Strange feeling one day ( Hawkes bay ) Puketapu, North Island, New Zealand
By kansas4 on 02-Nov-10. Waypoint GC2HP1N

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Didn't find it

Didn't find it

Found Mr. Cooper but bo container!
Nice idea

Found the RIP, unable to locate cache- somewhat inhibited about searching as diligently as I might elsewhere

Spent 4 days in Hawkes Bay enjoying the great cycling tracks and Geocaching as we went. Had a wonderful time. Tried hard, but didn't find this one. Lovely tidy cemetery though.

Spending the day in Napier enjoying the sights. Rode past this location yesterday, and decided to come back to try and locate. Found the right place using the hint, but couldn't find the cache. It looks like someone had destroyed some of the decorations on the graves, so I wonder if the cache has been removed?

Nice big container, thanks for bringing us to such a peaceful spot.

Enjoyed this one even though at a sad location...RIP and Tftc!

Another quick find while out touring around Puketapu. What a nice spot:) RIP DJC

As we came on we were accosted by a very friendly dog who wanted his tummy scratched. Nice hide. Tftc

Very friendly dog checked us out and was very keen for some human attention, unlike the other residents here. TFTC

This entry was edited by Zissas on Tuesday, 13 August 2013 at 07:37:22 UTC.

Having been to many cemetery caches in Canada, this was one of the largest cache containers that I have seen at this type of location. Quick find, and took the travel bug to move along.

A beautiful day and an easy find at this quiet place, but felt some disquiet at the cache's location. If it is appropriate, this should be indicated in the cache description. TFTC

14:30h 20130622 TFTC

Easy find, tried to hide it but not much cover available. Dropped off TB.

nice size in a area that well i did not expect it to be this size (cross need a fixing again )

Found rip Denis John cooper ! And if a famley member layed this geocash his Croatia falling apart needs some fixing

Took abit of tracking down. But got there TFTC

TFTC. The coords took me to the gate and I then checked the cache description - a wandered in cemetery was required and rewarded.
Thanks to kansas4 for the cache.

Found on a very hot Hawkes Bay day. Took quite a while to find. Might be more of a multi type cache rather than a traditional. Still, was a nice spot to explore. TFTC.

Found it after much looking.

We were sprung by a local when replacing the cache.

They watched intently while the cache was corrently replaced then gave several loud Hee Haws in approval.

TFTC

Cheers
P38s
The Lightning Strikes Again. :0)

#3680. Not a traditional traditional at all. Going by the coordinates was definitely not enough. Reading the descriptions and hints was essential. Strange feeling indeed as we arrived at dusk ... very quiet and peaceful though. Found the hint object, but still took a little to find the cache, which was well hidden. Didn't feel too comfortable searching at this spot though. Unfortunately, Helping Hand was not in the cache. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Took several circuits on a very hot afternoon to find this one, but eventually located what was required, TFTC.

Not an easy one at all. Previous logs inspired us to persevere and in the end the cache was located.

3 pairs of eyes took 2 laps to spot the clue, cache was quite exposed so covered on rehide.

I thought this would be straight forward but it took me 3 circuits. Lovely weather and very peaceful and quiet.

Must have been the heatstroke after our climb up the mountain. 2 minds but no idea what to look for.

Found it after a second rounding of the area. TFTC

Found it!

I had two motives for coming here today. Apart from the cache, I knew that some ancestors were possibly buried here and I was delighted to find my great-great-grandfather's grave while looking around the cemetery. The cache was a quick find, I had a feeling it might be about where it is. Signed log, TFTC and for giving me an excuse to come here.

Had me scrating my head at first but then worked out what I needed to be doing. TFTC

Found ok. Thanks.

Missed this one on the first pass & back around to discover, a well kept area tftc

Found with ease but returning it was fun having others walking by. Found with Seagnoid.

The Vron and I found the cache and were writing up the log when a family turned up to plant a shrub. The Vron went to run interferance and chatted to them, while I snuck the cache back to its not very hidey hole.

found it, was not very well hidden so tried to cover it with what I could find on the ground

Took 2 attempts, but we got there in the end. It's next to Kate - I knew her, Horatio.

This entry was edited by TheTravelBat on Sunday, 24 June 2012 at 23:30:05 UTC.

TFTC. Felt a bit strange caching in a cemetery.Took me a while to find it.
+2 rugby cards
-tb
-gc
#45

Good hiding place, would be extra eerie at night time, excellent.

We really don't like a cache hidden on a cemetery. Isn't that creepy? The treasure, on the other hand, was beautiful, same as the weather. Thanks for the cache.

