Jailhouse (Auckland) Paremoremo, North Island, New Zealand
By Icutoo on 06-Feb-07. Waypoint GC10T28

As this cache has been out of action for too long, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Growly Bear
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CO long gone, no find for a year, bin it

not sure where macks found it but .. is it really there.. turned the place up side down - and there has been a number of fallen trees at the base of a giant ..time for a look CO

did Macks.. take it with them..we turned the place inside out and over and over... founds some interesting stuff but not a cache... time for a look perhaps CO?

Had a good look twice..with two other caching mates. Between us the eyes are pretty good..but nothing to be found. Loved the spot though..Beautiful giants!

This cache had not been found for a while and we looked and searched a lot. Anyway we had a good time in the bush:-)

This entry was edited by Natoratia on Saturday, 12 July 2014 at 22:51:25 UTC.

Bit late too log found a few months back

We had a quick look around the most obvious places, but decided not to spend too long given the last 2 DNFs. No luck for us either.

Searched but didn't find today. Lost interest when I got stung three times from either a wasp or hornet. Not pleasant. Next time maybe. TFTC.

Searched all the "Biggies" in the area for quite a while, and searched again after coming back from finding the other one further up the trail. No luck i'm afraid, found a lot of obvious places but obviously I didn't look hard enough. Oh well there is always another day.

Cobwebs confirm that it has been a little while since this cache was last disturbed!

Great walk thru the bush spoilt it bu going OVER the hill instead of across the creek, found in the end
TFTC

Tried this from the village but couldn't find a good way across the river, so drove back around and found the track entrance. A nice walk and a quick find. Camera in the cache was out of film and wet. TFTC

Thanks

This entry was edited by Reveurs on Monday, 06 August 2012 at 08:03:43 UTC.

First time out this way. Very impressed with how tidy and well kept the village appeared. Great walk in the bush, but took a bit of searching to find the cache.

Out today with stretch.kerr to do the Puppy Powertrail and this cache seemed like a good leg stretcher before we started. Not sure if we were supposed to park in the village, but we made our way across a paddock and over a stream to the track. Once we arrived at GZ, we searched for awhile before we found the cache as we werent sure about the hint. Thanks for a nicely hidden cache in an area ive never been to before! TFTC!

Nice find on way back to car. TFTC

Silicon sachets dont seem to be sucking up any moisture, was definatly damp

No working pen or pencil

Found it, great bush with nice nikau palms and tall timber

Nice easy one for our second geocache. Log is still a little damp but OK.

Just love these bush walk caches. Took a wee while to find as there were a few 'biggies' around GZ and not very good GPS reception under the tree cover. TFTC.

Tane's nephew. Log too wet to write in.tftc

Nice easy walk to this one. Log book a bit damp so couldn't sign this time. TFTC.

nice Walk

Good walking area. Took a while to find this cache. Log pretty wet TFTC

A nice and easy find on a gorgeous autumn day, the GPS showed 2 m - had a look here then there and - yep here it was.The log is a bit damp, but managed to scribble my name on it.
Thanks for bringing us here
TNLNSL TFTC

#939 A nice walk. Took a while to locate, however were rewarded in the end. SL. TFTC.

{ At 11:15 NZDT. Nice pleasant walk with 3yd old Grand daughter, incorporating playing "poo sticks" from the bridge. Nice easy find although readings were a bit variable at times. Took hair-tie but left bouncy ball.
Took TB " An alternative to Royal Mail" TFTC ]

Fairly easy find. Logbook quite damp. The nearby giant makes a really good seat TFTC

Kept to the straight and narrow, thus avoiding incarceration.
No goats on duty today.
The wooden screw must have turned a blind eye as we grabbed the contraband, without being spotted.

Great location

Very nice hiding place and a lovely walk.

Out: bracelet, bike brooch, TB
In: spinning top, batteries

TFTC

Nice simple cache. Cheers

2.50pm.Nice piece of bush, enjoyed the walk. There are several giants around here so took a few moments of scratching around before being rewarded with the goods.
Added a toy car and a bicycle brooch and also a TB. Took a comb - should come in useful.
TFTC
[8d] M&P.

