A Source of Frustration #1 Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand
By Philip.Perry on 14-Feb-17. Waypoint GC70J82

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.

If the trees are gone I'll need to re-check this one - sorry guys

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Have had this one on the list to get for so long and finally had a chance to get to GZ, only to be thwarted by a multitude of sports people, spectators and a recently changed area. I suspected the cache was gone. Messaged CO for a nudge, and the nudge indicated that my thoughts are correct - 99% sure this one is gone. Yet another source of frustration!

Finally went to pick this up today after solving a while ago. Lucky there is no sport on today so getting a park was easy

We were in the area so while me rattll was running an errand, I shot over to gz for a quick find.
I left one of our homemade rattll coins.
Thanks for setting this up

Was going out for a walk with the dogs and thought I would figure this one out. Had a few GPS issues to start with but then figured it out. A busy day of sports today, challenging not to draw to much attention

Out while it’s not raining we decided to take the dogs and find this find. After Outdoornut22 did all the thinking on this on yesterdays rainy afternoon. A quick easy find once we got the GPS sorted

#3700. Thanks to CO for help solving. Had an appointment nearby so thought I'd have a look for this. Front carpark was very busy with covid testing so parked around the back. Headed to GZ & thought it was going to be hard but a methodical search turned up with the cache. Tftc

Team work solving the puzzle with Kimbathelion and with the help from the CO. Met Kimbathelion at GZ today to find the cache. A good find. TFTC. Front car park busy with covid testing.

The source of frustration came from finding another camp site at another GZ

Out for a caching bike ride this afternoon.
No idea about the hint reference. I even got Ms M to Google it. Apart from thinking that we may have seen the movie we were none the wiser. Miraculously solved the puzzle back home in anticipation of our trip to the Bay. Finally spotted the container. TFTC

I spent the day today concentrating on the T2A-R series of caches by nzkites (in my case, Auckland - Tauranga - Auckland). I got wind (on FB) from the C.O’s that these would be winding down soon, so I set a plan in action and decided today I would complete the series. hence the reason I'm in Tauranga.

The weather has turned bad... very bad! It was dry as when I left Auckland, but now it's going to rain all the way home which it did. Never mind, I got out the brolley and wandered over to GZ, co-ords being spot on, the cache was in the first place I looked. I generally don't like these trees because weta's like them and I don't like be set upon by wetas who like these trees. So my eyes were very watchful. Cache all good here, nice and dry.

I had no issues with the puzzle, not because I understood the hint, that only just came to me as I googled the chap while writing up this log...lol. Don't know when I solved this puzzle, probably during the 1st Auckland lockdown... 4-2020 I suppose??

Thanks for the puzzle P.P. Last cache for today, now I look forward to driving home in the dark, pouring with rain! Joy oh joy.

Skate park was waay too busy still so headed over to this one. Felt clever when I solved this, learning my way through puzzle caches.
At gz there was a little wait for gps to settle and dived straight in noticing a little something out of place. Definitely sneakier the longer its left untouched.

DNF I think we need a movie night to get into Captain Stevens mind for this one. Although we found a tennis ball and foraged for black olives.

A quick pre summer (post Covid) road trip to The Mount (from Wellington) and grabbing a few caches along the way. This was one of them. A beautiful day for a walk. All good here, TFTC.

Lovely stroll and muggles playing sport closeby. Had the GZ all to myself and wasn't long cache in hand. tftc

Down this way for a few days...all good here.
Nice and dry.
Although container was larger than I thought so added some kids toys...

I was in the swing of solving puzzles in the autumn in the UK and this was straightforward. So it was filed away ready for our trip to Tauranga. At GZ an obvious host held the perfect cache which is as dry as a bone with loads of space. Thanks for the puzzle and hide.

It’s a hot day to be out caching in the open like this - but this was solved at home in the uk so we were determined to look for it. Good hide. TFTC

After lunch at the Mount we just had time to call in a grab this one before making our way back to AKL. No problems with finding the cache here - all good at GZ. TFTC.

