NPS6: Roy Turner Memorial (Central Plateau) National Park, North Island, New Zealand
By NPSLearners on 01-Jul-20. Waypoint GC8VY84

Quick catch on our short stay here.Thanks for hiding and care. Fitzelchen from Germany

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TFTC xEleven

EN : After our day walking to Lower Tama Lake and Hupper Tama Lake, we returned to our accommodation. As it is not late, we decide to come and look for these caches. One of them will not be found. Thank you to all the installers for the work carried out for our greatest pleasure. Greetings from France. Our Travel Bugs pass through this cache but do not come out of our backpack; they continue the adventure with us. Trip to New Zealand decided very quickly , but that did not stop us from preparing a small file of caches to search, as far as possible. The GC46 is, of course, at the top of this list! Our program should allow us to discover a large part of this country.FR : Aprs notre journe marcher vers les lacs Lower Tama Lake et Hupper Tama Lake, nous avons rejoint notre logement. Comme il n'est pas tard, nous dcidons de venir chercher ces caches.L'une d'elles ne sera pas trouve. Merci tous les poseurs pour le travail ralis pour notre plus grand plaisir.Salutations de France.Nos Travel Bugs transitent par cette cache mais ne descendent pas de notre sac dos ; ils poursuivent l'aventure avec nous. Voyage en Nouvelle Zlande dcid trs rapidement , mais cela ne nous a pas empch de prparer un petit fichier de caches chercher, dans la mesure o cela sera possible.La GC46 est, bien sr, tout en haut de cette liste ! Notre programme devrait nous permettre de dcouvrir une grande partie de ce pays.Merci pour la dcouverte - Dzikuj za zabaw - Dankie vir die pret - Faleminderit pr argtimin - - Thank you for the fun - ylnc n tkkr edirik - Eskerrik asko dibertigarriagatik - - - Hvala na zabavi - - Salamat sa kalipay - - Hvala vam na zabavi - Dkuji vm za zbavu - Zikomo chifukwa cha zosangalatsa - Tak for det sjove - Dankon pro la amuzo - Tnan teid lbu eest - Salamat sa kasiyahan - Kiitos hauskuudesta - Tankewol foar it wille - Grazas pola diversin - - , - - Na gode da fun - Mahalo ioe no ka hauoli - - Gracias por la diversin - Ua tsaug rau kev lom zem - Daal maka ntrnd - Terima kasih atas kesenangannya - Grazie per a diversione - Msi pou plezi a - Hn ji bo kfxweiy - - Ai u linksm - Merci fir de Spaass - tibi gratias ago pro ludens - Paldies par jautrbu - - - Terima kasih kerana bersenang-senang - Misaotra anao amin'ny fialam-boly - Grazzi gall-pjair - Mauruuru koe mo te ngahau - - - - Bedankt voor het plezier - Danke fr den Spa - Takk for moroa - - - Obrigado pela diverso - - Mulumesc pentru distracie - Faafetai mo le malie - - Ndinokutendai nokuda kwomufaro - akujem vm za zbavu - Hvala za zabavo - Waad ku mahadsantahay madadaalada - Kea le leboha ka monate - Asante kwa furaha - hatur nuhun keur man - - Tapadh leibh airson an dwpiemy- Elence iin teekkr ederim - - Qiziqarli uchun rahmat - Diolch am yr hwyl - Ksznm a szrakozst - Cm n v s vui v - Grazie per il divertimento - Siyabonga ngokuzonwabisa - Siyabonga ngomnandi.

