See you later, alligator (Wellington) Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
By DjaliDjinn on 09-Dec-14. Waypoint GC5HM16

The cave has been demolished

Got the coordinates easily and headed round to GZ, but no luck winkling the crocodile out of its cave. Will have to find another multi to complete this weekend's HQ mission.

Quickly solved the coordinates needed and headed to the GZ. As we were looking for it the CO walked by with her dogs and a friend. Nice to meet you TFTC

A most enjoyable and fun multi and well deserving of a FP. Not much parking in the street but plenty in the nearby 'restaurant' in whose premises I also stepped inside for some breakfast. Then off to find the cache, although I got a little distracted in visiting the shop on the corner, how could I possibly walk past without wanting to see what's new, or more likely, whats old! Loved the cats mural on the nearby building too, that is very well done.

TFTC

Such a good one!! Tftc!!

TFTC!

A nice easy multi.

There's a strange occurrence on Google Street View as one steps along the road towards the Alligator mural. Just as you come alongside it, it disappears!

Another mural on this road, on an adjacent wall, shows up on Street View but has already been replaced by cats - Meow!

TFTC!

Getting grubby searching hint area before realising croc was sitting in front of it! Signed log and popped him back in. Thanks for easy multi and cute hide DjaliDjinn.

Found on our caching day in Wellington. First didn't know what the quest means, but when we went to the place it was easy to solve.
Nice idea
TFTC

Solved puzzle just fine but did not find the final hiding spot. Searched two caves but no luck.

Tftc. Good lunchtime stroll.

Out for a lunchtime caching session with easyballs, second time lucky as was looking in totally the wrong place yesterday! TFTC!

Shed some crocodile tears. Tftc!

I love BMD's artwork. Solved the first stage quite a while ago, but didn't have any luck at the final location. Tried again tonight while walking the dog. Pretty much only one place it could possibly be. Despite that I still couldn't see anything. It wasn't until I actually put my hand on the hint object before I made the find. My eyes must be getting old! TFTC!

Easy puzzle to get coordinates, then found cache after a bit of hunting. With mohare09. TFTG.

Found with densione. Tftc

great mural. Took Selesi, Gilgul and I a few minutes to work it out then off to GZ. Initially looking in the wrong place but located and returned between muggles. TFTC & the puzzle

Tried working this one out at home and arrived at the site of the mural and things became clearer After redoig the calculations it was a short trip to GZ and once more we had the cache in hand TFTC

Enjoyed both the anatomy and the puzzle with Selesi and Ulmuslynx. Good having a look at another hidden corner of Wellington. TFTC

My first ever Geocache! Awesome, great spot. Had a lot of fun, cool clues

Another attempt - nobody else was foolish enough to be outside on a day like today, so GZ was muggle free, and the Beastie was found in the first place I looked (I scoped out the area last week and saw a likely cave), though I needed a few moments for my eyes to adjust to the dark of the cave. I wrestled it out of its hiding spot, and only then did i notice it was attached with a leash. Oh well - no harm done; I avoided its bite and the frowns of the OSH people. Excellent condition - TFTC.

Yet another dnf. The site of the mural is where the Wellington College boys hang out at lunchtime. Coordinates easily calculated, but there was a road crew working next to the final so didn't have the opportunity to search.

This one brought me on foot to a part of the city not visited before. A fun multi from start to finish. Took a few moments to sort out how to calculate the final, then I was off. Locating the cache again took me a little while, it needed some thinking like a geocacher, and careful observation. Nice one, thanks DjaliDjinn.

Good find, great hint pro ded

All good.

Fun find proving the alligators really do live in caves. TFTC

Even better to be with the cache hider!

All good at GZ, TFTC

Cache # 2,615 - A nice afternoon for a stroll through a heavily student infested area. Ran into another geocacher at the starting point, but he was busy playing Ingress so didn't join me. Quick solve of the first part, and then explored several caves at the final before locating the cache. Nice little multi. Cache in good shape. TNLNSL. TFTC!

Our first multi cache. A nice little adventure.

Nice hide and early in the morning so low muggle activity. TFTC and morning stroll.

TregearP and I were completing another multi not far from here so took the opportunity to complete this one too.

Nice. Hadn't seen this mural before and soon it all made sense. All in good order at the final.

TNLNSL, & TFTC.

Hmmm. Dark cave.
Thanks

Good job I know a little anatomy. Quickly got my hip bone connected to my knee bone and cords in my hand bone. Hoping the alligator didn't take a bite as I grabbed the cache. A quick sign and off to my next target. Thanks for the cache.

