BJ001 (Bay of Plenty) Welcome Bay, North Island, New Zealand
By BJ's on 12-Feb-11. Waypoint GC2NQ40

No response from cache owner so it should be time for this cache to go

As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm temporarily archiving this to keep it from continually showing up in search lists. Just contact us when you have the cache repaired, and assuming it still meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Needs to be checked

Can the CO please come down to see if this cache is still here. We searched that bush real good. We looked under the leaves and went right in the centre of the bush, but nothing. We just about tore the whole bush out of the ground. So could you check that it's still there.

Wow what a big bush. Went right but were prickles. So went around the back of bush and was an easy find there.

Cool park. Hot Sunday arvo packed with families enjoying BBQ, low tide and people under the trees.

Great little park, TFTC. SL

Nice find in a nice park.

Our second cache on NZ.

Nice easy find. Park was pretty cool too. TFTC

Spent part of the day checking out Welcome Bay caches and this was the first. Good start, easy find, a little difficult on the extraction.

Out for the day with Airyshone, this was our first cache. I solemnly swear never to place a cache in one of these. After a bit of searching we found it. TFTC

Oh no, a huge flax bush but surprisingly we found it. GPS was pretty accurate. A great lunch spot. A favourite from us for such a nice place.

Had to rummage around for this one, luckily i spotted the lid and was able to lean right in and grab the cache. Havent been to this park for a couple years, my boy had fun on the park, tftc

Not my favourite type of hide but got it with a little persistence. It was found a bit further in than expected.

Lovely day. Had a bbq. tftc

GOOD spot for a cache

Lovely park. Took a bit of searching but did find it.

We have recently discovered this nice park after moving into the area. Of course my geocaching intuition kicked in and gave me the urge to look up the geocaching website with my smartphone and I was not disappointed to discover there were cache in this park.
After giving my boys only the hint, they had found this within 20 seconds of looking. I was surprised to see this hasnt been found for a few months. Log book dry and in good condition. Thanks for placing a cache in this area.

Sorry but thought that I had logged this, found in the company of Novalightning, Got some suspisious looks when exiting from behind the flax with another guy

TFTC

Only a little bit dodgy when two guys go behind a flax bush and come out high five eachother. Thats what it was like today. Great park and good size cache considering. Thanks

Nice one

Went for a walk in the area during our lunch break, tide was in and the ground soft and soggy under our feet after all the recent downpours... we also had a run in with the thorns, eventually found the cache after a few minutes - easy when you're looking in the right spot TFTC!

Seriously look out for thorns - they hurt!!!
Thanx for the cache.

Made straight for GZ, many thorns later and about 20mins stuck my head in and bingo. Nice park.TFTC.

Tide out on arrival at the park. Watched a family return from setting their flounder net. Cache was an easy find, despite its flaxy location. TFTC.

Ya gotta love those flax bush hides! Thanks.

Bypassed the blackberry for a quick find.
Shame that we didn't have our little D and A with us, they would have loved the interesting climbing frame in the playground.
TFTC!

found it!! quick find tftc

found it, don't mind flax, it's the blackberry to look out for.

A really nice location and pleasant little walk to cache - only thing was that cache took ages to find in that huge wet flax bush. SL TFTC

Visited with Geoscrivins and dropped off a Geocoin. Kids & dog made great use of the facilities...

7914 Karen initially took us to the wrong side of the estuary, easy find once we spotted where we had to go… some interesting new developments here, great location, TFTC.

Tftc. Finally found after civil work finished

Quick and easy find. Cool park! Left a soldier to guard your cache

Yet another park I have never been to - thanks for bringing me here

Great place to bring the kids and have a bar-b-que on the free gas fired ones provided. Easy find. TFTC

Find #600. Late dusk down at the park. Found the right hiding bush but then had to hunt about quite a bit. Just as well the cache has a bright lid which assisted spotting it amongst the leaves. Contents damp. TFTC

Lots of playground mini-muggles here today. Everything a bit damp.

Didn't complete the series in order but thoroughly enjoyable. TFTC

Easy find thinks to others little clues. Here with grandson maddy. Surprisingly dry cache despite irs damp lication

Was here at high tide, and the proximity of the cache to the water explains why it is all wet inside. Logbook dry inside it's bag but the rest needs some drying. Came for a bike ride and I know the kids will love the new playground here. TFTC

Building some new play equipment in the park. Very wet under foot. Cache pretending to be a submarine today, so moved it out of the harbour and into the flax bush. TFTC

Doing a lot of good work in this park - nice new playground TFTC

Geat day for Geocaching, not a muggles in anywhere in site of the 7 caches we did.
Papa scout and 4 scout objective was to get as many caches done within the day 12 were listed 7 achieved.
First find for 3 of the scouts.
The blackberries are taking over the hide, and there was a few ouches and other words and a bit of blood lost.
Added a few item,s to the cache.
Cache and log book dry

1.55pm. Even though I have an inflated dislike for hides in these plants it was nevertheless a simple find.
Thank you. David.

Quick easy find. Thanks

Found during a cache raid of Tauranga. Sunny day to enjoy the walk to GZ but the ground was a tad boggy. Searched a few of our favourite plants before we spotted sonmething out of place T4TC.

The park redevelopment looks interesting .... children will have some cool play equipment to explore. Left a few trades for the next kids who visit.

We had found the cache open and half full of water ; we tipped out the water and dried the cache out; thank goodness for the logbooks good ziplock bag [^] - it had kept the logbook dry!

Nice quick find & we walked right up to the cache. They are doing some pretty extensive work to this park at present & it should look good when they have finished. TFTC.

Took my parents and my dad found it. Great location. Tftc

Nice spot to stop & watch the world go by. TFTC

A nice wee hide

TFTC

#336 On our first visit to this area we were both as startled as each other when we drove in to find a gaping hole and huge earthworks in progress. The gate saying 'No Access' was open, so that we couldn't see the sign! A friendly wave & a fast retreat... No doubt some head-shaking by the workmen.
Back again in the week end, we checked first for a walking track then joined the crowd of keen dogs out for a treat as well. Luckily all these muggles's needed was a pat on the head and we all went our merry way. Cache was easily found & in good condition. No 'Geocaching note' in it though. Sharpened the pencil. TNLN Our third BJ cache today, thanks mate.

Easy find after going down the side of works. TFTC
Picked up TB

Thought park was closed for works but could sneak down side. Good to have some more caches in welcome bay!
Dropped off fly navy travel bug which was lost in kids bedroom for a while!
Tftc

2.35pm - Quick easy find

Along with Team Geckoh for this one, With Geckoh on one side and myself on the other, it was soon. found. Cheers.

I was being very optimistic [:o)]when I thought I could get the FTF here when I was
coming down from the big smoke. I was only 2.5 hours too late.[B)]



Cheers for the cache.

**** FTF *** My second FTF wohooooo!! Been keeping an eye on this one over the past few days but couldn't get out to snag it. Made it there this morning at 9.45am with Mosh, who had a great run around in the park. That's a large flax bush, and the blackberry thorns made for very careful exploration! Never knew this park was here, the main entrance is cordoned off but there is pedestrian access down the side so no excuses for anyone else to find this cache. TFTC.

Walking into the park saw small group standing in the middle talking. Had quick chat then went our way. Got to right area in time with a mother and son who wanted to play in the water beside the cache site. so had to wait . Mother wanted to move off thank goodness so quick find after this.

Found on the way to the near by caching get together .... seams mnay others had the same idea

Was 2nd to find by just 25mins. Did this one on our way to Tauranga to attend the Tauranga Capers event. It was a lovely park to discover.
TFTC.

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