Seat of Stone (Wellington) Te Kainga, North Island, New Zealand
By mud-wiggle on 31-Dec-09. Waypoint GC22EPK

Muggled twice, there are probably better spots for a cache close to the location. Cheers!

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Re-establish the cache nearby in a less mugglable spot.

Passing by today has confirmed the cache is missing. This is the second time Seat of Stone has been muggled so will temporarily disable until I decide whether or not to replace. Cheers!

Also cold and windy and no muggles but no sign of cache either

Did due diligence and a thorough search - it was a cold windy Saturday afternoon and not a muggle in sight. Couldn't turn up the cache. Gone?
Will watch with interest.

Found with docmum, sammo75359 and jimdawg159 TFTC
(logging old finds finally! )

Found on a birthday caching trip for sammo75359. Glad to have two kids as cover with the amount of muggles out on the first sunny day after "the big storm". Great hide, would be one of the few around the place that IS still in place after the last few days TFTC

I found it on my birthday TFTC

TFTC

Find #72 of the 100 day challenge. After watching the ABs dispose of the French in town I had to get a cache on the way home, and this one looked as close to a non bush ramble as I could find. In fact it was much better, and a really good hide in a pretty exposed location- nice work.

It was about 10.30 pm when grabbed and as I was approaching the GZ I realised there was a dark shadowy figure sitting in the stone seat of the cache name. Hmmmm interesting. Luckily by showing I wasn't going away, he seemed to think it was a good idea to leave, and so the cache was easily grabbed without too much delay. Thanks.

Had to wait for junior muggles to finish having a good time, before the cache was found.

Lots of little muggles enjoying the spot today. Fortunately they have short attention spans. TFTC

Find #1500. The 10th of a day's walking cache hunt in Wadestown and Khandallah. Loads of people around with games on the fields and kids in the playground. Didn't fancy my chances of finding this one when a child is bouncing up and down on the "object of my desire', but a bit of patience and eventually she left leaving me free to occupy the spot and reach under. SL TFTC.

Loads of muggles today so we had to wait until we could time our run in retrieving and returning. Nicely placed and very safe. Tftc

Late in the day, so why so muggly? As we strode towards GZ, a tiny muggle sat atop the item of interest. We played with cell phone until the coast was clear, then a quick grab.

My first cache, kinda gutted my 10 cousin was the one to find it......

Tried to this one yesterday but being a nice warm day the place was filled with muggles so had to walk away. Came back early this morning and no problems. TFTC

Quick grab while the phone muggle had his back turned. Slightly more problematic return with family of muggles coming for a play. TFTC.

Great first find Went on a very hot day so took a while to replace but overall a great cache for a 10 year old

Very hard to find with people on the swings watching... Had to wait awhile before we could replace... This park brings lots of childhood memories... Quick find... Cool clue...

Not an easy task finding this area muggle free on a sunny day! But miracles sometimes happen.....many many thanks for getting this one back up and running.

Cache replaced, sorry for delay. Please ensure it is replaced exactly where found. Cheers!

Been out for a while

Pretty confident I was in the right place but could only find broken remains of a magnet. May have been destroyed?

Sadly, this is the second time Seat of Stone has been muggled. Will disable until I can get a replacement sorted and in place. Cheers!

Late morning and a mizzly day provided a good opportunity to investigate thoroughly, but without success. Found fragments of a ZYNTARG on the ground (now stuck to GZ), which led me to suspect the worst.....

Yeah! Found it. Part of a winter night time cache hunt.

Yeah! Been here a few time over the months day & night but someone was always make use of the park. Tonight was a cold dark evening so I had it to myself. Quick find, all in good condition. TFTC

Had a good look and feel around the location (with clue!) but no luck. Think it's been muggled. Could someone please check and prove me wrong?

Did with CrystalFairy

Found today with Crystal Fairy, Mycroman and Wandering Dragons. Provided some distraction for the many muggles nearby on the sports field while Crystal Fairy located and retrieved the cache. TFTC!

Was deserted today in the light drizzle, but both Violet Butterfly and MycroMan still had fun at this spot. Took a little while to locate the cache.. T4TC. Did with Wandering Dragons, Violet Butterfly and Mycroman

Cache #496 - took a bit of searching but eventually Crystal Fairy came out with the treasure box. A nice wet morning to be caching, but still the soccer games next door continued unabated. TFTC!

Log sheet replaced and a little first aid completed on the container. Cheers!

Easy find. Log needs attention.

TFTC

Log in poor condition, and container attachment loose.

Nice easy find for our muggle savvy boy. Log book needs to be replaced. Tftc

Found plastic bag in bottom of the cache container and put log back into it, but its pretty worn and falling apart. TFTC.

Went in the early evening - had to wait for two old ladies to stop playing on the swings (?!) and leave the park before moving in and finding the cache. TFTC

Enjoyed the view from the stone seat. Muggle central on a fine day but three geokids were a perfect camouflage. SL

This entry was edited by Renard & Co on Monday, 09 January 2012 at 07:23:06 UTC.

Out and about on my last caching day of the year,Quick find in the dark. I had been here in the past looking for it but GZ was in use by lots of muggles. Came back tonight without a GPS but knew exactly where it was.

Quick find on a night cache mission with NZLats. TFTC

Quick find with Virtual Allie on a dark night, couldn't help but have a play on an item or 2. TFTC

Interesting seat, even more interesting helicopter nearby. Found the Oz style cache easily. Another park that could easily overlooked if not for caching.

Quick find in the dark. I had been here in the past looking for it but GZ was in use by lots of muggles. Came back tonight without a GPS but knew exactly where it was.

