Private Investigations (M.I.P #5) (Auckland) Hatfields Beach, North Island, New Zealand
By
TheWonderStuff on 02-Nov-07. Waypoint GC17227
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Another great 1980's band. These guys dominated the charts in NZ, which was one of the first places in the world that the band had chart success. Their album, Bros in Arms, is one of the biggest selling albums of all time in NZ. Thanks.
Took a while to work our the songs but then an easy task to find the albums. Found on our return home from the event at Wenderholme T4TC.
The 8th Music in Paradise cache found on our M.I.P. Quest today. This time in Orewa. We are definitely Dire Straits fans, and so recognised most of the songs. The main challenge with a familiar tune is putting a name to it! Had no difficulty with the find. Thanks.
# 534
# 534
Well I can finally cross a few of the MIP caches off my list. Seemed to be alot harder than I would have thought. Thanks for the help. TFTC
[Of all the MIP series, this one caused me the most grief, and I thought I was a Dire straits fan. I won't state how much of the puzzle I solved but] we were able to define the search area in about 5 minutes and the cache was located a few minutes later. [Needless to say a lot of obsevation skills we have picked up over the years caching went into finding this one.
TFTC]
TFTC]
#14 so far today and lost count of how many M.I.Ps today.
Quick find while leaving family in car. Raced off and found.
TNLNSL TFTC... Wonder how long that road has been there..
Quick find while leaving family in car. Raced off and found.
TNLNSL TFTC... Wonder how long that road has been there..
Happens to be another favourite artist, but the shocking music made it a bit of a mission. Wonder what Dire Straits would say if they heard this version! Great to see that the developers have left some bush in Orewa, its a lovely area. Left Geocoin. TFTC
Cool under the trees on a very sunny day
First of the 8 M.I.P. caches , found all 8 today. Glad to get them done, am not good with musical ones with my hearing problems. Had some help from Wounder and Zork, Thanks
TFTC
First of the 8 M.I.P. caches , found all 8 today. Glad to get them done, am not good with musical ones with my hearing problems. Had some help from Wounder and Zork, Thanks
TFTC
#855
Solved this one last week, first opportunity to visit and complete the formalities. Thanks for another great MIP puzzle.
TNLNSL, TFTC
Solved this one last week, first opportunity to visit and complete the formalities. Thanks for another great MIP puzzle.
TNLNSL, TFTC
Some crazy kids were riding down the nearby pathway @ breakneck speed. They knew the shouldn't but boys will be boys. Once I found the enterence to the GZ it was an easy find.
TNLNSL
Thanks for the hunt.
TNLNSL
Thanks for the hunt.
FTF!! 
I've been laid up since Wednesday with knee surgery, watching the FTF's come and go without me even firing a shot.
At least being housebound gave me the opportunity to work out the co-ords for this from the clues, well all but one coord. It turned out to be so close to home, I figured it would be worth a knee rupture for a look.
Bandage came off the knee today, so with the doctors advice of "take it easy for a few days" still ringing in my ears, off I went ably assisted by a Junior Ferg as a crutch. Perhaps geocaching wasn't what the Doctor had in mind [?]
Arrived at GZ , where we had a yarn to the Apeldoorn crew returning from a days fishing. Hobbled up to the approx. location and had to trial and error the last coordinate. You know, just once, I would like to go to a M.I.P. cache with all the coordinates securely tucked away in the GPSr.
After much "look over there boy" and "bend down there son" to the junior cacher, we had the cache in hand to claim the FTF!
TFTC Wonderstuff.
TNLNSL
I've been laid up since Wednesday with knee surgery, watching the FTF's come and go without me even firing a shot.
At least being housebound gave me the opportunity to work out the co-ords for this from the clues, well all but one coord. It turned out to be so close to home, I figured it would be worth a knee rupture for a look.
Bandage came off the knee today, so with the doctors advice of "take it easy for a few days" still ringing in my ears, off I went ably assisted by a Junior Ferg as a crutch. Perhaps geocaching wasn't what the Doctor had in mind [?]
Arrived at GZ , where we had a yarn to the Apeldoorn crew returning from a days fishing. Hobbled up to the approx. location and had to trial and error the last coordinate. You know, just once, I would like to go to a M.I.P. cache with all the coordinates securely tucked away in the GPSr.
After much "look over there boy" and "bend down there son" to the junior cacher, we had the cache in hand to claim the FTF!
TFTC Wonderstuff.
TNLNSL
13h00 - A quick find at GZ( also with missing one last coord) - on the return trip we had to make to Warkworth today for work. Found in the company of gsah. Might have been first if we stopped by on our way through early this morning!!
TNLNSL
TFTC
Hey Ferg, not sure if those steps up to GZ is what the docter meant by " taking it slow"!!!
TNLNSL
TFTC
Hey Ferg, not sure if those steps up to GZ is what the docter meant by " taking it slow"!!!