Great cache and a fantastic hike. The disposable camera is out of photos (Great idea though!!) and the log book is a bit damp, but otherwise fantastic. We exchanged a soft koala, leaving behind a parrot and a monkey. Good one!!

what a great spot. loved the walk through the bush, fresh from a wetting earlier in the day. tftc

Found, not sure of date but logged in book. Enjoyed this park. TFTC

MADE THE MOST OF A FANTASTIC EVENING TO KNOCK THIS ONE OFF-GREAT WALK-TFTC

Needs a good drying out and maybe new logbook.

It was raining as we headed up the track. Having checked the GPS'r 182m off I then just walked along enjoyung the bush and forgot about looking at the GPSr. Noticed a spot that would make a good place to put a cache, but still carried on behind rest of party. It was n't until we were 25m passed that I checked the co-ords, whoops the good place to put a cache - had a cache. We decided to carry on to the next and pick it up on way back. Had no trouble finding, infact the last log is from a family that had accidentaly found it. Unfortunally they had also left the logbook bag open and the camera & logbook were very damp. Put in 3 bags of silica and sealed. Son's girlfriend swapped a glass flower with a braclet. Took photo of Girlfriend and her friend. TFTC

Co-ords were a bit out for us. Did not see the "giant" initially but once I turned the corner there they were. TFTC

Cords where a bit out for me, but the hide was pretty obvious once I was near. Thanks.

And another locked away. T4tc

a very nice walk indeed! thanks for a nice end to a day caching in new territory

Good find while out doing a few caches without the Jnr Samy's!
TFTF

[This entry was edited by samy! on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 5:20:00 PM.]

Nice easy walk indeed - at least as far as this cache!

On our way to the other cache in this reserve, we got the ah ha feeling that we had just passed a cache and on the way back, sure enough we were right . Maybe when you have completed a few you can start to sniff them out like a good tracker dog. Great hide T4TC.

A very picturesque native bush walk beside a pretty stream. Got close to GZ and one of us did a short bush-bash off the track - but soon beat a hasty retreat being stung twice on the way by angry wasps! Walked on a few metres and then noticed the clue items, though GPS was having problems under the trees. The initial search failed to find the cache (regular size after all!), so we decided to go on to the second cache on the track. Had a better look on the return journey and were soon rewarded by cache in hand. Very nicely hidden. Thanks for taking us on this lovely walk.

# 236

Did the two down this way today. Found this one after a brief search. Contents are a bit damp. Nice walk. TFTC

TFTC, a bit dubious about heading off into the bush because as we parked there was a man in a car with the motor running not far from the prison. Decided we came all this way so we'd give it a go, turned out he was waiting for his girlfriend!!!

Late logging
1st trip to this area after being told there was a prison here so thought
i would check it out and a cache as well.
It was dark by the time i got to the cache and the torch was going dim
but found the cache after a bit of a search.
Great walk and good to see somewhere new.
TFTC and walk
Jim

Out in this area on the bike with Roel so got the two caches around here. GPS was a bit out so reverted to the clue to get it. TFTC

toke: glas sea star
gave: kiwi magnet
pcked up: travel bug

Got this on the way to the "hotel". Was a bit difficuilt as coverage was bad. Had to use the clue altough which "G***T" was unexpected

TNLNTFTC
Cheers

Nice quick find. left cross TB. TN. TFTC.

Well hidden - it took us a while to find it and we had to go back for a second go. GPS doesn't like being in the bush! TFTC TNLN

Yes, it is still there alright. Nice hide. Great reserve. Must explore it further. Left HMH for another occasion. Etrex did well on the MTB. TPLN (Took Pic, Left Nothing). Thanks a lot!

was there today with Skweak on our wild goose chase. Suggest the cache coords and clue be checked

Hunted for ages, prehaps the clue needs to change, and the co-ords were, well I dunno, we hunted for about an hour in all the logical places and didnt find anything......

Nothing found on the initial search but after a bit of a think went straight to it. Impressive guardian.
TNLNSL, TFTC

easily found after widening my search.Nicely hidden. cache was a bit wet, dried best as I could, logbook ok though. Took pics left nothing,thanks for the effort!

#828
Found after a 10min search, GPSr was useless, was in the process of redeeming a PAF credit, when Mrs. Y found it. Nice hide.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Co-ords weren't doing much for me today, so used the clue for a quick find. From here, onto HM. Hotel.

