A Grand Stand (Waikato) Claudelands, North Island, New Zealand
By hppo on 12-Mar-09. Waypoint GC1N54X

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Hmm parked with our campervan and thought to go for this one. Dowloaded friday so haven't seen the message from zerogravitas. No secret that cache is not there.

Did not find it either. I think Radionut has the right idea for this one.

Owner not been on geocaching.com since August last year - time to open the spot up for an active cacher?

GPS was pointing to a location inside the gates which all had chains on them. Not sure if this was correct. Also lots of muggles turning up for a wedding reception. Will try again another day.

This entry was edited by thequiltys on Sunday, 13 February 2011 at 12:08:57.

as it says I didn't find it, but by no means does it say it is not there.
looked hard, may try tomorrow

Had a real good look but to no avail, our GPS had us in the middle of the drive and we had a visit from a security man as we looked a little suspect on camera Oops,will try again another time

On to the watchlist

Muggled????? have been to this one before and couldnt find it tonight to put my name in the register

The watch gps did better here than the flash new one!
Cheers and thanks,
S.t.

Was a bit worried at the start coz security guard had his eyes on me. but afta a while he left and i successfully foid the cace

Cool spot. Quite a busy park today, no hassles finding the cache though!

Interesting cach. Children enjoyed it very much!

again going through and logging some i hadnt a while ago. my first find was this one

great! My first find.

Cool, small cache, easy enough find, good one mum.

Quick find in the rain, TFTC

No Muggles today Nice and clean easy find great cache thanks.

what a nice and easy found nice locate area

Whilst standing at the coordinates with my daughters pondering exactly where the cache might be, kiwi ichthus arrived with his daughter, one more to cross off the list, nice to meet you kiwi ichthus, kiwi ichthus replaced the log with new one - the old one was quite wet and damp

Did a couple of laps to find. Log sheet in very poor state, will replace next time in area if not already done. TFTC

Easy enough find at 1pm. Although, the log has seen better days.

A most interesting container. Luckily no functions were on today, nice to see the playground busy on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Good Find. The Cache needs a bit of tlc a smaller pencil would help with a new log book.

TFTC

TFTC! Hard to get the log out though and it's a bit chewed up, might be time for a new one?

Found with Greep
Log book was looking pretty worn, may need replacement soon
TFTC

Nice hide, found with chem nut TFTC

Out and about in the Wiakato to catch up on the new caches. Great building and a good hide T4TC.

Nice place good Grand Stand

TFTC

TFTC

TFTC

tftc i could not get pencil and logbook out of cache so could not log may need to replace them

The clue was of on real help but the cache was quickly found by -OGP-. TFTC

Out on a small cache run with Gadget-Tron.

Found easy enough but the log was a female dog of a thing to get out of the container.

An easy find, and not so easy to extract the log!

ended up having a late lunch in the park while the kids were playing

TFTC! Nice and easy.

Found after a short search, nice hide. TFTC

TFTC a little TLC may be needed on the log sheet.

#72 Great location. TFTC

Nice safe hide. And a lovely old building given a new lease on life. Thanks for taking us here.

# 1169

Mr B was going to show Mrs B how this was done. But Mrs B showed Mr B the cache. DOH! TFTC.

Nice hide, T4TC

lovely hiding spot - found by Cap'n Baxter
TFTC

Nice hiding place... heaps of room left on the log still.

TFTF!

Found as part of my three week caching trip from Wellington to Auckland - # 766. Thanks.

Sneaky wee hide. Took a few minutes to find it, then I made use of the facilities on the opposite end of the building Cheers Gav [4666]

Quick and easy find while I was supposed to be working in Hamilton for the day. I had time to grab a few caches when no-one was looking. Thanks.

after standing back and thinking to myself where would i hide a cache, i was able to spot something just didnt look right... sure enough we found the cache. awesome spot. The log is still a little wet. TFTC

Relatively quick find but my GPS was misbehaving so took longer than it should have. TFTC

Found after quite a while looking ariound. Log wet and I tried to dry it our a bit, by leaving in sun for about 15 minutes. TFTC

Remember when they actually had Trotting here in the 70's. Hint was so subtle it almost escaped me, but finally made the "connection"! Log book very damp and hard to write on. Needs drying out.
TFTC

[This entry was edited by Sannu on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 11:03:34 PM.]

