Signs of the times 1 (BOP) Gate Pa, North Island, New Zealand
By
Flippaduck on 10-Dec-10. Waypoint GC2K77X
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I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.
Hi Flippaduck
This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).
I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.
Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.
Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.
Regards
TheCoddiwompler
This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).
I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.
Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.
Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.
Regards
TheCoddiwompler
I looked all over for an hour and even climbed on top of things but I think it has been taken away sadly.
Didn't realise this 1.5 cache needed a step ladder.!!!!!
Need to come back as on holiday and only have a 1 step stool.
Shame.
Need to come back as on holiday and only have a 1 step stool.
Shame.
Log was a bit damp from recent heavy rain. May need replaced soon as getting very worn. TFTC.
Came over the hill today with the kids to do a bit of caching while the weather was so nice. We managed to find all the caches we looked for without to much trouble. Tftc
Very good hiding spot! Took us a while to think, but we found it in the end! Very well done!
This cache is right next to my friends house so one time I was over and was outside by her swing and didn’t know it was even there, I found. It was very easy to find and I had found it very quickly. It wasn’t hard to find at all.
Found on 5/04/21 with kimbathelion. A nice quick easy find as it was getting dark.
Had been doing the caches down by the Bmx track & decided to do a few more before it got dark. Quick find here. Buzzy bb did the hard yards. Tftc
Easy find with the kids and the nearby swing was a nice bonus. Thanks to the previous people who added the new sheet of paper!
Cleverly hidden in plain sight, we saw this one on our approach. A little bit of climbing and the cache was in hand. It turns out that the nearby swing is capable of bearing the weight of 1 standard-sized Mr Taylana! TFTC
Quick find as we passed by. The log paper has obviously previously been wet and was all torn. We straightened it out as best as possibly and added a fresh piece of paper for people to sign. Tftc
A quick find for the Little One although some assistance was required from Mr to get in hand. We weren’t able to write in the log as it has deteriorated and needs replacing.
Had a drive by and saw a muggle playing on the swing, so kept going. Drive back a while later thinking I had it pin pointed and sure enough.... Bingo thanks.
Quite a clever one to find! However having a height advantage would help as it is up high. Bring either a tall person or a two step ladder. Upon finding it earlier on today I couldn't reach it as I was too short so had to come back with my partner for the height. He did not mind assisting me.
Lucky there was an "aid" to retrieve...grabbed and signed and jumped in car before muggles approached
With it being Bathurst weekend the F1 and Moto GP on TV as well it was the ideal day to reinstate this one back to its former glory.
It is all good and waiting to be found.
Flippaduck.
It is all good and waiting to be found.
Flippaduck.
I was able to remove the cache holder for maintenance earlier today but the area was to busy to be able to put it back so I am disabling it until I can put it back when there are not so many muggles around.
Pretty sure it's gone. Looks like the cache holder is in place but there's no cache.
Visiting Tauranga today for a work meeting and managed to arrange my day so that I arrived early enough to grab a few caches beforehand. As noted by he previous finder, the cache container for this one has a broken lid and there is no log. Emptied out the water but without a lid, it's just gonna fill up again, sorry. Added a temporary waterproof log but it could do with some TLC. TFTC.
Found this out of it's holder and empty and the lid is broken. Have put empty container back in holder. Owner needs maintenance
Found on floor, cap broken, no log book. Have put empty container back in holder. Needs maintenance
3264 I had no trouble finding the cache. A little trouble in reaching it though. Then I noticed that the top of the container was broken and it was full of water. Took it back to the car to make some repairs. Placed some tape over the top in an attempt to seal it some what. The log was completely saturated and I was unable to unravel it. So I placed a paper (that I signed) in a meusli bar wrapper and put it in there as well. Then returned it all to it's holder. Thanks for the placement.
Amazing how my bike always needs attention next to one of these caches. Not a good hide for the vertically challenged.
Nice easy find for the first of the day. Our enjoying a bit of sun for the school holidays
First find of the day with the kids. Thanks this makes school holidays fun for kids. Getting us out the house.
A quick find for the boys, lucky we had a part monkey muggle with us to retreive. TFTC
Apologies. Placed the last comment on DNF by accident on the wrong geocache. Will look for this one tomorrow and place a FOUND IT comment.
Out for a stroll amongst some houses taking nice pictures on the road side of the sky
Scouted out earlier today but too many cars and muggles. Went back with tiga in the almost dark to retrieve the cache. Easy find. Would never have got to it on my own. Signed the log as TT2M.P
Easy park n grab. Bit of a laugh getting this 1. Just as well My.Precious was there to help. TFTC
A nice quick park and grab. Not what I expected, but even without the hint it was an easy one. TFTC
Awesome catch, drove straight past location, but found it nice and quick (: thank you
Thought would be a quick park and grab, was quick to spot cache, mm but how to reach it!!!!!!