Found it. TFTC.

David & Kristian's first find!

No muggles round at 2354. Found on a midnight mish. TFTC

YAYAY

SECOND FIND

Last time we looked for this, it had been muggled. This time, we were in the area for Mintie5 Jnr's soccer game and quickly retrieved and logged after he had finished.

Park and grab. In retrospect, I probably should have brought the kids as cover! Hint led me straight to the cache. TFTC

After passing by a couple of times to find the place crawling with muggles I finaly had the chance to complete the paperwork tonight with a quick park and grab. TFTC

Difficulty was more like 3 when I approached this one with JDSavannah and G_G_G on the way home from work. The artificial turf belows means lots of muggles. Snaffled after using the hidey as a seat. JDSavannah wanted to play more but...hehehe...TFTC

A stealthy find after work. TFTC

Something of a Royal Wedding Cache! Easy find but more difficult to procure with all the muggles. TFTC

Found on a chilly afternoon with the kids on a quick trip to the park. Great views......easy find. TFTC

Our hearts sunk to our boots as we approached GZ, as the good weather had brought the mugglets and their minders out in droves. We sussed out where the cache was hidden, but it had to wait out some mugglets. When they finally left, SW claimed the spot and quickly grabbed the cache before anyone else came near.
TFTC.

#22169. Popular spot today. Our patience was eventually rewarded. TFTC.

Had the whole park to myself, me thinks the weather had something to do with it. A nice and quick find squeezed in between showers. TFTC

#726. Found on the way home after work. Daylight savings has just ended and the park was pitch black at 18:45 when I arrived. Fortunately the lights were on in the sports ground below making for a relatively quick find. Nice area, good placement. SL, TFTC.

Mugglers mugglers mugglers !!!!.
TFTC.

Stealth is easy with three kids with you TFTC!

Quick find! TFTC

Out on family bike ride we decided to pick this one up. TFTC

A great hide, TFTC!

Replacement cache positioned with a crisp, new, empty log sheet. Please ensure the cache is hidden EXACTLY where found. Cheers!

No I didn't find it yesterday sadly though I can't not remember the date that I found it. the I can find out for you though If you would like me to ?

What a high muggle zone. Great hiding place though

Sorry to see this has gone after my visit. As mentioned in the log to the best of my knowledge I was not observed. I took great care to ensure that the cache was put back securely. So unfortunately some muggle probably came across it by accident (though not sure how likely that is!) or knew where it was..

Cache has gone, will disable until I can get another container organised. Cheers!

This has possibly been removed as we are almost 100% sure we were searching in the right place!

DNF

Had passed by this several times but had to pass on it because of muggles. Was amazed to find it muggle-free tonight at 1800 hours on such a sunny early evening. The bigger muggles were occupied in another area, and I guess the little muggles must have been at home eating their dinner!
Couldn't find any reference to the seat either though lots about some of the other equipment..
TFTC.

Had to come back twice as there were too many muggles around, quick find TFTC

Found this a while ago, but only just logging it now. Can't remember the date found.

TFTC - found this on the weekend, but forgot to log. Great hide, fuin for the whole family.

1620hrs 3/10/2010
Another nice park in the Khandallah suburb. Quite a few families enjoying the great weather
A bit of stealth and with bubble lying down playing she spotted the cache, and sunrise discretely grabbed it, and pinetree slipped it back before taking bubble down the big slide!
TFTC
Cheers
pinetree and sunrise

It was fun I was helping Grandma. Isabelle

nice easy one, found it on our way to windy waters. slide was fun in the dark.

Easy to find after a quick search. Not very busy! Remember the stone seat well so knew almost exactly where to look from the clue. TFTC.

We loved the sculpture! Replaced the plastic bag as it was torn, TFTC.

Epic seat.

Fortunately no muggles about so an easy find. The seat was really cool, thanks for pointing it out.

Went back today and made the most of the rain - no muggles in sight! Great spot. Thanks!

TFTC - went for a night time expedition to find this. Beautiful full moon tonight! My friends came as cover and played on the playground while I searched

Took me 3 goes to get this one as lots of little kids in playground SL TFTC

Found it, but didn't lay my hands on it. Too many people around today - will have to go back again either at night or with bad weather. Very impressed you could put it where it was!

Yay! Our first ever find. Had to check out the park for daughter's up-coming cross-country run, and figured we could find this while we were there. Weecachers enjoyed the playground too.

A quick find on a bitter wellington day great to do Mudwiggles first cache wew'll be back to do the rest when its warmer

Drove pass GZ several weekends in a row in hopes of nabbing this cache. However, abandoned the idea each time because there was absolutely no parking and the park was muggle-central with games going on in the field and mini muggles at the playground. This time came on the week day and had success at last. Interesting seat of stone. Nice hide. Thanks mud-wiggle for the cache.

Playground was empty just after 11pm so didn't have to worry about getting sprung.
Nice piece of art; would like to see it in daylight.

Knew I would need the cover of darkness to complete this one and had the opportunity to do so on the way home tonight. TFTC

Found in the early morning while the little muggles were still in bed.
TFTC

a great little cache. We went early in the morning so muggles wouldn't be a problem. I had my weecachers with me, so we looked the part anyway.

Sneaky hide a bit hard to access with all the muggles. Then the heavens opened and the muggles were all gone! Had to do the log in the car to stop it getting wet. TFTC

A quick find - only a few people about and they were engrossed in their own activities. By keeping an eye on what they were doing I managed to retrieve and replace the cache hopefully unnoticed. Interesting stone sculpture, quite unusual for such a location. Signed log, TFTC!