Ancient Pathway (Taranaki) Stratford, North Island, New Zealand
By Phronimos on 22-Jul-16. Waypoint GC6P0Y1

Thanks for the cool find

very easy find! Great for new scrummagers

Stayed near Stratford last night and drove along the Forgotten World Highway to Whangammona today, picking up six caches along the way. This was the first of them. Drizzling all morning but fortunately mostly on the light side. Took a rather circuitous (walking) route to get to the actual cache, but once there it was a very quick find. Interesting history associated with this spot. #8018. TFTC.

My partner and I had a rare day off together and with the kids all at school we thought why not have a road trip and get lunch in the Republic of Whangamomona. Over some yummy wedges and nachos the conversation turned to how i hadn't been geocaching in ages. Before i knew it i had loaded the app, found a pen in my handbag and we headed off down the road for his first find. Safe to say he is now hooked and we ended up with 8 finds and 1 DNF for the day. We really enjoyed learning the history and taking in the views. Thank you for placing these caches and showing us our country. This was find 6/9 today. Had a moment of confusion after the roadworks but the cache was quickly in hand. Also found a huge black spider

Easy find

Really easy find

Never knew this

Thank you

Found TFTC, cool nee bridge

Easy find, thanks

This cache grab is probably a bit safer now with the roadworks - easy access and safe off road parking up to the main cemetery entrance. Cache in good condition, dry logbook. Really interesting read on the history of historic Mori roads in the area. One of 4 I grabbed after work today, two of which were in the dark , earning me the June Solstice souvenir , and finding my first virtual cache. A nice way to keep busy after farwelling my youngest son and caching partner last night to Canada on his big OE Mihi ki a koe mo te keteroki, Phronimos#111 (my old phone number )

#3011Found by the Tontako Team.Thanks for the cache

#2396 (Tontako Team) Kia Ora from Spain! We found this cache during our New Zealand / Aotearoa holidays.Such good views of Taranaki!!TFTC

Thanks for an easy find

Thanks for easy find

Thanks for the easy find

Seventh find of day two while playing support crew for some cyclists riding the forgotten highway. Nice to have some caches to fill in our time between check in spots. Interesting history. Another great day weather wise. All good here. Tftcsl

Found with bkj97 during an Easter trip,, supporting a small group of cyclists. An interesting location. Cache in good order. TFTC

We were across the road visiting some relatives and thought we better pick this one up. Nice to read some of the history on the nearby boards and in the cache details before making a quick find here. All in good order. SL. TNLN. TFTC!!

Dieser Cache konnte heute erfolgreich geloggt werden.Danke an den owner fr's legen und pflegen TFTC Schmerzbefreit

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#3

Replaced replacement log with a waterproof one. Thanks Jodie, Mal & Tony for the previous one.I also acknowledge Shannon & Gavin's log on 07/Jun, not logged online. All good again here.

A quick find, thanks.

Have put a fresh piece of paper in a snaplock bag, as its very wet.

Love the hiding spot, looks like you’re there to only read the plaque to passing vehicles. TFTC

Log probably needs replacement as the log is currently a ripped up piece of McDonalds cup.

Thanks !!

Thanks

So nice to learn about the ancient Māori pathways…TFTC!

The box was open when we found it and the log paper was not there. We have put another piece of paper temporarily but this cache will need a new log paper.

Nice quick find while visiting the cemetery. Well protected log inside a container, inside a container, inside a container. Good effort.

Thanks for showing this little memorial stone to us. The cache was discovered quickly.

TFTC! Long drive ahead of us!

On a trip via the forgotten highway to explore Ruapehu and the surrounding area, daft not to seek a few caches en-route! TFTC

Dried out and disposed of rubbish. Replaced damp logbook and relocated as originally placed. All good here again.

Very wet inside

Wet wet wet

A very wet day, thankfully it was an easy find. Such a historic site.

Another quick find in the rain, by family friend Miss 13yrs. Nice view of the stream nearby.

Wet contents. Tftc

Log book a bit wet but good find and history. Tftc

This geocache was part of the Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour which wound up today. Feel free to find and log the cache as it still exists.

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on a drizzly day spent up the mountain, as well as in and around Stratford and Inglewood.
An interesting read about the ancient pathways. A quick find and sign, while the cache is still available . TFTC.

#20995. Good to include another TMGT in our haul for this trip (not much time left to find them). TFTC.

