Victoria View (Auckland) Devonport, North Island, New Zealand
By Skatelong on 22-Nov-08. Waypoint GC1JAV9

Sorry have been off caching for a while and have not and will not had time to repair or replace the cache unfortunately.

Sorry for any inconvenience!

spent 25-30mins looking for this one to no avail :S so frustrating sitting on the seat thinking how close you are....

DNF

this is the second time we have been to look for this one. No luck again. May we suggest that you update the clue for this cache, or perhaps relocate it as the poor garden is showing very obvious signs that geocachers are looking for something. We would hate to see the garden destroyed any further.

No luck for us today, so many muggles around that after a few minutes we were starting to look suspicious so has to be a DNF

nzbottom, dionz, vks1 dropped off Geocoin PCVHQ1

didn't find this one. Lots of muggles around so had to be extra cautious!

Almost gave up. In fact, had already written DNF on our bits of paper when decided on one final careful look in the sort of place where it ought to be. Found it. Strange satellite signals did not help, or that it was definitely more than 1m from where the clue said. Replaced it as and where found but may be tricky to find. Put coin PCVHQ1 in here after finding it at Glen's wonderful cabbage tree. Found with NZBottom and VKs1.

Found with DIONZ, NZBottom at 3pm. About to flag it but for DIONZ perseverence. Muggles central...made for interesting attempts at subterfuge. TFTC.

Found it, eventually, while dodging the muggles. TFTC

Had lunch on the seat then did a bit of gardening.
Found the cache.
The log was in a sorry state so I added a new log and replaced the bag.
That winter weather has been filling up a lot of caches recently. TFTC

Nice hide

This entry was edited by kevsteam on Saturday, 19 June 2010 at 15:01:11.

A [s]quick[/s] find after our coffee break. [size=1] I found it first[/size]
TNLNSL cheers

Quick and easy find. Thanks.

So close but muggles on bench! Good fun for our first day of looking around!

OMG getting really bad now. Couldn't find this either. Must be tired. Shame we couldn't see past 5 logs though as the.pud's log may have helped us here...

Good location, soon located the cache. SL TFTC

Found with Eleen. We are two geocachers from the Czech Republic. Thanks

Found with Vilan. We found this cache during our traveling around New Zeland. TFTC

12.30pm. Out for lunch in Devonport with JF. Helped in the find. Too shady to linger long here once we had found it.
TNLNSL
TFTC

12.30pm. In the Devonport area briefly with Monkey-business. Shopping done and repleat from lunch we wandered up the main street and soon had the cache in hand. As already mentioned by others the log book is full but we managed to slip in a sheet of paper as a temporary measure to deal with visitors. Nice point to view the town.
Took the geocoin and left a white gemstone bracelet.
TFTC
[8d] M&P.

Great little hidey hole. TFTC TNLNSL

Log book full, just fitted my name in 2008.

[This entry was edited by Nomis23 on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 1:45:09 AM.]

this was a great cache


log book is full
TFTC

Found it together with muggel friend who I have infected. Book is completely full. T4tc

3rd time lucky! Last few posts and the fact that it's autumn helped!

Dnf. If the cache has moved, is the clue still correct?

3.55pm. Found this time. But the clue of 1m is a little off, try about 2.5-3m behind middle of seat.
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M+S [:O)] (1557)

Log is full and need replacing

hunted everywhere for this one, not helped by GPS jumping us around a few times to give different zero readings. Still gave it fair look and got no hits anywhere. Is it still the stated distance from seat?? Maybe another day.

DNF

no luck for us tonight after a long search- Sure it's there somewhere ...!

checked on cache, had moved from original spot but was in a great spot as it was when found and nearer the coordinates posted cache is still there and waiting to be found!!!

nothing to find

It the cache still there or has it gone [?] it was disabled and then found the next day [?]

Taking a seat on way up to the top. Took a bit of a search around seat.

Quick relatively easy find TFTC

No luck. I have found this before and bought geoali and tashypooz to find it but none of us could today. I definately think muggled.

[This entry was edited by The Clan Fraser on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 1:16:07 AM.]

[This entry was edited by The Clan Fraser on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 1:16:41 AM.]

Will check on Cache ASAP!

We had a quick look, but even the clue didn't help us unfortunately.

Oops. Edited log.

DNF on this one. Might have been looking around the wrong seat. We were in the middle of a lovely garden bed. Didn't find it though.

Wandered down the road after and had one of the best meals we ate while in NZ at Angkor Restaurant.

Thanks.

DJ

MommaCakers and I were cruising on the cruise ship Star Princess and decided to take a ferry to Devonport on our day in Auckland. When we arrived at GZ, gardeners were working on the landscape. We made a quick look, but then moved on since we really couldn't get down and dirty with the working muggles so close by. Thanks for bringing us here.

Weather was a bit drizzly, but made for fewer muggles in what could be a busy spot. Log book is full and needs replacement. Great vista from seat.

Took some local muggles with us to explain what caching was all about. They loved it.

QWIK FIND ONCE I SORTED OUT THE RIGHT SEAT(WHERE WAS MY BRAIN??)GREAT VIEW ON A NICE SUNNY DAY-TFTC

Quick find but took awhile before area was muggle free for retrieval. TNLNSL TFTC

our 5th find today of 5 searches & our 3rd attempt on this one - we must be getting better at this! but there may be some cache creep here as its a bit further than the clue would have you believe. NINO TFTC

nice view

Nice views and a great part of Auckland.
Found with Yeetrees.
TFTC

Was a quick find, but had to watch out for muggles as they approached from all different directions, nice view from up here of all the shops, TFTC TNLNSL (951)

Second visit for the Tom Tom kid. First for me.

Clue was right on. Just needed to think a little higher thinking.

