Honey Bee Cross (Bay of Plenty) Paengaroa, North Island, New Zealand
By Lion Fish on 13-Jul-13. Waypoint GC4G0K5

Yeah solved and found!

Nanniekerr solved and we found on our trip

Cracked this crossword this afternoon, so swung in to grab on the way home.Found with Reschedule

Worked out this one on our way through to Tauranga! Bit of confusion on the solve but we worked our way backwards and got the solve! Kre8ive and I swung in very late (midnight) to secure and log this one. Tftc!

Our North Island Roadtrip from Whangarei to complete Tahi & Rua of the NZ Geotour - Day Twelve.

This was a quick find at GZ when we were passing by. Thanks for the great puzzle. TFGC

With the Geotour coming to and end soon Yvettetb and I decided to go on a road trip to collect Tahi and Rua. Of course I had some puzzles at various places to collect and a few special types were added to the list too.

Today's plan was to get a few caches around Rotorua with high favourite points. We then wanted to head up to Tauranga via a few PWGT caches. As it turned out we only got one cache in Rotorua this morning as it was drizzling so we headed north to avoid the rain.

By the time we got here it was fine again. This puzzle I'd solved in Oct 2020. My son had worked as a bee keeper but had moved on to another job by the time I did this puzzle. Glad to sign it off today. Thanks for the cache

Nice quick find cache all good

Looked for this over a year ago but had been rushed (and not having a good run tbh). Finally returned today for a relatively quick find. Enjoyed the puzzle aswell...learnt plenty!

Today is the day, regardless of the rain, that McJandals and I are doing the Papamia to Paengaroa Trail. Carried on to Paengaroa for lunch.
Cheers

It's my Mega weekend road trip! This is day six and I'm off to Whakatane via Rotorua and the GC45 tribute. Will expand on my logs, post photos, qualifying caches for challenges, etc. When I get home. TFTC

Sincere relatively recently while planning my road trip as I would be passing through here. Found quickly but a bit of a struggle to get in due to the general wetness of the morning.

25 January 2022 7:23 am Find #4818

#10,620. I am staying at my sisters place for a couple of days in Rotorua. After a drive to Kawerau to pick up the PWGT cache, I had to decide whether to head back to Rotorua via the lakes or along the coast road (via Paengaroa) as I had promised to buy pizzas for tea at my sisters place. Noticed the Adventure lab at Matata so that decided the path. I had solved this puzzle a few weeks ago. It was a fun crossword in theme. Google was my friend for a few of the answers. Soon had the coordinates. I parked nearby and started the search. Took a minute or two for my eyes to spy the little fella. Signed the logbook and returned everything as found. Thanks Lion Fish for hiding it here. Now to drive back to Rotorua.

Joint effort to solve this one

First time visiting this location. Quiet being a public holiday so cache soon in hand. Tftc

Joint effort to solve this with Buzzy bee. Was getting dark so took a few minutes to locate the cache. Tftc

I arrived with my snail shell and parked it up at Papamoa Beach for a few days so that I could sign off a few solved puzzles and any trads that get in the way.

This is one that I had solved 5 years ago so it is past time that it was got off my to-do list.

Cheers for the cache.

Solved this one Yonkers ago and finally was going past to find and sign the log. Thanks!

New Zealand entered Level 2 (Covid-19) on Thursday 15 May 2020, and it is now considered safe to resume geocaching in New Zealand. Wishing you all happy & safe geocaching.

Covid-19: have decided to disable our caches until it is safe to resume geocaching.

#786 - On my way to Waihau Bay to pick up the lil guy who's been away visiting the grandparents for some of the school holidays. I'm trying to get all the caches that I always drive past!
I liked this puzzle it was a good one to solve once I got on the right website
i was drove through early morning so no one was around yet, made this one easier to find. TFTC

Thanks so much Lion Fish for bringing me here!
I love all the Bee Info as where I work they have a private beehive on their roof...
Plus they poo on my car front window!
Cheers...pleased I had a pointy paper clip to get into the cache!

Stopped by on our way down to the Mega Event in Wellington, and replaced the cache (bison) the lid/cap was indeed stuck. All good now, and ready for the next puzzle-solver... happy puzzle solving & caching everyone!