3 peoples ... quick found-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --French version below-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Short late log but more complete now that we are back home.Our vacation will take us to the other side of the world to the land of the Maoris. After many, many hours of flying, a passage through China on the way there and through the United States of America on the way back, we will finally arrive in Christchurch which will be the starting point of our journey.We will enjoy the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and we will go back towards the North Island via State Highway 1. To combine business with pleasure, we will take regular breaks and small detours according to the caches that seem the most accessible to us.With a little more than 3500 km in 20 days, we will have discovered many facets of this island which is soothing. We will have to come back because there are so many places that we have not done . In broad strokes, the path will go from Christchurch to the Kaikoura Peninsula then towards Picton for the crossing to Wellington.New island, new road, and by State Highway 2 we go towards Hastings and Napier. We will leave the seaside for several days to go to Tongariro and Taupo. We will continue north towards Rotorua and Hamilton (without forgetting a detour via Hobbiton ) A detour to the Coromandel Peninsula and finally the almost north of the island with Whangarei and Waitangi to learn the history of this country.There will only be a few days left to spend towards Auckland and its suburbs before taking the plane back to the grayness of our European autumn.The majority of the boxes will be found, we have abandoned those where our English was lacking and where we could not understand the clue. Thanks to all the owners who brightened up our path, who took us to incredible places (that's also geocaching)In short, we had a great vacation, saw beautiful places that simply ask us to come back. We learned a lot about the history of this country and its traditions, it's a great motivation for our destinations.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Petit log en retard mais un peu plus complet maintenant que nous sommes rentrs la maison. Nos vacances vont nous emmener lautre bout du monde au pays des Maoris. Aprs beaucoup, beaucoup dheures davion, un passage par la Chine laller et par les Etats-Unis dAmrique au retour, nous arriverons enfin Christchurch qui sera le point de dpart de notre priple.Nous profiterons des plages du de locan Pacifique et nous remonterons en direction de lile du nord via la State highway 1. Pour joindre lutile et lagrable, nous ferons des pauses rgulires et de petits dtours au gr des caches qui nous semble les plus accessibles. Avec un peu plus de 3500 km en 20 jours, nous aurons dcouverts pleins de facettes de cette ile qui est apaisante. Il nous faudra revenir car il y a tellement dendroit que nous navons pas fait . Dans les grand traits, le chemin ira de Christchurch la pninsule Kaikoura puis direction Picton pour la traverse vers Wellington.Nouvelle ile, nouvelle route, et par la State Highway 2 nous remontrons en direction de Hastings et Napier. Nous laisserons le bord de mer plusieurs jours pour aller au Tongariro et Taupo. Nous continuerons vers le nord en direction de Rotorua et Hamilton (sans oublier un dtour par Hobbiton ). Un crochet pour la pninsule de Coromandel et pour finir le presque nord de lile avec Whangarei et Waitangi pour apprendre lhistoire de ce pays. Il ne restera que quelques jours passer vers Auckland et sa banlieue avant de ne reprendre lavion pour retourner dans la grisaille de notre automne europen.La majorit des boites seront trouves, nous avons dlaisser celles o notre anglais faisait dfaut et ou que nous narrivions pas comprendre lindice. Merci tous les poseurs qui ont gay notre chemin, qui nous ont emmen dans des endroits incroyables (cest aussi cela le geocaching)Bref, nous avons pass de superbes vacances, vu des endroits magnifiques qui demandent simplement que lon revienne. Nous avons appris beaucoup de chose sur lhistoire de ce pays et de ces traditions, cest une grande motivation pour nos destinations.

Didnt have a pen but cute beads in it! Tftc

tftc. no pen so a photo instead

Tha ks so much.

Thank you!

Ty for hide

Quick and easy find here while on a trip away with tmann421.Log signed tm/ww NZTFTC

woolwood9 & I returned home via the National Park to visit an old cache ww9 had not found yet.*We picked up some good caches along the way - like this one!* SL *tm/ww NZ*Thanks for adding to our fun geocaching trip.Another good quick stop

It was a good one

easy find! nice lil walk out

A good description to find the cache. Thank you!

TFTC!

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Walked straight past to another powerful base. Oops.

Just a quick detour from the lodge. Tftc

Quick find i the rain this morning. TFTC

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I now live full-time in our caravan & travel the country visiting places we want to visit & doing the things that we want to do we are staying at the Kiwi Camp Freedom Campsite at National Park decided we would have a wander around the township & have a look and, of course, do some caching while out and about this was an easy find, log signed & cache container easily replaced pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:SL ... #4,842 for us!

Thanks for the research.

We are on a trip in New Zealand. A wonderful country with a lot of (old )caches. There are too many caches so we limit ourselves to the (old) gems or where we happen to make a stop. We found and signed this cache in good condition. NPSLearners, thank you for this cache, regards xizat-NL. Take care, this hobby can develop to an addiction.