Found it

On the final final tour to finish TMGT. With daughter and Geo puppy we are on day 2 of 8days of geocaching.
Interesting Te Atiawa history. The cache was elusive but daughter #2 was surprised when we figured out the hint. Tftc

Very interesting history recorded here in this otherwise pretty non-descript corner. TFTC # 18,239

A quick find our first for the day.. TFTC

Found this one with Cyclicalcaching, easy find on our geotour roadtrip. Thanks!!

Pulled out to the graveyard and thought “always a graveyard cache”, then realized it was pointing the other way.

Never seen a monument like this before!

Thanks for the geotour cache!

Loving our trip in the good old NZ back country and the history lessons. What a landscape! Easy find and pleased to report that the cache is all good. Along with the cache we discovered another cacher - Gibbon. He was nearby and guessed what we were up to and so came over and introduced himself. Quite rare to meet other cachers on the job. TFTC

Was keen to pick up my missing two TMGT caches for this region today. We'd passed 'nearby' at xmas 2020 but this was too far off route for our driver so left until today. With plenty of time on hand today (Tui ad, Yeah Right) I headed down and parked real close. Interesting information here and around and a nice place. T F T C Phronimos, codeword noted.

Having moved down from Auckland at the start of the week, and settling into a new work routine and having a new team at work it's been quite a hectic week. So what better way to kick back and relax than embark on a 730km, 16 hour marathon Geocaching expedition to the Taranaki region. It was more about quality than quantity and I had a number of statty targets; a couple more TMGT tour caches, my final missing S39 degree minutes for the Challenge cache, a few Virtual caches, including the new fmz Monopoly one, couple of Earthcaches, and a couple more DT combos, and anything else that I passed, but without adding too much diversion onto my trip. 36 caches was the total and a pleasing selection of treats and more than doubled my current Taranaki finds total of 24 finds total. Thanks so much to all the COs for their caches, imagination and hard work and maintenance, much appreciated. When I eventually made it 'home' at 1045 PM I was ready for bed, and dashed my (foolish) plans of heading to Ohakune/National Park etc today, that will keep.

Tftc

easy find

Found this really quickly, lucky as there was heaps of traffic on this road today

Found it. Summer Holiday 2021

Quick find. Last one on our trip on SH43

Great cache!

Well placed

Logbook is little bit wet, easy to find. Tftc

Great to know this piece of history now. A shame it's so buried and obliterated. Thank you for the cache, Phronimos.

*** Out on our MEGA Roadtrip with Wilbywarrior. Who says this can only happen when the MEGA is actually held?! Greetings from Dunedin, caching friends
#371 ***

I enjoyed reading the information for this tour cache. Thanks for highlighting this historical trail.
Malinkaly and I planned a road trip to go to the MEGA but Covid has postponed the event again. We decided to continue on with our planned journey making adjustments as we go with the ever-changing travel restrictions.
Greetings from Dunedin!
Thanks for the cache, Phronimos
#2620

Great find,
Got a history lesson while there and lots of crazy stares from people that pass.

Definitely outside the square

#9601. The last day of my four day trip to Taranaki. Making my way back to Wellington today. After three fine days the weather changed overnight and now its raining, windy and rather chilly. Interesting bit of history. I was not aware of this pathway. While it makes sense Maori moved around on foot locally to favoured places I would have thought more would have travelled by canoe along the coast rather than walking such prodigious distances. The cache was an instant find in the light rain. Signed the log and replaced the cache where found. Thanks Phronimos for hiding the cache here.

Found

Thanks- quick find after visiting the cemetery.

Thanks Phronimos for the cache. It’s #1378 for us. We found your cache on 15 February 2021. Quick find on a very wet day.

A few days away in New Plymouth gave us a chance to locate some more TMGT caches. Todays mission was a drive to collect some more. A nice interesting stop here. Quick find. SL. TFTC.

Fascinating story about this old trail. I do like a well-written TMGT cache page. TFTC Phronimos, all good here.

Day 4 of a 10 day road trip round the bottom half of the North Island, and today it was New Plymouth to Owhango.
We weren’t going to go the Forgotten World Highway until it was mentioned to us by our hosts in N.P, so we did some research and thought that would be the way to go.
Pretty cool drive, would be frustrating in parts if you were stuck behind slow traffic, but we did not have that problem with a few regular cache stops. Whangamomona is a real treat of a town - great pub, and you get the feeling there is a great community spirit out here.
Really enjoyed it, great weather, and no problems with any caches, apart from adding some log paper. Thanks all COs.

