Mohakatino Wetlands New Plymouth District, North Island, New Zealand
By GeoJoe68 on 28-Mar-19. Waypoint GC85CN2

Another safe rest area cache.

Quick and easy find on the scenic drive home. TFTC

#2 on our trip home from taranaki

Quick find. Thanks for the cache

Tftf

Found TFTC

Up at Mohakatino today. Havent found a cache all year so it was a good opportunity to see if this one was here. Pleased at a successful find.Cheers.

Foumd it

Coool lil cache! Thank you

A nice quick find and sign on our way north to Mokau. All good here. TFTC

Thanks for a quick find

Every now and then I review caches that we added an OAR log to When no action has taken place as a result I consider a RAR log as this often has the desired effectHere the container was damaged (crushed) - needs attentionddm

Quick find. Thanks for the cache

Day 12 Rotorua to New Plymouth, New Zealand. It was a great drive through the winding roads down to New Plymouth while stopping for a few caches along the way.A quick find before the rain cache.Log signed and replaced as found.Thanks for the traditional cache #7,895

Thanks for easy find

As a once in a lifetime holiday, this year we are traveling for 7 weeks to Vietnam, Bali, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia we meet Ellen Sch and MrVon sr and Ingsve to visit these last two countries, so here we cache together. Now we have solved many caches so we have a large number of solved coordinates. But we are interested in all types of caches, so if you receive a log, it means that we have visited your cache. We haven't quite decided where we're going, but we'll probably let the weather decide for us. We want warmth because in Norway it is now freezing. We will stay for about 2 weeks in Australia and 2 weeks in New Zealand and we will end the trip with the Mega event in Adeleide on 29 February. So thank you very much to all of you who make it possible for us to travel around finding caches. On March 6, we set course for Norway again. There are extremely nice people everywhere and we are welcomed, we thank you very much. Thanks to our cache friends for good company on the trip.Som en gang i livets ferie reiser vi i r 7 uker til Vietnam, Bali, Australia og New Zealand. I australia mter vi Ellen Sch og MrVon sr og Ingsve for beske disse to siste landene, s her cacher vi sammen. N har vi lst mange cacher s vi har et stort antall med lste koordinater. Men vi er jo inntressert i alle typer cacher s hvis du mottar en logg s betyr det at vi har beskt cachen din. Vi har ikke bestemt oss helt hvor vi reiser men vi lar nok vret bestemme for oss. Vi nsker oss varme for i Norge er det n kuldegrader. Vi blir ca 2 uker i Australia og 2 uker p New Zealand og vi avslutter turen med Megaeventet i Adeleide den 29 februar. S tusen takk til alle dere som gjr det mulig for oss reise rundt finne cacher. 6 mars setter vi kursen mot Norge igjen. Det er srdeles hyggelige mennesker overalt og vi nskes velkommen, vi takker s mye. Takk til vre cachevenner for godt selskap p turen

Out on a geocache trip with Ellen Sch , Team Eika and ingsve on holiday in New Zealand, and today it was this area that was prioritized If nothing else is mentioned, we found the cache at good coordinates and it was fine To save space in the log, we often log in with the nickname N4 Many thanks to CO for laying out and maintaining this Greetings from Norway TFTCUte p en geocache-tur med Ellen Sch,Team Eika og ingsve p ferien i New Zealand og idag var det dette omrdet som ble prioritert Hvis ikke annet er nevnt s fant vi cachen p gode koordinater og den hadde det braFor spare plass i loggen logger vi ofte med nick N4Tusen takk til Til CO for utlegg og vedlikehold av denne Hilsen fra Norge TFTC

