Quiet Time (Franklin) Pukekohe, North Island, New Zealand
By thejaybees on 11-Jan-11. Waypoint GC2MA0F

Feeling brave so got this on my way home at night. tftc and the adventure of going to a cemetery after dark.. all is peaceful, no vampires.

Great find, thank you

Thanks for the quick cache!

After finally getting back from my 3 month trip overseas I've finally found my first NZ cache again in a while! 20 new countries in an NZ sandwich

Unfortunately I've found every cache in Waiuku so I don't have many options to go caching here anywhere close

TFTC!

Easy find x

Easy find!

One day I will learn to wear gumboots first thing in the morning, feet are wet for the rest of my caching morning, tftc

Found in the middle of the night. Easy find worth the quick estoppel

Nice one not very cammoed

Nicely kept gardens. Hiding place i think is maintained too often as bush was cut back quite a bit and container on ground

Good location, tftc!

A well kept cemetery.
The white roses in flower made a beautiful display.

Found with toby84

Quick park n find. It was living on the open ground, so we placed it back to where we think it was based on the clues and description. Found with Reny90

I found it

What a beautifully kept cemetery. found cache in ground so put it back approx 12 " up

Thanks to those who fixed it

Lest to forget cache. Suitable for TB. Thanks for the cache.

One more find before heading home. 83 caches in total today.

What a great place to visit!
Well kept gravesite, cleaned out cache container, added new log and baggie, Allok now
Thanks!

Nice easy find - very wet though. Paid our respects, including to my dad who rests here ️.

Very wet inside, needs to be dried out and needs another log book.

Had fallen to ground and filled with water so didn't sign log. Beautiful grounds

Nice easy find here for M13
rest easy residence.
TFTC

Nice quick find at GZ, no live muggles around. Very gusty and branches falling down all around the town but so far, so good for me. Thanks for the hide thejabees!

A nice quick find thanks. The log is full so squeezed in where I could.

Time for another trip to the North Island for Ms_KR and me. Today we did a little cruising around to the Franklin area. Will this long hot summer never end?

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

Hurry up and find me

covid

Was looking in the wrong place until I turned around and thought maybe it’s this bush then I found it hahahahahha awesome

Thanks for your amazing cache.
Found on ground. Totally wet and log full

Log needs sorting
Wasn't camo green. Blue and has your name on waterproof Log.
12 Jan 2015 mcnulty signed
Could be an old cache.

Found whilst out with keylev and friends.

Thanks for the cache.

Found whilst out with keylev and friends.

Thanks for the cache.

Tftc, was trickier than expected!

Out and about with cragger, laval and B4Dawn. Had planned a nice walk but the weather was not playing ball so we decided some drive by caches would be a better option.

By now we were very wet, the geo-kids had had enough and were moaning - A LOT! We had a good look around but couldn't spot the cache. I was ready to give up at this point but B4Dawn was keen to stay a little longer and eventually made the find - yuss!

Thanks for the cache.

Relatively quick find even with a man maintaining the residents nearby. Logbook is very wet and needs new paper. Came very unprepared so couldn't help put. TFTC. TNLN.

Back up and available

On hold for a few weeks.

Found this on the way home from a relatives on Christmas eve! Lovely find.

A nice peaceful location. We quickly located the cache and sat on the nearby seat to sign the log. Thanks thejaybees.

Easy find and nice to visit a lost loved on while we were at it

Yay - found it!!

Headed South with Merlot and Pazza today for a caching trip on the shortest day of the year. This was a lovely quiet place to visit. The cache was quickly located thanks to the hint. An ant colony has taken up residence in the cache, so we emptied them out as best we could to get to the log.

Pazza2, Jag50 and I headed South Auckland way to find a few caches. What a beautiful well kept cemetery this is, A huge ant colony had taken up residence in the cache, they were crawling everywhere and made it very unpleasant accessing the log. Cache can do with some tlc

Yikes, I have never seen a systema so jam packed full of ants. I don't think another one could have squeezed in if it had wanted to. We threw a couple of things out that may have attracted them. Thanks for the ants, i mean cache.

Decided to take a break from my studies and spend the day out caching. I offered to also take out my 2 nephews and niece along with me. We decided to head out to Pukekohe after picking up my nephew in Opaheke.

Today was probably the worst time to visit as many people were paying their respect for Anzac Day. We were able to locate the cache, as we were out of sight of most muggles

In the area so nice to have a quiet time before heading north TFTC

Lots of my family members are guarding this one. I love that it’s old and weathered.

