Tongariro (Bay of Plenty) Hautu Village, North Island, New Zealand
By saff & tiger on 08-Aug-03. Waypoint GCGKW1

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Could the owners of this cache PLEASE check it or disable. We are coming to NZ from Aussie soon on limited time and don't want to waste time looking for caches that are not there.

Hunted and hunted but didn't find anything.

2rd time here use pics this time can't find it hope to do next time iam in town

... Or just plain stumped! Without wanting admit defeat, we find ourselves having to agree with Dr Rob. We have had two attempts at finding this one now; it is either superbly well hidden or has been tampered with. Either way, it certainly requires checking.

This appears to have been removed =( Spent ages looking for it, and it's not in the place where some of the photos suggest it should be!

Spent ages looking for this one, but couldn't find it. Checked the photos afterwards, and it seems to have been muggled =(

My GPS was sending me back and forth under the tree cover, but found it anyway. Nice view of Pihanga from the spot. TFTC from Germany.

Found it with Sometimes Lucky Penny. We are on holiday from the United States, finding any geocaches that are near the places we visit.. We stayed the night in Turangi and walked the Tongariro River Loop Track the next morning. Thanks For The Fun.

Had a heap of trouble with the gps here, spent abit of time in the blackberries.
Back to the clue and a wider search area came up with the goods.
Great views .. #98

Wasn't expecting the climb but hey a good cache. Thanks

what a nice cache to do

Great find nice walk no muggles up here And a beauiful veiw thanks

A lucky spot while trying to get the gps to work!! Awsome views! TFTC

Great spot. Several years ago watched a flock of whiteheads at very close to gz. Had a good search - not many folk around mid week after school hols. Way-marked bench and ended up at a VERY likely spot but bleeding from the rose thorns finally called off the search. Seems the "close to town caches" have short life spans. One of our gc's was logged out (ie stolen in a very organised way) of an in town cache > 6 mos ago by someone called snowman followed by a very large no who has never logged a cache. Have just gotten home so from here on is the edit: this is not a short lived cache by any stretch and have just had a look at the spoiler pics - my likely spot is unlikely to have been THE spot - will try again sometime...

This entry was edited by jandalfan on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 20:31:07.

Great views that's for sure!!!!! Gps's were off a bit (13m) but clue helped us. Tftc

Got all gashed up looking in the wrong place, then realised I'm on an accuracy herring

Nice afternoon, great view from cache, d b a p r r,

# 261 T4TC Nice spot for a cache.

quick find and nice wee walk. TFTC

Son and I jogged up trail to get. appreciated the views and the walk. TFTC

W-w-w-w-windy!! Ra really enjoyed finding this one - great hidey place. TFTC.

Early Sunday morning - lots of fisherman in the river, but not many walkers. A straight forward find.

Another great spot. I have been over this bridge many times.

Nice walk along the river. Thanks for a cache and nice view from the rocks.

Took a while to find this as our GPS had us looking quite some distance away. Finally found but GPS was showing 16m away when we were at gz. TFTC

Nice view from here, cool place. Co-ords were off.

Nice easy find. Thanks

Got to the seat OK and enjoyed the view but took awhile to locate the cache. Nice hide. TFTC.

First of the morning

Nice! Thanks!

HAHACHUCKLECHUCKLE

Cool we found it mice spot Molly louis and kit

first find on our fishing holiday to this great little town .; thanks

Staying in the area for the long weekend and this one was the first find of the day. Met some friendly locals at GZ and when they moved we moved in for the find. Great hide, T4TC.

Very nice cache. Only one fly remaining in the box so we left it.

Nice sport for a cache. Co-ords were way off for me but common sense found it. Nice hide too. TFTC. TNLN.

Finally got here. I'd been past many times but didn't have the GPS.

Quick find on our way back to Auckland after walking the Tongariro crossing on Saturday.
Had a little bit of search before we found it.
TFTC

After walking the Tongoriro the day before I really felt the steps walking up to this cache. Views from the top were worth it though. TFTC

good spot. I thought I was going to have to be a mountaineer at first as my GPS lied to me on the way there under the big trees.

couldn't find it weeks ago, not a problem today though - after reading the whole cache description
TFTC
Dowmans

So many times I've driven past this one since my first attempt many years ago....finally have the opportunity to nab it! It was very easy, how did I miss it last time...

