KAS Snake Danger (Manawatu) Glen Oroua, North Island, New Zealand
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kaŝmemoro on 10-May-15. Waypoint GC5V6XJ
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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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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
Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
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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
Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
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The only one of this series DNF'd as part of Team WITT on an epic caching mission. The four of us searched for about 5 minutes.
Only one in the whole series not found. Spent a bit of time with all 4 of us searching. Taybee had previously found it on his earlier trip, and confirmed it was not where it was previously.
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.
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.
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.
Left Ms KR in the shade of a comfy tree and went of a bike ride to collect more of this series. Around the block this time. Well done on the hides and thanks for the effort put in to creating and maintaining the trail
TIme to head home to Christchurch, the slow way!
Thanks to all the CO's for their hides.
TIme to head home to Christchurch, the slow way!
Thanks to all the CO's for their hides.
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"
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.
Thanks for the series.
Out on a maintenance run today. It looks like many of these originally placed caches have become overgrown and in particular the thistles are quite large so please be careful when retrieving them. A reminder also that this is a rural community and to be respectful of those living in the area. We were approached by a couple of local farmers who were suspicious of the local activity.
Replaced the log on this one and all good to go.
Team Kas
Replaced the log on this one and all good to go.
Team Kas
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!
TFTC!
Came up to complete the series after starting in September. A quick find on a rather windy day. TFTC
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!!!
9.23am. Took just over 7 hours 30 minutes to go right round. Found all but four. Great trail.
Thank you. David
Thank you. David
Endurance caching exercise as we launched our determined assault on this power trail. Would we get it nailed today? We wondered.
All good here. Straightforward find.
Cache in order; log signed, safely re-hidden, just as found.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!
All good here. Straightforward find.
Cache in order; log signed, safely re-hidden, just as found.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!
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. The log is damp and nearly full. Thanks to the team who put this trail together.
This entry was edited by HeMaLuDy on Sunday, 25 October 2015 at 11:22:00 UTC.
This entry was edited by HeMaLuDy on Sunday, 25 October 2015 at 11:22:00 UTC.
On a maintenance run today on the KAS trail.
New log in place and all good to go.
Team KAS
New log in place and all good to go.
Team KAS
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
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.
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!
*Yay for danger, easy spotting
*Yay for danger, easy spotting
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.
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.
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
[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). TFTC
#33 the snake danger was quickly put to rest and we move on to the next in this awesome series.
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 sixty ninth for the day, the eighty third 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
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 sixty ninth for the day, the eighty third 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.
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.
We chose a perfect winter day ( sunny, mild, calm and quiet) for our latest excursion along this trail. Really lovely to be out in the countryside today. We attempted 27 caches and found 26. Our DNF was our very first cache - glad it didn't set a theme for the rest of our journey!
The old snake in the grass, eh! TFTC
The old snake in the grass, eh! TFTC
#6840. 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.
Snake Danger on Kellow Road was a quick find. The cache was in excellent condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log. (#113 of 144 @ 16:21)
Dankon, Team KAS, por la kaŝmemoro kaj serioj.
Snake Danger on Kellow Road was a quick find. The cache was in excellent condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log. (#113 of 144 @ 16:21)
Dankon, Team KAS, por la kaŝmemoro kaj serioj.
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
#1422 we decided to come out on teh first lovely day of the school holidays... and its week two! The geokids as a good navigator. TFTC
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
One of many great caches found with Envy-Us on a record 160 plus find caching day in the Horowhenua and Manawatu regions. Many thanks to the CO's for the cache placements, the puzzle caches we found, the great journey we had around the many back country roads, and the many interesting places we visited. Sorry for the generic type log. TFTC.
Out and about in the Manawatu today with the KAS trail beckoning. I made a very good start on the series after attending the nearby Winter Warmer event, so I was well fueled up on a hearty breakfast and essential caffeine boost. A lovely sunny warm(ish) winter 's day and a fun series of finds.
I enjoyed my day and the series so far, thanks kaŝmemoro FTC
I enjoyed my day and the series so far, thanks kaŝmemoro FTC
4.20pm - 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
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).
And onto the KAS trail... Pardon my 'cut and paste' logs, but this is a summary of the entire series:
Each cache was a quick find, thanks to great coordinates. In many cases, we were able to pull alongside and know instinctively where the cache would be. Most containers were standard, so that helped to speed up the process... And we liked the little plastic accessories. We found a lot of marginal logbooks that will need replacing soon as they begin to disintegrate... Not helped when cachers don't seal the bags properly or stuff bags into the bottom of the container... What's up with that? In the end, we found 101/103 caches over two days... A great little tour of an area we would never have visited otherwise... TFTC and the series.
