'N' for Not On The Beach (Otago) Ocean View, South Island, New Zealand
By Hexy on 05-Aug-07. Waypoint GC14XJ9

Looks like I have to join the que such a nice area too

erosion may have caused its demise.

didnt find its not there needs to be attended to ASAP will post a note and send email about this

N for not to be found by us. may be we look again next year.

Couldn't find this one.

have had a couple looks here for this cache,but no joy

Tree has been cut down, had a look around the area any way but could not find

Well, done to Mollymop and WallyOne!!

We could not find this at all even though we checked both sets of co-ordinates. After a while the location reminded us of our great nemesis cache 'Bon Voyage' in Christchurch, so we decided to move on.

Great spot for a cache.TFTC.

I thought this was going to be a dnf but was an easy find. TFTC

[Tried both sets of coordinates,] looked under the pine tree and the branch hanging down Also did a swift check on the coprosma nearer the bank.[ but still didn't find the cache. By the look of the vegetation, a whole army has been through here looking, too.
GZ for me was right over on the edge of the bank, maybe its been washed out to sea! - or maybe serious cache creep has occurred.]

[This entry was edited by katie w on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 1:45:52 PM.]

Cache owner please check.

Took a while to find. Couldn't sign log book as it is too wet. TFTC.

Took a while to find this one. But eventually had the cache in hand. Too wet to sign. TFTC.

Have been back twice could not find this one GPS kept messing with my mind

Nice hide. Had to hide from some muggles and their dog who were not not on the beach. Afterwards went for walk along back as well. TFTC.

Logging finds from ages ago....tftc

Well overdue for a logging session - will have to get better at logging! TFTC

Took a bit of hunting but found it in the end. The cache is a bit wet. We once again got doggled (being muggled by a dog) which seems to be something that happens a lot on the Johnny goes caching trips.

Found with Johnnys grew this one took a while but still found it in the end. TFTC

A nice drive down the coast on the way home from Dunedin. As with other comments the cache is damp, however we have put the log book in a seperate plastic bag.TFTC

TFTC

After dark find and no 10 for the day. Water inside container.

Easy find with updated coordinates. Found at the end of another glorious Otago Autumn day spent at Brighton beach.

Cache is a tad damp and needs a bit of TLC.

TNLN. TFTC.

We were looking in the wrong area until we updated the cordinates, then it was quite easy to locate cache.
There was water in cache and log book quite wet.
Lovely spot and great view of beach with not many muggles about. TNLN Ashsal.

[This entry was edited by Ashsal on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 1:13:35 AM.]

Easy enough find after we updated the coordinates, then the hiding place became quite obvious. Cache needs some maintenance, see our notes. TNLN. TFTC. Ashsal.

Although we weren't collecting the letters we managed to get quite a few during the couple of days we spent in the Dunedin area.

A quick drive up then a bit longer to get to GZ, got halted by something prickly trying the cacher line so took the long way around. TNLN Thanks.

Toooo much gras.

Nice quick cache on a stinking hot day. No time to play in the dunes retreated back to cool car.

TFTC

[Find #437]

Lovely wee walk, many thanks.

No probs with the find, though a muggle has found it, it seems.

TFTC

First you find the track that leads past the spot... removed an old pair of shoes and a beer bottle, so the cache camouflage stood up to some strange company. Ooh, an "N"! Lovely deserted beach this evening. TFTC.

Had almost given up hope of finding this one then happened to hit the top of cache what luck. TNLN TFTC

Took the straight line approach as I tend to do and can report there is a lot of blackberry in this area Found a nice track to walk back on though, think I got the feel of the area (ouch!).
TFTC

2261. This is a lovely looking beach and the roar of the ocean was almost a soothing sound.

The cache and contents are a little damp but the logbook is dry.

- Jandal TB

Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Nice beach. Christopher took out a monster, left a whistle and wanders down the beach roaring like a monster.

Easy find, should be "S for Soon be on the beach given the rate of erosion". Take large rubbish sacks, perhaps this is how the City is managing its waste disposal.

A quick and easy find on a dismal day. Suprisingly scenic! My first alphabet trail cache, TFTC!

Thanks for this cache Needed the clue. NINO

Neat spot and the beach is fantastic today so inviting... for a polar plunge!, think not... looked great though!TFTC, TNLN.

13:20 Beach was empty except for 3 people, what a great spot. TFTC

We went for a climb up the heavily eroded bank.
TFTC

This one caused us some problems despite the excellent hint. Eventually found it where I expected it to be, maybe it's time to take a trip to the opticians.

just completing routine cache maintainence and all was in order and has stood the test of time admirably. Also picked up the Smiley TB to take onto the next cache we visit today.

