Oreti Beach (Southland) Traditional Cache
TheCoddiwompler: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.
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Cache is located at Oreti Beach, near Invercargill. The easiest way is to use the South car park, by driving past Teretonga. (You can use the main entrance to the beach, but you'll walk FAR further!) A walk along the beach of about 600m is required.
The cache is a metal army-style tool box painted silver. The cache measures 400mm by 180mm by 180mm.
The cache contained several small minor items for trading, mostly the type appealing to children when it was placed.
The cache contains a log book, 2 pencils, a sharpener and a rubber.
Oreti Beach was a key location for the film 'The World's Fastest Indian', which tells the story of Southland's motorcycling hero Burt Munro.
At around 26 kilometres in length, the beach provided Munro with a testing and racing site for his modified Indian motorcycle. In February 1957 Munro set a New Zealand Open Beach record of 131.38 mph at Oreti Beach; in 1975 he raised this to 136 mph.
At the southern end of Oreti Beach is Sandy Point, a natural playground for walking, mountain biking and horse riding. In geological terms, Sandy Point is very young. The peninsula of sand, gravel and water-borne silt probably appeared some 4000-5000 years ago, when sea levels were higher.
Long before the site of Invercargill was developed, the rich natural resources of Sandy Point supported an important Maori settlement called Oue. The arrival of sealers and whalers brought change, although the whaling station established there in 1836 was short-lived.
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