Big Boat (Auckland) Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By Ian - VK3JAP - adopted by Tramper Ted on 02-Oct-08. Waypoint GC1GV4F

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20:15 Found this one just on dusk and after having a nice meal, without the kids. Took about 3-4 minutes to find. There was so many people around (probably due to the Louis Vuitton Cup), but grabbed it while Michelle warned me if any muggles were about to surprise me.

Just have gone to log this one and saw that it was archived!! I put it back where I found it, the clue was not too bad (Yes Black not Green)...but maybe it needs to be relocated.

TFTC

#122

Ummmm... we found it!
Didn't know it had been archived so went for it. It was actually an easy find.
Will email cache owner with details...

Another visit this time in a quieter time. Still no cache to be seen. Given all of the finds I suspect I am looking in the wrong place. But then again I could be blind or stupid.

Or it is gone.

I think it is gone. Or I looked in the wrong place.

Checked this one again today and it appears to be gone. Constantly being a problem and vanishing regularly, so have decided to archive it.

Finaly after numerous walk byes over time. A gap in the mugles made for a quick grab. TFTC.

Was there after repainting?
PeK

Found at first light this morning while out for a run. TFTC.

it was a beautiful day and everyone was hustling about, then it rained. But it didn't seem to stop anyone.
Took a bit, but eventually made sense of it all, and found the lil' bugga. TFTC
Nice Vessel.


Keep up the Hunt!

Interesting cache? Placed by a VK in ZL land. The green colour is not quite kiwi, so it's now black, and I suspect the cache went during this makeover!

Yes, I noticed that also - placed by a VK in ZL land (ham radio talk for you who are not hams) - we looked and looked and did I say we looked! We also finally figured out the colour change (we think) but still felt we searched pretty good (considering all the muggles). That is ok, we liked Aukland! K7QNZ from Montana USA

My sister (Moshima – Utah USA) and I (MrGrubstake – Montana USA) flew to Sydney for three days, then took the “Volendam” cruise ship around New Zealand for two weeks (we found at least one geocache in each of seven ports of call) and back to Sydney. We then rented a caravan for two weeks wandering up the eastern coast enjoying a new country to us and finding many geocaches along the way. We quickly grew to love both countries! Thanks go to all the local geocachers who placed caches to make the trip even more wonderful.

Could not find despite thorough search. Lot of muggles. Has it been re-painted?Not colour we were expecting

The cache eluded me today.

Was a bit gross grabbing it - a lot of mess nearby

Stopped to tie a shoelace and, well, there it was! Plenty of muggles milling about wining and dining on a stunning afternoon. TFTC!

Took some touristy photos to detract from grappling behind. Was rewarded with some sticky-ish fingers for the effort :S TFTC

An interesting monument to rich mens games with more money spent on lawyers than the boat in all probability. TFTC, Biggles.

Lots of muggles about, but was able to grab the cache, sign and return it without too much difficulty. Thanks for bringing me to this interesting spot. I'm here on holiday from the US. SL. TFTC!

Just after arriving from the Netherlands, we tried to find our first cache. We haven't found it because of the limited time we had the first evening in New Zealand. On 7-1-2010 we we found our first caches GC14KBM and GC146GH.

It took us a few minutes to find this one as the hint sent us in eh wrong direction. It was when I discovered a knew coat had been applied that the cache was easily retrieved.

I remember the fuss around this particular series.

TFTC

Logbook replaced and cache checked.

Was up Early this morning and decided to knock off some of the city caches before the parking spaces filled and the tourists woke up. Nice quick easy find. Third magnetic key holder found this morning. TFTC

This was a good cache. Found it with out much trouble, but plenty of muggles around. The log sheet has seen better days, might be time for a change. TFTC

Very tricky area to search and replace with all the smugglers around, even on Christmas' Day!!!

So good that I have my dictonary right by my side!
Because of that I've found the cache very quick!

Thx

#1513

EDE

Have to record a DNF for this one. We were right on the money but the place was crawling with emergency service staff which made even being there pretty impossible. Found out in the newspaper the following day why there was so much activity.

#3 Good hide and a great boat. The morning traffic was still light so it was easy to poke around. An easy find and then off I continued on my caching tour of NZ.

This was a bonus cache for our team because we met rieglerp and ckappel here and made plans to go to the Christmas event with them! Caching is great for more than a walk and a search; it creates community amongst all us outdoor geeks! TFTC. NOTE: Follow up/additional info beyond the original cache description was helpful as circumstances surrounding caches can change with time. Read carefully.

