Toi's 7 - Suspicious Piles of Sticks Whakatāne, North Island, New Zealand
By Geckoh on 03-Apr-22. Waypoint GC9R207

The suspicious pile of sticks had suspiciously disappeared, new cache in place

Dnf

As I don't want to waste my time looking unsuccessfully for geocaches like I did before, I now set a 7 minute timer. If I am not able to find the cache during this time, I will head on. We'll, this one didn't show up during the 7 minutes.

I put it back to the base of tree, it has travelled a bit ^^Paper full wet, like the others, maybe due to the huge rain these past few days

Hubby picked it up, put it back then I found it so claimed the find tftc!

JustlookingOO and I walked along a part of this lovely bush walk and found a few caches. We looked right here straight away and missed the cache, returning to it after a fruitless search elsewhere. Couldnt believe we missed it the first time.Thanks for the cache!

G&T are a good team

Quick and easy find, tftc. Nice one

Found it during our trip to Whakatane Look. Nice hide. Tftc

Had it in my hands twice before the penny dropped

Wow der war nicht so leicht aber 10 Min. spter... Boom

Incredibly sneaky , almost gave up on this one, but perseverance paid off, enjoying the series thanks

Today I wanted to do some little hiking. I chose this one in Whatakane. It has some few very nice view to the ocean and good walking. Thanks for the cache. Greetings from Slovakia.

Very sneaky

Clever one!

Esay find tftc.

Loved the cammo here. Great work. Earns a fave from us. Cache is all good. TFTC

A fine Saturday needs a day outside caching and this trail was ideal. Did the first 14 (forgot about 5.5) and have tired legs to prove it... but the scenery was amazing! Plenty of photo opps today. This was a sneakly little hide... very clever camo. TFTC

Could not find

Clever cache, thanks!

Very clever camo. Really lovely series and definitely enjoying the walk! TFTC

Since it had stopped raining, I headed out early hoping the track wouldn't be too busy. Maybe everyone will be at church or sleeping in and recovering after a late night celebrating the 'Chiefs' win over the 'Blues'
There was the occasional muggle, but not too bad, which was just as well as it took me a few minutes to spot the hide, which was a little different than what I was expecting. There was no real 'SPOS' so I put the cache back as I found it and added a couple of sticks.
Thanks for putting this here.

TFTC

Trying to get out on the track before it gets busy. Quick find on the way past. Tftc

I felt quite suspicious earlier when a runner went past, while I was squatting down to take photos bof fungi oh fiddlesticks...TFTC!

Summer Geocaching Road Trip - Day 5 - Gisborne to Whakatane. It's been a while since I've been off on a road trip and this one has been on the cards for quite a while. I plan to visit some parts of the country where I've done very little caching before and hope to complete the qualification for a challenge cache in Nelson. I don't usually like to cut and paste logs but will make an exception for a "power trail" like this one. I've been fortunate with good weather on this trip up to now. Today was a bit more challenging but I was very lucky that the worst of the weather seemed to be over by the time I hit the trail. I really enjoyed the walk - as far as I had time and energy for today - from #1 to #15 - and the nice variety in containers and hides. Thanks for your efforts in placing and maintaining these and TFTC, Biggles.

A wise man once said "1 Stick a pile does not maketh..."
The cache was not at the base of the tree and also the pile of sticks had scattered.
Replaced damp log and rearranged the pile.

That was a very great hike except the weather. I did all the Caches from #2 to #17
But don't found #15. #3 and 5 is wet inside.
A drawback is that nothing is written about the tide, so I could not make all the Caches and must go all the way back. I nedet about 4 hours.
Thanks and one point by 1 and 17.

Out with the shoebs.
Great walking track.
Cool hidey hole for the cache.
A nice quick easy find, grab, sign and flee.
TFTC

Very nice hide. Great views of that Whakatane River.tftc.

There wasn't a pile but I instantly went OO that looks sus, J picked it up as I had the heavy food laden backpack n he was going to put it bk so I stopped him and yes that was it. Made sure it was put back in accordance with hint. Beautiful day, wonderful walk and caches what more could you want!Over from the UK visiting family in Te Kuiti, exploring the north island and caching!So we're taking trips where we stay for a few days/week at a time before moving on to somewhere else or a few places before going back to spend time with family and back out again on another adventure.(Sorry for the very very late Log, between limited Data, some issues with our travel, some personal issues and a build up meaning the ADHD couldn't cope tackling these but finally getting logged Please forgive)

I decided to tackle some of the Toi trail after work, started some of the original trail years ago, but never finished it before it was archived.. Saw a possible camo and it was, quick find. TFTC

402. Attempting the Whakatane to Ohope walk today. Second one for us. Awesome views on this track. Nice quick find. TFTC

Didn’t see the suspicious pile of sticks, but the other part of the hint helped! TFTC well camo ed!

