A good place (Northland) Kaiwaka, North Island, New Zealand
By Rumo and Rala & 2 Hopefuls on 28-Sep-08. Waypoint GC1ERKX

Thanks - quick coffee stop on my way south today.

Kinda made no sense at the start but got it at the end

Stopped here to do some Scottish country dancing.... and collect a smiley

Log pretty full but I found a space tftc

Found with a sister during our expedition to NZ (from CZ), where we explored part of the North Island and could visit our classmates and friends that we have not seen for several years, as it is here, in Auckland and Napier live ... Thank you for cache ...

TFTC from LV

Day six of our 11 day binge trip we are signing as NNES. We are heading up North visiting Gracie's GPS Fun. This was a stop on the way.

Yay school holidays! Time for a road trip with my friend Ethness. I flew from Christchurch to Wellington. The idea is to drive up to the top of the North Island and back. We planned the trip ages ago.

Thanks Rumo and Rala & 2 Hopefuls for placing this geocache 7789 find for me.

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The hint was perfect. The school holidays are here and NosyNel and I are on a road trip north - to the far north. TFTC. Signed NNES.

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Quick little stop. Easy to find

Nice cache on a weekend drive with bob

Found on my trip north enjoying the caches in the area

I am visiting Northland for the first time is some 29 years, seeing some friends that have recently moved up here. Today was really just supposed to be a lazy day, after driving almost 800km in the last 2 days, but I can't be trusted to not jump in the car and do a bit of local exploring

Having parked up around the corner, I walked back to look for this cache. The Hint made it a quick and easy find, and luckily for me there wasn't much traffic around, apart from 1 guy in a car that tooted at me as I was just standing at GZ, so either he thought he knew me, or else it was a local cacher who guessed at what I was up to.

I took care of the usual caching admin, then replaced everything back exactly as I found it before heading back to the car to check out a few more around here.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Decided to try and get 9 Caches on my drive back to Auckland airport! Why 9? Because then I will have 930 and will only have 70 left to get my 1000! This is 3 of 9. Tftc

Yayy found it. Silly us confusing easy clues.

Found it after standing for what seemed like ages waiting for a break in the traffic!

Heaps of funny looks from people going past such a good spot

Mal wieder eine lange Autotour heute. Für eine etwas geringere Aufenthaltsdauer bei der einen Glühwürmchen-Höhle. Die war trotzdem ganz cool, auch wenn die Gerätebei der Dunkelheit gestreikt haben. Was die Fahrt anging, war der Hinweg ja noch okay. Zurück war jedoch ein mega mieser Stau, der bestimmt 30 Minuten gekostet hat. Kein Wunder, wenn alles einspurig ist. Da haben wir aber zum Glück gecheckt, wie das hier mit der Maut funktioniert. Ein paar Caches lagen auf dem Weg und das Anhalten, um sie einzusammeln erforderte teilweise genauso gutes Geschick wie das Finden selbst. Den einen Cache bewachte sogar eine riesige Spinne, etwa 2x2 Meter groß war die! Das hinderte uns aber nicht am loggen.
21. April 2019, 15:33 Uhr.

Ein Ausflug zu den Waipu Caves stand für fazzyOne und mich heute auf dem Programm. Die Fahrt von knapp 2 Stunden war dann aber für das gebotene Programm doch zu lang. Die Hölen waren sehr schön und die "Glühwürmchen" echt schön. Aber der Strom von Touristen hat das Erlebnis leider kaputt gemacht. Auf dem Rückweg landeten wir dann auch noch im Stau, sodass wir die geplante Cache-Tour im Anschluss auch streichen konnten. Naja für diesen Cache auf dem Weg hat es zeitlich noch gereicht.

A well hidden cache, and delightful story to go with it. Thanks for bringing us here.

Rain on Friday, no luck️ but sunny spells today shone a bright light on this cache! #20/20 in Mangawhai! New Eutopia cafe opens soon across the road. Tftc.

