River Roads #14 - Wye Street (Wellington) Island Bay, North Island, New Zealand
By
TharnTheHalkan on 06-Jul-16. Waypoint GC6N1GG
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Logs
What a tricky wee cache but perfect hint and description. Waved to a local watching from their window too! TFTC.
Coordinates changed from:S 41 20.495 E 174 45.872Coordinates changed to:S 41 20.437 E 174 45.890Distance from original: 364.3 feet or 111.0 meters.Moved to a new position more than 161m from mystery cache on Severn Street, as instructed.
Whoops - I was operating off a third party app which hadn't refreshed in a few days and didn't realise this was disabled until finally getting around to logging a full day's caching just now. Managed to find it no issue and sign the log, glad to rectify a sad face and finally complete the full River Roads set (along with the puzzle final).
As there has been no response to the email I sent on 12 June I am disabling this cache as it has been moved too close to the final location of a puzzle cache, so will need to be moved. Details are in the email.If the cache is not relocated with 30 days, it will be archived.RegardsTheCoddiwompler
Coordinates changed from:S 41 20.453 E 174 45.872Coordinates changed to:S 41 20.495 E 174 45.872Distance from original: 255.7 feet or 77.9 meters.The cache keeps disappearing from the previous location as the natural cover that previously hid it has gone. The new location is less likely to suffer from this.
The cache kept disappearing from the previous location as the natural cover that previously hid it has gone, so coordinates have been updated. A new container is now in place.
Does look like a freshly renovated area, nothing that matches the clue. Might need a look from CO? A shame as it was the last of the river series for me!
Really enjoying this series on such a lovely day, even if it does bring out the muggles as well!Thanks for this cache, such a cute container
Visiting a few rivers today, another quick find. Nearly finished the series, started accidentally quite some time ago.
Could see GZ from quite a distance. What I would also see was a tradie van parked right beside it. Even worse, it was actually just a short distance behind it, so the driver was looking STRAIGHT at GZ. For some lucky reason (no idea Wye) they moved just as I got to GZ so a safe stealthy find. TFTC
Day 2 of soggy impromptu cache hunting with LL113, slightly less soggy, somewhat more humid
Sunday caching mission with GeoHubby. A quick find at GZ. Cache in good condition, nice and dry inside. TFTC.
A quick recycling stop at the local landfill, then spotted this one i could do on the way home. A nice and easy park and grab.
TFTC.
TFTC.
Had a whole day planned with Mycro Man that included some caching, the mini golf, some lunch and some pokemon go. Last few caches of the day. At GZ a lady in the house right by the cache ended up speak to us saying that she's seen lots of people looking around there but had no idea what they were looking for (hopefully not drugs). We explained a bit about caching to her and showed her the cache which made her much happier. T4TC
Great 7th find of the day! The bag was ripped but the paper was still there and fine TFTC
As I was working my way across the suburb I realized this cache was a only a short detour. After accidentally parking closer than I had intended I used the hint to make sure I could just bowl up and pluck the cache from its hide without standing around in full view of several houses. The proximity of my car meant I could return there to sign it which was handy because a muggle then proceeded to amble up the street, past me and around the corner. A very slow progression through this series and indeed I only picked off this one today. TFTC.
After finding a few others in this series close by Demainiac and I turned our focus to finding this one. After parking conveniently close I went to make the find only to find that this one was trickier to get at than I thought due to its extra strong 'natural force'. However, after making a return trip to the car to get an appropriate 'TOTT', I soon had the cache in hand. The cache is holding up well. So the log book has been signed and the cache is nicely back in its spot all ready for the next geo-hunter. Thanks heaps for taking the time to set up this cache. I appreciate your efforts in doing so. TFTC!
Found in the dark after discovering that GC is logging lab caches on the wrong date and so trying to mess up my streak. Rotters.
River Wye? Never been there (apart from here). Only ever managed to tour London. Would love to go back sometime, if ever Covid can get dealt to.
River Wye? Never been there (apart from here). Only ever managed to tour London. Would love to go back sometime, if ever Covid can get dealt to.
TwigNZ suggested a caching roadtrip to Wellington with Mar1sa, which sounded like an excellent day out of the house! - a novel idea considering that I'm still Working from Home...
The downside of this plan is that the first cache was 2+hrs from home which meant a much earlier start than I am otherwise used to.
We had an excellent trip, and Wellington really turned on the sunshine for us - Twig's "solar panel" definitely got some exposure
This was a tricky retrieve.
The resident of the house underlooking GZ was on his porch and we were exposed to this sightlines. We managed to bore him to sleep with talk of utility poles, and we signed and replaced the log.
The tag on the host amused us [attached], as these signs usually only get erected after someone nominates themselves for a Darwin Award...
Log was signed as Team MET (or just MET depending on log space) for Mar1sa, EtherLord and TwigNZ.
The downside of this plan is that the first cache was 2+hrs from home which meant a much earlier start than I am otherwise used to.
We had an excellent trip, and Wellington really turned on the sunshine for us - Twig's "solar panel" definitely got some exposure
This was a tricky retrieve.
