You Can't Beat Wellington on a Good Day! (Wlgtn) York Bay, North Island, New Zealand
By J 'N' K on 29-Jul-07. Waypoint GC14H3D

WP1 replaced too many times, will make way for a Traditional.

As per log, it looks as though WP1 has followed the fish, and will need replacing. Thanks.

Disabled while we consider our options.

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Certainly a great day to be out and about. Had a hunt for WP1, but after no success we had our picnic lunch. However, we wanted to nail this one so back for another look. Still nothing so took the "phone a friend option" (Waiiti20). After clarifying exactly what we were looking for and where we continued the hunt, but still to no avail. Back to the car and once again took the "phone a friend" option (thanks once again to Waiiti20), who confirmed the holder of the final and its location. Managed to secure the well camo'd cache before heading home. TFTC

we looked and looked and could not find....we found everything else though and it was really quite gross....wonder if its gone with the fish? and cell phone? we looked and looked and looked some more....

we looked and looked and could not find....we found everything else though and it was really quite gross....wonder if its gone with the fish? and cell phone? we looked and looked and looked some more....

A great family effort. Dad quickly worked out from the photo's the exact spot and mum then found the required information at that spot. Miss C came up trumps with the cache.

Found with the assistance of Mrs agcnz who lined up the photos and identified the correct area for WP!. I found WP1 after a short search and she was delighted to beat me to the final with a quick find. Well camouflaged and concealed hide at GZ too. Managed to get there before most of the fishermen arrived so no problems with onlookers at either waypoint. Signed log, TFTC!

Checked up this one only to find that WP1 was missing, was able to replace by cunningly distracting the fishing muggles. Final is okay.

WOW!!! Éxcellent clue we finally realised what it meant. Were about to give up to find the co-ordinates when tah dah! we found them. Second part of cache was in an ecxellent disguise! TNLNSL! TFTC! Thanks for your best cache yet J'n'K!

Indeed a good day all round, completed the task today, checked out the area yesterday, but gave the task away because of some angler muggles. No trouble today, SL TFTC

#279. Interesting cache .. both WP1 and final. Both took us some time, as there were many possibilities. We were about 4m out from GZ.
TNLNSL. TFTC.

(1892)
Joint find with Yeetrees and Crystalfairy. Did the hard work a couple of days ago. Found the WP1 clue after 30mins searching, then promptly met a roadblock at the final. Muggle parked up close by with direct view of GZ soon made us give up.

Returned today, after the Swing into Summer event, and found well hidden cache after a few of minutes of searching. Many thanks for a great challenge. Highly recommended cache.

PS You certainly can’t beat Wellington on a Good Day!
TNLNSL, TFTC

Lovely idea for a cache.. Did with a few other cachers on the day.. The final location took us a while to find. Thanks for the cache..

Finally finally finally - well there might be a cellphone in this location under the rocks swimming with the fishes. Oh no - looking for WP1 kind off bent over to look at something then cling clang bang bang blomp - ooops what was that looked in my pockets ooops no phone - Rang it but no answer [xx(][xx(] - Found the WP1 after 3 attempts yes GZ bang one but took a while to find final. Cool spot TFTC TNLNSL

YES!! Found at last. So much easier when you have the right numbers. On a wild windy Wellington day, we couldn't even see the city this time! Quickly found before the rain came. TFTC.

We have just made a small adjustment to the final co-ords, so if you have already found the first waypoint but not the final, then please re-check before you try again. Final cache checked and is still in place.

Strike three and we're out, but at least we go out knowing we have now found the co-ords to the final cache. Searched the Final area three times again today with no luck. Time to move on, too many other caches waiting.

Thanks for help. You've cleared up some confusion. Can't wait to have another go.

Checked the cache today and everything is as it should be. Just a couple of small clarifications. The final cache is not at the posted co-ords. This is a two part cache. You stand where the photos match ie. In front of you should be one view and 180degs in the opposite direction is the other view. Once you are lined up the hunt for the co-ords to the final cache can begin. You will know when you are in this location that there aren't many hiding options so "think like a cacher" If in doubt use the clue. Four people have solved the puzzle so it is achievable. The difficulty rating reflects the fact that some complexity can be expected.

Really so disappointed and confused with this one, on a perfect day we turned up at the co-ords and just didn't know where to go or what to do! Stunning location but we couldn't guess what the "puzzle" was about?? The first clue could be anywhere. Big rocks had obviously been shifted around, were we supposed to look near them? Co-ords were out in the middle of nowhere so do we look for more co-ords? Where? Suddenly we weren't sure anymore how many waypoints there were, one or two? We spent too long looking around for the 2nd clue as well, guessing again, lined up the photos pretty perfectly but couldn't guess the hiding place. Too much guessing and mind-reading going on. Then to top it off we dropped the mobile phone without knowing, and much later on we were very lucky and relieved to get it back, thanks to a local fisherman.

We'd really love to solve this one because of the location but can't understand the puzzle? Help! And only 4 Finds on this cache in over a year??

We guess Wellington certainly beat us on this perfect day!






[This entry was edited by Punga and Paua on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 8:54:09 PM.]

Up and running again.

Checked both wp's. Second one is okay, but it seems as if the Council have been doing work around where the first one was and its now missing. Will create a new one and enable when ready again.

Went for a look today, found the spot from the photos, but there were too many muggles about on a drizzly saturday morning. I wasn't able to have a really good search, so I'll be headed back soon.

After a number of adjustments this cache it is back up and running for you to enjoy again. I have to say it has come at some cost though as we left our GPS behind at the site and didn't realise it for a couple of days. The GPS was of course gone !!!

Went to check where we could replace both the first and final parts to this cache. Have got our ideas in place, so will work on these and the cache should be up and running again soon.

After checking this cache today it seems as if both parts are missing, so we will disable until we can sort it out. There appears to have been a lot of rain and it has washed a lot of the gravel away from under the rocks.

Spent a lot of time looking for WP1 despite the presence of potential muggles.... failed to find it. The photo points matched up...failed to find it. The clue was no help at all. Beautiful day though.

Wellington on a not so good day for us.

It wasn't a good day in Wellington today, but we decided to have a look at the view anyway. The view was good in one direction, but we couldn't see much in the other direction.
Found the first cache ok. The second was quite difficult to find and the plants around the cache are starting to look a bit worse for wear.
TFTC

A tricky cache to hunt in the dark! Took 45 mins to figure out where I was supposed to be for the first waypoint (it was really dark). Then on to the final with no problems (4 mins this time ). Interesting cache, thanks.

Found the first container no prob, but the second is a problem. No plants matching the clue description anywhere near the co-ords...Plenty of plant material that LOOKS SIMILAR to the clue however. Given the high traffic at my backside I didnt feel safe continuing the hunt. Pity, the concept for the 1st stage was great.

Enjoyed finding the first WP, but quickly got bored at the final.

No problem to work out the photo-op spot involved here, it only took one photo to do so. Decided to pop out and give this one a go after dinner so didn't quite get the same views, but only because it was dark. As we all know these photos were obviously taken on your typical Wellington day

Quick find of WP1 and a bit of a search at the final but found OK.
+ Signal Geocoin.
TFTC

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