Nga Pukapuka Ataahua (Wellington) Paekakariki, North Island, New Zealand
By joandra on 03-Jan-10. Waypoint GC22KJH

This cache got seriously trashed. The big box for the book exchange is toast and it's too risky to put another one around that area now.

A long time out of action...

Muggled!

2 of 10 found while out for an afternoon of caching with Master Miester. A great idea for a cache. A quick find after having visited the other caches some weeks back. TFTC

cool idea, quick find tftc

Great little spot only a short walk from where we were accommodated over the weekend

Love this cache - put 2 books in and borrowed 2 - probably the most fun to visit in the summer! T very much FTC!

This was the cache that first attracted me to the area. Great idea! Cache four of eight for today. Took Phillipa Gregory and left Val McDermid (Star Struck). TFTC

After collecting the numbers from The Climbing Tree and Beached as Bro we headed for this one. The horses took no interest in us as we passed. A quiet peaceful spot to sit and read a book, thanks.

# 2456

Found. Log to follow as time and laptop battery permit.

Nice theme. Wish I brought a book to trade. Tftc

Just dropping off a coin.

Good sized cache, nice to see. The only book crossing cache I have seen in the NI but there's a few in the SI especially around Canterbury.
TFTC

Did with CrystalFairy

Quick and easy to solve, Took the easy way around to the cache.. Great size and really enjoyable and peaceful spot.. Thanks for showing us this spot and cache..

As avid bookworms, we liked this one. No trouble getting the numbers from the other caches earlier in the day, so this was a really quick find as the last of the day.
Like the container too. Very heavy duty. The books are still all nice and dry.
Left "Alice Hartley's Happiness" by Phillipa Gregory.
Took "Girls High".

Great idea for a cache. Thanks

After visiting the other required caches, our 4 year old granddaughter helped find this one too - we were both impressed with its size and contents, all snug and dry. Too bad we forgot to bring a book to swap, and we forgot to bring some food for the friendly horses too. Well hidden, the helpful hints were appreciated.

I had already found the required caches before this one was set up, so a quick visit to collect the required info was needed. A nice easy find, the kids grabbed handfuls of grass to feed the horses too.
A nicely constructed cache container, all nice and dry after the months of rain we have had.
TFTC.

Just dropping off a tb.

#425. We had found the other caches in the past, and quickly revisited them for the required information. I managed to have a dyslexic moment when entering the GZ coords into the GPSr, and wound up in a location that kinda matched the hint. A few minutes of searching and rechecked my calculations - I managed to screw up the southing coords which weren't even part of the puzzle! Once I corrected my error and had the correct GZ, we found the cache pretty quickly. The kids didn't have any books on them, but we did trade tb's, SL, TFTC. -tb, -duck, +tb, +ben10 card.

Quick find on a very windy but sunny day. Left a book. TFTC.

A quick find on a caching expedition today to escape the rain in Wellington. A very well set up cache - not often I see a box this big!!! Signed log, TFTC.

4581 Quick find after visiting the two prerequisite caches. What a huge cache, no exchanges made today, as the kids were reluctant to part with their favourites, TFTC

This completes the park for me. TFTC The QEII is now done.

As we had previously visited the 2 caches before this cache was published, it was a good excuse to visit them a second time. A fairly quick hunt getting all the answers to the puzzle before we were off to the final. Nice location. Neat walking under the trees beside the little stream. We were also impressed by the size of the cache! Not often do we find caches this size. Took a little heart, left siesta Donald Duck toy. A very enjoyable and well set up cache - the highlight for our day. Many thanks joandra for the cache.

Did a quick TB/CG exchange

Jr taybee has this own account how am logging this old find under his new Username (Jr taybee) was log as part of taybee team

Thank for the book cache Jr taybee has got a book out of the cache and he can't get this noise out of it Thanks Drop off Geocoin TFTC # 0539

Great to come back around here to a favourite spot and to retrieve the required information. Quick find at GZ, TFTC. Placed TravelJeep.

Had to revisit two long-ago caches to pick up required digits, then a quick find. Cellphone went off just as muggles were passing, but they didn't locate the source Good to see a different reason for a cache!

Found "I'm beached as bro" this morning and sent my parents up to get the number from the Climbing tree.
A quick find once we worked out how to get to the cache.
Nice to see such a big container.
Thanks.

A straightforward find after visiting I'm Beached as Bro, and revisting The Climbing Tree which we had found previously. Found with nzcoozer. TFTC

- Welsh Rugby TB

+ Welsh Rugby Union TB
- Teddy Bear Travels GC

quick find with Bkj97 who was surprised by a nudging horse (or two). No book for me or room to leave one. Dropped off a horsey Geocoin to chat to the very friendly horses. TFTCSL Nice trifecta.

Wow - really friendly horses. Nice find with Little Blue Hen. Nice idea for a three in one. Cheers TFTCSL

Initially found ourselves on the wrong side of the fence but soon worked out a way in. Great cache container. NINO TFTC

This is a great idea for a cache. With a bit of planning I could have saved myself some time. I am glad I didn't though as I enjoyed walking around the park to obtain the information needed. Not surprisingly, the cache contents are in excellent condition.

Awesome cache
- Save the Dolphins GC
+ Kiwi Friend TB

Just dropped by to exchange a GC.

A quick visit to get the numbers from the two caches I had already done. then a quick count and off to find the final. A great idea for a cache I enjoyed doing it. TNLN SL TFTC

#1091. Good idea for book exchange.
- 5 € cent TB
- Punk Rock Orange Mouse Q TB
+ Leepinlzrd Geocoin
TFTC.

A quick find while up here doing work, solved it a while back but this was the first opportunity to go around and pick it up, nice spot for a cache, dropped off # 5 € cent TB for a visit, TFTC TNSL (1647)

I used to live near by so was an easy find for us and was nice to drive by my old house. Did a coin and TB swap

Dropped off Finland GC.

5 books now in cache.

Very enjoyable cache. This is almost a library

took GC and put in a book called chasing vermeer. TFTC

TFTC and the book, chucked in a new zealand author and picked up the GC Falcon of choice to move

Found required information and went for cache. Searched in the wrong location for a while then had a rethink and soon found cache - nice big container with nice big cache. SL left GC was going to take GC already in cache, but left it behind. TFTC

Great cache, thanks. Made swaps, took Yellow Pencils and Deltora Quest, and left Brick Road and Finding Nemo. Also dropped a geocoin.

Dropped Mr Moose GC off to continue his grand tour of Paekakariki.

An enjoyable walk. Not the first here today. . Excellent cache idea.
Pity I didn't have a book with me at the time to swap.
TNLNSL. TFTC. #443

Cool cache. No horses at the fence line today.
TNLNSL T4TC.

Wow, what a adventure. Got the notification an hour after publication, and grabbed the geocaching bag (and the girlfriend! The patience of that wonderful woman....). Out the door at 9.15pm. Already found the two caches necessary, so locating them was no problem. Obtained the numbers, then scooted round to the listed co-ords. Eventually had the final co-ords, and began the hunt. Note to future hunters: read the clue thoroughly, and have a *good* look around! Spotted something after 30 mins of searching with a small torch, but could only access it once I clicked! Worth it all for the FTF at 10.28pm - first cache find of the decade for me!
TNLNSL

Cheers,
Blarghster.

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