"The Gardener" Levin (Wellington) Levin, North Island, New Zealand
By Yeetrees on 28-Sep-09. Waypoint GC1Z7NN

Noted this one has been down for nearly 8 months now.

Time to go

missing in action

Will replace once I can get up there, will try later this week

It's missing

DNF with Rediguana.

Tried, but no luck... may give this a go if passing through at night time next time though!

I've been here twice now and no luck both times. I've followed the hint - and the anti-hint - to no avail. Running out of ideas and thinking I'm either blind or it's missing. Will consult with some local cachers for help.

TFTC

I'd been going to this location all week during my teabreaks as it's just up the road from where I work.....it's amazing how many muggles actually sit in this area so I couldn't actually steathily find this cache....but no problem today, with the help of cardiffboy, it was a cinch.

Quick stop in Levin.

TFTC

On our way to the field days. The street was filled with shoppers today, but with slight of hand we had the cache. TFTC.

Found ok,Thanks.

A quick find with the help of the clue. We loved the well tended veges. Left a ladybird and a butterfly for the garden. TFTC.

Easy find on a wet day. Monday Muggles can pose problems here

Call in on the way to Foxton beach today as No one is around found the cache about 12 meters away for Ground Zero TFTC

See taybee log TFTC log By GSAk

No sign but lots of muggles. Blenheim Bear

3 day weekend? I like the sound of that! What's even better? 3 DAYS OF CACHING!!!
Destination sorted (to Wellington and back again), the bags are packed, the travel bugs are ready to travel and the GPSr is ready to show us the way.

So turns out this was not quite at the posted coordinates. But you can find it if you do the opposite of the hint.

#4 for the day, 64 total for the weekend with a total of 1250 kms.

TFTC

Becsicasa and I decided to do a bit of a caching mission well outside of our area. We left Hamilton early Friday morning and hit the road, Destination: Wellington
Found after snooping. Becsicasa has updated coordinates saved, so hopefully she remembers to upload them
TFTC!

Spent ages waiting for couple to leave the bench. In the end decided to wait for next trip to Wellington.MJMNZ

Nice Sunday geocaching

Couldn't find initially then read some logs. Cache is nowhere near the coordinates so a read of the logs is essential.
Many thanks

Quick find after help from local shop keeper.
HINT: North End

Police man was near by, it was late at night, searched the northern end quite thoroughly. Couldn't find anything . Beautiful spot though. Will try again next time.

Out for a drive enjoying the fine weather. Tftc

RE the Northern location of the cache - it appears the council is undergoing work around this area - so the cache has been moved to a location where it should not be disturbed by council works.

A quiet nite, a quick find after reading the recent logs! Then 2 muggles walking in opposite directions stop an have a convo right in front of the GZ! Grr, have to wait it out in the car! 5 mins later they're still going at it!.....10 mins.....15mins.....(haven't you heard of telephones?!?).....20mins......zzzzzz......25MINS!!!! TFTC! Yeah right!

Thanks to the last log we found this at the northern end (not the southern as per hint). We toyed with putting it back at the southern end but thought we'd leave that decision to the CO so it has been rehidden where it was found. Thanks.

Found it, but almost by accident. GPSr took us to the southern end but no go there - had to move on to another cache as we were starting to look quite suspicious. Came back for a second go and when muggles showed up unexpectedly Mrs RiffRaff made loud comments about how 'it was insured' making out we were looking for a lost ring. Looked for quite a while and then gave up but Mr Riff Raff had one last look as we were walking back to the car. Found the cache at the NORTHERN end of the statue seating. Have to wonder if it was muggled and they thought it was funny to move it. So, unless owner moves it back, use your Geonose at the other end. SL TFTC

A new day in New Zealand on the way from Wellington to Whakapapa... the weather was changing a lot with very windy conditions... but who cares about that? Enjoy the stay...

TFTC dunestar

First cache for myself and my partner, working together to find as many as we can! great hiding spot

Found this one last night, great location, great cache

Great hiding spot!! TFTC Nice clues

A quick find, TFTC

Waiting for dinner, and finally found this one after a couple of unsuccessful attempts. TFTC

On a night time drive around Levin this cache was a good find, way not as many muggles as during the day. SL TFTC.

Third cache of the evening - despite being 9pm, quite a few muggles about! TFTC!

Today he was gardening vege's. Quickly found signed and replaced as muggles walked past unaware. TFTC

Nice quick find. Found this one in the evening due to there being too many muggles during the day. TFTC

Tried for this in the day time but flagged it due to too many muggles but managed on way home. Quick find and not a muggle in sight. TFTC

Quick find in the evening. TFTC

Quick find in the dark on the way home,TFTC.

will try on quieter day

TFTC

Several muggles wandered past but we just sat around pretending to be shooting the breeze. Started getting a little desparate though as our attempts to search without looking too obvious failed miserably. But just as we were getting ready to abandon the attempt, Mrs Orsome4some made the find. TFTC!

Town very quiet at this time of day although plenty of traffic still going through.

