Tahorakuri Wetland (Wairakei) Taupo District, North Island, New Zealand
By rosmar on 29-Dec-19. Waypoint GC8HC9H

Nice area for a break tftc

TFTC

Good one. Nice spot

Nice easy cache to break up a long trip. TFTC

A lovely little stroll to break up the trip. Tftc

Found a little while back, with Punga and Paua, on our way back from Rotorua. TFTC!

Thanks

TFTG great hint

#2747. Day 6 of a road trip from Wellington to Morrinsville (& back) to attend the 100th birthday party of a distant cousin.Yesterday, I travelled down from Te Aroha to Rotorua, and this morning continued my trip south. This wetland looked like a nice place to take a break, and hey there's a cache here too. Found it in the first place I looked.Tftc rosmar.

Great little hide, nice little spot and walk in the sun

No luck here for us

Enjoyed seeing the Wetlands which we would have otherwise driven past thank you

Coords are accurate. I'm sure the hint should be the opposite compass point. TFTC

Tftc and greetings from Germany

Nice stop on our way to Taupo. Coords are spot on. A thorough search helps.#2273 - Mar 8, 2024TFTC rosmar

On our fivth day in New Zealand we travel from Rotorua to Turangi.This nice cache lay on our way.TFTCHennesAt the end comes the poem of the day.New Zealand By James K. Baxter (for Monte Holcroft)These unshaped islands, on the sawyers bench,Wait for the chisel of the mind,Green canyons to the south, immense and passive,Penetrated rarely, seeded onlyBy the deer-cullers shot, or else in the northTribes of the shark and the octopus,Mangroves, black hair on a boxers hand.The founding fathers with their guns and bibles,Botanist, whaler, added bones and namesTo the land, to us a bridleAs if the id were a horse: the swampy townsLike dreamers that struggle to wake,Longing for the poets truthAnd the lovers pride. Something new and oldExplores its own pain, hearingThe rains choir on curtains of grey mossOr fingers of the Tasman pressingOn breasts of hardening sand, as actorsFind their own solitude in mirrors,As one who has buried his dead,Able at last to give with an open hand.

A wet start to the day again. Today mainly Roturoa and Taupe to discover. Lots of caches and adventures! TFTC Wilbert67

We are visiting New Zealand from Australia with Wilbert67.We have seen some new interesting places and picking up caches along the way.Thank you to all the COs for their hides

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 72 - Taupo, Central Plateau - Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, Nov Zland (autem asi 90 km) Jet rno bylo trochu zataeno, ale postupem dne se jen oteplovalo a svtilo slunce. Naveer bylo i u jezera Rotorua 25C a tady bv chladnji ne jinde. Vyklidila jsem pokoj a na rozlouen s jezerem i mstem Taupo jsem zajela znovu k ece Waikato pro earth ke v mst, kde se do n vlv hork potok Otumuheke. Na koupn bylo pro m moc brzy, ale dost lid se zde rchalo. Tady se neplat vstupn, tak toho lid vyuvaj. Jinak se plat vude a za ve. Vyrazila jsem po thermal scenic route smr Rotorua a zastavovala u rznch zajmavost a nkde la i na krtkou prochzku, nap. v mokadech. Geotermlnch jev je tu vude hodn a j jsem kolem koucch kopc projdla. Bl jsem zajela k fakt pardnmu bahennmu jezrku Wai-O-Tapu a k blzkmu horkmu potku s tn. I tady se lid rchali, ale nkte i se psy, tak to j nemusm. Navc tu byly vstran cedule, a nestrk hlavu pod vodu, e jsou zde jaksi nebezpen bakterie. No, tak to m do vody nikdo nedostane. Hned vedle byla opt asi pkn geotermln vychzka, ale za vstup na trasu chtli za osobu 45 dolar, co je asi 800 K, a to mi tedy pijde fakt hodn. Za vstup do cel oblasti bych to jet brala, ale platit toto v kadm dol a u kadho potoka mi pipad pedraen. Porovnm-li to s USA, kde jsem za vstup do celho Nrodnho parku Yellowstone dala na 5 dn 35 dolar pro celou osdku auta a 6 osob a park je o velikosti 100 x 100 km a je tam geotermln prvek na kadm kroku, tak nevm, kde berou Novozlanan tu drzost chtt takov penze. Bude to zejm tm, e jsou tyto atrakce asi soukrom a nikoliv sttn. Sttu jsem navc zaplatila na ochranu prody poplatek u pi placen vza. Nicmn bahenn jezrko bylo mimo trasu a zdarma a bylo fakt pkn a znan inn. Bahno stkalo a do pl metru. Pak jsem to vzala siln vedlej silnic kolem trailu s kekami a njak si odlovila. Kolem opt zvlnn kopekov zelen krajina, ovce a krvy. Po napojen na hlavn tah jsem se dostala k mstu, kde byla v 12. kvtna 2000 zaloena prvn novozlandsk keka GC45, kter u bohuel neexistuje, ale m zde pamtn desku. Byla to prvn keka zaloen mimo zem Spojench stt. Tak to byla kaersk povinnost. A u jsem byla u jezera Rotorua a ve stejnojmennm msteku, kter opravdu cel smrd sirovodkem. Udlala jsem tu potebnou fotku pro virtulku 5/5 a nakoupila vci na sndani a jela se ubytovat k jezeru. Budu tu dv noci, tak u jsem se dnes nikam nehnala a ve nechala na ztra. In the morning I went to the river for an earth cache and then set off in the direction of Rotorua. Along the way, I made stops at attractions and also at caches. It was beautiful, up to 25C in the afternoon. The path is scenic and leads past lakes and various geothermal features. I visited hot streams and a mud lake and in the evening I arrived at Lake Rotorua, where I will stay for 2 nights. Thanks to everyone for their caches and greetings from the Czech Republic.

