Crosbies Clearing Coromandel Traditional Cache
Crosbies Clearing Coromandel
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Crosbies clearing, the northern marker. Checkout the web page as there is a spoiler picture there. Also visit nearby GC22XPP. This is thick bush and steep hills so take proper gear
Crosbies Settlement is an old farm settlement that was established in the Coromandel Ranges in 1880. It was farmed until about 1970, when the area (or most of it) was subsumed into the Coromandel Forest Park..
The site is on the main ridge of the Coromandel Range, approximately 12 km north east of Thames. It can be reached via several different tracks, including Karaka, Waiotahi (4.5 hrs), Tararu, Te Puru (3 hrs), Waiomu (3 hrs), Tapu Hill (3 hrs) and Kauaeranga Valley (3-4 hrs - optional start points: Booms Flat, Wainora and Whangaiterenga camping grounds). The site is well marked on track information boards and maps.
The farmed area stretches for approximately 5 km along the main ridge of the Coromandel Range. The grid reference for the DoC “Crosbies Clearing” sign, roughly in the centre of the old farmed area
In 1989, a pair of Swedish tourists, Urban Hoglin and Heidi Paakkonen, went missing while tramping in the area. A detailed search was conducted, concentrating on the Crosbies area, but only one body was ever found, about 70 kilometres away. In 1990, David Tamihere was charged and convicted of murdering the couple (NZPA, 2000). There is a memorial to Urban and Heidi situated on top of the lookout hill at the southern end of the settlement.
At near by S37`01.876 E175`35.037 there are good views south and to the east coast
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