103954 @ Palliser (Wairarapa) Cape Palliser, North Island, New Zealand
By skindo on 01-Apr-13. Waypoint GC491TM

Catching up on a couple of the archived caches I released I'd forgotten to log from the trip with BFG,D and GSEL. TFTC - still there and in good condition.

A park’n’archived grab in our way past. TFTC skindo!

Another road trip to the Wairarapa, this time to pick up caches for the Mystery at the Museum. I headed out to Cape Palliser as I haven't been out this way for a few years - before I started geocaching so there's plenty for me to get.

Another quick find, and I rescued a trackable, however the code is unreadable. Apart from that, all good here. TFTC

I'm not able to maintain this cache.

Down to Palliser to enjoy the spring sun while it lasts and pick up some caches. Good spot, getting a bit warm by this point on the road down to Palliser. TFTC

TFTC

A quick stop to sign the log as we make our way to the lighthouse. ThanksFTC.

A quick drive by as I headed home. TFTC

A free weekend during a business trip. Time for sightseeing and caching. What a great experience.

I found this cache with Eddie6010.

Thanks a lot for that.
TFTC #1455
knarf48

At the end of a great day. TFT

TFTC

MEGA TRIP 2018.

As usual with the annual MEGA event, we partook in our annual MEGA Trip. However this year was a little different from others, with much more sleep and a little less time caching than usual, but just as much fun being had along the way.
The general goal for the trip was to focus on all the new Virtual caches published over the last year, visiting Cape Palliser (for the Southern most cache in the NI), and Castle Point, along with spending time at the MEGA Event. With this in mind hiring a campervan from Hamilton and seemed like the best way to tackle this goal, plus sleeping in a car with four people, would just be too cramped!
The trip was a great success, and our goals were achieved. A big thanks to all CO's for there hides.

LEG 3: Mega, Cape Palliser and Castle Point: Todays plan was to spend some time this morning at the Mega Event before heading off to Cape Palliser and then working our way North to Castle Point. Two places that have been on the to visit list for a while now.

On the way back from visiting Cape Palliser Lighthouse, so decided to find the caches along the road. A quick find here.

Well it's the WENZ Mega Weekend and a plan was hatched to motorhome (as we thought it would make a difference from sleeping in a car which is our normal accommodation method) down here in the company of HKCB, 11HPG11 & Alpenmilch80 and head for a few caches along the way.
As time was of the essence and we had planned to spend bugger all time at the actual mega but rather head for specific caches that we would otherwise not collect.
The record keeping for this trip was a total of 1750kms, (fuel = $450) and less than 100 caches, plenty of Beer & Wine and I still call it a complete success as we got what we came for.
Following about an hour at the WENZ Mega we headed for Cape Palliser (as this was a targeted area) before heading north again. What an amazing drive down here and a variety of sceanery along the coast. This was truly a highlight for us and many photos were taken.
We cached our way back up towards the Waiarapa and onwards to Castlepoint
thanks for the placement

During lunch time on Friday I flew into Wellington from Auckland to meet up with some crazy Hamilton’s (11HPG11, Cats&Dragons & HKCB) to spend some time at the 2018 WENZ Mega and then driving the huge campervan back to the Tron.
After the night spend with a hearty meal and good drinks we refreshed ourselves before moving in the direction of the mega. Afterwards we left the Hut to drive out to Cape Palliser. This find was collected on our way back. TFTC

It's Mega time! This year we decided to hire a motorhome and travel down in relative luxury, very different to the last few years. Our team this year consisted of Cats&Dragons, HKCB and later on Alpenmilch80, and myself, logs were signed as MEGAHOAC. We went on a bit of a whirlwind trip round the lower half of the north island, chasing virtuals, earthcaches and anything a little bit different.