With time to spare before I had to head to the airport and home, I continued to wander around Pukekohe finding a few caches along the way. I enjoyed a wander past the residents to GZ. No one around so I had a quiet time too. Spotted the cache as per the hint. TFTC, Biggles.

Lovely quiet spot to look for the cache. Soon spotted and had the log signed. TFTC

Found

Up in Pukekohe again, but only had time for this one cache - another very hot day, a necessarily brisk walk to the cache (resulting in one very soggy cacher), and a gloomy expectation of a DNF....but no! there was the cache, exactly as described. I evicted a number of earwigs and quickly signed the log. No residents were disturbed in the process. Big smile, and thanks to CO

Nice spot thanks. A few creepy crawlers have made it their home too so may need a clean or reset if that matters to you. My first find with little trinkets in it so that was nice. Will remember to bring something to trade next time. Beautiful, peaceful place

Found

Nice spot for reflection. Great to have a seat too. All intact

Geocaching day in Pukekohe. This part of the town visited on my bike. Quiet place indeed ! Hint helps here. TFTC

Needed a cache before work, and it was nice and quiet around here, good hide thanks.
TFTC

On a 24hr mission to Auckland with Philip.Perry and three of my kids started caching at about 3pm getting back to accommodation at 330am then up and back on the road for a xouple of hours before heading home. We decided we had three caches we had to find this mission then the rest was all about getting our numbers up so concentrated on a high cache area. Meet Sethraven just on dusk who helped us on a cache we couldnt find before she headed home so that was great. Really enjoy caching in Auckland at night no traffic and no muggles to get in our way. We only had a few DNF caches for the day which isnt to bad. Thanks to all th CO for the caches.

Had a cheeky Auckland Mission on the cards this weekend and this was day two. It was a late one last night so today we figured we'd take it easy and try to clear Pukekohe out today before heading home. This cache was found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords and a good hint. There was really no doubt we'd find this one with a hint that accurate. Cheers thejaybees, TFTC

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After looking for several other caches in the area unsuccessfully while riding around trying to find painted power transformers it was nice to grab this one a finally get smilely down here. Cache was covered with bugs so did a bit of a clean out. TFTC.

TFTC nice place

Getting outside in the school holidays

I was in the area for a hockey tournament, had some time before the game to come over here. Early morning, no muggles, a nice find thanks to the useful hint. No ants, as previously mentioned. Great spot to think and reflect a while. TFTC

A few other gatherers in the grounds and an ant nest clean up

Some cemetery visitors but managed to be stealthy here.
Still plenty of ants in box....banged some out...

Dear Cache Owners,
I am a German guy who stays in New Zealand for eight months.
My English is not perfect, so please don't wonder if my log entries sound a bit strange. Thanks!

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Found the Cache quick but unfortunately the inside was full of ants so logging was impossible.
See Picture below.
Thanks for hiding!

Really nice peaceful place. Hint spot on and cache found and replaced.

Fun find on a beautiful day.

A bit tricky with some mourners nearby however managed it .

Quick easy find.

Well described a nice with heaps of silent muggles

If you can’t find it sit down and look left

A nice easy find. Took a swap and left one. Place was lovely and quiet for searching. Tftc

Found while out with 33Trolls. Cache in good order. TFTC.

Found while out with Glad-NZ. Found container out in the open, after signing replaced as described in hint. TNLNSL, thanks for the cache

Nice easy find. Thanks for hiding it

Nice and easy. Tftc

Its all good here. Dry container and new log.

Up and running again, new log and swaps. No TB in here.

fix it soon

Found easily however needs new log and container was full of water when opened so log and items all wet. TFTC.

Needs new log and inside was full of water.

Quick easy find. Lest we forget.

Found by The International Justice League of Super-Aquaintences. Easy find, TFTC.

Easy find, thanks

Certainly a quiet spot today. Soon found. Tftc

Had a couple of hours available in Puke so took the opportunity to get some caches. The clear hint appreciated. TFTC.

TFTC Replaced according to instructions. It must have fallen out during the recent wild weather.

Keegan found

Nice quick easy find.thanks.nice and peaceful here.

Awesome!

It took two attempts to get this one. First time we came there was someone relatively close by so we did not think it was appropriate to cache. We returned about an hour later and the coast was clear. A quick search and we had the cache. TFTC

Found it on a fun rainy day. TFTC

Found it

Stopping by to visit family, I'm sure they wouldn't mind our quick stop.

A nice little walk to gz for a quick find. Log signed b&p. Find number 4159.
Thanks for the cache thejaybees.

Awesome

Thank you!

First family geocache session

Another easy find while out on foot exploring the area, TFTF