The resident of the house underlooking GZ was on his porch and we were exposed to this sightlines. We managed to bore him to sleep with talk of utility poles, and we signed and replaced the log.
The tag on the host amused us [attached], as these signs usually only get erected after someone nominates themselves for a Darwin Award...
Log was signed as Team MET (or just MET depending on log space) for Mar1sa, EtherLord and TwigNZ.
My day started at at 5.15am with a goal of caching down in wellington with Twignz and Etherlord Clan, the weather was amazing and we ended up with a few finds under our belt finished the day around 9pm and the shower and bed never felt so good as it did that night.
thanks for placing the caches and bringing us to the locations we visited. - sorry about the copy and paste logs
thanks for placing the caches and bringing us to the locations we visited. - sorry about the copy and paste logs
What a fantastic day to be out and about in the Capital (read Target-rich environment lol!) with a couple of great geo-friends. You just can't beat Wellington on a good day, and this certainly was one. Note to self: Time to start wearing caps again!
Part of our discussion on our journey down was centered around what our joint logging name would be for today, with the final choice being Team M.E.T (or sometimes just MET depending on log space) for Mar1sa, Etherlord and TwigNZ.
The River Road Series was actually the reason we chose to spend the day in and around Island Bay. By the time we headed off home we would have found all bar 1 of them as part of our 40+ haul for today. Once I had found somewhere near to park, we were taken straight to the hide location and there found the cache quickly thanks to the Hint.
The hardest part was trying to extract the cache with a Muggle sitting on his deck close by, but the 3 of us were able to have some loud conversations about the state of electrical poles which obviously bored him enough to look away long enough for cache retrieval. With the log quickly signed, the whole pantomime was repeated just so that we could replace the cache as found.
Thanks for placing this cache.
Part of our discussion on our journey down was centered around what our joint logging name would be for today, with the final choice being Team M.E.T (or sometimes just MET depending on log space) for Mar1sa, Etherlord and TwigNZ.
The River Road Series was actually the reason we chose to spend the day in and around Island Bay. By the time we headed off home we would have found all bar 1 of them as part of our 40+ haul for today. Once I had found somewhere near to park, we were taken straight to the hide location and there found the cache quickly thanks to the Hint.
The hardest part was trying to extract the cache with a Muggle sitting on his deck close by, but the 3 of us were able to have some loud conversations about the state of electrical poles which obviously bored him enough to look away long enough for cache retrieval. With the log quickly signed, the whole pantomime was repeated just so that we could replace the cache as found.
Thanks for placing this cache.
Found with @peadub while out biking on a beautiful sunny day. Had a bit of difficulty pulling the cache out but managed to retrieve without dropping. Signed log and replaced where found. TFTC
TFTC! Cache seems quite old and was pretty much rusted shut. managed to pry the lid off so should be easier for the next person!
A few caches ago I had a message from my son to say his arrangements for the day had been cancelled and did I want to "hang out". There's an offer I can't refuse so my plans for caching my way to the airprot have also been cancelled. So I'm off back into town to spend some time with my son. Last cache for this trip. TFTC # 13,821
#70 - again for a shorties like me and my partner, was definitely not head height lol. Partner had to boost me up
Last one of the series I attempted. Finding the cache was easy, the walk up the hall was not.
We are visiting from Toronto ON Canada to spend 25 days with our daughter who lives in Wellington NZ. We have planned a driving tour of both the north island and the south Island. Quick stop at GZ. Found at 2:50 PM. Thank you TharnTheHalkan for placing and maintaining this cache.
In the area this evening so before heading home thought I'd award myself with a cache or two. Second cache for the night. Quickly found using a torch but then had a struggle to actually remove the cache from its spot. It had been wedged in tight. Eventually extracted it and took it back to the car and some light.
The lid has lost its hinge and is only held on by clicking it in place. Also the protective bag had a big hole in it. Couldn't do anything about the container (suggestion to CO - might pay to replace container so the number in lid stays, if lid falls off, number gone) but I could replace the bag with a new one from my ready-to-go geocache repair kit.
With the log signed and back into a new zip bag, cache was returned to spot but not wedged in.
TFTC and the information about the rivers. I'll have to continue the series next time I make it out this side of town. Time to head for home.
The lid has lost its hinge and is only held on by clicking it in place. Also the protective bag had a big hole in it. Couldn't do anything about the container (suggestion to CO - might pay to replace container so the number in lid stays, if lid falls off, number gone) but I could replace the bag with a new one from my ready-to-go geocache repair kit.
With the log signed and back into a new zip bag, cache was returned to spot but not wedged in.
TFTC and the information about the rivers. I'll have to continue the series next time I make it out this side of town. Time to head for home.
Good co-ords so quickly found. Had some trouble retrieving the cache as the last person had pushed it in too far. Thanks for the cache, that's one more in the river series ticked off.
Another nice Wellington day to wander 'round the suburbs caching. Twelfth one in this series for me, and a quick find. All is safe and dry TFTC.
Quick park and grab as we neared the end of the series. TFTC 
found with MisComBoBulator.
found with MisComBoBulator.