Great day out around Tauranga, seeing where caching takes us. The weather was really changeable, so we equipped ourselves with suitable layers and a sense of humour, sufficient supplies of food and water, and geocaches loaded onto the GPS. We found some really cool caches between the patches of rain. TFTC!!

Looked again a year later still no luck had the Morgan's help

#17428. Possible should have looked for this when heading towards the mount, but we didn't have too much trouble crossing the main road. Didn't take too long to locate once we'd made the walk to GZ. TFTC.

Found with StreetWalkerNZ on the last day of our four day long weekend trip to Tauranga. We started out early this morning, and with limited time left, we concentrated on solved puzzles and rare cache types.
This was not an instant find as the GPSr dithered about where GZ was, so was pleased when SW found the cache. We decided not to get frustrated by #2 once we saw the structure on which it was hidden. TFTC.

Solved this one some time ago and decided that we would pay a visit on our way home tonight. All quiet at GZ apart from a band practicing nearby (they sure do need to keep practicing!). No frustrations with the find TFTC.

#782 - When I approached GZ I noticed the nearby structure has been taken down, must be renovating. I thought oh not again. haha but luckily was cache was still to be found. TFTC

While visiting from Ohio on the *Viking Orion,* I was able to get out and go on a moderately long geobike ride today using the folding bicycle I brought along on the cruise. I solved this one in my cabin last night and made sure to go by and find it today. Nobody was using the facility nearby so I made the search and find without any trouble at all.

In the Mount for the weekend with KirsTim, and we decided to head out and find some caches near where we were staying. This was a straightforward puzzle and find for us, no worries or frustration here. Thanks for the hide.

Lots of dog walkers no luck today

Solved this a while ago, not too much frustration unlike some of the others. TFTC

Nice little puzzle. I wanted to grab a few mystery type on vacation and this was a quick solve as I've seen them before and even own a puzzle like it. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Utah, USA and South Korea. 캐시 설치해주셔서 감사합니다.

With rebel98 on a weekend of fun around the Mount

I solved the puzzle only a couple of days ago. Loved the hint, as it told me what I needed to do next.

We had considered coming to GZ last night, but decided to leave until today, as it started to pour with rain, time to go home. So I approached the hide with umbrella in hand, just in case the heavens opened.

Luckily the rain stayed away, no muggles about, so where to look? missed on the first pass, but spotted the hide, and turned the find into a smiley. Thanks Philip.Perry for the puzzle and the hide.

This wiped the frustration that i sourced from the 2nd source of frustration. Nice straightforward puzzle and hide. I opted for caching with geodog while mr yodabeach took the kids to the hotpools. Tftc

Went to look for this a couple of weekends ago but there were too many muggles hanging around the area so I had to abandon my search. 'The Mr' went for a look before he started work at 6.30am and found it no problem... no muggles around at that time of the morning. Enjoyed solving this puzzle too!

First one for the day before heading home.It has rain just about all night over here.
Still rain

Tftc for the nice hide found with abcdf4

A quick stop for this one whilst driving past the general area today. Id be meaning to find this one lots of times in the past, but the area just seems to be full of muggles. Today not so, a quick walk and an ultra quick find. All good here - TFTPC!

This was the first mystery cache I solved. My partner and I have driven past this one a few times intending to pick it up, but there have always been muggles nearby. This Friday evening turned out to be a good time to go hunting, and we found it without trouble. Now to find a good time to pick up #2 without being spotted. TFTC.

Wasn't intending to be over this way nor going caching today, but was with family and had a few minutes to spare waiting for a bolt to be fitted in a car. Wandered down to the park with two in tow. One being Whovianlilli and the other her sister. Her sister found it and was excited as it was her first time finding a cache. Left a few tradeables for the next finder as there was none to trade with, i didn't take anything. Solved this months ago but never really stop in the area for anything which made this an adventure. thanks for the lesson in puzzle caches and for the cache

Solved this one 6 months ago in prevision of a trip to Mt Maunganui but didn't end up in this area. we were close today bouncing around and so decided to make a quick trip there. Quick find at GZ, TFTC

We solved this one not long after publication, and as we were bike riding in the area today, thought it was time we found it! The container was bigger than expected and in good condition. Thanks Philip.Perry for the puzzle & cache.

