Tribute to "Geocache GC45" (Bay of Plenty) Tumunui, North Island, New Zealand
By Xmuggle on 25-Feb-07. Waypoint GC114H7

Day thirty eight of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.Staying in Rotorua, visited the Waiotapu thermal area, and had a walk in the Redwoods forest in the afternoon.A little further down the track from the plaque.Mr Morris found it while I was looking a bit further down.Thanks, Robmc.

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#4269 Today is day 42 of my geocaching vacation in New Zealand. I'm roaming around Rotorua. The main goal is to visit ["First New Zealand" GC45 Memorial Plaque (BOP)](https://coord.info/GC892XR).Found it after visiting the plaque. Xmuggle, thank you for the cache! -crystaloops from Taipei, Taiwan on November 11, 2024 @ 14:48:03[GC114H7] Tribute to "Geocache GC45" (Bay of Plenty) was a D3.0/T2.0 Small Mystery Cache at the time of finding.

Armed with jandals and a chilly bin, a couple of Aussies headed across the ditch for a 3-week tiki tour, exploring the beauty of New Zealand.DAY 4: Rotorua to Whanganui via Taupo & Turangi.Our first find for the day. A simple but nice puzzle.Thanks for showing us this special place by placing this cache, Xmuggle tn koe~~

Thanks for x placements. Number one for us today. Log still writable

Our main goal for the visit around was the virtual "First New Zealand" GC45 Memorial Plaque (BOP). We have never found a plaque cache before so we really wanted to find the one dedicated to the first cache placed in New Zealand and the first placed outside of United States. However, as we parked our car near the virtual cache we had a look at this mystery cache with the icon located nearby. Fortunately the puzzle was solved quickly, we deciphered the coordinates too so off we go again, this time for the puzzle cache just solved. Thanks Xmuggle for the cache!Riddle solved next to plaque where first cache in NZ was

Important place in GC history.Thanks for the cache./herrFamaxe from Sweden

This was another grand day on my week long solo adventure on the North Island from Atlanta in the U.S. I'm so glad I am more comfortable driving on the other side of the road now although sometimes I have to remind myself out loud where to go. LOL I am finally getting around to logging my finds. I really get twitchy when I'm so far behind!Many thanks to all the COs who hid caches, responded to my earthcache and virtual answers, and helped make another day of my trip truly memorable. Since I was in the area, I had to find this cache. It was a quick and easy find, just the way I like 'em. The log was damp but sign-able. Thank you for the smiley and the fun!

Day 9 Lake Taup to Rotorua, New Zealand. The drive Lake Taup had some amazing locations to do over and cache.I was able to make a quick find of the cache which is covered with bite marks and a full log.Log signed and replaced as found.Thanks for the Puzzle cache xmuggle #7,873

On our fivth day in New Zealand we travel from Rotorua to Turangi.This nice cache lay on our way.TFTCHennesAt the end comes the poem of the day.New Zealand By James K. Baxter (for Monte Holcroft)These unshaped islands, on the sawyers bench,Wait for the chisel of the mind,Green canyons to the south, immense and passive,Penetrated rarely, seeded onlyBy the deer-cullers shot, or else in the northTribes of the shark and the octopus,Mangroves, black hair on a boxers hand.The founding fathers with their guns and bibles,Botanist, whaler, added bones and namesTo the land, to us a bridleAs if the id were a horse: the swampy townsLike dreamers that struggle to wake,Longing for the poets truthAnd the lovers pride. Something new and oldExplores its own pain, hearingThe rains choir on curtains of grey mossOr fingers of the Tasman pressingOn breasts of hardening sand, as actorsFind their own solitude in mirrors,As one who has buried his dead,Able at last to give with an open hand.

Das groe Abenteuer beginnt. Qatar Australien Neuseeland. Zusammen mit 37 anderen Cachern bereise ich diese Lnder. Wir haben uns den Gruppennamen Downunder 2024 gegeben.Das sind die Teilnehmer:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.Wir haben uns nicht alle im Logbuch verewigt um den Ownern nicht gleich nach unserem Besuch zur Wartung zu rufen. Ab und an habe ich mich auch mal mit meinem Namen persnlich eingetragen. Vielen Dank an Xmuggle fr diesen Cache, liebe Gre aus Apensen von der webmasterrollerin Silvia 01. Mrz 2024

