Over the wall (South Taranaki) Okaiawa, North Island, New Zealand
By 2 Bulbars on 13-Dec-15. Waypoint GC683HX

Thanks for my first find!

Didn't even know this cemetery was here after all this time

Found, TFTC

Tftf

Thanks, had to look twice for that one!

Nice

Hi

Very quiet here today apart from the cows mooing, love walking through these places, tftc 2 Bulbars

stoped off to grab this one before i go home from grandads

stoped to pick up this cache with grandad and my cusins

couldn’t find

couldn’t find

came back and looked again, this time successful. TFTC

today is the day to really have wet feet, found the cache no problem, log sheet was full, all the way back and get a nice new one, then all the way back to gz to replace it, the fun of caching, tftc

Found

Couldn’t find

Found it

Tftc found it on an RTM

Found on way to Normanby Dam. Tftc!

This was my first find for today and after checking out the wall I spotted a possible hide. On the walk to that possibility though I saw the actual cache.

I was traveling today and knew I'd have a bit of time on the drive to grab a few caches. The main mission was Hawera's adventure lab cache and the caches near by but due to the path home I got a couple of caches on the backroads on the way. I ended up finding six of nine caches plus the adventure lab cache.

T F T C 2 Bulbars.

Found

i came to this cemetry a few months ago looking for relatives for the family tree and didnot know there was a cache here so when i found out had to come back for it.

Got this one tagged between showers of rain. Cheers.

Day 5- Wednesday 18 December. Hawera district again including Eltham and Manaia.

The Seagnoid, Zara, Toby and I are spending Christmas exploring Taranaki via geocaching. Its been an amazing 3 week adventure. Rattls BBQ was a great event, meeting many other cachers. But also managed to fit in a few more events, especially New Years Day celebrating the start of 2020. Lots of caches - over 500. Lots of cache maintenance. Lots and lots of kilometers. And lots of amazing places visited along our journey. Mt Taranaki remained elusive for much of our travels and the caches on it at the top. Loved Pukekura Park Night Lights Show and the the Wooden Mechanical toy exhibition at NP Info centre.

Yay the rain is stopping, although it started again shortly after. But for a moment we had a dryish gap to find this cahce.

Day five of Taybeedragon's and my big 3 week circumnavicaching trip around Mt Taranaki, starting from Palmerston North. Today is Hawera to Eltham - oh yes, it's going to be a slow trip!!
Highlights:
* 3 weeks, 536 caches
* Mt Taranaki had been removed for washing, which was a bit of a shame. Even after it had been returned we were only allowed to see it for it was less than half an hour a day.
* High percentage of caches with crappy coordinates
* Amazing Pukekura Park
* AMAZING Pukekura Park light show!
* Pukeiti Gardens
* Lots of cache maintenance!

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Was hoping for walk a on the mountain today but weather was not suitable, so I settled for a 50km geo-cycle around the plains.

Hmmm. Not a lot of options here. Had to stand, look, think for a bit. A fairly straightforward hide in the hide end

Despite the young Rattll's having grown up and left home, Mr Rattll was taking Mrs Rattll on a mother's Day geo-caching trip to celebrate the day.
We decided to head to Hawera as quite a few newer caches have popped up since our last visit.
It's a little drizzly today, so we were glad the lawns were fairly short so the shoes didn't get too wet. No problems making the find here. Thanks 2B

Forgot a pen

Finally getting around to logging finds now the grand chn have left to travel home to wgtn,
A quick visit to this little 'hamlet' and as i got out of the car and started to walk across the grass a council tru Oh No muggles i might not be able to retrieve this cache but i milled around looking at tomb stones and finally they left after about 5 mins so i continued my search and it was quickly found, signed and replaced.
thank you for this cache, another smiley face and cache for the souvenir.

2 June 2018 15:56. Another sneaky hide from the CO in a lovely location, TFTC.

A lovely cemetery which is well looked after. Spotted the cache from afar but have hidden it so it isn’t so obvious. Signed as Team IE. TFTC

Tftc

Was on my way to New Plymouth for the night and decided that I would take a small detour and pick up a cache or two before I made my way to my accommodation for the night. This was the next cache that I had on my list of caches that I wanted to find today as I was making my way around Taranaki.

As I neared the nice little settlement of Okaiawa, I soon realised where the GPS was starting to take me and as I neared the cemetery I managed to find a good parking spot outside by the gate. From there it was a very simple and easy walk over to the monument and from there is it was a short and easy walk to GZ.

Arriving at GZ, it took a few seconds for the GPS to settle down, but it was going to be obvious as to where the cache was going to be and a quick search and I soon had the cache in hand, took a bit to get the container to open, but once I managed to get it moving it was easy from there, retrieve the logpage signed and the replaced back as found.

Thanks 2 Bulbars for placing this cache here and for bringing me to this spot, TFTC TNLNSL (13078)

Trickey wee spot, but found it

I was puzzled to start with then peggysuellen found it tftc

Yay I found it .spot the odd one out

Have been spending the day with my 11 year old travelling sth Taranaki with the goal to find as many caches as we can. This one was fairly quickly located, TFTC now off to find some lunch!

