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Waiaua Gorge Hut (Taranaki) Traditional Cache

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banjoboy2012: I wont be able to get to gz for a while and dont want people wasting there time to find something that isnt there. cheers Bb

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Hidden : 4/25/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Cache is located at Waiaua Gorge Hut on the Southwest slopes of Mt Taranaki.

Waiaua Gorge Hut sleeps 16 people and is part of the Egmont National Park's challenging 54km Around the Mountain Circuit

The best access and quickest access to the cache is from the Ihaia Roadend.

The Ihaia Track is not very steep but is very muddy with a few stream crossings.

The Ihaia Track takes a good 2hrs for most people

 

About 25mins before the hut the track passes the old Oanui hut site where the chimney can still be seen today

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre 2aq fgrc

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)