After arriving in New Zealand we discovered the beautiful island by looking for some caches. ??"Tribute to "Geocache GC45" (Bay of Plenty)" was one of the mysteries we could solve. And we could find the final box too. ??All was in good condition. We (Team Downunder24) enjoyed our visit. Thanks Xmuggle for the mysterie??Tftc

After a while, it was finally time to visit some caches in distant countries again. This time the destination should be australia ???? and new zealand ???? What an amazing continent. Met some nice people there, saw a lot of interesting spots and also found some geocaches, of course. Signed in with our teamname downunder24. Thanks to the owner for laying and maintaining the cache and many greetings from Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Lenny LoveDanke fr den Cache - Thanks for that Cache- Merci pour la Cache - Dziki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Diky za ke - Ai u t talpykl - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - E cache - - nbellek iin teekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kamemo

Auf der Fahrt nach Wellington mit unserer Gruppe "Downunder24"einen kurzen Stopp eingelegt,um diesen virtuellen Cache mit seiner tollen Geschichte zu loggen und als Beifang noch diesen Mysterie geloggt.TFTC sagt keeiner

Found this cache on a 24-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the citys of Sydney, Melbourne, Aidelaide and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.For me the focus will be on old caches, placed in 2000 and obviously on the remaining webcams in Australia and New Zealand.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany, Denmark and Luxembourg. At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.Second day of our Bus Tour. Today its from Rotorua to Wellington. First stop in the morning after only a few kilometers. After taking pictures for the virtual, this was a quick find.Merci frs Dosal sogt da GoanToni Thanks to Xmuggle for hiding and maintaining this geocache.

Auf der Fahrt von Rotorua nach Wellington haben wir an diesem Tribut einen kleinen Stopp eingelegt. We logged with our team name Downunder2024. Thank you very much for the cache!

Nach dem GC45, sind wir noch schnell hier hin gesprintet um diesen gelsten zu signieren. Wir haben uns hier platzsparend mit downunder2024 geloggt. TftC

I am also part of the large tour group from Germany and passed this cache today. We had a great time in New Zealand. For reasons of space, we have entered the logbook asDownUnder24. Thank you for luring, showing and hiding, says ollilein The tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo

Heute geht es von Rotorua nach Wellington.Lange Busfahrt,da muss man sich ja ab und zu die Beine vertreten.Dieser bot sich mit an.So langsam neigt sich die Reise dem Ende zu...???? Qatar war der Beginn,dann ging es nach???? Australien,Sydney, Melbourne und Cairns???? New Zealand war dann Auckland,Rotorua,Wellington.....alles andere kommt noch??T4t$ sagt viko76 ?? aus Berlin Today we go from Rotorua to Wellington. Long bus ride, you have to stretch your legs every now and then. This offered itself. The journey is slowly coming to an end... ???? Qatar was the beginning, then it went down ???? Australia, Sydney, Melbourne and Cairns ???? New Zealand was then Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington.....everything else is still to come?? T4t$ says viko76 ?? from Berlin

Three weeks 3?? travel with a group of 38 people through Australia ???? and New Zealand ????. We want to discover some old geocaches, wants to see lots of sightseeing-points ??, but also animals such as penguins??, turtles ??, whales ??, Koalas ??, dolphins ?? and much more in the beautiful water ??? or on land ??. Of course, a cacher trip ?? also includes many geocaches. So we also chose this cache Tribute to "Geocache GC45" (Bay of Plenty), searched for it, found it and logged it ??. He has made our journey through two wonderful countries very embellished. We often logged with our group name "Team Downunder 2024".Thanks ?? to Xmuggle for laying and maintaining this geocache, say the Brummelbren ?? from Worms/Germany ????

Found on our Downunder Journey and logged with our Team Name Downunder24.Thank you for the Cache.

Thanks for the cache.

A group of 38 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland - Team Downunder24 - are traveling for 22 days from Frankfurt/Main via Doha to Australia and New Zealand. I was able to discover many wonderful things and irretrievable experiences are burned into my memory. Today our tour group is traveling from Rotorua to Wellington by bus. Of course we visited the old cache on the route and also this older treasure nearby.Thanks to Xmuggle for the cache, luring and caring for it - kind regards from Switzerland ????

