A pain in the.... Morse, of course! (Whangarei) Riverside, North Island, New Zealand
By SaltyCacheNutZ on 15-Sep-08. Waypoint GC1FHJX

I don't do the rounds very often here anymore; just not as enjoyable without my geodog
so archiving to make way for other cachers/caches... hopefully there will be a new footbridge nearby soon

daaaaahh, what a pain alright.. missing. I think council may have had some pruning done along with the mangrove removals. Will have a re-think on repalce vs archival...

Well, we solved this ages ago .... but lost our notes so had to re-solve it today. Once we'd remembered how to solve the code it was a nice easy find. TFTC Salty.

This had us scratching our heads for a while. Easy find once we figure out the clues. Cheers

Managed to pick up this neat wee puzzle today. Had a lovely walk while in the area as such a beauti morning. Thankyou Salty. was fun.

10/4/2012 nice quick find tftc

Solved a-g-e-s ago, but this was the first chance I had to collect it. Thanks.

Solved this one at home before heading up to Whangarei for a holiday. Thanks for an enjoyable puzzle. No problems with finding the cache either which resulted in a super quick find. The rain had eased off enough for me to head out and find this cache. TFTC!

a nice easy cache

Only one of two puzzles we were able to pick up while in town for a short time. The weather didn't play fair and we were limited in places we could go. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache.

Out with tikitour after 5 weeks away - time to catch up on some new local caches!! TFTC
Thank goodness tikitour had done all the hard work for this one

Out for the day with Flowernz to catch up on all the new Whangarei caches and a few others. have been working on this for a few weeks and did need a little hint in the right direction and then managed to complete. really enjoyed the puzzle...and was an easy find once we knew where to go....TFTC

Lunchtime cache while in Whangarei. On a roll now with 2 other Auckland puzzles ready to find soon! T4TC!

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Had solved this one at home before we came up from Auckland.
A good puzzle and GZ in a lovely if somewhat squelchy area!
TFTC

Another great place to discover! TFTC

Had a really good look for this one but was unable to locate. Could owner please check when next in the area?

Checked n replaced

This entry was edited by SaltyCacheNutZ on Sunday, 24 April 2011 at 02:36:49 UTC.

Went thru all steps. When we got to original GZ it took us some time to reread and remember the offset but hanging around didn't help us today!

Puzzle took longer than expected due to lack of knowledge. Once figured, finding GZ was a breeze =]

Very happy to find this after solving puzzle in Auckland and persuading Mr P we needed a mini holiday. t4tc

An enjoyable and fairly straightforward puzzle, and even with the amended final location, a quick easy find, although the area was humming with bees. TFTC

some time to kill while waiting for windscreen repair... so checked on cache; still there!

We played your game and came up trumps with numbers that agreed with your checksums. Made the find this morning before heading back to Auckland for an event. Great puzzle T4TC.

Quick find on a great day, had worked this one out at home, with affirmation from Riser5, ground still very soggy on way to cache,
Cache still very much intact,T4TC
-Evil GC

Found with help from Butters94,surrounding grass very soggy but cache in good condition and firmly back in place.TFTC.

Found eventually after a couple of goes.Turns out its within 100m of my workplace.TFTC.

- Travel NZ TB
was strolling by the previous day and wondered if that was a cacher or a muggle wandering about gz, so returned to check on the cache.... cacher, yay! all good

After having a big search a while ago without success, glad to find it today. Great location. Thanks for the puzzle (and help!!).
Took nothing but left an Evil gc. TFTC

Found this one at last! Left Travel NZ TB. TFTC

We had a look for this one on our last trip to Whangarei between Christmas and New Year, but no luck. Now we see why. Tried the new bearing today, and made a quick find. Thanks for the fun puzzle.

# 1412

Found on Lunch break after looking in the wrong place for an hour this morning. Don't be fooled by google maps and look for the co-ordinates. Nice caching place. FTF New Location.

[This entry was edited by Riser5 on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 11:31:03 PM.]

** I have not had time to re-figure the puzzle yet, but a replacement cache has been placed on a magnetic heading of 60 degrees, 20 paces from original GZ. (hanging, small sistema, room for geocoins)**

Checked on this quite recently so thought would be Ok... but sure enough it is gone and the gaps filled in!
Will replace ASAP

Absolutely sure we were in the right place but could not find cache. Very very frustrating as we have been working on this one for months! Perhaps been muggled??