Had a look around got down to 1m but couldn't find , will have a look again another day

Didn't expect it to be hidden where it was. Mum found it first as we tried to look in the stone wall but found it as actually along the fence line. Good find tho

We arrived late on Friday night to visit some friends for the weekend. Today decided to go get some caches with them. We went for a bit of a drive around and then ended up about 80 metres away from ground zero so we went for a short walk had a look around it was nicely hiding from us, but not for too long, signed the log and placed it back ready for the next cacher to come along. Thank you for bringing us to this interesting area. It was very well looked after some lovely pictures and sayings to be seen. It gets a favorite from us, if it wasn't for the cache we would of never known or visited the area. TFTC

I am still parked up in Hawera with the caravan and venturing out and about doing the rural caches.

A very restful place. Didn't disturb any of the residents.

Cheers for the cache.

A tour around South Taranaki to Grab some caches with Biggelaar family and show off the countryside. An easy find...hid a it a little better and we continued on our way. TFTC

Out with Geco72 - Great spot, quiet as ... as one would expect. This was more simple but still a trick - if that's possible.

Quite little cemetery in part of the country I hadn't been to before. Once at GZ I thought, "ah this is going to be one of two possibilities" but alas no joy spotting it. There has been recent work carried out here and for some reason I can't see any previous logs on my phone.

Took a few moments to find - thank god for eagle eyed children. Beautiful old cemetery that is well looked after. Tftc

Another summer visit to locate the unfound caches in the area and turn them into smilies. Last one for the year for us, took a while to locate then off to find a place to park up for the night TFTC.

I was out and about on the potential new cachemobile in order to clock up more kilometres. Second cache for the morning, and nobody around here although there was a tennis match or two going on as I turned down the road. A nice quick find once I had found the right spot.

A nicely kept little cemetery indeed. We really enjoy looking around these old spots. Thanks for the hide.

A fairly quick find past the relocated honours board. As the log sheet was sodden, we replaced it with a small waterproof sheet. TFTC

Such a pretty cemetery. A quick find today with Noone about. Tftc. The log is drenched and almost impossible to sign.

Another good find while geocaching in the area with Just-Lookin.

We soon had the cache located - what a nicely kept cemetery.
SL TFTC

Always enjoy visiting these lovely cemeteries. A nice quick find here with tmann421 and then we took the time to read some of the headstones before heading off.

TFTC 2 Bulbars

Nice and easy find

Good hide.

Good hide.

Good little spot down there

Out for a day of geocaching around Hawera. As today was World Sauntering Day - the day to take it easy; relax, go for a stroll and enjoy some valuable ‘me time’, a day which encourages you to slow down and enjoy the world around you. So no excuses, time to go strolling looking for geocaches. Turned out it was the day for it, found 23 out of 24 caches.

I nice quiet cemetery today and that wall fits right in where it has been placed. Followed the GPSr to GZ where after a short search the cache was spotted, log signed and left as found. Thanks for the placement at this quiet spot 2 Bulbars.

Revisit as forgot to log last month

Nice place felt right at home here the history is incredible
Tftc

Nice quiet spot

Find number 250 for me. Very peaceful here today. Easy find despite new cellphone telling me I was 8in away...

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

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

Day 2: Wanganui to Hawera and home via the Forgotten Highway.

A few Moogles about checking on what I was doing, thanks for the hide.

What a lovely peaceful resting spot. Found, after checking all the possible other objects. TFTC

Took a while to find this one good job we went to spec savers TFTC

Took us some time before we finally spied it. Our brains were on a different feature. The place was dead quiet. TFTC

An interesting move, haven't seen anything like that before.

TFTC

I've just realised this is one of the caches I picked up on a trip into South Taranaki the other weekend, but have forgotten to log. 2 Bulbars and I went into Curtis Falls, then we both headed off to do our own. Me to find some, he to hide some. Felt sure I've been here before looking for a TreMichLan cache, but I've been told I'm mistaken. Perhaps I was looking for Dr Who screaming Angels. Anyway, thanks for bringing me here again & TFTC

Beautiful day, great grounds. Sneaky hide. I wouldn't have found without husbands eagle eyes.

Nearly missed this one, but the coordinates were spot on, so attention to detail was needed! Thanks 2 Bulbars.

What a great location for those at rest.

Had to look for awhile, but I finally spotted it. TFTC

Very tidy and well looked after area. Nicely hidden. tftc

Last for me of a mimi road trip for the end of the year four eyes needed again TFTC

What a wide and spacious place to rest forever! Previous logs gave a nudge in the right direction, but still had to search a bit before the cache twinkled at us. Signed the log and wandered around this quiet spot. Thanks, 2Bulbars, for taking us to it. ☺ TFTC

Another great one thanks! Found pretty quickly when I headed in the correct direction

Found with another cacher, not where I was first thinking it was. Thanks for the cache

Found with linglum and letro
TFTC

Found it with x.dragon.x and linglum

Was very well hidden

A great day for a drive and get a few caches . This one took a little while to find although the co-ords were spot on. A well tended place .SL TFTC

FTF yay. Yup that's where it was, just over the wall... I think the CO got some new kit from the Mega, this is the second new one of his today. This one is a wrap. Mission accomplished TFTC! Blenheim Bear
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