Project Kaka (Wairarapa) Dalefield, North Island, New Zealand
By Skindo on 14-Dec-11. Waypoint GC3965F

15 July 2023 13:52 TFTC Skindo for placing this cache, number 959 of yours for me. Loads of cars parked here today, but fortunately everyone was off enjoying the gorge, so I was able to give this a much better search, which paid off! Log paper was total mush, so replaced with waterproof paper. Tftc, glad to have this one off my DNF list!

DNF

I'm not able to maintain this cache.

Had a quick look, but ran out of time (and if I'm honest, brain power) to have a proper search. Will be back.

Back at the car after visiting T-2! Took the boots off, then went searching.

After the Mega it was my desire to walk the Waiohine Gorge track to find one of the older caches. I parked nearby and as I put my boots on I searched for this one. Soon had it in hand. Love these projects. I have had some involvement with the release of NI robins and Kokako onto Mt Pirongia. Thank you for the placement.

#5981. Been looking forward to another outing in the Wairarapa. This time I am hoping I might crack the 6000 cache find mark. Its not getting easy to do anymore as most of the simpler to find park and grabs have been picked up on past trips. The unfound ones are now on bush tracks or in the north of the region or cryptic hides. Still a few scattered ones to mop up. I was up here at the campground in January, tramping into T2. Not sure why I didn't do this cache at the time. Today it was quickly found thanks to the hint. The outer plastic bag was wet but the log was still OK inside. Signed the log book and replaced the cache as found. Thanks for the cache skindo.

This one was quick find for me

Quick find. There are a heap of cars parked here.... trappers. Glad we did not meet them coming out as we were coming in as it's a very narrow road. Tftc

Decided to go somewhere special for the weekend so a trip to Totara Flats to get T-2 was planned, First cache of the day and a good start before heading off into the valley. TFTC

An easy find after an overnight walk to Cone hut, Tutuwai hut and out over Cone saddle. TFTC

This time there were no muggles at GZ. Quick grab to get the soaking wet plastic bag, and signed a surprisingly dry-ish log. Thanks!

7763. A quick and easy find on a very hot day. Didn't use the GPS for any of the caches - just instinct and experience. Thanks. Rodney.

Quick find. Left swag dtc

This is much easier if you search the right right side.

TFTC!

Out this weekend tramping in the Tararua Forest Park via the Waiohine Gorge and Mount Holdsworth. Nice and quick find here, tftc!

Nice quick find at the completion of a Holdsworth --> Waiohine Gorge tramp.

Tftc

Found it togehter with Bobby2911. TFTC

After the visit of the Swingbridge we found this Cache.
Thanks For The Cache and many greetings from Germany.

Day two of a two-day caching trip in Wairarapa. Quick find after a good walk in as the road was close with a slip. Thanks for the cache.

11.00am Reasonably quick find once we got here. Road partially washed out a few hundred metres back.
Tftc
M&P

11:16 AM Just made it here as the road has a bit of a washout and the rental van didn't like the terrain.
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M&S [:o)] 2697

We found that One during our Fantastic nz holidays. TFTC

Go native! Fast find, hint right on. TFTC!

A nice quick find as we pulled in to the campground ready to pitch tent and enjoy the bush. TFTC!

Had two goes at this one, no luck. Maybe next time

Found on my way back from an early morning jog up the Waiohine. It was raining when I found it, but the cache and log are nice and dry.

Thank you


Cherrys Rule

Nice quick find at the end of the road. Tftc

On our way here we came across a stranded German visitor who had a flat car battery. Luckily we had jump start cables and were able to get him going. Quick find. TFTC.

Before I started to a great hike today, I had a short look at this nice cache and also the interesting informations on the boards nearby. And I found it fast! It was the upbeat to a very, very nice day: Walking through Waiohine gorge and getting T 2, one of the oldest caches of NZ.

Thanks a lot for the cache.
dG

Ninalila and I spent some time on the East Coast. During our trip we found a few boxes but it wasn't our main activity.
We discovered so many beautiful places during these days, sunny or rainy day

We logged with our team name : lekiprokos
Thank you to all owners for the caches and the discoveries.

On the way from the East Coast to Wellington, fefe.adrien and I spent few days in the Waiohine Gorge in order to see the longest swing bridge of NZ and have a look on the beautiful river gorge. This place was quite lost, wild and without people.

