Lake Okareka Walkway 3 ( Rotorua) Lake Okareka, North Island, New Zealand
By Davidson clan on 01-Apr-17. Waypoint GC73532

TFTCAwesome camo. Happy little explorers

One of the best caches in New Zealand

Clever cache another good find on the track definatly well camouflaged.

that one had a really good camuflage, TFTC

We enjoyed a pleasant walk on this lovely trail. It was windy this morning and the lake was choppy but the track was sheltered and there wasnt a cloud in the sky. This was a very clever hide. We didnt spot it at first and even when we did we werent immediately sure it was the cache. It blends in so well. A favourite point from us. TFTC.

Awesome little cache. Definitely took a second look to find it. TFTC

Made our way to GZ under the cover of darkness, wallabies were everywhere! After fighting them off started having a rummage around for the cache.. the debris around from the trees had this one well hidden. Log was wet, have dried it out as best we could and attempted an autograph. Awesome hide TFTC!

Took a bit of looking but then MrB had it in hand. Log very wet so marked with BF. TFTC

Thanks for your amazing cache Davidson Clan. I really appreciate the time you took to set up and maintain your caches. Cheers, Cympull.

Mr ABCDF4 got this oneThanks

Out this way with eyespyben so decided to do the walk around the trackVery hot and very busy track

Sadly couldn't locate this one we had looked under almost every single tree and went through all of the laves yet still couldn't find it

Enjoying the walk even though it was trying to rain. Shelter here with the trees but the phone bounced around a bit. Eventually I found it. thank you for the placement.

Had to stop and have a think for a moment. Heavy leafy cover made the search a bit challenging, but once I thought a bit the cache was soon in hand. Well worth a favourite

Searched twice bit this one stumped us and the minions got restless.

Kicked it a couple times before we realized

Dominos

Loving the walk along here, even despite the drizzle. Didn’t take long to find cache. Log a little wet. Worth a favourite point. Tftc

Enjoying the walk even if the weather isn't co-operating. Quick find thanks to a great hint.

TFTC, well hidden. Nice track

Nice cache good camo, tftc

Nice walk after the stormy cyclone night, greetings from Austria

I was quite pleased at how quickly I found this one since I'd had no luck at the previous one.
Thanks for setting this up

Camped at the DOC campground. Really nice place. Always good for a swim but also did this walkway nearby. Tftc!

We walked the Lake Okareka Walk in the evening. Found the three Geocaches on our Tour.

There wasen't a Logbook in the Container so we put a new one (the Te Puia visitor bracelet) into the box.

Lovely walk on New Year’s Day. Quick find of the excellently camouflaged cache. Log sheets were a little damp. TFTC

Found during our morning walk around tbe track.
Thanks for the cache.

Great little camo and a quick find. TFTC

Down in Rotorua for the weekend with AliGle, staying with her family. Our second visit to this walk and a few more caches to find this time, we also bumped into NZFlossy who was caching in the area too, so we found a few caches with her. A quick find here, TFTC!

That was a nice quick easy find, grab, sign and flee.
TFTC

Found quickly with Vistra.

nice camo!!

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Anice spot of camo on this one, with the detailed description hint it was a quick find, now a short jog to the next one while Mrs Geckoh is tackling the DOC one at the other end of the trail.
TNLN TFTC

A day off work and a walk between rain to find a couple of FTFs and have come across this pretty easy find.
A beautiful area to explore but DO NOT take your dogs.
TFTC

Cache in place all good to find.

I'm loving this lake, never seen or heard of it before. It's quite a hidden little gem. The pathway is also very pleasant. We managed to find this one, but not the other two in close proximity. TFTC

Couldnt find the first one so walked on to this one and managed to find it. What a wonderful lake

Found it but no pen to sign the log

Nice camo. Tftc

Enjoying our walk-so peaceful out here-tftc

Finally! First find of the day after striking out twice. Quickly spotted this one on my walk around the lake. Will attempt the one that I passed on the way when I head back. Tftc

Supporting a friend who was competing in the 102km Tarawera Ultra event and while waiting took a walk. Nice camo, favourite added. TFTC

This was my last full day in Rotorua after caching with friends yesterday. I concentrated on a few that required some hiking which was out of the question with one of the friends.
This walkway was surprisingly busy, so timing was everything. TFTC.

Nice camo on this one too, I was hoping it would be the cache and much to my delight it was

Another dawn trip on the lake - this time around to the north. Unlike the last couple of days, it wasn't raining today - just very, very cold - an air temperature of about 0 degrees (according to MetService); it had rained overnight so it wasn't just frosty but very icy and slippery.

This had me fooled at first - all the leaf litter had been cleared away from around the nearby trees; it looked like a previous searcher had had a thorough look and left nothing behind. But then I took another look and there it was. TFTC!

In Rotorua for the weekend with friends and found this cache along the walkway, had been tipped out, but found the hide and replaced it. Thanks

Away with friends for the weekend and we had a geocaching blitz today. The log was separated from the container here and we managed to find the container and popped it back under camouflage. TFTC

All good to go again

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Today having some downtime on the shores of Lake Okareka but still collected a few smileys. Enjoyed the walkway and great swimming in the lake. Some difficulty extracting the log but other all fine. Thanks

Our second success of the day as we explore this walkway Mr and Little One made to GZ and within short time had the cache in hand, love the camo.

Found it cool

Found while on Holiday at the Okareka DOC campground. What a beautiful area. Great hides, although my daughter was sad there was no place for toys!

