Pukekohe hidden Playground (Franklin) Pukekohe, North Island, New Zealand
By thejaybees on 30-Apr-10. Waypoint GC27PZZ

Out for a fix up.

Found after searching for a bit. Log was saturated and couldn't take photo as it was really dark. Needs to be replaced. Tftc

Great spot

Great spot, thanks

Found relatively quickly, thanks for the cache

Very cool hidden playground!! TFTC!

I'm back in NZ and after logging this one in Aug 2023, I dropped a trackable travel bug into it that is still showing as being in the cache.I checked today and unfortunately, it is not there. Wondering if the next cachers found it, removed it and forgot to log it.Very surprised that this one has not been found since April 2023. It's still there.

Correction to my note. It was Aug 2022 I dropped it not 2023

I check this as I walk past. It is my cache.

Found it at first thought I wasn't t allowed because the gated community and all that but went in anyway. The cache was preet obvious from a distance due to its red lid I tucked it back under facing a better way to hide it better and look less obvious

Nice area

Decided to have a go on this one afternoon. The cache wasn’t in the best condition and we accidentally broke it in the process of trying to open it. We went and got a new M&M tube from the local dairy (grabbed a cheeky Memphis meltdown gooey caramel for the occasion) and we rebuilt it.
Very sneakily hidden hide, much appreciated

Log later

Found it

Thought I hkqad taken our kids to all the playpark Bf
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Lovely park!

Playground is open again. All new stuff to play on.

Good hide

Play ground is closed. Still able to get to cache.

Rubbish clue excellent. What an extremely strong magnet

Very strong magnetic field there. Thanks for the cache.

Nice quick find - discreet logging and in and out .

Clever idea

Well this is a hidden little park, if you know you know.
TFTC

A nice quick find thanks. Well overlooked but no one home apparently.

Time for another trip to the North Island for Ms_KR and me. Today we did a little cruising around to the Franklin area. Will this long hot summer never end?

Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

Hurry up and find me

covid

Found whilst out with keylev and friends.

Thanks for the cache.

Found whilst out with keylev and friends.

Thanks for the cache.

Tftc! Easy find!

Out and about with cragger, laval and B4Dawn. Had planned a nice walk but the weather was not playing ball so we decided some drive by caches would be a better option.

Nice little spot here! Spied on the approach. Signed and returned it out of sight.

Thanks for the cache.

Came here today to right my DNF last time we were here...gigiEV is on fire today as this is another one she found today for us. Glad to have a smiley on it now. TFTC

A quick find here today after we failed here 18mths or so ago. No time to play today..off to the next one. TFTC

A lovely little park.
Cute

Great little playground here but no-one around. A bit smelly as I retrieved the cache though

Cache replaced.

missing again

No luck here today

Had to do a walk by due to muggles, but then it rained so I ducked back and grabbed it. Tftc.

Back up and available

On hold for a few weeks.

Cache replaced today. Was found and not found on the same day see previous logs. Stealth is required here.

Great find - a lovely hidden park we didnt know about

No joy here for us....looked everywhere on hint item.

We parked a short distance away and walked to GZ . This definitely is a hidden gem. After finding the cache was sat for a while and enjoyed the tranquility. Thanks thejaybees for bringing us here

Quick find with geo jnr. Even if I did forget my pen and had to go back for it. Lovely little spot. TFTC.

Yay - we found it!!

Decided to take a break from my studies and spend the day out caching. I offered to also take out my 2 nephews and niece along with me. We decided to head out to Pukekohe after picking up my nephew in Opaheke.

The kids checked out the playground while I found the cache. Just as we were leaving a muggle family was arriving. Great timing!

What a beautiful playground. The kids refused to help me; they just wanted to play!

With time to spare before I had to head to the airport and home, I continued to wander around Pukekohe finding a few caches along the way. Hidden no more. No problems finding the playground or the cache. TFTC, Biggles.

