Scientific Reserve One. Only accessable southbound Taupiri, North Island, New Zealand
By eyespyben on 13-Mar-20. Waypoint GC8MQ61

A nice reason to stretch ones legs. Thanks for this!

Legs needed stretching Thanks!Signed as HH

Heading to Hamilton for the day and stopped at this beautiful reserve on our way TFTCFind#142

A beautiful day to cache hunt, nice hide TFTC Awesome reserve with some flowering ti kouka (cabbage tree)

Found but not where it was supposed to be I think maintenance on the barrier log

Having dropped Mrs Msc20 at the airport, I meandered my way back to the Tron picking off a number of nearby caches en route.I've driven past here many times in the past couple of years but never had the opportunity or taken the time to stop.Well, I put that right today.A nice hint leading to a quick find.Thanks eyespyben#5486

Found more later

Quick stop and find on the way to the South Island

A wet day around Taupiri saw rattll and I head to this reserve next to the expressway. A short search in a couple of likely spots, before spotting the cache from a different angle. All well. Signed and returned as found. Tftc!

After attending the MCC's farewell event, we thought we'd do this little trail. It's one we've meant to stop for many times but just hadn't gotten around to it until today. The rain started just as we arrived, so we enjoyed a coffee in the van while waiting for it to pass. Once the skies brightened, we headed out.This one was only 10mts away from where we were parked, so matagouri grabbed it while I was still getting my raincoat on.Thanks for putting this here

Found it, thanks!

Tftc the tiniest container ive come across

Night adventure with Bear2024Cache #8 for the nightQuickly found, signed, and replaced before starting the walk for the othersTFTC

Took about 25 mins to find but an awesome oneTFTC

Good hide!

Looks like the first ones been hit. Cache is safe though

Excellent clue - tiny little thing

Thanks for the hide - so tiny!

Found on a family trip away with trayc.g & MrMuggle. TFTC

As its a public holiday tomorrow in our region there was no hurry to get home so we pulled in here to walk this walkway that Ive always looked longingly at as we zoom past every time. Mr Muggle spotted this wee thing just sitting there doing its thang while I was looking in all the wrong places. TFTC

spotted this nano sized gem from a metre away [8]

I wanted to make a stop on the way home from Auckland today, and figured 5 caches would be a good excuse to finally stop at the reserve that I've driven past however many times. I starred right at this one before I realised what I was looking at, might be time to get some new glasses. TFTC

Second day in New Zealand and it's a wet one. Only having 5 days means we have to go caching hail rain or shine. Quick find here.TFTC Wilbert67

Were on a short holiday with Wilbert67 from Australia.Interesting location.The log sheet is full.TFTC

Teeny tiny but found it quickly

First find of the day today, travelling South and thought this was a good achievable series to get. A nice easy find here, TFTC!

Failed to find this in 2021 with Miss Eight. She, now Miss Ten, and I are travelling south together again, and had no trouble finding it this time. Thanks!

17870.

So small

Easy cache

Found on way to Scouts Jamboree! No pen but took photo. TFTC!

While on my way to pick up my daughter's in Hamilton I came across this nice grouping of caches which I thought I had time to pick up. A perfect opportunity to park up and have a quick walk. This one was a quick find which is always a bonus. TFTC

We have often driven past here and thought about stopping to collect these caches. Today we decided to drive and try them out. The motorway had been pretty busy and its a hot day so we were more than happy to get out of the car. Our last find at the reserve this afternoon. A nice quick find. Despite the muggles.

Quick find on our way to the Temple Lights. Tftc.

Day 14: South to TaumarunuiTodays journey took us from Auckland down to Taumarunui as part of the first leg of our journey to New Plymouth via the Forgotten World Highway. We ventured out to Raglan as a little detour on the way to visit the Bridal Veil Falls / Waireinga as well. The day on the road was long but we enjoyed sunny skies and lovely caches all along the way and many a historic and scenic place. (End of the cut and paste bit)Heres the specific log for this cache:Short stopover on the expressway here, and another quick cache picked up before heading on to explore a little bit of the reserve. I was curious about the totem carvings on the hillside earlier and my questions were answered - go figures. TFTC!

Great day to stop and have a look around

TFTC had to look at the logs to know I was looking at wrong thing lol. But soon found it.

A short stop on our way south. No problems with this one. thanks

We were looking at the wooden ones first then realised our mistake. A good find and cache is all good. TFTC.

Yay, easy and quick find

Quick find for junior Friwi on our way south, whilst Papa Friwi was hunting for other caches a bit further away. Tftc

Spotted it straight away after spending far too long on wrong hint items. Fav point for a cool location.

