Logs for Richard2008Julia 

22-May-21
Axis Horizontal (Wellington)
Tftc, easy ride and trying to find the remaining caches in the area. 
 
Lake Kohangapiripiri (Wellington)
Tftc in this beautiful spot! We returned to try and find the rest of the caches in the area. 
 
Now Here's a Funny Story... (Wellington)
Bit of a sadistic cache. Know where it is, but didn't take bring a machete. 
 
Pencarrow Head (Wellington)
Found it and didn't lose too much blood rummaging in the gorse! 
 
Smiling Smurf (Pencarrow)
Tftc, nice place for a cache, not too hard to find. 
 
Welly Climbs: Pencarrow Heads (Wellington)
No luck finding this one! 
 
Welly Climbs: Pencarrow Heads (Wellington)
Can't find this. It's not where the clue says. 
 
01-Mar-21
Beware of Trolls
Had to walk back and forward a few times but then figured it out. Tftc. 
 
Boundary Gate Corner (Nelson/Marlborough)
Tftc! Slippy and scrambling for sure. 
 
Boundary Gate Corner (Nelson/Marlborough)
Scramble City here on dry eroded slippy side. Tftc. 
 
Final Countdown
Walked up and down while finding GPS but eventually got there once we spotted the sign. Tftc. 
 
Inward Bound Water
Tftc! Gps not accurate here, but common sense found it. 
 
Iwituaroa (Nelson/Marlborough)
Tricky but found it once we realised it was a micro cache. Tftc. 
 
Momorangi Views
Crafty one was found from a different place then what we anticipated. 
 
Momorangi Views
Crafty one was not where we initially searched. 
 
Outward Boundary
Fun easy cache and nice to explore off the main road. Tftc. 
 
Punga View
That was a challenging one!! We were thrown by how many likely spots there were. Tftc. Beautiful spot too. 
 
Weta Warren (Nelson/Marlborough)
Found it. What a lovely camping spot. Beautiful old trees to admire too. Tftc. 
 
06-Jan-21
A birds eye view (Manawatu)
Tftc. Found on a beautiful walk to a new area we haven't been before, staying at makoura Lodge close by. The lookout near here is spectacular and the chair a nice respite from the climbing. 
 
Bridging the Mangahuia (Manawatu)
Beautiful bridge with stunning views. What a gem and a great cache spot! 
 
Gate's way to Rangiwahia (manawatu)
Ending the hike on a high by finding this cleverly positioned cache. Clever! 
 
Rangiwahia hut (Manawatu)
Amazing hike in an undiscovered area for us. Bit of a scramble but one of the most scenic finds for a while. 
 
Ruahine (Manawatu)
Found, difficult as you haf yo go off of the path to find it. Great walk. Tftc. 
 
Ruahine Ramble (Manawatu)
Lovely walk, nice cache, easy find. Tftc. 
 
07-Sep-20
Breathtaking Views in Jacks Point | Otago
Found but not where we expected. It was 4m off the coordinates. Was in an illogical out in the open place so we put it back in the rightful place. 
 
Hanging Around a Beach Side Lawn (Otago)
We were staying nearby on a wonderful weekend in Queenstown. Easy find on the day we headed back home. Tftc. 
 
Jacks Cave (Central Otago)
Nice wee find, in a stunning spot. Tftc! 
 
06-Sep-20
Great Scott! (Central Otago)
Nice easy cache in beautiful gardens. Tftc! 
 
Lady of The Lake (Central Otago)
Found with help from the hints. Tftc! 
 
Remarkable View (Central Otago)
Found on a gruelling long hike into town from Frankton! Rained, rainbows, snow on mountains, all good cos we scored a cache. Smile 
 
05-Sep-20
Glenorchy Wharf Shed (Central Otago)
Found on a wonderful snowy excursion driving around glenorchy! 
 
13-Jul-20
Auckland Tourist Caches! - Mangere Mt
Found on a trip to Auckland. Very tricky. 
 
Coast to Coast (Waitemata)
Easy find on a glorious walk around Auckland waterfront. Tftc. 
 
Farming Tanks (Auckland)
Easy fun find on a beautiful sunny weekend in Auckland. Nice views. 
 
Mangere Mountain I (Auckland)
Found while on a weekend away in Auckland. Nice easy find. 
 
Where theres a Will theres a Wheel or 2
Found on a weekend in Auckland. Very tiny cache! 
 
12-Jul-20
Another lookout, even has a seat!
It looks like the area where the cache was hidden has been redone... New posts etc and fresh earth. Suspect it has gone for good. 
 
Goats 4
No reception and couldn't find the stump. Gave up. Sad 
 
Goats Trail 3?
Found after a nice day exploring the area. Easy find. Tftc. 
 
11-Jul-20
Goat Island.
Suspect the cache is long gone. 
 
Goat Trail-1 and Marine Centre
Spot looks super obvious but cache isn't there. Suspect it's gone. 
 
Goats Trail-2
Easy find on a day exploring Matakana and leigh. Tftc. 
 
KiwiCoastalCaches - Good On You 'ARC' (Auckland)
Found on a wonderful day exploring from Matakana. Easy find. 
 
KiwiCoastalCaches - Wreck of The Phoenix (Auckland
Found on a wonderful day exploring the area from Matakana. Easy cache on a scenic walk. So nice to feel the sunshine on our skins after months of wet, windy and cold weather. 
 
13-Jun-20
Two Takahe Guardians
Found while on a grey cold day. Great fun introducing a friend and her two children to geocaching! 
 
24-Feb-20
Cross Creek Crapper (Wairarapa)
Found it while doing the Remutaka Cycle trail and Hutt River trail from Featherston to Petone. Always fun to cycle and pick up a couple of caches along the way. This one was a little tricky but Richard found it super quick! TFTC! 
 
Incline Summit Rimutuka (Wellington)
Not obvious at all! And again required a bit of a bush bash with all the gorse and bramble around atm. But was a satisfying find after almost giving up! TFTC. 
 
Pipe Dream (Wellington)
We couldn't figure this one out... lots of potential candidates and couldn't see where it would fit. Oh well... 
 
X Creek. (Waiarapa)
Slightly tricky find as there were a few potential candidates and this required a bit of a bushbash in the gorse. Got it though! TFTC! 
 
07-Feb-20
Trail head
Found while on the Te Ara Ahi cycle trail today. This was our favourite part of the trail with the riding being so much fun here. Easy, fun cache. Tftc!