Bullet Proof (Auckland) Clarks Beach, North Island, New Zealand
By Kiwifamily on 28-Nov-10. Waypoint GC2JTT7

As this cache has been out of action for too long and the cache owner has not responded or performed any maintenance, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to un-archive it.
 
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Today hoped to find enough caches to reach 3300 finds. Falling short of goal today as we were beaten by the rain,dark and the number of repairs we have done.

This one has gone, needs repairing, found knot but no cache

Gap (of Fap and Gap) and I are a long way from home... We are pushing into Franklin District today and looking for caches to put towards some Geocaching Challenges... We also hope to reach some personal milestones too...

The day turned out to be more of a rescue mission. So many caches we visited required maintenance or total replacement. The state of some caches and the frequency in which maintenance was carried out by us was quite alarming. Luckily, we came prepared.

Sorry... This bullet has shot through. Found possible links to the former cache. We had nothing in our repair kit to fix this one, so left it as is.

stay at camp morley I decide to grab some finds before heading home.... I read the logs and the string of DNF and don't hold much hope for it but decide to look anyway ...when I got to GZ I became EXTREEMLY excited spotting something that I thought could easily be the cache (in a devious hide) I started saying to myself I LOVE IT WHEN THIS HAPPENS and I can log a FIND after a string of DNF's ...so I begin my attempt to 'unscrew' what I think is the cache....however my excitement quickly drops when I realise I have not made a find and thus I am also forced to log a DNF (that's 2x DNF from 3 search this afternoon not the best day for me!!)

Looked and looked, tried the obvious and not so obvious, no luck. 5 or 6 dnfs in a row on this one now, judging but the last couple of finds I think this might need a visit from the owner.

Spent some time searching we even checked on our retun walk along the beach

Couldn't find it ....

Looked and looked

Couldn't find it before the rain came:(

Found it but now is just a couple of sealed bags. Got caught by the owner of the knot (from the second floor of the house) who thought I was stealing his knot; I said I was not. Not sure if he was too happy.

Thanks for the cache. Nice easy find

Oops. Cache had no lid any more, and no sign of a lid anywhere. Log was sodden. Left it to dry in the sun while we grabbed other caches up the beach. Someone spotted what they thought must have been rubbish, and cleaned it up! Oh no! Have replaced it with a double bagged new log. Apologies for that. Won't be waterproof for ever but.

Log book soaked with all this rain. The lid seems to have gone missing. Novel hide for this container type, first time I've seen that.

As soon as we got down the hill, heard a muggle family approaching. Realised what we should be looking for and quickly nabbed it. Muggles headed down in the opposite direction so we had time to sign and replace, thanks

First time to Clarks beach & what a perfect day for it-great hide-tftc

Cool Cache - neat hide

We decided to visit this area whilst on a the month holiday in NZ an we are so pleased that we did as we adored the area

Many thanks for the cache. We have signed the log as HJJ & BDI's Sir & Lady Harveyjj & B.D.I.s and dipped our trackables

Nice hide - well deserves a favourite point
Found today with Sir & Lady Harveyjj.

Please forgive the generic log as I'm logging as & when I have access to wifi so details of individual caches have become hazy, however that does in no way detract from the time and effort you as CO have put into your hide - that's very much appreciated.
We're in New Zealand on an extended holiday and have loved every minute of it.
We're very grateful to you for placing caches which have led us to some of the most beautiful places on the planet.

The logs have been signed either in our individual caching names or as T2 (being Sir & Lady Harveyjj plus B.D.I's)
Cache returned safely from whence it was found.

Thank you and greetings from the UK

(Ang, Chairperson of the North Wales UK Mega 2016)
https://www.facebook.com/northwalesmega2016

enjoyed looking for this, thanks

Tricky hide! Glad we bought the tweezers
TFTC

Off on a mission to complete challenge cache 37 South.

8th of the day. I was actually here to come grab Pine for my challenge so this didn't contribute directly.... but there was a hightide so that plan was out! This cache was without lid so I hope it stays dry! Will probably need maintaining. A man from the property behind came out to kayak just when I wanted to replace the cache so I waited for him to set out. "Not going for a swim?" he said.

Such an amazing place to visit. Had a lovely refreshing swim and after a wee relax found this bullet proof hide thanks. Just such a beauti spot. Tftf and sharing. Will be back

Quick find made by our new geocaching friend. Great little hide. TFTC

Tänään nähtiin monta kaunista paikkaa ja kivoja kätköjä. Tämä oli hyvä Favorite points. TFTC Greetings from Finland.

Today we saw many wonderful places and we also found many good cache.
Very nice hide.
Greetings from Finland.
TFTC FP

Sneaky little hide tftc!

Great cache in a cunning spot. Found withnmy caching buddy NZMunzey.

Nice spot, great hiding place.

New Zealand 2103 trip for the Auckland Mega at Albany. Day 3. Plenty of very impressive and very empty houses about here. Neatly hidden but a bit wet. Thanks.

12093.48 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Bottle Opener A#143

Albida

Easy

Found this yesterday, but, for some reason the log didn't stick.

That was a good one(:

Quick find today whilst out with Lunie Jar - replaced log sheet today. TFTC

found but log and lid had gone mia, stuck a temp log in and jammed a stick in for a lid, TFTC.