Hello from the UK. 5 weeks travelling around NZ. Picking up caches where I can. Nice easy find here. TFTC

With kiwitien. TFTC

Snel gevonden, op weg naar Auckland. TFTC

On our way up north, heading for Whangarei tonight. This was a quick find. Afterwards we had refreshments in the cafe, the best iced coffee ever!
Tftc
Tim and Viv - ddm

On our way home from a houseboat weekend. Tftc

862 found with a friend

Nachdem wir gestern nicht alle Caches in der Nähe unseres Campingplatzes in Orewa geschafft hatten, ging es heute früh noch auf eine kleine Morgenrunde. Es war schon sehr warm und relativ viele Menschen unterwegs. Als Herr fleuchi nach dem Frühstück Frau fleuchi den schönen Muschelstrand zeigen wollte,  war er plötzlich weg. Wo kam denn auf einmal das viele Wasser her? Bei schwülwarmen Temperaturen ging es weiter nordwärts. Alle Caches auf der Strecke konnten wir auf keinen Fall machen, deshalb pickten wir uns immer mal wieder einen raus. Viele hatten mit dem Thema Kauri zu tun, da hier die Heimat der gigantischen Bäume ist. Es gab einen Kauripark, ein Kaurimuseum und natürlich die berühmtesten der Kauri, der Tane Mahuta und der Te Matua Ngahere. Unsere Etappe endete in Rawene auf dem Campingplatz Top of die Hill. Der Name ist Programm und man das Gefühl, dass man von Wasser umgeben sei. Unsere holländischen Nachbarn erzählten, dass ein Zyklon gemeldet sei und sie deswegen vom Zelt auf Holzhütte umgestiegen sind. Na hoffentlich zieht er vorbei. Es ist übrigens der erste Tag mit Regen, wobei sich dieser bisher auf 5 Minuten beschränkt hat. Mal schauen, was noch kommt.

We started the day with two more caches in the near of our campground. Even the one we couldn't find yesterday evening was done. Both are tricky hides but we found them thanks to the hints and a bit of imagination. On our way further to the north were a lot of caches - we couldn't  do them all. So we picked some of them and could find all of them. The B-Cache was an exciting one, because of the nest next to the box; we had to be very careful (see picture). Later on we came into the Kauri area and some caches had also to do with Kauri (Kauri stump, Kauri museum, Kauri Forrest,...). The one in Dargaville was a nice one and we found it without help from the info staff. Just before we arrived at the campground Top of the hill, we had one last cache at the roast of Rawene. An easy one if you are tall enough - Mrs fleuchi was not.

TFTC! nice quick easy find on holiday with DevonDumpling23

Quick find with CreasyBear. We are on our way up north and decided to stop off at the cheese shop and buy lots of cheese! That’s dinner sorted tonight! Off to find a camp spot now, TFTC!

Good stop for taking photos and the new cafe they build there..I am from Switzerland an found it courages with a beatle on it..Thanks from Swiss guy !!

I'm from Switzerland and spend 4 months in New Zealand on vacation. Found this cache after a few minutes search, thanks.

We are on vacation in New Zealand and of course we seek some caches.
Thanks for this one!
Greetings from the Dutch.

This was a quick stop on the way home from Whangarei and a chance to let the geohound stretch his legs and a couple of other things (his version of a smiley find) and the cache was just the right distance from the car for a stroll. Rocked up to GZ and made good sense of the hint - even so missed on the first pass in the twilight but found with the help of the light on the phone on the second look. Nice to see this 10 year old cache going strong. Wished I'd seen the logs to bring a replacement log for you but didn't sorry. Hopefully another cache will change this out for you. Regardless, thanks for the cache, container is in good nick.

I went to school in Kaiwaka in the 1960s but rarely come this far north these days, so I made a point of getting this cache for old times sake. Thanks.
[#777]

Over here in Kaiwaka for the NZ Venture from Western Australia, managed to get this cache to mark being here. TFTH

I first went where I thought the cache would be hidden, but then returned to my starting point and walked over to the correct GZ. The cache was nicely hidden. TFTC.

It’s taken a while to get around to logging these finds on the computer but in December of 2018 I tagged along with Scoria for a trip north of the Bombay’s to get a few out of region caches under my belt, target a couple of D/T gaps and partake in a couple of cooperative caches with cachers that were state side as well. Have set my find date to match Scoria’s since we were there together, apologies for the lateness and generic nature of the log.

