Trolling in Flat Bush (Auckland) Flat Bush, North Island, New Zealand
By Gadget-tron on 31-Oct-09. Waypoint GC20GG1

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.

Hi Gadget-tron

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

Up in Auckland with ABCDF4 and eyespyben on a Easter Sunday to grab a few caches.
No find here for us either.

There seems to be a trend of DNFs for this one recently and I'll add myself to the list.

No luck for us here but didnt spend too much time looking once we saw all the dnf.

Need a check up no luck

Did not find it

??????

Might need to check on this one owner

Couldnt find this one, trees are all over the place may have gotten lost in all the muck lol

Did not find sadly

Didn’t find anything

Little while to find, couldn't sign log as box was full of water, log soaked

From Wellington to attend wedding,staying at D M INN, went for a walk n found it,no pen in cache, paper too wet, can't sign log.

Found after a quick serch.
Log to wet to sign.

A flying visit North for the Mega. Had some time this afternoon to explore Flat Bush and Ormiston.Cache was wet inside but still able to sign. TFTC

Found cache after brief search but contents are wet

Found after brief search. Cache was a bit wet inside

Took awhile will try again!

Fortunately I didn’t have to troll too long, I spotted it almost straight away and grabbed the cache without issue.

Inside has seen better days, log was too wet, so I signed the baggie.

Thanks for the cache!

3

Log book is saturated needs replacing as the container was full of water. Mr 11yr was right on it and had it in no time
TFTC

Found

Found

The trolls might have chased it away.

Dnf

Simple but effective hiding spot. Well done. Log sheet needs to be replaced but otherwise all happy in its home.

Just realised this is my 100th cache. Look forward to placing my second hide now that I've got to this milestone.

Been looking for this for a year. Brought in a professional who found it in 2 mins.

DNF

Took me quite a while to spot. It was hiding deeply in his hiding spot. But eventually found. Thanks for hiding. Took TB's. Tftc

Looking for a place to drop a couple of TBs before leaving Auckland. This cache was the right size and on my route out. A nice secluded spot for a cache. Straightforward find but I got my knees dirty when I didn't need to. Thanks.
[#901]

Third cache of the day very quick and easy find left a coin for a book mark water filled the container to the top just hard to get to because of the plants.
TFTC

Found in the last place I looked, in a really easy place. Log is completely saturated and falling apart so saved the more intact pieces of paper, and dried out as best as I could, TFTC

Had a look on both sides and all around but couldn't seem to find it. I'll have to come back another time and have another look. In the meantime, that grass on the other side is looking greener than on this side...

#736. Easy find, once I looked on the correct side and nearly got an eyeful of flax. Took the trackable. Thanks very much for the cache!

Tb drop

Couldn't find it, maybe it's gone, noticed work had been done on the bridge

Gosh its getting a bit hot to be geocaching midday in summer!! Kids parked under the trees for a rest while mummy was left to hunt, quick find here. Box is wet inside but theres a new log which is signable. Tftc!

Found at the second attempt. Still very wet in the area. Container dry. Signed dry log and returned.

Still filled with water but log book nice and dry.?

Sunday stroll in the area. Found between showers. Well took a bit in wet condition. TFTC

Found this one while doing some unofficial CITO. There's heaps of trash in the creek area - some washed, some obviously dumped . There's now 4 garbage bags less!
TFTC!
Cache collecting water & contents very wet. Put new log sheet in double bag. Hopefully will stay dry for next cachers.

Another day with good weather, so I made a little tour in Flat bush. I enjoyed my walk through beautiful parks and to some nice viewing points. I could spot all the Caches which I tried, which makes me quiet happy!
Once I looked at the right side, it was a quick find!
Thanks for hiding!

11.05am - Day 2 - Today Squirrel Nutcase and I opted for a different direction. Ground no better under foot so we opted for gum boots today, great choice and should have done this yesterday as well. Think we will add these to our TOTT.
Able to pick up a couple of older puzzles we had solved so that was good.
Looking forward to coming back here when it becomes a little dryer. SLTFTC

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... We combine a caching adventure with a couple of Gap's measuring jobs today. The decision was made to head out to East Auckland...

