Kapiti Heights (Paraparaumu) Otaihanga, North Island, New Zealand
By Darryn on 01-Jan-03. Waypoint GCBC0A

Since the owner of the cache hasn't contacted me, I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wants to reinstate this cache, they should contact the reviewer that first published the cache.

Thanks for the reason to come up here Darryn - Driven past here for years and never noticed the Nikau Reserve before! Great walk, great views - TFTC!

BTW, confirming Obblue's earlier comments: log book is down to "one visit left" (quarter of a page left) and the lid of the cache is broken so that water is getting in. Tipped water out and placed upside down to try to prevent more water getting in but the cache really needs attention now!

Nothing in, nothing out...

12:22 Just had to get out of the (bumper to bumper) traffic... And it's not normally daytime when I go past here... Hoped the cache was still there despite being disabled...

Note to Butterfly Lady - stairs at Lake View are nothing compared to this. What a great walk!

Pity I left camera in the car... The views are amazing - and I see that there is a house site being prepared at the top of the reserve

Thanks. SL. (on last page).

Personal Geopin (GenCuster) passing through.

Will be back online shortly

A nice wee climb, definitely worth the sweat!
Sadly my much loved jandals didn't hack the long grass...
RIP

As you well know, the cache container is in a poor state. I tipped out the water and flipped it over, but it needs replacing. Also the log has one page left..... maintainance time buddy!!! Love the location though, keep it up. [^]

Cache lid has many cracks in it and one seal is broken. Needs replacing as contents will get wet.

Easy find, clue took me straight to cache once within the area. Track has taken a beating from all the rain earlier in the week. Very windy up top but great view. Love these bush walks. TFTC.
- Screwdriver
+ Tasmanian Devil

Found it on my wife's birthday / family BBQ. Approached from Nikau Valley side (Nikau Heights road then along ridge). Fantastic view! Clear, sunny and not too windy.

The container lid has a crack in it, and one of the clips is broken in half. Therefore the container is no longer water-tight and the contents are slightly damp. Will need replacing pretty soon...

TNLN.

0paco0, Red and the dogs found it.

The views from up here are great, especially on a sunny day after a rainy week.

There's possum bait out here, so the dogs had to stay on short leads. Great, they were keen to get there and gave us extra traction on the VERY slippery, wet track.

They're real geocaching dogs now - just look at the satisfied look on the photo of Pepsi with the cache (on the right).

OUT - Albumex (we'll have to google that)
IN - toy camera and TB New Zealand

My first find...
I actually climbed the hill twice (Don't ask what went wrong the first time)
- Coin (A treat first time out)
+ Screwdriver

After looking at the view we went for a tiki-tour around the neighbourhood to see some of the landmarks we didn't know existed.

There is a crack in the lid and the contents are a bit moist.



[This entry was edited by Haitoman on Friday, August 17, 2007 at 6:44:27 PM.]

Coordinates a bit off so needed second clue. +geocoin - batteries. TFTC.

One of the seals on the cache is broken (it wasn't me!). Not urgent but will probably need replacing some point soon. Cheers, miowmix : )

My boyfriend said the woods reminded him of a David Attenborough documentary - the animal noises and tropical looking plants are very exotic to us brits : )

Left golf ball, took Geocoin. TFTC : )

Talk about windy! We went back via the pylon track to avoid being blown off our feet. Great views of our home patch. TNLN. TFTC.
Boogie-O 1 and 2.

A bit of a climb. Good view though.
+ geocoin
- frog
TFTC

(77) Wow what nice native bush! Haven't seen so many Nikau Palms in one place before.

Nice walk and great views from the top.

- 1 piso coin
+ rubber duckie
+ shuttle cock

Thanks,

~ Chrispy Twitch and Boots

[This entry was edited by Chrispy Twitch on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 6:18:02 PM.]

Found without difficulty but the walk did the old ticker a world of good. Great views from up there. Thanks for the cache!

This was well hidden but the GPS coordinates were quite close. We found it easily and logged our visit
+ Philipino Piso
- smiley face magnet

the track up there was very dry, which suprised me 'cause it's the first time it has been in ages. a short walk for such amazing views. didnt know what fence it was over at first.. so i took the long way.
+shells
-stickers
thanks for the cache and the awesome view!