As an side note... the farmers are beginning to take notice... We were questioned twice by concerned locals about our intentions... The number of concerned passersby; people interested in our general welfare, was quite heartening... People still care in this country.
And onto the KAS trail... Pardon my 'cut and paste' logs, but this is a summary of the entire series:
Each cache was a quick find, thanks to great coordinates. In many cases, we were able to pull alongside and know instinctively where the cache would be. Most containers were standard, so that helped to speed up the process... And we liked the little plastic accessories. We found a lot of marginal logbooks that will need replacing soon as they begin to disintegrate... Not helped when cachers don't seal the bags properly or stuff bags into the bottom of the container... What's up with that? In the end, we found 101/103 caches over two days... A great little tour of an area we would never have visited otherwise... TFTC and the series.
As an side note... the farmers are beginning to take notice... We were questioned twice by concerned locals about our intentions... The number of concerned passersby; people interested in our general welfare, was quite heartening... People still care in this country.
Number 28 of 111 caches for us today breaking all sorts of records for us! Before arriving in NZ we had already seen this as a must do series of caches. Wow, thanks to the cache owner for placing this awesome geotrail.
Another gz spotted from the car. TFTC.
Another gz spotted from the car. TFTC.
Completed all caches along this trail bar two of them that we couldn't find. Some were interesting but most were "just another cache". Really loved the fact that the creators spent some time making them nice and the naming convention really helped. Completed the entire trail in just on 2.5 hours with Buttels. Thanks for placing the trail. Was aiming at 150 for the day but ended up with167 by the time we reached Hastings
Out with Yeetrees and Taybee for a day of caching in the Manawatu. Managed to work our way around the entire KAS trail in around 3.5 hours, averaging approx 25 finds/hour or about a find every 2.5 minutes. All 103 caches in the current trail found without any DNF's. The themeing of caches with bugs and other items is a neat idea.
Apologies for the copy and paste but with over 100 caches all relatively similar, its had for any to stand out – although some did.
Thanks to the cachers that have created this trail, we appreciated the effort that has gone into making this trail, and for the maintenance that will come to keep it going.
Apologies for the copy and paste but with over 100 caches all relatively similar, its had for any to stand out – although some did.
Thanks to the cachers that have created this trail, we appreciated the effort that has gone into making this trail, and for the maintenance that will come to keep it going.
Teamed up with[Red] Yeetrees[/Red] and [Red]SAROC[/Red] for a trip to Manawatu to do the KAS series of Caches was planing to do this in the school hoildays. Will have to bring taybee nz back to do the caches same time Same Stats for the day Round trip 12 hours app 367 km's 146 caches
caching time 8 hours 15 mins 2mins 56sec per cache
KAS series started at app 11:06am and finish at app 3:05pm we got the avg time down to 2mins 17secs per cash
easy and quick find here
Sign log book as [Blue]taybee[/Blue] or [Blue]tb[/Blue] and cache in good order TFTC log by Gsak
I set out very early this morning to do a great detour on my way to levin. I planned the route so as to find 50 caches for the day leaving the other 50+ for anpther Monday when i have to go to levin again. I loved all you lovely little creatures at each hide. these would have taken some time to prepare so many. Thank you! I soon got the hang of the names etc except i expected the palm trees to mean out nikau palm and i soon found that only one pertained this !! I had no ida there would be so many warnings on these back country roads! I had a couple of DNF and as time was at a premium i didn't spend long at these, they can be looked another visit i thought. I loved the lovely letter box next to one of the southern caches, and i took a photo of it. The bigger green frog was cute.
thank you for putting all these caches in and finding so many pill bottles of the varying sizes!! This is a copy and paste log sorry and i given the first a FP for the wrok in them all.
thank you for putting all these caches in and finding so many pill bottles of the varying sizes!! This is a copy and paste log sorry and i given the first a FP for the wrok in them all.
As I venture further afield to grab some caches I saw the KAS Trail and thought I should give that a crack on a windy Saturday. Spent about 6 hours in the area and I think I ended up with 100 caches which is my biggest day caching. Was pretty windy but at least the rain stayed away for the time I was out and about.
All caches, 'cept one were in good order.
Apologies for the repetition but for this many caches in a day that will be the way of these logs.
Thanks for the KAS Series - certainly boosts the cache numbers.
All caches, 'cept one were in good order.
Apologies for the repetition but for this many caches in a day that will be the way of these logs.
