Yatton Park trees
This is one of several caches in the various areas of Yatton Park; all areas worth exploring.
Situated on Fraser St between Harrier St and Camellia Place, the park is partially accessible to vehicles and is open 8am - 8pm Spring and Summer during daylight saving hours and 8am - 5pm in Autumn and Winter.
Known by Tangata Whenua as Te Tutarawananga a Tamatea-arikinui, Yatton Park was once the location of a Pa site to which Nga Te Ahi, Ngati Ruahine and Ngai Tamarawaho have connections.
There are information signs around the park for those who want to know more about the park’s history.
Yatton Park’s unique collection of exotic and native tree species is both a city and nationally significant Arboretum. Since many of the Yatton Park trees were planted around the same time in the same area, they have competed against each other for height rather than growing outwards, so many of the trees are among the tallest of their species in the country. They were planted around 1866.
The original cache was a camouflaged (ex) peanut butter jar, but this went missing in August 2016. We've replaced it with a small camoed sistema which just contains a log book. Please bring your own pen. There is room for small swaps and trackables.
Depending what time you visit, there are likely to be other people (including children) walking or cycling in the park, so take care not to be seen retrieving or replacing the cache. Please replace as found and cover well.
You might also like to find the others in the series:
GC59WGM: Entrance to Yatton archived March 2016
GC59WCZ: BBQ in the Park Reheated
GC4ATTR: Tutarawananga (Yatton Park) Bush Walk
GC54F0J: Wear the What'll Woz archived January 2016
GC5A7BV: Birdsong Alley archived October 2017
GC49ZAM: Fifth Off Fraser
GC4JBJQ: Fraser Street Six-Pack archived January 2016
FIRST TO FIND: squirrel nutcase & FapAndGap. Congratulations!
