KAS Frog Post (Manawatu) Himatangi, North Island, New Zealand
By kaŝmemoro on 09-May-15. Waypoint GC5V6B4

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Logs

19-Dec-16
This cache was attempted as part of the Palmerston North Power Leg of our "Road to 6,000" Extravaganza for 2016.

First DNF of the day! (;-)
 
19-Dec-16
Looks like this one has been compromised. It would appear the nearby farmer does not wish for the caches to be near his property. Unfortunately time to archive this one so as to avoid any future confrontation.

Team KAS
 
19-Nov-16
In Palmerston North for the weekend with some caching buddies- Uncle Sam, NZTravellers, Stik-a-crane. The goal was to find as many of the local caches that we could in the space of a day.
On the KAS trail, this was our only DNF. Spent 10-15 mins looking before having to give up. Hope it's still there and we were just suffering from cacher's blindness!
 
19-Nov-16
5 of us couldn't not find this one Sad
 
19-Nov-16
This was our DNF for the series. MrNZT got his feet wet, jumping the ditch, but to no avail as the cache appeared to be gone.
 
19-Nov-16
A group of us had a look for this one for some time but without luck.... this will have to wait till next time.
 
24-Oct-16
There was a local farmer yelling at the cows close by and for a minute I thought she was yelling at me. Almost at the end of what's left of the KAS trail now - I can almost smell that coffee. TFTC #9460
 
24-Oct-16
Isis58 and Sidewaze out and about enjoying the Manawatu countryside and on a mission to achieve their best day ever. Thanks for your help Big Grin!!!!
 
20-Oct-16
Heading towards the Mega. Thought it would be impolite not to grab a few on the way through. Thanks all for the hides.
 
18-Oct-16
Sanson Day2.
Today we headed out to finish the KAZ trail. This was liking a tiki tour of the area around the farming country side.
The long grass made some of the caching today quiet difficult. I liked how the title included a hint.
Thanks for placing this cache kasmemoro
 
17-Oct-16
Logged with GCDroid. Thanks for the series kasmemoro - sorry about the cut and paste but with so many there weren't so many things that were different for each one.
 
24-Jul-16
Found with Blenheim Bear
Down from the naki on this cool windy day for a day out geocaching
Loving the caches in the area.
Many thanks for all the placements but sorry about the cut and paste
 
24-Jul-16
Mission accomplished, this one is a wrap. Thanks for the cache from Blenheim Bear! Smile
This cache posted with CacheSense for Android.
Mission accomplished, this one is a wrap. Thanks for the cache from Blenheim Bear
This log posted with CacheSense for Android!
 
11-Jul-16
found while in the area for a few days caching
 
09-Jul-16
My third day on the power trail. A good excuse to give the dog a run on a (mostly) quiet country road. TFTC
 
01-Jul-16
This one was our fourth stop on the trail. We seem to be going well. Still no moaning from the car. This could change soon.

Thank you

Cherrys Rule
 
01-Jul-16
Fab morning collecting caches on the way to play badminton in Feilding today - thanks so much for all the caches
 
25-Jun-16
I misjudged jumping over the ditch full of muddy water and ended up rather wet. A nice quick find and the wee guy was playing host to a slug.
TFTC
 
05-Jun-16
Another quick find here. I did wonder, with it being such a fine day, whether there could be farmers out and about checking the perimeters of their newly acquired properties. Although there was a fair amount of passing traffic, I had no muggle issues today although there were times I did hear motor cycles not far away and children playing outdoors.
 
24-Apr-16
We had such a fun day yesterday so we decided to come back today and finish off this trail. TFTC Smile
 
05-Apr-16
With the exeption of "Route 66" in the North of Auckland I didn't visit any powertrail on my four week trip on beautyfull North Island because NZ is such a lovely Country with also so lovely People. No time for power trails at all. But this one is very, very good in shape and so I couldn't resist to visit a part of it. So I found 31 of the Caches before I moved on northward again.

