Okareka Bees (BOP) Lake Okareka, North Island, New Zealand
By Agogo on 07-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5ADKY

Fantastic cache! You do have to go off the path tho. Didnt bring a pen so couldnt write on the log

TFTC Not too many bees yet

TFTC!

Yay

Out on a lovely rainy day amble with my mum. We took photos of the birds and found this very cool find along the way. This one tickled me as I love bees! TFTC

Thanks, what a fun little experience

No pen, sorry.TFTC ! wilko*

Further from the path than initially thought but found it in the end. TFTC!

Brilliant thanks for the work on this

Found with Cympull. TFC

Thanks for your amazing cache Agogo. I really appreciate the time you took to set up and maintain your caches. Found with Fisha1288 Worth a favorite from me. Love the BEE Cheers, Cympull.

I was really lucky today as I only saw 1 lonely bee.Cheers Cympull

Went up then walked past it about twice then went 40 meters left because our map wasn't loading so we had to come back down to the path then got directly on the lime then walked straight up and found it

Thanks! Cute bee, easy to find a little into the trees

was a nice bee

Tftc Cute bee hard to find but got there in the end

What an excellent cache, the buzz helped me locate it

Such a cool cache, thanks!

Bzzzzzzz tftc

Found with DVNKSY, wasn't keen to go off track so left it to the sneaky one.

The bees do love these trees! TFTC

Spending Labour weekend 2023 in Rotorua. Decided to come for a late afternoon walk and collect some caches. Missed this cache on our way so made sure we had a look on our way back. Headed off the trail and spotted where we thought a bee might love. Really like the cache container so we have given this a favourite point.

TFTC

Out checking some of the caches I have adopted from Agogo. Cache is all good.

Okareka Bees (BOP) was transferred from Agogo to user Davidson123Clan

Love it, so cool. Didn’t take long to spot. Worth a favourite. Tftc

Nice friendly bee. Cache found once I spotted the bee. Enjoying our walk along here.

Merci pour la cache !

Visiting from Australia and took this lovely walk in a break between thermal parks. Spotted several (new to us) birds. Was dark in there so the bee helped. Thanks Agogo.

Good easy find

Sting my but

Don't know what to look for? A bee?

Nice walk after a stormy Cyclone night, greetings from Austria, TFTC

Thanks for the fun find. No pen to sign log. Have apic but don't want to spoil it for others

The Freezer Mice Strike Again!
Was out for a stroll today to the beach but unfortunately left the GPS at home so had to find this based on the clues. Took a while to find the right hive but finally the queen was found. TFTC

What a great spot and the bee didn't sting! TFTC

I was starting to wonder if there would be any decent sized caches here. Yay!! cache is all good, dry inside, gets a favourite. Now I just need some cooler weather to go with it. I wonder if the bees are hiding from the sun too?

Found it!! Such a cool place, not to hard to find

Thanks

gutes Versteck

Fun easy find with a friend loved the guardian

Quick fun find!

Very nearly stung by this big one but finally found with the help of a passer by who was curious as to what I was up to

**#16,111**
Loved the cache guardian, it must have been the sibling of our one at Black and Yellow puzzle in Waiotapu, unfortunately, it went missing shortly after publication, and we could never find the same one to replace it.
One to go before the run back to the van!
TNLN TFTC!

Such a clever cache. Thank goodness I’m not allergic to bees.
TFTC

Took us a really long time to find but glad when we did

This was a bit of a search but we were determined to not miss any of Agogos four caches along the walk. This GC was great fun and worth the time spent. TFTC

Cool find, thank you

Wow! What a fab cache. Deserves a favourite point. A quick find. TFTC

What a lovely hide! Very creative. Took a few minutes to locate due to weak signal (for some reason). TFTC

Yep, pretty big bees alright.
TFTC

Wow the bees are big up here

Didn’t use the hint and found it quite easily. What a cute cache!

Found with KaelynKingi, tftc

Little tricky to find, nicely hidden. Buzz buzz! Thanks.

What a great cache, thanks for that! Look for the large bee!

Cute find

Bee careful, no wasps around here

We have come away for the weekend to this beautiful spot, I had been told to do this little walk and could get some caches as an added bonus. unfortunately not dressed for bushwacking so hopefully next time we are here I can attempt this one.