38 cachers from ????, ????and ???? made a tour with a stopover in ???? and visiting???? and ????to get lot of impressions from Down Under.We log with Team DownUnder24 to save space in the logbooks.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:_gc_AmoebeSTAndyausDuB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHfi1hupsi-1karrai *keeinerLeilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuoDay 14: Another long drive from Rotorua to Wellington. But enough time to discover the capital and to find some caches. TFTC from Bavaria

We are also part of the large tour group from Germany and passed this cache today. We are from Ismaning/Bavaria. We had a great time inNew Zealand. For reasons of space, we have entered the logbook as **DownUnder 2024**.The tour group includes: gcAndyausDuAmoebeSTB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHFo, hupsi-1karrai *Leilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuo*Greetings from the sunny south of Germany.***Thanks to all owners for caring and caring.****IN: NOTHING****OUT: NOTHING****TFTC Leilah03***A game for all ages! Worldwide* **GEOCACHING**

Together with my B@cker and a lot of crazy Cachers from Germany and Denmark, we have an exciting Trip to Qatar, Australien and New Zealand. The name of the Group is easy Downunder24.The Team isAmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, -GC-, GEOKaren, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, OpaundEnkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr.Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, webmasterrollerin, Whlhase and XenSuo. Exhausting but beautyful. Thanks for the Cache. Best regards from Buxtehude ( Germany)

On my journey through New Zealand with the group (DownUnder24) I passed many beautiful places. It is very impressive. Thank you very much. Greetings from Germany, muschel3

Gefunden im Team DownUnder24 Danke fr den Cache

Bei unserer Gruppenreise nach Australien und Neuseeland konnten wir neben den vielen interessanten Eindrcken auf unseren Ausflgen auch viele Caches besuchen.Danke an Xmuggle fr diesen Cache.

We are visiting New Zealand from Australia with Wilbert67.We have seen some new interesting places and picking up caches along the way.Thank you to all the COs for their hides

A wet start to the day again. Today mainly Roturoa and Taupe to discover. Lots of caches and adventures! TFTC Wilbert67

Having taken Friday off as leave, and with Monday being Wellington Anniversary, I am making the most of a 4-day weekend by spending it with friends in the Waikato in order to try to target a few specific caches up here and otherwise boost my numbers for January. Our crew consists of Mr-Mcgoo, Itchyfeet2020, NZ_B and myself TwigNZ, and so to save space on logs we simply signed our finds today with either MINT or Team MINT depending on log size.Today is day 3, and just like the previous 2 day there was a great deal of driving to a lot of beautiful places which make me want to come back and spend a lot more time at. One of the joys of geocaching for me is that I get to see places that I wouldn't have thought to visit otherwise, but often you just get a 'taste' of a place because you're rushing off to get another cache somewhere.One of the main targets of today was to hit the 'X marks the spot' trail of puzzle caches, and any other caches we encountered on our driving around the wider area, such as this one. Of our group, it was only me that needed this one today so I went off on my own to get it. I actually made a far bigger meal of finding it than I ought to have as my phone was initially guiding me to a spot about 17m away from where the cache was. Just my phone having a bit of a 'moment' before things settled down and a bit of help from one of the others soon had it all sorted.No other issues to report and our names were soon added to the log before the whole thing was replaced as found. and we were all back on our way again.Thanks for setting this one up.

A quick easy find. TFTC

**taybee** is caching again with **taybee nz** for the daysoved this same time backQuick find here today first spot we look All in good order, sign log book as **taybee** or **TB's ** * joint sign* ) TFTC Cache was found at **21/01/2024 @ 15:06:00**

# #7,178 #----------Solved this one with the help of my Mum back home as shes a bit more savvy with these than I am. I then did the remainder of the work. All good it seems. So lets go check it out. Arrived at GZ and the cache was found after a short search. All good here. TFTC!!! ----------> All geocaches are signed as mmmPIZZA or mPZ

After dropping the family at the accommodation I headed back down Highway 5 to collect a few more caches targeting some solved puzzles. S9lved thus begire I flew across but didn't seem quite right when I arrived (really didn't want to head into those blackberues). Based on the hint I thought I would have a look nearby. And what do you know the cache was spotted (about 60m and across the road from where I had calculated).TFTC Xmuggle

Was here doing the virtual, be rude not to do this mystery cache while here. Once we decided the confusing numbering scheme with the riddle, we quickly found the cache. Found with Reschedule

Found with Kre8ive, journey along to taupo for a days caching. Tftc!