[This entry was edited by Sannu on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 11:10:30 PM.]

quick find between showers! TFTC

A pristine restoration on this old building and great description of history.
Camo job deceiving and required a second look.
Found a space to sign log.
Log full and surprisingly damp.
TFTC Nice container well done

The Phantom In And Out Undetected Again.
Found with the cashkids today in Hamilton,
Liked the nearby playground
Nice little cache container
TFTC

Finally found it, but only after looking in the actual stands... Was well hidden. Log books full though. TFTC

Log book full

Knocked this one of on the way past today. TFTC.

Found cache quick and easily in a beautiful location, maybe a good spot for up and coming celebrations. TFTC

Quick find in the morning. No one around, accept for the cleaner.
Logsheet is full.
TFTC

Nice quick and easy find. good to see the grandstand close up. t.f.t.c t.n.l.n.s.l

Pretty tricky as wasn't quite sure where the GPSr wanted me to go. Found eventually.
TFTC

nice easy quick find tctf

A quick find while passing after work today even though it was 8-10 metres away from where the GPS indicated it should be (it was putting me in the middle of the sealed area next to the cache site). Nicely restored old building, good to see this sort of asset being looked after. Signed log, TFTC

this cache has a wicked little hiding spot and at first glance didn't appear to be what I was looking for but after getting close and personal with the building I found the prize pretty easily
cheers

Nice hide! Log back nearly full! TFTC Cheers Muzy Man!

first cache of the day! great spot. only one it rained on!! TFTC

A quick find by Jilopy - Looks like the Poopy-pants powers have rubbed off. TFTC

Nice easy find this one. Impressed with the restoration of the building/stand - very fitting job. I can't quite believe it's been moved FOUR times!! TFTC

Out geocaching with team WELSH - credit for this find to WELSH snr. I hope the security people enjoy seeing our antics. T4TC

Sussed out where the security camera was pointing and figured we would be safe enough, nearly gave up when one last look proved fruitful. TFTC

#2878
Easy find… nice to see the old grandstand dress to the nines. Thanks for the history lesson.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Quick find. Busy playground . TFTC

What a great old stand, and good to see it has been restored. Nice a quiet today, really cold, so hardly anyone around. TFTC

This structure has certainly had a brilliant make over.
Quick find, thanks

Quick find with my son Alex in tow. The grandstand certainly looks impressive all painted up. TFTC.

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Nice container on this one, and a nice location.

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Nice easy find - goog playground close by for Miss 2.

Quick find. I remember this place when it was in its original location....that was a few years ago. TFTC

What an awesome grand stand with an awesome playground for the kids

Thanks for the cache

Lovely old building. Quick find. TFTC.

too easy 1 look and we had it

Thanks for showing us such a well restored building and nice park! TFTC...Nice easy find.

Easy find early on a sunday morning. TFTC

First time finding a cache, fairly easy find. Great fun!

Was a bit worroed it may have been behind the security fence, but all was good.

TFTC

This took a bit of hunting, but found eventually.

#235. A fairly straight forward find despite the nearby car park being full. Cache away from the maddening crowd, so to speak. TFTH

easy find at 11:20
tftc

Drove right around the park looking for the way in.
An easy enough find once I worked out what I was looking for.

TFTC.

Nobody around today. Didn't realise there was such a lovely playground here. The grand stand is really looking good. TFTC

#643
Found lying out in the open have replaced where hint suggests (will contact owner), nice area, lovely building and park for the kids. TNLN TFTC

Found this one after a good look around this grand old building TFTC

The council have done well transforming the old grandstand.
Came past at the weekend but the big crowd put me off. Called in at lunchtime with Krypton2 and couldn't believe it when we found a sparky working just around the corner. Thought he was well clear but just as I grabbed the cache he came into view. He didn't say anything though and we carried on with our "inspection".
Many thanks

Visited duing lunch time today with Zorgon.
Zorgon did the digging while I detracted the workman.
T4TC

Quick find today after a few problems a few days ago with all the muggles.
Just a few workmen nearby today.
TFTC

Nice easy find on the way home from work. TFTC.

busy cache. nice easy find. tftc.

A quick and easy find with OmaGosh and GuanoGerbil.
Came in the middle of a tractor parade
(hope no one spotted us!)
49er princess. [8)]