Great cache - great day to be out - many thanks

Tftc

School holidays, out walking with little people. Fun little find, love from us. TFTF

A nice little walk, thanks!
TFTC Agogo

Wow I loved this cache. Thank you!

Up into the bush then made a bee-line for it! Great little find. All good at GZ. Gets a favorite from me. TFTC.

Nice walk to burn off some of the xmas lunch, no bees today...TFTC

The BEE is a nice touch

This one took me a few extra minutes than the others. Climbed further into the bush and there it was. Thanks!

Great hide tftc

Found it eventually. Took a while. Nice!

Love it verry smart hidetftc

Took a bit of searching but the bees gave it away.
Found with pink camo girl.
Tftc

A bit of scrambling but found it!

Sums umsumm!

Awesome cache. Glad to find it with Miss 5.5yo. She swapped Swag. Tftc

It was a miserable July morning - rainy, a strong wind coming across the lake, and half dark. Particularly dark amongst the trees - if this had been any more difficult I probably would have given it a miss! However it was worth sticking with - a great cache to find. TFTC.

What a cool cache ! Thank you. A favourite point from us!

Out geocaching after a horse ride. Had to make this the last for the day as the young ones with use were getting tired and hungry. Loved the cache guardian. Nice hide favourite from us. Thanks Agogo.

Very cool. This took us longer to find than the others but got there in the end and after some encouragement from reading past logs. Thanks

In Rotorua for the weekend with friends and did this walk. Lovely views and lots of bird life. Loved the different coloured cattle in the paddock with the autumn leaves behind, very picturesque. Grabbed the caches on the path as we went. Thanks

Away with friends for the weekend and we had a geocaching blitz today. This is a lovely walk around part of the lake and we enjoyed it apart from the cold wind. Loved this container - favourite from me, TFTC

Now I do not like leaving caches unfound, if I can possibly avoid it! so after spending a very long time in the trees trying to find this one, I had to walk away. I went to the end of the track to find that one, then on my return, if the light was still good, and I was keen? I would stop and have another look for this elusive cache.

Well this time, I went higher up the bank, in an area I had not searched before, and there it was

Yeah, so happy to have tried again to find it! never seen one of those before (bigggggg)

Thanks again Agogo for these hides around Lake Okareka, this one gave me the most grief, but I got there in the end

Nice scenic walk to get to the spot. Late summer but only encountered one bee. TFTC

Came and found this bee-autiful cache with Birthday dad and a motley crew of 9 muscateers. Left the happy birthday dad tag here to start it's journey - happy travels!

Scary! Thanks for the great find.

This one took us a while but a great find, thanks

Found it very very cool

Cachette rigolote. Nous avons bien pris soin de ne pas déranger l'abeille.

Yes! After a bit of scrambling up. Was a bit wary in area but all goo tftc from uk

Yay found it! A bit off the track and only one large bee in sight

An easy gond and in good condition. Next cacher bring a pencil sharpner.

Caching areas missed or unexplored after our return to NZ after 7 years. Thank you for bringing us to this beautiful lake.

NIce hide!

TFTC

Bee aware

Found #7000. Only one bee to spot today, but this one was almost a bumblebee. Fast spotted. TFTC

A new string of Geocaches spurred this visit so it's time for a tiki-tour. I contacted my mid week caching partner Mc Jandals and proposed a nice little clean up of the area. We had quite the adventure caching from dawn and finding some really beautiful spots. I managed to walk away with 28 caches and my highlights were the views out towards Mt Tarawera and of course... the company

This is the second time I've done this walk in the name of geocaching but it is a particularly good stroll. The cache was found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward placement. A simple bit of camo but the added extra here was pretty cool. Cheers Agogo, TFTC

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On a trip with Philip after seeing these new caches out. A spur of the moment plan was hatched and here we are. 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 with Baby Dillnutz. Mama Dillnutz decided today was the day for a solo caching experience with mini-me. TFTC. The bee said “Hi”!

Cool cache in a nice spot..thanks agogo ..all good here

What an awesome cache. Loved heading in to find this. Thanks for bringing us here Agogo
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Great walk Coll bee

I was down in Rotorua for the weekend and this afternoon went for a drive out to Lake Tarawera. We took a detour out to Lake Okareka and took a walk around the walkway, looking for these caches along the way. Once the coast was clear I headed up the hill and quickly found the cool cache at GZ - fav point added! TFTC!