Wreck Bay (Auckland) Hobsonville, North Island, New Zealand
By glyn(the only one) on 03-Nov-07. Waypoint GC16Z6P

redoing

Area where cache was is rusted away, will replace in another place.

Will check

out for a high tide exploration of the mangroves in the kayak, and came upon the wreck by accident after following a path through the mangroves...remembered reading the cache description in the past so pleased to find the cache still loaded on the GPS...

but alas i have to agree with the last person - it appears to be no where to be seen at the described location, rather just large flakes of steel and lots of bigger holes? perhaps its floated away when released from the wreck?

OH NO! a DNF spent ages @ both ends of point- No treasure here

No luck. 4 of us searched the whole ship for 20 mins. Better hint perhaps.

Yay found it, interesting spot.

Very interesting find. Fun finding way in. TFTC.

Introduced the boys at the fire station to geocaching. Nice easy find. Great bit if history.

not to hard to find but difficult to get out

Crashed through the bush to get there found cache easily then turned around and saw the nice open track i should have come down. Thanks great cache.

Oh love the nice paved track (Tui's Billboard)

Quick find. Very cool spot. TFTC!

Good little hiding spot

Parked the car and bush bash towards the wreak. got it without too much trouble. Nice little area

TFTC glyn

Got it with snakelion. Nice hide

TFTC

Cool cache, easy find

Bit soggy underfoot after a torrential storm but we braved the elements and found what remains of the beast. I thought at first it was the skeleton of timber frame shed......the poor thing is looking a bit worse for wear now. Interesting story - TFTC

Found with Crystal Fairy while caching in the area this afternoon. Interesting spot and it was quite unexpected to find the remains of a vessel of this size so far from deep water. Signed log, TFTC.

Found with agcnz on our weekend caching spree. Thanks for the cache. This was one of those unusual finds that without geocaching would never have found. Very interesting..

Found it easy

Did this one at night, I wouldn't recommend it as it may look a little strange to the neighboring houses. Didn't take long to find

Nice spot have to walk down a long drive way and cut through empty section into the bush you can see the bush wacking done by other hunters no pen to log visit must bring own.

One of my favourite caches on a caching trip with OomooAndNarwhal. Amazing! TFTC

On a mega cache mission. ooommooand narwhal out with the hunting hobbits. a whole lota fun.

13-02-2011 at 15:33

#538: Finally found this one with the help of a local homeowner who was out on her deck watching us try to find the path to the GZ. She was very helpful and we found the cache a few moments later. What an interesting story this ship could tell.

TNLNSL. TFTC

How DO you find these places!?! Another great cache at another great location - thanks Glyn =) I do enjoy looking at this sort of thing!

I enjoy visiting wrecks and old interesting bits of lost history. Soon at site and cache quickly found. SL Thanks for bringing me to such an interesting area.

Nice hiding spot and little bush walk

I wasnt sure if I was in the right spot for the reserve, but a nice easy walk to GZ and a quick find. Thanks.

Approach from the south required a bit of bush wacking and nothing too demanding. Must have only just missed the visit by trout-fly. TFTC.

Nice and easy find once we found the access way / trail. TFTC

Didn't get around to reading the cache page so made my own access way. Cool spot with an interesting history found some big engine parts on my way in too. Coming out was much easier! T4TC

Out and about in the sun with the kids, my eldest found this one her 1st find.
T4TC and the mission of a bush walk.

A quick find, once I found the wreck
Didn't see any mother in laws, but it would be a great spot to take one for a picnic
TFTC

Great find with kai.

This entry was edited by kevsteam on Saturday, 03 July 2010 at 01:12:15.

"an access way between no. 68 and 70 "???? We couldn't find the described access way, so we took the direct way
a short search and we got it - not only we got the cache, we got muddy trousers and shoes as well
SL TFTC

Out on a quick mission with Trav007 & the kids. Great history lesson thank you! No.68 and 70 seem to have disappeared and new houses are down the drive. Easy going all the same and really quick find. TFTC

1 day we should build it up and ship it outta there......YER RIGHT!!!!!... Nice location yet again, even in the rain. Thanx bud for the cache

Theres been a few changes in this area since the cache was laid
new houses gone up and still being built and getting to the remains of this vessel now involves walking on private land
with out a home owner telling me where the boat was I would never have found it.

