Hinemaiaia Gorge (Central Plateau) Traditional Cache
Taupotiger: I am unable to drive now, so I can no longer maintain this cache.
Hinemaiaia Gorge (Central Plateau)
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In the William Gillies Memorial Reserve, in the Hinemaiaia river valley.
The cache site is approx 3.2 KM up a metel road from state highway one. The road is used by fishermen, and mountain bikers.
It is usable by two wheeled drive vehicles but can get muddy after wet weather.
In the Hinamaiaia valley is the Lower Hinemaiaia power station. The station dam is a 12 metre high arch dam in a narrow ignimbrite gorge with a 75m long spillway weir adjacent .The 12.1 hectare lake provides independent storage from the upper stations giving 7 hours storage at mean flow. Water flows from the intake structure, with its gate and intake screen, through 360-metres of concrete conduit, 2.3-metres in diameter, and a further 168-metres of steel penstock to the Power Station which houses a horizontal Francis turbine driving a 1350kW induction generator.
The Cache is a comoflaged 1 litre systema container containing a log book, and some trade goodies.
Watch children near gorge and bridge.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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