By The Bach (Auckland) Grahams Beach, North Island, New Zealand
By Wildtui10 on 10-Jan-11. Waypoint GC2M92E

Edit two days later:Don't know how we missed it, the hiding spot is nice and well picked.Log is full, sorry we didn't have suitable paper to extend it (our signature we squeezed onto the old log)TFTC!

Couldn't find.We only found a piece of log on the floor, with a signature fom 2020.We will try again!

Day 3 of 4 staying at awhitu campground over Easter weekend, and found 3 caches today. With miniAG. TFTC

Day 3 of 4 staying at Awhitu campground over Easter weekend, and found 3 caches today. With gavinjodie. TFTC

Found w Mrpretty while on a swim out at big bay. Such a cool spot, we even bbq some mussels haha tftc

Found with Kaz. Beautiful spot

First time for me to this lovely wee place. Staying in my camper.Great wee hide thank

When we last looked for this one a few years ago we had to abandon the search due to high muggle numbers and have been planning to come back for a second try.
Today we were in the area and took the perfect opportunity to head over and have another look.
Today the area was a lot quieter however there was one family of muggles quite close to GZ so we had to be very stealthy.
Fortunately our geosenses were working on full power today and we located the cache quite quickly, despite it being very nicely tucked away.
We quickly signed the log and returned it to its hiding spot before the muggles got suspicious.
It's nice to finally turn this one into a smiley.
TFTC

Took a while! The kids gave up and went eel fishing but I found it using a torch.

Thank you for the cache!

Quick find while staying at a lovely campervan park nearby. Lovely place to visit.

super quick find! TFTC

After a bit of searching, found it

Wow a sneaky spot for a sneaky cache

We love Grahams Beach, and it is an extra special spot since Geomum grew up caravanning at Willow Park as a child. Took a bit of scratching around to find the cache - but geokid 8 soon spotted it. It is definitely no longer a film canister so glad he thought to check it. Thanks for the placement. We enjoyed spending some time here after we had logged our find .

Found with toby84

Quick park n find... followed by a play on the playground. What else!! Found with Reny90

The twigs kind of gave it away. Beautiful spot

Scratched around a bit then an easy find! TFTC!

Quite a difficult find

Quick find. What a beautiful spot. Tftc

A beautiful spot, luckily no creepy crawlies here today. TFTC

The cache is no longer a film cannister and when I fist saw the item I thought is might be a mangrove seed pod and ignored it. Once I grabbed my torch and shone some light onto it I realised what it was.
Log quickly signed. Lovely beach here.

A nice quick find thanks.

Time for another trip to the North Island for Ms_KR and me. Wellington and beyond here we come. Today we toured around north of Waiuku up to the southern heads of the Manukau harbour. It is a hot summer so far!

Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

Lovely shade trees here. Enjoyed the cache but also liked the Silver Valiant nearby oooooh shiny. Tftc

Nice day out after Boxing day for a drive around the peninsula. We stopped here for lunch and for this cache. Quickly found signed and returned

Spent an excellent day with Keylev. Super wet day, soggy hiking boots but a boat load of caches to show for it!

First one to tackled today. Quick find here! TFTC.

B4Dawn and I had made plans to adventure in the general Awhitu area to walk and clear out some caches but then the rain set in....ah we don't mind that lets go anyway...just pack the waterproof clothes and jackets!! There were periods it was quite clear and others with really bad wind and rain that made us question what the hell we were doing out but as always it was an adventure and of course some smiley faces to be had.

This was the first of the day and a nice quick find.

Thanks for the cache.

First stop here as the Earthcache I had headed up to here for was in fact along a different road but we were keen to see what a the other areas were like. What a beautiful beach here, so glad we called by and strolled the sandy stretches pretty much alone as the few people here were nicely spread around the car park vicinity. Dropped by for this cache on the way back to the car, checked in there - nothing, then spotted the cache on the floor. Added name and replaced as intended.

A trip out up to the peninsula and to an area that we hoped wouldn't be as heavily visited and thronged by those who want to discover what's in their 'back yard'. It was definitely quieter than main town Auckland and the weather came to play too. Not a big numbers day, but a chance to finish some business completed after a previous visits a few months ago. Thanks to all COs for their caches.

Great hiding spot cache must have been replaced recently as has no pencil or swag in it and is a kinder surprise container with just a paper log
Tftc love this beach

after the dissapointment of the light house and not being able to walk up to the maori carvings due to fields being closed with a bull in paddock, was stocked to find this little gen of abeach. all intacthere and saved my dot day

Going for a walk found this. TFTC

Found it, I think, cool place, just after a fail at the lighthouse, glad we came here

Quick find,few muggles around but they were busy doing there own thing

My niece found this so quickly that I never had a chance to look! Thanks for giving us some Christmas day fun!