Had walked this track a few times but thought it went only as far as the table. Didn't realise you could walk further and be rewarded with such great views. Well worth it on a nice day. No problems finding cache. Left small bottle of shampoo and took woodscrews. TFTC.

The walk was worth the pain (pulled muscle). I wish it had been a clear day though (quite overcast and drizzly.

- wanderinn gps
- bike clip
+ 2 button cells

TFTC
The coolings

Unfortunately it seems we were the first people not to find it. After half an hour searching we couldnt find it in the very long grass.
BUT we didnt have a GPS and were working off descriptions and a b&w google earth printout!
Great bush walk and view tho

A nice easy find after a hard climb. My knees are still shaking! The view from up here is great.
- Whistle
- Best Friends Travel Bug
+ Gib fixing screws

FTF 2007

i certainly wasn't going to leave until i found the cache after THAT climb

it must be 15 years since i was last here - 15 years younger and fitter!!

- Between a rock and a hard place TB
- CITO from blondie-n-baldie
+Master Happyharries Microcoin
+Best friends TB
+whistle

TFTC

[This entry was edited by dragonsinger on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 11:39:09 AM.]

log book has about 4 pages left; also one of the locking tabs is split on the container (still locks)

Well I finally managed a visit to my cache to retrieve a TB Between a rock and a hard place as its intention was to get to my cache. dragonsinger had just been there and taken it for a wee adventure.
- Master happyharries micro coin
Boy it had been a while since I did this track and it was harder than I remember but still worth it
Enjoy

ps Maintenance will be done shortly on a return visit

The second of two today (the other was Once were Trains) where just a few short steps from the car park results in a through the looking glass experience, a magnificient magical transformation of light, colour, form and beauty as you enter the forest in an instant.

The rest of the walk was less than magical however with gasping lungs, tortured kness and calf muscles on fire, but all worth it in the end. Fantastic!

Dropped off wanderinn TB and took Fountain of Youth Gonzo TB. Between a Rock and a Hard Place TB spotted.

13:47 Yes Heights indeed, bit of a struggle climbing up the hill after a large breakie . Last nights rain didn't help matters either. Got very wet from the rain in the trees and the long grass.

But I had to press of as I had a TB from Europe that wanted to get to this very cache .

Cache was quite exposed, so hid it the best I could with the location. But the contents are all dry and the cache is doing well. Thanks for the cache.

Left: Fountain of Youth Gonzo TB and Between a Rock and a Hard Place TB
(Also logged some other TB's for the mileage only)

wap log

Didn't make it up the track! Started out with good intentions, but gave up when the track got just a bit too slippery, muddy and wet. The track was a stream and the boards were cascading water features! Didn't have the right clothes or shoes on and there was more than a slight chance of ending up on our b-ms in the mud! Pity, as it was so beautiful in the palms and we were sorry we couldn't continue on, we'll be keen to try this one again.

Good Location. Track very muddy. Minus..pack of cards. Plus...Toy.
Thanks.

Nice morning to hike up this, but boy it made me feel out of shape! There's a picnic table at the top of the trail before veering over to the cache location, I've included coordinates. That might be a nice places for a tea break!

+ small deck of cards
- watch

Whole family outing on Good Friday for this one including Gran And Grandad, Nice walk up and a fantastic view from the top.
+ Stickers
- Duel Master Card

Ben John and Zippy visited this cache.

OUT-travel bug ricky racoon (heading for palmy north)
IN-watch.

Fantastic views!
After finding the car park, it was pretty easy. You can get to the car park by the Lindale exit of state highway 1 and going north on the east side of the highway - this should make it much easier!

Great walk up through the Nikaus a walk I had not done before, really nice. I am going to have a play with photoshop and some images I took now!
Great find, but mind that fence.

+ Ricky Racoon and smiley fridge magnet
- waterproof poncho

Our 4th find for the day
The climb to 148 metres was well rewarded with magnificant views across to Kapiti.
+/- nothing

Our first cache found, very easy walk good challenge to find but no white tape on fence. Thank you very much thoroughly enjoyed the view.