Access between no,s 68 and 70, should be a walkway eventually if its not now.

great bust crash in, but not to hard. nice to know some history is still laying around.
i left some money for the next adventure to sail away with.
bring nautical (ships) things for the cach

First time here didn't want to bush bash so gave up-tonite we just went for it-bashed in-wandered out-tftc

2108 This cache had us alittle confused as to how to access the area but got there in the end and after a minor bush bash the cache was in hand. Another great history lesson from the Master himself. Thanks Glyn, still waiting to get those bear steaks! TFTC

Out for a day of caching on Easter Sunday. We found the difficult way in, bashing through the bush. Much easier on the way out.
TFTC

Found Easy Enough after a bit of bush bashing. Nice location and good fun to find.... Bring on the next cache

Awesome cache, but mission to get too! need an accurate GPS reading, and good shoes!

Now this is what it's supposed to be about right? Appreciated the map to guide us in and then it was all on from there on in. Great spot for a cache and glad to have done this on a lovely summer's day - not sure this would have been so much fun a few months from now. TNLNSL TFTC

A little overgrown, but got there in the end. Interesting place. TFTC.

Had to go bush bashing a bit to get to GZ (Have the cuts to prove it). Once at GZ quick find. TFTC

Neat to find a unique piece of history that hasnt been disturbed by progress. TNLN

Today, after volunteering for the UN Paras drop mission I mounted a patrol to check on the "Battle of the Bridge" hotspots for General Glyn.
Having spent several hours in the wastelands devastated by the recent conflict I took the oportunity to take some R&R in this peaceful and unaffected zone.

I was confused about trespassing when accessing the reserve, but have since consulted Google maps and an now have attached a copy.
I had glanced at the description on my PDA but then left it in the car and was unsure just where to look. I recovered the PDA and cracked the clue before returning to make an easy find. I dunno how I missed it first try.
What a facinating bit of history lies here.

This find (1200th) was such a refreshing change from the dummed down micros proliferating these days.

TFTC

[This entry was edited by Navigull on Friday, July 24, 2009 at 8:12:37 PM.]

Have made note to self to remember to keep gumboots in the car. Couldn't find the easy trail so just made our way through the swampy mess until we arrived at the hulk. No problems with the find but the shoes are a mess. Oh! the life of geocaching. TFTC

The lads decided to sit in the car for this one so Mummy had to go alone!!!
I have lived in Hobsonville for 25+ years & never knew this was even here!!!!
Took Nothing - Left a Cow - BOVINE MANIA!
Thanks for bringing me here it was very FUNKY!

This was our second visit to this area, as last time I had brust a blood vessel in my leg (from walking a marathon) as wasn't quite up to the terrain... but this time no problem and eagerly crossed this one off the list. Great to find the cache (and even better to know leg was much improved)

Would never have ventured here and found this, so thanks for the adventure. Imagine it may be a bit trickier when all the sections are built on...

Took a while to find a track and the neighbourhood golden retriever was on guard. Thanks for another hidden piece of history discovered and shared through geocaching T4TC.

Found by Me n Dug n Zoe... On a nice fine evening we went looking for lost pirate loot & we found it. What a great looking piece of history.
TFTC Muzza.

Almost gave up on this one with big problems trying working out the best way in. How ever we eventually stumbled across a pathway and soon all was reveiled.What an interesting place to come across?
Thanks glyn.

Wow, who would have known this was here. Thanks for the history Glyn. 6th find today with Joan(Darby&Joan). Swapped pink Jandel key ring for Blue one. TFTC

Further on my afternoon with Helefant, we arrived at Wreck Bay. Had a false start to find out way then tried another way and behold we found it. Really enjoyed reading about the history of how this came to be here. Will take a note of the book and have a read, as all this history is very interesting.
Out: Pink Jandel In : Fish Eraser. SL. TFTC. [^]

Found as part of the kiwifet team.

