Branchin' Out. (Bay Of Plenty) Otumoetai, North Island, New Zealand
By 3hensapeckin on 23-Nov-10. Waypoint GC2JM0T

Cache has been removed by muggles

Came to have another look for it but gone needs to be disabled.

Had good look for this with no success.

This has six DNF in a row. Can the CO please check on this.

Hunted around for a while but couldn't find it

Spent a long time looking but couldn't find it

What a cool tree. Went for a nice walk along the path while out caching. Searched the tree thoroughly with 5 adults and 1 child. No sign of a cache.

Our mission today is to clear as many of those little green boxes off our map of Otumoetai and Matua. We spent almost an hour here. Not trying to dodge the rain, but find this cache. Looked in all holes above, at and below head level, but no luck. Phoned a friend who has found it and got a heads up, but still, nothing.

First and only DNF for the day.

Was very busy today with muggles walking by after the heavy rain yesterday and such a nice day today.

Agreed magnificnet tree and quick find of the cache.
Cache all good.
TFTC

Had given up trying to find it, and then one of the kids found it. Sneaky location. Thanks

A very clever hide and a fascinating big old tree,TFTC

It was lying on the ground in full view. Has lid ok but no pencil so couldn't write in log. Replaced it in hole.

Plastic bag is gone also pencil. All dry at present.

Catching up on some old logging. It was a nice location!

Lid missing bag needs replacing. Log book dry though.

Lid missing

tftc

Cache had come apart. Reassembled and logged. Tftc

This entry was edited by ronwestnz on Tuesday, 01 January 2013 at 04:05:17 UTC.

Found it quite easily. Plastic bag needs replacing. Tftc! Grandads first find

I have long skinny arms which are needed.

was at eye hight but the space is tight - do not bring big hands lol

Wow what long skinny arms you have Grandma. All the better to get the cache my dear.

first one of the morning and only .13 Miles from Nigel's home. TFTH

Wildrice2

After hosting "A Numbers Event" I decieded to leave town and collect a few caches of my own. We had a 70's party tonight so came over early (without costume) and cached and ate and cached.

Nice little walk once you negotiate the parking around the strengthening of the sea wall, manged to reach the cache without trouble

TFTC

Lovely spot thanks

A long arm is useful here!!! Lovely spot. Tftc.

Nice walk along the bay. First one I found. Nice and easy.

Got this one on a post-breakfast stroll.

TFTC !! nice walk, cool tree.

Very tricky to get it out of hid hole, but finally we did it, TFTC

Found today while on a misson to clear up the matua caches we haven't done.
It is great to see all the work that is being done along this walkway.
A great tree for the kids to play around and perfect for placing this cache.
SL TNLN TFTC

TFTC Awesome tree

Great climbing tree for the kids! TFTC

Cache in good condition.TNLN SL
Cheers
nzkeko

Joined the steady stream of muggles on the beach walk this evening. Arrived at a truly massive, old tree. Neither fire nor salt water have harmed this beauty. I was surprised to find a reasonably large cache here. TFTC.

Quick find with sgradon. TFTC

Found with sarnia89

Lots of muggles out and about enjoying the afternoon sun! Had to time my run over to GZ to extract the cache from its location. Quick sign of the log and replace before heading off to the next one. TFTC!

Went out for an evening bikeride. Hmmm it was already getting dark. I needed light for this one, so took the light of the bike. It was a bit strange for me by myself looking for this cache.
A concerned runner stopped for a moment when I was just sitting (hahaha). Found it and was amazed that it is still there, would expect that mugglers will find this little one just as easy as we do.
Did love the hidingspot.

found it easily enough, it was just waiting for a point where we could get it out without looking suspicious

Good place for a cache. Thanks.

Found after quite a bit of searching --- His arms were long enough, She just signed the log!!
Got some odd looks from some muggles who wandered past particulary an older gentleman who looked quite concerned about us!!!
TFTC!

Lucky for arms, bit tight but yes got it. Lots of muggles but a lot of secret squirreling.

Arms aren't long enough

No worries. Followed a family ahead...

Nice stroll on a windy day, Found spot nice and easy, although i needed very very long arms!! haha
TNLN

Found on a lovely summer day (finally) with newcomers Geoff and Flynn. TFTC

be careful with little kids when it has rain as there is big puddles near by

Bit infested with muggles today but after some sneaky moves found!

Lots of muggles today, walkers, runners and cyslists and men mowing lawns, but we found and rehid quickly. TFTC

Quick find between Muggles.