This was a steep walk. Not what we call Teva Terrain, we nearly slipped out of them. Great view!

11:29 2nd cache for the day! What an amazing view on this hill! (we can see where we're staying the last two nights). Walk through Nikaus something special. Took yowie and candle. Left CITO bag, Nellie TB, replacement stash note (original was wet) and pencil. With 10 caches down this weekend, this was the clear highlight! Thanks Darryn!!!

I'm agreeing with Roaming Kiwi... the family piked out about 2 minutes from the top! probably a good thing as we might have lost the 2yo in the long grass!
Great views but my digital camera over-exposed the photos (didn't think that was possible)
+yowie and candle
-Childs sunglasses (the better half lost the daughters some time ago so it worked out well!)
TFTC

found with Mrs Tee, TB's Zero to New Zealand and Marcus in tow. We all enjoyed the wonderful view
+ Albiumex
- doorchain

Thanks Darryn, Great cache - beautiful views - hung out there with MadActuary to take in the views. Well worth the visit
-Mrs Tee
ps. Happy 3rd anniversary to the cache

What fantastic views up here. Just loved the location.
Retrieved Small Ninja for a trip North.

Got to the top as the sun was starting to set, really great view from up there .
nice hot sunny day for caching too
the hike up the hill was the mission ,finding the cache was the easy bit.
but the view was worth it

+Very Small Ninja TB
-Hello Dolly TB & batteries

TFTC From Andy

Took Hamish (5) & Charlie (4) up for a steep muddy walk!!

Great views from the top. GPS still said we were about 5 metres from the waypoint when we found the cache - must watch out for that

Took SF Travel Bug, left Brass Security Door Latch

Great walk through the Nikau palms. Found the cache quite easily. Left a Tangram puzzle, took the bubble blowing kit.

Dropped off TB.

A Bit of a climb but worth it for the view. Easy to find cache.
Left Tb.

Found ok, I walked up from the hill side because of the roadworks. TNLN, Jane

This was the first of the caches we attempted during our trip from Wellington to Tarawera. What a lovely walk through some spectacular bush. Of course it is a bit of a climb but the views made it all worthwhile.
Took: NZ pin
Left: a pair of children's sunglasses
SL TFTH

Thought we couldn't get to Nikau Reserve Car Park because of road works, so parked at bottom of Nikau Valley and took the direct route.
Note: You *can* park at the Nikau Reserve Car Park!
Took the Nikau Reserve track back down.
Cache has been wet, but is dry now and is still in good condition.

Sunny hot day. Took picnic and enjoyed the view immensely.

- nothing
+ Motorcycle fridge magnet clip

Thanks for a great cache location but definitely recommend taking the reserve track rather than the direct route.

Great view to reward a slog to the top of the hill. Plenty of Motorbikers zooming around the hilltop.
Cache in good condition.
+/- Nothing
Cheers, Rolly

First find in Wellington on a full days caching,good stroll up and easy find thanks, got the day off to a roaring start.

- Combination Padlock (my 9 year old reckons it will give him something to do on the way home. I've told him there are 10,000 combinations, seems undaunted. If you ever find the combo please drop us an email!)
+ NZ pin.

Thanks

Nice and sunny winter's day. Great views. cache a little damp so used the southerly to dry it somewhat.
- blow up seat
+ stretchy snake

Awesome views on a breezy day, track was quite wet lower down, not too many places to hide a cache so it was easy to find TNLNSL

Awesome view!

GPS coverage was nil movingthrough the trees.

Directions not entirely clear, but after a couple of backtracks we found it!

Contents had got wet, looked like moisture rather than a leak.

Took nothing and left nothing...

Cheers,
Jonno & Dawn

Willbuild
Easy find when at the top. cold wind and rain coming. Came up an easy way and in the back door,

Muddy track initially. Seeing lots of Kapati Is on this geocaching mission. Sun's finally coming out too. TNLNSL
Thanks, M@

Thanks Darryn for a great walk. We (me & Dad) had never been to Nikau Reserve but it was great.

