whangarata side tracked( Auckland) Whangarata, North Island, New Zealand
By doandhopers on 27-Mar-10. Waypoint GC25MMA

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Looked around for a while

The hint is pretty specific, but we didn't find it. In case the hide has changed (I see it has been recently replaced) without the cache page being updated accordingly, we ignored the hint and the GPSr and looked for places we would hide a systema container without success.

Made our way to GZ, but the description, hint and recent maintenance log confused us - is this a sistema or a magnetic cache? or maybe both?? anyway we checked what we thought was the hint item and a few other places besides and couldn't locate this cache, maybe next time.

Cache back in place now that road works are complete. Simesta container in place with log book.

Out with Doandhopers this afternoon. After they replaced it, I quickly signed new log book, and we were on way to the next one. TFTC

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Definitely nothing here! Really sad it's a good spot

Was passing through and thought 'I can't not stop' so pulled over and hopped out. Looked at the hint as I walked up and being specific thought that would help as I didn't want to draw to much attention to myself.

Unfortunately all I found on the structure was a magnet so I suspect the container has gone. It was only then that I noticed the other DNF's.

This one definitely needs checking on.

No luck for us either. You can see why this would be such a good spot for train photos!

no luck here. there has been alot of work going on in the area along the road so may have been moved or lost.

We couldn't find this one. We will try another time!

Another grand adventure with Gap (of Fap and Gap). We hope to rack up as many caches as we can, and put them toward our current GIO License Challenge. Today, we head to North-West Waikato to tackle some of the most isolated, far-flung caches I've ever seen. A big drive that will take us from Port Waikato to Raglan Harbour, and everywhere in between... And the weather is going to make this ride interesting.

This was one of four caches at the northernmost extremity of our journey today. We hadn't planned on coming here, but it was close enough to include these caches. This cache waa found lying in the grass, about half a metre from its intended hide. This area must be prone to vibration from passing traffic (trains and vehicles), so I'm not surprised to find that it had travelled. The log was full and I wrote over a faded signature... TFTC.

Looked where hint suggested nothing seen

Quick stop on our attempt to do 50 in a day and at least 1km apart for the Geocaching Licence. Found this lying on the ground with the lid missing and the logbook full. 26 down, 24 to go. TFTC

Found this lying on the ground with the lid missing and the logbook full. Put it back where I thought it belonged but it does need some TLC

I tried to park closer, but then doubled back to the suggested parking spot and made the grab. TFTC.

Out for a Sunday drive/walk with Mrs McMike2012. Was looking at some caches nearby & decided to stop here for quick park'n'grab while on the way home.TN:LN:SL. TFTC. #7 of 7 today. #557 for us.

Found while keeping the 3 mini-cachers safe behind the fence! Needs a new lid, sealant stuff all peeled off, and I think the log is almost full. Thanks.

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

#1687, Quick find. TFTC

tftc done on way home from auckland cheers

A nice easy find. TFTC from The Fraser Family.

Looks like a great spot for getting snaps of trains. TFTC

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Nice easy park and grab. Dry log.

683, No trains today, however a steady stream of traffic. TFTC

Nice easy grab, great view of the tracks. Cache appears to have lost its top, but contents where still dry.

Perfect for train spotting but we didn't get the chance to see any just a few muggles driving past TFTC

Reasonably quick find on our way from the Mega to Matamata to visit the Hobbits.

Found with Sevren.tftc

No problems with this one. Exactly as described. Lid is broken but stays on ok. TFTC

This entry was edited by tparty on Monday, 28 October 2013 at 21:12:51 UTC.

New Zealand 2103 trip for the Auckland Mega at Albany. Day 12, Waingaro to Auckland, Western Park. No trains while I was here today and not too hard after the last few. Thanks.

12349.304 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Gold Puzzle Blue A#71

Albida

In plain sight saw it from about a meter away big girl found it

No trains in sight...on to the next...TFTC

No problems. TFTC

Today, Vamber, KiwifruitsNZ and alpenmilch80 decided to tackle some of the caches out this way. We enjoyed a day of lovely (and muddy) walking, chatting and caching of course!

As KiwifruitsNZ have already found this cache, we quickly stopped so that alpenmilch80 and ourselves could grab this quick drive-by. Mission soon accomplished, and we were on our way.

TFTC

During the event at the Auckland's Botanical Gardens Team Vamber invited me to come along to tackle together with KiwifruitsNZ the Solar System trail and other caches in the area. I was a little bit scared about the weather forecast but it turned out to be a rain free sunny day . Due to the rain yesterday we had some muddy patches to cross which we all mastered slip-free and were rewarded later the day with some great ice cream....

Quick P&G. TFTC

Nice little cache this one.

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Good clue and a quick find. Tftc

Parked close by and walked to find this one. Signed and moved on.no trains today.

Never having been this way, it was a pleasure to get off the main road. NO trains to be seen. today though I was sure That I heard a steam whistle. A flying visit Up North. Visiting family and caches in marginal weather Thanks for the hide.

Pulled in around the corner, and wandered back to the main road. After a quick look, came up with the goods. Managed to avoid the cars flying past! TFTC

Parked up at the suggested spot and wandered over to this one. Busy road indeed but easy enough to retrieve the cache between traffic without any bother. Nice easy find and a cool view of the tracks here. TFTC

Decided to do one last one as we hurtled our way to Raglan for the night.

This one was a quick drive by. No hassles.