We brought the tent out here - we loved all the caches

TFTCS

Quite a few people around today, one even asked us if we had the key to the shed as the BBQ was out of gas! We found a broken container on the ground and no log so replaced with the only thing we had on hand which was a kinder surprise container and rehid in what we hope is the correct spot

Heading home from the lighthouse we detoured to collect a few caches. There were a few muggles in the park today - one of them asked us if we had a key to the shed as the BBQ was out of gas!!!! Wished we could have helped them, but we were on a mission to find the cache. We found the remains of a container on the ground, so replaced it with the only thing we had on hand which was a kinder surprise container and rehid it as per the hint.

I spent the morning driving around the peninsular picking up a few caches along the way. This is a great little beach.... wish it was warm enough for a dip. Cache was quickly found thanks.

The girls and I have been camping at Awhitu peninsula. Now caching our way around the Peninsula.
Tftc

Liked how you had created the cache for the hide. Lovely recycling

With a group of cachers who stayed overnight at the Leap Year Campout event

Another fun find on our trip around the peninsula today, after camping out at Awhitu Regional Park, TFTC

Our large group grouped here, but not for long, the cache was found quickly by CyclicalCaching, we hovered around to see the log and a few of us took fotos at the beach and before we knew it we were off!

Nice spot!

Signed with the group at “LeapDayCamp”.

Thanks!

Found it with the group of Geocachers after Leap Day Camp Event in Awhitu Regional Park. Such a nice location ! Summer mode on 100% T4TC

Log later

A group of 5 caching wagons are making there way up to the lighthouse, finding a few caches along the way after attending the Leap Year Campout Event at the Awhitu Regional Park (some logs have been signed LY2020)

Our caching convoy members are: rustynz, rebel98, gorby, alunb, tramyard, Helefant, FMZ, rosmar, PJRBC and CyclicalCaching

We have been lucky with parking so far, so here we are walking past all the muggles who are busy doing beachy things on this fine day.

With the cache found the log was soon being signed. Thanks for the hide Wildtui10, a beach I had not visited before.

Got it
Easygoing cache this one.
Nice day at the beach.

Good easy find

Hardest one found yet but good fun!

Beautiful spot, thanks

Lovely spot tftc

Nice find on our way home from a weekend away

Fallen on ground

Thank you nice easy find

A plan was hatched to visit South Head with Tufty and Supernanny to do the two geomobs here. Afterwards we stopped by here to pick up this cache. Found the nicely hidden cache, but it wasn't the sistema mentioned by the last finder. TFTC

Found Sistema in the open and no log so have put some paper in and hid it where we assume it belongs. TFTC.

Staying out here for the weekend. A break in the weather so we have headed down to the beach for a walk. Tftc

So pleased to have a reason to visit Grahams Beach today....
My first time !
As previous two hunters have attested ; the container has vanished .
Have contacted CO by email .
In the meantime have put a temporary container in place ..... as it is a long way for people to have to return to !

No success. Only a film canister cap in the area where the cache would have likely been.

Working over the road yesterday so thought i would go find this one. I was looking for something small but the photo from a previous finder shows it a bit bigger than a film canister. I think i had the correct spot and after a DNF i messaged the owner with no response. Might need checking or answer my message and i can tell you if its where it was meant to be.
Oh and its a fantastic beach for a walk.

Nice easy find. Beautiful spot. Tftc

While staying with some friends in Pukekohe I figured I'd go on a small excursion up to the Manukau Heads. This was my 12th stop and the cache was found quickly and in good condition. Cheers Fencarrows, TFTC

A day of caching on the Awhitu Peninsula with KirsTim, vistra and yorkshirekiwi83, we made a quick stop here to make this quick find. Thanks for the hide!

Spent today exploring and caching around the Awhitu Peninsula, together with Vamber, KirsTim and Yorkshirekiwi83, signing the logs as KKKTTS.) A quick find here, before heading around to the Regional Park for a wander. TFTC!

Before heading into the regional park, we stopped off to grab this one, signed the log as KKKTTS, thanks for the cache

Out caching with KrisTim, Vamber and vistra (signed logs as KKKTTS or a variety thereof) around the Awhitu Regional Park and this was a nice quick find as a drive by, TFTC

Hadn’t thought to go look for geocaches near my home before, and this was a great first go! Well hidden but not hard to find. If you go during the week or not in summer there are hardly any muggles thank you for a great cache!

I was glad to see that the weather finally was going to be good today after a week full of rain and cold. So I made the decision to drive to Manukau heads and visit a couple of Geocaches. I could find them all except for one and I really enjoyed the beautiful landscapes out in nature!
Quick find at a nice place.
Thanks for hiding this one!