+nothing
-nothing
Thanks again Darryn!

This was a long way up at my (Iris') speed. The path was boggy at the start and steep at the top. Does not appear to have much use. there was a good view at the top. Thanks.
+ bubble mixture and a small bulldog clip - bike kit and geocoin - the first time we have seen one of these!

Nice walk on a particularly gusty day at the beach where bucket loads of sand was about all you could enjoy there.
Found it with no hassles.
Awesome views.

Took toy kitty cat and sticky gecko,
Left bath pillow

Magoo enjoyed all the rabbits too!
Thanks

After a very steep climb up the hill, and a lot of puffing and complaining, we did find the cache. It was all in good order, and a cool little hiding spot too. We almost ended up heading towards a larger more prominent landmark further down, but laziness prevailed, and I insisted we check the closer spot first

Took out the Sika-Kitty travel bug, and an energizer squeeze light, left behind a Bike Puncture repair kit and a blue stretchy lizard.

Had a group of 8 of at the start, a few first time cachers along with us. Only 3 of us stuck with it to the end. Views were incredible but we had to jump over a few fences to make it there.

We left the Sika-Kitty TB and took the party popper and silver pen.

What an absolutely awesome view! The family was puffing a bit by the top of the hill but well worth the slog. Had to avoid some boggy patches (and boring life stories of other day-trippers) but found the cache easily. + party popper, - tennis ball.

[last edit: 8/10/2003 12:31:07 AM PST]

Ok, so I was too hasty and I cheated.
I had a rough map printed and I drove further up Nikau Palm Road and round the corner where I spied a roughish track heading steeply up in the right direction.
No letterbox, or private property or keep out signs. I drove past, but then returned and tried to drive up it in my little van. Believe me this one is strictly four X, or mountain bike territory.

Luckily I made it up the first steep bit to a level area where I abandoned any further ideas of driving further. I walked the rest of the way, a bit muddy, but relatively easy going. The GPS indicated that crossing a fence was necessary but it had a mean and hungry barbed top strand I did not fancy trying to straddle. A short detour found a safer crossing point and then I went straight to it, only deviating for the largest, freshest cowpats.

In went Puff the incontinent cat.

Out came the Rogue Travel Bug, heading north to morrow.

Great cache! We've dropped off a travel bug.

She's come a long way, baby.

This was a good one, a nice reserve full of Nikau palms. It must have been windy lately as the lower track was covered in palm fronds. Neat view from the top.
+metallic pen
-book
Thanks

Just popped in check the cache and collect the travel bug
He's been so patient and waited 39 days for someone.
Heading north tomorrow so will help Digger on his way

Cheers and good hunting
Darryn

wow, steep climb but what awsome veiw of kapati island, found cache after short search, left digger 2 travel bug and took ball for my chocolate labrador, he'll enjoy it...lol
hope the bug goes far..bye

enjoyed this one, a good hike and an amazing view, found the cache, no problem.
We left a sqeeze torch and took nothing.
thanks

Great wonder,not to difficult to walk.views of Kapiti Island were not there because of cloud.plenty of changes over kapiti Aera.It was our sons first birthday today so we decided to take the Beach Ball and left a Baseball Cap.thanks Darryn for the Cache hunt good to see fire fighters out there doing some fitness he he he.onto the next one good luck every body.

Thanks Darryn - great walk and fantastic views. Spotted the cache's white lid from the track which made the search easy! Hid it a little deeper to give the next cachers a greater challenge. Took the pocket knife (to add to our caching kit) and left a Robert Louis Stephenson classic!

Ella, Ty, Daniel & Hannah (sgkahu) with Maria, Jordan, Morts, Aroha, Delana, Bryce and Josh.

Thanks for the climb - and the view - well worth the workout.

Left Darryn a challenge - locked combination padlock (never used - but don't know combination). Also left a tennis ball and Swiss flags - from Makara cache. Took calculator (for kids to work out bearings and distance).

Good to see that fellow firefighters have wider interests - Cheers !
Rose & John @ Waikanae VFB.

[last edit: 1/2/2003 11:45:19 PM PST]