under 'n' over we go (Bay of Plenty) Ngawaro, North Island, New Zealand
By rick-a-mortis on 11-Oct-08. Waypoint GC1H3V1

dont live in town any more so will let this 1 go

Not found since April, numerous DNFs and several needs maintenance logs. CO needs to check, replace or retire.

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

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Had a good check but no cache. CO maintenance needed.

Foudn this one easily shortly after publication, but this time we spent quite a bit of time and couldn't find it. The hint is pretty descriptive, but just in case the previous cacher placed it back somewhere we extended the search area. Maybe the magnet gave way and the cache fell off? We looked on the ground and in the bushes near GZ and still couldn't locate...

On the loop and took a detour up to the road to have a look. Pretty sure it's gone, sorry!!

A find so long time ago: is the cache still there?
Please check and maintenance.

We didn't find this cache. The last found was so long ago, that we think: is the cache still there?
Needs maintenance.

Hunted quite thoroughly but no luck.

I am visiting from Australia and after spending a week with my sister in New Plymouth then attending the mega event at Turangi I have time to play tourist for a week before my flight back to Sydney next Saturday. So I thought I would head towards the Bay of Plenty as I have never been to this part of New Zealand before. Today was a run from a bit south of Rotorua to Tauranga, so not a job of getting every cache on the way but a line on the map.

Parked below, tried both sides but came up blank on this despite the hint. Cache blindness I hope. Thanks Rick-a-mortis.

1792 Stop and walked back. Log was wet but my pen was still able to write on it.

Samen met PaddlingPenguin gevonden.

gevonden.

TFTC!

PaddlingPenguin

Speedy park n grab from lower level. Log very damp. Unable to sign. T4TC!

After a couple of rainy days, the weather forecast for today was looking good, which was a relief as we had planned a trip to Rotorua today, regardless of the weather. Our main aim was to find the Bay of Plenty CANZ cache (mission accomplished) plus a few solved puzzles etc as well as have a look around the town. An enjoyable day, thanks to the COs for the great caches we found.
This was the first stop of our journey, so we had to cross the road to GZ. Not a problem as the traffic was light. TFTC.

#11880. A flash underpass like this seems a bit out of place out in the country. Good parking and a quick find. TFTC.

I found this one on the ground. I signed the log (logbook damp) and replaced it where hint indicates. Magnet is pretty weak so hopefully it stays put.
Thanks for the cache, it was the first of nine out here at The Tect Park, first time I've stopped here. Not a lot of people around midday Sunday.

Nice quick find. Log damp. Tftc

Tftc

Easy find tftc

Send the man to retrieve this while we waited down on the grass. A nice quick one tftc

One of those caches that makes you feel awkward as heck. What is one middle aged Maori male doing, standing on the bridge, in the middle of the state highway, digging around the barriers for? Had to laugh, no pen and I don't believe in photo logging. Luckily the ladyfriend had some lip liner handy. If there's a red mess on the cache log I take full responsibility. Thanks for the cache

Easy find. Busy road, glad we approached from footpath. Thanks!

On our travel through New-Zealand we visited some really nice places.

Thanks to all Owner to show us all this places.

Greets from Cologne /Germany

Gitschel

Had to figure out where the cache was exactly first. Once we sorted that out quick find on a lovely day.

Found it with Team FIN [janahola, kapeka, laalaa & temyllyl]

We had fun with caching few weeks here in New Zealand. Lots of geocaches and many sort of them too. We saw awesome places, weather was pretty good all the time and people were friendly and polite. Caches were pretty similar like in our home country. Of course there were some exeptions. Nice and really scenary country!

Greetings from Finland

FIN (laalaa, janahola, temyllyl, kapeka) holiday in New Zealand. I love this country. Wonderful landscape.
Greetings from Finland.
Thanks for the cache.

On a geoholiday road tripping to Christchurch MEGA and around beautiful New Zealand. Our four people group (temyllyl, laalaa, kapeka and myself) from Finland used group tag FIN to log the caches.

Today our trip continued from Taupo to Tauranga. Of course with some caching on the way. We had lots of fun and saw many nice places and caches. Thanks for the cache!

Welcome to MEGA Finland in 5-7 august 2016!