Headed into town to collect some caches. Arrived at GZ, muggle city...! Searched and searched some more, then Indiana Jill had it in hand, with a voice saying well done, ya a fellow cacher. Thanks for the adventure this gave us. TFTC!

our number three and that on our first day in nz

tftc
rieglerp from austria

Caching with Indiana Jill and Kayaknkiwi. Have passed by here several times. Very high muggle area. Really enjoyed reading the information about the boat! Met new friends from Austria who watched while Indiana Jill made the find. TFTC!

#1552 Grabbed before flying back to Canada... TFTC

Finally got this one. Took me a while to find a time without too much muggles around.

Our cruise ship the Sun Princess was moored close-by. Visiting from Phoenix, AZ, USA. Thanks for getting us to see this boat.

The Big Boat looks great in his Christmas Look .

TFTC!
Resari
#413

Nice. Probably last chance to grab a cache in Auckland. Color in hint is now different. Thanks for an interesting one.

[This entry was edited by lgf on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at 10:53:00 PM.]

Yet more muggles

After a quick search found it no problem, boat definitely looks big from underneath!

Had a look yesterday morning when muggle levels were ideally low, I was in too much of a hurry to get a ferry to Devonport and lucked out. A chat with a local cacher confirmed I was on the right ‘tack’, so returned today for another shot. SL1141hr TFTC

Yes! Finally !!!
Last time over the ditch from OZ (about 11 months ago) there was too much vomit [xx(] to probe for the cache.
Back in Auckland again, and we had a quick (and clean ) find.

At my second try...Now the work in the area is finish..so More easy to found...and in the morning there is less poeple in the area...TFC

...so, finally I've got you...
Done before the sailing trip.
TFTC!

Not lucky this time, though spent here quite a while.

our first geocache find in combination with tour team.
TFTC TNLN SL

Our first find with the Nottinghamers - new converts to the world of Geocaching. Had to wait until after we had eaten and it was a little darker as there were a lot of muggles about earlier in the evening.

TFTC. TNLN. SL.

Quick and easy find. Thanks.

We had just arrived some hours before, coming from Germany. As we better didn´t to go bed already in the afternoon, we walked a little bit into town and harbour. This was the first cache, that we found here in NZ. But it was hard work! Eyes almost closed, stumbling around due to the fatigue, we finally found the cache.

TFTC #543 (our 1st cache in New Zealand )
Many Greetings from Hamburg, Germany!

After a very long journey (which, according to the clocks, took two days) we arrived in Auckland. As we didn't want to give ourselves up to the jet lag, we went on a short trip into town - and this was the very first cache we found in New Zealand (after two unsuccesful tries on other caches, but we had only _very_ short cache listings and so might have missed some information).

Thanks for the cache!

PS. For the Geochecker back home in Germany waiting for a message from us: Ja, danke, wir sind gut angekommen. Aus dem Cache in Sydney ist leider nichts geworden, weil die Ausreisekontrollen möglicherweise länger dauern als unser Aufenthalt. Blöd, aber zumindest Neuseeland haben wir jetzt auf der Karte rot

Viele Grüße vom anderen Ende der Welt (auch von Miss-Moneypenny, die mir über die Schulter schaut aber jetzt noch nicht loggen kann, weil ich die Tastatur festhalte).

Found it but as others mentioned, the hint isn't totally valid now and the supporting structure has been repainted black. If you look closely, you can still see some green paint.
#153

Found while wondering Auckland on last day of holiday. Nice hide. Descripiton and hint need updating as there has been some changes to the display. TFTC.

We did not find this one - as mentioned on previous logs - the display had been repainted. we thought it had perhaps been moved whilst being painted. Missed this one - never mind - lovely area though. Thanks

Please excuse the late log. Caching with Luvbassn from the Star Princess. Internet time on the ship is $.75 a minute and just arrived home last night (November 1st). Thanks for the quick find near the ship.

Had to look twice to find. Area has been painted and hint not valid. but geosense won out. TFTC, SL

Thrown off the scent as the clue item is missing and the colour mentioned has been changed to black. met an other cacher from the Star Princess and together we figured it out. Nice place for a cache .
TFTC

Visited while here on the Star Princess prior to going on a great tour with coast2coast tours. Met another couple who were looking for it at the same time. Had a nice chat with them. Always nice to meet fellow cachers from other countries. TFTC

Late Log, Found with Pooke & 90CRX

An amazing specimen! TFTC

Indeed a big boat, the item named in the hint was missing, still managed to locate the cache.
TFTC

One of the last finds for the day as it has turnd dark. Took some hunting but Pooke found it. Very big boat and TFTC

QWIK FIND EARLY ON SATURDAY-SUPPORT FRAME ETC HAD JUST BEEN PAINTED BUT CACHE WAS OK-TFTC

That is a big boat above you! A quick find luckily as there is a few places to look! TNLN Thanks.

