Maud's Cache (Coromandel) Whangamata, North Island, New Zealand
By Ledge End on 01-Jul-10. Waypoint GC2B3T9

Thanks everyone for stopping by. The new playground did get this one, so will need to re-think it. Won't be back in Whanga for the next month due to other commitments so will let this go and maybe place a new one somewhere close by soon!

I noticed that this cache has been in need of owner attention for a period of time well in excess of the period of "a few weeks" as contemplated by the cache guidelines published on Geocaching.com. While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for you and block other caches from entering the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can't do so forever. Please either repair/replace this cache, or archive it (using the archive listing link in the upper right) so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location.

If you plan on repairing this cache, please log a note to the cache (not email) within the next 30 days so I don't archive the listing for non-communication.

Regards,
Growly Bear
Geocaching.com Volunteer Reviewer.

Do to think its there

Not here. New playground means it was either destroyed during construction or kids got to it.

Saw where it may have been but no luck after searching around

Had 2 goes at this one too. Maybe new playground has interfered with it?

nice place, easy find, thanks and greetings from Germany

Great playground. Had a good hunt around using the hint but no luck.

Singed the log book

Looks like a tree was removed not too long ago. Couldn't find it. There a couple of spaces where it may have been. Is it still there?

Is it still there?

Couldnt find it anywhere??? Hunted like mad

Couldn't find the cash sadly rain was closing in

Will go back soon

Found it cool place

That was so fun I looked around for ages and then I was thought really hard and found it great fun but I forgot to sign the book oh well was awesome

Lots of muggles hete playing! On to the next!

Cute cache easy find!

Easy find in a lovely spot. TFTC

Found, 6 year old traded a treasure! Thanks.

Yay it's back

Easy find. Sunny day. Great spot.

Good quick find. TFTC

So pleased that this has been replaced. TFTC

found it this time -couldnt find it last time (nov 2011) cheers jumboz

Yipeee for it this time

found it while out for a morning walk, nice spot to watch the surf!

We returned today as we have had so much fun doing this and placed a new cache to carry on the fun hidden at original position at gl :0)

Had A good look and couldn't find

No luck for us today. Although didn't realise till we got there the swap of DNF's. Never mind, try again another day.

Nothing at GZ and with so mant DNFs I didn't spend long looking.

Searched for a fair while, before reading on here that it was possibly muggled.

Couldn't find it. With six DNFs in a row, it has probably been muggled. Can the CO please check in on it. Many thanks.

No joy on this one will try again another time

Had a good hunt for this one, but no luck. Checked recent logs and see I am not the only one to have no luck - maybe its been muggled??

Thought we gave this a good go but still couldn't locate the cache. Maybe another time??

Looked for this twice today on our various walks along the beach, but no joy

Sure we were in right spot but no luck. Hot day so time for a break we think.

Nice Easy find. TFTC

TFTC. First of an evening out caching in the town.

Quick easy.find. Tftc

Out Biking with Buzz and Jenn. Easy find.

This location is pretty significant for me. My Grandparents used to live pretty close to this spot and my Grandfather actually had a heart attack and died about 30-40m from where the cache is located, he had been out fishing with a friend. That may sound a little sad (and I guess it is) but once you see the spot few will disagree he picked a nice spot to leave this world. I dropped off a Geocoin I have been sitting on for a while, and I see in the logs it has already been collected and is on its way to Perth. Thanks for the cache and the memory's.

Easy find, bike GC was fun. Geocoin on it's way to Perth.

Despite the wind, the surf is a lot calmer than a few days ago. T4TC - M@, William & Riahna

Found by my other helper. Great camouflage.tftc.

tftc

A lovely spot - very tempting water but still too cool for our liking !! TFTC

Found (after reading the clue) on a cool and very windy morning. Nice spot with good views.

TNLNSL.

TFTC,
GammaPiSigma

Bit of a scrabble around and quickly found.

Visiting area when on holiday from Scotland. Great beach for walk first thing in morning and some great cache sites. Thanks for this one. Nice quick find and we are on a roll.

