Hide and Seek #7 - Mrs keylev (Auckland) Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By keylev on 09-Jan-16. Waypoint GC694YQ

Or for a Sunday morning stroll with geodog and himself and a bit of light caching. This one seems to have lost its log and no sign of remnants lying about. Called the CO and is the spot. I had no replacement with me. Container remains so if youre out to get it please bring some new log paper. TFTC

In Auckland again this weekend with rattll, aiming to reach a significant milestone number of caches to coincide with a significant anniversary for her. After a hold-up to proceedings earlier today (a flat tyre on a campervan is a mission to repair on a Sunday), we finally got underway around Mangere Lagoon and Puketutu.It didn't take us long to spot this one. Extraction was another story! Signed, and returned as found. Tftc!

After waking up this morning to find the campervan had a flat tyre, we spent the rest of the morning organizing AA visits, tow trucks and someone to repair it - such drama for one flat tyre!!!As a result we didn't manage to head out caching until close on 2pm. So we were pretty happy with a haul of 25 caches around the cycle trails here. We'll be back for the others another day. It didn't take too long to spot this one. A bit tricky to get out without tweezers but we got there

I found a container which was probably the Geocache one point or another, and added a log, and then reheat the container as shown in the picture. Thanks for the fun!

This site has been developed with concrete and posts are all gone. Think cache is well gone.

Cache nowhere to be seen. These posts look new so it might need to be replaced!

School holidays and time for a road trip to Auckland to visit family. Just dropped off friends at the airport and finding some nearby caches. As previously noted lots of excavating near GZ but cache all fine. Thanks nziceman for the smiley.

The ridge of fresh diggings made me doubtful but the cache is where it should be . Yay. Tftc

Visiting from Ohio, USA and had a couple of hours to spare after landing at the airport. High stepped through the grass for this one.

Cut grass added to challenge.

easy find, but log wet...

TFTC

TftC

A quick find in the hint place.

There is quite a bit of rubbish around here.

On our last day we made a walk in the evening and did some caches around the water. TFTC!!!
A lot of garbage around the area.

Container has no lid. Log very wet

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

After giving my campervan back I had time ti find some caches.
Also many no find.
Thanks.
Lid missing, Logbook wet

On a flying visit to Akl, but just had to stop off for a cache or two, before heading back to Whangarei.

A nice quick find here, but log was a bit wet, unsurprisingly, and couldn't really sign, so took a photo instead. TFTC

Got the old one out plus lookie lookie cool afternoon caching

Well found

Quick park and grab, replaced lig sheet

Yes I agree with Op44 - bit of an old log and cache. But thanks for another cache along here.

The container and log are like me. Old wearing out frayed around the edges but still functional....just. Thanks.

Container a bit rusty and log definitely seen better days. Tftc

Quick find on our way to a Geocache event nearby. Tftc

Quick easy find. Thanks for the placement and the story

The ease of finding these caches has been great for Lucy and my ego. Thanks!

Another quick find on the geocache route with Hamo today

TFTC

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

Since this was the nutter that suggested that "caching was a really fun activity to do with your kids" and kicked off this whole madness. At the end, the kids aren't here, and i'm grabbing med bottles from under a tree. Thanks Keylev! Fave point for you!

Cache checked

Took the short cut through the bush and soon ended up here. Another nice find and these are probably better to find on foot anyway.

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.

Out today to grab a few caches with Anastriel, and she had already found this one, but kindly stopped so I could grab it as we drove past. I had the cache in hand pretty quick, and the log signed. TFTC #1286

Easy find TFTC

Out and about with the scouts TFTC

Log damaged on this one, was still ok to sign but may need to be replaced
TFTC

Nice and easy parkn grab. Tftc

Day 28 and all is going well on my Te Araroa adventure from cape reinga to bluff.
To day we left down town Auckland at 6am and will end our day at the 33 km mark around the airport somewhere.
And luckily for me a detour and a rest break stop me here so why not pick it up .

Living life one foot steep at a time as i walk from cape reinga to bluff and caching my way home as I walk the
Te Araroa and discover the hidden treasures new Zealand has to offer.
From the beach of the north to the forest and lakes of the south
Blùff here i come
Thanks for the hide

tftc

Easy find tftc

Easy find TFTC

Nice quick find yesterday on the way to the footie...cheers V

Last one for the day. No problem finding. Tftc

Early morning walk.

Nice easy find

On our last day we made a walk in the evening and did some caches around the water. TFTC!!!
A quick and dry find.