Thanks a lot for the Caches and I hope I'll be back one day to get the others, too.
dG
 
28-Mar-16
Another quick grab tftc
 
27-Mar-16
All good. Tftc.
 
22-Mar-16
I was in Palmy North on business and decided to stay an extra day and spend time driving the KAS trail Nicely put together with the added bonus that its all on a sealed road.. and with plenty of parking. Just great. The weather co-operated with sunny skies and a nice breeze. Thanks for the trail.
 
21-Mar-16
good find TFTC
 
18-Mar-16
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 drove down to Foxton Beach for a more leisurely day of caching, with a focus more on numbers tomorrow. I made a brief start on some of the KAS Power Trail caches, just targeting ones that yorkshirekiwi83 had already found, as I will be joining forces with her tomorrow to complete the series. A quick easy find here, TFTC!

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12-Mar-16
Selesi and I were up from Wellington for the day. TFTC
 
12-Mar-16
Quick find once you get your eye in and brain engaged. Not as warm as I hoped. Out with UlmusLynx for a caching hit. TFTC
 
05-Mar-16
Tftc
 
02-Mar-16
Continuing our cycle mission around the Power Trail another windy day in the Manawatu TFTC
 
27-Feb-16
Since I was back in the region for a couple of weeks I decided a big day caching was on order. Calls were made and plans were put in place and Jesso22, Stardust 718 and I set off in my new 4WD to collect a heap of caches. The first cache was collect at 7am and last one just before 7pm. The final numbers came to just of 150 so a productive day was had.
Found as Team AJS to save space on the very full logs

[ * * * * Thanks for the cache * * * * ]
 
27-Feb-16
For months we had been planning a 100+ day but the timing had just never worked out for us. Now with Christmas and all of our summer activities behind us and AtomsNZ back in town it was the perfect time! AtomsNZ arrived at my house at 6.45am with Stardust718 in tow and off we went on our mission. The day was quite successful, started with a few solved puzzles then on to the KAS trail and the mint tin trails before squeezing in as many caches around Foxton, Levin and Shannon that all three of us hadn't previously found. Final total was just over 150 (just to be on the safe side in case we made a counting error). Most caches signed as AJS (or JAS depending on who signed it) to save room in the logs as some were quite full. Thanks to all of the COs it was a great day with many great finds.
 
27-Feb-16
# 1011: I joined forces with AtomsNZ and Jesso22 for a 14 hour caching day. Found at 11:54:00 a.m. The main goal was the KAS trail and however many more nearby caches we could find. Our total came out at just over 150 for the day so we were all pretty happy with that. Thanks to the many CO's that made this day possible. We had a great time travelling lots of back roads.

Loved the various bugs on the containers. I'm not usually one to like creepy crawlies but thesse were cool and made for a more interesting power trail.

Logged signed as AJS (our team name for the day) as many log sheets were very small/or nearly full. we added new log sheets were possible.
 
22-Feb-16
Is that pne of those poisonous frpgs tftc
 
22-Feb-16
Tftc
 
20-Feb-16
TFTC
 
13-Feb-16
#1780 As i was picked up just after 4am to head to the Manawatu I realised this was not going to be a dot day. This was an attempt to get 270 caches in one day. There are a couple of great circuits in the Manawatu that will help work toward this goal so thanks to the CO's that have placed them for our enjoyment.

Thanks also to my partner in geo crime and driver for the day Yetrees. Without an able driver an attempt such as this would be impracticable so thanks for enabling it.

Thanks to all the CO's for their contribution to my smilie tally.