Endelig har jeg og MrVon sr kommet oss ned til Australia og New Zealand, -en gammel drm er gtt i oppfyllelse. Team Eika og Ingsve har ogs reist i flge med oss p denne turen.Vi har reist p kryss og tvers i en mned, og mlet er ende opp i Adeleide og megaevent p skuddrsdagen. Vi har spesielt sett etter gamle cacher, for fylle jasmern, for et par stykker, og for oss to andre som har begynt tenke p gjennomgang to.De aller fleste dukket greit frem p plassene sine,noen ganger mtte vi lete litt, men var som regel heldige tilslutt. Noen DNFer ogs ble det ogs.Vi har for det meste logget med fellesnicket N4 (ingsve,Von sr. TeamEika og Ellen Sch) men ogs egne nicknavn er brukt.En stor takk til alle dere COer for utlegg og vedlikehold av cachene deres. Uten deres arbeid, hadde vi aldri kunnet kost oss med denne hobbyen.Alltid hyggelig med et nytt smilefjes p kartet.Cachehilsen fra Ellen Sch, NorgeMe and MrV sr have come down to Australia and New Zealand, -an old dream has finally come to an end. Team Eika and Ingsve have also traveled with us on this trip.We have been traveling cross-country for a month, and the goal is to end up in Adeleide and mega-event on the leap year. We have especially looked for old caches, to fill jasmer'n, for a couple of pieces, and for the other two of us who have started to think about reviewing more.The vast majority of them showed up at their places, sometimes we had to search a bit, but we were usually lucky in the end. There were also some DNFs.We have mostly logged in with the common nickname N4 (ingsve, Von sr. TeamEika and Ellen Sch), but our own nicknames are also used.A big thank you to all you CO's for laying out and maintaining your caches. Without their work, we would never have been able to make a living with this hobby.Always nice to have a new smiley face on the map.Cache greetings from Ellen Sch, Norway

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Making our way from Hamilton to New Plymouth today - grabbed a few caches on the way. Parked nearby and wandered over to GZ. Cache found quickly though the lid was off and the container was crushed - though still usable. Logsheet ok and signed. Might be worth a check by the CO so adding an OAR TFTCTim and Viv - ddm

Quick and easy stop on our way to Waitomo. Tftc

Quick and easy find, tftc

Less grotty than this time last year. More successful, too. Thank you GeoJoe68

A nice quick find this time, Not sure how we missed it last time!. Thanks for placing your cache. Ms_KR and I are on the road again, up "North" to visit family an friends. Heading South again today!.Occassionally signed MK+KR on cache logs, and apologies for the generic logs.Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches.

Day 17: Farewell to TaranakiTodays trip was the journey back to Auckland from New Plymouth, along SH 3 and SH 1, picking up whatever caches that was convenient along the very long drive back. There were a few fun finds (especially around Piopio and interesting stops in small towns that we would have other missed on the road back. Thanks for all the fun!(End of the cut and paste bit)Heres the specific log for this cache: A quick stop here as well, though the picnic area seems to be more of a roadworks gravel storage depot now than a nice place for a meal. The cache was found quickly at the expected spot and had a read of the history while signing the log. TFTC!

found on a windy day

I set out on a drive to check out some back roads round the waikato that might be suitable for a motorbike ride then went hunting for geocaches round piopio. With a car following close behind i ended up missing the last planned stop and decided what the heck lets find the next few on the road so i ended up here with geobugs the voodoo troll and mystery at the museum as travelling companions. No navigation here so a good thing i read it at the last stop. A quick and obvious find after stopping to check out the history if the area. Thanks for the cache.

Not the nicest place here, but a quick find.

After spending a couple of days in Rotorua we headed to Eltham and picked up a few drive bys enroute. This was one of them. TFTC

Quite slushy underfoot after the recent rains, and that is without venturing into the wetlands. TFTC

Travelling from New Plymouth to lake ngaroto today, with a walk nearby. Tftc

Found it , thanks.

Nice quick park and grab tftc

Top was off the cache and some snails had decided to make this their home. Removed the squatters, no harm done. Log signed and top put back on. TFTC!

Nochem Picknick schnell gefunden TFTC

Nice quick find. Number 3 for today.

No service here so read the description before getting here if you can

Found it quick little find

Had to pull over as we had a bee in the car which nearly caused an issue. Very opportune that this cache was nearby. After a short search we found the cache. Tftc

On our way back from New Plymouth, didn’t actually plan to stop here. But a bee got in the car and this was the next safest place to pull over! Once we got said bee out of car, looked at app to see if any caches along the way…. And to my surprise one 50m away. Didn’t take long to locate at GZ. Well hidden. Tftc

**17,208**
Went into this one wondering if it was in fact gone but after a short search we located the cache, nicely covered at GL. TFTC

Nah.

