Stairway to the Mountain Kawerau, North Island, New Zealand
By Matthew Supertramp on 24-Mar-12. Waypoint GC3FA8V

Found it (I think) but another mischief noted

This was a hard one. Had to call off the search because nature called.

A very hard one to find, but happy we found it

A great little search on a wet winters day.

Fun again

Good place to hide

good hiding place

Mrs rattll has been staying at the freedom camping spot at Firmin Park, so this was only a short up hill walk to get to.
The last little bit is pretty overgrown but I made my way through and the cache was quickly located.
Such a shame the mountain itself isn't accessible anymore. The mountain race was a family favorite for many years.
Thanks for setting up a cache here.

Yeah, found it! After a long walk with a DNF in the middle of the of the bush we attemped this one, knowing it had not been found for a long time. After thoughroughly checking all rocks we felt the bottle: yes, found it! The cache was still in good shape en the kids even found a wistle inside, thanks to whoever put it there! Great way to end the walk and we were even treated to a nice view up the vulcano and down to the town, tftc!

Area is currently closed to the public due to COVID level 2 restrictions according to the sign

Didn't find it today but will go back tomorrow

awsome reward once u get to the top and soak in the view

This was a
Cool one

A bit to look for but found it

Thanks I actually enjoyed finding it NikauM

Found it. Good walk. Kids enjoyed it.

This was a great spot to place a GC. We walked the stairway thinking we were very heroic, only to discover a local family out for their daily exercise which consists of climbing the stairway seven times. That puts it all into perspective doesn't it! TFTC

Cool track and view at the top

Good walk lol but really

Love the scenery, Good Walk
TFTC️
E Koro Putauaki

Awesome whanau thank you, our first find!

Find number 7086. After grabbing some FishnChips I headed up the hill to eat them with a view. I got halfway up when the road was closed so I had to walk the rest. Took me feed and ate them up there anyway. Thank you for the placement.

Came up to the carpark by accident, as I had missed the turnoff to the falls

So off I walked over to the cache, thankfully no one in the offices seemed to worried about me being there. So with the cache found, and log signed, picture taken of the view. I was on my way.

Thanks for the hide Matthew Supertramp, and being part of today's adventure

Found on my way home from a camper van holiday... TFTC

Great spot, thankfully the wasp nest wasnt there! Left Wally my little trinket. Well hidden, beautiful view on a beautiful morning

TFTC

Well hidden

I'd had an itch to head this way for a while now so I contacted my mid week caching partner Mc Jandals and proposed a nice little clean up of the area. We had quite the adventure today caching from dawn till dusk finding some really neat caches in some beautiful areas. I managed to walk away with 23 caches with the highlights being the Tarawera Falls and our cheeky virtual FTF.

This cache was found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward hint. This one wasn't exactly well hidden but then again the area isn't well trafficked. Cheers Matthew Supertramp, TFTC

On a trip with Philip.Perry trying to get this area cleared . II am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. It’s just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these caches. Many Thanks for bringing us back here. Cheers

Found the wasp nest before the jar but no wasps there now. Cache looking good.

Quick find. But hard to get to due to a wasps nest forming. Moved a little out of the way to make it easier.

Sorry I dunno how to rotate the pic but it was a really nice walk up the stairs. Log almost full and running outa space for trinkets. Great hunt, rewarding view!
Tftc

Nice view from up here,give a different aspect of the town ..found and signed the lig replaced as found Thanks Mathew supertramp

On such a beautiful warm day we decided to drive up. I was surprised at what was up there - what a spectacular location. I realised we were only 10m from the cache so felt ok stopping and looking. Hint was great. Thanks for bringing us here Matthew Supertramp

Found it no problems

Wasn't sure if I could drive on up here but did anyway. Lol. Weather cleaned up now. Easy find. Tftc

Nice simple find... not sure if we should have been up there or not. Is now private property.

What a climb

Easy find. Gates to carpark closed so walk up hill it was.

Nice easy find. Gates to carpark closed for holidays. Just walked up hill. Nice view

Stood at the top and watched some soul punishing himself by running up the track. Mr S spotted it. Nice view. Signed off just before another shower.

Thanks Supertramp.

Neat spot tyftc

Wasn't sure how to get here. Ended up driving half way up to the closed barrier and walking the rest. I guess during the week you maybe able to drive the whole way up. Nice views. Cache all fine. TFTC

Great view. The climb reminded me I was unfit

Quick find. Nice view TFTC

Found on our way down the mountain the day after the King of the Mountain race. Only Mr Seizer was silly enough to do that, so we both went for a bonus walk up the next day.

A nice excuse for a break on the way back down

Fun

Another fun find on our way to Tarawera Falls

TFTC swapped for a smiley face. Going down gotta be easy! Good view for a breather!