Love the scrap of loto ticket log...mustn't have been the winning ticket. Out with SethRaven who placed a new nano log...lid still missing so makeshift stick bung left in..TFTC

A windy cold afternoon but at least it meant I had the beach to myself. Found the container OK it its neat little hidey hole but the log and lid are missing as noted by previous finders. Signed a scrap of paper and left it there but without a lid there probably wasn't a lot of point.
Thanks

See previous logs

Needs replacing only the container left.

found the remains of the container, placed it back in spot and have sent note to CO. There is still something there just nothing to sign at the moment

Funnily enough a song called "Bullet Soul" came up on random on my iPod as I drove to this cache. Found after a little bit of searching. As others have mentioned the cache cap is missing.

Thanks!

A nice concealment. TFTC

Cache container and log are there, but the top is AWOL. May want to look at this. Cheers

#1282, nice hide, shame the container is missing a lid. TFTC

Good area and hide.
Container top is nowhere to be seen - may need replacing.

SL TFTC

Very high tides, but got this clever one. TFTC

Found orginally as part of phasevisitor team, now created own account, re-logging as yorkshirekiwi83.

We were down this way to spend the evening at Spookers and decided to come down a couple of hours early to pick up the caches around Clarks Beach first. A quick find of the nicely tucked away cache. Thanks for the cache!

We were down this way to spend the evening at Spookers and decided to come down a couple of hours early to pick up the caches around Clarks Beach first. A quick find of the nicely tucked away cache. Thanks for the cache!

Quick easy find, with help from hint. Beautiful sunny day for a walk.

Good find first time out with KABYBEAN they really needed our help to find the cache

nice little find on the beach! lovely day! also drunkkiwiguys first cache with us! TFTC

great first find for us

tiny but fond it

i finally found it

Log a little pulpy. Needs a few sunny days.
Thank you for placing this cache.

4.45pm. A very clever hide and hint. Unfortunately the lid on the cache container has separated from the container and it needs a bit of care closing. Log wet - so a maintenance visit could be worthwhile.
TNLNSL
TFTC
M&P.

Good hint and good hiding place enjoyed finding this one

took a bit of brain power to find this one but find it i did

Had a lovely lunch at Chin Wag then on to here. First time the view has included the Sky Tower. Hope sun stays out. Very clever hide. Had us fooled a few times. NINO TFTC

Have come to Clarks Beach for a bit of caching in a different area today. This one took a wee while to uncover, but found in the end. Had to be creative to get near it with the tide full in and blowing a gale, so held onto the log tight. SL. TFTC.

Stunning view and amazing hiding spot. Thank you.

Heading out for a late night FTF attempt on an island in the harbour near Awhitu, we took a detour to find a couple of caches in this area. After locating the quickest entry point, the cache was very quickly spotted before heading off for the next one. We could see here the tide was already quite far out, so time to start heading towards our goal for the evening. TFTC!!!

Out and about with FMZ and MM tonight for a Geocaching Madness Mission. Well, this wasn't really on our way, but we had some time to kill before low tide. Though it looks pretty low already...Anyway, super quick find. Cheers for the neat hide!

Nice hide! Found quickly. Lovely peaceful spot.

Awesome afternoon for a walk along the beach at low tide while searching for a few other caches. Nice sneaky cache TFTC

Nice tftc

Enjoying the early morning walk along the beach finding a selection of caches. Thanks

Good hint helped me to find it when it wasn't quite obvious at first.

Great little hide. We are sure we have parked outside the same house in the dark of the night on FTF hunts TFTC.

Went for a walk along the beach to do a couple of caches. Lovely day with no one about. Quick find. TFTC

That was knot hard
S

While I think micros are overdone, they definitely have a place, and this is a fine example of when micros are right.

Started raining just as I got here.

This cache definitely needs some TLC.

Good hint, cache has no lid, log was dry, and resident spider was happy enough [8]

Cache 'lid' found to be missing, had to improvise with locally sourced materials but it won't be waterproof.

Very clever indeed, had to think about it.
TFTC

No problems with the find and another great cache to find along this coast line. TFTC

Knot a problem. Thanks.

Helpful tip. Thanks.

This is my second consecutive day in the Franklin area visiting caches.

I walked along the beach from another cache to this one. The tide goes out a long way here.

The logbook was a tad damp.

Cheers for the cache.

Tide was out, still easy to find.

Cool find and my first micro! Very sneaky hiding - lots of fun . Cant wait to get all of the Kiwifamily caches!!

Out and about with Mrs TWS today, nice spot, nice hide

TFTC

cool

While being nearby I could find a few minutes for caching.
This one was #1 and luckily a quick found.
TFTC!

Excellent little nano. TFTC.

Tide was in a fair way today when I visited so I couldn't get to the tree view cache. I consoled myself by making my way to this one instead. Nice wee nano in a cool spot. TFTC, Biggles.

Got this one at last. Having found the new one this morning I could knot go home with out doing this one.
Excellent hide. Had me going for a while. TFTC SL and closed the open lid. Alls well with the cache.

First visit for me to Clarks beach area that I can remember. Another nice spot. First cache of this type that I've seen. Cheers

Quick find. TFTC.

Our first find for the day. Nice, easy find! TFTC

Visiting owner of cache so grabbed this cache just after being put back out.

Great location and great cache hide !

I think that hide type is amazing very small and great for hiding in those small places.

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 08.029 E 174° 42.648

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 08.029 E 174° 42.653

Distance from original: 24.1 feet or 7.4 meters.

Updated coordinates

Replaced and moved a little.

Went to check this while out floundering tonight and it's been muggled!
Will sort this ASAP
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Did not find it. Please check its there.

Unfortunately a DNF for us today!

Quick find before the tide comes in and we loss the beach.

quite quick find. clue helped TFT tiny C

Found quickly but forgot about pen. TFTC.

an easy find on a very hot day at the beach