Hide and Seek #5 - Mrs HeMaLuDy (Auckland) Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By keylev on 09-Jan-16. Waypoint GC694YE

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.

Hi nziceman

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

No obvious hiding place here, and my gps put gz much too close to the rubbish than I wanted to search.
Then read all of the previous DNFs.

Having a bad day. No luck

No,cache might be missing.
Sorry

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Nope couldnt find it

Niks rien nada niks

Been here twice and no joy. I will return.

This one was a bit trickier than the others down the road but we got there!

Another easy find with Lucy. Thanks. A spot I’ve yet to explore!

Quick find.
Thanks for thd not so stinky cache.

Found while out for a walk before our flight tomorrow to Ozzy. TFTC

What fun TFTC

Cache checked

A not so mad day caching,.. but I certainly benefited! Out with Keylev and NZTravellers again. As they have all gotten most of the caches in this area, it was up to be to play catchup to these 2. They were feeling extremely charitable and I wasn't going to pass the opportunity up. Sure they used me for cache maintenance labour, but as long as I get to sign the logs, I don't very much care

On the maintenance run with CO and only too happy to find these off as we go. TFTC

A little exposed when found, hid a little better in the same spot (less visible)

An early start to head out and make a few finds today whilst mrs c is back to work for the morning. Started out on the awesome Mangere mountain and volcano which is my third visit there and has been a good walk each time. The weather came to play again with scorching hot temperatures. It was a big day for hitting the various caching trails and had around 17kms under my boots before i got home. A trip out to the poo ponds and Ambury Regional Park were also in scope and thanks to all COs for their caches and efforts towards my finds today.

After accidentally passing number 6, Anastriel dropped me off here to grab this one, before heading back to 6. She had already found this so took some time to have a nice cold drink, while I wandered looking confused for a moment. Soon spotted the obvious hide and had the log signed and the cache replaced. TFTC #1289

Could have missed it, thank goodness I didn’t. TFTC

Had trouble on this one but Mr 22 helped and found it out in the open
Laid it low again
TFTC

Second for the day.

Took a while to find but was spotted on way back....Easy after all!

On our last day we made a walk in the evening and did some caches around the water. TFTC!!!
No found.

**11,849**
The dog decided he also need to stretch his legs on this one, so Mrs Geckoh walked him whilst Mr Geckoh made the find. TFTC

No luck here.

We hide, you seek? No the other way round you tell the story and we seek - not so short the story - not so short the... But successful anyway.
TFTC and greetings from the north of Germany
4 Hippies

Ha, listening to mambo number five whilst finding hide and seek number five TFTC!

Tftc!quick and easy find

Found on my travels around the area this afternoon. TFTC!

In Auckland for a few days so only aiming a few caches. Brought my bike up so had to use it on some of these. TFTC

I did not believe it could be there. Thanks for the cache.

Thank you for the cache!

An afternoon walk from the airport to Onehunga. 28 smileys along the way with a few DNFs. This was the last cache for the nearby 100/100 Mystery challenge. Hope I got my maths all right. TFTC

Stayed at the nearby backpackers last night and made a new friend so this morning we went for a walk and I showed her all about geocaching. She can't wait to get home to tell her family about it. TFTC keylev

#8822

Der heutige Tag stand im Sternbild des großen Cachers. Also in etwa wie die letzten Tage. Auf dem großen Spaziergang ging es hier entlang. Nach einiger Suche, manchmal etwas länger, manchmal schneller, haben wir das Logbuch dann schließlich in der Hand gehalten. Strange, that the last cacher (007-Kelkheim) hasn't signed most of the logbooks. No sign, but online log? Just if the owner mind. Thanks a lot for the fun today.

Heute ging es für fazzyOne und mich auf Powertrail-Tour. Unser erster Tag in Auckland stand ganz im Zeichen der Powertrails rund um diese Seen. Bei immer noch bestem Wetter konnten wir doch recht viele Dosen nach meist längerer Suche finden.
Leider scheinen nicht alle Cacher diese Cacherunde so zu würdigen, zumindest steht einer in zwei oder drei Dosen von den über 20, die er geloggt hat. Naja muss ja jeder selber wissen... Danke für diesen schönen Ausflug heute.

Bevor ich die Heimreise antrete war noch Zeit für eine ausgiebige Cachetour in Auckland. TFTC

After traveling along the country in a rental campervan we had to drop it off today…. But shortly before "ending" our lovely journey we just visited some final caches hiden at Greenwood road. Thanks for hiding them here...