Cheers,
Blarghster.

Found it eventually, the GPS was all over the place. The tigress finally showed me the way.

Captain bjtrekker found the cache faster than his crew could call up the spoiler photos on their paperless caching gadget. Great views, even at sunset from under the trees. Thanks saff & tiger for the cache.

Good workout. Miss Cath found this one.TFTC

That Bkj97 made me climb another hill to start the day. Nice spot - easy find. TFTC Took key TB

Found with Little Blue Hen.Another huff and puff to start the day. TFTC

Nice easy find once a couple of sightseers had moved on TFTC

Parked and made the short climb on the river track to the cache. Nice views up and down the river from here. On a hot sunny day it was pleasantly chilly in the shade of the trees. We spent a week in Turangi a couple of years ago, and walked down the river to this lookout. TFTC.
Dropped LUCKY KEY TB.

# 1269

First find during summer vacation 2010. TFTC.

Locates at a nice walkway. Unfortunately we had not enough time to follow on. Spoiler are not necessary.
urk+samo / Germany / ~18.000 km from home

Saw some trout in the river on the way there. Bit of GPS wandering, but No3 found it. TFTC.

quick find with a good clue to find it. Nice sized cache too. Nice quick grunt up hill and cool view.

#948. Found after a hefty Xmas lunch. So although there are two lures left in the box, didn't take any.
+ Xmas cracker riddles
+ huhugrub pebble
TNSL (it's full, signed on inside front cover). TFTC.

TFTC... Photo helped AFTER I checked every stump within 20 metres and got caching wounds from blackberry... all good stuff!

Wow found it after a while. Logbook is full. TFTC MacBanger

A straightforward find after a short steep climb. TFTC

Found as part of my three week caching trip from Wellington to Auckland - # 509. Last one for the day - off to the camping ground now. Thanks.

Found quickly near the end of a late night walk along the river bank by the light of a torch and a half moon on a brilliant clear evening. Quite a well-hidden cache, and somewhat more difficult to spot at night than in daylight. Needed the hint, but didn't have the photos. Signed log, TFTC and for bringing me here!

A steep but short walk up to this one.A good hide.

TFTC - Lovely little spot, and beautifully hidden - we remade the nest to acceptable standards - shame the are no flies left!

A real tough find today. GPS not too good in that area and cache well hidden. SL TNLN TFTC

kar was confused but wave homed right in on this one
thanks for the fly!
TFTC!

never found this one on the trip north. found on the way home. tftc

Left the flies. Quick find. TFTC

Took 2 visits to find as I didn't read cache details enough, found easily 2nd time. The cache overlooks one of the best pools on the river TFTC #802

Great spot, + Snoopy travel bug, + medal - pig stone TFTC

Came for a wander up here to catch some views over sunny Turangi - Was not disappointed and enjoyed seeing so many anglers out in the river. FYI - There are around 3 "flies" left and they are all in a state of disrepair (rusty and hagged) so you may wish to restock? T4TC

Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble

Bit of a struggle up the hill for Barb, asthma playing up with Pine Trees. Was left to me to discover.
IN: Little Notch the Platypus Geocoin

WKTBO T4TC

It was cold and blowing but the fishermen were still ablot TFTC

Great location and good idea with the lures although they're a little damp.
A dry day to find and the cache is suitably protected so lure box and book just need an "airing"
TNLNSL TFTC

Very cold & wet day. So sorry, in my haste to return to the car I didn't realise I'd taken the pen! Took out nail polish & left a pet rock - a pig. Log book is full

accidently swiped your pen - so sorry! Log book is full.

Took a swat up of the clue as gps variable. 18 successful out of 20 in lower Tongariro area.