I wish I could have solved the riddle so sad

It took a while to solve it. Easy to find. Found it on our way to Waimangu. Tftc

Took a while to solve the riddle, but it was easy to find, logbook completely soaked. Tftc

TFTCShrioyama

We found this on the floor. It has been well chewed by local wildlife and the log is wet. We replaced as per hint. TFTC

I drove up from Turangi this morning. No trouble here, A quick find after visiting the plaque. TFTC

After the GC45 birthday event, P&P and FMZ and I went on a little walk and found this one. Nice and easy find. TFTC

Solved this puzzle prior to leaving Aust. As JACS, Gcoven and I were visiting the nearby virtual, we went a little further to grab the cache. Would have much prefer to grab and sign the original GC45, this hide somewhat makes up for it, thanks Xmuggle for your efforts here.

Another day in the land of the long white cloud. TeamARF, JACSTeam and I had a fab day collecting oldies and challenges. Made our way back north to Rotorua . Lots of earth caches and geology lessons today! Rainy windy cold weather dampened some plans . Thanks to all the COs fur the amazing selection of caches highlighting all NZ has to offer

Day 9: We ( TeamARF, Gcoven and myself) have travelled over from Brisbane, Australia to have a visit since we were not able to make it to the Mega. We have spent some considerable time solving puzzles and making plans in preparation. We have a gigantic list of old, interesting, highly favourited, challenges and a few Geo-arts to try and collect over the next 10 days. There is a good chance we got lazy with our logging, or space saving depending on the log size and do some joint variation of our initials - TGJ, GJT or JGT.

Today the plan is to work on collecting things of our list - some of the very old caches in the area as we head back north towards Auckland. We are also picking up a few challenges (will check qualifying once home).

Please excuse the generic log, just have extremely little data to try and survive on it for the 10 days. However, you can be assured that if we have found your cache it was special to us for some reason or in a special location - so thank you for contributing to our holiday.

I will edit logs when back in Brisbane to add more details to those that need more details and of course I will be adding favourite points as I go along.

Quick and easy find on a visit to beautiful New Zealand (and a bit of GC history, too!)

We, geosnuf and I, are on holiday in New Zealand.
Partly thanks to geocaches, such as this one, we come to many beautiful and special places.
We are on our way up north to Rotorua and pass by.

We enjoy the beautiful nature, the pleasant encounters and the many nice caches.
Cache owners thank you for taking us here and for hiding and maintaining this cache.
Xmuggle, thank you and greetings from NL

On an amazing trip for the Tarawera Ultramarathon, this was found during our (extended) stay in Rotorua. Thanks for the cache!

Solved this one on our return to journey to Rotorua after a great but wet morning out grabbing a few caches. TFTC and placing this one here

TFTC. good fun and also found the plaque

Up from Southland with Cantabrian Kiwicampnut to get the final piece of the PWGT puzzle.
Day 2 - Hamilton to Te Awamutu... via the scenic route!
Solved a while ago, so when I saw this close to the Virtual I had to wander a bit further to make the find.
Quickly found once at GZ.
Thanks for the cache Xmuggle
# 3565 20 January 2023 4:04 pm

Ruru_Nz and I on another road trip to complete this area of the Geotour before it finishes.

I already had the tribute cache so we headed there first so Ruru_NZ could claim it too. After the required photo taken we headed to this one which was a quick easy find.

Our North Island Roadtrip from Whangarei to complete Tahi & Rua of the NZ Geotour - Day Eleven

Solved this mystery last night as we were coming past on our travels. An easy find at GZ. Thanks for the cache.

Driving home today in the rain - figured I'd stop by some of the more well-known caches on the way.

I solved this one very quickly in the car in Rotorua and then made sure to take the walk there as well as the Virtual. This cache I found in pieces on the ground, but luckily the log was still there and the container was undamaged, so I simply returned it to the hiding spot. Tftc!

Wir waren da

An easy find with the hint our 4YO found it with ease.

11:43:00 AM. A short walk and made the find. Cache was wet but still able to sign the log. Wish the weather was better as plenty more caches around here I could have done. Thanks Xmuggle for the cache.

I was starting to doubt my coordinates but we followed our noses and sure enough we found a very damp cache but otherwise all good. TFTC

#1937. Day 4 of a week’s sojourn in the Volcanic Plateau, based in Turangi. GB Leader and I did a day trip to Rotorua to see my brother and pick up some caches.