The coordinates seemed a little confusing but the "Hint" was spot on. TFTC

tftc

Took a bit of hunting but easy to find in the end

Once we checked what was required it was a relatively easy find.
TFTC

Really unusual place to place a cache!
Our first NZ cache, thx!

Tricky to find, thanks

This one took us much longer than it should have, as we somehow managed to miss the one important plaque. Got there in the end. Thanks.

# 4297

A quick find, TFTC

Really we should have just gone back to our friends place and quit for the day cause rain was threatening, but oh no, just a couple of last caches. Rain it did, and we both got soaked, however found the cache thank goodness and retreated to the car. TFTC

It didn't take long to find this one. TNLN, TFTC.

Found after a short search.
- party popper, Kansas4 Geocaching music CD's #1 & #6.
- toy ring, Beijing Olympics 2008 Huanhuan soft toy, talking monkey toy.

Nice easy find.
TFTC!

not lucky for this one, i won't come back, i come from Québec, Canada...

#2669. Nice little cemetery. We tried to look inconspicous (with our walking poles in hand) while some muggles finished having a few beers with a departed mate (kiwiowl's mate Bill if I remember rightly). Nice cache to finish the day.

Took a wee while to find as there were muggles gathered around one of the graves so we had to be circumspect. After they left, we began the search in earnest.
It turned out they were visiting the grave beside the one we sought!
TFTC.

Just over the hill from Taradale home. Found with Egspal, and 3 grandchildren. Thank you.

Strange indeed. Definitely more of a multi than a Traditonal. Found quite quickly after making an assumption as to where the cache might be hidden. SL TFTC

Found this local cache today. Dropped off whistle travel bug.
Thank you for the cache.

Found nice and easily with the assistance of the clue. Enjoyable cache. Left TB. TFTC

7163 Strange traditional… believe this cache should be an offset multi… Said hello to Dennis before grabbing the cache. Church in full song with the morning service. TFTC.

A nice wee cache in a dead quiet spot

TFTC

Co-ordinates 44 metres out, but easy find with hint. Nice big cache and good drive to area. SL TFTC

TFTC Found by the 8yr old spawn... well spotted. Us adults had our eyes firmly attached to the gps and didnt follow the clue well. He looked for the clue and found the cache... well done! His reward is to help move on the Monkey TB. We took glass cube, left bracelet and black tiki.

Interesting place. Took a little while to find the cache with three of us looking. Left TB.

Good hide. TFTC

Interesting site for a cache. TFTC

Nice quiet spot on a Sunday afternoon

TFTC

Easy find
Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble

Found it nice and quick! Took a few curious relatives too, they seem to like the idea! TFTC!

Estrun, TC and Karlene (a new convert!)

TFTC took CD to listen on travels left 40hr famin pin & calling card

Td drop
Mac attack was here and snazzy jazzy found this one
Tnltb
Tftc

Last of 21 finds for the day!! Found at 9.30 pm by torch light ( and scary sound effects from Morgan Ed and Kiwiowl ) TFTC

Our log was deleted. Found.

This entry was edited by Punga and Paua on Tuesday, 30 November 2010 at 12:34:01.

Not a traditional cache but perhaps should be listed as an unknown/puzzle cache as it is offset.
And oh dear, we have a strange feeling too.... We left a Blue Night Magic geocoin, please can someone pick it up quickly. The cache was rather obvious, far too obvious and not well hidden at all. We hope it is OK. Tried to conceal it a bit more. Interesting old headstones. Lovely stained glass windows on the church next door.TFTC.

Note: Previous TB picked up on 22nd by Nicmilks but no cache finds logged.

Once I checked what was required it was a relatively easy find TFTC

found it and some old relatives I had read were buried here.
The early settlers Howell
Feel free to hi to them if you pass them by.
they don't get many visitors out here
Left a TB
TFTC

Found after checking the logs and seeing appo got FTF!! Found the clue and cache was easily spotted. Daughter didn't want to walk across and get it tho!! + TB TFTC

I don't think I knew the chap we were looking for but he's next to my old mate Bill. Brought a CD to trade but quite a few were already here! Nothing to take but a TB which I'll move on before he gets too comfortable.

Found after searching for the clue for a little while. TFTC

9:30 am *FTF*

don't really enjoy caches in these sorts of locations ... always feel like im intruding ... but nice to get a FTF .. its been a long time coming

Published

Stinking hot day and not alot of shade around , headed off for lunch at the local. The crabapple tree was in full ripeness and the fermenting fruit reminded us how thirsty we were
Hope Mr Cooper was a geocacher and doesn't mind people distrubing his rest.