Mimiwhangata: Parched (Northland) Helena Bay, North Island, New Zealand
By
SaltyCacheNutZ on 07-Oct-13. Waypoint GC4N03B
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Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I now live full-time in our caravan & travel the country visiting places we want to visit & doing the things that we want to do we were visiting the Bay of Islands for a few days & we decided that we needed to go for a bit of a drive headed to the Mimiwhangata Peninsula with a view to walking some tracks & doing some caches did a couple but the weather conspired against us, so cut things short this cache was easily found, logbook completed & returned pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:SL #5,049 for Us!Out for a walk around the Peninsula headand track today to see some new places and hopefully find the caches along the way.A lovely deserted beach today so no muggle problems at all and with the good hint, it didn't take long to locate the well anchored cache. Signed the log, took a note of the bonus numbers and then replaced securely as found. TFTC
After a lovely family get-together at the lodge we set off to explore the area. This cache took us to a lovely beach and great view. The children loved the challenge of this one and we were all bone-tired at the end .
Cache replaced. Please time to cover & anchor/weigh down the cache securely. Mother nature can be quite fierce out here!!
Bang on GZ, seems like a very likely hiding spot, checked all obvious places but unfortunately couldn’t find it. Amazing place though! Will be back after lockdown for another hunt.
What the lovely and beautiful Area! we enjoy working up and down very much. without caches wie would never ever Had come here. Easy find Tftc
Stayed at the campground giving us an early start toward the beach on a perfect morning. A skinny dip then found the cache while checking out this end of the beach. TFTC!!!!
Went for a walk after arriving in Mimiwhangata and decided to get the two on the end of the peninsula. Everything around us was rather parched. Time to head back for a swim. Thanks for the hide
So glad I walked to the top of the hill first before trying to work out the gz..... found this cache nice and quickly. Cant wait to find the other bone-es cache
H ave got this one before but revisited it again to get the bonus clue. Unfortunately the cache has gone.
Think we found the spot but no cache. Will send a photo to CO to see if the three of us were right!!!
I'm back up North for the New Year period, staying with family in Whangarei. Today I decided to head out to Mimiwhangata, to do a few walks and pick up the caches out there - I haven't been out here for a very long time! It was another stunning day and I started off by walking the Peninsula Loop Walk, following that up with the Puriri Track (and a detour to the Te Aroha Trail and back again!) before finishing off with the Tohumoana Lookout Track - all in all quite a long day out, with some neat caches to find!
This was my first find of the day, after walking along the empty beach to GZ. A quick find at GZ, TFTC!
This was my first find of the day, after walking along the empty beach to GZ. A quick find at GZ, TFTC!
Have added some links to GPX tracks, if anyone would like better guidance. But hey, isn't getting lost part of the fun?!
A beautiful near deserted beach, a bit of a stretch to retrieve another great cache in this series.
A gentle stroll down to GZ, and again with no obvious path, we followed the mown track, then I suggested going over to the corner of the fence, and climbing over. There was a track past the trap, and through the sand dunes to the beach.
We were not alone, fellow campers who were exploring the bay. We went off to the hide, and with a bit of a scramble urbangypsynz with here longer reach, soon had the cache. Another clever cache container. No problems with the log, lovely and dry. Although you could see it had got wet in the past! Thanks for the hide, co-ords noted as I am on a mission to find the puzzle hide
We were not alone, fellow campers who were exploring the bay. We went off to the hide, and with a bit of a scramble urbangypsynz with here longer reach, soon had the cache. Another clever cache container. No problems with the log, lovely and dry. Although you could see it had got wet in the past! Thanks for the hide, co-ords noted as I am on a mission to find the puzzle hide
Went looking for this soon after arriving at this beach. Quickly found with no problems. Loved the cache.
(1165) Caching day in Mimiwhanga on a lovely Spring Sunday. Lovely walk, lovely area. TFTC
Staying at the lodge with friends and took a group out to explore the northern section of the park. A fantastic part of the world and a very fun container tying in perfectly with the story, which I read out loud to the group as we walked. A former muggle made the find, converting her quickly. Expect to see Team Mooch show up on some north shore logs soon!!!
What's a pirate's favourite letter?
You'd think it would be R but his first love be the C.
You'd think it would be R but his first love be the C.
What a stunning part of the country!
Loved the walk around the headland, amazing colours and views.
Clocked up 12km on the loop around.
Loved the walk around the headland, amazing colours and views.
Clocked up 12km on the loop around.
At least we had a pen . Great container.
Just beaten to FTF. Have final hidden coord !!!!
Just beaten to FTF. Have final hidden coord !!!!
What a hot container ! We discovered we had no pen in the pack so had to improvise with a twig dipped in betadine...looked very authentic to mark our FTF. Mimiwhangata is ablaze with flowering flax but not a tui to be seen!