Solved this cache pretty quickly, and while having a quite unsuccessful time nearby, was pleased to get a find. Container was quite easy to spot though, thanks for the mystery

Cache number 3604. This solve was done so long ago I had to revisit the solve to satisfy myself before I completed this log. Frustration is a word that is used when I think about geocaching. Most of the time though it also includes satisfaction. Parked nearby and wandered over to make the find. All quiet at GZ so and a quick find. Thank you for the frustration.

Solved before I came up to the Bay. Up in the Bay of Plenty for a sports reunion and a touch of caching in and around. A quick find as there were only certain places wherre the container could be. All in order. Thanks for the puzzle.

After having no luck at Source of Frustration #2 - it was satisfying to solve the puzzle, and go for a wander round Blake Park to pick up the cache. I do remember another cache near from the CO (something to do with a gate post)... that has long since been archived I guess.

Thanks for this one.

Teamed up with 11hpg11 for the day for a trip over the Kaimais to find a few caches around here. Great company, really good caches & some lovely mid-winter sunshine made for a fab day out. Enjoyed the puzzle & the find, with a nice walk to GZ today. Cache all good, TFTC

In Papamoa/Tauranga today to collect some caches and boost some numbers. Teamed up with Kiwis69 and we had a wonderful coffee before a nice drive over the Kaimais. A great day to be out and about after all that rain, the sun was shining, not many muggles and some lovely company.

No frustrations here, think this was the quickest I have solved a Tga puzzle! No worries with the find either, a few looks and it was soon spotted. Thanks for the puzzle and the hide.

Solved this many moons ago (cant even remember how now). Driving lesson with no2 son out to the skate ramp, it was a good excuse to go pick this up with Max.

The find was well placed, but the container was full of water. As I was in no hurry to go anywhere and Max was happy exploring I sat down, dried the container out on my shirt first and let the sun do the rest. Even though the bag had been left open, the log book seemed quite dry, so no problem there.

Spent a bit of time exploring the vast sports grounds afterwards. Its a great place for a cache.

Thanks Philip for a suspiciously easy but frustrating themed cache.

TFTC

P.S. I added a fav point, I've got loads to spare!

It was a bit of a frustrating morning but we still managed to tick off some caches. T4tc

Tried to find the original puzzle but was archived before we could find it so was nice to come back today and pick this one up. Many thanks

As a bit of a rookie it took me a wee bit to figure out what I needed to do to solve this puzzle...ended up googling some random things and finding instructions on how to do it on another cache page! Lucky. Very cool puzzle and a quick find, unlike the other one in this area! This was our first find of a long day of caching, about 30 finds all up. Thanks

Had a great day searching for some caches in the area with Sarahbee20. We had prepared/researched a few of the more puzzling ones previously and set to work - this was our first, and one that we had tried for a few months ago with no luck. But steely eyed SB20 was certainly on form today and we went straight to the mark. Tftc.

Took a look at this puzzle last night and winkled out the coords more easily than expected. We remember doing another puzzle around here. Walked to GZ this afternoon, and found the hide with no Frustration at all. Just how we like it, thanks. (And just as well, because we had no idea what the hint meant, even after googling). TFTC.

11.30am - Have had the solve for this a little while. With my grand daughter today and a park nearby thought we would go find. Area was deserted and soon found cache hide. Now off to find some swings. SLTFTC

With nerweed and an assortment of family members... It's hard to cache when you are a passenger in someone else's car... And especially when they have an agenda for the day. We had to take whatever caching opportunities came our way.

