X nearly marks the spot (Horowhenua) Shannon, North Island, New Zealand
By 0paco0 & Red on 12-Aug-07. Waypoint GC15326

after 10 days and three drive-bys, the cache has reappeared out of nowhere! The farmer must have felt bad about nicking it

We have decided it is unsafe to leave goodies lying around at this spot, so we have taken it home to find a better place for it.

Cache has disappeared. Does this mean that if you think a muggle might have seen you - he/she probably has?

No worries, this was in a rather cheeky place and lots of people got pleasure out finding it in its short life.

Tune in again to find a new cache soon at a different spot (almost marked by an X) near you.

is it still there we had good look 4 it ???

#684
Quick drive-by cache. Had to wait for the suspicious farmer who drove by a couple of times, checking us out to leave before re-hiding the cache.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Somehow I thought this cache was near the boat ramp on the river off Sh 1 and didn't turn on GPS til I got there and found I was over 14 km off track .
Found easily when following GPS.
+ Glow in dark Frog
- Smiley face maze.
- Civil war geocoin.
TFTC.

Looked in the right place, but didn't spot it initially. The GPS was fairly insistent though, and yes, there it was.
+ a marble, - nothing.

[This entry was edited by alsjfs on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 at 9:35:54 PM.]

cool cache!!
lots of fun on a really nice sunny day... got there at around 5.30
heaps of sand flies..
+ star sticker sheet
- funny key ring
left civil war geo coin hoping it will see more of NZ!! lol
TFTC

4.30pm. Parked right on the spot while I turned the GPS on, so a very easy find. Thank you. David

15:22
A good spot. Well concealed. A well-stocked cache. TNLN TFTC.

Good spot. A very appropriate name.

An accurate location provided, but the cache is so well hidden we were fooled at first. However, always trust the GPS and success soon follows. Out whale, in smiley puzzle. Like the way that the location provides an alternative short route to / from Shannon. TFTC

On our way home from Wellington on a Sunday afternoon.

Taken to GZ by TT and found there by Sweet P - a team caching effort.

Rehidden well! NOTE: rehidden well!

- NC micro GC
+ Keyring which was acquired as part of a 'fun night' event some time ago ("If at first you don't succeed, then failuer may be your thing".... ha!)
TFTC
The Turtle strikes again!

just recording the geocoin we placed here on saturday (and TT then uplifted!)

Nice straightforward find and no-one outstanding in their field seen.
TNLNSL TFTC

Find #3 this afternoon with gravelboy - he's a bit impatient and does insist on having a "boy look" which is why i found it not him ...

TNSL
+toy soldier
+NC Geocoin - which the owner has asked finders NOT to log until he gets a chance to do the inital log in NZ for it

Quick find on way home. -+ 0

19:39 After retrieving a group of Aliens from Stargate P40175 I was rapidly transported to a dark empty road curiously near several X's. Stumbling out of the RTV (Rapid Transit Vehicle) I could see nothing but stars overhead. Had I been human-napped? Was this the dark and mysterious sport of night caching?

Attempted to use PND (Personal Navigation Device) to locate my bearings and what I was told would be a touch of plastic reality. Was muggled by a low flying apparition - now I know what possums feel like! Assumed it was a car but upon spinning around, it was nowhere to be seen. Had I really been abducted? I was standing smack in the middle of a clearly marked landing zone of some description!

Had a mysterious compulsion to seek out the cache owner and report the strange goings on. This I did - only to find their CCD (Caching Communication Device) was suffering from some weird sort of electromagnetic interference - the result was that no matter what site they tried to visit, they were suspended... Where? In time and space... We resolved that a more global view would resolve the problem and came across a group of intrepid Kiwicachers using the Ether to build communication networks across the galaxy. Fortunately for us all, we had a private networking capability as we found the electromagnetic interference extended to GC.com - even Signal the Frog looked shocked later when he came 'on line' again.

Found cache without difficulty . Buzzed repeatedly by a top dresssing plane - must have been in his flight path? Uplifted(fir the second time) the Lips TB and have taken it to new spot. Thanks.

MalcolmB fogot to note the tracking number of "Love This Geocoin". It has been moved further South.

Great cache, nice and full, easy find.

+ Hotlips geocoin
- Butterfly

TFTC

We got it; Boots' first find in heels, and at night. Tried to hide it well, but if it is not good enough i'll buy you a coffee dad .

- big die
- glitter
+ whale
+ bone

~ Chrispy Twitch and Boots

Quick find on our way to Palmerston North. -Qatar note + batteries. TFTC.

Last find for today. Again teamed up with Wonder Stevie. Happened upon "Punga and Paua" (very nice to meet you) on this cache as they had turned up in the area at around the same time. Rather amusing as we tried to hide the cache under the car on their first drive by but it soon became apparent we were safe and they were on the same mission as us. I must admit I first thought it was a local asking why so many cars had stopped here during the day as there seemed to be a few visits today. TFTC

- Pink Flamingo (just figured out what it was)
+ Green dice

Take care entering and leaving the road. Loose gravel makes traction slippery and causes embarrassing wheelies.

[This entry was edited by Asterixnz on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 12:04:39 PM.]

Fifth and final find of the day. Another easy find, met fellow geocachers "Punga and Paua". TFTC.

- AA Batteries
+ Toy snake

A very quick drive-by find. -fly, +armadillo. TFTC. Site already looking well visited!

Hot on the heels of Asterixnz and Wonder Stevie who we spotted as being possible geocachers as we drove along the road. Did a drive-by. Yes, that's definitely a cache they have in their hands! We turned around and parked beside them. A very easy cache find!! Nice to meet you both.
Out - Armadillo
In - butterfly
Repacked the cache trying to fit it all in, its getting quite full, .....accompanied by the sound of a very impressive wheelie from Asterix and Wonder Stevie as they left the scene, we weren't quick enough to see it though!

Took me a while to find after looking in all the wrong places first.
Nice quick accessible cache.
TFTC

number 5 for the afternoon easy find as cache was fully exposed. so I took a lump of cut grass on other side of road and covered it.
- murphys paw TB.
- make up kit
+ blue fly
+ flamingo
+ empty bullet shell.
a well presented cache.TFTC

Congratulations, Done & Dusted, well done.

I wonder if this is the fastest processed cache ever ... We hid it at 4:40, logged it for moderation at 5:40, it was on line at 7:40 and you found it at 9:40!

Yes!!! this is our second FTF for the night, picked it up at 9.40pm, + SPCA TB and - Korea pin TFTC

[This entry was edited by Done and Dusted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 12:35:49 PM.]

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