Pioneer Playground ( Franklin) Pukekohe, North Island, New Zealand
By thejaybees on 06-Oct-10. Waypoint GC2G7WE

had its time

On hold for a few weeks.

Found as the sun was going down but hint was sufficient to find. Have to report the log is full but managed to sign over others! Thanks CO for the cache.

Nothing there

Second DNF in Pukekohe...time to head home I think. Will be back

Log was very wet so we didn't write on it great find tho

Have to log with a photo as contents are soaked. Might need a new container for this one.

I have been visiting family close to this cache for 10 years. This week they leave town so I decided to finally get this cache to plug another hole in my caching calendar. It will be my last cache in this area for some time. Well hidden but a straightforward find thanks to the explicit hint. Thanks.
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After having breakfast nearby we walked over to look for this one.
We enjoyed reading about the history of the area before heading to GZ. The cache was a little bit exposed so we tucked it away a little better.
Nice spot, thanks thejaybees

All quiet from muggles out here in the late afternoon. Tftc

Pazza2, Jag50 and I headed South Auckland way to find a few caches. It was getting late and the air was getting cooler as we collected this cache, time to head home soon

Headed South with Merlot and Pazza today for a caching trip on the shortest day of the year. It was getting late in the day and there were no muggles playing at the playground. Another quick find with the hint.

Out with the Pukekohe Brownies for a night adventure. 30 of them looking for it meant we were bound to find it!. Very soggy log. Left a new piece. (Be Prepared is our motto after all). TFTC.

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 enjoyed playing on the playground as I located the cache. The log was wet, but I could still sign.

I love the little historic cottage in this park. The volunteers who manage it are extremely knowledgeable!!

Found but no pen!

Go there and me and my friend put one dollar in it.it is right behind the pole just follow the navigation LLAMAGANGFORLIFE

Early Sunday morning so no one around. Nice quick find. Log signed and TB taken.

Dnf bec others here and it seems a bit over grown.

Quick find as Mr P and were moving fast as the rain was coming. T4tc

Found log needs replacement asap

Always fun to discover an otherwise overlooked green space, usually with a story, too. Thanks for this one.

With the mission over had a chance to stretch the legs before driving back to waihi TFTC found with ease

First one found

While staying with some friends in Pukekohe I figured I'd go on a small excursion to clean up my map. This cache was found quickly but needs a new log unfortunately. Cheers thejaybees, TFTC

Andi found

Great find

After nice coffee in the area found this cache quick enough ... TB out. TFTC

Got it
And dropped of a trackable
If the cottage is open it’s well worth the time to have
A look .

Nice little park. Very quiet. Easy pickings... but good hide. Thanx for my first Puke find.

Introducing Mr 2 year old to geocaching. He was very excited with this find and didn't want to put it back! Don't worry it's safely hidden back in its spot. Thanks!

It was dark here and decided to take a short walk to the cache before heading home. Took a couple of tries in a few places and cache had slipped down a little making it harder to grab but got there in the end. TFTC.

Yep, got another one

Yay...rummage around and found it!

Well hidden took a while to find, eagled eye Mum found it in the end

Great fond, took a little while but found it in the end

First geocaching effort . A bit tricky to find.

Last one for today. I could find it without any Problems.
Thanks for hiding!

Easy fond

Thanks thejaybees....
Had to sit down and have a it off a rummage...but was successful in the end!
I was worried it was going to.be a tiny medi tube..
But luckily was not the case.
Handy toilet...

First one out in pukekohe. tftc

Quick easy find but a bit tricky to get out of hiding place.

Took a bit longer to find than it should have but very quiet this evening so no problem searching. Thanks for placing.

Tftc!

TFTC. Nice pirate.

Could not find the cache

Ttc! Great park!

Our first find geocaching. Was well hidden.

Decided to go for a spot of caching on Christmas after all the lunch was gone, this was the first and only find today. Nice and easy and a dry log. Thank you (:

Nice easy find thanks

On my way into the city and missed my train, had an hour to spare so decided to go caching. I didn't have a pen on me so I'll have to come back later...

Well hidden, good to have the hint!
TFTC

Quick find while kids had a play on the playground.
Tftc

Was out and about today and thought of finding this cache . We parked near GZ and walked over. We read the and decided to keep searching. After 10 minutes of searching we found the sneaky hide . Thanks for the cache thejaybees . TFTC!!!

Tucked right in there - well hidden. Cool that this cache is still here after 7 years! Log was full so we added a new one.

Found it

Found it just don't be scared get your hand in there.

Killing time before we catch our flight to Fiji. TFTH

Nice and quite here today. We were initially searching in not quite the right spot. Made a slight adjustment then soon came up with the goods. Log needs replacing. TFTC

Tftc! Very clear hint- appreciated by us newbies. Log book is full though.

His to look really hard but Paige's young eyes found it.
Tftc

Tftc. Well hidden. Took some scouring around.

Joining HKCB, 11hpg11 and iammrwalker on a geocaching mission to Pukekohe on a school night.