Easy find. Had a nice lunch at the beach after

Great lunch stop, only people here are ourselves today

Quick find. TFTC.

Day out with mum and dad had to be sneaky because of muggles but a funny and easy find

Find number 3714. I have never been this far north on the peninsula so I am spending the day with my muggle daughter seeing the sights and of course doing some caching. The rain had just started so I parked as close to GZ that I was able. My daughter thought that Lorde had a bach in the area so she was checking them out while I found the cache. Thankfully it was a a quick find and to avoid the rain I took it over to the BBQ area for signing. Once returned it was back to the car before I got too wet. Thank you for bring me here.

I HATE CREEPY CRAWLIES. Good thing you made it easily retrievable. TFTC

Plan for this weekend to visit Awhitu Peninsula Never been in this area before except Waiuku.
Met up with fellow cachers from Huntly on Friday night and travelled up on Saturday morning. Plan to start at bottom and work up.+ Cachers were signed with the team name HRT being first letter of our home towns (Huntly, Rotorua, Tauranga)
Generally caches were good but some a little damp, others requiring reading descriptions, hints and other cachers comments to make finds.
As the day went on we realised we would have to return the next day to complete, so this made it a Saturday & Sunday mission.
Weather was great and some amazing sites visited.
Wish to thank all CO's for caches placed. Great trip. SLTFTC

What a beautiful spot,but a easy find

At day out agina on a nice sunny day With Gap (of Fap and Gap), ABCDF4, and eyespyben... For convenience, we group signed the logs H(untly) R(otorua) T(auranga) (or P(apamoa), depending on who signed and had a good time foind the caches to clean out this area tftc. Have a good day as well and happy we cleaned out that area and with the team..

With Gap (of Fap and Gap), ABCDF4, and eyespyben... For convenience, we group signed the logs H(untly) R(otorua) T(auranga) (or P(apamoa), depending on who signed and how heat-addled we were at the time...) We've been planning a raid on the Awhitu Peninsula for some time, with a view to clearing the area of caches... It's time to execute this mission.

The beach was swarming with people, but it was fairly quiet around ground zone. TFTC.

Was at a nearby bach for New Years and yipee - there's a cache just up the beach. I had to get a cache for the New Year so off I went with my 2 junior cachers and hey presto, there it was. Quite a few people on the beach but found with Lumpy29508 & Sparkman 733 TFTC

What a nice beach. Easy find. Tftc

After another hot day decided to do some caches in the evening as we are visiting friends in the area TFTC

Spending the day being driven about this beautiful area. ( bit like Aunt Daisy ). Awesome beach and such a pretty place you have here. Quick find but no crawling bugs home today thx.

A beautiful day, so I decided to go for a drive around the peninsular and grab a few easy drivebys and walkbys. Thanks.

First to find the new container with HeMaLuDy and purply. TFTC

We were nearby collecting a few newly published caches and couldn't leave this one unfound. A bonus to be the first ones to find the new container and new log sheet. There were no creepy crawlies nearby but there was a HUGE slug on the cache container when we found it. A lovely view here, and a bonus rainbow today. Found with darthcacher1 and purply.

Found with darthcacher1, HeMaLuDy and stick-a-crane.

I have placed a new cache container as the original was missing. GZ is still the same and coordinates do not need to be updated. This cache is now ready to be found again .

As a previous finder of this cache, I am sad to say after a 20 minute search this cache is no longer their and needs maintenance, so other geocachers can enjoy finding this cache and the location.

Not able to locate this Geocache, has it been moved we thinks.

TFTC

Quick grab in the shade during our road trip. TFTC

A pleasant little bay. Glad I came here to do this geocache. Found the cache lying out in the open so tucked it away a bit better.TFTC

Today was a chance to go caching with Mrs Dragon. It doesn't happen that often as the places that I tend to go are often too wild and rugged for her. As it turned out many of these roads we travelled it was a case of us both enjoying the drive, the countryside and stormy windy weather, and I going to retreive the cache.
Nevermind was still a day full of memories that make up caching.

This was the twelvth of the day after passing through Waiuku heading for Awhitu Peninsula and South Head, it was now time to start heading back down the other side of the peninsula. Parked at the required location and the cache was very quickly in hand without any of the unwanted creepy crawlies.

Thanks for the cache, Thanks for the placement

Nice place

Quick find as it was very windy & cold. TFTC

My first geocache in New Zealand:) Nice Cache. I come to this beach often as it is nearby my family's Bach.Off to find more around the Awhitu peninsula . TFTC

Was out for a Sunday adventure as the weather was so good today so beach was a little busy today but not jam packed like i have seen it on a nice summers day. TFTC

Wow, what a beautiful spot! Stayed up the hill for Anzac weekend and strolled down to the beach and made the find.

Found it! But forgot our pen - will be back tomorrow