Quick find before we caught the ferry. The boat sure does look big when you are standing underneath it! Thanks.

# 698

Found it T4TC

Again quite a few muggles during my quick trip around, but managed to retrieve safely and log. Interesting spot of history. Cheers Gav [4366]

found on my first visit to Auckland, from Australia. TFTC!!!

Just one night in Auckland before heading south. This was number three.

Thank you very much for this introduction to Kiwi Sports - wasn't expecting it to be that big!

jatobi

tftc

Found with Yeetrees on our big Auckland cache raid weekend.
Relatively quiet here this morning, and I know how noisy it can get down here, but still needed a bit of a distraction provided by Yeetrees and camera.
TFTC

Wow, have being wanting to visit this spot for ages to see the boat that was involved in the Americas cup, finally had the chance, a camera in hand does help, as it kind of puts muggles at unease and they seem to move away from GZ very quickly, while I was taking photos ADV managed to find the cache quickly, sign and replaced without any issues, the history and information around here is impressive, will bring wife back here to look at it more as she is very interested in yachting, TFTC TNLNSL (934)

Found pretty quickly Saturday night about 10:45pm while out in town. TFTC!

Found while out for suppa after the Quest for the Ring and a great journey to Fangorn Forrest.
TNLNSL.

[This entry was edited by KiwiLeon on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 12:22:54 AM.]

Tricky to do at 11pm on a saturday night. Still, no major hassles. TFTC

Not so busy at the Viaduct. The muggles were distracted by the Rugby on the TV.

TFTC

Muggles all around but not so focussed as to pay us any attention. [:o)]
T4TC

a lot of muggles around....

Found it ! First in my "Business trip to Auckland sneaking out in the early hours of the morning caches".
Quite straight forward with the hint, a few muggles around, but all too drunk or too busy financially transacting to care.
TTFC Tramper Ted !

Feeling like a fish out of water in the wee small hours in this very busy place. Quick find and sailed away as fast as we could! TFTC.

Finally came back, this time for a quick find. TFTC!!!

Thanks so much for the great clue. My GPSr had been having a time with the CBD buildings, but we found it anyway.

I found it! I've stood here many times before including as part of another cache. Its always great to find a cache in area you've been before.

It was nice to meet a couple of other fellow cachers too.

Cheers

This is our #30!
The clue seemed so clear - got there, felt, rechecked clue & co-ords then a pleasant fellow said we weren't going to find it since he had moved off to sign the log! Nice to have met you! TFTC.

#263. Mr Northwood was in Auckland for the day - something he tries to avoid! But had time for a spot of caching before work...
We've been and gazed at the big boat before - it's great that it's there. And always enjoy a walk around the Viaduct Harbour.
Many places this could have been - needed the clue. Nice hide.
TNLNSL TFTH

The Brunch Bunch were out in full force today but managed to find without being spotted. TFTC

Decided to go for one more find in the city before heading home and once again few people around at this time of the night so a quick find. These boats certainly are big but probably not when compared to the latest version. T4TC.

5.55pm. Had spent the afternoon in the museum and them made a quick find.
Bag has more holes than plastic, but log was still dry.
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M+S [:O)] (1359)

First thing I did in Auckland after checking into my hotel. Had it in my hands within minutes. Thanks for what turned out to be my only easy cache in the waterfront area.

Hi found my first cache with Tara , but I was caching before with my dad a couple of times in Germany. We had to wait for about 5 minutes because there are many muggels around. It was easy to find but to put it back was easier.

Joanna0188 + Tara (Muggle)

Found the site easy enough. Then as we stood back and pondered how we might get this cache discreetly, little Miss Navfam says, I've already got it.TFTC.

Nice Sunday stroll not too many muggles well none that were interested in what I was doing anyway! TFTC

Very few muggles on an early drizzly Saturday morning. Quick find. TFTC

Been meaning to do this one for ages. Finally got off my butt at lunchtime today and had a pleasant walk down to the cache.

TFTC

Another cache on holiday!
Finding this cache was even better cos a local clothing shop had 60% off everything.

Auf Grund eines Team Account Splitt logge ich diesen nun mit dem eigenen Account nach.
Die Geschichte zum Log kann bei Cache.Mike nachgelesen werden.

Vielen Dank fürs Verständnis und Grüsse

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Because of a Team account split I'm logging this one with my personal account.
Please read the log of Cache.Mike to get the story about this find.

Thanks for your understanding and greetings

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quick find after a city tour - t4tc

Thanks for taking to the boat and the museum.
TFTC

Found this with a clutch of men from my territorial unit when we popped over to tour the HMNZS Canterbury.

found at the 2nd try... the hint was needed (sorry)... sooo many muggles

tftc, chr+and