4-week family trip through NZ - Find #82!The hint confused us quite a bit, because it gets the compass direction wrong . In the end, we simply did a thorough search at the coordinates, and after a few minutes we found the box .TFTC!

Heading north with tmann421 for a few days.This was day two with plenty of miles for us to cover.Enjoyed the hide here Signed log tm/ww NZTFTC

*Good short trip away with woolwood9 finding some geocaches along the way!*We soon had the container located here and the log stamped. SL *tm/ww NZ*Thank you for the reason to visit this area. Enjoyed the walk!

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This was to be a quick P&G on our way to Rotorua but we left Taupo so late it became our lunch stop in our motorhome. T4tC rosmar,Civvnr&MissTreadlightly....(UK) Geocaching.com finds so far 11380

On our long term trip from Germany to Western Australia / Tasmania / New Zealand for about 3,5 month, we arrived New Zealand and on our way across NZ, we pick up some caches. On the way from Rotorua to the Tongariro National Park, we made a short stop and searched for the cache.

#14,475. A quick exploration in Tahorakur Forest. Parked for a short walk to the GZ, which was fortunately all quiet at the time of our visit. Relatively quick find. The cache was in good condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.*Thanks for the geocache placement, and for bringing us to this site, **.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.*

After years on our bucket list and three cancellations due to Covid, we are thrilled to finally be here. Following several cruises we flew from Sydney, Australia to Wellington, New Zealand to begin our next adventure. Picked up our rental vehicle and will be driving, exploring, hiking, and caching both islands for 3.5 weeks. A lovely park where we enjoyed a picnic lunch and grabbing two smilies. This was a nice walk to GZ where we immediately had our hands on the container. Soon our ink was on the log. The park was muggle free during our stop, but we had fun watching three different types of birds flying by while feeding their babies in nearby trees. Thanks for adding to our adventure today, Nukeworker and Racquetball Girl, Arkansas, USA

Found it

Quick find at 1100.TNLNSL TFTC

Nice find tffc

Easy find. Tftc

Nice short walk, TFTC

Tftc! Such a beautiful view.

TFTC

It's day twenty-one of this months Wheel of Challenges challenge, the streak, and today I needed to find a cache. So I found this one.

Having spent the night in Mt Maunganui, today I was heading south and home. I had a handful of specific caches marked to find along the way for various reasons.

This one was on my list as the coordinates help me with a challenge cache I am trying to complete. All good here, log was signed and everything returned as it should be.

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Thanks to rosmar for placing and maintaining this cache. I enjoy each and every cache I find, and it is only with CO's like this creating them and placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues.

[DGSc-Bulk] tagging to help me generate a list for GC30AD8 - DGSc Challenge.

Quick find at the stop to stretch our legs. TFTC

Quick find! Along with the other one at this stop. Thank you!

I stopped off here for breakfast. A nice stroll to find the cache between passing showers. TFTC

A quick find this morning while out finding a few around the area. TFTC

Look under your feet

After a small search, found it with AJimbean, TFTC

Found during a lunch break. Found with the help of the hint. Thanks for showing us this place.

TFTC. On my way home from volunteering at the Ironman event in Taupo and saw these cache pop up. So I went to grab em.

Starting towards home today and stopped for this one on our way south. I recall doing the nearby cache at an earlier stage. This was a relatively quick find although I missed it on first glance! #5981. TFTC.

Made a quick pit stop here to stretch the legs while driving North today. After finding the cache beside the rest area, I wandered over to briefly explore some of the wetland trails, and check out this cache before continuing on my way. A great spot to have a cache, thanks for placing, cheers

On the way home with FMZ from another cache at Ohaaki, passing by and this time we actually stopped to search for this one, so many times we've driven past without stopping but this time we stopped!!! I don't know why I thought it was a longer walk, took my bag and drink bottle and off we went and suddenly we were there, not far at all! Well, that was a quick find and a quick but pleasant little nature stroll, on a quiet grey day as we wait for the Cyclone to arrive. No wind, no rain, just lots of traffic about. TFTC.

Took a little while mainly because we looked at wrong spot but got it in the end!