Quiet spot today with lovely beach so close - sat and pondered and soon had cache in hand TFTC

Found in quickly fading light after a lovely evening walk with the King Fambly to get the kids sleepy. Leigh, Elodie, Ethan and Sam. TFTC!

Almost to easy, good find

Another good find. TFTC!!!

was pleased this was out of sight of a nearby building site on a sunny/wetish Monday. Took a minute or two to find but got there. TFTC

#685, TFTC

Nice spot took grasshopper toy replaced with hair tie tftc

Found it after picking out the right seat

9391… Used the convenient nearby seat to sign the log, nice spot for Maud’s cache, TFTC.

Found while staying at Whangamata before the event the following day at Waihi Beach,, quick find, tide was out, no trouble, no muggles anywhere along the beach TFTC

Glad to finally get this one. Co-ords are a lot better now. TFTC

Nice quick grab. TFTC

28/5/12 No luck for us today. Didn't hang about too long as it started to drizzle.

Quick find, lovely beach!

good cache

nice day.

A quick find, and luckily no pesky muggles about to cramp my style. A nice spot.
TFTC

quick find thanks

A quick find early morning before launching the kayak here for a paddle out to the islands.
MAny thanks

Didn't find this 12 months ago but a quick find today tftc

Gotcha. TFTC

Easy find, took trackable and put in a few little things, lovely location.

First visit to Whangamata, what a lovely place, here for a few days and hope to find a few of the Caches. Came down to the beach at low tide early in the morning with hopes of getting out to the cache on the island but it wasn't low enough so decided to walk around the lovely estuary instead. nice spot to start at. TFTC

Great find by the kids. Traceable dropped. Good luck to " lucky the sheep II". Thx

For some reason, this took me longer to find than it should have. TNLNSL TFTC. Nice spot!

There are jewels here!!! Good luck!!

Good spot for a surf. TFTC

Got it! Yay

Cool

Found in the horrible weather

Rather rainy day by the beach. Came out for a walk in the drizzle with Master 5 while OH and Master 2 had a sleep back at the bach. Nice easy find. Hint helped.
TFTC; number 141 for us
(half of) KatyAndScott (and one of the kids)

Highly exposed so ive moved it under the pohutakawa tree. Not sure if this was the original spot

Didnt know there was a seat back there, lovely day. Took TB left shell

Easy find but just beat the lawnmowing guys.Dropped off & picked TB. TFTC

Nice easy find thanks dropped tb

Dropped

Here on a Can Am Spyder group ride. This was my 1st stop in the town.
P..ssing with rain but an easy find thank God

I was looking at the wrong tree, Mrs Sp8 had more sense and came up with the find.

TFTC

Co-ords well off for me too, and the hint was too long for my GPS. Had to go back to the car and check the computer. Thanks to those other cachers who provided a more accurate fix.

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 13.296 E 175° 52.931

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 13.300 E 175° 52.935

Distance from original: 31.2 feet or 9.5 meters.

Finders seem to be finding other coordinates more useful than my ones (probably taken with a more accurate GPSr), so re-jigging them to reflect that. Cheers! Cache is still in the same place, thanks for visiting

Easy find by Dave, the hint helped as cords were a bit out for us.

Spent some time in wrong area then accurately looked where clue described and there it was.
I make co-ords S .300 E .935
Tftc

DNF

Looked for ages in obvious places, but then to no avail.

This entry was edited by fookesfam on Sunday, 07 August 2011 at 09:35:07 UTC.

Found it on our third visit, because of the stormy weather there were no muggles about so we were able to search more thoroughly to find the cache. The cache was empty apart from the logbook so we put in a NZ Lanyard. TFTC

had bori5 and myself looking for adges but no find-have to come back to this one-cheers jumboz

MYSELF JUMBOZ JAKE AND JESS FOR 2MIN BUT NO LUCK WILL KEEP AN EYE ON.

Great find
TB taken

nice quick find. this in not were co ordanits send you. follow the clue and the co ords from splattynz. you will find it with ease.