Pukeko hide out (Waikato) Rototuna, North Island, New Zealand
By
Usedomka on 25-Apr-09. Waypoint GC1QJ51
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Hiya, wondering whether you are planning to keep this spot at all? Since the cache hasn't been found in a while (last find was 7 months ago), we were wondering whether you'd consider releasing the spot if you're not planning to replace it... we're looking for a local spot to place a new cache, could you please let us know? Cheers.
thats not a round about thats a moon about, wait what are those lights, watch out for the rubbish bin, dont drive on the moon about... methinks i will give this one a go in daylight when phone not dying as we are looking for cache
Put us down for another DNF... this is very close to us, so we thought we'd give it a go as we went for a walk to stretch our legs after dinner. Plenty of pukeko about, but no cache... shame!
Couldn't find this one either, had a good look in the Harakeke. Found an empty container on the ground, but it didn't look like a sistema. Lots of scary spiders too. Nice place though.
I was seriously over hunting in those Harekeke but came up with nothing.Such a nice spot and wanted to drop off a TB but it was not to be.
Had to hide B2's eyes as a group of young lads played naked in the water. they must have been freezing ! Then there was a call from Mum, "come home" and they quickly got dressed and took off for home. After that it was a quick find. TFTC
Did not spot any Pukeko in the area today, I gues they have better hiding places than the cache. Quick find. TFTC
Lovely wee walk. Watch kids fishing in the stream. Had a quick dart behind the bushes and soon had cache in hand
What a secluded little space, not for long thou with the house going up next door, TFTC, left TB
Nice walkway to the cache. Took TB and a marble. Left a set of mini sticky notes.
TFTC
KatyAndScott and the kids
TFTC
KatyAndScott and the kids
No pukeko for me, but easy find. Parking (3 cars) for walkway at S37 43.819 E175 16.844.
Nice quick find in our neighbourhood. Have replaced the TB with another one.
There are some new houses getting built very close to this cache, so in a few weeks there will be lots of prying eyes - be careful! It may be easier to enter using the walkway off the main road.
This entry was edited by lizsteve on Wednesday, 05 January 2011 at 21:31:39.
This entry was edited by lizsteve on Wednesday, 05 January 2011 at 21:33:50.
There are some new houses getting built very close to this cache, so in a few weeks there will be lots of prying eyes - be careful! It may be easier to enter using the walkway off the main road.
This entry was edited by lizsteve on Wednesday, 05 January 2011 at 21:31:39.
This entry was edited by lizsteve on Wednesday, 05 January 2011 at 21:33:50.
Parked at a nearby access point, but a helpful muggle neighbour told us that there was no park where we where heading, so we then parked somewhat further away and had to sneak along the back of the nearby houses. Finally after retrievng the cache we found the pathway which we then took back out, leaving a good walk back to the car. Picked up GC. TFTC
No Pukekos out and about today, but we did enjoy our walk and thanks for the cache placement. No trackables in the cache today.
Nice little area behind houses. Didnt see any Pukeko's but heard them sqwarking not far away. A black cat was nearby and when he saw me he leaped across the water to the other side and landed half in the water. Very funny.
sonnyboy along for the ride, nice easy find, pukeko's quickly disappeared. Dropped TB. T4TC.
Inspected an empty section, and made a quick find. Pukekos came out to greet us. TFTC.
Feel a bit sorry for the Pukekos - their land is shrinking all the time. Soon found cache. SL TFTC
Spotted the likely hiding spot rather quickly. Don't like these hides but this one was ok. TFTC
Didn't mean to scare the pukekeos , but you can't see them when it's dark!
No sign of the TB, so I dropped one off.
Good luck.
No sign of the TB, so I dropped one off.
Good luck.
Nice little spot in this area. Found the cache pretty easily and dropped off a travel bug I picked up in Croatia. TFTF
Found the cache nice and easily. Was greeted by several pukekos, and they hung around to watch me search for the cache. Nice hide, TFTC
This is a great spot! And loads of pukekos were there 
I managed to find it, despite leaving the clue at home [8)]
TFTC!
I managed to find it, despite leaving the clue at home [8)]TFTC!
The pukeko's kept a close eye on us as we made our way to GZ - good little spot. TFTC
An easy find, even a muggles cat "General Rodriguez" came to see what was going on, he is a big cat and come with instructions "do not feed me"
Only a short walk, and a nice easy find. Did not see any pukekos around this morning. TFTC.
