Weta box Peel Forest, South Island, New Zealand
By George Iles on 10-Aug-16. Waypoint GC6Q01R

Very fun! Thank you

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I live full-time in our caravan travelling around NZ, visiting the places we want to visit & doing the things we want to do and fitting in a bit of Geocaching here & there we had been staying in Ashburton but headed out to the DoC Campsite at Peel Forest for a bit of a look around we decided we would go for a bit of a walk & clean up so of the shorter tracks in the area & nab some caches while out & about this was one of them the cache ended up being an easy find, log-book signed & cache returned as found were also pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:LS this was #6,505 for us!

Enjoyed a walk around the loop track. This cache was a quick find. TFTC.

We loved this cache such a cute idea. Fav from us

No weta's but we did find the cache. Looks like the doors of the weta hides are starting to come off. I suppose 9 years of being exposed to the elements will take its toll.

Really cool cache design! We were looking it the wrong location for a bit, but are glad to of found it. Thank you!

Fun find! Thanks!

A cracker day to be doing some geocaching at Mt Peel. No problem locating this cache but the door might need some attention. TFTC

Found this one while going to the big tree! Cheers from belgium!

Cool cache! It doesn't close properly but the log sheet was still in there and doing okay. Thanks for the cache!

Bit damp but we signed the log. It desperately needs a new Ziploc.

Phone GPS had me some distance away, spotted the cache after I had given up and was walking back to the car; TFTC

Had fallen out.replaced back in box.tftc

Found with Kiwimykl. Refer to his log for details.

TFTC George Iles

Found with NZDi. This morning we walked the Orari River Cycle Track from Burdon Road to the Orari Bridge. We had 18 finds and 8 DNFs, so a mixed bag. This afternoon we are picking off two or three nearby caches, this being the final. We did the Kahikatea Walk yesterday and managed to find the other three caches, but this on proved elusive, as can be seen from the other recent logs today. We had a good look and were about to give up again when I spotted a likely looking pair of boxes on the other side of the fence about 12m away fron indicated GZ on a bearing of approximately 60 degrees. Good to find this one when others today didn't.

It is Easter weekend and it is time to cross off one of the things on our bucket list, which is to visit the Peel Forest area. We headed south from Blenheim on Thursday and overnighted in Rangiora in order to break up the trip. That was an uninspiring place to cache with a miserable strike rate. We then travelled to the Peel Forest DOC camp yesterday and did the Kahikatea Walk and Fern Tracks. Today's mission is to walk the Orari River Cycle Track from Burdon Road to the Orari River Bridge. Tomorrow we will do the track from the bridge to Taylor Road.

Our logs are in full where space allows, but when an abridged version is required we shorten it to KM + ND for Kiwimykl and NZDi.

TFTC George Iles

Don't know how to get there

Couldn't find how to get there

Couldn't find how to get there

The Temuka Girl Guides had a weekend camp at the Peel Forest DOC Camp ground. We went on heaps of cool walks around the area! The gps had us all over the show with this one! In the bushes, the other side of the track... but after some good old Girl Guiding ingenuity, it was found - and how amazing this was! It got us talking about the native creatures and how we can look after them. Tftc

Tried a short cut but someone put a river in the way.

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Interesting find TFC

Nice cache container enjoyed this one. All safe and sound. TFTC

Such a cool little weta box! Paper was wet which made it hard to write on but well worth the search

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It was such a nice walk to find this cache. No insects

I enjoyed this walk

Love it

Tom

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Easy find while out for a picnic

Found after GPS caught up with kan0e and eKitten. TFTC

1520. 4:58 pm. Once we realised that we hadn't seen a gate yet when we got to our false GZ we pressed on to find GZ. Cache container's lid was on the ground and plastics bag with the logbook was a few metres away. We did our best to securely reattach the lid but it could use some tools and the CO's touch. Found with eKitten and GRAkiWi. TFT(weta)C.

nice hide. found after kahikatea walk. lovely big trees

We took a while to find the correct way to this cache, as the stile mentioned in the cache description has been replaced by a gate. This was mentioned in a log in April last year and it is disappointing the cache owner has not yet updated this. An interesting cache, although it is showing signs of some deterioration. TFTC

Down here to do a difficult cache on my D/T chart & picking up some caches along the way TFTC (Fav)

Cool spot.

Cool weta box!!

Nice

Awesome cache!

A good find, TFTC

Another find with the gang!

Style no longer there, there is a gate now.

Easy

We are taking our cat Coco on a motorhome and Geocaching holiday. She looks after our home while we go off in Suzy on GC adventures.
Enjoy the walks to these caches. Sadly this one had door off, Mr C went back to car for screwdriver and re attached one screw that was there. The other was missing at top so put in a twig. Such a lovely cache container.
Thanks for this cache and bringing us here George Iles.

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We needed the hint to locate this one as our GPS wasn’t cooperating here. Unfortunately the container lid and plastic bag were lying on the ground. We tipped some water out of the bag (log was dry) and put the container back together as well as we could but it could do with a CO maintenance visit in the near future. TFTC George Iles.

Another good find going from cache to cache with woolwood9.SL: tm/ww NZThanks for putting this out for us to visit, we enjoyed the drive / walk around!Was going to do more walking in this area but the rain got heavier!

Cool hide! The GPS was having me on, but we got there eventually. I was not quite sure how to get into the container first! TFTC!!