The weather forecast was not promising (ex-Tropical Cyclone Fili was on the way) but we visited Kuirau Park and completed the AdLab, then drove down for a quick visit to see the lake. Very murky & starting to rain, but I grabbed a (nearly) brand new cache. 3TF!

Then we headed south, en route back to Turangi and stopped for this historic cache and its near Mystery neighbour. It had poured with rain just as we left Rotorua, but it had stopped as we got to GZ. So we didn’t get wet heading along the cycle way to get the photo for the plaque cache, and on for this strange little puzzle Mystery one.

Greetings from Wellington. Tftc Xmuggle.

I needed this cache so that I can pick up a challenge cache when I fly down to Christchurch next month (GC44FDK). So I planned a day down in Rotorua with my muggle hubbie and we did a circuit of the lake picking up a few caches here and there, then finally headed south to pick up this one and the nearby Virtual. Great spot and great cache thanks

Solved this nearly two years ago to come to the plaque unveiling, but never made it.

Passing today to finally look at the plaque and grab this cache.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache, all is well here!

#3650. Solved this last week so grabbed it while out getting the X series. Log wet. TFTC

Team work solving these puzzles with kimbathelion. Good to tick them off on our day in Rotorua today. A nice quick find here today. Log was wet though.

It's my Mega weekend road trip! This is day six and I'm off to Whakatane via Rotorua and the GC45 tribute. Will expand on my logs, post photos, qualifying caches for challenges, etc. When I get home. TFTC

Stick an eating utensil in it, it's done!

25 January 2022 11:41 am Find #4834

7 ian fiund in fork. Cache and l9g bag very wet. All logs have faded to smudged due to water. Waterproof paper jusy could wrìtr

(# 7012) On a new years trip to see my brother in Tauranga. Grabbing a few caches while out and about. Solved some time ago and finally decided to retrieve on my way home. A quick find. Thanks for bringing me here.

Great little riddle and puzzle to solve first before coming out to this lovely spot. Nice hide while out walking with Mum on a super hot day so the tree shelter was welcome. Great cache and hide. TFTC a great one to find and on the must do list while I was in the area.

Nice easy find. Tftc

Fun little puzzle that my head made way more complicated than it was at first. Found quickly. Log is wet and mostly full, but was able to sign it.

TFTC Xmuggle

*** Out on our MEGA Roadtrip with Wilbywarrior. Who says this can only happen when the MEGA is actually held?! Greetings from Dunedin, caching friends
# 301 ***

Knowing that I was gonna be in Rotorua (from Wellington) for a few days this week, I spent the last couple of weeks working on some of the mystery cache puzzles in the area. This was one of them.

Having visited the GC45 plaque last time I was here, it was only right that on this visit I log this tribute. So I did.

Thanks very much for this one, overlooked this one when I did the virtual, blonde or senior moment, I’ll go for blonde!

Found on a day out caching with Shonig, I had been on a caching day in a while and had lots of fun. TFTC

Isis58 and I are on a mission over the long weekend to find as many TMGT and PWGT caches as possible with the occasional normal cache thrown in as time allows. This is one of only a couple of caches on the must find list that isnt a geotour. I brought my tribute plaque coin with me on this trip just so it could visit this cache and the virtual before going into my collection. Thanks for hiding and maintaining Xmuggle

#11213

Paddle chick had solved this prior to our visit so it was a short walk from the GC45 plaque to here. A bonus cache for this trip really. TFTC Xmuggle # 17,059

Up from Dunedin on a roadie from Auckland to Christchurch to get a good number of North Island PWGT caches and some others.
Had to grab this while I had stopped for the nearby virtual. Solved a while ago but happy to get a smiley here now. Quickly found. Tftc

A quick find today while visiting the virtual nearby. Co-ordinates were worked out a while ago and the find was an easy one today. TFTC

Stayed the night in Rotorua on our way up to Auckland to see the kids. Had lots of spare time to cache. Parked up by the main road and got the bike out. Good to stretch the legs and collect some smileys at the same time. No problems finding this one. Thanks

Not sure why I did not do this one the last time I was in Rotorua and did the GC45 virtual, but was down for the BMX Nationals just down the road. Thank you for a very solveable puzzle and quick find.

Driving from Whakatane to Wellington today. We did this cycle way two years ago but I wasn’t good enough to solve the puzzle then. Must have revisited the puzzle when I got home. Visiting the new plaque today I discovered that I had corrected coordinates for this one too. A quick find.
Not tempted to try to visit the other waypoints. TFTC

Thanks Xmuggle for the cache. It’s #1453 for us. We found your cache on 24 February 2021. Very much enjoyed your puzzle. Clever! Nice spot for final. Grabbed after pilgrimage to plaque.

