Barking Mad (Waikato) Te Rapa, North Island, New Zealand
By flyingrat on 09-Jan-10. Waypoint GC22TCT

As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm temporarily archiving this to keep it from continually showing up in search lists. Just contact us when you have the cache repaired, and assuming it still meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

I found this a couple of years ago, I went back to look for it with a friend today, it is definitely no longer there, as the tree it was in has been cut down

I went on a walk with a friend today and looked for this but didn't find it.

If the owner isn't going to maintain this after six months of dnf's then it needs archiving.

As we were in the area we returned to see if this one was still there, but it has definitely gone.

Hmmmmm. Another invisible cache. Maybe gone AWOL.

will be back with the kids. Looked a bit obvious on my own looking around. I have an idea where it might be.

With Raeofsunshinenz. Searched high and low, but no joy.

No luck for us today. Lots of cicada skins though... ahh the childhood memories collecting those

Had a good look for this one with Davycrockpot and we had no luck. Not to be found today

No luck for us today.

Wow, glad I'm not any shorter...! Lid camo is missing, so container does stand out a bit. Nice spot down here beside the river, TFTC!

Nice quick find with the No Boring Bits cycling club...their first Geo Caching outing...maybe a few converts after today

Found easily enough which was lucky as there were plenty of muggles about. Unfortunately we found it hard to replace as it wasn't very secure and we can see how it was found on the ground earlier.

Interesting find. Nice day by the river. TFTC

This one no longer had an "interesting" lid which I presume would disguise it more, but the main problem was that we couldn't get it to " stay". I wonder if a nearby place might make a more secure alternative? I see it has had wetness issues in the past, but it was really dry.

Tftc

This was lying on the ground in full view. I have tucked it into a tight hold and hope that it stays there until the CO can check it and move if necessary. TFTC

TFTC

A beautiful morning in the Waikato so off we set for a walk with the new puppy and a spot of geo-caching. Lots of muggles, bike-riders and dog-walkers along the river path so had to be careful. Spent about 15 minutes looking where I was sure it should be... almost ready to give up... walked away for about 3 metres and glanced down and there was the cache on the ground. Put it back where I think it should have been One of my favourite walks in Hamilton. TFTC

12.20pm. Was here a year ago for a DNF. This time we have the full info and found it immediately.
Thank you. David and Peter.

Easy for some

Searching in the wrong place for a moment, then noticed something odd. The special lid seems to be missing though. Tftc

Cache 2148
We did a little walk along Waikato River and passed this cache as well.
Thanks for the cache Quiri

Mr 8 found cache as his feet. We've put it back where we think it should have been.

Found after attending the numbers event, 8,9,10,11,12 in Hamilton. Great to catch up with so many cachers. Lovely walk. Cache was a bit damp but the waterproof log was fine. TFTC

A little wet

Nice hide. Removed wet paper mush, dried out cache & added a new log. TFTC

Trees have been cut not sure if cache still viable

TFTC

Water logged

COOL HIDE COULDN'T SIGN LOG TOOOOO WET

I COULDN'T REACH LUCKY DAD WAS THERE

COULDN'T SIGN PAPER JUST TO WET

Nice walking area and great hide - log too wet to sign TFTC

Log very wet which made logging the find difficult, neat find however.

On a weekend caching trip with my best friend SethRaven. No better way to spend a belated significant birthday.

Nice hide, found it with Fencarrows - TFTC

Another one from my easter mission

Log wet and needs replacing

Log book is now completely sodden and unusable. Requires replacement.

Found no problems finding but couldn't sign the log as is was too wet. TFTC

Another lovely spot by the river. TFTC.

found on a bit of a mission introducing a new cacher

Could not log as log is mushed. Needs maintenance

TFTC

good hide

log book wet. good hide though

A quick find in quite a lovely spot. Logbook is totally mush however, this really does need some maintenance as flagged earlier by another finder.

TFTC

Spotted on way past had to wait for muggle and dog to clear Gz log is mush needs attention asap cudnt sign. Somehow has mud in ziplock and container

Found but could not sign. Agree with alicat. Needs maintenence. Good spot though.

No joy today.

Thought we'd go out for a drive after tea to start getting to know our new local area. Lots of people using the path even at dusk, on foot and on bikes, so had to wait for a gap in the traffic to make the grab. Mr 2newkiwis made the find, but then again he has the height advantage . Impossible to sign log though as it's turned to pulp - would have replaced it but didn't think of bringing any with us... TFTC!

As per log entry, it needs a new log book as current one is gone all mushy...

The paper really wet I tried to write on it but couldn't. Great hide though

You'd have to be barking mad to be out caching in this weather - that's us!!!! TFTC

Great hiding place. Lid has come unglued and log book is soaking wet. TFTC!

In Hamilton todat attending the Event cache today so had to pick up a few of the nearby caches. Great walkway.

Cheers for the cache.

An easy find while over in Hamilton for a geocaching event, we had some time to pick up a few local cache's
SL TFTC

Easy find 515

Really liked this one. Log book was very wet but managed to sign with pen. Nice hide. TFTC

After several attempts at poking around in scary insect infested holes we found this awesome hiding spot - great lid, loved it! [8]

Awesome cache spot. Kool lid.

wow,we must be getting better at this as this was an easyish find, great hiding place and lid, icky bugs though

Great camo, looked at it a couple if times before the light bulb went on. TFTC

4.30pm - Quick easy find after a DNF on first attempt. SLTFTC

Lots of bugs...

Nice hide. TFTC

Loved the cache, brillent!!

Tried last night but I forgot the hint. So back again tonight for a quick find of a good cache thanks.

This one was a challenge.

Great little cache. I was really pleased to find it. Thank you.

This entry was edited by Me and B2 on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 at 23:24:33 UTC.

Finally got back to make a visit and tick it off, Great Cammo, TFTC

A number of muggles with dogs, collected this one between muggles passing by. TFTC

Brilliant cache, thanks!

Was happy to be the one from our little team who plucked this one out today.
Thanks

Found at last. I think this cache has been missing for a while

Quick find where I thought it would be thanks. Nice camo.

Easy find this time TNLN

Returned from a trip away to hear that our cache had disappeared - have been down and placed a new container that looks the same as the last =) Thanks to all of you who let us know.

Hunted high and low, no where ot be found, even searched places some distance away

Poked my fingers in all the holes, walked through spider webs and reached as far as I could all to no avail.

Not as obvious as I hoped. I tried approaching it from different angles as GPS was only accurate to 6 metres. May have just needed more time. Tried for 15 minutes.

DNF

12.20pm - Looked and looked to no avail, has it gone?

Glad the river is down after the track closed last time here. busy place with walkers.

This one eluded me. TFTC

This one beat us so onto watchlist it goes will be back for another go if someone has more luck than us.

Nice easy find and walk with the family on a cool Sunday evening.

This entry was edited by Nicpics on Saturday, 29 January 2011 at 22:42:10.

Quick find. Lots of people out walking. Beautiful day

Great cache went hunting with my friend had alot of fun. TFTC

Found the damn thing...was looking at it for awhile before i realised it was the cache i was looking at.

Neat container! Log sheet is getting pretty worn now, may be due for replacement! TFTC

quick easy find while in Hamilton TFTC

Santa gave me a new Nuvi, so I thought, why not a cruise to Hamilton and pick up some random caches en route while I test drive the new toy. Thanks.

number 100 for me, started in september last year and have hit 100 awesome!!

nice easy find today on our little ride round town

Neat hiding place and lid.

Quick early morning find, while in Hamilton for a couple of days TFTC