Cool place! TFTC

Quick find, love the statue, greetings from -Australia. TFTC

On holidays from Australia enjoying a caching trip with J+J.au. Always amazed at the places and sights that geocaching shows me. SL..TFTC

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Found while travelling back from PN to wgtn. Good show of vegies / simulate vegies growing in garden. TFTC

Nice easy one on our road trip. TFTC. #54 for me

Found in the dark with a torch Many Thanks

#16 for the day T4Tc.

Great place for a cache. Had to wait for the muggles to clear but got it eventually. TFTC

Passed this spot many times, never knew one was here. Lots of muggles around. Thanks

I had looked for this previously when it was missing. No problems today thanks. TFTC #3048

Heading south from Rotorua to Wgtn - caching on the way of course!!
Great to have cache that is where it says it is... Not so great that it is so handy to the shops - I got some nice new shoes though - TFTC

Waiting for takeaways and the coast was clear for a change so got it. TFTC

A lot of people about in Levin's main street this afternoon, but luckily nobody sitting at GZ. We took the seat and managed to find the cache with a casual air. Loved the statue. Thanks.

# 4865

Cool statue. Careful of mugglers. Not many out today, thank goodness! TFTC.

return with tb:"the cache engineer" and fixed up black tape cache container is now good as new

a great spot the tape is falling off thoe so me and tb:"the cache engineer" will return with our supplies to fix up the tape tommorrow this travel bugs mission is to travel maintaining caches drying out wet containers adding new logs if nearly full adding trinkets if empty.... so we have asessed the job and got the materials

Quick find, bunch of muggles at far end of seats who didn't seem to notice what we were doing. TFTC.

stopped here, and found it, TFTC

Quick find

A lot of muggles around but they were busy enjoying shopping and eating,
thanks

chriron

A quick find and sign while waiting for curry to cook! Yum. thanks for the stop.

Etherlord family's caching roadtrip to Levin.
Found after a bit of a search. turns out it wasn't as far to the Fbhgurea Raq as the hint implied so I moved it further down.
Also removed a cigarette butt from the statue's mouth
T4TC [#87]

Carla6

Early morning find to avoid the muggles TFTC.

Clever hide in public. Liked the statue. Thanks Yeetrees

thought it might be difficult in the xmas madness, but it went smoother than expected, everyone obviously too preoccupied. TFTC

Found this one as we were passing through Levin. Didn't have pen to sign log so please feel free to remove post if you wish. TFTC

Searched thoroughly again at WP, read description and logs. Retreated to the seat area and found cache lying in the garden.

Easy find

Quick and easy find. TFTC

A surprize find, considering where it was. SL TFTC

A street busker was quite close to GZ, playing an electronic keyboard, and there were a few people sitting right where we wanted to search. We decided to pop into the mall and we returned 5 mins later, the coast was clear (apart from the busker). A quick find with hint.
Loved the statue!
TFTC.

Beautiful day out found this with some ease, not many muggles about is the area.

#2560. Were please to find quickly on our return from a loo break in the mall; the electronic keyboad busking meant that logging time had to be kept to a minimum (I'm sure the Americans would find it using it much more effective than water boarding).

Was exactly where it was meant to be, an easy find, and no MUGGLES for a change

left this until I could come back at night, making it a bit easier to search. TFTC

Busy around GZ. Great statue. TFTC

Quick find after breakfast in one of the local cafes. TFTC.

Found in the dark, no many people about.-Bitsprayer

Stopped for coffee with my sister (who lives in Wellington but works in Levin) across the road from here. TFTC.

Found this not to be as hard as I thought it might, after dodging the steady stream of expected muggles, and cafe onlookers.

TFTC

Nice statue and history. Had some work nearby this evening. GPS pointed to another suitable part of the area but soon had it in hand. TFTC

21:15
Knowing this to be a high muggle area I decided to visit this one when the shops were well closed.
Found after a careful search; but I looked in almost all the other similar places before I found it. SL TFTC.

Quick find while no one was looking. TFTC

What a great statue and location. I had walked by earlier in the day but the GZ was fairly busy due to the food establishments nearby. When I called by later after the Night Glow had finished, I found the cache quickly with no interference. TFTC

Find #480. The third find of the first day of a four day holiday up in the Tongariro-Ruapehu area. We chose to skip a few of the caches on the route up to maximize the time in central plateau. We parked up only a few metres from GZ under the brilliantly blue sky – not a cloud up there! There was a lot of muggle activity around the area, so we read the clue and sat down in the relevant spot, and stealthily retrieved the container ! A great statue and lovely well kept gardens along the main street! Thanks Yeetrees, SL TFTC.

Last cache before we leave Levin.
Parked down the road at McDonalds which kept miss 3 extremely happy.
Walk across the lights and made a quick find with few muggle about.
Thanks for placing tis cache.

This entry was edited by growingupisoptional on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 at 05:40:38 UTC.

nice easy find in a nice town
thank you

A lull in passing pedestrians meant a quick find while passing through for my 200th Cache! TFTC.

A quick find on a warm afternoon, TFTC