Easy to find this cache, hint is clear.

We signed on the logbook with our team nickname : Lekiprokos

Log damp and hard to sign, has fallen into multiple pieces and plastic bag torn as well.

A long time since this was found, but cache is still tucked away and quite hard to spot: I missed it on my first search and when I spotted it second time around couldn't understand how I'd missed it. Anyway, log signed with difficulty as it is damp and falling apart. TNLN TFTC

*** Winter Holidays "on the other side of the world" ***
DAY 16 - From East Cape to South Cape/Wellington

My second day in NZ - started the tour from Auckland over the East Cape to the most southern point of the Northern Island.
NZ is very beautiful, I really enjoyed to be there.
Took the change to grab some challenges and other caches along the route!

TFTC and best regards from Germany
blazek

On the way back from heading up the Waiohine Gorge to find T-2. Thought this one shouldn't be to hard, but it took a few minutes of probing around to lay hands on it. Nicely tucked away, thanks for the hide.

Couldn't find it.

Found at last. It's been a long time since I last looked for this one and as it turned out, I was in the right spot. However, it took agcnz's torch & experience to reveal it.
TFTC - number 3 for the day after a 10-hour tramp up to the mouth of Totara Creek at the top end of Totara Flats.

Hope the road opens again. TFTC

Found on a tramping trip from Holdsworth to Walls Whare with four St Orans doing a Duke of Edinburgh Bronze expedition. Sleet and very low temperatures around - 5C. TFTC

Queen's Birthday weekend and a start to winter caching, time spent in the Wairarapa. Now how could you beat that? Try finding some caches too!
Did the walk in, the road is a goner, and happy to be here.
Straightforward find, much as we would expect; cache in order, log signed, safely re-hidden, just as found.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

What should have been a quick easy park and grab became a bit of a mission after we discovered a huge slip blocking the road! We managed to pick our way over the slip by foot and on to the cache site. Quick find but some very muddy footwear to show for our efforts. A fun adventure TFTC.

This entry was edited by J 'N' K on Monday, 21 April 2014 at 19:23:47 UTC.

A quick find with me spotting and 1Grunta doing the reaching. Ready to head up the valley with 1Grunta, Troodles and Streetwalker in search of T-2. TFTC !

We knew where it was, just a matter of reaching it.
I provided the hand, Broadbridges used his eyes.
Together we finally got the cache out.
TFTC

Not too many campers around this morning, good hiding place easy to find with out being too obvious

Too hot to be in the garden, so what does one do? Go geocaching! And after finding the first three, I decided to visit the Waiohine Gorge was in order (after all I was close by) so off I went. The lovely kaka. Didn't see/hear any, but most worthwhile project. TFTC.

An interesting and worthy project and a lot if cars parked here today. TFTC skindo

Found with Kaikawaka and Pippistratus. TFTC!

Found with chucky3 and pipistratus before heading into the Tararuas for the weekend. Thanks for the cache.

Found on a Scout tramp.
TFTC!
with CaligulaNZ & FiddlefingersNZ

Awesome new location, never been into this gorge before. Picking up scouts. TFTC

a quick find while picking up scouts. TFTC

Quick find when picking son up from scout tramp.

another one picking up scouts TFTC

Quickly found at the completion of a tramp with Belmont Scouts from Kaitoke to Walls Whare. Lovely to have a nice easy one once the heavy pack had been removed from my shoulders and dropped to the ground!

TFTC!
with Comandercon2 & FiddlefingersNZ.

Last find for the day after finishing our tramp with Belmont Scouts from Kaitoke to Walls Whare via Tutawai (camped for the night there). Was nice to take the pack off.
TFTC!

Found with Ninjaunicorn

A nice quick find with no one in the parking area to bother us. TFTC

Quick find after my walk trough the gorge. Good project. TFTC. Sherlock Hood.

A quick find before heading back to civilisation and food after a day walk up to Cone Hut. TFTC

TFTC

Nice easy find while camping in the gorge campsite. TFTC

Nice

Found it together with tasdevil13 during our holidays in NZ.

We found this after our 7 hour pilgrimage to GC137 in 29 deg C...

TFTC
Roland aka tasdevil13

TFTC.

TFTC.

Found with Hinemoana and sonia26642 while in and around Wellington.
TFTC

found on a great drive-and-cache day with sonia26642 and tunfisk TFTC!!

