The locations of these lakes were discovered through various
websites, books and historical archives.
There are several stages of the multi cache - all will give you
part of the coordinates for the final location. At each location
you will find a metal tag that has a stamped part of the final
location coordinates wired to a fencepost. These pieces of tins are
about 5cm by 10cm in size and painted yellow.
By finding all locations you will be able to put together
coordinates for the final location using the following:
S 45° 57.AB4 E 170° 05.CD5
The final cache location is a 5 litre bucket containing a
logbook, pencil, pencil sharpner and various trade items.
The final location has good views of the current lakes at the
south end of the plains (including Waipori, Holm, Boundry, Waihola
and various other unnamed lakes). Due to the location of the final
the best way of finding the stages is working from north to
south
The stages are as follows:
Location 1 (this is listed cache coordinates): At
this location you can look to the North-East and see where Lake
Marama Te Taha (Loch Ascog) would have been. Its now been drained,
filled and is now paddocks for a dairy farm. The contour channel
which you see in front of you is one of the large drainage systems
that collects water that comes down off the Maungatua range.
Location 2: Lake Tatawai was a small lake
connected to Lake Waipori via a natural channel. This lake was an
important location for Ngai Tahu Maori and its draining created a
very early land grievance made by the Maori in 1918. From the maps
and data I have found the Lake bounded from the the multi waypoint
location right down to the pumphouse you can see in the
distance.
Location 3: Silverstream Lagoon near the mouth of
the Silverstream where it enters the Taieri River. It was was a
large body of water compared to the other smaller lakes compariable
in size to Lake Tatawai. From the maps and data I have found the
Lake bounded from the the multi waypoint location right down to the
pumphouse you can see in the distance.
Location 4: Loch Katrine was located between
Nicholas Road and Centre Road at Momona. This loch does not appear
on very early maps but was referenced by A Johnson, Assistant
Surveyor on 5 April 1870 in a early land survey. It is my guess
that the lake was located near the end of the road the waypoint is
located on near the very old old bridge.
Other lakes: Lake Potaka was a small lake also now
drained but of which very little information is to be found about -
in researching this cache I only found reference to its name and
have no idea where the location would be.
Bibliography for research
- Bray, Sharon, Under the Eye of the Saddle Hill
Taniwha, 1998
- Taylor, W.A., P180, Lore and History of the South
Island Maori, 1950, also found online at
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-TayLore-t1-body1-d21.html#n204
- Wanhalla, Angela Cheryl,Transgressing Boundaries: A
History of the Mixed Descent Families of Maitapapa, Taieri,
1830-1940,http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/946
- Geoff Park, Chapter 4, Effective Exclusion - An
Exploratory Overview of Crown Actions and Maori Responses
Concerning the Indigenous Flora and Fauna, 1912 –
1983.http://www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/doclibrary/public/wai262/effective_exclusion/Chapter04.pdf