# 49

This was our second visit to the site. The first time we were not sure of exactly how to get through to where we assumed was GZ. A search on Google maps confirming the location sent us back more determined to get there. Not too much of a bush bash at all. Access might be a little harder in future as the surrounding land has "for sale" / "sold" signs up. Worth the visit, you'd never guess it was there!

This one is amazing - how do you find these places? Really enjoyed discovering this one. Well done TFTC

An interesting location filled with forgotten history. Thanks for introduction. The place isn't far from my lodge. Simple hide, but I needed the hint anyway

1 of 4 today TFTC!

As a marine surveyor I had to go and inspect this ship.
I recommend that it goes back on the slip for some repairs.
TFTC #315

The trio off again for an afternoon of caching. Enjoyed this one - what an adventure. Thanks for bring us here. TFTC. Left pencil.

Seattle's Best came up with the goods. I'd had my nose there, but didn't sniff it out. KnK was midships ready to refloat the boat!

Getting to the GZ was a fun trek. How did you ever find this, Glyn? Houses are springing up all over in this neighbourhood! Indiana Jill, Kayaknkiwi and I looked in all the usual (and unusual) places. Being aware of Glyn's style, we left nothing unturned. Thankful for the hint; it was spot on. Thanks for another great cache, Glyn!

A very interesting place which may not be here for much longer. Developers closing in fast. TFTC
-coin

3.15pm.Fascinating!!Hard to imagine on the Devonport run today but a great relic of Auckland Harbour history - and its brick making history. Well worth the venture into the unknown. Thanks Glyn. Oh, and "by the way" the pen ran out as we started to write and the logbook is a little damp. Otherwise all in great shape.
+ NZ Flag fridge magnet & geocoin.
TNSL.
[8d] M&P.

Our first ever find!! And the beginning of a good day. Nothing in or out .TFTC

Found the boat Ok but needed help with cache. Great hide.

TNLNSL

Thanks for the hunt.

Wow! Never would have known about this place....
Took the bush bash route because it was the only way we could see, not too much problem though. Clever hide at GZ, took us a little while to locate.
Thanks for the cache and the fascinating history of the area Glyn

Not too hard a find once I'd taken the courage to wonder off the tarmac!
Wonder how long this oddity will remain though, what with the locality in the process of being sold off for housing development...
TFTC!

Came back 2nd go and found it well hidden!

Found with family and friends but never logged

Found in the bushes with out too much of a problem, interesting.
TFTC

Wow, what a creepy wreck. Rumo likes such graveyards of old technology. Now, while logging the find, he finally has the time to read the description and to get the answer to "What the h*** are all these bricks doing here?"
Rala quickly located the box in its tricky hiding place after consulting the hint.

Took: Butterfly's #2 Fluttershy Blue
Left: Your Tag is Showing GC

TFTC

Out hunting with the inimitable XenaCommander on Splat the SV650 caching machine. This was our last for the day before the rain .. and forgotten rainsuits ended the day. This was a nice sneaky hide. Sniffed and pawed at all likely spots until XC being a crafty old salt uncovered the goods.
Signed of the log as the rain started so we bailed out and headed home to dry out and gloat over the days fun. Thanks Glyn for an interesting historical spot.

It seems TechnoKitten and XC have been on another Glyn cache hunt.. Having found 3 already we came here to what was our last for the day before rain called it off.
Parked Splat the cache machine nearby and walked into the nearly track. Nice to read the history of this area.
TK was using a newly found prod and XC was looking in likely places but to no avail... Check clues.. Hmmm its gotta be here. Start again.. TK already looked here but.... ah hah..
XC yells... FOUND!!! hehe..
Nice hide..
TK signed the log and I swapped Diabetes TB for Butterfly Lady Geocoin.
TFTC #530

Thanks Glyn for another great day caching. We still have lots more of yours to do but I am sure we will get them all.
We are now soaked and going to take shelter at Daughter Commanderling and see Grandson Commanderling. (must be getting old)

If you give a 9-yr old a GPS you never see for dust. This is his 6th cache this morning and his enthusiasm has waned one iota, in fact, I think it has increased inversely proportional to my level of energy. Where do they get all that energy from. Had to play a PAF card here to be able to put my hands on the cache. What a great hidey-hole.
In: TB
Out: Geocoin
Cheers for the cache.

