Double Happy (Wellington) Wadestown, North Island, New Zealand
By boxhill on 10-Mar-09. Waypoint GC1ND0D

Good afternoon walk out in lovely Spring weather. Easy find, tftc

Team Fortunatus found it!

A little slippery going downhill before entering the bush but I managed to stay upright. The cache was a nice quick find. After signing the log and replacing the cache I heard a noise and saw a ball rolling down towards GZ, followed by a dog. I wasn't sure how it was going to react seeing me there and wondered if it was going to start barking loudly but luckily it was a nice friendly gentle one that just wanted to be patted. The owner seemed amused to see the two of us appear out of the bushes together but didn't question what I was doing in there, TFTC

Didn't find this time

TFTC

I didn't manage to find this. I found a green 2l plastic jar without a lid but I'm still not sure if I was on the right side of the clearing. Another time maybe.

A quick find once I managed to squeak past the small barberry bushes sprouting! TFTC

Tight spaces. Good find

Wouldn't want to walk that steep track. TFTC

Awesome spot!

Couldn't find on the first go at night while it was raining. Came back at a sensible hour and found it

Awesome day! TFTC

Beautiful views from this track I never knew existed tftc

Great spot thanks. Some nice fungi growing nearby to look at.

2nd time visiting this one as I had an idea as to where it was. TFTC

Found while taking a lovely lunchtime walk around these trails. I continued my trek along the ridgeline, after having already had two successful finds earlier in the day- could I make this three from three?

The weather throughout the day had been overcast, and showers were expected around the same time I was on this hill. As my GPS narrowed while approaching GZ, the heavens began to open up and the rain started falling. Fortunately, there was plenty of cover from the rain under the dense foliage of the trees around the area. I began searching while it was still raining, the tree cover doing a good job at keeping me dry. I spent a wee while searching, but to no avail. I searched around certain objects I was assuming the hint was referring to, but unfortunately I could not locate the cache. The rain soon stopped and I stepped out into the clearing, attempting to get a clear view of the sky to help my GPS narrow down its position. My GPS didn't seem to be giving me a very accurate reading, but this time it was pointing to the other side of the path. I lightly bush-bashed my way back under tree cover, now searching the side of the path opposite to where I was earlier. I successfully found the cache after about 2 minutes of searching under this side of the path. I was still unsure about what the hint was referring too, but I wasn't complaining as the cache was now in my hands.

It was great to see this cache in excellent condition- the contents, trackable and logbook where completely dry. It was also good to see a few doubles of trade items left in the cache too. I signed the log and replaced back where I found it.


TFTC

Quick find which was nice cause I had spent awhile trying to find previous caches today. TFTC.

We found it

Auf unserer Tour heute durch das Gebiet gut gefunden. Danke fürs Herführen

TFTC, little bit of a look but found all in good order. No 3 today. No pen so not logged in cache.

A lovely sheltered spot! Good on this sweltering, sticky day

After looking in the wrong place for awhile, coords finally lead me to the right place. TFTC

Very fun to find!

Found it

Nice little spot that is well-sheltered from these increasing winds. Was very impressed by a large tree beyond. Tftc.

This was a good find. Enjoyed this hunt. Thanks

Tftc

TFTC

Took the entire family up here today for a wander. Nice sunny weather with a little breeze.
We took some Easter eggs and hot cross buns to snack on during our walk.
Teenager was the first to spot this one. Signed and returned safe n sound.
TFTC

Added a pair of matching Lego pieces

Spotted a geotrail that lead me straight to a likely hiding spot. Easy find from there. Up visiting from Dunedin.
Thanks for the cache, boxhill
#3199

Two hotwheels made for so much happiness for two mini cachers . All packed back away and back in it's hidey hole. Tftc

Lovely sunny morning! Thanks!

#1875. Today is a very unique day: 22/02/2022. It’s a Palindrome of twos.

Decided to head up to the heights of the Skyline Track with GB leader to pick up this cache called Double Happy. Most appropriate for a date like this one. And as pointed out by lumin298, (who found it on 1/1/22) GZ has two twos in each of the S and E coordinates! AND its D/T rating is 2/2!

It’s very very windy up here, but there’s a few people and dogs about. I had trouble finding the cache initially, until I changed sides of the grassy area. I still wasn’t sure I was in the right place. I sent a PAF msg to lumin298, but just as her reply arrived, I had spotted the hide. Logical really. And just in time for me to leave this windy environment and head downtown to the Deuces Wild Event.

Out: 2 Lego cowboys
In: 2 Countdown domino Remy rats
In: 2 Hot Wheel Cool-One vans

My #2 cache for the Deuces Wild souvenir.

Tftc boxhill.

*Streak Day 43*

Went for a walk on this beautiful Wellington evening and wasn’t expecting to hunt for a cache - so had no pen to sign logbook. Great well kept cache, thanks!

I am always happy to find a cache, but I was Double Happy to find this one when I realised what the date was today - 1/1/22, two sets of doubles It took a few minutes to find, but when I did find it, it was nice to see some swag in there (although not a lot of double ups) and the double container is perfectly dry. TFTC boxhill!!

TFTC. Got lucky and found quickly

No luck today

TFTC

This this was was a a great great cache cache, TFTC TFTC!!

It being an excellent winter's day for caching, Talla64 and I left Kapiti to find a few caches in this general area. This area is totally new to us and we enjoyed our walk along the tracks looking for caches. Driving up Weld Street was an interesting exercise. The cache was a quick find thanks to the hint, Thanks for placing a cache in this great area boxhill.

A new area for Flowerydaze and I which is always exciting. We approached the cache from the upper path down to where the hint object was and then relied on the GPS to corner the little blighter. Thanks for bringing us to this new area Double Happy.

