A View to the SW (Auckland) Waiatarua, North Island, New Zealand
By funkymunkyzone on 24-Jun-07. Waypoint GC13NFF

Letting it go.

With time running short on my little trip out west I wanted to grab a few more before I had to head back home. This was a quick find, and I couldn't resist pausing to take in the views. There are some really amazing spots along this drive (hence the name, I guess!). TFTC! #963

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FITW harisree

The view to this side in the darkness is not really visible - that's my revelation tonight

#3884

Easy to find. TFTC

I was really heading to Piha, but this didn't stop me from a slight detour to get this cache. TFTC.

Great view!

Pretty stop - tftc

Today Mrs Biggles and I decided to drive from one end of the Scenic Drive to the other. it's been a few years since either of us did that. We managed to find a few caches along the way. More stunning views from here which we have been enjoying all along this drive. All good with the cache here. TFTC, Biggles.

A car was parked near GZ, but it looked empty when I walked past. Rookie mistake, as I was about to discover on my return, only to spot the driver and passenger sitting in the back seat. Hmm already too late! The cache was not in the obvious, but the next obvious, well concealed and a simple hide too. Amazing views, thanks for the cache

Headed up Scenic Drive and this was stop #7. Quick find. TFTC

Stopped off on our way along scenic drive getting the new series! Quick find! Tftc

Just took as a bonus on the way back home from a series of cache huntin.TFTC FMZ.

A little side detour whilst grabbing the new series along scenic dr. Great spot. TFTC

Just when you think there will be nowhere to park, ohh right there ! Nice quick park & grab. Thanks.

Quick easy find. Great simple concealment. TFTC

Quick park an grab, not much of a view at night tho will have to come back tftc

Love the view. TFTC.

Clever hiding place. Originally thought it was gone as there is a space where you think it should be.

TFTC! damp log. but still able to be written on

Originally found with my partner Witchegurl.
Re-logging as speedhog62 so username is not in physical log.

Quick find and a nice view of trees TFTC

On my way to a loop walk in karekare regional park..a bit early so thought I would sneak in a few caches..nice view here, bit of a scary turn if someone missed it! Cache found ok, post damage nearby..would have been a close call..thanks!

This entry was edited by lochnessmonsta on Sunday, 29 March 2015 at 07:46:13 UTC.

A quick driveby taking a very meandering route to Helensville. TFTC

Picked up on our first drive of the holiday on the way to the Arataki Centre and Manukau Heads

Found ... Mrs McMike2012 & I had decided that we would go for a walk in the Waitakere Ranges today ... picked an area that had a loop track & a couple of caches ... as we were going to be passing thru here on or way to the loop track ... we parked nearby & soon had this cache in hand. TN:LN:SL. TFTC. The 3rd of 7 for the day. #807 for us.

Nice quick drive by, thanks for that

#351. An even easier cache with parking just metres away. Good hint made the find straightforward. The view is nice but doesn't match that at the nearby Antenna cache. TFTC

Nice view

Yay! Second cache for the day. Quick find. Now off to Piha. Cheers!

Nice easy find,thank you oneranger for the hint.

couldn't find cache in the given clues obviously someone has removed it or thrown it into the bushes deep

Hardly had time to get out of the car and the other half had located this one.

A nice easy find in passing

Found it thought it was going to hard but guessed where it was. Our pen wouldn't work for log book. Good hide!

Nice and easy. Tftc

Awesome views of the Waitakere Ranges from up here. TFTC.

Late at night found this, why? Who wants to go home when there are caches to be found! The more the merrier I say!

A plan was hatched last night to make an attempt on "Holey Mercey" cache in Piha with Nova and HPG, so we turned it into a day adventure and found some caches on our way up and on the way home.

Quick find while getting a few caches on the way home, hint led us straight to the cache.

Out on a caching mission with Novalightning and HKCB to knock off Holey Mercy. Of course we couldn't ignore the other caches in the area so we left Hamilton early to get in a full days caching.

On the homeward journey now, definitely some great views here thanks

A nice quick find after a large day caching in the area. Thanks for showing me all around.

Quick and easy find as our wonderful Easter break draws to a close

#2597.
#40 in NZ.

Another beautiful view in NZ. Thanks for bringing us here!

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A big thank you to all the geocache owners for being our “tour guides” in New Zealand while we are on our short holiday visit to this extraordinarily beautiful country! We traveled the North Island in our little camper van and we came across minimal damaged caches and we only had very few DNF’s.

"Groete" all the way from South Africa!

Qwik grab then time to admire the view-tftc

What a great spot...just a pity most people fly by without bothering to stop and take in the view...
cheers V.

