Toi's 13 - At the Pointy End Whakatāne, North Island, New Zealand
By Geckoh on 03-Apr-22. Waypoint GC9R2B6

Found just as the rain was coming in! (Great little guardian found within ) TFTC

Took me quite a while because of so many muggles around.But what a nice view!

Almost lose hope with this one as well...But found it at the last momentHad to ask google and google translate again for flax and five fingers

Beautiful look out TFTC

Nice quick find after admiring the view!

Wonderful view! Thank you for nice cache/ stop on the circuit hike with so many stairs

Quick and easy find, tftc

Found it during our trip to Whakatane Look. Beautiful view. It has its own guardian. Tftc

Hat etwas gedauert aber dann doch gefunden.

Another easy find, almost lost the lid as wind gust came by. All good

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.

Took a minute but another fairly quick find

Tftc

Nice view! TFTC!

Hooray! Lunch at last, in the sun, enjoying the view. And yet another interested couple to share our info all about geocaching - it's been a very social day today! We were going to call it quits here and do the rest another time, but the super series and the lovely weather beguiled us into doing a couple more. 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. What a spectcular view!!! The cache wasn't too hard to find but the view was breathtaking. Spent a bit of time chatting with some muggles that turned up before going back UP all those stairs... luckily the view was well worth it... and a fav point as well! TFTC

What an amazing view!! Really enjoyed the path to this cache. TFTC

Thanks for the trail awesome day
TFTC

Quick find. Loving the views. Big swell rolling in. Tftc

Last hike of our trip. Beautifull view. Tftc!

Another nice easy find thankfully, and I had intended to make this the end, but caught onemorecacheitis TFTC & workout!

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. Cache found in the first place I checked. Thanks for your efforts in placing and maintaining these and TFTC, Biggles.

Cache check, all good here, view is really good too!!

Last cache for the day. Very hot out here. Sore lil hide beautiful views . Kids sweaty now off for a swim. Tftc

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.

Amazing views from here!
So many stairs though.!!tftc!

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

Read hint wrong at first oof its hot hot hot, took longer than should hot hot hot. Did a visit for our Mermaid TB, Aquata whom is looking to visit caches near by or over looking water.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)

408. Awesome view of White Island and Whale Island. Nice quick easy find. TFTC

Such a beautiful spot! TFTC

logging with permission from cache owner.
good to see replacement so quickly.
TFTC

Third missing cache on the trail, have replaced with a 200ml Sistema, the hint has been changed from the barrier post to the small flax bush on the "safe" side of the barrier RHS looking at the view.

Sorry no go here also
Rang previous finder and confirmed my location

Some people were here when we first arrived, so had to take in the view initially...not too hard considering the gorgeous views. Once they were gone, too busy looking for the cache, nicely hidden in leaf litter, that I forgot to take a photo of the view. TFTC

Love the view. As I walked towards GZ I thought what an awesome spot for a cache. Quick find thanks to a good hint. Last one & back to the car to move to our next starting point. Tftc

Another spot with Awesome vista s .I Spent sometime taking in the unique atmosphere and stripping off the excess clothing..it so warm here today..brave hide but all good..another trekker wandered straight past me and the barriers out to the edge...oh what the..... no its ok she was blonde and brave

The views are a real bonus here. We were mesmerized by all the water activities. As we signed the log we were interrupted by a muggle. She climbed over the fence to get "closer" so while she was engrossed in the added view we replaced the cache. A group of Matariki sunrise viewers also signed the log. Thanks for the placement geckoh

This spot got pretty busy fast. A lot of people out today. So had to do the I'm just admiring the view act until I finally had no one around. Lol. 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 Great views today TFTC

Mr rattll was off seeing family, so mrs rattll decided to make the most of the brief break in the weather, to do a walk out to Kohi point.
It was great to see all these new caches added since our last visit, as we were running out of caches to get here. Since we're on a bit of a caching streak, I decided I'd only get one cache on todays walk and picked the one furthest away.
I was amazed how few people I'd seen for such a popular track, on a Saturday, but then about 200mts from the point, there was suddenly a constant stream of people.
I had to wait out a couple of muggles at the point, then it was plain sailing from there.
I left a homemade rattll coin.
Thanks for putting this here team gecko.

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.

Love the view at this one thank u S&J

Spectacular view of Whale Island. 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. Tftc lots of steps up down as you progress. Adds to the adventure

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
So now we are at the point which way are we going to go
It was a great walk we when left and we will work out how we are going to get back when we get into Ohope

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.

Ftf. 11.14am. 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.

{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…

A great view at the ‘pointy point.’ We met a small family of walkers making their way to Ohope. They planned to catch the bus back to Whakatane… We hope it’s running today. 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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