22/12/2012 4:54:00 PM
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This cache was found as part of my epic as move down south to Christchurch from Auckland - A drive that involved around 3,000km, 350 caches, 14 days, and a bit of a detour through East Cape, Gisbourne, Napier/Hastings, some back roads in the Wairarapa, Cape Pallisier and Nelson/Tasman as well as every CANZ cache along the way that I was still missing. (Hence my excuse for the not as interesting log as I usually try to make mine.) But thanks to every awesome amazing as cacher that placed caches along these roads, you made my trip awesome, and very cache happy!

TFTC!!

Thanks for the cache, quick find on a trip into the Waiohine Gorge, beautiful day tho' a bit windy.

A quick find in a lovely location. TFTC

A nice spot and interesting project - will have to come back here for a walk sometime soon. TFTC and the excuse to visit here.

#3932. Not sure whether we found this before or after Bruce. If before, sorry it rolled away. If after, thanks for putting it within reach. TFTC.

There were a few cars and muggles around, but we were able to search without being noticed.
TFTC.

This cache took me a while to track down. I circumnavigated the structure, feeling in the possible hiding places without success.

I then put an article of clothing, that I didn't mind getting grubby, on the ground so I could lie down and shine a torch. Sure enough, the cache seemed to have rolled away. My arms were just long enough to retrieve it. I was soon able to complete the paperwork and return the container to an easier to get to place.

It was still quite icy at this site in the early afternoon.

TNLcoin

Quick find. TFTC

Not a lot of people about this afternoon so a good time to look for caches. TFTC

TFTC. Busy here today.

This entry was edited by Swan181 on Monday, 04 June 2012 at 02:24:55 UTC.

Plenty of cars in the car park, but no one near GZ. Quick find, SL, then had a read of the info board. Good luck to the bird life. TFTC.

A long bumpy road- It was good to get a few caches along it. TFTC

Found after a day tramp into Cone hut and Cone saddle with the Thursday tramping group from the Manawatu Tramping and Skiing Club - 15 of us in the group. We enjoyed excellent weather and the birdsongs were quite noticeable at times. A pity that the next cache at the swing bridge is still out of action. TFTC.

A nice quick find and rather timely as the place was swarming with air force cadets setting up camp when I returned from my swing bridge visit.

Quick find on a sunny Sunday afternoon, hopped to add tb sun sand and water in here but didn't fit, will have to find another one to put in. Thanks

Reasonably quick find here. Good to see that there is a big effort being put into predator eradication in this area. TFTC

Found on an early morning caching expedition before some work commitments in Martinborough. TNLN SL TFTC

At the road end ready for a tramp into Totara Flats. This project is so worthwhile, hope it is a success. TFTC

Found this cache with Kiwi Explorer on a most enjoyable and productive three day caching raid in the Wairarapa. Apologies in advance for the rather template state of this log. We found over 200 caches in our visit which has left me with rather vague and blurred memories of some of them. Anything that really stood out will get a special mention. End of the road indeed! A long and winding one but it must be the start of some great adventures up into the forest park. TFTC, Biggles.

Found while touring the district with Biggles. Awesome area so glad we made the trip up here today. I've never seen a Kaka but I have heard them flying above me in the bush. TFTC

Decided to walk to this one from the gates as we were unsure of the road for our campervan. As it turned out the road wasn't as bad as we feared but all the same we think we enjoyed the walk more than we would have the drive for the last bit.. Were surprised just how many vehicles were up here when we arrived. Quite a few people about. We read the interesting information boards at GZ, and one kept reading to provide cover for the other who made the grab. Thanks.

# 4586

TB Visit. Had hoped to drop the SpeedRacer geocoin in here, but it didn't quite fit, so it made a visit instead.

It took slightly longer to find than it should have, there were plenty of muggles around and it was tucked quite a long way back.

nice cache ,we could say we nelly ran over it

A busy place today but cache easy to find and sign away from muggles. TFTC

Quick find after having just completed T-2. Lovely camping spot, TFTC

Some pretty bad pot-holes to avoid but soon at cache site. Quick find. SL TFTC

Found on bit of a clean up tour of the Wairarapa.
TFTC

Grabbed right under the moses of muggles standing not 2m away. Found with Cathew Nut and NZABic.

TFTC