Easy

Good

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 69 - National Park Tongariro - Taupo, Central Plateau, North Island, Nov Zland (autem asi 120 km) U od rna svtilo slunce a bylo ndhern. Rychle jsem sbalila, uklidila chatku a vyrazila zpt do Nrodnho parku, kde se mi vera moc lbilo. Nejdv jsem v obslun obci pro park, kter se jmenuje prozaicky Nrodn park, odlovila nkolik drive in keek a byla to rychlovka, neb obec byla tm liduprzdn. Apak u jsem dojela ke dvma kraoukm vychzkm k lvovm mohylm a k vodopdu Tawhei. Mohyla tedy byl jen kopeek s vhledem na horu Ruapehu - sopku, ze kter lva vytekla pi dvnm vbuchu. Hora je nejvy na severnm ostrov. Vodopdy nebyly velk, ale velmi pkn a jet u nich byla keka. Posbrala jsem jet njak dal, co mi tu zbyly ze vera a pak vyjela opt nahoru do Mordoru na njak vyhldky a pro keky. Prola jsem se tu i msn krajinou, ern ostr lva vude. Pak u byl as popojet zase dl. Jela jsem scenic route cestou sopek s pknmi vhledy na Osamlou horu a pak kolem jezer a k tomu nejvtmu na Zlandu. Jezero Taupo je obrovsk star kaldera sopky zaplnn vodou a j tu budu dal 3 noci pobvat. Cel oblast je iv, jsou zde sopky a zejmna hork prameny, kter snad taky navtvm. Ale jezero je velmi ist a pkn, tak, bude-li stle krsn poas, mon se vykoupu i v nm. A njak prochzky urit taky zvldnu. A tak jsem tu konen potkala opravdov Maory s potetovanmi oblieji a ne nkde u turist ale normln v supermarketu. It was a beautiful sunny day from the morning. I found some drive-in caches in the village of National Park and drove back to Torangiro National Park. I went to see the lava mounds and Tawhei Falls and collected caches that were left after yesterday's visit. Especially the ones on Bruce Road towards Ruapah Mountain. Then it was time to move to Lake Taupo, where I will have a base for the next few days. On the way, I collected some caches and enjoyed the landscape. Thanks to everyone for their caches and greetings from the Czech Republic.

Today our trip through New Zealand takes us to the National Park. Due to circumstances, the route did not go as expected and we missed many geocaches. But luckily we came across a lot of them here. Thank you very much to CO for making it possible to do our shared hobby here. With warm geocache greetings from the Netherlands

Also easy findTftcDe Brokkenmakers (NL)

Out for a central north island mission with Reschedule. Circling around Ruapehu today. Find 31 of the day.TFTC

Left our Basecamp of Rotorua to explore the cacheline around Ruapehu and the central north with Kre8ive, stunner of a day! TFTC! #31 for today.

Found

**Log about this cache:**After we did some shopping it starts to clear up again.I made a walk around the village to do some geocachingA quick find, a sad story Roy Turner, good that he will be remember as a good person, it`s a lost for the village!**General log:**After years of planning and the canceling of trip due to the corona crisis, the time had finally come:***"more than 5 weeks in New Zealand".***And how beautiful it was!Visited both the north and south islands, many tourist attractions have a cache nearby so I could do some as well.Lots of virtuals and earth caches too and traditionals. But also done a few multi caches here and there also even a mystery and wherigo cache.The trip to New Zealand was great and we saw a lot of nice places. The country has so many different types of landscapes. And the nice thing was that it is winter in the Netherlands but summer in New Zealand Too bad it takes so long to fly and that the flight is so expensive otherwise i can go here next year again.Now you can enjoy it, logging the caches is also part of it. I will try to email the answers for the earthcaches and virtual caches to the relevant co`s as soon as possible. But first log all caches and upload the photos .Submitted via Garmin Live Geocaching

(# 8662) As it is a long weekend in Wellington I took a caching jaunt up to the Waikato and Bay of Plenty with TwigNZ, NZ_B and Itchyfeet2020. Stayed in Tokoroa which was the centre of the caching universe for this weekend. Today we are heading back home to Wellington. Stopped off in National Park. I love the idea of using caching for education.Logs were either signed MINT (being our initials) or Mr-Mcgoo.Thanks Beauty & The Beast for bringing me here.

Team MINT (Mr-Mcgoo, Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B & TwigNZ) were up in the central north exploring, targeting oldies and fun caches. Today, Wellington Anniversary is the day for heading home with the McGoo Machine and Twig-a-nator, choosing the western side of the lake. It's a hot day, but caching does not stop for anyone. We really enjoyed this series of caches. I read the info on each page at the site and enjoyed the finds, that you to the organizer and all the kids in helping to maintain them.

Easy find tftc

Another memory here of weekend school ski trips certainly hiring gear from Turners and possibly the accomodation site was his also . A real shock just a few years after that when his family were sadly lost . Thanks

Nice to hear about a well remembered fellow of the community and sorry to learn about his tragic end. Thx for hiding.

