Poutu Rocks! (Central Plateau) Taupō District, North Island, New Zealand
By funkymunkyzone on 08-Jan-24. Waypoint GCAJ4M2

Add my name to DNF list.

Adding my name to the list of DNFs. Gave it a good search around here but no luck.

Couldnt find italso quite overgrown there and some spiky vines. Be careful!

Hmmm, thought this would be easy like the others... add another to the DNF list.

Stopped to have a look as we were passing but Mr TW and Mr KC had no luck here.

First find of the day and all good as per hint.The reason I brought the bike along was assuming the canal banks would be flat (they were) and that I could make good time in between finds (I did) so a good idea. I was on the trail at 0800 and all done by 1030 after a leisurely treadly ride. Thanks Chris et al for the hides and series here.I have (another) long weekend away from home starting Friday, destination is Turangi. Our work has a team-building day on Friday with Whitewater rafting in teams followed by Tokaanu hot-pools and shared lunch. It was a double banger event with half the people doing Wednesday and the remainder on Friday. As chance would have it I'd already identified this weekend as a weekend away at Turangi and booked the work bach to stay in Friday and Saturday night. That was fortunate as I drove myself up on Friday morning and stayed the weekend. I brought a work push-bike along too with the hope to cover more ground, and so it was. I found almost all of my target caches and a decent haul was made. Waking up Sunday morning to overnight rain and fog across the Desert Road left me glad I'd done most finding on Friday and Saturday. Thanks to all COs for their efforts hiding, especially Funkymunkyzone. I even bumped into another caching couple on the trails on Saturday, nice to meet you cympull and fisha1288.

On our way to Mt Ruapehu for the night. Thought we would stop and go for a walk long the canal. Saw a couple of small trout.A nice quick, easy find, grab, sign, and fleeTFTC.

After an event I had these caches on the list to do did a quick measurement on distance which had me at 11.3km roughly and ended up more closers to 13km, fantastic walk with hubby and twignz even with the hot cold temps we were getting around each corner.We had some adventure bikes come through as we were making our way back, thanks for the placement and bring us here.

Turangi was our chosen destination for Easter this year and despite the weather forecast the cycle trails and local event were on the to do list.ROS headed out with other cachers who were also staying in the NZMCA camp.Today the Rangipo trail was on the list. Yee ha, last one on the trail today TFTC.

Today friends of mine held a geo-event in Turangi because...well just because right? I mean, who really needs a reason to host an event? So I drove up from Ohau this morning, over a very miserable looking Desert Road, in order to attend and then go caching afterwards.And now it's afterwards, and Mar1sa and I have teamed up to walk the Poutu Canal trail in order to get all the recently placed caches along it. I had come by this way just before xmas and found the 1 that had already been published at that point, but only a few days later a sudden deluge of these new caches meant I knew I'd have to come back again. Our walk started in sunshine with a bit of a chill wind, with a threat of rain. We came prepared, but in the end we were lucky not to get rained on over the 3+ hours we took to walk the 13-odd km loop. In fact I ended up regretting not having a cap with me as I came away having burnt my bonce a bit! But generally it was actually a good walk out of the prevailing breeze.No problems making the find here, and we were soon back on the pathway again. Thanks for bringing us here today.

A plan was hatched to meet up with friends in Turangi for the easter break, and this trail was on today's agenda.The weather looked ok for the most part, with a possible chance of showers around midday, but we decided we were tough and we'd be fine. Well, the icy cold rain did eventuate and it turns out we were not that tough after all, as we lost all feeling in anything that wasn't rugged up warm enough. Thankfully it didn't last for too long, and we were very grateful when the sun re-emerged and we slowly thawed out.All and all it was a very enjoyable day, with a great selection of caches on a nice easy cycle trail, and with excellent company - thanks matagouri, watcache and Rosmar.All caches were signed as MR WR.It took a moment or two to spot the sneaky hide.Thanks for setting this up, and for the trail.

A planned trip to Turangi for Easter with rattll and watcache to complete the Poutu Canal trail on the bikes, amongst other things. Very nice to have rosmar join us. Just prior to the trip, I'd been ill, and seriously considered pulling out, but stayed the course. Very glad that I did, because it was a great fun ride up and down the canal, despite cold rain early on. Most of the caches were easy finds, although some gave us a few minutes searching. Signed as MRWR for matagouri, rattll, watcache, and rosmar. Thanks for setting up this series, we thoroughly enjoyed it! Tftc!

It definitely rocks. TFTC

We were watching this trail as it was getting published. Tuesday was a public holiday brilliant lets go caching Fap and Gap, Squirrel Nutcase and I decided to head south. The weather was perfect overcast in the morning so not to hot. Backpack with water and snacks and we set off. All caches were found in good condition tanks for setting up the trail.

with Squirrel Nutcase and Davidson clan wanting caches on a certain day we decided Turangi was the place to go.we had no problems to locate any of the caches on this fairly new trail.TFTC

With Davidson Clan and Gap (of Fap and Gap). Tuesday has rolled around again and today is a public holiday. Every find is super important to us and counts towards us completing the All Week 400 - Challenge (GCAHJZQ)For our second loop, Gap parked near the bridge on Lake Rotoaira Road. It was a quick backtrack to collect this hide, and we had a handle on it right away. Thanks FMZ. TFTC.

Found on our a trip away with tmann421, heading north for a few days.Another area we have seen so many times on the way past but never realised what a great walk it was.Stopped here and did the caches at either ends and saved the rest for the return trip.Nice quick find, all in order hereSigned log tm/ww NZTFTC

Nice little trip away with woolwood9.*These caches were the main focus for us today but due to ongoing bad disability we had to leave a big section to do on the way home!* Another good cache in the series which was soon found.SL tm/ww NZ *Thank you for giving us a reason to stop and enjoy this location.*

Down staying in Trangi for a couple of days and saw this group of caches. Such a beautiful day we decided to it was worthy of a ride Thanks for bringing us here an awesome ride. TFTC

The weather wasnt good enough for us to do the Tongariro Crossing, so we decided to do this trail instead.This cache sure rocked! It blended in very well and took us a few minutes to locate. Thanks for a great hide and great series along the canal.

Cool spot

So I found that I had a little time up my sleeve, due to better time management, and a little more exercise was in need instead of just sitting in a car all day, that some of these new caches were just calling out for me to find. So I was nearby and came down to this location to snag a few. Thanks for the new powertrail along the canal

Published

In Turangi to spend time with the lovely folks here and also to be away from the temptations of the hustle and bustle of the city to do tons of paperwork. Stayed up very, very late just typing away on the computer and finally decided to stop and have a shower to prep for bed. We had just said goodnight at 3:30 when we got the notification and Chris grinned and said surprise! Of course I had to jump out of bed and race to the location. I felt like a rebel being out and about at such an ungodly hour. After a short walk, got to the area 17 mins after publishing. Looks like Gecko had already done some detective work earlier and did so well on it. Hope he doesnt mind that we share this [FTF], for being first after publication. Thank you FMZ for the cache.

A cool evening walk, didn't take long, and a quick find, and there in the grass was the bright orange pen that Jagersmum had dropped earlier on. Easy find and back to the car, much quicker than expected. Wildlife busy everywhere at this time of day.Have really enjoyed these powertrail caches and still have some left over for another day . Another fave point here. TFTC.