Made it to Auckland, New Zealand and am ready to party! These were so darn close to our hotel, we couldn’t resist.

Weather: High cumulus clouds ️
Footwear: Sneakers
Cache condition: Great!
Last found: January 10, 2019

TNLNSL, T4T$;-)
Thanks, nziceman, for taking the time to maintain this cache.
#11166 @ 1:45 PM.

After arriving in New Zealand that morning we had some free time near the airport. So we did an extended walk around the area and found quite a few caches. Sadly this part of our route is in need of an CITO.
TFTC

Heute sind wir von Hong Kong nach auckland geflogen und vom jetlag noch etwas gebeutelt. Trotzdem machen wir uns auf den weg um rund um unser hotel ein paar caches zu suchen und dafür bot sich dieser rundgang mit dem mangere moutain bestens an. TFTC

Out today for an attempt on this series of caches. As we were a part of that fateful trip, we decided that it was time that we went and got these caches. So a plan was hatched to grab them sometime these school holidays, and that day was today.

After we had pulled up close to GZ, we hopped out and started our search for this cache. Well, that was the simplest find that we had so far as the cache was in plain sight right where the co-ordinates said it would be. So, all the formalities were completed and the cache put back, but this time a little more hidden with some natural camo to help hide it.

TFTC

Another great find my the mini chacher - didn’t even need the hint!

This one gave us the most trouble of the 14 or so we found today, it nearly spoiled our run! But 2 stubborn women weren't going to let that happen, finally found, very well hidden by the last cacher, glad to get the smiley here! Tftc

19423Dec 29, 20188:56:41 PM
Made a nice quick stop and go on this one

Thanks nziceman for another cool find.
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Back in Auckland I went a road-tour in the periphery of the city.

Thanks for the cache!

Very dusty road and I am glad I chose Sunday to cache along this road. An easy find. TFTC.

We were glad that this round was almost finished. It is such a pity to have a beautiful park behind but we have to walk on the road in order to find the caches! And with the dirt and dust at the moment it is really not advisable to do it. This box was a quick find again. TFTC

Spotted this one straight away whilst the walk is nearing the end. TFTC.

Very late to log - with apologies.
Trying to catch up so we can achieve our next milestone.
After a trip to Canada, we now have a short trip of the Nth & Sth Islands.
It was a fantastic trip.
TFTC

TFTC.

Beautiful weather, warm and sunny so I used it to make a nice Caching tour about noon team at the airport area. I could find a couple of Caches, most of them were not hard to find. I was glad that I didn't have any DNFs. Great joy!
This was one of the ones which took me a bit longer. Not because the hide was so hard, my phone was heading me to another place. Finally found it.
Thanks for hiding!

On a 24hr mission to Auckland with Philip.Perry and three of my kids started caching at about 3pm getting back to accommodation at 330am then up and back on the road for a xouple of hours before heading home. We decided we had three caches we had to find this mission then the rest was all about getting our numbers up so concentrated on a high cache area. Meet Sethraven just on dusk who helped us on a cache we couldnt find before she headed home so that was great. Really enjoy caching in Auckland at night no traffic and no muggles to get in our way. We only had a few DNF caches for the day which isnt to bad. Thanks to all th CO for the caches.

Had a cheeky Auckland Mission on the cards this weekend - just had to drop the family off in Pukekohe first and then meet up with Davidsonclan. We had a few caches on the list today but mainly this was just a numbers mission. A late start meant we'd be late to finish but 3am isn't too bad. There were some great finds and some grotty finds but cheers to the CO's and those that help maintain their caches. We didn't have any problems here - the cache was found quickly thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward hint. Cheers nziceman, TFTC.

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Out hunting for Hidden Creatures today. Nice new log. Like this trail as log are all clean and dry.

There was a dog walker at GZ with five dogs so decided to wait for her to move on. After 15 minutes she still hadn't moved so decided to go for it. Walked right past her... signed the log and returned the cache and she didn't even notice. TFTC

Maintenance run...log replaced. All good to go here.

Maintenance run with NZIceman. Was there are placement.

enjoying this wee series after finding a few grotty ones.

Continuing down the road filling in time waiting for rehearsal to finish. ... managed to locate this nice and swiftly, enabling me to move to the next. ..

TFTC.

[;P]

Maintenance completed on most of the series...didn't get to this one but will do so in the next couple of days...