Thanks for the KAS Series - certainly boosts the cache numbers.
Spudnz,Tommygun9 and I headed out for another Wednesday arvo mission. We managed to complete the power trail in just under four hours. The weather held out for us luckily with the rain coming down just at the end of the trail. A few of the caches proved tricky but with the three of us combined managed to get the majority of them pretty quick! Cheers for the power trail!!!... my first one. Managed to crack over 1 hundred finds in a day and I got past the 5 hundy cache total with this trip.
Tommygun9, Hunterhillson and I set off on another Wednesday mission. This time it was to complete the recent power trail just South of Rongotea. This would also make Wednesday’s my most common caching day by far! The convoy left work at midday and we grabbed a challenge cache on the way before meeting in Rongotea. We piled into one car and left for our epic journey. Our first cache was at the North Eastern corner and we headed South in a kind of clockwise direction. We figured there was no logical way to complete this power trail, but this way made most sense to us. We found all the caches easily with only a few taking longer than the rest. All up, from Rongotea and back again, it took us four hours to find the 103 caches.
Thanks for the power trail, the cache and the smiley.
Thanks for the power trail, the cache and the smiley.
Snake Danger?! Surely not.
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Full mission description:
Hunterhillson, SpudNZ and I headed out for a Wednesday afternoon mission to the nearby power trail. We managed 104 caches total with the 103 of this trail completed in four hours (from Rongotea back to Rongotea). It happened to be a dot day for me and this many micros will bump me up to the gold micro badge. I also dropped off two trackables along the way.
Our route seemed to work very well and there were only about three or four places where parking was not great. Starting from 'KAS Warning Beetle' we headed south down Sanson Road, then Couper Road, then we cached south-east along Pyke Road before starting west along Taikorea Road. We then drove to the south end of Kellow Road and cached north to Milner Road - here we drove to Glen Oroua and cached west, finally it was north up Kellow Road and east along Kaimatarau Road.
T F T C And Series kaŝmemoro.
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Full mission description:
Hunterhillson, SpudNZ and I headed out for a Wednesday afternoon mission to the nearby power trail. We managed 104 caches total with the 103 of this trail completed in four hours (from Rongotea back to Rongotea). It happened to be a dot day for me and this many micros will bump me up to the gold micro badge. I also dropped off two trackables along the way.
Our route seemed to work very well and there were only about three or four places where parking was not great. Starting from 'KAS Warning Beetle' we headed south down Sanson Road, then Couper Road, then we cached south-east along Pyke Road before starting west along Taikorea Road. We then drove to the south end of Kellow Road and cached north to Milner Road - here we drove to Glen Oroua and cached west, finally it was north up Kellow Road and east along Kaimatarau Road.
T F T C And Series kaŝmemoro.
The day dawned fine with a threat of showers so packed gum boots, jacket, raincoat, rain hat and dry socks as well as GPS - car and hand held, pen ,tools walking pole and all the other necessities for a day out geocaching.
Picked up Jono S at 8.30 and drove from Wanganui via Marton to pick up a few caches as well as do some maintenance.
We were heading to pick up some of the many caches on the new geotrail set up by KAS. Hoping to complete 40 but after 3 1/2 hours called it a day with slightly less as the black clouds had gathered an rain was eminent .
We had a good day out with no DNF and didn't get our feet too wet as there were not any water filled ditches on our road. We still wonder at how some cachers manage 30 an hour and would love to know their technique.
TFTC
Picked up Jono S at 8.30 and drove from Wanganui via Marton to pick up a few caches as well as do some maintenance.
We were heading to pick up some of the many caches on the new geotrail set up by KAS. Hoping to complete 40 but after 3 1/2 hours called it a day with slightly less as the black clouds had gathered an rain was eminent .
We had a good day out with no DNF and didn't get our feet too wet as there were not any water filled ditches on our road. We still wonder at how some cachers manage 30 an hour and would love to know their technique.
TFTC
On what began as a beautiful, warm day, MJMNZ and I set off for a day in the country to conquor the KAS series! We had every intention of " knocking the whole lot off" but were soon faced with the facts of life.
Whilst we never dallied, we achied about half! How do some manage tosign all those logs in the time available.
Never-the-less, we had a great day only stymied by a change in the weather which made being outdoors in the drizzle became less than fun!!
TFTC and for choosing ideal cache sites.
Whilst we never dallied, we achied about half! How do some manage tosign all those logs in the time available.
Never-the-less, we had a great day only stymied by a change in the weather which made being outdoors in the drizzle became less than fun!!
TFTC and for choosing ideal cache sites.