Stopped here to grab one of the ad labs. Didn’t even realised there were caches here till we were just about to go. Didn’t take too long to find this tiny cache. Tftc

On a trip down country to help out my ageing mother with some cleaning up, and I just had to grab this cache, it was a matter of revenge. The last time I came here to collect caches, this one was missing, so this was one rare opportunity to turn that frown upside down.

I pulled over in the parking area and double-checked where this cache was hidden. Then I went to complete the Waikato Expressway AdLab, also at this location and only needed this stage to complete the whole AdLab. Upon returning it was time to grab this cache. I proceeded to GZ and soon spotted where it was hiding, With the cache and log retrieved, I moved away a bit to sign the log. Once screwed back in, I was replacing the cache when a car drove in right past me. Not sure what the driver thought, if they saw me at all, but I hope I looked like I was tying my shoelaces.

TFTC

Tiranda Josh,Max,Scott,Steve

How many times have we driven past & said to each other "we must do the caches in this reserve... " so today we did! This was a quick find thanks to the good clue. However the log was sodden and disintegrated as we opened it. So sorry we didn't have a spare log but we cut a strip of waterproof paper and fitted it in so the cache is good for now. TFTC

It took a bit of finding as it is so tiny.
The clue made sense too in the end.
Log is sodden..
Thanks for showing me the area...

Tiny

A quick cache and dash on my way home from Auckland. This continues my caching days streak, bring me to day 17. Great area to explore. Grabbed one other cache here and DNF on 2

Found with toby84.

Quick find, clever hide. Found with Reny90

Very clever to small to sign

Stopped in the rain on the way south (so no muggles around), found the cache, ran back to the car to sign the log in the dry, then ran back in the rain to reinstate the cache. Pleased to turn a blue frown into a gold smile. TFTC

Quick pick up on the way to Hamilton, was running late after stopping at another cache.

Despite the darkness, managed to snag this one. Hope to pick up the others the next time im southbound.

TFTC.

Teeny tiny find on the barrier

Very clever cache. Great spot. Drive past often and wondered what the scientific reserve was like, now we know!! Thanks

Camping in Huntly for a few days before attending 18@18 event. Took a short drive north, so I could come south, to have a look at this area that I've only driven past before.
Enjoyed the walk but in the end it was a bit hot and I didn't have the 'umph' to find all the cashes. I will be back, and make sure I have time for a good search.

However I did find this one, after the walk. There had been a group of bikers too close, when I had arrived. TFTC

I’ll try again next time

Found it! Almost escaped us haha. It’s not quite were I thought it would be but it was clever.

We managed to find the first three caches at this stop. Next time we will aim for the last two!

We couldn’t remove the log unfortunately we it seems like it had fallen apart so we just left it.

Driving through the expressway from Auckland to Hamilton, we decided to stop for a short walk and check for caches. This one was a quick and easy find, however we couldn’t open it, it was done up too tightly. FMZ went back to the car to get some tools, but we still couldn’t open it. Took a photo as proof instead. Thanks for the cache.

Stopped here on our way south, with jagersmum and jager. Made a quick find here but struggled to open it until I grabbed some tools from the car. The logbook did not want to come out though, see jagersmum's pic. TFTC

Over thought this for a while.

I'm on a week's annual leave, choosing to spend time traveling north to visit and reconnect with a few friends up here, and naturally that also gives me an opportunity to do some caching up this way again. But all good things must come to an end, and so today is day 7 which is the big drive back south again.

I've stopped by this location a couple of times in the past, and each time have failed to find this cache. Today it was almost an instantaneous find. Funny how that happens! But the log is soaked, and I didn't event try to remove it as it would have damaged it severely. So took a photo of the find as evidence if required before replacing it all back as found.

Thanks for placing this one.

Logbook looked damp so didn’t remove. First cache on the Auckland to Wellington road trip. Tftc

Usually we are on a mission to reach a southern destination, as we drive passed this Scientific Reserve, but today we had time to stop and explore the reserve and locate the caches.
An early morning start and the carpark was empty, so we had no trouble locating this tiny cache. TFTC

Finally wasn't in a rush to get home today so pulled off here to explore this area and pick up a few caches.
Found this quickly without the need for the hint.
Not a great place for a cache imo.
Just as my head was down extracting the cache a car came through at full speed, bumped over the judder bars and continued down the highway. I've always hated barrier caches as they are too close to traffic and dangerous and this just proved it, not to mention the barrier had already been hit just where the cache is.