It is forecast to be a long day geocaching, hoping to make the 270 target. To be honest I'd be pretty happy with 200, however why not go for the Emerald badge (see project-gc.com)
 
12-Feb-16
#1754. Well I have been planning on having a trip to the Manawatu for some time to pick up the powertrails. With the run of great weather we have been having I booked a motel for two nights at Foxton and planned for Friday 12 February to be my "Manawatu Big Day Out". I had prepared an Excel sheet with 170 caches listed on it in a logical driving order going from Foxton through the various trails and over to Palmie and SE to Shannon and back across to Foxton. My first goal was to get enough finds to crack the 142 in 24 hr challenge, then get over the 150 barrier, and all going well see if I could exceed my current largest day of 57 caches by an extra 100 caches. Well the day dawned fine and I was on the road and at my first cache by 6.40am. I unlocked the motel door at 11pm with 158 caches under my belt. Not bad for a solo performance driving a car and trying to keep half an eye on the GPS and other half on the road. Got muggled by farmers twice and pulled over by the police twice (that's another story - read the relevant logs). The KAS power trail took 6 hrs and 20 mins to find 103 caches and DNF on 6 of them. That averages out at 3 and half minutes per successful cache. I had 120 finds by 3.40pm and the last 38 took 6 hours and 20 minutes as I headed into more dispersed and trickier to find caches. The power trails are a bit of an endurance test, especially in the heat of a summers day. Not helped by NZ cricket team losing wickets faster than I could find caches. Take plenty of water and food with you. I stopped just once for an ice cream and a pie on outskirts of Palmie. Some caches were memorable. Others just made up the numbers. Thanks so much to the CO's who put them out for me to find. Sorry for the generic log but I guess you are used to them by now. Cheers GSEL
 
08-Feb-16
Quick find again. Log a bit damp. #4 for today.
 
08-Feb-16
On this sunny warm holiday afternoon StefTheVet and me found 21 out of 22 KAS caches along Kellow Road starting with Lizard Power at corner Highway 56. All the way there were no muggles around and just a few cars. All caches - except the second- could be found easily and are in good order. We like very much those little guardians on most of the caches, what a funny idea! Having had much fun with this power trail I give a favourite point for the whole series which I add to our last one for today, the Bison Concrete Strainer. Thanks a lot to kasmemoro, we enjoyed the series!
This one was our 4th find for today. TFTC! Logbook a bit damp.
 
06-Feb-16
On a caching mission tftc it's been a great day initials only
 
31-Jan-16
TFTC
 
29-Jan-16
Nice and easy park and Grab
Doing as many of Kas Caches as i can before 12:00
 
28-Jan-16
On a roll now Easy find TFTC
 
26-Jan-16
Every since this power trail came out, a plan was hatched to use it as part of an epic caching day, going for record numbers. Originally it was a 150 cache day, but as the trail grew, & many smaller trails & caches started to pop up in the Hawkes Bay, the target soon began to look like an achievable 200. Finally we decided today was the day to have a crack at that target.
All in all this was a pretty well set up, fast & straight forward trail. Our only concern would be that the odd cache was a little too close to people's houses which was clearly attracting attention from the locals. We were pursued down the road by one local, & sworn at by another. Probably our fault for doing part of this trail in the dark. We would definitely recommend doing it in daylight hours.
Thanks for setting this up Kasmemoro
 
23-Jan-16
Done. Tft series
 
18-Jan-16


Found this Cache together with Juekru during our Trip around the World! Thanks a lot to all the Owners for showing us such nice and interesting Places Smile

Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
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17-Jan-16
#5664

Found this Cache together with Kadres during our Trip around the World! Thanks a lot to all the Owners for showing us such nice and interesting Places Smile

Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
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17-Jan-16
Found as witt
 
Cache # 2,879 - part of a massive 13-hour day, doing a blitz around Palmerston North wider area with team WITT (Wandering Dragons, Infoferret, Taybee and TaybeeNZ), ultimately resulting in 160 caches for me. The KAS trail was the heart of this effort, and it took us 4.75 hours to go around it. Because of the sun and the heat, we had to break halfway through and stop by a nearby township for some ice creams and cold drinks. Fantastic effort to set all of this up, and a great power trail. TNLNSL. TFTC!
 
