Under the Wharf (Auckland) Devonport, North Island, New Zealand
By Frarped and Bumble B on 24-Jan-09. Waypoint GC1M1GD

As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Cache clearly gone. Needs to go.

not sure exactly when I found this one as I'm uploading from my Garmin.

Yea turns out its gone... sorry to all you DNFs.

Could do with being checked after so many DNFs.... to save others who don't check the logs before leaving the house wasting their time...

Had a good look until our backs started to ache (call it old age) and the dead seagull's stench became a bit too offensive for our nostrils...

Has this been fixed or relocated yet?

We searched everywhere we could get to but apart from a dead seagull couldn't find a cache! Seems like no-one has found it for a while, perhaps the high tide has taken it?

This was my second attempt at this cache. Still no luck. After searching for a while a left.

Tried it at night, but unsuccessfully.

Unable to get to this as there is wharf renovations/maintence being done - will try another time

On our way to a wedding; groom is from Canada.
TFTC
Cache has been muggled only cap left.

Thanks for the cache! Found it for second time!

Fast found on a wonderful Sunday,....

Thanks for the Cache,..

firefighter87

The tide wasn't high enough and my wife wasn't there so I had to make it a 1,94m FTF Loved it in a way. Thx!

The tide was not favourable so will try it next time

yay first found cache ever!!!! not a muggle

The tide was favorable today. TFTC

High tide ... gave up ...

27-02-2011

I had no issues crawling under the wharf...kind of brought back memories of my military days crawling under barbed wire with my rifle,,,but I digress...hehehe. I checked the areas around each of the pipes under the wharf, but could not find it. Put us down for a DNF on this one.

TFTC.

Our two little cachers were with us today, but they were more interested in throwing sticks for the dog, so our biggest cacher had to do the scramble! Nice cache location - TFTC

Low tide. Gave it good try but no luck. Will have to try again.

(Logging the find)
Tough find but elysey did a great job! #7 for us.
TFTC

Took a bit of crawling around but finally found it excellent hide, but might wanna water proof it. Found it with dselitskiy

JMT at 3:53pm on 22/01/11

Paper log is a bit damp.

Needs a bit of maintenance: log should really go into a ziplock bag - it was damp. Wasn't velcro'd but we re-attached it. Maybe a new one?
TFTC

Found on the third attempt after spending the day on Tiri Tiri Matangi, forgot to log it - sorry

Quick find. TFTC.

Used my two small Goshawk's to spy, hunt and find. Eventualy I crawled under. But.... no luck today.

We'd poked around here before without the GPS but back today properly equipped. GPS virtually useless under the wharf though so could only use it to find the right place to go under! Took a few minutes but eventually found the little blighter! Nice wee hide.

Nearby muggles did look like they wondered what these two grown ups were doing crawling around under the wharf! Really should have used the Junior Pastamakers on this one!

TFTC

Found it second time around, good hide!

I must ask my Travel-Diary witch cache I searched on witch day...

I traveled with 3 other Girls for 21 Days around NZ. We have seen a lot, but we have to return to see all the other beatifull place around there.

On this Day we take the ferry from Auckland to Devenport, but we didnt found the cache... What a bummer!

But we enjoyed the Visit there and had a lot of fun!

TFTC

Dschji and Innes and one Guest

First find together with Jan&Jel. It took a while, pipe difficult to find..but in the end....wonderful yeah
Nice hiding. Like more of those

Took a while, GPS going all over the place. Found it with Marmis, TFTC!

Thanks good hide.

had a 20min look with no joy

Nice hide. Great location
TNLNSL
TFTC

Second time looking for this one and found it...HOORAY!
Found by CDM261 after a while of searching.
TN but left signature eraser. TFTC!

Our search was cut short by the ferry arriving...

TFTH

Finally marked this one off my list of caches to do. Not for the faint hearted. TFTC

We're not surprised some people don't find this one, it wasn't easy. Mr L was beginning to think he'd lost his touch. Cache found in a team effort with 'manicway', TFTC.

The tide was favourable & the cache was soon in hand, great spot. TFTC.

Had all the fillets with us, so a little challenging for them. They got bored so will leave this for another mission. We will be back!

Looked high. Looked low. Could not find it. Looked in pipes, around pipes up pipes, to no avail. Was joined in this unsucessful task by NZBottom, VKs1 and Mar?????

Searched very carefully with DIONZ, NZBottom and EMJARAAM. No success. This one definitely favours those of shorter and more petite dimensions.

Tide was high and GPS was all over the shop. be back another time.

We were on hands and knees looking for this one. We eventually gave up as lunch was calling.

How much fun was this! And our very FIRST FIND! Almost gave but but kids kept going and were successful.

Almost dark by the time we got to this one. We sent Mr UGTME in for the cache, Although he wasn't the smallest (in hight) he was the only one of us feeling up to the job, which he had to do 3 times - 1 retreival, 1 replace, and later 1 to find car keys. TFTC

found with Helefant and UGTME. TFTC

Going to blame this one on the high tide I am afraid (but I don't really believe this is an excuse... . No joy today. Our DNFs outnumber finds. Might be time to go back to geocaching school.

8th of the day with Jonoabby. Great little spot just away from the muggles.

nice spot
was cacheing with nomis23



thanks

Grovelled around a bit until voices came from the sky above & indicated we were on the wrong side. GPS was tricking us! Crawled through to the right side & caught up with a couple of guys from Germany who were stuck here longer than expected due to the Volcanic eruption in Iceland. They soon had us looking in the right area & cache was in hand. Thanks guys! TFTC.

