Toi's 15 - Bison Coastal View Whakatāne, North Island, New Zealand
By Geckoh on 03-Apr-22. Waypoint GC9R2BE

What a great view today!

Yay ! Found it ! And explained the game to some muggle..

Number 4000 TFTC

But which second post?! found it! Tftc

Nice one! Thank you for the cache Wonderful day for doing the circuit and finding some caches on the way

Nice one, we actually walked past then back which made it easier luckily

I was invited along with one avid cacher and as we say in normal terminology a muggle was the other it was a race to find which was the second poststop being lazy Macwatt and use your GPS. Alas the novie snapped the first one of the day..thanks Geckho for the hide

My tramping buddy and I are doing a recce for a tramp she is leading on Wednesday. Macwatt was keen to join in. We had a plan and wanted to stick to it and walk according to what we would expect on Wednesday. Having part of the track closed meant we had to change things. Can't be too predictable though. . Bev knows about geocaching but until today she had never experienced the thrill of the find. While we looked at one "second post" she looked at another. "There's something here, is this it?" Came the call. Yes, it is. She was amazed and instantly hooked. Thanks for the placement geckoh.

Qwik find- we are doing this in reverse & so far going well!

Bit of a longer look for this one - chuffed to find it. Or maybe it's telling us that we need to have a break and come back another day? Then we looked at the trail ahead and assessed how far downhill the the trail went and how many steps we would then be climbing to get back to the car and decided it definitely was our preferred option to call it quits for today. (Must get back before the cafe closes!) Cache is all good. TFTC

The last one for us better we turned to head back to Whakatane. Might attempt the other one day from the Ohope side. A few to finish on the way back TFTC series

A tad awkward to replace but luckily no one came along while I was doing so.

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.This hint did have me confused for a bit so the cache was found in the second place I checked. After this, I decided that I'd come far enough today and needed to turn around and head back towards my car. Thanks for your efforts in placing and maintaining these and TFTC, Biggles.

Yes
Sorry...
Cache is still here, try the second post from the bottom end...

No
Sorry

Lots of wasps about!! Dangerous this geocaching business! Tftc!

Out walking with the shoebs.
A Great walking track with fantastic views.
There are a few wasps hanging around.
A nice quick easy find, grab, sign and flee.
TFTC

Tftc oops went past it and had to go back!!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)

410. Nice quick find and amazing views. TFTC

Clever little hide, TFTC

great view towards Ohope
sneaky hide.
always a bit tricky to undo these at times.
TFTC

Another well hidden cache here. Great views TFTC

Sneaky little hide. Had to get on the right angle to see it. Tftc

After finding cache I stop and turned around to admire the view. Enjoying my walk so far. 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

Another beautiful day for a walk.
I was awkwardly trying to return this when a muggle came puffing and panting up the steps, so I tried to pretend I was doing my shoe laces up. He seemed very focused on the steps though, and not the least bit curious about what I was up to.
Thanks for putting this here

Managed to get off work early and decided to complete the Toi series. Four more to do and managed to tick them all off. Great walk along the coast on a day that did not feel like the first week of winter. Thanks for the great hides. All caches / logs were in good condition.

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.

Amazing hide with a good view S&J

Ā nice quick find. 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. Track gives a variety of views town beach Bush steps rocks wonderful

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 point, all down hill from here 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.

Yay. Yet another joint Ftf with the squirrel. 11.37am. 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 tricky retrieval but a nice opportunity to sit down on the job… 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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