17-Jan-16
Doing a cache raid today have team up with the [Blue]the [Red]W[/Red]andering dragon [/Blue],Big Grin[Blue] [Red]I[/Red]nfoferret[/Blue]Winkand [Blue][Red]T[/Red]aybee nz [/Blue]Cool the main arm of the cache raid is to 1 Have fun and we did have fun
2 To qualify for the 142 in 24 challenge all hid but [Blue][Red]T[/Red]aybee[/Blue] did back in june
3 To crack the 3000 cache barrier for [Blue]the wandering dragon [/Blue],Big Grin[Blue]Infoferret[/Blue]Winkand [Blue]taybee nz [/Blue]Cool all did this
4 To crack the 3200 for [Blue]taybee [/Blue]Cool miss it by 27 cache
5 [Blue]taybee nz [/Blue]Cool over take [Blue]taybee [/Blue]Cool found count he miss it by 12 Sad
6 to get CANZ at halcombe and a Nigth Cache at foxton

Stats for the day
time door to door 15 hours 30 mins
Kms total was 424km work out to be 2.58 kms per cache
caching time was 11 hours 13 mins time between caches was app 4 mins per cach
As I have done 90% of the caches already i was the driver [Blue]taybee nz [/Blue]Cool was find of must of the caches [Blue]the wandering dragon [/Blue],Big Grin[Blue]Infoferret[/Blue] was sign the log books Must of the log's were sign as[Red] WITT[/Red]
Cache was find at 17/01/2016 12:10 Found: GPS > 2016-01-16T23:10Z
 
17-Jan-16
Found @ 12.10 as part of Team WITT on an epic caching mission. TFTC
 
05-Jan-16
Due to rough weather and outrageous airline prices, we had not been able to get across to the South Island for our planned Marlborough Sounds adventure. So what better thing to do while wending our way back north than a spot of caching. This afternoon turned into an epic day of caching on this trail, with our last puzzle cache 'pick up' coinciding with the last ray of sun setting in the west. It was beautiful end to the day but well and truly past time to get to Hamilton for a rest stop en route to Ruakaka and Waipoua later in the week.
We did not miss getting a smiley face on any of the caches this series and were particularly impressed with the way the caches were in good order, clearly well maintained.
Apologies for the copy and paste, but with 114 caches found in this series plus 5 puzzle caches picked up, this has also been a marathon effort to log. TFTC to kasmemoro for the KAS series.
 
01-Jan-16
[green] Out with Etherlord to wipe out the KAS series in one day. Started at 6:45, and finished about 6 hours later. But in that time we also did the mint tin trail and the stopped off in Foxton for more fuel, doing a few railway caches along the way. We swapped driving/finding duties every corner. I fully expected this to be a nothing special trail, but the critters turned out to be a nice touch. Enjoyed seeing what was attached to each cache! Log signed as ECATS - Etherlord Clan and the Seagnoid.

Cache lid was missing here. So we replaced the container and moved the frog over.
 
01-Jan-16
What an epic day for me!
It started with attending a 6am flash mob event, which gave us a great early start to complete the KAS trail (114 caches), the Mint Tin trail (10 caches), and 10 other ManRail/random caches along the way, for a total of 135 finds before lunch.

In just 6 hours, I found more caches than all of 2015 (123), all of 2014 (132), one more than my previous Best Month (134), and more than doubled my previous Best Day (55).
What a great start to 2016! [^]

Thanks for the Caches, we signed the logs as ECATS: "Etherlord Clan and the Seagnoid"
 
28-Dec-15
I'm staying 4 nights at Paraparaumu and collecting caches here and there including this KAS power trail today near Palmerston. I don't intend to do the whole trail today, my good mate lives in Palmerston and we haven't caught up for awhile now so a visit will be in order.

Thanks for the series.
 
21-Dec-15
A quick find. Did some of the trail today, some by car, but the majority by bike. I will be back to finish off on the way home, weather willing. Cheers

The holiday season at last! Off to Auckland to see my folks. Caching all the way.

Thanks to all the CO's for their hides.
 