Out with OG Phatazz for a Geo run over the North Shore. We had a driver booked for today but he decided to stay at home (he must be made of brown sugar , NoWonderStuff ).

Nice little reserve.
TFTC #808

lovely spot - lots of good hiding places in here

nice little park & delightful lunch nearby. Removed 2 beer bottles but couldn't locate the cache. Will maybe try again...

Took a while to find with lots of muggles around, only needed GPS to find the seat. TNLN TFTC

1.30pm. Initially had the wrong co-ords in the GPSr, once corrected we searched and searched.
Used the clue and found many places that fitted.
Oh well you can't find them all.
Cheers M+S [:O)]

Not too many muggles around which was luck as it took us a little while to locate the cache. Great spot T4TC.

Found with MandyP. No problems with the find.TFTC

Nice and straight forward find. T4TC

First find for us in N.Z.
Just having a quick 4 days over from Brisbane-Australia.
Caching isn't the main reason we are here... but hey! Why not!
Just had a great walk around North Head, amazing history!

Just seems to hae avoided us.

Found it, left a small frog. TFTC ! M+P

found after work

Nice spot that I also did not know was here. Grabbed the bug. Cheers

Hi Nice quick find, didn't really know that chair was there. Left CC and Handmade bead Also dropped of Ellens Bug for it's next trip.

Uhm, this one ended up being a bit stinky as I searched where four-footed visitors had previously stopped. I love D'port and loved an excuse to come here. TFTC.

Off caching with Indiana Jill. Didn't even know that this was here. Spent some time looking then whoola, Indiana Jill came up with the goods on this one. Thanks for bringing us here.! TFTC!

Had a quick look around, but the neighbour was out smoking.
Nice little park. Will be back.

Found it on 2nd attempt very close to where I was looking originally. TFTC

Out- US 1/4 dollar
In- Bouncey ball

Found on 2nd visit after reading logs to get some additional info. In the sport of orienteering we use the principle, that if 2 similar features exist within the target circle the control description should specify which one. For example 'SW seat'. There are no such rules in Geocaching. Which makes it more challenging. Thanks for the cache.

Great spot. Public yet private. TFTC!

Out caching today with Team Hemi & TheMoahunters n NZ. Nice hide. Nice relaxing place for people watching. TNL- American Quarter. TFTC Team Birchland (CA, USA)

Nice cache! well done, loved this place! Never saw this here before, must have passed it a few times over the years too!
Have suggested co-ords for you, as we found it was about 20mtres out.---------
-------S36 49.724 E174 47.874
Thanks for this one--TNSLLNTFTCACHE!!

14:07 - Nice spot co-ords seems to be out to me and Glyn. Posted some new numbers, but with the hint you should be fine.

Thanks for the cache!

Had a little trouble with the coords taking us to an obvious spot, but not the right one. Widened search and found another good spot, and bingo the cache was found. Signed log while enjoying the view. TFTC

** Coordinates Changed From **
S 36° 49.713 E 174° 47.877
Distance From Old: 68.3 feet
Coord update

Had difficulty finding the correct spot as we didn’t see the hidden feature in the middle of the tiny 'park'. Drove up to the top of Mt Victoria, read the logs up there and then came down for a second look. Nice one, found without too much trouble the second time round. TFTC.

Gee took me a bit to find the right spot. There is more than one seat around! Once at GZ, I had the place to myself to find the cache. Cheers Gav [3556]

The coordinates took us to the 'wrong side', but reading the logs, realized where to look.
great place to hide. TFTC

Found with Devonport

Picked up on the second go after re-reading the logs and changing our search emphasis. TFTC

Been here a few times.... but brought Mrs Wonder this time who made a super quick find!

TFTC

Found as part of the kiwifeet team.

#74

The given co-ordinates took us to the opposite side of the road on our previous visit. After reading the logs we returned today with the correct ones. A nice hidden little seat - easy find.

#74

Nice cache, Thanks Skatelong
TNLN

Tofska coords look better. Arround are planty of better places.
Thanks

Given coords seem wrong, but previous logs guided me to the right place. A quick poke around revealed the cache.
T4TC - M@

Henstinator
TNLN
T4TC

took a while to find this cache i think the co-ords a wrong[?]
finaly found it after lots of searching in the wrong place
TNLN T4TC

Cute little park squeezed between the roads. No problem with the cache.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Like a previous cacher I was looking around the wrong seat until I spied the correct one.

Nice little area.

Cheers for the cache.

Needed a little diversion as muggle sitting nearby on seat

got out flag. easy find.t4tc

Regularly go past this site and never noticed it before. Found with little trouble. Nil in/out. Thanks.

#410

I took the hint too literally at first and then realised i was looking by the wrong seat thinking this is searching in private property!!! Its the seat with the best view!!!

TNLN Am over Auckland, get me home!!!

Yep, you really need the hint! Nice tucked away area.
Took geocoin
TFTC

took a while to find the right place ,easier to find cache than seat ,enjoyed the rest and veiw. dropped off geocoin. TFTC

[This entry was edited by Spy3 on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 8:04:45 PM.]

I took the cache drive TB. Nice view of the shops. TFTC

The hint was much appreciated, as the coordinates are a long way off. Great shops and cafes in this part of town. Picked up Travelling Piglet TB and dropped off Cache Drive TB. SL. TFTC.

This is another great location and an easy find even though my GPS was pointing in the opposite direction. Geosense and a good hint make all the difference...DJohnson28

Co-ords still off a bit. took a wee while to find but got it before it was too dark to see.

In Piglet TB

Thanks for the hunt.

First we looked at the wrong spot - but then we found the right place and enjoyed the view. We found the TB "Tipperary Hill" inside.
TFTC