Conduit Of The Pines (Auckland) Glendowie, North Island, New Zealand
By
sww on 19-Jan-07. Waypoint GC10F3M
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Hi sww
This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).
I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.
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TheCoddiwompler
This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).
I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.
Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.
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TheCoddiwompler
Found the conduit but too much garbage - didn’t want to rummage around too much in it! Unfortunately no luck with the Cache
We found the spot and thought we had a good idea of where it would be but unfortunately couldn’t find it. It sounds like it should have been easier than we made it. Like many others we took a much easier route out than in. The kids had great fun getting to this one, even if we didn’t find it.
We found the concrete conduit, but there was dumped mattresses, broken chairs and some paraphenalia. Looks like someone has repurposed this spot.
No luck, but there is a LOT of rubbish (and muggle activity) around GZ, so who knows - looked in all the obvious places - maybe it's been muggle-ized?
Harder to find than originally thought, but a lovely walk through the bush & cool woodchime along the way. Thanks a cache in a very plesant setting
Here I definitively choose the wrong entrance. Later on I noticed that could have had it much easier 
. Many thanks for the cache
redfeger
. Many thanks for the cacheredfeger
Caching today with TheMexikiwi and making the most of the summer sun at the same time.
Took a couple of goes to find the best way in (too early to think straight) and the cache was soon found in a likely looking place when we got to GZ.
Nice spot - TFTC
Took a couple of goes to find the best way in (too early to think straight) and the cache was soon found in a likely looking place when we got to GZ.
Nice spot - TFTC
Fantastic place. My niece has gone to the school nearby and didn’t know this cache.
One of the most peaceful and restless geocache spots, especially on a hot day, most convenient seat amongst the pine tree roots. I could have a nap but alas, there are many caches beckoning and so I must be on my way.
Relatively straightforward find once we worked out the easiest way in from the bottom.
Just a small walk this afternoon so decided to come and check out this lovely reserve and collect all the caches around here.Another great little area which we sat and chilled out a bit after finding this well hiden cache didnt really need the hint for this one its exactly where we would hide it too.
Came here for the second time, this time with my husband- and he found it, yay!
Came in from the wrong direction, but carried on around the higher ground past the stream before something clearly caught my attention, and quick find after that, TFTC
Use the hint and work down from the top. Thank you Howard and Kath from Manchester UK
Couldn’t find this one at all, ended up smashing my phone screen and falling into a creek. Bit all over by mosquitos and when I was within 5m of it there was a massive bush in the way covered in undergrowth so if it was in there, there was no way inside!
Uff the get there was a challenge and GPS was bouncing a bit. After few crossing points found it. TFTC
Approached this one from the completely wrong direction which caused us some confusion. Once we got to the right part it was a quick find. Many mosquitoes were happy that night (except for a few... heh heh)
Well, that was certainly an adventure. We approached the cache from the wrong side, had to wade through almost knee high weeds, and jump over a stream and all that. Tftc 
Orienteering in Churchill Park this evening and once finished, checked for any local caches to find this one located near the finish. GPS was a bit jumpy under the trees but after initially being in the wrong place widened my search to make the find. TFTC
Nice and easy find. Nice boost of confidence as I usually take a long time to find them. This one took less that a minute
We went to Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium with the kids today. Afterwards we got our favourite cake, ate it at the beach and were in the best mood to check out some caches around. But no luck with this one. The smartphone announced we were 15 cm apart from the cache, but still couldn't find it, though we did find some nice possible hides. Maybe too much ground cover to be combed through . Maybe we'll come back in winter.
Great find and great goe cache. Bit boggy nearby...not great in jandals but heaps of fun!
I'd received a message from cats & dragons asking if I wanted to do a mission a few weeks ago - he wanted to clean out some new caches in an area he'd cleaned out a few years ago. I'd shrugged and said "sure, but could I have a rain check as I was overseas" at the time.
I arrived back in the country on Monday, and so he had the adventure planned for the following Saturday. I said I'd be happy to start early, as long as it was my early not his - so we negotiated a 4am pick up The good thing was we left Auckland at about 2pm, so was home at a reasonable time.
The good thing about these trips? he has all the caches logged into the GPS, and he gave me a print out, so I could mark them off
Driving on our way up to Auckland towards the Mt Wellington area I had to laugh - he had some of my friends caches, and even one of mine on the list.
I have to admit I didn't know this park existed. C&D had one hre to collect, and I decided as this one was less than 200m from the car I needed to collect it too. so into across the mushy grass I headed, and then down the leaf strewn bank. Cache itself was easy to find. looking around I realised I;d taken the hard track down, and there was a far easier way to get out of the gully!
I arrived back in the country on Monday, and so he had the adventure planned for the following Saturday. I said I'd be happy to start early, as long as it was my early not his - so we negotiated a 4am pick up
The good thing was we left Auckland at about 2pm, so was home at a reasonable time.The good thing about these trips? he has all the caches logged into the GPS, and he gave me a print out, so I could mark them off
Driving on our way up to Auckland towards the Mt Wellington area I had to laugh - he had some of my friends caches, and even one of mine on the list.
