In 1920 much of the land south of the Waihihi Stream was sold by
Hera Rawiri and others to Mr E. Davidson. This large block of land
which became known as 'Waihihi Station' (part of which now forms
the south western portion of Waharau Park) was resold to an
Auckland business Mr G.H. Davies in 1922. He placed a Mr Brown on
the block as manager and he set about clearing the land and
developing a sheep and cattle grazing run. During the 1920's much
of the high country running over into the Upper Mangatangi Valley
was burnt off.
This included the area known as 'The Jews Clearing', with the
name originating from the landowner Mr G. Davies who was a Jew. He
owned Waihihi until 1938, although the property was leased to
Johnson Bros, who ran sheep and cattle on the block and then to Mr
R. Mannington who milked a small herd of cows.
The cache is a 1.2 litre Sistema container painted black
containing a few goodies.
The way to the cache is via a vehicle track from the Waharau
Regional Park. While the members of public can't use their 4WDs on
this track they can use their MTBs.
Another approach is from the Whakatiwai Regional Park via the
Whakatiwai Track and the Waharau Ridge Track. That way you can do 2
of No Fixed Aboders caches as well
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