17-Dec-15
In Germany I saw this good looking Power Trail and really wanted to do it. So on our way back from Wellington it was a good chance to stop here. We started at 10:30 a.m. and it took us 5 hours to find all but four. These were missing or it took to long to search. It was big fun, at first the weather was perfect almost too hot and later a bit rain but no problem for us. At first I thought there are no hints but then I saw the names of the caches, very funny! Most caches were in good condition and I really liked the bugs and other things covering the containers, really nice. Thank you for placing this nice trail! Best wishes from Germany!
TFTC!
 
12-Dec-15
Quick find ** Generic Log**
 
04-Dec-15
I decided to go out on a big day of crazy caching and see how many I can find singlehandedly! I packed some food, plenty of water, gps, spare pens. I had a quick look in the morning and decided on a general direction with plenty of caches and some cool challenges on the way. The weather was great, even too warm at times, with considerable wind. I started after sunrise and went on until sunset, by which time I was rather exhausted - but happy... I kind of ended up somewhere where I was not quite planning to end up, but no problem! I found 124 caches in total - my biggest day going on a lone caching mission. Thank you to all the awesome CO's for placing the caches!!!
 
Milking time w murray. All the girls up at the sheds. Tftc next . .
 
29-Nov-15
Nearby cows are in the shed for milking. Tftc
 
23-Nov-15
8.06am. Took just over 7 hours 30 minutes to go right round. Found all but four. Great trail.
Thank you. David
 
01-Nov-15
Starting on the large lot in this area - lots to go but tftc - boys enjoying the bugs and excited to see which one is next
 
25-Oct-15
Very enjoyable power trail with interesting bugs on our way back from Foxton to Palmerston North. TFTC.
 
24-Oct-15
We travelled to Feilding for Labour Weekend to visit Nana, and find the caches in this power trail. Spent the day caching with HeMaLuDy and Purply. Collected all except one in this trail. It was a long day and we had fun. We got an ice cream in Rongotea at the end. Thanks for setting this trail
 
24-Oct-15
We travelled to Feilding for Labour Weekend to visit Nana, and find the caches in this power trail. Spent the day caching with HeMaLuDy and Darthcacher1. Collected all except one in this trail. It was a long day and we had fun. We got an ice cream in Rongotea at the end. Thanks for setting this trail.
 
24-Oct-15
We have been looking at this power trail for a while. Labour weekend was our first chance to head down from Auckland to visit family in the area & spend a day completing these caches, with Purply & Darthcacher1.
Definitely enjoyed the trail. Would have loved to convert all to smilies but one DNF along the way prevented this. Enjoyed a well earned icecream in Rongotea afterwards.
Thanks to the team who put this trail together.
 
17-Oct-15
found the cache, didn't get blown away, it was a near thing though Razz. It took a bit of searching as the signal on the phone wasn't great. Thank you!
 
13-Oct-15
In the area overnight and heading back down the line today, by car, to Wellywood airport and a flight home. I had a bit of time up my sleeve after completing all I expected to so thought I might invest some of my time making a start on the K A S power trail which sprung up just before I moved away last year and was a big ask when we headed down for the ferry trip to S I. I travelled down what I'd planned as a long straight route with no turn offs which should have netted 46 caches but instead I got a grand total of 62 finds with 2 D N Fs. I know I will have to come back as these caches were nicely put together with excellent coordinates and mostly out of sight from nearby home owners. I found a 'lost?' pair of glasses in the grass at Totara Post cache and propped them in the top of that one if anyone is keeping an eye out (blurred though it may be) I could only find a green ink pen after discovering two broken biros in my back-pack so all logs were signed cap or capperz or 'c'. All log books had room for some more signatures and none were damp for me today which bodes well for longevity of these caches. Some creatures had an identity problem; frogs that thought they were turtles (or some mischievous previous finders!)
Many thanks to the hider(s) of this great trail and I look forward to finding the rest when I next get a chance
T F T C kasmemoro
 
