Anaura Bay Vista (East Cape) Traditional Cache
Anaura Bay Vista (East Cape)
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This cache is situated off SH 35 towards Anaura Bay. The road climbs to a small pass about 132 meters above sea level. Take a track and enjoy the awesome views.
The beach is worth a visit
Anaura Bay is located 85 kilometres north of Gisborne.
History
About the seventeenth century Tautini, a grandson of famous Hauiti from Uawa, lived at Toiroa, a pa on the Nuhiti Ranges between Anaura and Tokomaru Bay. Tautini's wife was called Hinetamatea after whom the meeting house at Anaura is named.
On 21 October 1769, Captain James Cook in the Endeavour entered Anaura Bay to be welcomed by Maori in their canoes. Cook and his men were given a cordial reception by local chiefs and where able to fill their casks with water from Hawai Stream.
Historically Anaura Bay is important as it is the first place a comprehensive written description of Maori horticulture was undertaken. The men on board the Endeavour were astonished by the neatness, regularity and extent of the gardens seen in the area.
At this time the area was called Waipare and between two and three thousand people lived in this district.
Heavy bush covered the area except for the large gardens on the lower sheltered slopes of the beach front and flat lands close to the bay.
Anaura and Nuhiti headlands provided lookouts for the local whaling station on the sheltered southern side of Mawhai Point.
The present road to Nuhiti, which begins at Waipare Stream, is near to the old coach and bullock track which led over the headland.
The container is micro size. It is a clear tube with a coloured screw lid. It has a logbook and a pencil and there is room for micro items.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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