No luck today.

The place is quite trashed and we saw no sign of a cache.

Next time.......

Looked everywhere once we got some coverage, couldn't find

Thanks for the replacement - nice little find and some interesting history with it

Easy enough find once I was in the right place! Convenient spot to park to head to the one down the river too!

Having a Tiki tour round Taranaki visiting friends. Stayed in New Plymouth last night and now heading north. No problem finding the cache or rather what was left of it. Put in a replacement log and taped up the outside to increase its camouflage. Thanks for the smiley.

Yep destroyed- found some of it

Found it, but it’s been destroyed sadly. Was on the other side of the fence pulled apart and empty.

We found it but it was destroyed. Found in paddock behind sign.

Quick easy find.TFTC

Great little rest area. Easy find, we tried to hide the cache as best as possible as it was open when we got here. Stay safe little cache.

Thanks for the cache. Quick stop on trip down south.

#12,818. Park, walk and grab in Mōhakatino. The wetland and GZ itself were all quiet at the time of our visit. Quick find. The cache was in good condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.

Thanks for the placement, and for bringing us to this site, and …

.T h a n k s. .f o r. .t h e. .c a c h e.
.M a u r u u r u. .k o e. .n u i. .a t u. .h o k i. .t e. .k e t e r o k i.

Pretty sure it's been moved again

Quick find here. Tftc

Cache had slipped down a bit so I re-hid in a slightly better position. Quick find on a wet day TFTC Swapped out TB

Quick grab and sign.
TFTC

first place i looked! tftc

Easy find, while looking for something else in the same spot In : Pirate TB

#9577. I am up in Taranaki for the weekend to complete the TMGT geotour in this area. There are plenty of other caches to find as well and a bit of bird watching to fit in. This is the third day of my trip having made my way north through Hawera and Cape Egmont. Driving north to get the TMGT cache at Awakino but will pick up a few scattered caches along the way north and south. Parked here and headed to GZ. The hint seemed to match but nothing there at that signpost. Read the description and went to a different object and yep sure enough there was the cache. Signed the log and replaced the cache where found. Thanks GeoJoe68 for hiding it here.

We were heading down to Taranaki to complete the Mt Egmont Pouakai Circuit. Would seem rude not to cache on the way down.

We had decided we wouldn't go to far off the main drive down (Mrs NZTravellers dictated this )

An easy find and signed as Team SEAC!

TFTC

Heading down with some geocaching buddies from Auckland to walk the Pouakai Crossing (Mt Taranaki). Stopped along the way to get some caches. Logs might have been signed "Team Seac". Thanks for placing the cache.

Heading down to Taranaki to walk the Pouakai Crossing, around the part of Mt. Egmont with the SEAC group of cachers.....stopped off here for a bite to eat and grab a few local caches to start the journey.....
Managed to locate without attracting too much attention.

Signed in as SEAC to save logbook space....

Cache was all good.

TFTC.

Ok I went looking at the wrong signpost, then re-read the cache page, and off I went, and there was the cache

Sadly the bin was overflowing nearby, so a bit wiffy where I had parked the car.

Thanks for the hide GeoJoe68

Nice park and ride. Found on way back from Awakino day trip. Tftc!

tftc, with the stop

Happy to make a quick find today after a DNF the last time we came through this way. All good with the cache. TFTC!

i think we assumed cache was there. no luck
than read info and soon had in hand
a few cars parked here today but no one around.
tftc

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... We had planned to have another crack at the PWGT trail this weekend. And just to make things interesting, Gap had work in Taranaki...

From here on in, we decided to be a bit more selective - just roadside caches from now on... We’ve often passed through this area with our blinkers on - we’d not noticed the wetlands before. It took a couple of sweeps to find the cache, but a quick find nevertheless. Thanks GeoJoe68 and TFTC.

