KAS Lizard Light (Manawatu) Glen Oroua, North Island, New Zealand
By kaŝmemoro on 09-May-15. Waypoint GC5V6F3

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

A quick find.

#5749

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

Found with barefootguru as part of the 142 in 24 hour cache challenge (GC5EAAX). Sorry for the generic log. TFTC

Apologies for the generic log — Team B&D are up from Wellington to do the 142 caches in 24 hours challenge. TFTC and a great set of power trails up here!

Tftc

Found it. TFTC

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. We managed to find 206, I think, in the space of 14 hours, with a few bathroom/ coffee breaks and a couple of meal breaks. We all had a blast jumping in and out of the car, racing each other to the caches, and laughing and joking along the way, and in general had an awesome weekend down here.
We really enjoyed this trail, and I particularly thought the guardians of the cache containers were pretty cool!
Apologies for the generic logs.... with over 200 caches found in one day, it was virtually impossible to remember each individual cache!
Log signed as Team SEAC (South East Auckland Crew) in order to save log space.
TFTC!

Our team from Auckland wanted to do a major day of caching, so headed down to Foxton area for a massive day. We got about 205.

Very sorry for the generic logs, but when doing so many in one day very hard to make notes on each.

But a big thank you to all the cache owners for putting out all of the great caches we visited.

Logs signed as either “Team SEAC” or “SEAC” – South East Auckland Crew.

A plan was hatched for a group of caching friends from Auckland to visit the Manawatu and complete this and other local series. Had a blast roaming the rural roads, despite the blustery weather, an irate local farmer and a close encounter with an electric fence for one of the team. All caches were in pretty good condition, we had just one DNF for the whole KAS series. Thanks for the effort in placing this series. Sorry about the copy and paste logs, but there were a lot of caches found on this day! TFTC!

I had flown into Palmy yesterday to join a group that was going for our biggest tally today, and we were off to a good start with is series....

Especially liked the cache guardians on these caches.

TFTC.

We had a great laugh here at Sidewaze expense. We'd completed the admin and were just standing looking at the water when suddenly there was a noise - power switched on and the water started pumping giving her a big fright. It has to be a favourite! TFTC #9453

Yes thanks. I'm really really enjoying the series. Took us a while for the light to come on here so to speak - - but it did (not the orange one, just ours). But something else came on - - - probably a pump. Suddenly lots of water was squirting in my direction - - - fortunately not at my level or I might have been getting into my stash of dry clothes in the car . TFTC .

Heading towards the Mega. Thought it would be impolite not to grab a few on the way through. Thanks all for the hides.

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

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.

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

Mission accomplished, this one is a wrap. Thanks for the cache from Blenheim Bear!
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!

found while in the area for a few days caching

That water bubbling out the pipe nearby caught our attention for a long time. All the recent rain has meant the log is a bit damp.

Thank you

Cherrys Rule

Fab morning collecting caches on the way to play badminton in Feilding today - thanks so much for all the caches

A nice quick find here.
TFTC

Log sheet was too wet to write on so added a new semi-waterproof one. Quick find - tftc

Mothers Day treat = geocaching!!...it was supposed to be without the kids but that didn't pan out but I still managed to find 21 geocaches before the kids started to lose their mind! Thanks for setting these up, it was a great drive, nice & quiet on the roads today. Still heaps to collect

We had such a fun day yesterday so we decided to come back today and finish off this trail. TFTC

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

And that's enough power trail for me for today. I will return. Tftv

Quick find. TFTC

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.

easy find TFTC

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.

At this point we worked our way through the KAS Power Trail Series - a series that YK83 started last year, but which came an abrupt end for her. Today we had no such problems and had an enjoyable time finding all of the caches on the trail - the vast majority were nice easy finds, we only had notable issues with 3 caches (which I will go into more detail about on the relevant cache logs.) Thanks for the obvious time that has been spent putting these neat containers together and for placing this trail!

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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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Fairly easy find while out with Selesi. TFTC

Quick find while out with UlmusLynx for a spot of caching TFTC

Tftc

Continuing our cycle mission around the Power Trail another windy day in the Manawatu TFTC

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 * * * * ]

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.

# 1002: I joined forces with AtomsNZ and Jesso22 for a 14 hour caching day. Found at 11:32:00 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.

Meet a local tftc

Neighbors friendly here tftc

TFTC

#1789 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)

#1762. 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. I liked how the cache names were a very useful hint to the location of the hide. This one was no exception. Cheers GSEL

#13 today, another cutie.

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 13th find for today. TFTC!

On a caching mission tftc it's been a great day initials only

Steed wants to collect pine cones- he always does, he uses them to get the pizza oven going.

Nice and easy park and Grab
Doing as many of Kas Caches as i can before 12:00

Easy find. TFTC

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

Another quick find

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

Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
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#5655

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

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Found as witt

Doing a cache raid today have team up with the [Blue]the [Red]W[/Red]andering dragon [/Blue],[Blue] [Red]I[/Red]nfoferret[/Blue]and [Blue][Red]T[/Red]aybee nz [/Blue] 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],[Blue]Infoferret[/Blue]and [Blue]taybee nz [/Blue] all did this
4 To crack the 3200 for [Blue]taybee [/Blue] miss it by 27 cache
5 [Blue]taybee nz [/Blue] over take [Blue]taybee [/Blue] found count he miss it by 12
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] was find of must of the caches [Blue]the wandering dragon [/Blue],[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 12:28 Found: GPS > 2016-01-16T23:28Z

Found as part of Team WITT on an epic caching mission. TFTC

Cache # 2,888 - 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!

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.

[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.

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"

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.

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.

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!

Quick Find**Generic Log**

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!!!

Hot enough fr a swim bt maybe nt this pond!

Well that's a random item to see out on a country road. No idea what that used to raise the alarm for. Tftc

8.35am. Took just over 7 hours 30 minutes to go right round. Found all but four. Great trail.
Thank you. David

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 - last one for today - will come back and attack these again another day

Very enjoyable power trail with interesting bugs on our way back from Foxton to Palmerston North. TFTC.

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

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.

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.

Took the new geomobile out for a blast up at the 'tu to pick up the rest of the KAS Powertrail caches along Kellow Road that I didn't get on my first visit (got all but one), grab a qualified Spelling Series cache, and to qualify for another challenge. Also to try out my new handheld GPS.

The rain had started coming down quite fiercely on my previous visit so I didn't feel like stopping the car then when I saw the clue as I was driving past. No problems this time, just a little chilly in the wind. TFTC

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

Did a portion of the series today. Finally a fine day to get out after days of rain. A quick find. TFTC

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.

Tftc. Quick find.

Tftc...

Another cool find on the kasmemoro trail... TFTC

Tftc

Day two of this series for us while the baby and toddler had a nap in the car, great series. TFTC

A day out to complete the southern arm of the series. TFTC

I had great day caching with a Geocaching friend Geco72.
TFTC

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

Light up my life

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.
#19 Coords right on again and another lizard was quickly captured. Did I mention it was now raining? starting to get quite wet. Being from Hastings we arent used to having it rain much!

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 eighty third for the day, the ninety seventh 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

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.

TFTC another nice find

#6821. 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.

Lizard Light on Kellow Road was a quick find. The cache was in excellent condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log. (#94 of 144 @ 15:07)

Dankon, Team KAS, por la kaŝmemoro kaj serioj.

Found this on an afternoon geocaching adventure with bedesv. Thanks for the cache.

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

Found this on an afternoon geocaching adventure with jviv9469. Thanks for the cache.

On a maintenance run today.

Replaced log. All good to go.

Team KAS