While waiting that the weather gets better to do the Tongariro crossing, I discovered this cache series! No problems to find the cache and its in perfect condition!TFTCChaosCacheCrew CCC

The second cache on my mission to keep me entertained. I appreciate the opportunity to learn a few things about the region as well. TFTC!

Dried out the cache and replaced the log and ziplock bag.

Too wet to sign. Needs some attention.

#5.725The logbook is still a bit damp and rips when you pull it out. But we hope it can dry off even more over the next days and by that makes it possible for us to do the hikes around this area as well.TFTC says team mastba from Hamburg/Germany

Water logged... needs new logbook

We arrived here to do the crossing tomorrow. Good moment to pick up these caches. The log was soaking wet so it needs to be changed.

Log is soaking wet.

Found 21/9

Thanks

️ Trouvée ! / Found it ! ️

4074ème cache trouvée.
Merci NPSLearners pour la cache

4074th cache found.
Thank you NPSLearners for the cache

Walked past this 3 times

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A little soft underfoot, however a quick find whilst snow hunting

Thanks from Czech republic

It was chilly but a good ride to get these caches many thanks

Had a nice stroll through the village around sunset, logging many of your caches while watching the mountains lightening in warm sunset light.
Quick and easy find, thank you!

Found it!

Quick find. Thank you!

Thanks

Stayed two days - so caching in the evening!

Stayed the night in my van at Whakapapa Village, just done some cache maintenance on Mnt Ruapehu, later I will place a few caches today. It's warm as but raining on Ruapehu, oh dear but not while I'm in National Park at the moment. I got 4 caches here today by this C.O, then I headed south, thanks for the cache.

The complete month march I am travelling on both Islands. Christchurch heading south, next the westcoast.
AbelTasman-Wellington-Rotorua-Hahei and finally Auckland.
This was one of the caches I found; thanks for showing me the area.

T F T C

Easy find. TFTC

TFTC!
Petra from Otze, Germany

Roy Turner has left a great legacy - so nice that he and his family are remembered and honoured in this way. Cache is all good. TFTC

Easy grab. SL TFTC

Traveling around New Zealand we are stopping here to do some hiking. Walking around this town we are staying in a hotel, I came across a cache traile. I found most of them. Tftc

If I were Roy Turner, I would posthumously complain to the community for having a dead end dedicated to me. That's more of an insult than an honor!

Found with Nutty Nora - great cache, thanks

Go National Park School - gradually finding your caches as we come through!! All good at GZ found with Piwaka54. TFTC

Found it

Thanks for the best spot - kids enjoyed the holiday find. Cool school project!

biked around these town caches one evening. enjoyed learning about the area.tftc

Nice easy find while out for a walk around the area, TFTC

Two adventurous Canadians found this wonderful geocache on a beautiful day in New Zealand! Off to explore the park today!

Greetings to school and Roy’s family. From Auckland

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Another straightforward find on my evening stroll. Thanks for placing the cache

Found it!

found it!

Found by Blenheim Bear, on a a work trip to look at lots of bridges on nearby farms. Stayed at the Kiwi Campsite and did a few evening walks to pick up the geocaches, all good today. TFTC. BB

Another nice quick easy find, grab, sign and flee.
TFTC

On our way home
Nice to stop easy find
Thanks for the cache

Quick pick up whilst in National park with ABCDF4.

Unfortunately this one had been thrown through a fence into a bush out of arms reach. Managed to find a long stick retrieve. Put back as hint indicates

Nice park and pickup on a dreary day. On our way home. Tftc!

TFTC plastic bag was ripped so the paper was a bit wet but still singable

Interesting to hear the story of Roy Turner and how he helped to set up the ski field at Whakapapa. He is still fondly remembered by the National Park community by this account. Found with Kauriforest. TFTC

Cool little adventure around your school

Nice quick and easy park and grab! Wish it wasn’t raining tho! TFTC

Another one in the series done, thank you.

No problems here! Enjoyed the walk around the area, thanks for the hide!

With Vamber, alico4

Thanks

Thank you. Liam enjoyed founding each one.

Having a day trip down to the mountain today, and stopped by a few caches after a fab pub lunch. A nice easy one to add to the numbers. TFTC.

Found it

Lol so ez omg brb

Ez

Splashing my way to GZ (should have changed into gumboots), found the cache and carefully made sure the lid was on tight and it was standing upright. You might like to check it after all this wet weather. T4tc

A rainy day cache grab while in town #4. Thanks

Done