Another nice and quick find. It was here that i realised that i may have misplaced my mobile phone...! A quick sign of the log and a jog back along the track to the previous cache. Cut a long story short - after looking everywhere... luckily for me the phone was locked in the car.
Nice camo and all good here, TFTC!

Nearly gave up but read earlier logs. Very very tricky camouflage. No TOTT so couldn’t write my name so photo proof!

Precise coordinates lead to the hideout. But due to there is another possible hiding object search was not intense enough. After searching other possiblities went back to first one, searched a bit better and - hit. Logbook is wet, logging with a little wipe was possible. TFTC

A new string of Geocaches spurred this visit so it's time for a tiki-tour. I contacted my mid week caching partner Mc Jandals and proposed a nice little clean up of the area. We had quite the adventure caching from dawn and finding some really beautiful spots. I managed to walk away with 28 caches and my highlights were the views out towards Mt Tarawera and of course... the company

A nice wander along side Lake Okareka - a side I'd not ventured before. The cache was found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward placement. Nice work on the camo, a side of you rarely seen - cheers DC, TFTC

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On a trip with Philip after seeing these new caches out. A spur of the moment plan was hatched and here we are. II am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. It’s just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these caches. Many Thanks for bringing us back here. Cheers DC. A nice walk around here.

Tricky spot, took us ages to find it

What a picturesque walkway along here. There is excellent use of camo for this cache. Thanks for the placement Davidson Clan

What awesome walk today...lake like glass ..soon found this crafty placement ...thanks DClan well done

Took me a while to find this one. Lol. Was about to give up when i spotted the object looking me straight in the face. Howed i miss it. I have no clue. Signed rehidden onto the nxt.

Great day for a walk on a lovely track, had to come back to get this one when my battery died a few weeks back, thanks to CO for maintaining this one

In Rotorua for Easter with Jag50 with the aim to put a smiley face on as many caches as we can. Lol, I must be getting tired, I picked this up looked under and went nope, lucky Mrs Jag had a look too

In Rotorua with Merlot58 for Easter. Merlot had the cache in hand but could not see the log as it was very well camouflaged. A second look and the sneaky hide was found.

Thanks for the Cache.

Another great hide. TFTC

Thanks for finding this track

I needed a little stroll, LOL after doing ParkRun, the The Legend if the Lake Swim, The Amphibian and a MTB ride. So scribbled down a few coords and grabbed a few caches before settling in for the night at Boyes Beach. TFTC & incentive to keep moving!

Another find along the lake, yay!

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Nach 3 Nächten in Turangi geht es heute mit Heckenstürmer weiter nach Rotorua. Dabei besuchten wir Wai-o-Tapu. Sehr interessant dieser Rundgang. Auch die Mud Pools bestaunten wir. Danach noch etwas Dosensuche rund um Rotorua, bevor der Tag zu Ende ist.

Greets from Switzerland

Day 21 in Newzealand. Today we drove from Kuratau to Rotorua.
A very beautiful Country with lovely places. We were able to find nice Caches and See Lots of beautiful places.
Thank you for showing us this place.
Tftc

TFTC! Quick find with DevonDumpling23 on our holiday.

Nice easy find with CreasyBear. Log is a little wet, had to tap it to get it out. TFTC!

Another great find on this walk TFTC

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Nice little hide. Tftc

tricky to retrieve,but got there in the end with the help of a few twigs. Enjoying the walk with the crew on a gusty Sunday. Quiet walkway today.

was waiting for this track to be completed to place some caches but you beat me to it. found on a rainy day. lots of tuis out. tftc

another clever camouflage

Good find, getting a bit damp

Nice easy find for dad even though he hardly gets a chance to find them thanks for the great hunt

Francisca found it! Very well camouflaged.

Took a little while, but very satisfying find

Thanks for the cache, enjoyed the walk

Another nice little hide in keeping with the other two on this track. TFTC #cachelife

Found this cache first as there were a lot of muggles around the earlier cache. Couldn't see this at first but had a little faith in the GPS and soon had the cache.

Love cleverly hidden caches and this one was great. Met a few muggles in the area so that slowed things down a bit but once they were gone we were good to go and spotted it fairly quickly. TFTC

Tftc. After finding the previous one as a family hunt, junior led the way to this. 'Slow down' I said...'we are getting close'...'found it' he said before I even caught up. Great views of the big jumping rock from near here... you can see the cave you swim through to get back up.

Ich reise mit den elchis1 und gehöre zum Team. TFTC

Wir cachen mit dem Elchteam. ( känguru05, Mou12 und MrJona). Im Team macht cachen mehr Spass und einer hat meistens den richtigen Blickwinkel ( von unten oder von oben ). Momentan sind wir für 2 Monate in NZ unterwegs und sind begeistert von der Landschaft und den vielen Caches. Grüsse aus der Schweiz und TFTC

Logbook wet.

Ich reise mit dem Elchteam und cache gerne. TFTC

Ich reise mit elchis1 und dem Team. TFTC

Getting a bit soggy

Nice hide tftc

Found with Wascox

Home for Christmas. But I wake up at 5am and the rest of the family... doesn't so I grab some Scooby Snacks and head up the lake. But which lake? There's about 12 around here! I was at Blue Lake yesterday, I may as well go back. So here I am. Okay, not Blue Lake.
Enjoying the early morning walk here! Still no one up at eiother campsite (yes, there were people camping at Boyes).

Found it