After reading all the reviews about Geocaching in Peel Forest it was a must stop for a couple of days Quick n easy find - signed log and put back - A nice afternoon on the hunt through the tracks - Thank you - Regards Michael and Michelle (The Flying Brick, NZ) ️

Great to see the Department of Conservation getting involved with Geocaching

No treasure inside but left one

Very neat hiding spot for bugs...and caches

687 for me

Great cache

24 October 2020 6:06 pm did some quick repairs to this cute cache. TFTC George Iles

Found it. Tftc

Very cool cache. Tftc

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Thanks

Great box

Found bag with log in it chucked under a tree and a couple of other bits and pieces scattered around. Log & bag wet so dropped in new log. Cache could do with a check to see if we put back together ok. tftc

Maybe we didn't quite look in the right place but did find a wee box in a broad leaf tree with the door attached but hanging down. Managed to fix it back in place.

Found a weta house but no cache

Oh the joys of geocaching in the cold and rain just so we can complete a week's streak. Couldn't find near where the coords took us too but some lawyer did manage to find me and I got all caught up. As M was walking away to bring the GPS in again he saw the cache. The door was a bit loose so he returned to the car to get a screwdriver to tighten it up a bit. Great cache near a favourite walk of ours for the last 38 years. Use to come almost daily with our babies.

Great spot again

Auf der Runde gut gefunden. Schöne Bastelarbeit.
Danke sagt der Snejg

Logtime: 15:50 #6744
Heute: 2. Cache von total 6 Caches.

Nachdem wir in Geraldine den Campingplatz bezogen hatten, machten wir noch einen Ausflug nach Peel Forest und haben noch ein paar Caches gesucht und alle gefunden.

Google translate:
After we had moved into the campsite in Geraldine, we made a trip to Peel Forest and have still sought a few caches and found all.

Danke und Gruss
simeat und Frau
Switzerland.

We were on our summer holiday, just driving around the South Island stopping where ever we end up when the daylight runs out. We have a few caches on our 'really want to find list' and the virtual nearby is on that list, so here we are at Peel Forest. We had stayed the night and had gone to look for another nearby cache (that we did not find on our first attempt), and as we were passing the camp kitchen we spotted another cacher from Nelson. We had a chat during which this cache was discussed, so once we bid farewell to paddlechick we came to look for the caches along this walkway.
A nice easy find here, I must say this is the kind of weta box I like to open. Thanks for placing the cache and thank you for the smiley

No wetas here thankfully, I'm not too keen on creepy crawlies but left a different sort of bug. TFTC George Iles

#8515

No weta only a black bug. Tftc

There's been lots of rain lately so getting to this cache meant getting wet feet, found easily and great to see something a bit different. TFTC!

Nice cache

Very nice cache container!

A quick and easy find aound the Mt Peel area. Thanks

We decided on a quick mini break down Timaru way. The only issue was the camp ground had double booked our room, and we were bedless, So we headed up to Geraldine after finding most of the new Timaru hides. On those we found together, to log was signed Ms+Mr KR.

Thanks to the CO's for placing and maintaining these caches. Cheers.

Neat container, TFTC

Nicely crafted cache. None of the local residents taking the opportunity for a stay at the moment. TFTC # 12,588

what and awesome cache design.. of course most people including MRs a would be to scared to open it - remembering the real one she had see at the Auckland Botanical gardens! - did the peel caches on the other side of the road last visit, glad there were still some to do on this side... hopefully more next visit:-)_

really stunned at the bird life in the area, not something we are used in north island forest... or for that matter when i did the route burn., it was quite as while glenochy was noisy?

Pleased there were no residents at home. TFTC

#15408. I made the mistake of following Toodles over the stile (her Oregon has been a bit temperamental lately). Eventually I backtracked and before long found the well hidden cache. Another nice hide! TFTC.

The forecast for today wasn't great, so StreetWalker and I decided to head to Mt Peel Forest to try and find the last of our unfound alphanumeric puzzles that were solved quite some ago, as well as carry on up the Mesopotamia road to see if we could score a couple of FTFs.
My Oregon took us on a bit of a scenic tour, but once we back tracked and were in the right place, the cache was quickly found. Another nice hide. TFTC.

Many sheeps around there. Easy find but with two spiders on it

Thanks for the find #TeamAwesome

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Our first day in New Zealand we passed in the Peel Forest and we logget this cache. TFTC

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After doing the Fern walk, Lt. Caine and I were up for another short walk, so we chose the round trip and a couple more caches

Up on the North Island, we saw quite a few of those boxes but with insects living in them. But to be honest, I prefer boxes with logs over boxes with insects TFTC George Iles!

January 2, 2018 @ 13:06
Cache #2054

I wish I had read the descrition, took the long way around but the extra walk in the bush and finding the nea hide made it worthwhile.
Thanks
erninz

Great day out caching in the area, lot of neat caches, and interesting spots, needed 43 more caches to hit the 10000 finds mark think I got 62 for the day trip. Many Thanks Bitsprayer.

Yup, found this. Nice little weta box.

Nice area

A nice quick find on a lovely day. TFTC.

No sign of our special insect

TFTC

home to 3 cochroaches

CZECH
takových domečků už jsme viděli dost, ale nikdy nikdo nebyl doma

Last weekend of the School holidays so decided to spend a couple nights in Geraldine. Walked to Rata Falls & had lunch. Boys wet and happy, Mrs TG content. Grabbed a couple caches whilst in the area. Cool cache...was hoping to spot a guardian...but no, only an earwig, and a cache....LOL....

Cool box!