Oriental Tugboat (Wellington) Roseneath, North Island, New Zealand
By GeoGeoKiwi on 01-Jan-09. Waypoint GC1KAQ0

Once again we discover new things on our walks through the city. The train station, the parliament buildings and the churches are beautiful buildings.We enjoy a delicious coffee and browse in the shops. But our hobby is not neglected either and we can conjure up a few smileys.Many thanks to all owners and greetings from the Moorhelmi

Thanks for my first find!

Great Cache

After getting completely off track, and barking up a tree, I realised where I should be looking. Tftc

Took the excuse of a lovely Wellington waterfront walk (much like everyone else in the city it seems) with this cache as the turn around point. Made the mistake of trying to get the cache with my broken wrist then quickly remembered that these angles are not attainable at the moment. Regardless. The cache was signed and returned without much issue. Thanks.

Quick find. Tftc

Thanks. First cache in NZ.

Out caching with TL. TFTC!

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Forgot to log it, but went there and found it a couple of weeks ago ! Tftc

I didn't really envisage ever finding this because hides like this are not at all why I do geocaching. But I was not far away on a rainly public holiday and, of course, it wasn't busy. I'd already determined with near certainty where the cache was because I've been past here many times and I was pleased to put my hand on the cache quickly - but it wasn't quite mounted as I expected. Retreated to the wall to sign then returning did not go very well. There seemed to be no ferrous surfaces to attach the cache to and it was quite a number of seconds of fumbling before I found where it went. At least wearing a raincoat (in the rain) felt a bit more anonymous than might otherwise have been the case. Great to get a smiley here against my better judgement. TFTC.

Out with Nildran enjoying the dayTFTC

A sneaky little hide on a very busy walkway. TFTC

Quick find

Found while in WEL for a weekend on a morning run, had to pick the right moment between gym comers and bikers meeting super close to GZ.Good spot!

Found it

Found in good condition. Thank you

My 600th cache! Yay!

Quick find while tying shoelace lol Down in Wellington for the weekend so hoping to get a few while enjoying the city. TFTC

Gracias ??... muy buena localizacin

Tanks

Second of a couple while on this afternoon's pre-event stroll around the area. Once I'd read the hint, it was a nice quick find at 16:50.TNLNSL. Thanks GeoGeoKiwi.

Found it easy find

Easy find, a few strange looks from passerby's!

Waited so long just to grab it - waited even longer just to rehide ??

Nice

Thanks. Dropped off my first travelbug here!

Cache has been checked and is exactly where it should be.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Ne container now in place

Hoping to get this back in action for the school holidays.

Can't find it.

Is this it? Ithas two strong magnets on the back but no contents.

I think it got misplsced but DNF

seems like someone may have removed it

Parece que alguien lo quito .

Parece que fue removido.

TFTC fun trying to get with muggles about

Thanks for the find! Been a lovely day in the windy City finding caches

super fun first cache find!

LOTS of muggles not minding their own business. Easy to grab but harder to re-hide

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Found thank you

Fount it! Thanks

So cool!!

Alot of mugglers tried to be discret as much as possible(not very good) tftc

Another quick find... Lots of muggles around for Mothers day.

TFTC- stealth mode activated!

Checked. Logbook is present. Enjoy

Easy fix nd. Concise instructions

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Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---This cache was easily found and the logbook was signed.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Everything was in good condittion.Thank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! ---Greetings from ***Riga, Latvia***! [^]**Happy caching!**----------***For a little entertainment, here are 10 Fun Facts about Latvia!*** 1) Latvia is among the worlds greenest countries.2) Its home of the first Christmas tree.3) The Latvian flag is considered by many to be the oldest national flag in the world.4) Country has the widest waterfall in Europe.5) Latvia boasts the finest Art Nouveau architecture in the world.6) Jacob W. Davis, a Latvian tailor, was an inventor of rivets on famous Jean pants.7) The Latvian Song & Dance Festival is recognised by UNESCO as the largest amateur song and dance festival in the world!8) Alexander Laime, a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls (highest waterfall on earth), located in Venezuela, by foot.9) Latvians love basketball and Ice Hockey.10) Latvia is famous for being the home country of the inventor of the flavor of Pringles.----------..\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",.\...\ ------- **MATISONS!** ------- \....\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\.....\......\ /// \Paldies/ Aith / Aciu / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / ???????? / ?????? / ?? / Tak / Kiitos / e??a??st?e? / ???? / ???????? / Ksznet / Grazie / ?? / ?? / Whakawhetai / ??????? / Dzieki / Obrigado / Mul?umiri / C?????? / Hvala / Dky / Tesekkrler / Ngiyabon??? / ?????? / ?? / Tak / Kiitos / e??a??st?e? / ???? / ???????? / Ksznet / Grazie / ?? / ?? / Whakawhetai / ??????? / Dzieki / Obrigado / Mul?umiri / C?????? / Hvala / Dky / Tesekkrler / Ngiyabon

With mukerjis

Needs maintenance, log roll gone

This was a good one because it was put in a eclipse mints container and I loved when we had to look for the tugboat

Great find!