We searched for a little bit confused here then duh! Found it. Nice little break in our trip.
Thanks for placing the cache eyespyben.
Find number 4628.
Log signed b&p.

Having dropped daughter of at Auckland airport it was time to head south to Wellington. A few points of interest stops on the way and this was one of them. A quick find and nicely hidden. Thanks for the cache.

Wow - so cute. Thanks for the stop

Wandering through the Scientific Reserve late on a very wintery winter's afternoon. When we pulled into the Scientific reserve carpark there was a truck getting a tyre changed in full view of this GZ. So we decided to make it our last, rather than first find here. We will blame it on our very chilled state by the time we returned from the rest of the caches, but this one took way too long to find. We were almost ready to give up just before one of us spotted the cache. TFTC

Finally in a vehicle where I can request a stop to grab a cache or three! Had a very nice walk around thanks

Maplerose is back in the country for a couple of weeks and suggested we had a meet up, so I'm heading south to Turangi for a couple of days. We DNF on this at Christmas so glad it has been replaced. Pulled in and there were a couple of vehicles and a lorry parked, but nobody seemed to notice me. A quick find.

This one took us a wee while as some other similar structures were nearby that are often hidey places. Lucky R checked back over where id looked as he looked a lot better than me. Sneaky sneaky

Heading back from Pokeno. So was the right time to stop and do the walk here. Just me here today so was a quick easy grab. Tftc

Quick find and glad to put a smiley on this. Tftc

Made it harder than I needed too, very sneaky. Yes the first pole has had a hard time. Thanks for the hide, will need to return to explore wider area.

Good start to a wee adventure! Cache #101. Ttfc ️

A couple of weeks back had noticed the 18th @ 18 event being held in Hamilton on a public holiday and thought it would be a good excuse to head down for the day. We (Mr NZTravellers, NZIceman and I) started a little later than planned due to new local publications which needed the ‘patch defending’. After a quick coffee at home we set off.

Have attempted this one before with no luck as it had gone wok about a so was happy to turn the blue frown into a nice yellow smile.

Thanks for the cache.

TFTC

Tftc, easy find once we figured out which second post

Decided to check out this spot with the family.

Heading to Morrinsville and stopped to see how many of these caches we could pick up. Managed to do them all. Took longer than we should have to find this first one! #4714. TFTC.

Handy rest stop. Pity trucks like to take up all the spaces.

On way to the PWGT, stopped here to do calcs, and walk the dog. A bit busy, but a good spot for a break.

Stopped here for Juty Bug to get a WP for an AdLab. I noticed this cache here also but then my phone died. Meanwhile JB had been to GZ and returned to say he couldn't see it. Easy find. Bit hard to extract the new log, but got there eventually.
All good. TFTC

Quick find on my way back to Hamilton, after being to the Mega. Thanks for the cache.

Had a lot of fog through the Waikato just on dawn. Nobody else here when I arrived so did this one first. Nice quick find. TFTC

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Thanks for the speedy replacement of this cache - still not sure how people keep hitting these. TFTC

Post replaced and a new nano in it spot

I had a quick look but couldn't find the cache. It's way too hot to look further.

Another stop southbound and another DNF.

Checked everything that satisfied the hint but all we found was an Ants nest.

Done a maintenance today all good and replaced it

Pick this one up on the way to Hamilton
For our Reach the Peak Challenge souvenir

No luck, similar to the DNFs previously

No joy

Like the Willy Nelson song, Team SEAC were On The Road Again. It had been quite a while since we had gathered to go on a road trip, so a trip to Cambridge was organised to clear out that town.

We were tottling on down SH1 when the convoy pulled over into the scientific reserve. As this is only accessible heading south, an executive decision was made by the lead car to grab these caches. Nobody else complained.

As this cache was right next to the parking, it was the first to be hit. With six pairs of eyes looking for it and six pairs of hands feeling for it, it could not be found, so onto the rest of the caches around here.

A number of Team SEAC banded together for a road trip day out targeting Cambridge and surrounds and ending up with a night cache. As per usual there were laughs, dramas, cache finding and a generally fun day!

This was the first of the day which had not been in the plan but as we were heading in the right direction we just had to stop.

Unfortunately even with a previous finder in the crew there was no luck today

Sorry but couldn't find it

Had some spare time when heading past here today so I thought I'd better stop and give these caches a go. Headed to the end and cached back to the car, managed to avoid the rain also so a bonus there.
Nicely hidden cache, checked a few spots before the hint made sense and the cache was retrieved. Thanks for the hide.