In: NZ Cancer GC

What a fabulous tree. Easy find TFTC.

Neat hide! Windy out here today but good to get some exercise in.

7925 Nice hide… we have a similar concept cache up in Auckland, great spot and some impressive houses nearby, TFTC.

The tree full of spiders. My friend (a girl) didn´t like this cache, I think and understand:), but I did. TFTC!

Up early to do a few caches before the business day. Nice quick find after short search. TFTC.

This entry was edited by J 'N' K on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 at 20:11:11 UTC.

Quick find while on a walk along the coast

TFTC fantastic tree!!

Found whilst out on a walk with the family. Tempting to climb!!!!

TNSL TFTC

Impressive !

TFTC!

Completed by elder EU Crew while younger members enjoyed the playground. TFTC

A nice quick find in a nice park TFTC

Wow that's a big one! Great view while looking and on the cell phone to wifey up in AKL hence making a great diverion to walkers / joggers.. Down here on business - lucky the meeting wasn't too long so can fit some caching in..
Quick find, TNLNSL TFTC.

What an amazing old tree. loved the walk along here too. TFTC

Spotted the hiding place quickly. Arms only just long enough to get the cache. Bit cold and windy today. Tftc

what an amazing tree. tftc

could have been muggled or else really well hidden!

Spotted the hiding place fairly quickly. TFTC

What a cool tree - amazing weather today so took longer to put back than to collect due to all the muggles

Now that is one big tree trunk. Good hidey hole TFTC

Good hide in a great tree. TFTC

Super structure

Hard to drag the kids away from teh little ot water nearby
TFTC

Lots of dogs taking muggles for a walk. TFTC

All good. Thanks

2.50pm. This one took about 15 minutes to extract. Kept having to move aside for passing muggles. And then having to extend my arm with a stick. Great to eventually get it.
Thank you. David.

What a tree, a few stories he could tell

A long arm (but not of the law!) was needed. Great walkway. TFTC

Had to grow my arms a bit to get this one....TFTC

Nice, found the geothermal water too as we walked back to the car.TFTC

Hard to figure out how to do this without being too obvious!

Lovely old tree another find by Dad

Visited this awesome tree before leaving the Bay (for now). Loved it! Picked up 'Bundesfestung ulm' geocoin, will deposit elsewhere soon.

Lovely spot - needed long arms

As the path is still officially closed, we walked along the beach, but judging by the number of locals who passed while we at the tree, the signs are ignored, and the fence has been moved a little so people can get past. When we eventually found the cache location, Mac Ross's stick was helpful. TFTC

+ 150 Years Bundesfestung Ulm geocoin
- All the Colours in the Box geocoin

Quick find.SLTFTC. Path is closed due to erosion. Dead peguin on way out

Path was blocked off because of storm damage, but we were not going to let that stop us. Walked along the beach a short way instead. Amazing old tree - soon spotted the cache. Thanks.

# 3091

quik find tftc

Dropped off coin =D

Couldn't get it out without a stick. Left it there for the next person. TFTC

Found on our way around Tauranga on a fantastic sunny day

TFTC

nicely done

Someone certainly had a go at burning this old beauty down. So glad they
couldn't as where else would you hide a cache nearby.



Long arms helps a bit here.



Cheers for the cache.

!st find of the day .been past this area on our bikes before the storm . TFTC

Do keep out signs really apply to cachers?? Thanks.

#806 Yes we too ignored the signs and just made our way to GZ had to persuade the other half of the team that I could see the cache, just couldn't reach it. took a few minutes to extract. SL. TFTC.

nice area, hard not to look outoff place when you are on a racing bike and bike suit wandering around in the bushes. never mind found the cache and it was a good ditraction from my 4 hour bike ride before church this morning.

track is closed at each end . unsure why but if you are careful make the small walk beyond the danger zone

magic morning
TFTC

The path to this cache has been closed off but given the tide was out I could just walk on the sand and not the path. Arrived at GZ and commenced the search. There were a few possible hiding spots but found it quickly. The hiding hole with the cache also unfortunately has a few bottles thrown in there. My hands were too big to reach them to take them out though. TFTC

Wow! Didn't realise there had been so much damage to the path. Also a little damage to me...! In my efforts to quickly put the cache back-before muggles got too close-I wasn't really looking where I was stepping, and got a big scrape on my shin from a branch.Ow!

TFTC. Good hide Are you coming to the geocaching event next week?

nzyetje

cool cache