TNLNSL

Lets go caching!!!! We have been too busy recently so it felt great to jump on Splat (TK riding shotgun..) and head over to North Shore to dig out a few. A bit rusty we headed over here to hopefully find a recent plant but rust must have invaded the navigating brain cells.
Never mind we can hunt this one. We had been here before to get another cache so knew the easy route... Got close and crossed the stream... Found the obvious big trees but GPSr was still pointing 16 metres away...???? Hmmmmm.. Trust the GPS.
Went to where GPS was pointing... nothing... Hmmm Clues don't make sense to old Commander..??
Back to obvious sentinal and sure enough TK yeowls "Found"!!!.
Mumble mumble... I guess it will be another day like that.
TK signed the log... I grabbed the Jailhouse Geocoin and left
NZ Road Race - Civic TB to continue trip.
XC would recommend owner reviewed coords and clues.
Thanks for the Cache though. Well done.
#464

Out and about with the inimitable XenaCommander
TK has been slacking on logs lately .. will catch up soon
It was great to come back to this area.. there is another cache very close by. The nikau grove is beautiful and this retired climber was sorely tempted by the evidence of tree climbers routes.
This cache was hard to find due to off coords and an illogical clue.... hoping that the owners will pick up a few more skills and rectify matters when they have found more than just one cache themselves. Its a great game go hunting
Bagging the goods before XC was a high risk venture and worth the resulting low growling noises from XC.... the cache was a decent size and very well set up.
Added a couple of glass thingys took nothing, left pawprints in the mud.

A bit of a wider look around GZ located the right spot, and the cache was found not long after!!
- tatoo stickers
+ Magnetic clip
TFTC

Took the nephews out treasure hunting, although I am sure they were expecting a buried box of gold. Nice spring like weekend stroll through the bush. Looks like remnants of a fort in the vicinity. Met other geocachers as they made they way out who gave us encouragement. Nice to meet you.
Took the drummer and left a travel comb. Probably be back as my sister has just moved in next door... no, not the "big house"!

2nd visit and still searched for ages. got the blighter in the end though, cant believe I missed that on the last visit.

TFTC, +geocoin,

Three clues, One hint - but only one is correct. Very misleading.
Loved the mainly flat walk into this cache. Took quite a while to find at GZ, mainly due to poor GPSr coverage, plus more than one match to the correct clue.
Great specimens here. Lovely ferns, and interesting rapids nearby.

Nice walk through the bush, with a nice little stream to draw your attention. Took a while to find but got there in the end. TFTC

- Old Dutch Coin TB

Quick, easy find although we were initially looking at the foot of the wrong giant. Nice bush walk with the dog.
TNLNSL
TFTC

Having done the.puds cache, it was really nice to do one without the long haul up the steps. Clues were unhelpful but found easily.

TNLNSL

T4TC.

[This entry was edited by Zork V on Sunday, April 01, 2007 at 3:49:10 PM.]

Quick fin on way north to the beach for the weekend
Out TB Continenal Traveler
In TB Old Dutch Coin

Searched and searched but no prize. 60CSx so no problems with the location, all seemed to fit, even went 30m in each direction of the track checking the obvious spots.

Been here before for the Puds cache. Might have been good to put this one off in the opposite direction to explore a bit more of the reserve. However great trees. Left plane TB - might be useful if someone needs a quick getaway!!! TFTC

Nicely tucked away!
T4TC Icutoo - M@

Nice bush walk, thought I might be the first..... maybe next time

+ BK Toy

- geocoin and TB

0725. Finally found this with a bit of hunting around and had to use the clue to determine the final GZ after searching other possible GZs. My GPS put me 17m away when I was at the real GZ.

My coords for GZ are
S 36 45.079 E 174 38.703

In: Signal Geocoin
Out. Racing Car
Cheers for the cache.

Ha!
I saw this listing last night and ss I had just returned from a FTF up the road i was a bit annoyed about having to return but still thought about an early morning sortie.

However on waking at 0700hrs I said to my wife "Nah it will be too late for an FTF now". So I went back to sleep. Just as well. Congratulations Tufty and thanks for the beta testing.

15:10 Nice walk been here before trying to do puds cache. Cache wasn't hidden the best so covered it up a bit more. The co-ords seem fine for our 60cx. Thanks for the cache.
Took: Nothing
Left: Schwarzes Schaf TB

#475. 2nd to find at about midday. E-trex struggled but GZ was obvious. Nice to retrace steps a couple of years after doing the Puds cache a bit further along. Left TB. TFTC

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