Went to Waldronville so the kids could see the Christmas lights...getting on dark..thankfully my geospouse's foot made a clunk and voila...who needs a torch anyway
TFTC
- TB Braeden's little angel
+ TB Smiley

Thanx for the cache!
in:TB
teamKollMont from Germany xx

This one was a quick drive by on the way to life saving. TFTC

Found this time, nice warm day out at the beach.

Thanks Bitsprayer

Found the Kiwi here but had to use the clue. Easy to find general location but well hidden. We got our 'N".

Oops, I should have looked at the cache page as some time elasped after printing it and going there and I didn't have the amended co-ords or the clue.

As easy find today and I can laugh at the spot where someone (me) has been scratching away a wee while ago near GZ.

Amended coordinates were spot on. A nice walk.
- finger puppet + paddlepop magnet from "Green Island". Also grabbed a letter.
TFTC.

Did a quick check on the cache and dropped in One Wet Kiw for a stay by the sea. All in order.

Hmm no luck here, I will return

Bitsprayer

Had report that potentially gone AWOL, but glad to say all safe and well. Extracted Mustang Sally TB as intending to visit a few caches over next few days and he is soooooo cute so will move him on within a few days. Added more letters. Left some more swaps in too.

Sigh, now I've no idea where its supposed to be, the co-ords the obvious tree somewhere else...

10m out for me too. Didn't take too long to spot. Cheers. TNLNSL.

Found it by using the fact that it is in front of different tree as GPS had us 10 metres away. Lovely morning before a change in the weather. Off orienteering after the find.

At friends in near by house, so took them along to find it. A very wind but warm night!
-letter, TFTC

Gorgeous day at the beach today. Knew where I was going having been here on Monday so didn't use GPS. Still took a minute or two to find the cache in the vegetation though. First cache located using my new "Cachemobile". I was becoming concerned at how caching was causing the mileage to rack up on my good car and my "carbon footprint" so have purchased a cheap little 850cc Daihatsu (NZ new, 2 lady owners, service history, only 33 000km!). Should keep the kms down on the good car and reduce my fuel use and emissions. And it's a ball to drive- reminds me of my first car which was a Mini but this should be a heck of a lot more reliable.

Thats more like it Thanks for the quick fix Hexy
FTF, a quick find, the area had been well turned over since I was last there ! Grabbed a letter.
- GSV Silver Fern Geocoin
TFTC

'N'ot so difficult this time! Spent quite some time watching the waves against the nearby sand face, great place. Thanks.

'N'ever even turned the GPS on today - went straight to the tree I had searched yesterday, and there it was.
I wonder under what tree the cache was hidden originally? I had checked them all in a radius of 20m. I could only see one other specimen like the one the cache is hidden under, well over 50m away - and I had searched that one, too!
There's some fresh dog poop marking the turn-off to the hide - fellow cachers, mind your step!
- Rolling Stone TB and fridge magnet
+ Mustang Sally TB and air-travel eye covers
Thanks for a cache in a beautiful location

[This entry was edited by Eli_The_Moose on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 at 1:57:38 AM.]

Have to say dog poo not our responsibility! We are people who CITO where possible and seeing as we had cleared 2 bags of rubbish from car park after setting cache, we certainly would not be responsible for dog fouling. Felt a little wounded by the inferrance here!

No joy on the FTF here...off down the coast I go
Had a good look around, but not to be !

"Not on the Beach" and, I fear, "Not Anywhere Else". Arrived at GZ to find nofs on hands and knees. He had given the area a thoroughly going over (just thought, geocachers would be ideal people to perform search warrant turnovers for the police) but found nothing. Had a quick look about myself and concurred. So that's three DNFs. Fear there might be a problem

'N'ot found. I was 15 minutes behind Nofs and U.N.C.L.E., and gave it a good search again after finding 'R' - 45 minutes all up.
Well, that's 4 DNFs for this cache now, I wonder indeed if there is something wrong. A spot 8m from GZ fitted the hint OK, but no luck

We have visited the site this evening and followed the faithful GPS and what a surprise, it took us to the tree you have all been searching under!! The cache was actually around 20m away under another, Nerd part of Hexy has been severely reprimanded for lack of accuracy by Bossy Part of Hexy. Sorry for the inconvenience, cache is now where you should expect it. Accuracy circa 8 meters, [and there is a branch determined to trip you up, and it is somewhere around there!]

Sorry fellow cachers for the wasted trips!

Published

Dropped of GC Silver Fern to start this little cache off

Thought that the Rolling Stone would like to set off our new cache 'N' for Not on the Beach.

Gone to check location and coordinates, back soon!