A little bit of foliage to fondle around with but we got there in the end just as iammrwalker comes to save us!

I decided to organise a mini night mission to Pukekohe before things got busier at work and found some other keen Geocachers in HKCB, 11hpg11 and Kyb3r to join me after putting the feelers out for any interested parties at a local event. We left about 7:30 once I got the kids into bed and left for home just after midnight. We had hoped to find more than we managed so we will have to come again and grab those we missed. A big thank you to all those CO’s for hiding and maintaining the caches we found.

No muggle issues when your night caching! Found after a short search. TFTC.

Out and about tonight, heading to Pukekohe to clean out a few caches with Iammrwalker, Kyb3r and HKCB. We only had a few hours to spare and so we left Hamilton at 7.30 and finished up just after midnight before it was time for home for a few hours sleep so we could all be bright eyed and bushy tailed for work the next day. (silly idea!) Perhaps next time we just keep going and don't sleep!

Perhaps it was the fact we were searching at night but it took a bit longer than it should have. Eventually got there!

Teamed up with Iammrwalker, 11HPG11 and Kyb3r for a night raid on Pukekohe. I've been wanting to find a few caches up here for a while but never had the time or other missions got in the way. Had heard talks of this night raid at an event recently and quickly put my hand up to tag along. It turned out to be a very successful mission, even with the handful of DNF's we had. A big thanks to the CO's who's caches we found. Signed the logs as HOAC to save room.

Took a small hunt to find this one, but it was eventually found. Thanks for the hide.

A good hide a bit wet inside

Was quite the dig for this one but in the end my dad jo9t found it! Last one of the day

Quick find during our drive from Havelock North and to Pukekohe.

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Frankfurt am Main, Germany

#TFTC FBBHaegar#
*#14.945*

Nice Park and Grab with the family TFTF

Headed out this way as a friend was meant to have a stall at the local market but she left early as was not feeling well so after a bit of lunch we decided to check out some of the local spots and take a walk.

Thanks for the fun here. Unfortunately it was too wet for the kids to have play on the playground .

Thanks for the cache.

Found with keylev, laval and NZIceman whilst we were out and about in the area.

Shame it was raining otherwise we could have had a play on the playground.

Thanks for the cache.

Found whilst out with keylev, cragger and NZ Iceman.

Thanks for the fun!

Found it . first one for a few months. Summer is back and so is team lot

With the geomobile parked on the railway bridge,
I wandered off to see if I could find a few Pukekoe caches
After wandering past some rugby history I reached this little park.
A muggle was ensconced at the picinic table !!
So the search was called off ... to be resumed on me way back.

A bit later after viewing the railway station,
I did wander past again.
Muggle had wandered and I was free to poke the wrong spot to not find the cache
I stood back and pondered for a moment.

"Oh !! You mean the *other* spot that fits the clue."
I sheepishly looked there instead and saw the cache immediately

All good
TFTC

PS: The dunnies are permanently "Out of Order".
You will have to cross the road,
with your legs crossed,
to find the new ones

2369 Was glad that this was a quick find as I was in need of the facilities nearby.

Tricky one. Tftc. Bit damp Inside cache

Nice find

Took a bit longer than it should have. nice park. Last day of our 4 day road trip from Hawkes Bay to Auckland and back to collect as many caches as we can. Log signed as b&p.Tftc

Good spot! Cache in good order.

Sime random homeless guy decided to spark up a conversation. Once i managed to get away frim him and easy fimd

A few hours to kill in town this arvo between movies/science club and soccer practice. Kids wanted Bakers Delight so we skipped over to the park to eat it, and I nabbed a cache while they checked out the playground. Off to the pool next. Cute swag McJandals

Pouring with rain. But no one around. Nice sneaky hide. TFTC

Good find in pouring rain. TFTC

Quick find

TFTC - Nice and easy find in a lovely playground

Nice quick find. We pass by here regularly but there's always been muggles around. It was quiet this morning so we went for a search and quickly found it. Tftc

EZ for the littleies

TFTC ☺

I found the road very busy, but a kind soul let me across.
Was swimming this morning, and thought I'd do a spot of GC.
TFTF

Found but didn't bring pencil. Came down to pukekohe on train and found one at station too.

#11644. A nice playground though it is beside a very busy road. TFTC.

A miserable day so we had a lazy start to the day and set out for Pukekohe late morning. I had done some research on low terrain drive bys (or near drive bys) for us to find. We are not wet weather cachers so we were prepared to pull the plug if the rain got worse.
We parked around the corner on Station Rd, but then had to find our way across the road. StreetWalker snuck across easily, but then the traffic just wouldn't stop. I then noticed a pedestrian crossing a wee bit further up the street, by which time StreetWalker had found the cache. Didn't spot the historic site - it had started raining and we were eager to get back to the car. TFTC.

Found nice n easy tftc

Took a while to, but eventually found it. Great hiding spot. Thanks

Great hint. Tftc
Amended date.

Eluded me
DNF

No luck here today

Well hide today iTS quiet TFTC

TFTF nice little park