Dropping off TB.

#864
Very quick find…

after making a humiliating phone call to the owner. Was fixated on a train of thought[:(!], unfortunately for us, the wrong one. Good hide, Duh! for us – Thanks Glyn for your assistance and the history lesson on the wrecks. We will be looking forward to those glasses you promised us – a couple of pairs of Serengeti sunglasses would be nice.
In Fairy GC
Out Hogwild Travel coin
SL, TFTC

Not sure if I got the right way in or not, still involved a bit of bush bashing, but I did find a stairway to the edge of the mangroves. Good bit of local history.

TFTC, +/- geocoin

Many thanks to Mr Glyn for leading us (figuratively speaking)to this little remnant of maritime history. Clearly Glyn has researched the subject well and provided us with a most interesting background to the early days of Auckland and the Waitemata Harbour.

Found the right way in and found the site with ease. Took a while to find the cache but got there in the end. TFTC.

In: Kiwi Volunteer Geocoin Beagle 2

In Geocoin

#786. Now that was fun(ny). Shame there wasn't anyone with me - they'd probably still be rolling around laughing. Imagine my surprise when instead of a grassy knoll my next step turned out to be thin air and I fell horizontally into the mangroves - straight out of a cartoon.
Not ideal terrain for shorts and sandals - came back looking like a pin cushion from the gorse.
Clever hide Glyn. TFTC.

Well done for locating this lost treasure! I came in the long way.
Cheers glyn - M@

Took the harder way in, easy way out, down someones drive! Interesting feature, who did you here about it?

Quick find, cords good! keep it up.

TFTC

Took coin

Yes indeed, sprung by Tramper Ted and think I might have been muttering my thoughts aloud at this stage so good reason for TT to stand back and assess what sort of nutter goes there.

Very nice to finally meet an Auckland cacher, and not only an Auckland cacher, but the famed Tramper Ted! So, after a bit of chin wagging down to business with TT showing how it's done. Many thanks, I was thinking too hard and overlooked the obvious, would of got it though!

Very interesting to be able to "discover" such things, thank you very much glyn, a great cache and lots of good info in the description.

TNLNSL, TFTC

11.00am. We followed AGS who led us along the "scenic route"
We three looked together until AGS found it. That wreck is hard! I tested my head on it! We took the easy way out. Thank you. David & Geoff.

Parked the car, but no sign of an easy way in. However it looked like a short bush bash, so off I went. Arrived at ground zero, closely followed by Nodo and son. We did a joint search before I found the cunning hide.
The Nodo team then showed me the easy way back to the car
TNLN
Thanks for the cache!

Did the short bush bash cause we didn't find the other way. Approaching GZ we saw someone fossiking around the said item. Stood back a bit and thought what to do - shall we surprise him??? Yep looks like he's got a GPS!! Turned out to be the legendary ADV, back in Auckland keeping his numbers up. Had a good chat and found the cache too.

On emerging back to the car some locals came past and asked if we had been looking at the shipwreck. Said someone had told us about it (thanks Glyn), and they filled us in on a bit more history as well.

The route we used won't be possible much longer cause of all the sections being sold, but the 'proper' way should be a bit more obvious as time goes by. TFTC

Rumo and Rala are currently not able to do any geocaching. They are still trying to recover from a life-threatening mission http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0ed3eaf2-01e6-4b3b-b315-9409beb67ddd they were assigned to Saturday night. Maybe they will never be able to go geocaching again after what has happened on that particular night...

16:12 FTF
Well what a wet day, Rumo and Rala must be being sensible and watching TV on a day like this. So great to be FTF.

What an interesting piece of local history that I wouldn't have known unless Glyn had bought that local history book of his . Interesting spot indeed.

Wonder how easy it will be to get too, once all the sections are built on here. Lets hope we will all still have access.

Left: 2007 New Zealand Fern Geocoin

Thanks for cache Glyn.

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