McLeans Island Railway Station
I hear you - "there was never a railway here surely?" and you are right! But there are tracks here and Pedro told me it was about time I went out and make some more hides. I had the opportunity to visit here and thought why not. I do have another railway cache in the planning though.
McLeans Island Forest Park
McLeans Forest is a section of the Waimakariri River Regional Park popular with mountain bikers of all ages, walkers and runners.
In it you'll find about 17km of family-friendly, high quality mountain biking tracks and 11km of walking and running trails. The tracks are well maintained and marked.
The entrance is off McLeans Island Road, coming from either Johns Road or Old West Coast Road.
Gates are open 7am to 10pm year round.
Dogs must be kept under effective control at all times. No barbecues are provided but visitors are welcome to bring their own, provided they are gas only and used in areas clear of vegetation.
The Final
The start coords take you to a building with information about the area and the white one at the back has helpful info to find the final.
This has info on the Christchurch AB0 Trail. This also shows the distance between McLeans Park and Whites Crossing as 1C km and that it will take D to 8 Hours to walk it.
S 43° 27.BDB E 172° 27.CAB
The cache is an easy walk from here and can be reached from the cycle track or the 4x4 track. there is a warning sign nearby to watch out for golf balls and did you know that the common number of dimples on a golf ball is 336! But this can be anything between 300 to 500. Another interesting but totally useless fact.