Enjoyed working out the puzzle. Rainy miserable day when we went to the cache so not many people about to worry about but it was sitting out in the open, bold as brass! Must have been muggled but no damage or missing items, we hid it again when we left. TFTC

No pain solving this one as we did all the hard work at home before arriving at Whangarei. Arrived early on a Sunday morning, so no one in sight. It was a bit overcast but calm. Nice cache in a neat hidey hole. Swapped GCs. Thanks SaltyCacheNutZ for the puzzle and the cache!

Last find of the day, err, night. Hopped out after dinner as I had worked this out earlier and didn't want to leave without making the find. Good wee puzzle and hidey hole.
TFTC

Last cache for the day. Grass was very wet but manage to get across no probs. TFTC

-Math Puzzle Geocoin ( TB13GP1 )
+Thor Heyerdal Geocoin ( TBVA63 )
There are probably a few like myself in the Town Basin who have been to Fatu Hiva by boat, but it's a hard beat back from here! Perhaps some intrepid traveling cacher can help it get closer to its goal of Fatu Hiva.

[This entry was edited by SaltyCacheNutZ on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 2:58:58 PM.]

[This entry was edited by SaltyCacheNutZ on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 3:00:10 PM.]

Sorted this one out before we left home. Interesting puzzle and a nice area for the cache hide. TFTC

Dropped off puzzle coin

2567. We had solved the puzzle at home so we were able to set out and quickly discover the cache.

Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Worked it all out last night then straight to the spot today.
Thank you. David and Noeline.

Not a pain at all, decoding encoding all done in a couple of mouse clicks, a quick count then wait a couple of months till back in the area again.

TFTC

A quick find after DAYS of thinking. Great fun. Thanks. Took TB Blue eye off to The Naki.

And we're live again!

Regards,
Zero Gravitas
Geocaching.com Volunteer reviewer

And enabled

I was walking past and thought I'd have another peep, just as I did a few days ago... and today the cache was back in place! There was a signature (muggle I assume) that said " who needs a GPS to find this place? haha!
Thank You! could not quite make out the name...
Can this cache be un-archived?

wow ZG, you are quick! Thank You
dropped off the "blue eye" Nazar Boncugu TB

The cache has gone missing
It was a nice little container, flotsam found on a beach whilst geocaching... so don't have a replacement; should probably find a better/new hiding place and will have to re-figure the coords.

Found this with Pooke late at night. Went back 2 days later with pen to sign the log...were my eyes deceiving me...cache gone! A well done cache so hope it is up and running soon.

#2 - found on the way to #3

(1818)
Solved at home before our big trip North. Nice spot for a cache. Many thanks for the cool puzzle.
OUT: Farewell Pepper Geocoin
IN: NIL
LNSL, TFTC

We had such a beautiful weather on our long Labour Day weekend in Whangarei. Interesting artwork near the cache location. We spent some time there.
TNLNSL, TFTC

I have added a link to geochecker.com if you would like to check your solution before visitng the site
* oops, had to switch it to checksums until I figure out how to not mess up the whole page format! sorry *

[This entry was edited by SaltyCacheNutZ on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 12:13:44 PM.]

Another very interesting place to visit in Whangarei.
Got waylaid admiring the Waka and Wave nearby.
Had some trouble with the puzzle but in the end solved it with some help from friends
Thank you for the puzzle and the cache.
Out : Brooch
IN : Puzzle

[This entry was edited by robertot on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 5:40:41 PM.]

[This entry was edited by robertot on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 5:41:57 PM.]

Cache find 1500. Another mystery just for an added bonus. Everything worked out well and quickly found. Thought we were going to be on the wrong side, but nope, all was good. Left peppers coin.

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Cheers

A lunchtime raid with Grobyc and the cache was soon in hand.

Decided caching in work clothes(Shirt and Tie) is not ideal.

PS Dont tell the Boss

TFTC

FTF with Pooke
Whats this, a new cache less that 1km from home, thats just asking to be found Even tho i am sick and have the day off work it has to be found

Published

Solved!! Wonder if FTF will wait until christmas!! Just got to get there on the christmas holidays as we will be passing through.. The dotty stuff is right up my alley!!
Pity Google maps has poor coverage of this area.