wind. TFTC

Success. Good evening find

Gg easy

Nice day easy enough to locate

Fun

Easy find. Tftc

Found this after a bit of bush whacking as think we came in from the wrong place!! 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.

Actually started the trail at the end. but was a great walk on a beautiful day.

Off the beaten track! TFTC.

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

Little Barrier visible today with a long white cloud overhead. Gorgeous day to venture out. Note: No trackable found in this cache.