Short stop on our way to Rotorua. Nice walk in the wetlands.
Thank you for the cache
NathanS05

**taybee** is caching again with **taybee nz** for the day
pull over to changes drivers co driver said there are two caches here so off we went to find them
quick find by taybee drop in pathtag here all so.

All in good order, sign log book as **taybee** or **tbs**
or **tbs/nz** as taybee and taybee nz ( team ) TFTC
Cache was found at **19/01/2023 @ 13:51:00**

Nice quick easy find. Left pathtag. TFTC

Nice spot! TFTC:)

A quick find while on holiday in the area.
TFTC

Found on the way south after spending Christmas with my family in Rotorua. Should be able to get to Palmerston North in two days. hopefully.

While driving up to the Bay of Plenty from Wellington, I stopped in the nearby rest area in hope of finding the two geocaches located here. This was the first find of the two and fourth find for the day overall. I intended to find the other cache first, but as I hopped out of my car and started approaching it, a muggle unexpectedly arrived and parked very close to GZ. Therefore, I decided to instead take the small walk around the wetland and find this one first.

I have occasionally stopped in this rest area during my drives up north in the past, but this was the first time I got out of my car to explore the wetland. Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of walking around wetlands, they just make me think about mosquitos and bad smells. This one however, was a very enjoyable little walk. The sun was out shining, it was great to stretch my legs and, more importantly, no mosquitos or bad smells.

I soon arrived at GZ to begin searching for the cache. I had read a previous log stating a DNF so was slightly concerned this seemingly easy cache could be missing. Fortunately, the cache is still there and I was able to sign the logsheet with no difficulty at all. Replaced as I found it.

Many thanks for bringing me out here

TFTC

Quick look but no joy today.

Just checked and cache is definitely there waiting to be found.

TFTC and greetings from Czechia

Today I am driving from Taupo to Rotorua, so this cx was right on the way. I'm not too sure about the direction in the hint, but I found it anyways. TFTC.

Awesome spot

Nice easy park and short walk. TFTC log paper is over flowing so paper needed asap. Thanks

Thanks rosmar for bringing us to this pleasant location. Good to see protection and restoration of this wetland area. The container is dry but the log sheet is full. TFTC.

Nice easy find. Like the use for the container. TFTC

Thank you !

Got this one too.
Two excited kids. Got the geo-bug

Tfc

Needs maintenance..log book is wet

School Holidays so time for a tiki tour and some caching. Heading down to an event in Sanson, Winter Warmer IX. Great place for a cup of tea and two caches. Never noticed the wetlands before so thanks for bringing us here. Cache and log all fine. Happy to add to the favourites. Thanks rosmar for the smiley.

Nice to see the development of the wetland. Nice distraction on the way home from Rotorua. #1988

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Nice little pit stop before we hit Taupo. Quick easy find

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Lovely little walk to stretch the legs. Thought we should check to see if any caches. Easy find with Cympull. TFC

Thanks for your amazing cache. I really appreciate the time you took to set up and maintain your caches.
Found with Fisha1288
Returning home to Rotorua after helping out with the window painting of brothers home in Palmerston North.
Log being overwritten. Needs new log
Cheers, Cympull.

Cool initiative - thanks!

Nice place to stop quick find here cache all good tftc

Nice little walk, We haven't been back there for a few years and whalla what a big change..Be careful of the big black flies...

NZ MEGA 2020 (in 2022) road trip - Day 10

After spending a wonderful week in Auckland, with so many highlights, it was the final day of my break. Day 2 of the long trip home, having chosen to break it up over 2 days as i would end up driving about 900km in order to try to visit a whole host of caches that I've wanted to try to find for ages.

The pair of caches found near this rest stop would end up being my last caches for the day. After this it was head down and bum up for a solid session of driving back home.

No issues making a quick find here today. No problem with the container or the log, which soon had my name in it before I placed it back as found ready for the next seeker

Thanks for bringing me here today.

A great place to stop and stretch the legs while driving through.
No problems making the find here. Many thanks for setting it up

One of the driest wetlands. Nice leg stretch though.

Nice spot to stop. TFTC

Another quick easy find. TFTC

Tftc

Great location for a cache and managed to learn something too. Tftc

Sorry about the late LogNice easy walkGreat wee stop over

Sorry about the late LogPick this one up with ABCDF4 on the way to TaupoNice easy find thanks

Under bridge lol

short break in our drive. good idea to recreate weamd but plants seem to be struggling to survive. tftc

Nice wee spot off the highway. Quick and easy find, but stay longer and take the walk around. It's worth it.

TFTC rosmar

*** Out on our MEGA Roadtrip with Wilbywarrior. Who says this can only happen when the MEGA is actually held?! Greetings from Dunedin, caching friends
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Quickly found the cache. All good here.

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, rosmar
#2580

Nice walk on a very breezy day. Easy find.
TFTC

Cute little cache, we popped some beads in. Tftc

What an awesome spot. Quick find on way to Taupo. Tftc

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Found with ash

Me and my mum came down for a short walk! Such a cute moment finding it

My daughter found this one, it was a awesome hiding spot! Keen to hunt & discover more

A great spot to stop for lunch many thanks

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