Nice quick park n grab that I somehow missed yesyerday tftc

Wonderful view. Nice east find. TFTC

Nice one and unusually dry. Thanks. CBE

A nice quick find after work this afternoon. Nice view from here. Cheers for the cache placement!

Great views out over the Manukau never seen it from up here before awesome thanks for showing me this. The cache was quick to find with the good clue and good gps signal.

Cute find - liked this one

Thanks cartaclan for adding a new roll of paper a while back

Awsome view of the waitakeres!!!!!

Clever little cache!

Great view and easy find. TFTC.

Lovely to get some Scenic drive ones ! Not too far from home !

Quick find, TFTC

Out and about in the Waitakere's this morning to pick up a few caches. Nice views and a nice easy park and grab. Thanks for the cache!

Found orginally as part of phasevisitor team, now created own account, re-logging as yorkshirekiwi83.

Out and about in the Waitakere's this morning to pick up a few caches. Nice views and a nice easy park and grab. Thanks for the cache!

There were muggles having a smoke when we arrived but fortunately they moved on. Quick find after that. TFTC

This entry was edited by trampingkiwi on Thursday, 25 April 2013 at 20:52:51 UTC.

A quick find and a nice view. I do think that the hint should be changed though due to some graffiti. TFTC FMZ

A quick park and grab while in the area in the morning before heading home. Had to wait for some cyclist muggles to move on before I made an attempt. Great view.

Thanks!

Lovely view TFTC

a bit of mine clearing... whoops i mean cache clearing in the area on my way back from a bit of west coast camping... easy find now ive seen it a few times, still needed a gentle tap to leave its house though, and a nice view too;-)
had a laugh at the dates for the previous two logs - seems we are using all the same numbers, just new order.. how bout that

clever hiding place! great view.

TNLNSL

Nice pole

Logbook disintegrated so add a new roll of paper TFTC.

Easy to find and thanks for the new roll of paper. Part of the clue has been painted over -that's ok. TFTC

Great hide - logbook disintegrated, so photo uploaded instead!
Easy for me to hide while cars are going past - its quite busy here!
Didn't even have to lock the car to get this one
TFTC

This entry was edited by Rudy355 on Sunday, October 07, 2012 at 8:11:16 PM UTC.

This entry was edited by Rudy355 on Sunday, October 07, 2012 at 8:34:53 PM UTC.

#847, Nice quick driveby. TFTC

A very wet log here! But made our mark and moved on. Good clue had it in hand pretty quickly. Thanks.

Took a minute to realize the spot - nice hide. TFTC

Needs new logbook

Nice spot, thanks!!

Found with my mum (WelshGirl77 ) dad (DaffyDID).

TFTC

Quick cache and dash with WelshGirl77 and SquishyD after taking some family visitors to the nearby visitor centre.

The LB was in bits and a little damp, but I was still able to to sign it.

TFTC

Easy find. although the hint is made black and not vissible anymore. Logbook is overwet and can't write properly on the logbook anymore. Just found a spot free to scrabble MarMis down.

Need Maintenance.The Logbook is wet and no space!
TFTC

A quick drive by, thanks

Cache and dash on the way back from Piha. Took a bit of searching even with hint given that a the slight twist on what we would normally consider. Log was damp but no issues in recording visit - although is slightly falling apart and difficult to put back in container.

Our last cache of the day and it took us a little while. We were just running out of places to look and about to call it a day when Daddy Fraggle came up trumps. TFTC

took us awhile! dont know why! log book was pretty damp. but a nice find and nice view =
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More of a "DID NOT ATTEMPT". Thought better of stopping next to the marked patrol car, with uniformed police in attendance.
Moved onto next cache, and forgot to return.

Clever easy find, and great views. Very soggy log book though. TFTC

Another quick stop on the way to Goldies. Choice views.

Another nice and easy drive-by on our way to Goldies. Awesome views from here! TFTC!

Another no luck for me today. Will come back again.

Great clue and fun find. TFTC

Excellent drive by cache! Great clues! Needs new logbook though. It's disintegrating. Tftc.

Quick find while in the area.

Found it in fading light. Log book needs replacing.

Quick find TFTC.

Note book damp
lots of muggles

Amazing views and a nice quick find. TFTC

a rainy morning - ideal for geocaching.
TFTC, greetings from Austria
wazzi & family
NZ#009

Unfortunately the clue has been erased from GZ (allthough part of it was still visible). Great hide , our favourite of today. TFTC

I like the view

Another nice view, what an amazing amount of bush!
TFTC

Our no 595! Very clever and even though the hint is painted over it is quite clear where it relates to. Were out enjoying the sun and views like the rest of Auckland, seemingly. NINO TFTC

Clever hiding spot!