I have to admit I didn't know this park existed. C&D had one hre to collect, and I decided as this one was less than 200m from the car I needed to collect it too. so into across the mushy grass I headed, and then down the leaf strewn bank. Cache itself was easy to find. looking around I realised I;d taken the hard track down, and there was a far easier way to get out of the gully!
After failing to find this over a year ago, I returned today and this time made a super quick find. GZ looked so different to last time, a lot less wandering jew and other ground covers that I am now wondering if I had the correct gz last time! Never mind, I've turned my frown upside down
Great spot but couldn't find cache. Found half a pen so wonder if it's been removed.
With a few hours to kill whilst Miss Davieland was at her gymnastics class, it was a perfect time to be outside in the sun collecting caches. Nice quick find. TFTC.
heading back to the car after finding a container big enough to drop a TB.. cause rising hunger meant it was time to stop caching... saw this one on the way back.. closer to the car then the one we had been to ..so we best detour ont he way back... didnt understand the clue cause i thought that applied to electrical.. turns out its this kind too... first instinct was within but it was cleverer...
Spent way too long her. I'm sure I was in the correct spot.
I'll try again with more eyes.
Tfth
I'll try again with more eyes.
Tfth
I went bush bashing sooner than I should have so had an interesting yomp to GZ. Found to correct conduit eventually with its well hidden cache nearby. TFTC
Cool little spot here. GZ was easily accessible and I saw the conduit right away. Container was spotted quickly too, as it was a bit uncovered. Signed the log and replaced in the same spot, adding just a bit more camouflage to disguise it a bit better. Thanks for the cache!
Back again and found it straight away this time... I can't believe I missed it last time around - but then again if I'd actually paid attention to the title I probably would have found it then!
I covered it with some more natural camo before putting the other natural camo back on top, just in case someone knocks the top camo off. #169
I covered it with some more natural camo before putting the other natural camo back on top, just in case someone knocks the top camo off. #169
Thanks for introducing me to a cool little part of Churchill Park that I'd never been into before. I followed the trails down to the bottom and decided I'd found what the hint was talking about, even though the GPS was telling me it was about 30 metres away. After a quick poke around, I noticed someone in a house looking out, so decided to leave and try again from the top this time.
I soon found what was indicated by the hint, but didn't manage to find the cache, despite looking in all sorts of likely spots and many "one last looks". Re-reading the cache name now, I know I need to go back and take another look sometime soon.
I soon found what was indicated by the hint, but didn't manage to find the cache, despite looking in all sorts of likely spots and many "one last looks". Re-reading the cache name now, I know I need to go back and take another look sometime soon.
Didn't look for more than 20 minutes but couldn't find it. Found the conduit and had a look around with no luck. I'll have to come back again!
Good fun but we went the hard way to find it and my butt still remembers it... Slippery path... TFTC
We teamed up with CachedUpDRs to find this cache.
A trek over the sodden grass led us to the grove of Pines. After trying to figure out where GZ may be (iPhone positioning under trees is never the best), we read the hint and suddenly the cache name made sense. We looked around and found some rubbish but no cache. We read the logs for inspiration but were discouraged that there were so many DNFs. We were about to give up when we read some older logs that indicated covered in pines. Sure enough there it was as the hint suggests.
K found it first.
A trek over the sodden grass led us to the grove of Pines. After trying to figure out where GZ may be (iPhone positioning under trees is never the best), we read the hint and suddenly the cache name made sense. We looked around and found some rubbish but no cache. We read the logs for inspiration but were discouraged that there were so many DNFs. We were about to give up when we read some older logs that indicated covered in pines. Sure enough there it was as the hint suggests.
K found it first.
No luck for us today. The hint didn't help much either as the only thing that matched it was about 10m out from where GZ should be. Had a good look all over but there were too many possibilities and it was a little like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Sweet baby geniuses we found it after an hour of searching and were giving up as we found it haha, also a tonne of rubbish but we cleaned it all up,
Sweet baby geniuses we found it after an hour of searching and were giving up as we found it haha, also a tonne of rubbish but we cleaned it all up,
Unfortunately couldn't find today. Lots of rubbish but no cache. Will come back another time
Yaaaay we found it. Took us a while as we were looking in the wrong spot.
Have fun!
Have fun!
The second one today. This we did not find. Even the hint would not help, so at some point we stopped looking.
Zig zaged about a little before lock on. I also found 2x containers but will only claim one. LOL. Tftc
I seemed to be on the right path, but then had to bash the last 15m. The cache was quite exposed and missing the lid. The log was also gone, so I improvised a replacement. I rehid in a netter spot, right next to where I found it, but out of sight. CO needs to check this one. TFTC.