Slowly working our way round the coast line collecting what caches we can find and where we can find appropriate parking for our big vehicle. No problems here thanks

Quick find

Found at 09:05 - #7840 - on a 5 week trip in New Zealand

TFTC

Another quick find TFTC skindo

#8015

Off on a weekend trip to Wellington area to be at a friends wedding, it would be rude of me not to get a few caches along the way

Off to Lake Ferry for a wedding, and I was early... and there are caches in the area... better get some of them! Never been down this area before, so it was nice to collect this. Cache in good condition!

TFTC skindo, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 11 find(s) of 13 today, making this find #1845

Out enjoying a gorgeous sunny day driving in the Wairarapa. All safe and dry here, and lots of ants enjoying the cache.TFTC

Nice calm spot. TFTC

Saw the marker and soon found the cache

Yet another great stopping place head south, TFTC!

A nice quick drive by, the name gave some hint towards what we were looking for. TFTC

Down from Auckland for a 3 day adventure to capture caches far and wide. Me and rustynz and Rebel98 are heading around the coast doing this and that. This cache was along the way so we stopped..

On a 3 day caching adventure with a group of Westies: rustynz, rebel98 and gorby

Made a quick stop, really only one place it could be. An amazing coastline, just beautiful. Thanks of the hides.

Log later

Quickly found on a sunny day with Rustynz & Gorby tftc.

A nice wee drive down from base at the DOC camp. This one was a nice quick drive by. TFTC!!!

Quick find on a Sunday caching drive in South Wairarapa

On the road for our first venture into the North Island with our little caravan to explore this part of the country. It is not a caching expedition but we do manage to stop for one or two . Our travels brought us to your cache – many thanks, skindo, for bringing us to this spot. We’ve had great fun on the way, and look forward to finding a couple more caches as we travel on our way. TFTC.

When I saw the cache name, I was confident about what type of hide to expect. This confidence was rewarded and I soon completed my mission.

A name like that, I knew where to look, right first time.

TFTC

I didn't find the obvious hint, but with a choice of only two locations it wasn't going to take me long to find this.

TFTC

Found, TFTC!

Quick Stop. TFTC

Good

Poles apart. SL TFTC

Auf einer kurzen Regenrunde diesen gehoben.
TFTH
Die Pickwicks

On the way up to Martinborough we picked up some caches on the way.
Most of them were easy to find.
Team Mavos - Albert and Maria

Thanks for the cache a nice easy drive by

#4744. A sunny Saturday and I need to get my cache numbers up for the month. So decided another adventure in the southern Wairarapa was on the cards. So drove over here in the morning and after doing a few at the northern end of the lake, it was time to head south. Heading towards Cape Palliser now. Its still nice and sunny but the wind has really picked up. Parked nearby and walked back for a quick find. Signed and replaced the cache back where found. Thanks for the cache skindo.

Quick find but got a foot full of gorse.

TFTC!

Nice spot for a cache. Quick find. TFTC

CZECH
už předem mi bylo jasné, kde bude schovaná

I have a full day meeting in Wellington starting early on Monday morning, so I decided to take a leisurely route to it, via a two day tour of the Wairarapa. Booked me a cute little Airbnb cottage in Masterton and planned a route to an area that I have never been before. Left the Manawatu in the pre-dawn light to make the most of the day and it has been an awesome day, with springlike weather, and full of lighthouses, seals and of course, braces, powerpoles and caches.

No problems finding the cache here today. Signed, returned and back to the car to head on to the next one. TFTC

the weather is not great but its good for keeping other people in doors and helping keeping the areas muggle free while we make the finds, thanks for the placement it has been another great out over this way caching.

A quick drive by on our way home from Palliser Bay - tftc

Des isch Easy xi drum bin i do xi. Bin auf Tour mit meiner Liebesmuggelin zum 60ger in NZ um nebenbei diese tollen Dosen zu erhaschen. Geocaching isch so Gsund do wirsch nümma rund! TFTC ! Danke fürs legen und pflegen dieser genialen Dosen..