Arrived at the carpark just over the bridge and made my way up the stairs what a mission in my jeans on a very hot Kawerau day but finally made it to the top for a quick find.
I'm logging this as part of my GIO LEARNERS LICENSE 1 where one of the requirements is to find 10 caches owned by different owners this is cache number 5.
Tftc

Used to work in this office a few years back now. My how things have changed

After what had been a full week and the disappointment of not heading to White Island on Saturday and then it being once again cancelled late last night Alpenmilch80 and I decieded to head over this way and see what we could find before possibly making it back to the event in Rotorua later in the day.

After the disappointment of not going away this could not have been a nicer day to spend caching with a very good friend. This was our first cache of the day here in Kawerau and as previously had had trouble with muggled caches so was unsure how our luck would hold out but were just happy to grab what we could.
A short walk up here past the closed gate, said hello to a lady cleaning the windows and enjoyed the view over the township. soon had the cache in hand retruned to its spot and we were on our way once again. Today we signed most of the caches as "ACDC".

Thanks for the cache and the fun contained therein

Plans were made to head to White Island this weekend with Cats&Dragons but weather forecasted some gale warnings and the operator cancelled on us twice. Being already down in Hamilton we decided for Sunday to make a full day out to collect 50 smiles. And that’s what we indeed did. .
Beside the weather warning it turned out to be a great day with a lot of laughter and awesome company. Signed the logs as "ACDC" \m/. Took the easy route. great view from GZ. TFTC

Found it haven't walked the stairs in 8years awsome view

Found it haven't walked the stairs in 8years awsome view

Another nice find today, while on a geocaching trip around the area.

SL TFTC

Great view

Going for a walk with our group and found this on our way . There is a new track going up here so u can see a great view now tftc

After finishing work I couldn't help myself finding a few caches around the area. This cache brought me to a nice view of the town. No doubt the house here would enjoy a great view as well. Luckily I got out of there before the access gate was shut on me. TFTC.

Nice view up here, thanks.

Checked for CO and cache still in place.

However there has been extensive logging in the area and all is completely bare here now except for a small pocket of trees at the base of the walk by the river. Hopefully the NZ Robins are still there too.

Thank you for hiding this geocache! We had fun searching it!

What a great day with many of very nice geocaches on our way. ....also this one.... TFTC

Took the easy path

Shot up the road, located cache and rocked on out again.
TFTC

Didn't walk up from the bottom...pleased about that. Easy find...thank you.

Yeah budddy. Tftc

Nice spot up here.
Watch out for broken glass at GZ

Easy find better to drive up then walk team ktown

T4tc

Have always loved this little section of track and wonder why the council or whoever doesn't look after it a bit better. The flowering cherries were covered in blossom and tuis - just beautiful.
TFTC

11855... Took the drive by option rather than the Stairway, TFTC.

Another mad scramble to see who could get the cache first. Spotted muggles coming up the track so filled in log at the car and repositioned when they had left. Thanks.

Quick easy find in great location. Thanks.

Awesome little spot. Tftc

We run these steps now and again and thought we may as well kill two birds with one stone. Cheers

We drove to the car park, where we were most surprised to find a substantial building. The cache didn’t take too long to find. TFTC

Found this one today while visiting iNZ.
This is a beautiful place
TFLC

1.40pm - Quick easy find, able to drive almost to the cache. SLTFTC

Have meant to get this cache for a while. Decided to suck it in and drive into ground zone. Arrived and searched briefly for a quick find. TFTC.

Decided we had done enough walking yesterday so took the easy option.Quick find,thankyou.

An envigorating walk up the hill , and now it's time for the Kawerau Event.

My last walk in this area was down these steps - but all good exercise - Nice spot and good hide TFTC

Came in the easy way for a quick find. Had a short walk along the bike track after this.

Found this one today while visiting friends in NZ. This is a beautiful place to visit and cache. TFTC

Bummer, missed out finding this one as it did not show up on my gps!
Oh well, we are not that far away to come back for it, just noticed as to why it did not get included in my filter, the location of this cache is New Zealand
not North Island, New Zealand......
It could be worth while to see if you can edit this so that others don't miss out!
Thanks for the caches, we look forward to returning for this one.

A good hide, found quite quickly. We enjoyed the walk up the many steps through a nice bit of bush - haven't done it for quite some time and usually have just come down after river walk. Recommend parking at the Scout hall to do this. Thanks very much for the cache.

"The other night upon the stairs, I met a man who wasn't there ........ "
Congratulations Mac Ross [^]
And thank you Matthew --- good cache for our 350th!

(Have to admit that because it was a week-day and the gate was open , we drove to the upper carpark and did it the easy way!!!)

A dear friend found it with us. TFTC

FTF
I was hoping to have time before a dentist appointment to get "Half Way Up" but too tight so picked up this one. I assume this is to lead us to where we get a permit. TFTC

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