Found it. TFTC

Our first find! Logged!

Thanks with Tommy and Dave.

Moderate find. Has a few cool trinkets and swapped a few. Recent logs helped.

Came by here a couple of weeks ago, but didn’t have a pen. Came back today and significantly extended a rip in the knee of my jeans, but no other damage TFTC

Lovely spot and a beautiful day for a walk. I signed but didn't swap anything today. Conents of cache was two christmas decorations (I think) and two lego figures.

The GPS was spot on and the general location easy to find but got a couple of gorse thorns to dig out afterwards after climbing around with three small children looking for it!

Thanks for another fantastic cache

A bit of scrambling around but we found it. Wish we'd been prepared and brought items to add but this was an impromptu search this morning while walking dog. Shouts of excitement from the team on discovery .

Great hiding spot, thanks! Bit of gorse around but still accessible with some scrambling.

It's a dnf for me after making a friend wait for a while had to give up (with a stunning view at least). Havent cracked the clue and not obvious what it applies to. Did lots of scrambling - probably way more than needed - that was fun.

Initially looking in the wrong spot. Reassesed after reading logs, and made a fairly quick find. Tftc!

Nice find. Forgot our pencil so haven’t signed the logbook. Will be back later, perhaps to exchange a few items as well. Great theme! TFTC.

Found while on a Wellington wander from Blenheim. Pretty good day. Cache dry, safe and sound. TFTC

Well hidden cache, spent a good time searching for this one but well worth it. TFTC!

Another leg stretcher, today to mark the last day of Covid level 3.
As with most of our finds in the last 2 weeks, this cache hasn't been touched for nearly 3 months so none of the usual telltale geotrails are evident. The coordinates were bang-on and the hide, (involving a bit of a scramble for me, not so much for a more nimble 5yo), is more secure than the Crown Jewels.
TNLN, TFTC.

The day started off on the wrong foot when I arrived in Wellington from Dunedin this morning and realised that only my PC for traditionals had loaded onto my Garmin and that my phone refused to load the geocaches onto the geocaching map. oh well I still had something and followed my nose. Great views once up on the top. I wasn't too sure what the clue meant but the coordinates were spot on and I quickly located the cache. I recovered it a bit better. My day has also improved because the phone is now cooperating allowing me to do more than trads.

Taking an evening stroll along the ridge, so popped by and collected this one along the way. A quick easy find. Didn't have anything double with me to leave behind. Cache all tucked away again. TFTC.

My best friend and I want to look for it and we found it in an unexpected place it was fun

Number 2

After a search of more than an hour the only thing I have 2 of is a double sunburn. No, wait - nearly broke both legs clambering over fallen trees. Can't figure it out... I'm probably still too new to the game. Will try again some time.

Nice hide. Lots of wasps around today. TFTC

Found quick n easy due to good trails in the area.
Cache is in great condition.
Thanks to CO for placing and maintaining

Found while out with the Grandies

Found will our with the grandies

Quick cache on a part of the track I'd never visited before.

Brillant days. Left a couple of pennies for the mini-figs to play with

This was our first Geocache with my daughter (10) and our dog and we loved it!Left begins 2 mini figures from my daughter’s collection!

trackable drop with J.S.

Love this find! Lots of muggles around on the main pathway but we sat on the grass and no one saw us. To keep in with the theme we dropped in two trackables tftc

TFTC

Good excuse for a lunchtime run up Te Ahu Mairangi. Easy, quick find. Retrieved a trackable. TFTC

An easy find but not so easy to retrieve. Left the bug in place since I can't help him in his quest. TFTC.

Couldn’t find it, although it was getting dark at the time. I will endeavour to look again soon

We walked today to the northern walkway to find at the same time some caches. thank you.

Loverly spot. left a bug, sorry I didn’t have two.

TFTC. <3

Found

Found it after a bit of scrambling!

Cache still secure in its hidey hole, gps put me on the grass but after going east and having no luck I tried a little further south and came across something that matched the hint.

Nice walk with the kids

walking the dog

Found it with SCBACO. Still don’t understand the hint though

Found it with medago. TFTC

Was relatively hard to find with gps coordinates but got there in the end with some help

The GPS has me standing in the middle of the clearing which didn't inspire too much confidence. I quickly resorted to the hint which suggested somewhere that seemed sensible. Nothing on the first pass but after a bit of clambering the cache was found soon enough. Sufficiently out of sight of the numerous and highy annoying unleashed dogs. Everything seems in order in the cache with everything in pairs. I didn't have the foreight to bring anything to drop off/exchange so left two lots of nothing. TFTC.

A couple more things left behind

Wauw this took some crawling up and down ... certainly with my jumping gps
Tftc

Awesome morning walk up here on Easter Friday. Snazzy new container!
Dropped off double trackables. Enjoy!

First to sign the new log in its new box(es). Put 2 natural items in. TFTC

Shiny new cache!

Don’t normally crawl around on ground without a few drinks, but cache is about being happy Quick find without fully fathoming hint. TFTC boxhill!

Container Replaced. New logbook. BYOP

Per the not-NM logs : logbook waterlogged, cache contents seem better days.

Spider Web was unnerving but found it eventually! Activity was helpful

The inside was really wet so could not write in log:(

Interesting box but have to also report the contents are wet. Unfortunately I did not have any new log sheets to use but did manage to write my name down OK. Great piece of the trail. TFTC

Soon spotted. Had a “moment” hiding here when dog walker threw a ball nearby for “go fetch”.
Thanks

Found on a lovely, cold Saturday afternoon. Didn't take too long to find cache thanks to the name and clue of the cache. TFTC

Not too easy to access but got it. Thanks for the cache.

Found it.
A quick morning of caching while the sun still shines. Racing towards #200.
SLTNLN, TFTC