Thank you to our German friends who helped us out, it was really nice to meet you hope you get home ok! TFTC

Last day at AKL with ferry trip to Devenport. Easy & quick find. T4tc

Great cache! 2nd time around to get this one, should have been easier than it was had to PAF to get closer, thanks!
No need to grovel around in the detrititis of rubbish higher up under the road end.

17:21- This was a tough one after a hard day on Motutapu, but Glyn was tired so I thought I would help out by climbing under the deck to find a cache for the team

Pretty quick find after using the PAF option in the end, and met some young Canadian visitors while Glyn signed the log book.

Thanks for the cache, and thanks to Glyn for doing the dirty work...

Could imagine this taking a while but we were lucky! Tftc!

Just happened to be passing the wharf and remembered there was a cache beneath it. The tide was not too high, so we thought "why not!" Crawled underneath in the spot the GPS indicated, and soon had the cache in hand. A fun cache to find, and a far more secure hide than we would have thought possible here. Thanks.

# 1558

After scrambling around for a while and avoiding muggles, located the cache. TFTC

Found whilst cycle touring the north Is -but have lost all my notes since then-TFTC
SLLNTN

Great cache!

Gurr !!

Shot Lewis

This was too hard for us. Conditions were good but the kids soon lost interest in scrabbling under the wharf so we gave up on it.

Found with the PAF hint. Libby did the business as she was small enough to get right under.

Nice and dry.

TNLNSL

Nice hiding spot

we searched everywhere... but where is it???

it was too hard for us

rieglerp from austria

The tide was coming in so the search area was limited, BUT the plan was to check every place it wasn't so when I come back again the only place left will be where it is and I'll make a quick find. So far the plans working.

A bit of research before arriving raised the possibility that I would have favourable conditions for a crack at this one this morning. Straight off the ferry and under the wharf. Found after 20minutes looking, really happy to find this one, this is this type of cache that I really get a kick out of doing. Has to rate right up there with MMM (Mapua@Nelson/Marlborough). If anything this one has more crawling involved. Long trousers recommended, those shells are sharp and will cut your knees open ( I know this to be a fact). SL 0850hr TFTC

Wow. This one haunted me for quiet some time now. Thanks to someone that was so nice and gave me an additional hint, I can finally cross that of our list.

TFTC LNTN

3rd attempt to find it. 1st one not enough time, 2one and this one we must have been blind or someting. I think we crawled everywhere, we just could not find it. On the upside, it was raining and we didn't got wet.

Plenty of crawling around for me. Found at the last place to check. T4TC - M@

Eventually found it. TFTC

Quick find. Tide just low enough for retrieval by youngest (? smallest member of the team).

Had to be discrete disappearing under the wharf but quick retrieval TFTC

Nice hide. Found with geoali and tashypooz. Tftc. Ps. Having a dog is a great distraction.

Well, you got me on this one. MommaCakers and I were cruising on the Star Princess ship and decided to take the ferry to Devonport. The tide was low and all things were good for searching. I looked for a while, then read the cache page and clue, but after 1/2 hour of looking decided to move on. Sorry I missed this one - most everyone else seems to be finding it. But thanks for the fun - enjoyed the hunt.

good cach

No 6 for the day. Had to wait for some muggles to pass by and then ducked under the pier. Took a few minutes of crawling around but eventually had it in hand. TFTC

Was a quick and easy find. Had to be quick becouse the tide was moving in. TFTC.

2.55pm. Tide was right so had a go. Found what I think the clue refers to but couldn't find the cache.
Will give it a try some other time.
Cheers M+S [:O)]

Managed to have a good look around but somehow managed to miss finding the prize. Will hopefully be back sometime.

Nice hide, though was a bit worried about the footprints I left behind.

TFTC

had the big one and the little one hunting around for quite a while this one
toss the GPS aside and go on feel
great cache
TFTC!

Definitely need to do this one when high tide has passed. I'm not overly small and was able to get to the cache.

Cheers for the cache.

clever hide - lots of crawling to finally find it. Lots of fun - thanks

Found on our first visit to New Zealand, being from Australia. TFTC!!!

I have finally found time to replace this cache and it is now active!

Hello Zero Gravitas,

I am planning to replace this geocache next weekend. I have the cache ready, I just have to repalce it with the old one.

Frarped

It's been disabled for months now.

We tried but failed in our attempt to find this one, it was fun crawling around under the wharf all the same!!

Our 4th DNF in 5 cache attempts.......

After a bit of crawling around with Indiana Jill and Kayaknkiwi, the latter yelled out that she'd located the cache! Yep, it was right where it should be . . . how about that! All signed the log. TFTC!

Sorry to log this one so late, but the cache was in place on 3 May. A clever hide, a tough one . . . . took three of us a while to find it . . . KnK got there! Thanks for the challenge.

HI ya. Didn't realise that this was temporarily unavailable at the time we headed off to find this cache. Caching with Indiana Jill and Seattle's Best. Finally we came up with the goods. So I guess in away, good to know that its still there?
Thanks for the adventure.

I just walked straight to it. The cache is sodden though, container is doomed. Replaced but couldnt get lid on.

Took a photo of it, as the logsheet was to wet to sign.

Thanks for the fun.

Needs to be fixed

From what the last comment has said I am temporarily disabling this cache. Should be back in full working order soon though.