16th day on our geo-roadtrip in New Zealand, and caching our way towards north. Logged using our group nickname FIN with janahola, laalaa and kapeka. After having a blast in South Island and in Christchurch Mega event, we had to start heading back home. Fortunately we still had few days left to spend in NZ while driving to Auckland.

Nice quick find on way back to car park. Many thanks

Very busy stretch of highway.
Cheers

Easy find missed these last time in the area tramping
Stayed Over night in the park.

My grandad and I found this cache while on our third day of our New Zealand trip. We were travelling to Turangi for the next part of our trip.

After leaving Tauranga, we enjoyed the drive towards Turangi and stopped for the group of caches around the TECT All Terrain Park. This was the first one for the day - we took the exit, drove under the bridge and parked near GZ. We made a quick find before doing the tunnel track. TFTC!

The hint made it an easy find. Parked the bikes under. But it was over. Tftc

Nicely hidden a little off coordinates but found all safe n sound tftc

This entry was edited by RAYZR01 on Saturday, 19 September 2015 at 06:56:48 UTC.

Nicely hidden a little off coordinates but found all safe n sound tftc

This entry was edited by RAYZR01 on Saturday, 19 September 2015 at 06:57:57 UTC.

I didn't realise half of this TECT Park was on the other side of the highway and that there was a road that stretched underneath. Awesome - I went on a huge tiki-tour of this park today and it was crazy - I knew there were a few bits'n'pieces here but not all the facilities - much more here then I realised.




Cache found quickly and in good condition - a little damp from probably condensation but otherwise all good.




Cheers Rick-a-mortis, been meaning to tick this one off for awhile now

Not for the faint hearted!

Found it lying in the dirt at road level. Assumed this was not where it should be so put it back according to the hint, hopefully this is correct but the owner may want to check.
TFTC

Had fallen onto the main road so hopefully put in back in right place. Might pay to check it if you are the cache developer

Quick find as the cars whizzed past. TFTC

I had decided a few days ago that I would try and spend a few days in a town that I had spent a couple of years many decades ago. Nothing much has changed, there's still a big pond with a big hill next to it and a few mud pools letting off a bit of steam.

It is time to put the pond behind me and head towards the beach. Didn't quite get there as there was this All Terrain TECTpark that wasn't here when I was here. I went under it first but then I never did go over it.

Cheers for the cache.

The kiwi family decided to take a drive out to the TECT Park tonight to get my daily cache, al tho this was the worst timed cache we could do, got out to the gates and was pitch black and closed so by the looks of it this one was able to be got from the main road. Ended up spending a lot longer on this one than it should of taken, phone was really playing up, so was on right side then on other side then back on right side lol, Felt rather exposed and whenever a cars lights shown on me couldnt help but wonder what do those people think im up 2 surprised no one stopped. In the end had success and able to keep this streak going, Thanks for the cache!

Found this cache with Mikebop after a long day at work, thought we would go out on a bit of a drive as kiwi baby was feeling under the weather and thought a drive in the car would be a good idea. TFTC

Took longer than it should have as helps to look on correct side lol. Found on the ground with lid open. Replaced where i assume it was meant to b. Log is dry. Tftc

Quick find while making my way over to Tauranga, TFTC Rick-a-mortis, #7815

Container replaced today. Little bigger with good logbook. You will still need to bring a writing instrument.
Happy caching

Quick find on a quick run to Rotorua. SL TFTC TNLN

Found after a huge scary hunt. lol Sneaky! Log saturated, so added new paper. tftc

Nearly gave up on this one, phone out of service, rewarded from persistence and sisters keen eyes! Tftc

Last find on the walk today, paper all wet, so couldn't sign log.. No dry paper to add either... Nice simple find to end a stunning day in the bay TFTC

Decided earlier in the week that a mission to clean up some caches between Rotorua and Tauranga. Also took a new Geocacher with me Sakura7, to show her the ropes and show her what geocaching is all about. A great day was had and with some fantastic locations visited, even if the weather was average to poor at best, still at least it wasn't cold. And as a bonus no DNF's thou it was close on a few.
Thanks to everyone for the placements.

Took a few moments to work out where to look, but soon found it. Last cache on the walk.

Easy find, but pen died grr will be back to sign next time, stopped in at adventure park to look at mbt and adventure high ropes, little carter has 5cm to grow and we will be back to claim them all

Easy find today with Stickman2000, all in good condition. TFTC

This entry was edited by nzkites on Saturday, 24 January 2015 at 09:45:44 UTC.

