Gotcha! (Mapua@Nelson/Marlborough) Mapua, South Island, New Zealand
By beltfamily on 01-Jan-11. Waypoint GC2KFRC

Along with previous searchers, we couldn't find it although found the location. Is it still there?

Another location freed up for active players to use.

Busy busy

7 DNFs and nobody has logged a needs maintenance.

Did not find

Looked but did not find.

Nope... No can find....

This one needs replaced or archived.

Went back for a second look, but couldn't find it. Coordinates put us in a place and we looked -- a la the hint, but still couldn't find. First time we looked, a couple was camping behind the building (!) which was quite a surprise.

We searched everywhere? I stood on the coordinates and no luck. Was not about to crawl under the building.

No luck. Although I was reading the hint from a different cache so that didn't help! Will try again next year when back in Mapua.

Wow that was a hard stretch for this one handed cacher! Managed to get before muggle kids ran in the building. The lid is missing but cache is dry. Thanks

and I gotcha too, lid is missing

Quick find this morning. Cache lid missing.

Quick find on the way to todays Streak Event. TFTC

#1035

Easy find, relied on clue more than coordinates!

Had to go with the clue over coordinates, get low to find this one

TFTC

Quick find after a trip to the wharf. The cache is missing its lid but seems intact. Thanks for the hide.

Wow, so now I know what became of this building! Thanks for the hunt.

kind of hard did not know it was under the scout den

awesome

Found I t but it has been muggled. No lid or log!

nice cache, easy to find and lovely place to visit with kids. TFTC

TFTC

everything was pretty quiet here today so an easy find tftc

I called here at the beginning of 2012 but the cache must have been missing then as I couldn't find it. A very quick find this time in the first place I looked thanks to good accurate coordinates. Signed log, TFTC

Today I Went for the 100 caches in 1 day. With a very early morning and just breaking even at lunch time with 50, it looked like it was going to be 12am to 12pm. But after a move out of the city they started to speed up, and i managed to grab the last at 20:30 with 106!! Thanks everyone for the caches that they have placed, from the ones that have been planed for months to the park and grabs

Kitty! and I both recall the original location. Nice to join the dots and complete the circle. Tftc

we managed to find it quickly without being seen by some cricket players. TFTC

Another one crossed off on an evening hunt with StickmanNZ TFTC.

Nice quick find. TFTC

Good place for a cache.

Number two in our sixty minute cache game at twelve minutes.

easy

Nice discreet spot as Maupa is very busy.

Yay

Good and simple one to find. : )

Certainly gotcha now, cache! TFTC

Quick find by me with Cache Huntr and 360 Degrees NZ. TFTC

Quick find,
TFTC

Easy find. TFTC!!

Found on a great days caching with KiwifruitsNZ covering Richmond to Ruby Bay. I so remember this hall in it's prior location having had my boys got through the scouting movement. Nice cache hide. TFTC

Sent boys off to do this one, before relaxing for a well deserved afternoon tea stop at nearby cafe....(oh those vanilla slices !). Must have been a very simple find because the boy was back before I could eat his half.

TFTC
# 795

No playcentre today, no muggles, no problems.
+ a marble, - nothing.

We thought there were going to be too many muggles about but when we got to GZ there was just one chicken watching us.

Found as part of a geocaching trip to and around Nelson. TFTC! Found on 27/8/2012 (but forgot to log the caches from this trip at the time!)

TFTC. What a funny story of a walking building when usually it is the cache. Luckily I foud both together today on a bright sunny Nelson day.

Last time we called by here the hall was in use so no chance to look for the cache. Tonight it was all in darkness so we grabbed the opportunity while we could. A short walk in from the road and the cache was soon in hand. Great story about this hall too. TFTC.

I'll remember this one for some time! Last time trying to do the stealth approach in the dark sloshing through mud and then finding premises were occupied. A better approach became apparent in our retreat which we followed tonight. Total darkness, no muggles and simple find. TFTC

found it on my cache trip to beautiful Mapua TFTC

#702, 13:10, nice small house with easy cache. Thanks.

Kindy kids out walking today, so easy grab. Cute story with this building. TFTC

Lots of muggle places all around but all quite today so had the place to myself

Fortunately the few youngsters in the park were well out of site. A quick find.

On spot for cache but too many pre-schoolers around for an old man to be around. Will return to log.

TFTC!

great cache

Nice easy find on a caching day in Mapua

Yes, indeed - Gotcha!! Scouthalls bring back memories all good. Great to see that it is still going strong, TFTC.

Quick find with NZLats. TFTC.

Found with Virtual Allie, no one around today TFTC

Well done for finding the muggled building Lovely little cache - thank you!

Found during our 2012 visit to New Zealand. TFTC

Found

Called by for a quick cache on our way out to dinner in Mapua tonight. A very familiar building. Nice sleuthing Mr B.
TFTC

Found it again. How peculiar. Then, so is its history... long may it go on.

Awesome day after some so much bad weather.

Out for a days adventures whilst on holiday in Richmond (before the forecast rain). Mr G spent his early years in Mapua...gosh it's changed a lot! Quick find. Thanks.

So that's where the hall went! The hidden Rovers room with its secret door is no longer so well hidden, that was always the greatest bit of this hall and now no longer. Sad really, such is life. Cheers

Kiwi179 easy find beautiful day in mapua tftc

Good hide picked up tb

Having done the last cache hidden under this building this does count a separate find eh? I remember the last cache being a 200ml container however.

Nice and easy with the clues! Took the TB and left another, thanks!

Hahaha! Yep - that's a novel way to loose your cache. Glad you found the building again. And we found the cache too. TFTC

Dropping Darth Vader TB!

Dib dib dob dob!!
So this is where it ended up.

TFTC

you are right....rather good. No sign of origonal container ?

What a stunningly interesting place. TFTC

Interesting story how the cache got here! We've had cache locations muggled too, but never been able to see where they went. Unusual to see no one here today on a perfect bowling day.

Quick, easy find... TFTC!

Nice easy cache, thanks

Quick find before the kindergarten kids showed up. I now gotcha right back. Thanks for the cache =)

Nice and quiet today being holidays,thanks for the cache

A simple find on a quiet day during the school holidays. TFTC.

Last of the night, and a pretty easy find. Cheers Gav [7781]

Visited at night, so fortunately no muggles. TFTC.

A good quick gotsha. TFTC

Yep got it.

Bitsprayer

6684 Gotcha! Am sure we have seen this Scout Hall somewhere before. Nice tribute, TFTC.

Second for the morning. not quite as challenging as the first.

Nice quick find with the hint. SL Left TB TFTC

#3 in Mapua today after just doing 'Bowled Over'. Oh look... the new Bowling club..I wonder if they built this with help from the guys who built the new 'house' on their old grounds?? Now I definitely will not be able to boil the kettle without thinking about it !! anyway the cache...loved the story on this one..awesome...the house getting muggled...priceless!!
Found without too much trouble.
TFTC.

Another cool find while in Sunny Nelson

TFTC

Another cool find while in Sunny Nelson

TFTC

Found it with the hint. TFTC.

Needed hint due to cloud cover issues. Tftc

Out with Magpiy when it started to rain. Nice spot.TFTC.

Second time I have found a cache under here - well sort of. I didn't realise there was such a big space in behind here. Found just on dusk. . TFTC.