Forgotten Pathway (NP) New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand
By Zork V on 11-Feb-16. Waypoint GC6B727

Just saw it was archived yesterday. I just went looking yesterday lol. Obviously didn't find. Thanks anyway.

Time to go.

Could not find aswell, and only checked the activity after we attempted. Was a really beautiful area though!

Cache may have been moved, used hints and past logs as help but no luck

Great found

Found

Took a little bit of looking kind of off the path

Bit harder to find

(# 5660). A flying visit to Taranaki primarily to get the TMGT geotour caches. Day 1 was to drive from Wellington to Awakino then down to New Plymouth. My GPS was taking me to one area. Then spotted something so checked it out. Quickly came up with the goods. Everything in order. TFTC

Had a dog barking at us, but despite that the muggles here ignored us. Nice swamp stream. Coords 11m out, more than I would have expected for such a clear open sky.


Merry Christmas!
It's Christmas Dai, day thirteen of Taybeedragon's and my big 3 week circumnavicaching trip around Mt Taranaki, starting from Palmerston North. Today we are rummaging around New Plymouth.

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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Merry Christmas. Came to checkout this forgotten path. Canine muggle was interested in us but not the other muggles so got this one snagged. No log so left a temp RITR log to keept this on rolling along. Cheers.
The day is fading fast so its back to Zara for some ZZZZZs

Day 13- Merry Christmas, Wednesday 25 December. Around New Plymouth again today.

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.

Bees put us off looking too hard!

Feels like we looked in every tree, but didn't find.

Found it but nowhere near where the gps took us, have moved it back to where the hint suggests

Nice easy find once we worked out it was the first tree from the way we started

Easy walk

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Found myself in Bell Block so decided to grab this cache. It was just on dark and threatening rain so was happy that the hint was very clear and the job was quickly done. Thanks
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We are up in new plymouth for my mother in laws birthday and I wanted to pop out and locate a couple of caches up in this area . The trackmayhavebeenforgotten once but with all the new housing being built in the area the track is undergoing a transformation it seems I guess it is also paRT of tHE N P to Waitara walkway so that is adding to its transformation. The CO ords were a bit out but the hint took you the right place and it was soon located. It would possibly benefit from being attached as winds could easily shift it from its hiding place.
Thankyoufor the cache and another smiley face. .

Prickly find! TFTC

Fun little walk!

Our second one yay

Easy peasy find! Cache a bit wet and muddy! Log seemed ok at moment. Tftc

Easy first find of 2018. TB not here

Nice to find a Zork cache

TFTC

We are still learning to use our rather new GPSr, and this one proved a steep learning curve, we were at first searching at the trailhead ... but eventully sorted things out. Left TB: Oliver-Holiday Ammo Can Tag.

Super easy find! A nice detour while stopping or gas!

A nice quick find, Wow what a lot of boulders on the stop bank. Cheers.

Next stage in the holiday, up to Hamilton. Looking forward to getting there to see one of the duaghters.

Thanks to all of the COs for placing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

Quick find, cache laying out in the open so replaced slightly more hidden. Grabbed tbs. TFTC

Should have gripped these 2 trackables yesterday, but thought my flight left later than it does!
28 November 2017 07:21

Back here while visiting mum again. Good to turn this blue face into a smilie after an earlier DNF when fences were being rebuilt.
The path is no longer forgotten - 5 munzee along it now, and it's been extended with significant earthworks happening as the subdivisions continue.
On my phone I was about 12m out, but the hint got me to the right place. Probably should have expanded my search last time.
Thanks for the smilie.
1881 27 November 2017 08:47

Great find

Wicked pathway!

Wicked

Awesome day for caching

Nice easy find while ticking off the last of our bell block finds tftc

Tftc

Found it. Great little hide. Thank you for the find

Wasn’t even hidden

Replaced Geocache due to new contstuction.

Came back for third time now still can’t find. I don’t know if it’s been moved since there is still a lot of construction going on. Was a month since the last find.

Hard to know if it is still there with all the construction going on!

Great find!

Found Thanks to the last post. Enjoyed the stroll here.