Found with nzkites. TFTC!

Nice cache thanks! Log was a bit wet

Sincere apologies for the very late logging and the cut and paste logs ... long story.
Had a awesome day out with CatsandDragons exploring areas between Rotorua and Tauranga on the back roads. Came across some very clever originial hides that we hadn't seen before.
Many thanks

A quick find but the traffic sure roars past the spot quickly. TFTC

Pretty cool easy find thanks:)

Found with wenzwill on a drive to Tauranga for the day. Not too much of a search needed but beware of traffic. TFTC

This was not really a simple drive by. As I suspect the barriers have been extended since placement, it makes it quite difficult to just stop here. I thought I would park in the carpark and wander to the cache, but I soon found it was on the opposite side of the street and I felt a bit unsafe crossing the road. I shouldve used the underpass I guess. Once on the right side of the road it was a quick and easy find. Signed log down the embankment and thought I would quickly duck up to replace it between vehicles on the road, but got caught out by a rampantstag who seemed to come from nowhere. Luckily he was armless and I survived the ordeal to live another day. Thanks for bringing me here.

Found on the way to Taupo on a freezing cold morning. TFTC

Thanks

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's
We spent a full day of caching from Rotorus to Tauranga. Travelling along your beautful sea front, forestry & close to the town centre.
We found a great selection of caches.
Thanks for placing this cache Rick-a-mortis

Quickly found today, a very busy road! TFTC

The men of the team are on a two week road trip between various tramps. This was on the road towards their next destination. TFTC

Lol trying to find this at night hoping a van full of our muggle friends didn't catch us. Haha. TFTC

Today I had no so much time. So I drove to nearest forest to make some Caches there.
nice round.
tftc

Found while passing in our motorhome many thanks

Busy road, but easy find, thanks!

Quick grab along the way. TFTC

quick easy find on way home. tftc.

wham, bam, thank you Rick

Stopped for a quick P&G as we travelled towards Tauranga

T4tC

2952

Easily found. Neat place this TECT!

Found during a great walk around the loop track. Thanks for bringing us here and TFTC. #193

nice quick find on the way to vegas, noticed a lot of these types on the trip today, tftc

In Rotorua for a function last nite and grabbed a few caches before finding our way home. TFTC

a lot of work has happened around here years since i have been this way tftf

Nice easy fidn thanks

TFTH

Wicked tftc.

[green] still on my way back from the Auckland Mega, stopping off in Rotorua for my mum's 75 birthday. Met up with Squirrel Nutcase and we are off to the Space event in Tauranga! Stopped off here for an easy find. Thanks!
I remember when this road was unsealed. 35 years ago...

Nice easy find on way to Tauranga. TFTC

First cache on our TECT park Labour day outing. Nice quick find. TFTC

This was the first find on the lovely loop track.

New Zealand 2103 trip for the Auckland Mega at Albany. Day 7, Sapphire Springs to Rotorua. The entrance to this facility looks very impressive and it is kind of the park to put a track up to your cache here for us to use to get the it. Thanks.

12215.170 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2000 Finds Achievement 3 A#183

Albida

Found it!

#141 - Decided to do the tunnel walk, brought the dog with us. This was a nice easy one to find.
TFTC

Out for a walk and explore with the family and dogs. A quick find after doing the loop track. TFTC

14:40
This was the first one during my long 40 km walk to the Tect Park. This was easy found.
TFTC nice micro.

A good find but watch the traffic.

Tried finding this on a previous visit with no cell phone or gps coverage, but so many possible options, we gave up. Much easier today with smart phone leading us directly to GZ. Thanks.

We went on a wild goose chase to find this one. apparently we needed the exercise haha. TFTC

Quick find after a few fun hours on the high ropes in the park . TFTC

Nice quick find. Haven't been through here in over a decade. TECT Park looks exciting and will definitely be back to spend some time there doing the walks and activities. TFTC

This entry was edited by Manu&BigTed on Saturday, 16 February 2013 at 22:08:34 UTC.

Quick find thanks. The Italian Job was here....!

Short stop and a quick find. Nicely placed TFTC

A nice quick park-run-look-find-sign-replace-run back to the car, TFTC!!!