TFTC very clever spot!

Quick find now the container is back!

Replacement container and new logbook now in place

Too busy to give it a try

No luck

Empty

Empty

Empty

I won't be able to fix the cache for a couple of weeks. Add a photo of the empty container with your found log

Found the empty container with lid broken off on the ground. Think it's been muggled No log book but definitely the cache container.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Found it

I chose a super windy day to log this cache so there were fewer muggles about!! Thanks for a great stealthy urban cache!!

Logbook is a bit damp so didnt write in it

Easy cache, thanks to the hint TFTC

In the final week of what has been a 2.5 month working holiday through South East Asia and Oceania. Some roughly accurate overall trip stats:~ 830 total finds (non-AL)- 424 in Australia- 196 in New Zealand- 131 in Thailand- 40 in Hawaii- 14 in South Korea- 12 in Nevada- 5 in Indonesia- 4 in Malaysia- 2 in Laos- 1 in MyanmarOf the 830 total finds, roughly 110 of them were multis (my favorite cache type).14 year 2000 caches including all of the year 2000 caches in OceaniaOldest caches found in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and Indonesia9 virtual only fizzy fillers (5/5, 4/3, 1.5/3.5, 2/4.5, 4/3.5, 2.5/5, 2.5/4, 2/5, 3/4.5)2 earthcache only fizzy fillers (2.5/3.5, 3/3.5)4 California original fizzy fillers (5/2.5, 2/4.5, 3.5/4.5, 4.5/1.5)Many thanks to all the COs who have placed these caches for me to find!------------------------------------JG9172 went right to this one! Sweet find. Thanks.

Out for some cache finds on a wet Wellington morning with essap2. #10 TFTC GeoGeoKiwi

Found before heading off to the cricket at Basin ReserveThanks Geogeokiwi

Nice cache. Found it before swimming.

Nice hide here, as it is a very busy area. Stealth mode definitely required. TFTC

Left the car at the B and B and Ubered into the City for an event and a look round. Didn't venture too far and picked up a few caches on the waterfront.Thanks for placing

Thanks! Found it

Found while here on a short holiday. Thankyou for your contribution to geo caching

Amazing

Found this one on our way back to motel. Had to be stealthy with people watching from verandah. Great hide. TFTC

A quick find on a lovely morning. Thanks for bringing us here

Found in the darkness of the early morning. Surprised at how many muggles were out running, managed to do the deed between encounters however.Thanks GeoGeoKiwi

Tftc

Gracias por esconder ! Greetings from !

Tftc

Very easy find but a lot of runners out so had to wait a while before grabbing

A gorgeous night in Wellington, so I caught the bus out to Oriental Bay. What a busy place it was. People swimming, walking, biking, running. I spent a bit of time looking in completely the wrong place for this, before shifting to a different location and finding the cache straight away. Thanks for the cache!

Easy

Easy

Youhou!!

Quivk and easyWhow, sussah21 and me on a yourney to New Zealand. We have planned this trip for many years, and finaly we are here.We will visit lovely places, hopfully see animals and birds that we dont have back home.Thank you so much for all the caches.Greetings from Sweden and Norway Fin tur. God stemning hele veien.Tusen takk for alle cacher og vedlikehold.Favorittpoeng deles ut litt her og derChallenger blir for det meste logget som notat og sjekkes senere. M nok jobbe iherdig mot stadig nye ml jeg ikke visste jeg hadde.Alt er bra med cachen om ikke det nevnes verst i teksten.

I am with Muggle on a three and half week trip to NZ. Nothing serious, just the well trodden track every NZ tourist does who is coming from the other side of the world and has not the chance to come here more often. North Island is done, Auckland Coromandel, Rotorua touched. Now it is two days to spend in Wellington before the ferry goes.In the morning we were exploring the botanic gardens. Nice spot is the Begonia Cafe. The raspberry slice with the white chocolate satisfied all my needs. In the afternoon we checked out Cuba street. What a nice area. Spinning with life. Next was a walk on the waterfront. Just tire out yourself completely with impressions. And I was so tired in the evening. But this city has so much nice places to go. The cafe in the tugboat was closed. Somehow it looked like as if they were no longer operating. But who knows? Sometimes I am quite surprised at the opening times of shops and restaurants. Very staff-friendly. Slowly I get used to it.Thx for hiding.

Sneaky hide Found with GeoMonkeyAU TFTC

TFTC Find#- 99OCW - GeoLorikeet Notes- so close to 100! A quick find while out caching

Our NEW ZEALAND - TASMANIA - AUSTRALIA JOURNEY takes us to beautiful places and provides us with an incredible number of wonderful moments and experiences.Occasionally we also visit a few GeoCaches along the way.On the way home from dinner, we signed the guest book here.Thank you for placing, maintaining and caring snapfish2 from SwitzerlandPS: Translated with the Deepl app

Found it!!

A lot of stealth required, but luckily not too many people around as theyre busy doing last minute shopping instead of enjoying the Bay.

We are for two nights in Wellington and have some time to find caches. This was one of them. TFTC

Third in Wellington. Tftc