Located with Ricardinho
TFTC

Thanks for the find

Stop off here to grab the TMGT Code word, notice the log was full, so replaced with a new log on waterproof paper

On a TMGT road trip from Whanganui to New Plymouth so it was a given I was going to side trip down to this one. Quiet at the moment. Interesting history, love how locals can tell that through caches. Thanks for this cache.

Rick-a-mortis was here OZR3RZ

Found this awesome cache on a very rainy summers day . Been out in the whooooops for lunch and I couldn't pass up a cache or two

Porkcrackle and I thought the history around the cache was amazing
Thank you for placing this cache for is to enjoy

TFTC

Quick find on a very hot day.
Now to the next TMGT

Found at 6 January 2021 5:00 pm.

I'm on a short geocaching roadtrip to Taranaki, logging my finds as I go (where possible). Will expand when I get home. TFTC

Nice easy find while exploring Stratford.

Wet and full log

TFTC

Thanks for putting out this cache for woolwood9 and I to find!
SL **tm/ww NZ** (may just be a black smudge on the many wet or plastic logs)
We soon had another good cache located.

*No problem, quick stop!*

Heading north with tmann421 to find some caches,
Signed log tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Found

We are on a ten day road trip to Taranaki, The Forgotten Highway, Taumaranui, Ohakune and back home to Palmy. Along the way will be sightseeing, short mountain walks, museum visits, a rail cart journey and, of course, geocaching. Day 4 - we’re now based in Stratford for four days and will make trips out from here.

This was our last day in Stratford for tomorrow we head along the Forgotten World Highway. We were going to leave this one until on our way tomorrow, but had time to pop out to it today. It was hard, standing here then in this very open, exposed and windy spot with traffic travelling past, to imagine a track once going through here with forest towering all about. It is good at the very least that the memory of it is still here. The cache was a quick and straightforward find. TFTC

Pre Labour weekend trip away, seen as I'm working through Labour Weekend, I decided that from Wellington I would head towards Whanganui for the night, then home via New Plymouth to collect some TMGT and Jasmer caches.

A little drizzle but I was able to run across, sign and then wander down to the information boards to read further without getting wet.

TFTC Phronimos, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 8 find(s) of 15 today, making this find #2292

Thanks interesting info yet again. And the reason why they had to travel this way was it was safer to keep away from the Taranaki tribes.
Found with Kiscardi.

On a tour around the North Island picking up the TMGT caches with NZ Bozzy , also we found many older caches and filled some gaps in our DT grids.

Celebrating turning 60 today so after a awesome breakfast we heading out to find the local TMTG caches and see some more of the North Island. Perfect !!
TFTC and an opportunity to visit places I would not stop at otherwise.

Cute lil spot with great view of the mountain!

The log was full.

Sadly we are not doing the forgotten highway this trip. I am on a North Island Figure of Eight tour. For the first 4 days I spend time in the Bay of Plenty with my husband JDScout in Rotorua. Now I am on part two of the eight loop near the end of our loop, driving from New Plymouth to Whanganui. This part is being done with my good friends Ethness and Jude_E.
Thanks Phronimos for creating this hide. It was find 9106 for me.

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Ethness, Nosynel and I are on a caching adventure. TMGT caches in the middle and south of the North Island being our trip objective. Second last day and we are heading south. Tje story was interesting. Many thanks for the cache.
#6240

Afternoon drive stopping for a few caches on the way...again a simple find. Tftc

Loved the history behind this one. My family use to live at Makahu so it was nice know the history making it possible for them to live there

Amazing history. Loving Taranaki

On a road trip in the Taranaki. Good to see this historical pathway recognised. Thanks for the information Phronimos.

My grandfather is buried at the cemetery across the road so I thought I’d get this geocache while visiting

On a wee roadie. So interesting to be signing off a few TMGT caches as we pass thru. Enjoying the history from this series.

thank god i have good nose for locating caches batteries in my gps went flat just as i went for this one ,spotted location straight away luckily.then off to shop for more batterys

On a TMGT expedition, with four wagging tails in tow. Logs signed as mrandmrschosen1978 or MM78. Found in flagging light.

This is a rather busy corner ! My last one maybe for the day, off to meet a DNA match now

Very interesting piece of local history found at the end of another famous highway, the forgotten one Grab the hint as well. TFTC

Easy park and grab

On a road trip around the mountain - at least we think it was the mountain as he was hiding from us today. A short detour to find an ancient pathway. TFTC.