Karere Road - Cattle Yards (Manawatu) Tiakitahuna, North Island, New Zealand
By Popmac on 17-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5B35H

Checked this cache today to pick up the TB. No log book or TB. Archived.

Replaced container and log book. . Dropped off a TB.

I'm not usually an early starter so the start of today is a bit of a blur however the log was completely saturated and needs some TLC. TFTC #9371

Sidewaze and Isis58 on a 5 day long weekend adventure to the Mega in Turangi. 4 days each involved a considerable amount of travelling. That left one day when we didn’t have to get somewhere and we could cache for as long as we liked. We had an amazing day around the backroads and valleys of the Manawatu, really getting a feel for the lie of the land as we travelled.
The brilliant red of the early morning sky was amazing. We marvelled at the green green grass, observed the thousands of cows, heard hundreds of bulls and lots of pheasants and plovers. Saw lots of beautiful mauve daisies. Geocaching is a great way to see so much country that you would otherwise bypass. We signed most logs SWIS to save space, time and sanity. Thank you so much for placing this cache.

fulled with water and log book soaked... needs replacing however cool find!!

Thanks for the caches out in the countryside. We have enjoyed a beautiful day out and about in the Manawatu

Replace wet log book with a new book.

Log saturated. Tried to sign but not much joy with pen. TFTC

Full of water. Emptied the water. Couldn't write in logbook as the pages stuck together and ripped .(sorry). So I took a photo. Didn't have spare plastic bag on me. TFTC

A quick find on a caching trip. TFTC

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Left a handful of charms

Great hide! Thanks for placing! Found on a April 30th on a trip to New Zealand. A long way for the Atlanta, Georgia based Duke's Troup!

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Cache is very wet, container might require changing
Massive spider found here!!!

Good find

Awesome

Found it after looking for wrong type of hiding places

I had some time to spend while here for work, so tried to find a few drive-bys. Thanks.

I traveled down to Palmerston North for a 3 day geocaching weekend to give my numbers a bit of a boost, as I head towards my next caching milestone. I decided to fly there and back and pick up a cheap rental car for the weekend. The weather was perfect and I had a great weekend down there.

Today I joined forces with yorkshirekiwi83 for a full day of caching before an event in the city tonight. We picked up a few caches around the city first, then drove down towards Opiki collecting caches down some of the side roads as we went, then headed across to do the KAS Power Trail, before going up to do the caches around Ohakea then headed back to Palmerston North. This was a quick find on our travels, TFTC!

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Vistra and I headed down to Manawatu as the KAS trail has been bugging me in its incomplete form, as we both needed numbers for personal goals it seemed like a good opportunity. Thanks to the cache owners for all the caches and the variety, over 2 days I found over 200 caches, so thank you for placing and maintaining them.

Most were quick easy finds, although there were some very clever ones and some well thought out. TFTC

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Quick park n grab. Tftc

Was down in Wellington for a few days, and decided that I'd make an extra long weekend of it and transfer a rental car back to Auckland and cache along the way. Unfortunately for the rental agency that ment nearly tripling the km's they thought I'd put on it!

With the rental car company only giving me 48 hours to get the car to Auckland a little bit of planing was needed to maximise what I wanted to accomplish, and with only a few DNF's it turned out to be a very successful trip. So a big thanks to everyone who had placed caches along the way, and for showing me some great sight's along the way.

Day 1: Foxton through to Bulls.

All good here, thanks for the hide.

Nope. Searched in all the likely spots but it just wasn't meant to be for me. Time ran out so it was sayonara and on to the next one.

Decided to do the ones down this road today as I have 2 hours to spare. this one I had to come back to, cause I was totally lost finding it the first time through. Was in the right spot, but looking for the wrong type of hinding spot! It was only after doing the others along the road I realised my mistake

This was a nice easy cache find to get things started as I made my way along this road for (I think) the first time.

Nice hide, tftc

Second attempt at collecting caches in this area. Straightforward cache true to clue. TFTC

Easy find when you get the right numbers!!

