This pleasant grassy field, is a nice plae to stop and rest as you make your way along the Northern Walkway It is also part of the Te Araroa walkway. Wightwick Field is part of Trelissick Park. Between 1920-22 11 hectares were acquired for the Park. Subsequent parcels were added, to bring the total to just over 18 hectares by 1995. More recently, two parcels were purchased – an area off Ngaio Gorge Road where the historic powder magazine building is situated and another off Waikowhai Street, Ngaio. The large, flat area of Wightwick’s Field was generously donated by the Wightwick family to the Wellington City Council, and another piece of land below Oban Street, Highland Park. was added to the park when a WCC property was sold. The total area for the park is now 20.25 hectares (compared with 77 hectares in Otari/Wilton Bush).
For those of you who have a little difficulty at finding the entrance ways to some tracks the closest one is at S41 15.277 E174 46.056 At the given Waypoint you are looking for a container holding the coordinates. Happy Hunting
The cache is a small round container with a logbook and pencil.
Please NOTE that you must sign the logsheet for each individual cacher, Finds logged not corrosponding with the logbook may be deleted. Please take some time before leaving to ensure that the cache is re-hidden exactly as you found it.