Doing a couple of days geocaching in Wairarapa. After arriving decided to go as far south as possible and collect caches on the way back. The whole trip to Cape Palliser was fantastic the weather was great and the sea looked big, but may actually have been calm for this coast. All the caches along the coast are appreciated. Thanks for them all.
Got 'the flu'.

Forgot to log that we left him behind for the seals to take on the next journey

Windy cold day. Found with our friend Sian.

Beautiful place and we're so fortunate to have been here on a superb day! Does it get any better than this? Left a dose of the 'flu behind for the next cacher. www.thesoloavocado.com (Australia)

Getting windy and cold now but still managed this one. SO TFTC

A quick stop on our lovely winters day drive. TFTC

A fellow geocaching pair and us travelled to Cape Palliser today and had the best time finding caches and seals galore. Such a beautiful place, and many memories created. TFTC!

A fellow geocaching pair and us travelled to Cape Palliser today and had the best time finding caches and seals galore. Such a beautiful place, and many memories created. TFTC!

Nice easy find tftc

Had a great day with redsoxbean! Beaches, seals, pinnacles, and caches! Visiting from Pennsylvania, USA. TFTC ^_^

Out with Loth making our way to Cape Palliser. Logged many caches on the way and we hiked through the Putangirua Pinnacle to see the paths of the dead. We also saw seals along the beach and rocks. Tftc!!

A quick find. Came over the hill to a days caching in South Wairarapa. TFTC

Decidedto make this the last for the day as it is very windy and getting dark TFTC

A quick park and grab with kiwifamilygiddens on our second day of caches.

A quick park and grab, geokid found it before Wed crossed the road. TFTC

A great day out this way. Tftc

Found as we headed around towards the lighthouse on a calm autumnal day. TFTC

A super quick find on our thoroughly enjoyable drive out to Cape Palliser. TFTC #8362

It was time to go along the road from Masterton to Cape Palliser today before the forecasted showers arrived. I have never been out this way. What a magnificient landscape. Parts of the road are awesome.

Cheers for the cache.

Second day of my two-day trek in Southern Wairarapa. Down to White Rock, and then over to Cape Palliser for the night Another easy find.. Thanks for the cache.

a short stop for a quick find along the road
tftc

A bit windy today

Quick find on a day trip to Ngawi. Sea fog has rolled in so not a sunny as earlier. 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

Quick find. People fishing here.tftc

Very quick park'n'grab.
TFTC

It's amazing how long one stretch of road takes when your geo caching . Luckily this is the perfect place & weather to take your time & explore the area. We're really enjoying our visit to Palliser Bay.
Left a pet rock - a crab. TFTC skindo

Can't tell by the photo from the cellphone but was a great view of the south Island.

An easy find with LNM1961's husband as she backed up the car again. TFTC.

Easy find with Hubby and ETHNZ after a stunning South Wairarapa Day geo caching. TFTC

Knew what I was looking for given the name of the cache - and there it was !

A very easy park and grab - TFTC !

Find #2308. This cache find was more than just a drive-by. With such perfect weather (read no wind), I left the car at Ngawi and hopped on the bike. Finding this on the return journey, I didn't even have to get off the bike. SL TFTC

Quick find while on a caching trip in the area
Enjoying finding all the caches
TFTC

6th for day

Wow , number 11. All good and still happy cache hunters

A quick easy find to start the day. TFTC

We were wondering about the significance of this spot. Decided there didn't need to be any, just a place to put a cache and enjoy the view.

On a road trip to Palliser and Lake Wairarapa with Br'er Bear to collect caches we had run out of time to collect during our last visit to the area.

Another very straightforward and quick find. TFTC

A quick dash out to Cape Palliser and back. This was find number 13 for the day. Quickly found. TFTC.

Just about managed to complete this one without getting out of the car! TFTC, #7043

Over in the 'Rapa for a Scouting weekend with Venturers - dropping them for a hike up to the Pinnacles. A nice quick find at GZ.

TFTC!