Found! Signed log and put back, log book was little damp but workable

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I are on a bit of a Christmas Roadtrip from Auckland to Ingill & back ... we'll be doing a few geocaches on our travels ... this being the 184th cache of hopefully many ... we had been spent Christmas in Invercargill & were now heading back to Auckland, taking the scenic route ... we were now heading North, had been up the West Coast of the South Island ... had been 'round the mountain' & were now heading back to Auckland ... love these 'out-of-the-way' quick & easy finds ... another 'smiley face' to the tally ... TFTC ... TN:LN:SL ... #1,918 for us.

Mr12 was GPS tracking all the caches from Auckland as this one here was a nice easy stop off, we had this one in hand in no time.
TFTC

Arrived here just before the rain set in. I had never noticed these wetlands before. A nice quick find as the cache was lying exposed on the ground. So the log book has been signed and the cache is nicely back in its place all ready for the next geo-hunter. Thanks heaps for taking the time to set up this cache. I really appreciate your efforts in doing so. TFTC and Happy New Years!

A nice quick drive-by find on the way to the beach for the day and visiting family.
Was a bit exposed when we arrived at GZ, hidden a bit better on departure.

Thanks for another cache on my way home.

Stopped hetevon route to New Plymouth for a Spider riders weekend. From Hamilton. Easy find thanks.

On route to New Plymouth for a Spider Riders weekend.

Cache all good checked yesterday however someone stole the magnetics of it so was placed back in original area by another player (Thanks Ethness, Nosyel & Jude_E). Have amended clue to reflect new position.

We found what we thought was a throw down cache but it is actually the original. A photos was take by Ethness.
There was a family picnicking near by. We talked to them about geocache and they seemed most interested.
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 going over to New Plymouth. This part is being done with my good friends Ethness and Jude_E.
Thanks GeoJoe68 for creating this hide. It was find 9044 for me.

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On the way to New Plymouth today with Nosynel and Ethness. Our goal is to find all the TMGT caches in a big figure 8 across the centre of the North Island. We found the original and have signed that. Ethness is loading a photo. We checked the names from the log we signed, most recent was 23/6/2019. We couldn't see any other under anything. May have converted a muggle family who were intetested. Thanks.
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A family was close by eating an early dinner so we explained geocaching to them as the were wondering what we were doing.

We could not find the cache as per the hint however we did find the original cache. I have taken a photo of these logs and have included it in this log.

Jude_E, NosyNel and I are continuing on our figure of 8 tour of the North Island collecting the ‘Tour’ caches, plus others, plus seeing the scenery, plus having a good old time. TFTC.

A DNF for me here.

On Way Back From Auckland Stopped Of For A Quick Find.

On The Way To Taranaki For A Holiday With Nana & Grandad We Stopped For A quick Find And Grab.My First Cache Of Many To Find In Taranaki.

Enjoying our drive up the Taranaki coast. Managed to keep the feet dry collecting this one. Thanks Geojoe68.

Nice park and sign here thx.

Have a break have a cache. TFTC

Teamed up with Cats&Dragons, for an overnight mission down the West Coast focusing in and around Hawera. It's been awhile since we've done a trip like this and it was great to be out finding caches again. We left Hamilton at 7pm Friday night and returned midnight Saturday, with only a few hours of sleep needed we managed 116 finds for the trip. A big thanks to all the cache owners for their placements.

Stopped of on the way home, Cache easily found. TFTC.

Replaced cache same hint applies.

stopped and had a really good look, its gone....

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Had a good search as per the hint but no joy for us today.

searched everywhere as the hint says but no luck for this one

Nice and easy find to break up the trip to new Plymouth. Thanks for the hide

Trying unsuccessfully to find a place to eat so decided to look for a cache.

Quick and easy find, thanks!

Was going to sit out the stop but it's so warm I just did a park and grab.

#2161
Found it during our travel in New Zealand.
Thanks for hide.

A quick park and grab. As I drove past later in the day on the way back to Stratford another vehicle was parked there, I wondered if they were caching but no other logs yet for that day so maybe not. Thanks GeoJoe68

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