As ugly as they might appear, gumboots are a tool of the trade for caching in Auckland. Only gumboots can handle the boggy, waterlogged soil that is common in these parts. We wore our gumboots all day, and we didn't even feel self-conscious about it... Fred Dagg would have been proud!

Water levels have been quite high through here in recent months. We got down low and peered through the gloom and were pleased to spot this one in place... TFTC.

Nice lil hide but needs some maintenance..sorry didn't have a spare log

Good spot easy for small people.

We were fortunate there were no muggles or trolls around today. Cache had fallen down so was a little tricky to retrieve. Put it safely back where we think it should have been.

Came out on my work lunch break. First visit to this park, no-one around. Fortunately, because I took a while searching everywhere, end to end. Was just about to give up (with a sore back, bumped head and muddied trousers) when I tried once more, and there is was. Popped open the container and out jumped a trackable – first one I’ve found! So chuffed. Log signed and rehid, Mr trackable in my pocket. Will figure out what to do, I already have a good idea. TFTC

So today the mister had better looking skills than me as he found it where I had looked. Tftc

Was passing by, so took the opportunity to stop and disturb the trolls to search for the cache. Luckily they weren't home.

What better way to celebrate New Years Day but to include finding a cache as a part of it. I thought initially that this one would be quite a simple find. However, today was the day that every muggle and his dog seemed to be out walking... and not being in a hurry to move on. So in order to conceal my true intentions, as one group passed, I simply took a photo that I have included as a part of this log. Anyway, once the coast was clear, the find was rather straight forward... as I had suspected in the first place. So thank you Gadget-tron for taking the time to set up this cache. I really appreciate your efforts. Happy New Years!

Found as we made our way along this strip of caches on our way to picking up a puzzle. TFTC

#1138. Up visiting family in Auckland. I noticed this cache was unfound on my map. Went to GZ and it was looking very familiar. On returning home I discovered that I DNF this one 2 years ago with my first 6 month old. Back today with the second 6 month old (funny how that worked out). GPSr was settled on a particular point, searched thoroughly on one side, climbed under as best I could with a baby then searched some more. Eventually spotted something promising so relocated to investigate closer and yip, that's what I need. Log signed this time and returned as found. Thanks. Glad to finally tick this one off the list.

No worries finding this one. TFTC

There werre no muggles around, and fortunately no trolls either, so our search was quick and easy. TFTC and for bringing us to this nice little park.

Wow.... this hasn't been found for 6 months !
Added some toys and removed damp lollies ....
On to another cache !

A quick check soon had results and I was on my way. Tftc

Nice park I never knew existed. Made a swap. TFTC

Out for the day with the Davidson clan picking up a few caches in the area. This one didn't take too long and the kids scored a new toy which had been abandoned nearby

Out with Merlot58 today collecting a few caches nice quick find here with the kids finding a really cool toy dumped in the swamp.
Tftc

Well hidden. Have to get down & dirty to find this one!

Nice little area for a cache, thanks much

I couldn't find this geocache, maybe I'll have better luck next time!

Tftc took a bit of searching but got it!

Tftc. My trolling instincts finally kicked in.

This afternoon I've been walking around the neighbourhood picking up some of the nearby caches. This was cache number 2 on the list. This one took a while to spot but once found I wondered why I took so long to locate. I was glad for the cover of the bushes and no muggles.

TFTC

Found with my Mum, NewlynFam. Have now created my own account so am logging all finds I was present at and helped with.
I found it, but made mum retrieve it!

Needed a cache today for a 50-day streak I'm currently attempting with some caching buddies. Didon't have a lot of time this afternoon, and one was reasonably close, so after picking up junior NewlynFam, we decided to head to it.
Got to GZ and relised that I was familiar with the area, as I had friends who used to live on an adjacent street. Was a quick wander down to GZ, and junior NewlynFam and I picked a side each, and jumped down to look. It turned out to be on her side, although she made me retrieve it

Picked up TB and swapped some bubbles for a skateboard.

TFTC!