#975 - On our way to Taupo for REunion (rotary car show). Came to check out the plaque, and managed to solve this one while we were here thankfully.
TFTC.

Found after a couple of missed calculations. Thanks to my buddy Katbowersnz

The last day of a four days break in Rotorua so I headed down SH5 to visit some of the traditionals and solved puzzles. This one proved a little tricky because of the cover. Eventually discovered the camou container per the hint. Tftc

A nice tribute, now off to the nearby virtual, cheers

We came for the virtual but The Seagnoid also has the answer to this riddle so we go check it out. Left my calling card. Cheers.

Day 18 - Monday 4 January January 2021 -Rotorua - Taupo - Turangi - Palmerston North - heading home slowly. A trip to Okere falls first, then visiting The Seagnoids Mum. Picking up Zara and heading south. Another very long traveling day.

The Seagnoid, Zara, Toby and I are off on another geocaching escape over Xmas, this time to the mighty Coromandel, then over to Opotiki and stop off at Rotorua to return home on 5 January. Had an fabulous time exploring many wonders of our country. Rounding up over 400 caches along the way, with a few LABS, 20 odd TMGTs, virtuals and lots of interesting earth caches to keep the mind busy. Watching the sun come up on New Years Day at Mt Maunganui was spectacular. Lots of walking and even more driving. But had an awesome time. Thanks to all COs who made this adventure so special.

Heading off on holiday hooray! A nice quick puzzle and a nice quick find, found in the first place checked! Thanks for the puzzle and TFTC

GPS was a bit scatty in this place but the geosenses eventually kicked in to the only spot it could be and there it was.
Collected while on a road trip which is the extension to the "Mega that wasn't" over labour weekend. TFTC.

In lieu of Akld Mega 2020, we decided a side trip to the new tribute cache (to GC45) was in order. Travelling with South Island cachers, we found a number of caches including this one.
We have typically signed as mrandmrschosen1978 or occasionally MM78.
Tftc

We're travelling around in a rented campervan (it's okay: I know where my mirrors are, I use them, and I pull over often ). Day one was Christchurch to Auckland to Matamata. Day two, Hobbiton then off to Rotorua. Day three (when I found this cache), was a trip to "The Squeeze" with NZ Riverjet, and a *very* quick trip to Huka Falls (bucketing down, we didn't see much).
Today (as I catch up on logging) we visited the Redwood forest the drove to Cooks Beach in the Coromandel (a bit of a drive in a camper)! Loving the trip, and finding a few select caches.

I wanted to target the new tribute to GC45 Virtual cache (with the plaque) and only got it by luck - I pulled into the rest area to let traffic pass! Lucky I did as I got the targeted cache *and* convinced Not Manly Jack to come along to find this one too. Huzzah!

TFTC Xmuggle
Find number 4371

Day 2 of some of us South Island cachers hitting the area around Auckland. Today was going to be something to remember as heading down to GC45... excited much?!!?
One of the many puzzles solved in covid lockdown in anticipation of this pilgrimage. A nice quick find tftc

Solved puzzle sometime ago in anticipation of coming here. TFTP

Solved during covid. Pleased we got to come here TFTP

Nice puzzle.. Three heads worked together and solved this on the spot. I am on a North Island Figure of Eight your. For the first 4 days I spend time in the Bay of Plenty with my husband JDScout. We are basing ourselves in Rotorua during this time.
Thanks Xmuggle for creating this hide. It was find 8939 for me.

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On the road around Rotorua with Ethness. Solved this in the car on our Figure 8 adventure, with Nosynel and Ethness. Thanks for the cache.
#6059

A combined effort to solve this out of the field which was the most successful.
Jude_E, NosyNel and I are completing a figure of 8 tour of the North Island collecting the ‘Tour’ caches, plus others, plus seeing the scenery, plus having a good old time. TFTC.

Solved the puzzle easily enough and the cache was a quick find. TFTC.

The nicely compiled puzzle didn't take me long to solve and today was a good opportunity to stop to see if I could find the cache. After having found a good safe place to park, I headed to the cache site where I was hoping for a quick find in the showery conditions. That is exactly what happened. I will have to stop again sometime to search for the other caches that are close by.