Tftc very fun find once we had a good look around

We somehow found it tricky, but was good fun anyways

well i think the wall has moved so the posts not the same but gps is taking us to the right spot, check the rocks my friends, TFTC

Thought it was time to clean up my bell block map. This is my last unlogged traditional geocache in the area with just a multi and a disabled mystery to go, then my map will be smiley faces all over

Cache was easily spotted among the rocks and retrieved.

Grabbed the travel bugs to move them on.

Cheers.

Think this one might be gone.
Nothing that looks like a spot to hold this sized cache. The fence has been reconstructed since the previous photo posted, but think it's several meters closer to the stream.
Hoping that the intention is a bridge across and continue the track to the beach.
This log posted with CacheSense for Android!

Quick find once negotiated the building/construction! Looks like the forgotten pathway is becoming an extinct pathway.... Builders have covered much of that end up and looks like more expansions are happening!

Unable to get to track from one end due to construction so found another entrance. The fence has been taken down and cache found sitting on rock pile. Log filled out and cache hidden in rocks.

Trackable drop :

"Thornton-Cleveleys, United Kingdom" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug

I am over from Australia for a couple of weeks visiting my sister in New Plymouth for a week before the mega event this weekend, and of course taking the opportunity to get some caches in the area. A nice stroll down from the suggested start point (though I spotted one a little closer). Was very glad off the hint when I saw the mound of boulders at GZ! Left a new coin of mine to start it's travels. Thanks Zork V.

Nice

Bit tricky with the construction site tftc

After 2 DNF this morning, I finally found one, realised the walkway started from another street, tftc Zork V

Cool

Did not find. Was unable due Tiana construction work being done

In Taranaki for the weekend and collecting a few caches along the way with tmann421.

Lots of fun had with the variety of caches in the area. TFTC

Good walk to the cache here - certainly lots of new houses going to be built at the end soon.
Easy find with good hint. SL TFTC

A most interesting and enjoyable walk to this one, all the flax along the way was amazing.

TFTC

Nice walk

Kids got it

Nice little walk

Quick find

Long walk with a quick find.

Easy Peasy nice walk. Enjoyed

Found with Trayc.g and TeamAlmawoody, logging now as I have my own account. TFTC

Found it It will be good when the pathway links to the beach

Found by my Daughter, doing a few Caches on Sunday afternoon!

took a while to find the path but after that the cache was easy! tftc

Another dot day so a quick grab at lunchtime, not much happening down here, although there has been some earthworks which I hoped had not affected the cache. But there it is safe and sound. This one is a wrap. Mission accomplished TFTC! Blenheim Bear
This log posted with CacheSense for Android!

Good hide!

Another awesome little pathway that I wouldn't know about if not for geocaching. Try. No travel bugs though:(

3rd cache found today. Well placed. Thanks

Found it

Nice easy find. Thanks

Nice walk around a nice area. Thanks

Nice evening stroll. The weather is amazing! Tftc

Found after walking down the right track.

Nice peaceful spot. Lovely house, felt a bit like I was in their backyards. Did this walkway used to go further? TFTC

After a walk to GZ looking at all the house we quickly found the cache. TFTC

Found 2nd time

Headed in a rocky way but found my number 50

Found it

Didn't know this walkway existed. Thanks for the cache.

Great short cut to the foreshore. Cache kinda fell into my hand so hope I placed it where it's meant to be. TFTC

Interesting walk way

Parked up for a quick walk and an easy find. Some nice homes in the area.

Easy find

Nice and quick find. Ellie dose love to explore new places. TFTC

Nice stroll had to be quiet as construction site:) with pvmills

Found with Niccy15

Nice hide. Took coin. TFTC

Lots of mugged and a building site to contend with. Didn't find today but will come back one evening!

easy find , well hidden again!

Another one of the lots of little pathways hidden away at this end of town. TFTC

Thank you to the person who hid this geocache !! Was able to find it fairly quickly

Plenty of activity nearby but did not affect finding and signing the log. Took a TB and left another in its place. tftc

I deliberately took the long way around for this one, as I felt like a nice walk. I parked on Mangati road and walked down to the walkway before crossing to Wills road and coming back up again. From there it was a short stroll down the pathway to the cache location. Nobody around today, so I took my time signing the log and looking around. I dropped off a trackable, and picked up one.

On the way back I checked out the hidden seat before getting back on the road and completing the loop back to where I had parked.

The cache is in good condition, and nicely stocked. Thanks for the placement.