Geocaching up north

22-24 October:  Before the Mega Geocaching event in Auckland over Labour Weekend I did a 3 tour geocaching tour north of Auckland.  There were just five of us in the tour, organised by a geocacher who happens to be a travel agent.  We geocached to exhaustion each day but had a lot of fun along the way and were kept busy with a variety of activities as well.

A three hour walk around one of Auckland's regional parks, collecting geocaches - Atiu farm park.  A warm, sunny afternoon and great views.

One of over 30 cache finds along the way.

Opononi sand dunes - Mandy (left) our tour guide, and Kathy from
Australia about to do some sand boarding.

Guess who went too fast and ended up in the water - our tour guide!

Koutu boulders at a beach near Opononi - just like the Moeraki boulders and the Whitecliffs boulders.

Getting ready to bike the Twin Coast Cycle Trail near Kaikohe.

Hunting down a tricky hide - one of 19 caches we found along the way.  This trail used to be a railway line.

Early morning view from Flagstaff hill, Russell. 

Mrs Woodcock's seat, Russell.  Mrs Woodcock was a teacher at Russell school and lived in the house behind this seat for 64 years.  This seat was made by one of her sons from old power poles and has "electrical sculptures".  There is a micro geocache hidden here, it was hard to find.

Tom checking out the electrical current.