Logs for Susiedog 

"Marawhara Memories Piha" now back and upgraded and restocked, has a travel bug in ready to be carried to a new location. Hope we didn't inconvenience any fellow cachers while we did maintenance. 

Cache temporally unavailable for owner maintenance. 

lovely walk glad we went there tftc 

We were invited to contact if we had queries but as we have had no reply to 2 emails sent to Greensprout we have no option but to archive this cache.Hopefully if the notice is ever restored we will redo 

really enjoyed the tramp to the falls.We were unable to get to GZ it was too difficult getting up the rock wall We had our fit 18 year old grand daughter with us, and she found it hard getting up the last rock wall .The Gps was all over the place so she was not able to find cache.Im sure we would have found it had we been able to get up the last rock wall. It is one of the more difficult ones we have done, mainly because if you dont walk up the stream bed ,bush crashing is not that easy. anyway enjoyed the challenge, TFTC 

Unfortunately the Powers that be have removed the sign where you will work out the co-ordinates, not sure why they have done this, but will endeavour to find out as it was an interesting sign to read of local history. Hopefully we can restore at a later date
3 Nov 2010
Have made enquires about the missing sign, apparently was damaged and has been removed to be repaired.All money has been frozen while the new city sorts itself out, but it will be returned. At that stage we will reinstate the cache

This entry was edited by Susiedog on Wednesday, 03 November 2010 at 01:47:50. 

great walk around the lake,lovely views.Found the cache easily.Unfortunately the cache is very wet,it was very difficult to write on the very wet paper.

TFTC 

placed Silver Fern Geocoin in cache for grand daughter Kaley 

good hiding place, easily found. It is disapointing that some people are not replacing things taken or not replacing like for like.TNLN TFTC 

easy find pencil has broken lead.TFTC 

beautiful day to walk along the beach Found it quickly great place TFTC put geocoin in 

put this in our cache situated at Piha Beach West Coast North Island New Zealand. Hopefully will be moved along soon 

very pleasant walk on nice track.grand children very competitive to find first.Easy find TFTC jandal travel bug in 

nice little side walk, easy find TFTC nothing in nothing out 

nice easy find. Muggles dont seem to notice what you are doing, there were heaps around but no one appeared interested in what we were doing. TFTC 

dropped off Pukeko Jandal. Hope it doesnt stay there long 

have added TB 

nice walk, although the bush is suffering badly with the lack of rain. cache easily found alhough not good gps coverage accurate to about 19m. cache was damp. plastic bag had popped open so we replaced it with a zip lock, hopefully may stay dry.
word of warning to dog owners and children, we discovered piles of a creamy substance at the edge of track at base of trees, every 10 metres or so.We checked with the appropriate people and they said it wasnt there yesterday and they didnt put anything down.
Could be the work of a dog hater who knows, but the ranger was going to call pollution people to go see if they can identify. In the mean time be vigilant. it may be nothing but it definetely had been put there.TFTC. Droped off TB Bad Andy 

solved the first part of puzzle quite easily, but not able to finish it, in spite of 2 trips out there.Without giving the clues away,we have decided things have changed in the last year, so we were not able to get the correct coordinates.Would be interested to see if anyone else has had a problem. It appears no one has done it for a year. 

What a great place and lovely views.We loved the inscription on the memorial. Cache was one of the best we have found with its contents, thank you. Took travel bug and did some swaps TFTC 

Great look out nice easy find TFTC 

We went in from the Huia Road end of the Farley track, not sure why we did it that way, but it certainly turned out to be quite a walk.Looking at the map the Parau track there and back would be the shortest by far, anyway a great challenge accomplished, Great place for a cache,and the Castle good talking point. The cache was easily found so we covered it so it wasnt so obvious to muggles
TFTC 

Thanks for giving us the challenge to walk this track again after 20 or more years. A good cardio work out for sure 600 + stairs for the whole track there and back. There were muggles around but generally we find they dont take any notice of what you are doing. Took Jandal Travel bug put in KIwi Sliver fern Geo Also bracelet 

Good cardio workout, quite tough on a hot day. We counted 600 + steps there and back. Unfortunately not able to fill in log as I thought I had forgotten pencil. Found one in my pocket when I got back to the car. I will put a pencil in when I return to fill in log as Im sure it will fit in. TFTC 

