Northcotehanger... Not Quite! (Auckland) Takapuna, North Island, New Zealand
By
funkymunkyzone on 25-Apr-10. Waypoint GC27DKK
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Had a very long look, got some funny looks. However, hasn't been found in 2 years, think it is gone.
Thought I was in the right place. Didn’t stay around too long though after I was muffled by an ambulance crew. They were concerned about my state of mind.....looking over the edge of the bridge!!!!
Came along here with my new e-bike, parked up on a gorgeous day but never did I see a cache! Very unfortunate that, I heard one was here.
Made the decision to visit this cache on a quiet Sunday morning with Merlot58 and Jag50. We made a quick find here, although it was not quite where we were expecting.
Out on the Shore with Merlot58 and Aiden29. A quick find here as the traffic was very light this morning.
Very quick find this morning because it was not in place. Wasn't sure how to replace and didn't want to linger and attract attention! Hopefully will not be lost before it can be seen to. Have driven over this bridge a lot but have never walked over it before. A lot oftraffic whileI was there both on and under the bridge. Thanks for the cache funkymunkyzone!
10:42:32 AM Quick find while in the area for the classic car show.
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M&S [:0)] 2703
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M&S [:0)] 2703
Did not realise until now Smales Farm has paid parking, who knew?
Made the walk to GZ, and with spot on co-ords I soon had the cache, as I watched the traffic pass by under the bridge. Thanks for the hide, beautiful Autumn afternoon in Auckland
Made the walk to GZ, and with spot on co-ords I soon had the cache, as I watched the traffic pass by under the bridge. Thanks for the hide, beautiful Autumn afternoon in Auckland
Looked for this a few months ago while out for a solo Sunday morning coffee run, and had no success. On a similar mission this morning, and no problems at all - no idea what I was thinking last time!
Nice quiet time to finally do this cache that I've driven past for oh so long! TFTC
Great hide - felt a bit strange with all the traffic around. Placed a trackable travel bug.
Out for a Leap Day caching adventure with Gadget M. Neat cache - must have driven under it hundreds of times. Great camo. Tftc
Just found this one on my way back. Finally it was no rush hour after work so I took that chance to get a new smiley:)
Quick find on a very hot afternoon. Hard to go unnoticed here. Nearby schools are just out. Pretended to be watching the traffic below. TFTC
So close to work that evilno9 and I couldn't put it off any longer, and it made a great excuse for a lunchtime walk. TFCT
Taken too long to find this one after being within a couple of hundred metres of work for the last few years. Decided today was the day though and with LikeTips in tow, we wandered over at lunch for a look. Not too many options which made the find fairly straightforward. Nicely down and back to the office for a feed. TFTC
I'm kind of proud of my use of stealth here. Brought a camera and took some photos while secretly searching. Eventually I just grabbed it, signed it, took some photos and left. Fun way to start a day!
This entry was edited by Appelmak on Tuesday, 04 August 2015 at 01:12:50 UTC.
This entry was edited by Appelmak on Tuesday, 04 August 2015 at 01:12:50 UTC.
Another quick easy grab on this busy road. Fortunately it was easy to be discrete as I had an idea where the cache would be. I was correct and I had the cache in hand right away. TFTC #370
Had some time to kill while packing for our holiday up North. After finding "No Cache is an island" I thought I would walk here. easily found and carefully put back. TFTC. ;D
Not sure why I haven't done this one before now, but great that I hadn't so that I could count it for a night cache for geolicence.
Had had a fun filled night out with Darby&Joan, but as we did have work in the morning this was to be our last one at 11.45pm. TFTC
Had had a fun filled night out with Darby&Joan, but as we did have work in the morning this was to be our last one at 11.45pm. TFTC
We are up to a challenge where we have to find so many caches at night. So a plan was hatched with Helefant to join forces and see if we could make this fun. What a night we had, armed with torches, enthusiasm and lots of laughter. Have often thought of coming down here at night, but just never got around to it. Tonight was the night. So glad we had it in hand in seconds. Admired the lights of the motorway. Last one for tonight, on the way home, I mentioned, that probably we were all on a slippery slope, towards OMG a 24 hr challenge maybe... maybe not.... lol. Need to get a lot more practice at this. SL. TFTC. 
We got some odd looks from the passing motorists as we searched for this cache. We were looking in the wrong place at first. TFTC!
Quick easy find! Bit concerned as the motorway traffic was at a stand still and everyone was looking up at me suspiciously. Tftc!
After reading slieschke's log I decided to stick to using the compass and not check the satelite view. The gps was behaving itself today so I got to gz and let my fingers do the walking. A few seconds later: ooh that feels squishy... cache!
Quickly signed and we were off to find the next cache.
Tftc
Quickly signed and we were off to find the next cache.
Tftc
I'd like to say it was a quick find but it was not quite! Thought the satellite view on my phone would zero me in on the cache but instead I managed to misread things, and wasted 5 minutes because I'd aligned myself with something that wasn't what I saw on the map! Saw five police cars lights and sirens blaring blaze past while looking for this; thankfully they weren't after me. Once I realised my folly the cache was quickly found.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Found after a short search,although it was a bit of a hike from visiting nearby cache
Tftc
Tftc
The penny dropped after a bit as to the clues meaning but a quick search and feel brought no joy. I expect to pass by again but sadly at the wrong level.
