Big Bird's Cache (Auckland) Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By KiwiGary on 24-Jul-07. Waypoint GC14KBM

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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Sba is not very friendly. I walked back and made a rescue maintenane. Can be enabled again. Hopefully ok. Thanks for inventing and hiding. Lemmer

Very long since this was enabled. Lemmer

Is this one coming back online? I am coming over for the Mega later in the month and have previously logged a DNF on this one but would like to find it if it was possible.

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.
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pity
would be a nice place for a new cache!

Bumped into some cachers at the Wolfe in the Green Sweater cache, and they said that they had looked for but not found this one. So I offered to go back with them, and we confirmed that the cache is no longer there. Needs to be replaced, or archived.

had a quick look, couldn't find it...very busy..look again later.

Looked for a long time, this one has gone I'm afraid.

i think this cache has been removed or has disappeared

Three of us went to find this one, we left no bench unturned, but still came up empty, either the camo is really good or the cache is not here.

Found a Munzee QR code but no cache??

We agree. Not here

After an extensive search....came up empty

Like the last person we couldn't find this one, dam muggles!

Searched all over, up and down everywhere! Was not on either bench. I clipped a corner of a bench and got some battle scars. Double disappointment

Sat under the tree to avoid the rain. Made for an easy grab. TFTC. Greetings from Canada.

Leaving to day on a 10 day cruise so good opportunity for a cache before boarding.
TFTC

Tftc, it was also the first cach in New Zealand! Very nice.

On the second run it worked... TFTC

My first Cache in NZ!
Thank you for showing the birds here.
TFTC!

Had a short rest, which I actually needed, and quickly found the box. Tftc

Just had a quick coffee and decided to check out caches in the area. Very busy road, used my ninja skills to evade detection by muggles.

Found at 15:14
Plenty of muggles around but a shoelace tie had the cache in hand pretty quickly. Looks like a little bit of cache creep from the hint location so replaced where it should have been.
Thanks KiwiGary for the cache while on holidays and hello from Australia.

It's a beautiful evening in Downtown Auckland. A brisk walk around the corner from the hotel and Big Bird was tamed. TFTC

This entry was edited by tparty on Monday, 08 April 2013 at 08:25:44 UTC.

On our beautiful trip from Auckland to Wellington and return we stopped at this nice spot and found this cache. We found many nicely hidden containers.
We would like to thanks everyone for showing us such nice locations and of course, the numerous caches.
Thanks and best regards from Germany
Team sissifalke

And 2!

Had to wait forever to get a relatively muggle-free moment. Spend the spare time shopping nearby

Busy location. Big bird lacking yellow feathers.

Was looking back on my old logs and realized I had missed a few when I was in New Zealand! Grabbed this one with Viperrox outside of the hotel, TFTC!

Last of my attempted caches for today yields a success! Hopefully I can catch my unsuccessful ones later this week when I'm back in Auckland. Thanks from Sydney!

Second find in Auckland, NZ. This one was very close to the hotel Quay West where we stayed and I grabbed this one quickly with my brother. TFTC

Whoooohoooo #2

Great cache ... started a new cacher for life!

A quick find while touring around NZ

Found it in the middle of the night. Might want to fix the coords, but great hide! TFTC!

Nice find

Nice easy find on evening walkabout

On holiday in NZ, hence the delay in this log:-
Plenty of commuters passing by, too busy to check us out, while we made this quick easy find. TFTC

A big bird indeed. TFTC

TFTC easy find

Nice bird, the cache was quickly found with the hint. Tftc!

yep got it, bit of a dodgy gps run around but got the hint

First spotted The wrong bird in a window on The other side of The street.
When I fond The right BB it was Easy.
TFTC.

The coords are a bit flaky at GZ, the hint fits also a bit to the other side of the road, but after visiting the asian souvenir shop, we quickly found the cache...

TFTC
Roland aka tasdevil13

A quick find on our way back to the car park.

During our trip through the beautiful Kiwi_Land we landed in Auckland.
Greetings from Holzmichel DD and his wife from Germany

A nice quick find on a beautiful day in the CBD.
TFTC

On the first try I had no chance since a whole group of tennagers sat on the object, but on the second try it was free. The old trick nestling with my shoelaces did it and I held it in my hand.

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Berlin, Germany

CCG

Wow, there really was a bunch of muggle activity, we had to pretend like we were shopping and out-wait people out for a smoke break. We signed the log and got the heck outta there quick. TFTC

Found cache without too much trouble after first waiting quite a few minutes for a bus to arrive and the muggles to disappear. Signed log and took photo of cache for posterity. TFTC.

Tranks to Lisa and Bro found easily when passing by. TFTC

It took us a while until we could actually find the cache, as there were lots of muggels around. we finally managed, thank you

Only took a moment to figure this one out, then waited for the bus to carry away the muggle who unknowingly defended the position. Quickly signed and replaced the little fellow. Thanks from Canada!