A nice quick find here. TFTC

It's a shame this was too easy . No time to
Look at the beautiful view

Found on a >41 hour non-stop geo roadtrip from Wellington to Auckland via Cape Palliser and a whole bunch of skinny winding Wairarapa roads, in the esteemed company of slieschke, mike-miss and cretti. We picked up our rental car, dubbed the Idiot Box, and assumed our new identity as Team CRT, shortly after 8am at Wellington Airport and headed north.

We first headed to Porirua Harbour to take on the resident Kiwi geo art trail before heading over to the southern Wairarapa and Cape Palliser where we visited the light house at about midnight and tried our best to avoid seals while searching for a few caches along the southern most shore line of the North Island.

We headed up past Greytown and Carterton, focussing on caching areas west of SH2 this trip. There were some highlight caches, particularly around Carterton (I think) and some way up in the hills looking over the whole area from Masterton to Martinborough.

It was daylight again by the time we hit Masterton and we decided to hit fast forward and skip a planned area (will just have to come back again!) and shot through to Palmerston North where we got back into the swing of things.

We took the back-road up to Mangaweka, discovering some really fanstastic little places along the way, like a picnic area and waterfall way down in a canyon, and then we continued via Taihape, across and up through Owhango, to get some really old caches, and then north through Te Awamutu and back to Auckland to drop off the Idiot Box at the airport.

And of course, despite it then being after 1am on Monday morning, and raining kinda heavily, slieschke and I couldn't resist driving over to the North Shore for an FTF on a cache published earlier in the evening.

Thanks to all the cache owners along the way, even if we couldn't find your cache - all part of the adventure! Sorry for the copy/paste log, but just too many caches to remember *all* of them individually. TFTC!!!

Found in the company of Cretti, funkymunkyzone and mike-miss on a crazy Wellington to Auckland road trip in the idiot box. We traveled via the Kiwi GeoTrail in Porirua, the Wairarapa including Cape Palliser, the Manawatu, and back to Auckland via the western side of the Central Plateau. Signed as Team CRT. Despite very little sleep the weekend was a blast!

Thanks!

Team CRT - traveling in The IdiotBox - For the first time, I have joined in with the mad crew of: FunkyMonkeyZone, Slieschke and Mike-Miss in a mad 40 hr caching drive from Wellington back to Auckland.

We're into hour 10.

Find #779. Thanks for the cache. 30/08/2014 20:57

A plan was hatched for yet another extreme, fly down, drive back caching weekend from Wellington to Auckland. This time, Cretti and slieschke joined in on what turned out to be another epic road trip with myself and funkymunkyzone (our third trip this year).
We all met up at Wellington Saturday morning as i ended up being on an earlier flight to the rest of the crew. Jumped in our rental which happened to be a Ssangyong SUV this time round and headed straight to Porirua Harbour to hit the Kiwi GeoTrail. From there on, we zig zagged our way through Wiararapa to Cape Palliser, back up through Martinborough, Masterton, Ekatahuna, Pahiatua, Palmerston North, Taihape, Te Awamutu and back home to Auckland in the early hours of Monday morning.

To save time and log space, we signed the logs as "Team CRT" travelling in the idiot box for the weekend. Lots of laughs were had over our 1500km+ / 41 hour road trip which consisted mainly of narrow gravel roads, some of which had spectacular scenery and views. Sorry for the copy/paste logs as its now all abit of a blur having only a few short naps in between. Many thanks to all the cache owners who have placed caches for us to find on another epic little adventure. TFTC!

Out and about in Southern Wairarapa with Mrs gonefishing. Had a nice tiki-tour about, dodging the drizzle showers but enjoying the rugged scenery.

TFTC skindo

Making a strong start to our winter caching in 2014, we hope.
This one on the way to a Wairarapa day's run to Palliser.
Straightforward find; cache in order, log signed, then safely re-hidden.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

Another find in the dark on the way home.

A nice spot for a cache, cleaning up a few in the Wairarapa.

TFTC