TregearP and I took advantage of Queen's Birthday to complete the KAS Power Trail. We found all but one of the caches on the trail and had a blast. Two farmers came out of driveways in cars, followed us down the road and then questioned what we were up to as they have been wondering at the numbers of cars and strange activities. In both cases they were interested and in one case was thrilled as she deduced that she will have her first three finds after getting home and getting her daughter to set her up a profile.
Thanks to KAS and all the team for the huge effort getting this up and running.
TFTC.
Thanks to KAS and all the team for the huge effort getting this up and running.
TFTC.
Out for a day of binge caching in the company of -gonefishing- with the primary focus being the KAS power trail then meeting the criteria for the 142 in 24 hours challenge. After escaping the showers in Wellington the day turned out beautiful and was perfect for the task in hand. Thanks to all the cache owners who provided a great variety of entertainment along the way.
Found during a day out in the Manawatu/Wanganui with Fozzmiester. Managed to mop up the KAS trail in just over 3 hours, averaging 30 finds/hour. With that many quick finds under our belt we continued on for a little longer to bring up 146 for the day. Thanks to the COs who placed all the caches we found.
TFTC kasmemoro
TFTC kasmemoro
Maybe sometimes.... It is all about the numbers.... Sometimes!
Big thanks to team kasmemoro for putting this powertrail together. No small task!
Really enjoyed our afternoon mission, managed to bag all 97 caches. SL TFTC
Big thanks to team kasmemoro for putting this powertrail together. No small task!
Really enjoyed our afternoon mission, managed to bag all 97 caches. SL TFTC
Completed the series with tmann421 and Princess-Emily today. Really enjoyed collecting these caches.
TFTC and for the series.
TFTC and for the series.
Nice find on the KAS power trail, good weather today and fun caches.
SL TFTC kasmemoro
SL TFTC kasmemoro
Joined forces with Yeetrees today for a drive around this new series. I had come and found the first 25 a couple of a couple of weeks ago on the way back to Wellington from further north so ended up finding another 70 around the loop today. Because of the numbers it would be very time-consuming to write individual logs, so I'm going against my normal practice and using the same log text for all of them. This was helped by the simplicity of the finds, just about all were very quick to locate with no major differences between caches. It was a busy time though, we managed to rip around the entire 70 in just on 2.5 hours. Signed log, thanks for the cache and the series!
Out on a maintenance run after work. All caches in the KAS series were checked, logs and containers replaced as necessary. Should be all good to find.
felica trovo team KAS
felica trovo team KAS
Today I teamed up with Advanture Collectors to knock off the new power trail and to see if we could manage to get 100 for the day for the first time. An awesome day out albeit a tiring one. We both achieved our objective. This cache is just one of the 100+ caches that we found today TFTC
Found with Firewoof on a epic caching day. 100+ caches achieved in one day which is a record for both of us. Thanks for the cache and the very enjoyable series
Well it was a wait knowing there was no point trying to grab these after work before it got dark, hubby offered to be my driver so booked to leave at 9.30am to grab these ones, well we finally got started around 10.30 and had 48 on the list to grab.
we had 2 dnf which I think was a great effort, we finished up around 1.15ish and went and grabbed some lunch from a biker bar.
for a sat there werent not to many cars on the road and got stopped by two farmers, the first one I explained what a geocache was and even showed him his wife also came for a look, they thought it strange that we didnt get anything from it but now know what us strange people stopping every few 200m are doing, the second time I got stopped I went to tell him what I was doing and he knew and said carry on and drove off, but thank you for putting these together we enjoyed the drive and the smiles.
we had 2 dnf which I think was a great effort, we finished up around 1.15ish and went and grabbed some lunch from a biker bar.
for a sat there werent not to many cars on the road and got stopped by two farmers, the first one I explained what a geocache was and even showed him his wife also came for a look, they thought it strange that we didnt get anything from it but now know what us strange people stopping every few 200m are doing, the second time I got stopped I went to tell him what I was doing and he knew and said carry on and drove off, but thank you for putting these together we enjoyed the drive and the smiles.
Decided today to make the trip across to the mighty Manawatu to attack this new trail. Not easy with a four year old who wants to get out at every cache. When there was this many it took forever. In out In out. Made for a nice day out. the weather wasn't the best but at least it was not raining. TFTC
A great day out. Going for the numbers today. An early start lead to wet feet as the long grass was very wet with overnight dew. Thawed out midway through our hunt at The Wines bar SH56 at Himatangi. Great food and lovely hosts. Found all but one of 73 on this run. TFTC’s.