Walked up here from Unplayable for a quick find on a quiet Saturday morning before heading to Albany to see what the MEGA Event was going to be like.
TFTC
TFTC
Another lovely lunchtime Northcote caching sojourn to fill another gap in the calendar. GPS a little out, but cache easily found. TFTC.
Rocked up & ditched the car next to the most netballers I've ever seen in one place (especially on an unseasonably chilly evening), ran up the road, had a shifty bit of 'shoe tying' than a little more. Sure enough, there it was
Thanks for the cache
See you at the mega, no doubt
Thanks for the cache
See you at the mega, no doubt
Yay it is there ! Pretty straightforward .....not much choice about where it could be ! Found with Ric after hospital visit today !
Was unable to find this one on a quick lunchtime mission with evil09. Will have to go back and look sometime but got the feeling it was not there.
After having dinner in the area, we went out for another short spell of night caching around Takapuna. A nice quick find under the cover of darkness, but there was still the occasional muggle walking by. TFTC!
Found orginally as part of phasevisitor team, now created own account, re-logging as yorkshirekiwi83.
After having dinner in the area, we went out for another short spell of night caching around Takapuna. A nice quick find under the cover of darkness, but there was still the occasional muggle walking by. TFTC!
After having dinner in the area, we went out for another short spell of night caching around Takapuna. A nice quick find under the cover of darkness, but there was still the occasional muggle walking by. TFTC!
This required some clambering down a steep hill and a lot of "traffic".
Unfortunately, was unable to secure this one today.
Will be back as it has me intrigued!
Unfortunately, was unable to secure this one today.
Will be back as it has me intrigued!
It's been a while since the last find, but no need to worry, it was still in place and my GPS was bang on. Cache located after a bit of patting around but no way to avoid being noticed at such a busy location - fortunately everybody is zipping by so fast in their cars there's no way they could tell what you're up to. Still felt a bit of a plonker tho! Off to find somewhere to wash my hands - the bridge is a bit grubby... TFTC 
I needed a 1/1 for my Learner Licence Stage 2 cache's D/T requirements. This was the nearest to where I've been staying, so it was an easy choice. Mugglerists driving by were too busy to note what I was doing. Thanks for the cache, afterall you were the one who made me come here.
Well, this isn't the first time I have dropped a FMZ cache from a height...just kidding! 
Popped out with the Future Finder for some afternoon caching in the sunshine! We keep driving past this cache, so decided to finally stop and make the find. Not too many spots to check and we soon hand the classic FMZ cache container in hand. Returned safetly before departing. Cheers for the cache placement!
Popped out with the Future Finder for some afternoon caching in the sunshine! We keep driving past this cache, so decided to finally stop and make the find. Not too many spots to check and we soon hand the classic FMZ cache container in hand. Returned safetly before departing. Cheers for the cache placement!
I was heading to the "Smales Farm cache", and grabbed this one as I was crossing the bridge. I had to be mindful of the traffic below too.
Out for lunchtime excursion with Jones-Family and found this pretty quickly, neat cache 
This one took much too long to find in my opinion. I'd checked the right area initially, not found it, and continued to work my walk along the railing. After not finding anything, I returned to my first spot and my fingers caught hold of it almost immediately. Oh well, at least I walked away with a smiley face.
TFTC
TFTC
We are in NZ from Australia on Chippyroo's Middle Earth Caching Quest. Today was our last full day here and more than likely our last day of caching 
. We are staying at the local holiday park, we signed in, parked Chups the campervan and set off on foot to grab a few caches in the area. As we were approaching GZ there was a great group of school kids walking past but they soon did and we quickly had the cache in hand. We had to be careful not to drop it in the breeze! TFTC.
. We are staying at the local holiday park, we signed in, parked Chups the campervan and set off on foot to grab a few caches in the area. As we were approaching GZ there was a great group of school kids walking past but they soon did and we quickly had the cache in hand. We had to be careful not to drop it in the breeze! TFTC.Got this one almost on my way to meet back up with mum for my ride back into town.
Was super easily found, but had to wait in between french rugby fans for retrieval! (I didn't know vikings were french?? Well the supporters, some of them were dressed as vikings...)
I was so freaked of dropping the cache though! Haha, luckily didn't!
TFTC!!
Was super easily found, but had to wait in between french rugby fans for retrieval! (I didn't know vikings were french?? Well the supporters, some of them were dressed as vikings...)
I was so freaked of dropping the cache though! Haha, luckily didn't!
TFTC!!
TFTC. The GPS reading was variable and so made this a tricky find. Pleased to eventually sign the log and earn a smilie.
Not quite what we expected but found fairly easily. At least we were done before anyone tried to save us. NINO TFTC
Very quick find after coming home from the Blues game - while signing log an officer of the law stopped to see if we were "okay". She decided we didn't look too dodgy and she moved on for us to rehide cache and get back in the car!
TFTC #150 for us!
TFTC #150 for us!
#121 Out caching with Geomatt123 after a good victory from the Blues. Found this one easy enough but had to promise the police officer that we weren't planning to jump off the bridge. TFTC
TFTC