Nice and quick easy find and sign tftc

Pulled in here, knowing exactly what to look for, gave Jesserfly the honors
of locating cache. All was well and another hassle free smiley gained.
Cheers Popmac
~G

Quick find thanks.

Yip

Easy when you know how

Quick find.

nice and easy tftc

Out early for a day of caching. Started out at -2 degrees and got to 12 eventually - a great day to be out and about all the same. Found fairly quickly. Nice clear skies and great views of Mt Ruapehu. Thanks for the placement Popmac.

My younger brother had a four-day table tennis tournament in Palmerston North. Rather than sit around and watch paint dry, I decided to take a caching tour of the Manawatu... Joined by Gap (of Fap and Gap).

A quick find here... Which allowed plenty of time to admire the snow-covered ranges. Although it was bitingly cold, getting in and out of the car was enough to keep us warm... TFTC.

8 - Ben asked me to quote on some potential business in the Waiouru area, the Squirrel rang me and told me what his plans were so I thought I could combine these two together and met him for a raid on the Manawatu area. What's a few extra kilometres of driving and it's great to have a good boss (Mrs Fap) who said I could disappear for a few days. Arrived late Wednesday night, up early the next morning, hadn't planned anything so followed Squirrel's directions. Boy is there are load of caches in this area. Armed with the Squirrels list off we went, target today 100+ caches.....and see how we go, and Oh what a day so I'm going to have to copy & paste this lot for our logs. SLTFTC.40am

Kids were loving these easy finds today, good choices for the crappy weather. TFTC

Found this last weekend but forgot to log

Came to here this afternoon after finishing off the cache trail to the west. A quick find in the first place checked. Signed log, TFTC!

Quick easy park and grab, tftc

Overshot by a few metres, but a quick walk back. TFTC.

Quick and easy find of the way north to and event in Palmerston and caching for the day. Thanks for the cache. Did with Wandering Dragons, Violet Butterfly and Astro Hunter

Did with CrystalFairy

Cache # 2,443 - Did with Crystal Fairy, MycroMan, Violet Butterfly and Astro Hunter. TNLNSL. TFTC!

Found today with The Wandering Dragons, Crystal Fairy, Astro Hunter and MycroMan. Thank you.

Cache # 986

Grabbed today with The Wandering Dragons, Crystal Fairy, Violet Butterfly and MycroMan. Thanks!

Cache # 436

Quick find tftc.

Out and about the Manawatu for a day's caching. A great day for it and a most enjoyable tiki tour around the back blocks.

TFTC Popmac

Zach + Olivia

Never would have seen Karere Road without this. TFTC

Thanks

Easy to find. Key word: thistles

No cattle at the yards today, our first cache on this mini trail along Karere Road, many thanks.

All good. Warm calm evening in the Manawatu. Tftc. .

Nice & easy. Thanks for the smiley!!

Back down this way for work so what better opportunity to collect a few caches in the early evening and before the event in the morning. Caching always provides a great way to see the local countryside (and also gets me out of motel rooms which I hate being stuck in) to see the countryside.

Nice quick find and cache in great condition
Thanks for the placement

found under the darkness of night (~9.30pm) to fill in a dot-day.
I pulled in at the namesake and then wandered down the road to where my phone was pointing me.
Thanks Popmac

Quick find! With Wafflekitties! Thanks for the cache

Quick find with the hint. TFTC

Ha! Found this one by accident. I chose to turn around here & thought better check if there is a cache and of course there is! Bit of roadside trimming and owww the prickles on my toes! Shouldn't wear jandles geocaching.

Almost done for the day, just time to squeeze in another 2 or 3 before heading for home. TFTC

Another straightforward find, the cache and contents in fine condition. Thanks for the smiley, Popmac.

Found on a road trip with tmann421 and Princess-Emily.

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Caching with tmann421 and Just-Lookin

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Down in the area for a caching week.
Enjoying the caches.
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Don't often get out this way to do caches so grabbed the opportunity this evening while up this end of town. Parked up near the yards before realising that the coordinates were still some way off so walked along to the obvious GZ. A good sized cache with lots of goodies, TNLNSL. Thanks Popmac.