Still had a few minutes to kill so pulled up to obtain the required information, then dashed off to the final. A quick hunt around in the area and soon found the wee beastie. Tamed the little bugger, then released him back into his habitat. TFTC

A nice little multi. Had to pluck up my courage to check if the alligator was home.
TFTC

My first find although it was actually my partner that found it on a dark and rainy evening. Nonetheless I signed the log. Kristin46

Cool artwork, chomped away at the remains until we finally swallowed them whole, hunted down the cache between our jaws, then slowly released it back into the wild….. see you later, alligator, thanks for a fun multi.

We had a few guesses about what we might have to do, but we were well off! Nice puzzle and good final hide. TFTM

A fun multi. A great bit of art work. There should be more of it. Cheers and TFTC

Clever muriel.
Figured things out and off to GZ.
Straightforward find, as expected. Some muggle dodging needed.
Log signed, safely re-hidden.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

There's a lot of new artwork around the city since I was here week after week a couple of years ago. I wasn't sure my counting skills would be up to it here but in the end it wasn't too bad at all. I wouldn't want to be finding this one in the dark. TFTC #6600

A great fun multi! - TFTC

# 152. After completing the spiderweb puzzle cache, thought we would tackle this one. Quicker than I thought it might be, and lots of fun to solve and find. Tftc!

I always like caches that take you to areas that you do not generally venture to. There are some interesting houses in the vicinity. It is a very old part of Wellington. Then amongst all this is unique street art which is worth a visit. TFTC

TB swap

Quickly worked out the co-ords and made our way to GZ where the cache was quickly found by the little bear who was very happy with his find. TFTC

Just arrived back at Wellington airport and wanted to get a cache on the way home.

Found with Princess Emily & Just-Lookin and this was a nice quick find for us.

SL TFTC

This entry was edited by tmann421 on Thursday, 15 January 2015 at 02:04:13 UTC.

Found with tmann421 and Just-Lookin on the way back from the airport after our holiday.

I was tired but tmann and Just-Lookin can't help themselves and keep saying 'just one more okay'.

Was a fun cache though

TFTC

Thanks. Walked over from Thorndon for this one! Dropped off a TB. TFTC.

I had a bit of spare time and happened to be in the area. Found a park and walked over to the croc. Did my sums and walked around the corner to the final. Nice hide.
Surprised to see a empty lot where my "favourite" panel beater used to reside.
Nicely worked multi.
TFTC

Nicely done cache, worth a favourite point No problems obtaining the information and found the cache without any trouble. This must be a very new mural as it's not yet in Google StreetView. Amazing the places and things geocaching takes you to! Signed log, TFTC.

Always exciting to see a new hide pop up on my 'hood! I love BMD's many interesting pieces of street art all around town. Excellent hide, too. TFTC

Solved Thursday, quick look Friday but no raincoat so abandoned the hunt. Collected this morning despite gps dying on us. Busy area even on a Saturday morning.TFTCSL

Nice one. Bkj97 managed to extract it without getting bitten. Nicely themed. Worth a favourite.T4TCSL

Didn't get a chance till last night to follow up alligations of a new cache in this area.

Solved last night but had limited time, had hoped the final might be in the direction I had to go so I could search for it quickly on the way home but it turned out to be in the other direction so I had to wait till tonight.

A bit of a scary day today, I found Dragons Teeth then this one but survived the encounters unscathed!

A few muggles passing by GZ when I arrived, but all quiet once I homed on where the nicely hidden cache was.

TFTC

PS It was a nice coincidence that I met the owner at an event between the times I solved and found this cache - no hints were given, in fact the cache was never mentioned by either of us!

This entry was edited by robnzh on Sunday, 14 December 2014 at 09:34:05 UTC.

This entry was edited by robnzh on Sunday, 14 December 2014 at 09:35:06 UTC.

A cool little city cache in a high muggle area but well situated to retrieve with stealth.

*FTF* - saw this one pop up on my way into the CBD with work. Rain pouring down. Thought there wouldn't be too many mad cachers attempt in this weather.

Quick solve and a short walk to the final. Equally quick find and was greeted with a blank log book. A great hide. Worth a favourite. Now I better get back to work!

TFTC

2TF
No need for crocodile tears today ... Loved wrangling the teeth-gnashing, bone-chomping beast unleashed upon the Basin by my workmate and geopal DjaliDjinn - though geodog Coca wasn't so keen on the swampy conditions. Well worth a favourite point.

This entry was edited by kjwx on Wednesday, 10 December 2014 at 11:00:28 UTC.

#6014. 3TF @ 18:30 and FDF. It was a nice hunt after work, particularly after the rain had eased off somewhat. Great themed cache and we enjoyed the final hide. See you later. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log. Thanks for the cache.

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