Passing by on the way to the Mount. Parked and used the car as cover then located the cache very quickly. Signed the log and returned to its holder - nice work. No muggles close by which also helped. Thanks for the placement Flippaduck.
#7136. We slowed to a stop on Castlewold Drive in Bethlehem this afternoon. Nice view of the surrounding houses in the area. GZ was fortunately all quiet when we visited. Quick find. The cache was in excellent condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.
| = = = = = T h a n k s _ f o r _ t h e _ c a c h e = = = = = |
| = = = = = T h a n k s _ f o r _ t h e _ c a c h e = = = = = |
Spotted this one quickly and made the grab. Nice to find this one after the nearby DNF. Thanks for the smiley!
Out for a day of caching fun with Lorriebird and Agazo. Last stop before starting our drive back to Auckland. Enjoyed exploring this area! Thanks for the fun!
Out and about trying to clear off another chunk of Tauranga geocaches. Again accompanied by HKCB and Iammrwalker, this seems to becoming a habit. Early start, head to Tauranga, cache the whole day, say we will be home early, end up being home later and then grovelling out of the dog box. This time we set off from Hamilton at 4.30am to try and get more caching done before we had to turn around. We seem to be enjoying this so much we are planning a return visit again soon. Signed our logs as "HI1" as an acronym of our respective caching names. A great, laugh filled day that was thoroughly enjoyed.
I was a little short to reach this one so called on a TOTT for this one.. Iammrwalker. Although I could have used the surroundings to help, he did the trick.
I was a little short to reach this one so called on a TOTT for this one.. Iammrwalker. Although I could have used the surroundings to help, he did the trick.
This was one of nearly eighty Geocaches I found in the company of HKCB and 11hpg11, we signed the log HI1, an anachronism made up of the first initials of our Geocaching handles to save on log space. This was our second trip to the Bay of Plenty. A few weeks ago we conquered The Mount and Papamoa and were back today on another infamous mad mission. We left Hamilton at 4:30 am and I was back at home in time to read my two boys a story and tuck them into bed at 7:30pm. We had a fun day exploring the area and got to see lots of parts of the area we hadn’t experienced before. A big thanks to all the cache owners who took the time and effort to place so many high quality and well maintained hides. Thanks also to HKCB for organising the day and driving. I think it was fitting to undertake these trips during the ‘Geocaching Road trip’ Groundspeak promotion, as it typified all those things that make a good road trip, most importantly good company. There were plenty of laughs and some memorable shenanigans.
As fun as it might have been to watch 11hpg11 try and grab this one I did the chivalrous thing and grabbed it for her. Seeing as it was still early in the morning muggles weren't really a factor for us today.
As fun as it might have been to watch 11hpg11 try and grab this one I did the chivalrous thing and grabbed it for her. Seeing as it was still early in the morning muggles weren't really a factor for us today.
Another all day mission with 11HPG11 and iammrwalk, this time focusing on the other side of Tauranga. I had just finished logging the all the caches we had found in Papamoa when I looked at the map and thought why not have a crack at the other side as well!
A early start as we were on the road at 4.30am as we needed to be back not to late otherwise we'd be in the dog box when we got back home. Another fantastic day out with lots of the usual laughter and this time the weather was much better behaved. In total over 80 finds, with only a couple of DNF's and we got back in time to stay out of the dog boxes, just!
We signed the log books with Hi1, an acronym of our caching handles. A big thanks to all the CO's for all the placements, and for taking us to places we hadn't been before.
A quick find by HPG but she was lacking in a certain attribute to be able to reach the cache. I'm with mrwalker here as it would of been hilarious to see HPG get the cache, but still with a lot of caches to get throughout the day we couldn't waste to much time here, so mrwalker made the grab.
A early start as we were on the road at 4.30am as we needed to be back not to late otherwise we'd be in the dog box when we got back home. Another fantastic day out with lots of the usual laughter and this time the weather was much better behaved. In total over 80 finds, with only a couple of DNF's and we got back in time to stay out of the dog boxes, just!
We signed the log books with Hi1, an acronym of our caching handles. A big thanks to all the CO's for all the placements, and for taking us to places we hadn't been before.
A quick find by HPG but she was lacking in a certain attribute to be able to reach the cache. I'm with mrwalker here as it would of been hilarious to see HPG get the cache, but still with a lot of caches to get throughout the day we couldn't waste to much time here, so mrwalker made the grab.
