Toi's 10 - Bison Breather Whakatāne, North Island, New Zealand
By Geckoh on 03-Apr-22. Waypoint GC9R2AQ

TOGETHER WITH SCHATOH68 I MADE A TOUT TO THE SEA, THIS TOUR WAS NICE, THE OVERVIEWS WERE STUNNING. THANKS!

Together with Birba68 we had a wonderful walk and found some of the Caches. Thank you

Getting there good camouflage! TFTC

Wasn't able to find it without the hint Such a good camo.

Well... it was more shoulder or neck height, but that is because i am very small. Nice when i know what to look for

Quick find! Before we could even read the hint. Onwards!

Quick find, I admire camouflage of the caches. Thank youuu!

Found it during our trip to Whakatane Look. Tftc

Quick and easy find, tftc

Found before the stairs

Erst gar nicht gesehen. Aber dann geloggt.

Phone on low battery, may have to postpone balance. Easy find, thank you Geckoh

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.

Qwik find

Small hint: looks mossy, next to a dead tree.

Exactly as described yet so hard to spot. At least geocaching has taught us how to recognise types of our native trees. 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. Legs were getting a bit more tired by now but thankfully the find was easy. TFTC

Overshot this one on the way in so tidied it up on the way out. Simple find TFTC

Love every step
TFTC

Slight regret of my choice of walk as my muscles are protesting the steps after a good game of squash 2 nights ago. Tftc

Thank goodness for another excuse for a little breather 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. I really appreciate the helpful hints on these caches too. Thanks for your efforts in placing and maintaining these and TFTC, Biggles.

Damp log, replaced.

6 January 2023 12:30 TFTC Geckoh for placing this cache, number 12221 for me.

Day 8 of the holiday trip. Hopefully we have avoided the worst of the deluge ... I was cache blind here, took a while to spot!

Nice find. Bring a pen, we haven't logged the book.

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.

Quick find by those of us with less dodgy knees. Found with Pork n Puha. TFTC

Out walking with the shoebs.
Great walking track with fantastic views.
A nice quick easy find, grab, sign and flee.
TFTC

What a stunning day today - so hot. Perfect for doing the lawns and enjoying the garden, or in my case, a perfect day for a walk on the toi's track.
Not too many muggles while I was here. I guess it'll be busy this evening though.
Spotted the hide straight away, despite it's great camo.
Thanks for setting this up

Tftc quick find by J I still took a min to see it great camo, damp log but signable, used up space. 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)

405. Nice quick easy find with the luxury of great views. TFTC

GPS was a bit out, but the hint helped us find it!

bugger walked right past it.
that's what you get for guessing hint without checking co.ords
TFTC

A very accurate hint lead to a nice quick find here, and a nicely camo'd cache. TFTC

Buzzybb & I were enjoying our day out here. Awesome walk. Tftc

I enjoyed the simple craftsmanship...while it was basic it blended in extremely well ...it could have a needle in the haystack.. so lucky ...thanks Geckho all good here

Hidden almost in plain view, but unless you know what you are looking for its not obvious. Once seen you can't unsee it though. Thanks for the cache geckoh

The cache name prove to be right as I had to make out that was doing when another lot of foot traffic went by. 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 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.

I should say some of these had some interesting concealment that added a few minutes onto the searching time.

Yeah! Nice easy find - S

Sneaky little bugger!! 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

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

Another good find here enjoying the walk with 2 Bulbars tftc and the many caches put out.
Nice having a variety of caches keeps you thinking.

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

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.
Joint Ftf with squirrel 10.35am. Woohoo

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.

{FTF} 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…

We were ready for another breather at this stage. These bisons are expertly camouflaged, but still feel a bit tacky to touch… 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.

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