I solved the puzzle years ago and happened to be driving past so stopped here to tick this one off. Found cache quickly, using the hint. However i couldn’t open the container so will send photo to co, hopefully that will be accepted as a find! Thanks for the puzzle and cache.

An interesting Puzzle to solve and so good to visit for coffee and sign off today thx for smilie. very hard to open .

Tftc for the nice wee hide found with abcdf4

Nice wee hide great shop

Solved the mystery with CeeVee. Learned a lot about bees in the process. Good quiz, thank you

Solved puzzle last night, so in the morning on my way back to Hastings I stopped to find cache. With the excellent hit cache was soon found. I had to wait a couple of minutes before I could retrieve and sign log as muggles were close by. Gave FP as I enjoyed doing the puzzle. Cheers

We stayed the night in Paengaroa in town at the free campsite. Yesterday night we discovered this puzzle on the map. I copied the puzzle with the hand on a sheet of paper and started to solve it. It went pretty well and soon we got the final coords.
This morning after breakfast we went to GZ. It was a quick find. After signing the logbook we did a tour in the factory nearby. We can really recommend. It is informative and cheap. And a good bad weather option.
Thanks for showing! Tftc

Puzzle relatively easy once you find the correct link to the answers but with a slight calculation error I couldn't get a green tick on Geochecker. A quick message to the CO and I saw my mistake.
Finally managed to get here to sign the log after flying back from Queensland and brrr it's much colder here!

Bit of a mission to find until Mrs Billelle’s eagle eyes spotted the cache and she had completed the puzzle as well
TFTC

We solved this puzzle back home in anticipation of a trip down here for Easter and enjoyed the simplicity of it and learning a few things about our bee friends. Arrived at the suitable GZ and while Mrs Tuolei went shopping at the nearby retail outlet (and made a couple of "finds" of her own) Mr Tuolei looked for the cache. In the end I got a bit confused about interpreting the hint (goodness knows how, but there you go) and was still looking on Mrs Tuolei's return. The error of my way was pointed out and the cache found shortly thereafter. Thanks for the cache, all good here.

Loved the puzzle awesome easy find!
Heading back from Rotorua after doing some final wedding plans

Thank goodness for Auntie Google... learnt a few new things about bees thanks to this puzzle. Cache was at exact location I was expecting

Spotted this cache earlier in the afternoon but had to come back as there was a lot of muggles watching. Later in the evening was able to retrieve and sign log.

this was on my back to rotorua being christmas day the area was lovely and quite, thanks for the puzzle and placement.

Nice little find thanks to lucypear. Took abit of muscle to open glad we did this at night

Last stop on the way back to Whakatane after a day of chasing waterfalls and an evening of christmas light trails. Fun puzzle to solve, who knew there was so much to learn about honeybees?! Glad we found the cache on the way home when no one was around.. I can imagine it would be pretty busy during the day!

Cache number 3456. I had done the solve some time ago but had not been in the area in order to make the find. I was passing so decided to grab it. After parking I walked over to GZ. Spotted the cache and soon had it in hand. As I was not easily able to extract the log I went back to the car for a tool. This done it was back to replace. I had just got back to the car when muggle car entered the premises. Thank you for the placement and the new information.

Woke up early this morning and decided to complete some puzzles. I have learnt a lot about honeybees this morning. Many thanks Lion Fish. Cheers.

Puzzle was a very interesting solve. Knew we were in the right spot as we drove up. TFTC

Solved this a while ago but there were far too many muggles the last time. Finally got it today. TFTC

Great puzzle and qyick find as I was out this waym TFTC.

Nice

The cross was quite tricky for me! After some time finally solved and the catch itself was easy then. Thank you!

Solved this months ago but never quite got here to log. Beautiful day for caching today. Thanks Lionfish.

This has been on my to get list for a long time....solved many moons back...great mystry cache realy enjoyed it and not over stressful thanks Lionfish for great cache

TFTC

#11910. Good to be able to find another Troodle-solved puzzle on out trip north. We felt very exposed searching at GZ. TFTC.

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.
We stopped off to buy an ice cream so had a wander to GZ while eating it. Lots of interesting facts about the honey bee and an appropriate location for the final. Appreciated the hint as it was a bit muggly when we stopped by. TFTC.