Thanks for reinstating the cache. Didn't start out too well, found we had left the copy at home so didn't have the clues.fortunately able to call another geacacher who was able to read us the clues, so all was well. Once we had the correct co ords was a quick find. Our GPS was accurate to 2 metres which made it easy. A good spot to hide cache, and a very enjoyable walk. The second time in 3 weeks for us. TFTC 

enjoyed the walk.Easy find with the photos.thanks for the opportunity to walk where we havent been for ages.TN put in travel bug Tftc 

A great walk down to the dam with lovely views. Unfortunately due to extensive alterations to the dam we were unable to to complete the cache as some of the information required from an information board was not there.Hope it will be able to be restored in the future, because it is a great place for a cache and a good walk to it 

What a huge amount of effort went into this very clever cache. Thanks so much. A very enjoyable day had with the Blackman family. We miscalculated the domes for the Meer cats which threw our final co-ordinates out, so we had to get a bit of help. Made it in the end, very challenging and enjoyable.It seems that the zoo staff havent a clue what it is all about which is a bit of a pity.Never seen so many people at the zoo, but basically muggles dont even take any notice of what you are doing.TFTC 

what an interesting well hidden place. Had a bit of trouble finding the entrance.Loved the names beside the native trees. Unfortunately the stream bed was totally dry.Great place for a cache. thanks 

great walk beside the stream,some very nice trees including Plums and Figs.No trouble finding cache. TFTC
 

tha.nk you for taking us to a very interesting historical site.Dropped off travel turtle. TFTC 

Very lovely spot with plenty of oportunity to swim great waterfall.cache found easily although GPS only accurate to 20 metresTFTC 

puzzle was great, took awhile though.
Easy find even though we forgot to take the clue.Cache was very wet, tipped the water out but probably needs to be dried.TFTC 

this one doesnt get visited much but hopefully some one will move Geo along 

This was a clever hide .With the only thing in sight ,the lone pine not the spot. However we were very glad to find a nest with baby birds chirping away in the hollow tree. We rebuilt the" stone wall below "that seemed to have scattered .TFTC 

Great concept it fooled the adults but not a 6 year old Looking forward to more engineering caches TFTC 

A good walk for a cold day a good puff for our hot one. Easy find with good clue ,but steep for the kids A great view to catch your breath before the return climb .TFTC 

Very pleasant walk along the beach, nice spot.Quitye a clever hiding place as there were 2 possiblities. Took Bad Andy Geo, left TB Green frog 

Quite overgrown area,, but was nice to smell the hint of summer in the plants.Found cache quite easily,in good order exchanged 2 items. No TBs or Geos there TFTC 

Unfortunately we wernt able to appreciate the spot because the wind was very cold and strong.Cache easily found didnt take any thing. TFTC 

What a loverly spot, on a beautiful beach. The grandchildren were so happy to find Lord of the Rings Geo Coin Great cache with nice things TFTC 

Very lovely spot, found the cache very quickly, although the co-ords werent very accurate,must depend on satelite coverage. 

very pretty setting in the park. Very quick find TFTC 

nice easy walk to the site.Kids found cache easily, great contents, nice to have a NZ theme.Took key ring, left one of my hand made dolphins. TFTC 

took a bit of searching,but in spite of lots of muggles because of where it is hidden able to not be observed, Great view of fishing spots but would rather be out there 

found onour way to Coromandel.TFTC 

Well done Julian. Great spot to sit and watch the busy wharf. Cache well hidden FTF 

interesting place, found cache quite easily in good order.didnt take anything,It is shame that we do not respect our beaches the rubbish is unbelievable.We try to do our bit by picking up bags of rubbish about 4 x a week.We all need to be aware of what the rubbish is doing to our oceans, and do our bit to help keep them clean. 

really enjoyed the quite steep walk up. Very Happy to find 3 variety of native orchids on the way up. Our GPS died when we reached the top,but was still able to find cache quite easily.The wind had made it fall, but put it back.TFTC 

Found it very easily on way back from Coromandel, lots of Muggles coming in from fishing but not a problem. TFTC