Day #23 of 50!

The coordinates were a few meters out but when arriving at GZ it was pretty obvious where to look from the title of the cache

Trackable dropoff with the minicacher. Took tiki, left keyring.

Had been in the area hunting down a pair of shoes that Pukekohe was unable to supply and stopped off here to grab a cache or two... arrived at GZ quickly, but that was were things ended.... searched all the usual places, both ends, twice and still no joy... decided to use the other method of looking... the type your parents deterred you from doing in shops with fragile goods... First place and bingo.....

TFTC.

Third DNF for the day. Time to go home we think. But a lovely afternoon for a walk, so there is 1 positive!!

Made a mercy dash between customers to pick up this trackable that is part of a mystery cache!!! YAY

Trackable drop

Nice hide in a great reserve TFTC

Third visit here and this time it didn't take long. Just had to wait for a muggle to go past before I searched. Had a scan of the area and knew I had searched the other side really thoroughly, so concentrated on where I hadn't looked before and there it was, not so hard after all haha.

Nicely hidden tftc

Had to get down and under close to start great place to grab it. thanks

Looked and looked, and nailed it down within 5m but still couldn't find the elusive container! Will keep a look out on the watchlist to see if it is still around!

Quick find for the kids. tftc

Felt like stopping off for a quick cache, kind of on the way home from work and noticed that the cache was found today! So made quick work of the find once i committed to getting workpants a little dirty:) TFTC

The smell seems to have cleared up. [^] I looked from one direction and noticed it was closer to the other, so I made the grab from that direction. TFTC.

DNF. Kids didn't like the smell. Might come back on a cooler day.

Not enough patience

Neato! Heaps of water in here, wow! But the old log book was still ok. Dried everything, replaced the log book bag. Threw out a couple of items that were beyond saving and placed several new swappables. Nabbed the travel bug and beautiful geocoin to continue on their way (had been there long enough). Cheers!

Found easily despite muggle walking his daughter.

3 of us hunting and couldn't find it. Bit sad as it's an awesome little park

Think we were looking in the right spot, but we didn't find it

Had a pretty good idea where to look but couldn't locate the container. Maybe the recent weather has caused issues for this one.

GPS all over the place today but only so many places to look and soon had cache in hand. Number 600 for me. TFTC

Didn't even know this little reserve existed. Thanks for bringing us here. Tb in.

Took a few minutes before finding it tucked away...TFTC

Added a LOTR Geocoin that is meant to find its way to LOTR territory so hopefully somebody from further south will collect and move it closer to its destination.

Needing to find 50 caches in a day at least 1k apart, for geo licence challenge; I had decided today was the day, as I was already up early, dropping my daughter off at the International Airport at an un-godly hour of the morning.
#8 - Trousers are saturated from last cache due to weather (at least the rain has slightly eased off now), just grabbed a coffee to have with breakfast at near by BP.
Almost got muggled - there were others out in this weather. TFTC

This entry was edited by Helefant on Wednesday, 22 January 2014 at 06:00:50 UTC.

Looked for ages and then one last grasp before we left and Cheryl managed to get her hand on the prize! So pleased we didn't finish the day with a DNF. TFTC.

Found this one on monday, continuing caching after the main mega event.
TFTC

Hinemoana found this after diving in with the trolls. TFTC!

28/10/2013 3:08:00 PM
3503
My mega NZ MEGA 2013 Trip!! Split into two halves - first, the journey up, and then the second half was the actual MEGA time.
This was the second half. After relocating a rental car to get up here, I now had 6 days in Auckland.

Decided to come out this way after the mornings events as /dev/gc0c wanted to log the mega as a milestone, and so did I - meaning we had just a couple hours to quickly come up with about 30 finds... tough!! So we went out howick-ish since I have found almost all the inner city caches already.

Sorry about the not as epic logs - but otherwise I would still be logging till Christmas - and that's Christmas 2014 I mean! Haha.

TFTC!!

Out and about on a caching expedition, nice quick find here, TFTC!!

On my second visit, couldn't find it the first time, nice and quit just before dark.
TFTC