Glad this was a nice quick find after my previous DNF! However, the log is full although I did manage to squeeze in my green autograph. Seen a few cars stop and people with dogs get out and I now realise there is a track behind here. Since I am on a cache hunt, investigating the walk is going to have to wait. Still early and hoping I can make some headway to earning a turtle in the Hidden Creatures souvenirs so on to the next hide in the series. Thanks for your efforts keylev!

Found amongst all the empties and rubbish strewn along the road. Tftc

The car was in sight now and the cache eventually came to sight also. Tftc

On the way home from the airport, so Miss & Mr Jacksonz looked here for some hidden creatures. Started at the wrong end so the caches were all on the wrong side of the road, but exercise is good for you eh?

Took a bit of searching but once we stopped being distracted by the rubbish bin, it was found.

Took a bit longer here than it should of but eventually we found the cache and signed the log.

Thanks for this series. An easy find!

This series was hit and miss, at night at least. One found, the next one DNF etc.

Thank you for the cache!

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I arrived in New Zealand and after sleeping off the jetlag, I spent a day mostly geocaching around Auckland. Next day was even more lazy, I only went out in the evening and slowly made my way to the airport. Nice weather, though hot in the sun but chilly when the clouds covered it. Putting the coat on and off all the time ... Love the waterproof paper in film boxes and similar, it's not very common in Europe. Unfortunately mostly just in Auckland area.

Visiting from Dunedin for a couple of days. Taking advantage of a bit of down time before our flight later this afternoon. Log full but found a bit of white paper to sign. Tftc

New log required.

Pleased to find this one when about to give up. TFTC

Found during my radtrip in New Zeeland...

Check!

Another one I'd failed to log earlier. Adding these last two makes the road look a bit fuller of smiles. I didn't think I'd missed that many. TFTC

Excited to find this one as it's named after a co-worker of mine! Nice hide!

Needs new log. This one is pretty full and has seen its better days. Was thinking this would be a nano since it said bring tweezers. Was a nice easy find tftc!

Nice easy find TFTC
Log very full.

A nice and straight forward find. Thanks CO for the cache

Quick find. Nicely hidden. Thanks for the hide

Couldnt resist one more. Hard to sign so took photo. Thanks

Quick find - all ok here
Needs more log paper

Quick find while up in Auckland to go to the Paul McCartney concert on Saturday night and it was awesome. We walked from our motel, rather hot but we managed to get a few caches. Thanks for the cache

Thanks for the caches. Decided rather than head into the CBD to stay in a different part of the city and of course go caching.

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Working my way down the road and aiming to complete the whole street. Nice quick find.

Easy to find. Cache could use a new logsheet, though. Old one is worn and getting full.

Out today for a numbers run today, making an easy find at GZ. TFTC

I stayed in a hotel nearby and had a nice walk in the evening to look for some caches.

Thanks for the cache.
Greetings from Germany.

Another quick spotted hide. TFTC

#8497 @1255
Filling in some time with a few caches on the way to the airport. Quickly found. TFTC.

Cache number 3583. I was up on another visit to the area to clear a few more off. I actually came in from the wrong direction that I intended but this allowed me to park on the correct side of the road. The weather was a little damp and a lot of cyclist going past. Managed to get the cache in between them. This cache did cause me a little trouble. Not the locating of it but the getting my hands on it. In the end I had to resort to a toll to lever. Thank you for the placement.

Another tricky one

Great start for the day all finds so far

tftc for the nice wee hide found with abcdf4 wonted to kill some cachers up there

TFTC! Exciting at night

Another straight forward find. With the log signed we were keen to continue our well-paced drive along this road.
Thanks for the hide.

Stumbled across this one by accident as GPS was slightly awry. TFTC

#1978. Counting down to a big milestone.
Have checked into a motel by the airport ready for an early morning flight.
I hope to celebrate my next milestone in Australia, so need to kill a few more quick caches to reduce my required number in Aus.
I thought this series would be a quick way to clock up some numbers but I ran out of light and ran out of time.
Still managed a few, but I didn't want to get down and muddy in my clean clothes, so had to leave a few.
A quick find here luckily.
Tftc

This small little fellow took longer to find than thought. Looked at the different potential points and also at the dogs running around close by. After a while Fishie2 stepped out of the car and had the cache discovered in seconds. It ca be so easy sometimes.

TFTC

Came here this morning in the pre-dawn darkness to collect a few down this road. Nice quick PnG but even at this early hour, it is such a busy road. TFTC

Sneaky hide here, but good hint and quick find, cheers

Yet again this series comes to my rescue when I need a quick cache to feed the addiction. Tftc