Thanks Lionfish, that was an interesting cache

I solved this puzzle ages ago, but had trouble understanding how to put the new coords into the app on my iPhone. Thanks for your help with this Lionfish. Was out Paengaroa way today so took the opportunity to pick this up. Nice quick find. TFTC Pleased to reach this milestone today #150

a very pleasant start to a very nice day of caching

GPS took us straight to it

Solved this one ages ago, a nice simple puzzle and a quick park and grab to start the day off.
Was funny seeing Philips name but it's something I found quite often today.
Thanks for the puzzle and cache lionfish and glad I didn't need any help for this one.
TFTC

I've had this one on the 'to do' list for a while but had never really gotten around to it.


Decided to clean up this side of the bay - we made short work of this one leading to a nice park and grab. We found the cache more exposed then it needed to be so hopefully that doesn't cause any muggle trouble - and the log was wet. The water proof paper was quickly dried on my leg but the seal was intact so I'm unsure how the water got in.




I really enjoyed this one - a straight forward puzzle cache with a cool theme. Cheers Lion Fish.

Thanks to mobile internet we were able to solve the crossword while parked on the side of the road. Headed off to GZ and made a quick find. Thanks.

Out and about enjoying the sunshine while finding a few specific caches towards a challenge we are working on.
Enjoyable puzzle and interesting info gained while completing the research TFTC.

Solved the puzzle a rather long time ago, and finally ventured out this way to find the cache - guessed it would be in this area somewhere. Had a good look and eventually came up with the goods.

Thanks Lionfish

Solved this one a while ago and had the opportunity when passing through today to complete the paperwork. TFTC, #7671

In the area today for Top Schools held just down the road. Make a quick dash down to the GZ area and started our search. We had just remembered that a few days ago the hint had been update. Made a quick PAF / T(text)AF to confirm. As we turned around there was the cache
Thanks Lion Fish... Cool Hide !!

SLTFTC

Cache moved about 5 metres, to what we think will be a slightly better spot. Puzzle, Geochecker & Hint all updated accordingly. Anyone who has previously solved the puzzle should be able to find the cache if they use the new "hint".

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

Today was the first planned trip for the new year in the company of Zorgon to collect as many caches as we could between the north end of Lake Rotorua, to Pukehina and back to Te Puke.
We finally made it to the coast and now for something a bit different. Will admit to Zorgon having solved this one and soon located
thanks for the placement

Nice puzzle and well hidden. I never would have found it without the clue. Thanks for the cache!

Sign log and cache in good order See taybee Log as we did it at the same Time
TFTC log by Gsak

easy find here we did the puzzle about a year ago thanks
Sign log and cache in good order TFTC log by Gsak

Thanks Lion Fish for the cool puzzle. Hopefully we can find it next week on a caching trip.

Solved this some time ago but the first time we have been in the area to pick up the smiley. Many thanks for the puzzle and of course the cache.

Hmm.. worked out the puzzle over breakfast and then arrived at the location around lunchtime.. Was always warned to stay away from these as a kid, so wasn't super keen to retrieve in case of a fairly painful..sting?

Quick sign and away again. Thanks for the cache...

Found on our 2nd attempt after being foiled over a year ago. Very clever this one. The hint helped. TFTC.

Solved the puzzle a while ago, but since it's be a few months since I was last down this way I haven't been able to attempt a find. Passing through tonight, and needed to stop to let the Geohound stretch his legs, so timed it nicely with a find.

Took a few minutes to locate, but once I worked out what I was looking for I quickly found it. Great hide, and learnt something new about bees when doing the crossword, so double bonus. TFTC, worth a fav point from me.

Collected with GAP.

7.40pm - Solved this along time ago, but was unable to get due to construction going on at site and muggles about. This time a quick find in the dark. SLTFTC

We love honey and bees, had a buzz completing the cross word too, nice hide, many thanks for the cache.

My 11 year and I solved this puzzle together and we stopped on our way to Papamoa to collect the prize no one at GZ when we got there so was a quick find sign and return. Thanks lion fish .

Thanks for another puzzle cache. We really love the puzzles and it was great to find this one on our route today.

Lovely!

Tftc

Loved the challenge of the crossword, loved the camouflage TFTC

Solved this one shortly after publication. In Te Puke today so quickly decided we'd head this way for another cache or two. Quickly made the find and signed the log. Checked out the establishment before moving on. TFTPC!