We pushed our luck with this one... We asked our driver to stop for a few minutes and took off in the direction of ground zone. It didn't take too long to have the cache sorted, and then a swift walk back to the waiting car. Liked this puzzle, and remember its predecessor. TFTP and TFTC.

This was a nice wee puzzle, thank you Philip.Perry - it had a real sense of Deja Vu about it. Any new Tauranga caches are much appreciated, especially the puzzles to keep us on our toes. Plenty of action nearby - but nice and easy at GZ. Took the ***'Yellowtone National Park / Lower Falls*** TB to move on.

I'ts been a while and as other plans had been disrupted due to rain it was time to catch up on all those logs, this being but one of about 250 of them.

Another trip in the company of HKCB and we were over this way after having to change our previous plans for a big days tramping so better to be close to town clearing out a few we hadn't got before. Working through the caches around Welcome Bay so that another clear spot appears on the map. Must say we are enjoying the darkness in the morning so that we can get into the area while others are still asleep
A nice and quiet spot as we continued our journey along the Mount before starting to work our way around, up and over it.

Thanks for the cache thanks for the placement

Another weekend mission with C&D, we initially had a plan to go hiking in Kauaeranga Valley, but the road had been washed out and access was by foot only, and both of us didn't feel like added 10km to a 20km hike. So plan B was to head over to Tauranga and focus on the caches on the Mount and the new Night Caches and anything else that was nearby.

This one was much easier to find than the other frustration cache so no frustration with this hide. Left a TB for the next finder.

Stopped by on our way to the event thos afternoon nice quick find. Thanks Philip.Perry

Funnily enough, I hadn't noticed until logging now that one of my own travel bugs was supposed to be in the cache today - sadly it wasn't so I guess I'll log it as missing. Such a pity that would have been fun. Anyway, nice quick solve and a walk in the rain to GZ to collect. I didn't have much luck today to be honest so I'll take what finds I can. Thanks for placing and maintaining the cache.

Enjoyed the puzzle a nice basic one but good for caches starting to do puzzles and older ones as well . Nice stroll to the gz - nice and quiet here today, it can get very busy with different sports. My gps said I was close but which one . Didn't take to long to spot it and do the deed and leave unnoticed. TFTC.

Quick puzzle and a nice, big cache. A bit of a stretch if you're not an orangutan. Took a TB and dropped a TB. TFTC.

Published

Yay, thanks to a new app I've changed to, because of the old GC one about to shut down, I managed to solve within a minute. Woohoo!! Came out this arvo and overthought GZ for a wee while m, went back to basics and the Woop moment happened, even after researching the hint(photo attached. Haha). Many Thanks Phillip.

The wines over-rode the alerts and this morning I opened the mystery cache with trepidation, but was relieved when I read it. My new computer requires me to "open in Internet explorer" so that I can delve into the depths. Even more relief when I spotted the nicely hidden co-ordinates. After finding Frustration #2, we wandered off to quickly locate the bucket of goodies. Yes, you must be frustrated, I can remember several caches that have been hidden around here. Thanks for the great distraction today Philip.Perry!!!

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2TF!!! @ 10.30am
We had places to be people to see this morning but a couple of new ones couldn't be left so we dealt with our frustration, well half of it anyway...... puzzle was a good one (quick solve is a good solve.......) That movie looks like a goodie, might have to see if its on net flix.........
TNLN TFTC

Had a few probs with this ....could not use the iPad cranked up the pc and soon had a clear view through the heavy eyes where to go and soon had a solution to the crafty we puzzle ....off for a search the tree provided welcome shade ....but where had he placed it ....put the Garmin on auto pilot and the great co ords soon allowed me to have the log in hand and signed thanks Philip Perry for a clever puzzle and great placement

Dropped off TB

Oh yea. Now for a quick look for the other on tftc

Solved but there doesn't seem much point in shooting out in the middle of the night. I'll save this one for a workday evening.

Dropping a 'First to Find Geo Award' TB