Great cache thanks. Lovely morning for a stroll, staying at a hotel nearby. TFTC

TFTC

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Nice quick find, but starting to wish we had a bike - it would have been a lot more fun! TFTC

I was in Auckland for the U2 concert last night, and had some spare time before my flight back home today to go for a walk around the Mangere Lagoon.
A quick find.
*TFTC nziceman #743*

Found dont know how its dif 2

Found it easily.

Another nice and quick find while having midterms.
TFTC and greetings from the north of Germany
4 Hippies

Found with duderino64 and gaoliya! Find #3, tftc.

TFTC

#11613 @0945
In Auckland for meetings for the day. Grabed a few park and grabs near the airport to top up my find numbers for 15 August. Cache easily found. A previous DNF avenged. TFTC.

2 more to go until we complete our MATM!!! TFTC all is well here!

TFTC nice fast find a lot of bike riders out today

Another frowny face replaced with a smile thanks.

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

Our first find on this trip to NZ. Close to where we are staying before heading off campervanning tomorrow. Quick find with good coords and hint. Log a little damp but signable. TFTC keylev

An afternoon walk from the airport to Onehunga. 28 smileys along the way with a few DNFs. Was coming to the end of the nearby 100/100 challenge which meant I had to walk past a few caches with the wrong difficulty/terrain rating. That felt very strange.
This was one of them.

Thank you for the cache!

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

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Find number 5547. I missed this one on my last visit to the area. Swung by and missed the stop so backed up. I waited for a car parked 50m away to leave before quickly jumping in and grabbing the cache. Had just got back in the car when the vehicle came back in the other direction. I was confronted about dumping rubbish. I assured them I was not. Even though I still had and a rubbish bag in the back of my car from the CITO earlier in the day. Nice to see that locals are trying to ensure the area is cleaned up. Thank you for the placement.

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.

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.
#11164 @ 1:35 PM.

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

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

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.

We were starting to power through this series of caches now. It was a succession of, drive to the proximity of GZ, jump out, find the cache, sign the log, replace the log and the cache, then drive off to the next one. This one was no different. it didn't take long to find this one and then we were off to the next.

TFTC

Was nearby today and after a dnf the last time we were here we really wanted if we could turn this blue face yellow.Not sure why we struggled last time a very quick find for us today.

Thanks Mrs Keylev, we like this one!

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Thanks nziceman for another cool find.
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Cache all good, easy find, thanks

Back in Auckland I went a road-tour in the periphery of the city.

Thanks for the cache!

A few posts in the area but only one looks like a Geocacher’s post. Easy find. TFTC.

same as number 5 and 6. TFTC

Out to find a few caches this afternoon while Ms M has a massage.
A quick find and sign.
Road works down the road which doesn’t look promising for the next few.
TFTC

Last find along the road before I turn on the path to head back to the car. Quickly found as well. TFTC.

We found this one not so far from our hotel after arriving at Auckland International Airport.
It was an easy one
TFTC. Comateam.

We made this one harder than it needed to be, found in the end! Tftc

Quick grab. Thanks

Off to Vanuatu for the week. Time to knock off a few quick caches before we need to get to airport.
No problems here.
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

Ttfc

How apt. My last cache for the day and it's dedicated to Mrs Keylev. I couldn't resist a few last park and grabs after my earlier wet walk. This was another one I didn't find last time. The outside was very muddy but the inside was dry. That's again for all your caches in this area It makes airport drop offs and pick ups more fun.

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!
Another quick grab!
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. Unknown cache container Ha Ha. Thanks again keylev.

Cache was a bit wet but easy to find. TFTC

Trying to reverse the DNF of a couple of weeks ago and I did so with a quick find here. Glad the contents were dry, unlike my last find. Thanks for the replacement keylev! Now... how many more of the DNFs can I convert before time runs out on me today?

Number 4 for the night waiting for rehearsal to be finished, then being advised of an hour overrun.... a quick search revealing what I came for.... signed in, then onto the next one. ....

TFTC

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I found it I found it thx

Continuing down the road to this one, I see I had good timing as the CO had just done a maintenance check in the area. ..thanks.

TFTC.

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Out running some maintenance for NZ Iceman so took the opportunity to sign the log. Was present at placement.

Container replaced. Unfortunately I didn't have anything cool like the original to hand so its an eclipse container but its an 'intense' one just like Keylev herself...ha ha. Hint updated. Happy finding.

Gutted I couldn't find this hide named after the CO but, although there were several options at GZ, none revealed anything more than ants. Previous DNFs showing on my limited amount of logs per cache on my GPSr didn't help my resolve to make a find and after some time decided to just forge on to another cache.