02-Oct-15
Today we caved in and decided to do the power trail.
overcast day, but rain held off till we were on way home.
most caches co ords dead on, 3 dnfs , and 1 we choose not to do as farmer was herding cows by it, and did not want to disturb them. one cache had no lid, so put the bison i wear around neck inside tube, to help keep it dry.
After completing about half of trail, it was time to eat, used google maps to locate somewhere in foxton but ended up in levin, so we picked up a cache or two during that time.
my boy really got into this as the finds where easy, and themed.
most of the bugs etc are present, couple missing it seems, and most logs usable, but some are getting aged, and will be full after a few more people get through the trail.
I will be CnP through out trail, bar the dnfs
Cheers
~G
 
01-Oct-15
It was time now to try and complete this whole series today. Well done on laying it out. As previously mentioned some of the logs are getting full, most are very tatty due to the constant folding and unfolding of the paper logs, some are wet.

Cheers for the cache.
 
29-Sep-15
We had been planning to give the KAS trail a go for some time, but today was the first opportunity and the weather was perfect. This area is well worth a visit as the scenery is beautiful. We enjoyed our visit and finding all the little caches. Part way round, we stopped for a picnic lunch at Rongotea. We have only completed part of the trail, and will be back soon to complete the rest. Thanks very much for setting up this great trail.
 
27-Sep-15
Been looking at this trail for some time now, myself and Wafflekitties finally made our way up here, had a great day thanks for the trail. TFTC Smile
 
27-Sep-15
Done the entire powertrail today with LCBuilder! Most of the caches were quick easy finds. Most in good enough condition, a few logs were getting quite raggy and falling apart though but only a couple were wet. We added a few logs and a couple bags here and there where needed. Thanks for all the caches!
 
25-Sep-15
Did a portion of the series today. Finally a fine day to get out after days of rain. A quick find. TFTC
 
20-Sep-15
We are on a mission this week to fulfill the requirements of the International A Licence Challenge. We need to find 150 caches in a week and another 100 caches that are 250 km from home. The KAS series is perfect to give us a head start on both of these requirements.
We thought we were in for a stormy day, but the weather was kind to us, with no more than light drizzle occasionally. The locals must have thought it odd to see a campervan parking every few hundred meters along these country roads. After a few hours a woman pulled up in her car to ask what we were doing. Before we could explain she asked if it was "that GPS thing", and seemed perfectly happy when we said yes. We enjoyed the drive around the countryside collecting this KAS series, and only had a DNF on one. The lttle plastic creatures on the caches added interest and variety, and the numbers stacked up pretty fast. Many thanks for this series of caches.
All in all a very successful day, and we managed to set a new personal record of 150 finds in one day.
 
17-Sep-15
nice quick find tftc
 
09-Sep-15
Tftc. Quickly found.
 
05-Sep-15
Tftc...
 
11-Aug-15
Day two of this series for us while the baby and toddler had a nap in the car, great series. TFTC
 
11-Aug-15
A day out to complete the southern arm of the series. TFTC
 
I had great day caching with a Geocaching friend Geco72.
TFTC
 
09-Aug-15
A caching trip with Mr Casserly...the main purpose the KAS powertrail...but picked up a couple of others on the way...really enjoyed the trail, working as a team we knocked them off in about 4.5 hours! Tftc
 
08-Aug-15
[Apologies for the copy and paste logs] A road trip with the geokids today up to the Manawatu, to pick off some targeted caches and to make a start on the KAS Power Trail. The intention was to just do the stretch along Kellow Road, but the rain got the better of me so had to give up. Most logs signed 'BRUZIE', but others are signed 'BR' where the log was either too wet (or I was).
 
07-Aug-15
I love this little red frog... very cute! thanks for the cache!!
 