# 1162
# 1162
Pulled up to see how far from the road, then decided a little too far to fit into our numbers run day record attempt. We got to 71 in the end.
Found as part of my three week caching trip from Wellington to Auckland - # 778. Thanks.
Nice and dry... and no pukekos in sight... though had to dodge a guy looking over his back fence while talking on his cellphone.
Left a whistle (to enchant or scare off the pukekos perhaps
) TFTC
Left a whistle (to enchant or scare off the pukekos perhaps
) TFTC15:12 Found as we were taking random routes out of Hamilton: Parked in the closest street (avoiding neighbourhood cricket games and kids on skateboards) and obtained access via what appeared to be a walk way but turned out to be a empty back section. No pukekos today but a lovely sunny day that just made you want to lie on the grass and zzzzzz....
Cheers,
GC.
Cheers,
GC.
Not sure I took an entrance to the reserve that may be there in coming years 
Uggh though - flax? Wet flax at that. Cheers Gav [4671]
Uggh though - flax? Wet flax at that. Cheers Gav [4671]Yep, any water and urban bush will now be full of Pukekos. Saw a few as I made the find. Thanks.
TFTC. Quick n easy cache in a fantastic location. Haven't been in this area for a long time, was great to see how it's changed. Think the pukekos were scared of my bike didn't see any today!
Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble
A return trip as last time the creek was too high. Easy find despite the Unenxrxr.
WKTBO T4TC
A return trip as last time the creek was too high. Easy find despite the Unenxrxr.
WKTBO T4TC
Managed to get this one in the pouring rain with the GPS pointing me to all sorts of places. Eventually managed to find it. TFTC
Nice place 4 a walk, my friend thort it was covered in dirt bcoz of paint colour and wouldn't touch it....it's just paint ppl!!!
Took a while to realise I have been here before, entered from a differeent direction before. A much better hide than the last one in the area.
TFTC
TFTC
Vu ja dej? or de ja vu? Been here before for another cache which had us guessing whether had done it before! We decided to check GZ to confirm or deny - found it denied but so close! TFTC!
Very nice little spot and cache didn't prove to difficult considering the hiding place.
TFTC
TFTC
Found it easy enough. Dropped of California Poppy Micro Geocoin and picked up Fear No Cache.
Found it easy. the section there is not going to be able to be cut thru for much longer by the looks of things lovely sunny day but no pukekos around. t.f.t.c t.n.l.n.s.l
should of read the logs about the empty section-me bush bash myself alone the river bank for 100 meters -easy find once i was there-TNLN
Was here a couple of months ago. (no cache, no updated PDA) Came back today, the section is still empty so a quick walk from the nearby street and the cache was soon in my hands.
TFTC
TFTC
#2880
Mmmmm, this spot looks familiar, remembered when there was another cache hidden nearby… Hopefully the many pukekos will take better care of this hide out.
TNLNSL, TFTC
Mmmmm, this spot looks familiar, remembered when there was another cache hidden nearby… Hopefully the many pukekos will take better care of this hide out.
TNLNSL, TFTC
A nice outing with the kids on a fine weekday morning...just wish I'd thought to take some bread for the ducks! Thanks for a nice easy cache.
Great hide. Looks like you cant get through on google maps. Must be an old map. Hard find with my brother as i was doing the 40 hr no talking famine. Yes i know it should have been the week before. I never knew this was here! TFTC
It was wet, but still found it good spot I would not have thought of looking there if i didn't have a GPS.
TNLN TFTC
TNLN TFTC
Sorry to say, just hate these hides, all so random. Good to see they are putting a walkway through, but think we might have come across the section for sale. TFTC
#880
Found te walkway and were commenting how we had not seen any Pukeko's, that is untill we got to the cache site!! about half a dozen of them scarpered as we approached.
Found the cache without too much probs.
TFTC!!
Found te walkway and were commenting how we had not seen any Pukeko's, that is untill we got to the cache site!! about half a dozen of them scarpered as we approached.
Found the cache without too much probs.
TFTC!!
Not a huge fan of those 4 lettered shrubs but good clue here and easy find. Cheers Muzy Man! 
[This entry was edited by Muzy Man on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 12:40:08 AM.]
[This entry was edited by Muzy Man on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 12:40:08 AM.]
Lovely morning to be out and about. This thought is probably not shared by the ducks camped nearby who know doubt want to maintain a low profile in town during duck shooting season.