Thanks for the cache and the opportunity to flesh out more of my stats

Found it
30 Dec 18
Heading up to Auckland with D6NZ to complete a multi faceted mission and try to fill in a couple of D/Ts.

We decided that as neither of us had previously cached in Northland, that we would take this opportunity to venture a little further north so that hopefully we could limit our future exposure to the Auckland area and all the hassles it brings.

This was our first Northland find before heading up to spend a little time up in Whangarei doing a little site seeing.

Cache took a little longer to spot than it should of with D6 finally spotting the hide.

Note log book was full.

Cheers.

Northland Day 5: Last day in Northland before heading back to Auckland. Started off on a foggy morning in Whangarei to pick up some of the Onerahi caches, before slowly working my way to town and heading south to Auckland through the Bream Bay Beaches. Lovely weather today, and a great finale to the Northland trip!

The following is the specific log for each cache:
Rejoined the SH1 south after a little jaunt to the Bream Bay Coast. This one was a quick one at the junction town, and was found very quickly thanks to the hint. Very interesting story in the description, I must say. TFTC!

22499 Traveling through New Zealand to see nice people and places. Also to find some geocaches.

Today we went from Paihia back to Auckland. But first we visited the treaty ground museum. Around there were the first 2 caches of today. Along the road we had again the popular GB1 trail caches, but now on the other side of the road but also many other stops were made on the sunny day.

Finaly 1 cache near the hotel was found.

Most caches were a fast find, some took more time. Stamping on waterproof paper stays difficult.

Rumo and Rala TFTC and the fun it brought us. Theo

On A road trip with Dee+ME. on our way to far north. Cheers.

Quick find!

#9 today:)
Quick find:) TFTC

#9 of the day! TFTC

A fitting find given the Royals (Duke and Duchess of Sussex) are in town. Pity high tea was closed.

Making our way back home to auckland after a drive out on this sunny saturday.Parked up near by and made a quick find whilst surprisingly no traffic passing by.

Cool find on the way home from a school holiday roadie. Saw it from down below. Kids enjoyed this one. TFTC

Helloooooooo traffic muggles! Lol. Tftc!

Good hide, pity about the cafe closing

Quick find by bird. Now for some lunch! SL TFTC

yebo Rumo and Rala & 2 Hopefuls


on our way from Bethells Beach and away from the nasty storm we are heading slowly but surely towards whangerei and are discovering more of this beautiful country


found well

tftc

Found in our holidays to New Zealand.
Greetings from Germany and

TFTC,

JuStMeMi

Nice quick find to the roar of large trucks going by. On my way north for work today. Hopefully will get time to find a few more on the way home. Log is getting pretty full so might need addressing at some point. Tftc

Quick find after I changed the level

Tftc
On ja holiday trip in New Zealand was looking for a few geocaches places were beautiful and great thanks
greetings from Finland

Took a beat in the fantastic pub just beside...

Check!

Spotted from an inferior position - that’s all I’m saying! TFTC

Easy when you find it. As ever!! Eutopia cafe closed but Mormor’s is brilliant.

While the rest of the party did the grocery shopping I raced away to get this...tftc

Today I had some time to spare to go and find a few caches. After finding the new cache at Tinopai, I found a few more caches as I drove back to the main highway and then southwards back towards Auckland. Once I interpreted the hint correctly, the cache was quickly found. TFTC, Biggles.

Quick find after our lunch stop. Heading south to the east coast. Thanks for hiding.

On the way back from Auckland to Whangarei I needed a cache for the day so this was a good one to get. Took a while to find but spied eventually from under. Yes I would say this is 'a good place' Kaiwaka is very nice. Thanks for the cache.

Quick find on the way South. We say TFTC and greetings from Germany. The landscape is a mix between Irland and tropicals. Very beautiful.

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

#9813. Enjoyed following the story and thanks for leading us to this good place in Kaiwaka on New Year’s Day. There was a bit of traffic on the road, but GZ itself was pretty quiet. Quick find. The cache was in good condition, all nice and dry inside. The magic book looked all filled in already, but managed to find an empty page near the end to write our name on. Perhaps we have reached the quota given for the number of people to see the secret Eutopia? Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.