walked straight past it at first.
piles of sticks ( yeah )
anyway found it.
TFTC

Woo second try we got it. Clever hide s&j

Haha didn't read it properly so was looking for bricks to begin with. Then a picked up the cache & threw it down again. More hunting & then buzzybb picked it up & had a better look than me. Great camo. Tftc

A little bit of confusion here, Kimbathelion was looking for bricks, I was looking for sticks. Them she thought she found the likely suspect, but no, continued searching with no success. Back to initial item that kimbathelion picked up, had a better inspection, and it was the cache. Great camo. TFTC

What a great track this is really enjoyed all the wonderful vistas on this superb winters day now back to the cache ...yep thats nearly evil ...lucky had it quickly in hand ️ thanks Team Geckho great work abd appreciate your efforts

As with all the caches placed by this CO team, it was well camoed and you had to be on form to find it. Thanks for the cache geckoh

Yes there was a suspicious pile of sticks. One particular spot drew me in and yay another find. Doing well today. Just pick up the last souvenir on the last one. Tftc

A beautiful day to get a good start on these caches. Love this walk and many thanks to the COs for setting up this great trail again That one deserves a good log TFTC

Third attempt at this series and managed to turn 10 more into smiley. Headed off after work with an hour or so of daylight. Got to the furthest point well after the sun had set and the light was failing. It’s interesting how somewhere remote and dark quickly becomes rather creepy if one’s alone. Enjoyed the finds on the way out. Thanks for all the thought and effort put into them. All the caches/logs were dry and in good condition. Thanks Geckoh for the smiley.

Walked to ohope and back. Was going to do the return by bus but I wasn’t waiting 90 minutes for it so put the foot down and walked back.

I used the hint for most of these to avoid any unnecessary tramping of the plants.

Great views to sea, along the cliffs and some of the pohutakawa are amazing.

Sneaky one! TFTC

The kids and I came over to Whakatane two weekends in a row to complete this trail. Starting at the beginning we walked to Kohi Point and back to start last weekend then this weekend we started at Ohope end and did the other half of trail. Really enjoyed this trail always good camouflage and hints from Team Geckoh makes for enjoyable geocaching I’m going to give each cache a FP either for location or camouflage I will be copying and pasting my logs as I don’t remember each individual cache but they were all good. Thanks Team Geckoh and I look forward to when you complete the Toi Trail

a lovely walk today really enjoyed it cache was all good here, lovely views along the trail

I was asked if I wanted to do the walkway from Whakatane to Ohope and after looking at it on the map it didnt seem to be too far for this 75 year old guy so I said yes I will come with you so me and Mrs Watcache made a plan do take some lunch and get away on the 19th, our driver Mr watcache and his off sider (with a crook hip ) Mrs 2 Bulbars dropped us off part way up the hill and off we went at a slow trot
All caches were still in good condition and most were well hidden but findable.
many thanks for placing these caches along here
This one tripped us up but we found it in the end
A FP

Over this way for the weekend with EyespyBen {Whakatane}
Had a look around to see what was in the area.
These ones were not on the List
Lets go and have a look ,lets just go to the point and come back
As we only have the car this end
Nice easy find up up we go

Over the bay on a caching weekend with ABCDF4 and decided to look at the first 4 of Gechoes new trail. Parked in Whakatane and started at 9.45am, made it to the top so y not carry on to the point and after a couple of 5 hours on the very well used trail found the last one at Ohope beach, hitched a ride back to Whakatane to get the charoiot. Awsome themed caches, magnificent views, and an awsome trail, thankz to Gechoe for bringing us over this way. Highly recommend.

Nice to come out and get some new smileys. A spur of the moment plan was made over night with Squirrel and a look at tides meant this was possible. Parked car at one end and started the other end.


I 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 me here. Cheers.

With McJandals… Usually, long weekends are for big Team missions, but this one is quite different. Several of our group are either isolating or have their own plans. I put out a tentative enquiry about doing the new Toi’s Track caches last night, and McJandals responded…

We did our pre planning and noted the tide timetable - Low tide was set for 12:40 PM, so if we set off at 10:00 AM, we should be on Otarawairere Beach at that time. Despite some drizzle, the ocean was flat and calm - a good sign. McJandals and I parked a vehicle at either end of the trail and started back for the beginning…

There were lots of piles of sticks, but one was more suspicious than the rest. Great hide! Thanks Geckoh and TFTC.

Post note: We didn’t set any speed records for walking this track, that wasn’t our intention. We enjoyed the moment of arriving at each cache and the scenery in between. I especially appreciated having good company - our chatter helped to take the focus away from the changeable terrain… Thanks McJandals for your company.

Published

I wasn't expecting new caches to be published while I was here visiting.
Decided to open the app this morning and saw 7 new caches nearby.

This was a quick find but the camo almost put me off as I looked past it at first.

Signed another blank sheet to claim 6th [FTF] of the morning.

Thanks Geckoh

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