W
e’d never heard of it till this Summer. Greg’s mum Fern was visiting
and came upon a few gals looking for a ‘cache’ around a nearby
hillside (see her photos below). Fern knew exactly what the searcher was
talking about because many friends and family in America had told her of
their adventures ‘geocaching’.
A few weeks later, while doing research for the Kuaotunu article, editor
Carol Wright discovered a reference to a geocache stashed in a Try Fluke
mine shaft. Someone had hidden a small chemist’s bottle in 2011.
Described as a hi-tech game of hide-and-seek, this worldwide outdoor
treasure hunt uses GPS-enabled devices instead of treasure maps.
Participants navigate to a set of coordinates to find the hidden ‘cache’.
If you find it, you may remove a tiny ‘treasure’ left in the container and
replace it with one of yours. Or simply add a note and sign the log.
Since its humble beginnings in May 2000, it has grown to an estimated
2.1 million Geocaches hidden globally with over six million hunters, or
‘Geocachers’. (New Zealand estimates at least 5000 caches hidden). It’s
a great activity for the entire family.
If you want to play in the Try Fluke Mine or find out more
about caches near you. See
GC2M4BC_try-fluke-gold-mine-coromandel.
Be sure to leave a comment if you find the cache! There is a link
to instructions for newbies to get started! Use a dedicated GPS
unit, or download apps for iPhones and Android smartphones.
GPS GEOCACHING
Geek and you will find!
Eureka!
Eureka!
Geocachers Sue & Trish
Sue Preston of Te Aroha
searches for a cache in Tairua,
where she has a bach. Sue
first learned of geocaching
from seeing a family search
around a Port Charles wharf.
“There’s another one up the
top of Paku I would like to
look for,” she says, “and one
near the bridge.”
Cache found atTry Fluke shaft!
Photos by Roberta “Fern” Huffman
“What a awesome
cache to mark our
9500th find … Amazed
at how far the tunnel
extends into the hill.
Unfortunately we didn’t
see any bats or cave
wetas. Many thanks
for sharing the location
and its history, and a
favourite from us.”
– From this geocacher
about finding the cache
at the
Try Fluke
mine.
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