Thanks for the placement and for bringing us to the site, and …

.T h a n k s. .f o r. .t h e. .c a c h e.
.M a u r u u r u. .k o e. .n u i. .a t u. .h o k i. .t e. .k e t e r o k i.

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Quick Stop. TFTC

Good

Tftc. Nice quick find. Log book full.

Found this cache then went under the bridge and checked out the cool paintings and new picnic area. Tftc

A nice break on the drive home. Log is getting full.

Good break from the driving on the way back to Auckland. Easy find. Tftc

On a trip thru Northland with my Mum and we stopped by to grab this one after an ENORMOUS burger at the nearby bar & grill!!
Easy stop and grab along the Highway........... TFTC

On our way north to the lovely Bay of Islands with my son for a couple of days rnr. So decided to take the West coast road. Stopped in for early dinner at the local tavern. Enjoyed a scrumptious chix schnitz. Cach only a short distance away. Interesting fairytale ... good clues, easy find after a short search & rechecked the clue. Lovely little town.

A nice break to find a cache.
TFTC

Found by luck as co-ords were out. TFTC

Archers eagle eye spotted straight away. Log is full

Needed a cache to keep the 2017 streak going, so stopped off on the way South today to look for this one. With the good clue, was a nice quick find without making me late for work. TFTC

A great hiding spot on our road trip south. TFTC.

#3999. The last day of my short visit to Auckland and closing in on 4000 finds. Decided a trip up north was in order to pick up a special cache. Just needed to find 14 other caches on the way. Parked across the road and walked back. Several muggles parked in nearby cars so mucked around on the bridge looking at the stream until they lost interest in me. Then felt for the cache and soon had it in hand. Signed the log and replaced where found. Thanks for the cache.

Quick and easy find

On our way home from a trip North with Squirrel nutcase and Gap from FapandGap. It was very late now but I needed a couple more caches to compete a challenge cache and this fitted in perfectly the others waited in car as they have found this previously I made a quick find then it was back to the car and home hopefully.
Tftc

Good hide

Got to go to Auckland to catch a plane to head south for the day and decided some of the roadside caches needed collecting!

#5369 - #1668

Continue along A1 road north. We parked on the other side, where there Cafe Eutopia on the photos. Just only by listing I thought it was cache about a small café across the houses. But from the photographs I find that it is dedicated to the cafe of the ship. Pity it's already closed.

Thanks for the cache.

Pokracujeme po silnici A1 na sever. Parkovali jsme na druhé strane, tam kde je na fotografiích Cafe Eutopia. Jen y listingu jsem si myslel, že je keš venována malé kavárne naproti v domech. Ale až z fotografií zjištuji, že je venována kafé lodi. Škoda, že už je zavrená.

Díky za keš.

Nice greets from Dresden in Germany . Tftc

Explicit hint made for a quick find,thankyou.

After a short search, we got the box easily. TFTC

Found it together with pijotre.
TFTC

We are on our way from Auckland to the north. The landscape is very varied and the streets go up and down. Of course, we had to sign the one or the other cache, of course. A nice area.
Many thanks to the owner and many greetings from Germany the Moorhelmis

Nice park and grab cache, not sure about the photo hint tho... TFTC

Couldn't find it

The coordinates were a bit off - probably the gps still asleep - following the hint we found the cache anyway. Must have been a funny place to visit. Thanks for showing!

tftc found while holidaying in northland

Found with ozlad while holidaying in Northland. Tftc!

Here a this place i turned around today, as i had made an afternoon trip north from Auckland. After a short search, that was undisturbed, i found the small, hidden treasure and put my name to the log. Unfortunately my entrance into Utopia was not possible today, since it's closed for Renovation, but what i was able to see, was very nice.
From the german visitor on vacation in your country a thank you for hiding and maintaining this cache

***No muggles were harmed while searching, finding and logging this cache...***

Super quick easy find, good clue. Tftc

Quick find

Time to head back down the line after my week in Whangarei. Was originally planning to stay in Hamilton, but didn't realise the All Blacks were playing there tonight, so then looked at Taupo, but all accommodation is booked out there too, so Rotorua ended up being my target for the day, caching on the way. Stopped her in my way north, but couldn't search as it was quite busy with muggles including a hitchhiker. No problem today and the cache was quickly in hand. TFTC

Nice

First find