Chicky Hang-out (Wairarapa) Upper Plain, North Island, New Zealand
By
mummykins44 on 06-Jul-14. Waypoint GC589KT
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Logs
This cache was worth the stop just for the entertainment value alone. These girls are hilarious and I didn't expect so many of them. A fav from me TFTC
I'll give this one a favourite point due to all the chickies coming up to me for a chat 
TFTC
TFTCFound it thanks. One of the locals strutted over for a chat
This entry was edited by peniknz on Thursday, 02 April 2015 at 03:42:30 UTC.
This entry was edited by peniknz on Thursday, 02 April 2015 at 03:42:30 UTC.
Nice quick find - the chickys were very inquisitive and interested in the new arrival (me)! Very hot and dusty.
TFTC!
TFTC!
Interesting to visit but not quite what we expected. Cache was found easily log signed and returned as found. TFTC
Not sure how happy these chooks are, not much on the ground to scratch over. They got quite excited when we pulled up, probably expecting food. TFTC
I can't believe this one has eluded me. Admittedly the GPSr froze on 20m and wouldn't budge so it became a case of searching all the hint items both sides of the road. Came up empty-handed although my excuse is that I spent more time chook-watching than looking for the cache. It was amazing to see so many of the chooks migrate towards me at the fence. They must have been hopeful that I had food for them. I'll be back another time.
Found as part of my quest to complete GC572GM 100, 10, 7 Challenge Cache. Had a lot of attention from the Chicks as I looked for this one. TFTC
Certainly a good location for a cache - quite a few of the locals decided to come over to look at me.
Quickly located the container SL TFTC
Quickly located the container SL TFTC
#5976. Searched for some time ... widening the search area. Eventually returned to the initial spot. Searched some more ... and there it was. TNLNSL. TFTC.
Clever, wondered what this was all about until I got here when it all made sense! placed TB, TFTC, #6960
A fun spot to visit, I was rather flattered by the interest shown, and very tempted to take a couple of chicks back home for dinner 
TFTC
TFTC
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.
Great cache, hilarious with all the chickens coming over for a close look. +1 fave just for that! TFTC!!!
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.
Great cache, hilarious with all the chickens coming over for a close look. +1 fave just for that! TFTC!!!
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 stamped 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.
Finding this cache was hilarious as all the chooks came running up to the fence to see what we were up to. We found the cache quite quickly though, TFTC!
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 stamped 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.
Finding this cache was hilarious as all the chooks came running up to the fence to see what we were up to. We found the cache quite quickly though, 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!
Loved this one. As we found the cache chickens swarmed towards us en masse from both paddocks. The sound! HILARIOUS!
Thanks!
Loved this one. As we found the cache chickens swarmed towards us en masse from both paddocks. The sound! HILARIOUS!
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 25.
Find #862. Thanks for the cache. 31/08/2014 9:16
We're into hour 25.
Find #862. Thanks for the cache. 31/08/2014 9:16
I am pretty certain I have never before had so many eyes observing me as I searched for a cache. The camo used here is very effective.
A cache to fill in a dot day. I used to run around this area many years ago. tftc
Find #2019. Out on the bike on a super sunny Wairarapa day, the Tararua range brilliant with fresh snow. Talk about being watched - you can hardly grab this cache during the day without being under the gaze of hundreds of beady eyes and disapproving clucking - quite an experience! SL TFTC
A quick find while in the area today. Retrieved and replaced the cache under the watchful eyes of a hundred or so chooks that came over to investigate what I was doing. Quite cute! Signed log, TFTC
Saw a couple of new caches pop up so set out for a quick bike around on a Saturday morning. TFTC
***FTF*** #235
I saw these published just before I was going to head into Masterton, the timing couldn't have been better. A quick find in the first place I looked.
Thanks for the cache mummykins44
I saw these published just before I was going to head into Masterton, the timing couldn't have been better. A quick find in the first place I looked.
Thanks for the cache mummykins44