#5044. Mrs h solved the puzzle. Mr h found the cache. The nearby facilities had just closed for the day, but the car park was still open for a park and grab. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Another enjoyable solve, an interesting subject and I leaned a bit along the way, how cool is that? Sure beats beating your brains out on some cryptic nightmare.

Many thanks Lion Fish, I thoroughly enjoyed your puzzles this weekend.

This entry was edited by ADV on Wednesday, 04 December 2013 at 23:09:25 UTC.

We were coming this way so picked it up all good. TFTC

Checked on progress today. Roadworks are very close to finished, and facilities have reopened to the public. 'Lighthouse' TB visited - on our way home to Tauranga from Napier.

We were in the area, so drove by to check out progress ... landscaping etc is still underway - a big project indeed... barriers are still in place, although it might be possible to gain access when the workers aren't there. We'll continue to monitor, and thank you for your patience.

I thought I would have another look at this one on the way home - late Sunday afternoon. Fence still up but couple good openings - so becaude it was so quiet in the area I went in and found cache and signed the log. I enjoyed the puzzle and cache - work is getting done and will hopefully be finished soon. TFTC

Called in at GZ on our way back to Tauranga from Napier... road construction in the vicinity is still in progress.

The construction area in the vicinity of GZ has moved... cache is unable to be accessed at the present time.

Was a tricky crossword. Solved and easy find at GZ. I think this is the type of cache i need to find at papamoa but haven't got it yet.

The crossword took longer than hoped but finally stumbled onto the right site which provided the answers to the hard questions. The rest was plain sailing,thanks guys I enjoyed it.

Found this the other day but must have forgotten to log it. Sneaky hide. TFTC.

Did the crossword last night and as Mrs WoodyNZ is a long time worker bee in that hive of industry, she took the time at afternoon smoko to buzz out to locate that particular nectar laden flower. TFTC.

Lots of "Nouvelles Observations sur Les Abeilles" according to our helping hand Wikipedia as we enjoyed the puzzle, thank you.
And today instead of making a beeline home from lunch in Whakatane, we did the scenic route to collect our honey-smilie, thank you for that too --- lots of sweet fun

Loved the challenge of this one...easy once you get everything worked out, and you learn a bit too...about bees that is.

After a hard day at the office, we bundled the grandchildren into the car and popped out after dark to find the cache. They both fell asleep before we arrived at GZ so they missed the thrill of the hunt. Coordinates took us to a likely looking hideout, so we made a beeline to it, and sure enough something caught the eye. There was no hive of activity at GZ tonight to delay the retrieve or replace, so we were off to the big M for some eats in double quick time. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache.

Spent the last two afternoons at school listening to the intricacies of Solo Taxonomy... What an overload! Secretly, I had my iPhone locked on this cache page while also surfing for answers. From a distance, I must have looked quite studious... in reality, I was a million miles away. Loved this puzzle concept and had the answer figured out pretty quickly.

Had three children to entertain today, so we decided to head to the beach for lunch and a walk on the sand. Didn't bring the gps so resorted to the iPhone... which sent us in one direction, but within clear view of workers. I didn't think the cache would be hidden so obviously, so we searched a few items before the kids started to lose interest. In the end, we called the Spiderhouse help-desk for a clue and had the cache sorted in no time. Enjoyed working on this one. TFTP and TFTC.

It was a great day out. Too good to be doing ironing and indoor paperwork. Spent the morning Cuppa over the puzzle and with a small transposition of digits, we were the first to get the red cross on the geochecker. That must be worth something. So. Got on the road and parked next to GZ. Sneaky critter was this one. But in between passing bee workers, found it and buzzed off.

Thanks Lion Fish. A good one.

Mr nzkites had a quick look at the puzzle last night and then got some help from Mrs nzkites and quickly had it finished. Then a lovely clear morning and we were faced with doing some work indoors or going for a drive in the country to find a few caches. We made the difficult decision and off we went. Quick find at GZ and pleased to see a blank log sheet . It was good to get a FTF on a puzzle cache, our first one so far. Thanks Lion Fish for the puzzle and the cache.

Noticed this new puzzle pop up on the screen this morning. Puzzle now solved, but unlikely to pick up the cache any time soon. Thanks for this new addition.

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