Left my accommodation and walked along the river to 3 other caches then doubled back on myself and further along to bag this one. There's a lot of stumps to choose from! But in true caching style there's one that just looks like a caching stump.
Totally recommend coffee from the lady in the lay-by afterwards - if you get her talking, like i did, be careful not to walk away with your coffee having not paid, like i did!
Logged Leepinlzrd GeoCoin in n out to assist in its mission.
TNLN TFTC
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Nice place TNLN

Took a little wandering before we found the right starting point, and then it was easy. Nice view. TFTC.

Had no trouble finding this one. Found while walking the river track. Nice view from the seat. TNLN SL TFTC.

Nice walk and great views of the river. TFTC

A good time to stretch the legs on route to Wellington. Quick find with Old Boots! TFTc

Found but the GPS was al over the show TFTC left TB

12:04
A great hide at a great spot. - souvenir lure; +Nil.
Glad you brought me here. TFTC.

Our first for the day - uphill all the way. Mrs Buzz was struggling a bit but finally made it only to be confronted with a muggle travelling at a huge rate of knots, she was going downhill at the time.

A bit of a momentous cache for me - and a good one too. Certainly better than some previous such. A nice spot, an older cache, a good size, not too hard to find (despite the tree cover) and find number 5,000 for me! Thanks saff & tiger.

This is a great place to put a cache, great views and a great hide, Took Sparkee Krew 5 TB and a fly, will look at using it next time I go fishing, TFTC LNSL (622)

6.35pm. Quick puff up the hill. Easy find. Good views. The log book still needs replacing. Left a T.B.
Thank you. David and Noeline.

Good hiding place, took the coin, will place in cache further up north

With seeker jordge. A little tricky finding the start thanks to our own ineptitude! Then a pleasant climb to the cache which I found luckily and easily! What a great view from up here. The cicadas are really out in force and are very loud, a nice disturbance of the peace. There are lots of shells of cicadas around for the kids to learn about.
Took car, pencil, blue stone
Left snake, shell, sellotape.

Found with the help of "finder smurf". Log book full. May need replacing

Last cache in the area before heading to Rotorua.
A few fishermen passed by while i was searching.
Mus be a good area.
TFTC
Jim

We were expecting to see Mt. Tongariro from up here. It took us a while to figure out that the cache is named after the river and not the mountain. Even without Mt. Tongariro we still enjoyed the views up here. TFTC.
In: Gem Stone, Geocoin "Lets Drive"
Out: Carabineer Hook

Sorry to say we DNF this one the count is 17 find's 3 DNF in total for the day. after read and looking at the pic's i think we are to low and was on the path we will be back next year to redo thanks

Found it on a Turangi caching expedition. Great little hidding spot. TFTC.

Couldn't sleep very well last night, so got up in the wee hours and headed for the Kaimanawa caches. An easy find, although I think the direction from the seat is more in an easterly direction.
Did this one at 7:45am while I was waiting for the supermarket to open. Pity to have just missed the Geckoh's this morning, although I must admit it was kind of nice to actually get there before them for a change

Stayed at a campsite nearby last night, so started our caching day with this one. Spotted one fisherman wading in the river below. This cloudy weather should make for good fishing. SL. TFTC.

#433

Found it around 8.15am. We were chasing the Gerbil!!
Didnt catch him tho.........

TNLN TFTC!!!

Off caching with the girls, Wow what a place, what a view!! Loved it, the adventure that this brought us all. Thanks for taking us all on this little journey, one thing I like about geocaching, it definitely takes you to places that you would of not even think of, so thanks. Fantastic views, hmmm anyone for a kayak!! TFTC! Great find BookwormMum.

Nice walk! Lovely resting spot at the top with great views. Watched guys jumping in to fast water below! BookwormMum made the find. Thanks for bringing us here. One of the highlights of our caching trip round Lake Taupo. Us Auckland girls enjoy getting out of the city and caching in the open spaces!

This was a lovely short walk up to the cache with a nice place to rest and enjoy the views once you arrive at the gz. I love being around all these trees! BookwormMum made the initial find on this one for me, Indiana Jill and Kayaknkiwi. TFTC!