#1323

Spotted walking up to the hint object, TFTC

Easy find - hints definitely help! TFTC

This is a very busy road and like the descripton advised park in Ridge road as i pulled over on the main road to read the GPS and a truck nearly took me out. So thanks doandhopers for the warning. We did find the cache after jst about giving up but young jess was the winner of the day and found it well hidden.

Quick find, was a little worried as it looked there was some work being done very near GZ. Cache still there, but might want to keep an eye on it.

Nice quick find. TFTC

Quick find on our way home TFTC

Quick easy find. TFTC

A quick find on the way back south. TFTC

We intended to get this cache on our way back to Auckland in 7 days time but a wrong turn on the motorway entrance meant we were going to be passing - so what the hay, we thought we would find it today. It wasn;t Mrs P driving, just incase you were wondering. t4tc

A trio of cachers out & about on a lovely sunny morning, another nice quick grab, tftc

This was a quick stop and grab after starting the day at the solar system series. There has recently been some work done in the area but the cache is still in great condition and was found easily.

TFTC

No trains but good view of the tracks! Thanks

Find #200 what a relief. Timed it right and the boys got to spot a train. TFTC

Found orginally as part of phasevisitor team, now created own account, re-logging as yorkshirekiwi83.

We were down this way completing the Solar System Trail near Tuakau and picked up this cache on the way back to the motorway via Pokeno. A quick find, thanks for the cache!

We were down this way completing the Solar System Trail near Tuakau and picked up this cache on the way back to the motorway via Pokeno. A quick find, thanks for the cache!

Out with Miss Sara today and I saw it but let her find it - TFTC

Quick find while out with the Kiwifamily.
t4tc

easy find just watch out for the traffic

Found it on a busy road in the dark, TFTC

Found this just up the road from home 01/07 TFTC

Quick easy find on the way home to Tauranga.Thankyou.

Quick find with Lellums. TFTC

This entry was edited by Cheetora on Saturday, 23 June 2012 at 07:28:08 UTC.

found with cheetora TFTC

Our last cache for the day. Made the short walk from the car to GZ and made a quick find. TFTC!

Nice quick find while passing. TFTC

Find #194

Side tracked in Tuakau today but no trains to spot only a cache...thanks.

Found on our 24hr cache-a-tron mission from Auckland to the Waikato. Log was a bit wet, but luckily one of our crew had their caching repair kit so log replaced and put into a new bag. TFTC

32 of 164 finds in the 24hr Cache-A-Tron Waikato Cache Raid
(http://cacheatron.blogspot.com)

Glad we remembered the cache maintenance kit with this one hopefully the new log and dry bag means the cache owner doesn't need to perform maintenance on it quite so soon.

32 of 164 finds in the 24hr Cache-A-Tron Waikato Cache Raid
(http://cacheatron.blogspot.com)

Some quick maintenance performed for this one. A nice quick find, so we could move on and save the time for later in our 24hr caching mission. TFTC.

Found on our 24hr caching mission, Cache-A-Tron - Auckland to Hamilton and back again. We performed some maintenence on this one as the log was slightly soggy - placed a new logsheet inside a plastic bag into the cache, so hopefully will stay a bit drier this time around

This entry was edited by Loz47 on Sunday, 04 March 2012 at 02:01:38 UTC.

This entry was edited by Loz47 on Sunday, 04 March 2012 at 02:37:50 UTC.

Need maintenance . Changed log inside. Good location.

Team replaced log in waterproof bag. Tftc

Nice find....TFTC

A nice quick find between showers, TFTC

Out and about this afternoon with the FF and his Poppa for a little geocaching. With a button disabled on the GPSr it was only thanks to studying the maps that I knew precisely where to stop. A super quick find at GZ and the first entry into the new log was made. Cheers for the cache!

Found it today while passing through here this morning after a yummy breakfast in a nearby town cafe. Very good French Toast and Bacon. Yum. But I digress. Nice easyish find. Log was totally totally saturated, so couldn't sign and didn't have a spare. Big big freight train went past when I was here. TFTC

Popped in today after last 2 log reports and replaced WET log with a dry one. Heaps of room for the summer to write comments.

No trains went past while I was here.

The logbokk is very saturated and unable to be written upon.

Cheers for the cache.

On our way back from Tuakau we got Side Tracked by this cache. Made a quick stop to initial the very wet log. No trains while we were there. Thanks.

# 3503

Wet log.. Sorry didn't have any paper to replace for you.

Couldn't have timed it better! Train heading under the bridge

Nice to be here at the right time too, Log needs replacing as very wet.. Hard to sign..
T4TC

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nice Hide

Nice Cache no trains or muggles today thanks

No train to disturb us while we filled in the log sheet.

4.10pm - Cache is a bit damp. SL>TFTC

Found today no problems but cache had a lot of water in it. I emptied it out but log book will need replacing as its pretty much wet and mushy. However I was able to sign it TFTC

Heading back to Auckland via Pokeno to grab one of the famous ice creams. Stopped at this one on the way. Jumped out, signed log and away we went!!! Log was a bit damp. Thanks for the adventure. TFTC!

On our way through from Tuakau, Port Waikato to Pokeno Ice Cream and then Auckland's North Shore. Thanks for getting us side tracked! Just a few caches today but a lot of ground covered.

On our way home from Port Waikato and got side tracked. KnK made the find on this one. Stopping off in Pokeno for ice cream before heading home! TFTC

ALL GOOD

A quick find on my way to Auckland. TFTC

Great location, loads of passing traffic, so I had to pretend I was taking photos lol. Found the cache in a brief lull in the traffic. TFTC!