Cache in good condition. Lots of swaps. TFTC

Easy find, TFTC

On a pretty wild and windy day with MJMNZ. But thankfully no rain. Our purpose to cover the area just south of Sanson and east of SH1. There seemed to be a compact group just waiting to be found!
Another satisfying cache added to the day's tally.

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A straightforward find. TFTC
The GPS led us from the mint caches to this cluster the long way round but soon travelling along yet a new road with deep drains and narrow verges and howling blustery winds. Out with JonoS doing a day of mainly POPMAC caches. Thanks for a range of different caches with accurate coordinates in a variety of containers and places.

First swops, yay!

Sign log and cache in good order See taybee Log as we did it at the same Time
TFTC log by Gsak

taybee nz got to it before i got out on the van very easy found here Thanks
Sign log and cache in good order TFTC log by Gsak

In PN for 2 nights so out and about in this lovely weather, such good times

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Have been meaning to do this trail for a while and what better opportunity than a drive into town for the groceries? This was the last on the trail for us, thanks for hiding this series, will have to come bak and get the ones we missed at some point.

Thought we would grab a few caches on our way into town to get some groceries. Have been meaning to do this trail for a while. Though today was the day, as I want to get to 400 caches before my first year of geocaching is up. Not many to go now.

Thanks for this series Popmac, this was the last one from this trail for us today, have a couple we missed but will come back and get them another time. Thanks! Picked up TB

Quick find

Quick find

This was the end of the trail for us, having started at the other end.
+ a marble, - nothing.

Quick find on way to Otaki TFTC

Over in Palmy for the last of the Xmas shopping with Mrs skindo, I wasn't required for an hour or so, so what better to do than go and find a few caches. I was happy with the 15 I found in about and hour and a half.

This cache was a quick find in the first place I looked, thanks for the cache Popmac

Thanks. Quick find

Our first caching outing in quite a few months today. Came out to pick raspberries down the road and decided to find these popmac caches whilst we were out. Found this one quite easily - wish we had brought swaps! Dropped off TB instead. TFTC

Quick find,Nice camo

A spot of Sunday caching in and around the district.
I've had cause to frequent this area in a previous life. Sheer pleasure to be visiting today.
Cache in order; log signed, safely re-hidden, just as found.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

Last cache for the day. As we pulled into the nearest driveway to GZ, we noticed a bit of traffic coming towards us, so pulled out the cellphone - just as well, as the first car pulled into the driveway we were in. They just gave us a friendly wave & continued on.
Interesting note on the inside of the lid - "who else nose about this" (their spelling not mine ). Muggled?
Left a pet rock - a hippo. TFTC & the trail, Popmac.

#5833. No cattle in the yards today ... plenty in the paddocks in the area though. Quick stop and find. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Up from Christchurch visiting my in-laws for the last time before the 3rd womble arrives. Managed to get out and a bout for a few hours with my father in law (who happens to be the CO of this cache) and grab a few caches.

No problems locating this cache. Thanks for the cache

Off to Fielding and beyond today so very nice to be able to collect this series along the way. Enjoyed the variety of containers and hides, and always good to be out and about exploring some back roads as well.

SL TFTC

Nice and quiet. TFTC

Stopped here this time on way to levin once more.. A quick find here thanks

Quick and easy.

A quick easy find on a cold morning. As the cache was floating in a pool of water, we replaced it on a drier side. TFTC

What do you do when you have a baby free day? You go caching!
Found with Tommygun9 on a surprisingly busy back country road.
Thanks for this loop Popmac

Decided to knock off this loop after dropping JrGun9 at his Grandma's. This road is the busiest country road I've ever seen! Thanks heaps for the caches Popmac.
Drove down Tremaine Ave so grabbed this one before turning around to continue on the series.

I left the car running and the gps in the car as I scampered out to grab this one. The rain is on it's way so it'll be interesting to see how far I get on this trail before it hits. I'm not too worried though as I have my new jacket with me so it'll be good to put it to use today.

TFTC

Found with TDJim