Tftc. Quick one. Pretended to be waiting for the bus.

TFTC

Found it with Mswazzer and Zork V. TFTH

easiest find on our caching tour in a really nice spot. tftc, vita822

Very quick find for a regular cacher. Nice spot.
Tftc, mads-muc

Found with TCWprez on our CA/Aus/NZ/CA geocation TFTH! Thanks Chris for taking us around!!

In NZ for 48 hours for work and only 1 chance for a cache. Wandered down at 11:30 pm very busy with muggles, so waited for a bit and found easily. TFTC.

A quick find while here fro the halberg awards. TFTC #273

We love big birds.

How is it that with a whole bunch of free spots the one muggle has to occupy the spot nearest to the cache? After a while of waiting around admiring big bird, we could finally log it.

Before lunch we already spotted the big bird but first we had to eat. Refreshed we started the search or better waiting because a Muggle was guarding the cache. When he went we quickly logged it.
TFTC

Easy find while killing time waiting for bus to the airport. Muggle sleeping at GZ, thankfully on the other bench. TFTC

Found this one after having some ice cream, quick little walk and a good old sit down to people watch. TFTC!

With help from Rhiannon and Tristan.

Midnight and close by...time to go for this cache. Easy find with no muggles around and found a little space between the other logs to sign. TFTC

First cache in NZ! We are here on an around the world cruise and got in a night early so off we went! TFTC!

Found the bird and found the cache. Would not like to have come across one of these birds in the bush and only armed with a spear! Brave people the Maori must be, maybe that's why they beat us at Rugby. Thanks for the cache KiwiGary and cheers from the land of Oz

nice easy one

Busy area. Visiting from USA. Tftc

Found this one easily and undisturbed by the many muggles around.

TFTC

What a gorgeous day in Auckland! Tomorrow we leave to return to Pennsylvania, will miss you Kiwis!

Thwarted by muggles twice before, but I has time to wait them out today. Nice little spot, thanks

A quick pick-up on the way to the seafood festival. TFTC!

It was a pretty good cache. TFTC. [8]

25/1. Nice quick find with the hints and the kids working cover. TFTC.

This entry was edited by stegan on Saturday, 26 January 2013 at 06:51:07 UTC.

My last cache here in NZ. Found it late in the evening. TFTC.

Nice find two cruise ships in today if i had left it any later i am sure there would have been too many muggles about TFTC

2nd find in New Zealand whilst visiting son Owain in Auckland. That's one in the South Island and one in the North Island for Mum and son. We spent the morning watching Ironman 70.3, had Brunch at Quay Street Cafe then a walk and did cache. Lovely city. TFTC

Visited Auckland Japan to begin one month traveling with a campervan in New Zealand and visited this cache. Caches make travels much fun. Thank you.

Our 1st cache in NZ! On a Road Scholar expedition. Not much free time this morning. Needed an easy one. TFTC!!

found by accident while looking for a munzee hidden in the same spot.

That was fun

I have now got my own Geocaching account and am logging the finds that I made with Dick the Finger.

TFTC x

Had to wait for a whole load of Japanese tourists to be picked up by their tourist bus. Time was ticking away as we had to run back to catch our cruise ship.

Found after coming back from Waikere. There were two young ladies occupying GZ and looked to be there for the long term. My wife and I sat and conversed while surreptitiously feeling around for the cache. Finally she stood up and spotted the cache. A fake yawn and stretch later I had the cache in hand. Another yawn and stretch and it was back in place. TFTH.

Nearly gave up on this one when I did one last walk around, great place for a chache I had no idea those birds where there thanks

Easy find with big birds help TFTC

Found quickly while on the way to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Vector!

In town for the Chilli's at Vector, had dinner and then thought we'd do a quick cache. GPS was way out, was telling me I was on Customs St still!! Thank god for the hint! Once cache was in hand we realized we didn't have a pen, but the nice man in the shop behind lent me one (Is that your list bro? was his question). For a very exposed location it was very easy to grab, log and replace...
TFTC!!

This entry was edited by gernita on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 at 04:49:32 UTC.

Well, some lovely statues here and I found the cache but would not have got it from the hint. Needed to look hard. TFTC

This entry was edited by Dick the Finger on Monday, 14 January 2013 at 05:39:54 UTC.

Wow GPS didn't even point me in the right direction for this one, and I found other nearby birds as well. Checked the right ones in the end.

Thanks

We were in the city seeing a friend off on the bus to Whangarei, so what a good time to search for some city caches. Found this one fairly quickly after "G" found the big bird. We had to be careful though, lots of muggles about this time of the day.

This one was fun, very busy area. TFTC
#26

As with other cachers, my GPS was going a bit wild with the tall buildings about I think. Anyway, found it with the help of the title and clue. T4TC.