Nice quick find once I got access to the park. TFTC

Was really easy to find,but couldn’t was stuck so we could open it

Great spot for it. Easy to disguise a purpose to be able to retrieve it. Thanks

Found. Awesome little park for small kids

Got it
Took jak the geo dog there for a walk
Before he had a bath

Pukekohe seems to be very well supplied with playgrounds, especially ones tucked away. Enjoyed finding this one. TFTC

Thanks the jay bees loved the play areas and the hidden ones good to get a great walk-in gets a fave TFTC

Geocaching day in Pukekohe. This part of the town visited on my bike. Hi-vis jacket helps for this type of hides TFTC

Nice little hide, all quiet here today.
TFTC

We planned to take a walk at Duders today for Fathers Day morning but due to the heavy rain decided on Pukekohe for transformer finding and quicker grabs from the car.

Had a good idea where to look found an earlier hide, all good here. TFTC.

Nice quick find here with Gorby. Beautiful tree next to cache. TFTC

Out and about for a big day of caching, I’m aiming to get at 30 caches today and FMZ has decided to join me for a small adventure.

When we arrived here, I put stealth out the window, laid on the ground to retrieve the cache. I'm sure no one had noticed.. Gorgeous tree next to cache, it's been flowering for a short while, spring must be here.

In Pukekohe for the day with Squirrel Nut Fap and Gap and abcdf4 to kill a few more caches.

Nice easy find,With Squirrel Nut Fap and Gap and EyespyBen
Great day op this way today

On a 24hr mission to Auckland with Philip.Perry and three of my kids started caching at about 3pm getting back to accommodation at 330am then up and back on the road for a xouple of hours before heading home. We decided we had three caches we had to find this mission then the rest was all about getting our numbers up so concentrated on a high cache area. Meet Sethraven just on dusk who helped us on a cache we couldnt find before she headed home so that was great. Really enjoy caching in Auckland at night no traffic and no muggles to get in our way. We only had a few DNF caches for the day which isnt to bad. Thanks to all th CO for the caches.

Had a cheeky Auckland Mission on the cards this weekend and this was day two. It was a late one last night so today we figured we'd take it easy and try to clear Pukekohe out today before heading home. This cache was found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords and a good hint. We were in and out before the neighbours even knew what we up to, but having the *'camo kids'* helped too. Cheers thejaybees, TFTC

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Found easily. Found a similar one at our last cache at O’Connor park. Gorgeous little park. TFTC

Wonderful weather today so I decided to make a Little trip to Pukekohe and do some Geocaches.
Easy find here!
Thanks for hiding!

Lovely little park

So many playgrounds and reserves....but no one playing in them!
Who knew there would be a playground tucked away here!
Slightly smelly at GZ! Lol.

Tidy up after yourself if you wish to find me

Nice walk down to the hidden park. A nice quick find and replace.

Quick easy find and no onlooking neighbours.

Swapped cache for a new one.

Lovely playground, nice find. Thanks!

Fun find

There are some nice hidden parks log book is full

Tricky nice one.

Still here

From the Netherlands on holiday in NA. With my cousin geocaching in Pukekohe. Found this ons. Logrol was wet en nearly full. But great fun

Nice easy clue and find cheers

Very nice hidden playground. The kids were delighted...
My smartphone-gps was playing up, so we were searching at the wrong place first, only wood, nothing ma... So we followed the hint and ... Yeah, found it. Good idea! I'm glad we didn't have to search in the magnolia bush, since I felt observed inbetween these houses inmidst this private estate...
TFTC

Found this one earlier today with Bratstar01. Took me longer than it should have and had her laughing as I looked in all the wrong places.

GPS was playing up a bit but was able to deduce where it may be. TFTC

Clues spot on great find nice park

2912 Park is well hidden. Managed to find an entrance. Sat and had a drink at the nearby table before collecting and signing.

Connor found

This was almost identical to another we previously picked up so we were lucky no one was around and we had it very quickly. TFTC

Family bike ride to the park

Couldn't find amongst the bushes and felt not too good destroying plants and flowers to try and find

Cool hide, surprising what hidden away places can be found while walking around on foot. Thanks for bringing me out this way while visiting Pukekohe.

Thanks

Great spot, our kids used to play here years ago.

Nice hidden park. Kids love the place. Thanks

Cool little find with son tftc

Very clever cache. Exactly where it says it is

Took a while but found it with niece. Tftc

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