04-Aug-15
Another quick on with timbermills. Rain holding off for us. Nice red frog
 
04-Aug-15
With an unexpected week off work, it was time for a geocaching roadtrip. I called Bchefj&p and they were also available for a mid week trip. We left Hastings at 6am and departed for the Palmy area with the main mission for today being the KAS Power Trail, and any others that we might be able to grab while we had day light. I ended the day having found 168 caches and DNFed on only 2. Thanks to all the CO's for their placements.
#10 along this awesome trail. love all the bugs
 
01-Aug-15
I was travelling from Wellington to Whanganui with the express intention of grabbing these during the afternoon, Nice quick find TFTC


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01-Aug-15
Well another mission down the line in what HKCB and I were expecting to be another large caching weekend where numbers were the target, Sleep was for the weak, OCD=commitment , and petrol was a must. We left home at 6pm and headed straight down here to start what was going to be a long couple of days, so with much planning (compliments of HKCB) and a good supply of nourishing caching supplies in the back.
With a total of 1250 kms (just a short drive) and 5 hours of sleep we were definitely going to earn our rest by Sunday evening when we got home. Oh, we even managed to attend an event along the way and meet fellow cachers from the area while in Wanganui.

This was the ninety second for the day, the one hundred and sixth for the weekend so what better way to start than with a nice lilttle trail to begin with. Thanks to all the cachers that put this together and working to keep it maintained. We managed to finish the trail over a total of three hours in the dark

So again thank you for the FUN of the hunt
 
01-Aug-15
A mission was needed to complete one of the last few licence challenges on Rangitoto Island, so a passing comment to C&D at an event and this mission was soon planned. We nearly achieved what we set out to accomplish, with only 1 more cache to find to complete the challenge but that was due to miss-reading the fine print on the challenge page.

So with the mission lasting 48 hours we amassed a great set of numbers, 317 caches found, just over 1200km travelled, about 7 hours of sleep, C&D finding his 180th earthcache, completing the KAS powertrail in under 3 hours and finding numerous amazing geocaches. A lot of fun was had along the way, and some great memories were created. A big thanks to everyone for placing all the caches along the way, this mission wouldn't have been as much fun if they weren't there!

A nicely set out trail which made it all very straight forward. I think we managed to located all but 3 in just under 3 hours, with only a couple of the finds taking longer than the first minute to locate. Starting it just before midnight did help matters as parking wasn't a problem at all. A big thanks to everyone who was involved in setting up this great trail.
 
26-Jul-15
TFTC nice find
 
25-Jul-15
#6830. The KAS Power Trail Series was our main geocaching objective for today. A nice route over flat country in rural Manawatu on a fine Saturday. We started in Rongotea, heading south on Banks Road, then turned east on Kaimatarau Road to Sansons Road. From here we turned back west on Kaimatarau Road, then south on Kellow Road, then east on Milner Road, then north on Sansons Road to complete the first loop. U-turned back on Sansons Road to head south to Couper Road, then east on Taikorea Road, then south on Pyke Road. U-turned back to turn east on Taikorea Road to Main Drain Road. U-turned back to head west on Taikorea Road, then south on Kellow Road to Rangiotu Road. The final leg was to u-turn north on Kellow Road back to the junction with Milner Road. Of the 114 caches published so far, we were able to find 113 of them today. The one DNF meant we would have to return some other day, by which time there might be more KAS caches placed for this great power trail. Wink

Frog Post on Kellow Road was a quick find. The cache was in excellent condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log. (#103 of 144 @ 15:45)

Dankon, Team KAS, por la kaŝmemoro kaj serioj.
 
25-Jul-15
Found this on an afternoon geocaching adventure with bedesv. Thanks for the cache.
 
24-Jul-15
I spent a relaxing afternoon making my way around the Trail at a leisurely pace. It was good to be out and about enjoying the countryside and todays almost spring like weather. Cheers and TFTC
 
24-Jul-15
Another brilliant day and another chance to find a few more of this mighty cache chain. TFTC
 
24-Jul-15
Found this on an afternoon geocaching adventure with jviv9469. Thanks for the cache.
 
22-Jul-15
On a maintenance run today.

Replaced log. All good to go.

Team KAS
 
13-Jul-15
#1399 Quick and fast.. TFTC
 
12-Jul-15
A great day to be out caching, and 160+ finds completed with drawp. Always enjoy the countryside caches best while checking out what is happening on the local farms. Thanks to the various cache owners - apologies for the generic log. TFTC