Switchy's First Hide (Auckland) Northpark, North Island, New Zealand
By switchy on 10-Sep-11. Waypoint GC33ZGE

This is being archived due to every time we get a heavy rain cache disappears. Thought when placed it was well above flood level but apparently not.

First time caching in over a decade. Moved to NZ about 6 months ago and walk along here every day. Fiancé’s first time caching!

Thanks for the cache super close to home!

Back to look again with a successful find this time. TFTC.

A fantastic day out cacher hunting with the family, cache and log in good condition, thank you for placing the cache

Good fun finding this one! Don’t mind the spider webs!

Nicely hid thanks

Tricky to find!

Really fun to find was hard to see where to start feeling around but found it eventually

Very busy, tricky find but got it.

It was a bit tricky and was very busy so we just pretended to play. Great hiding although a bit scary to put my hand in to find it!!!

My girlfriend wasn’t brace enough to stick her hand in where it was so she forced me to grab it

Found after a bit but good spot

Took some searching and awkward posing for muggles. Admit that it was boyfriend who was brave enough to fight the spiders for it. Good cache!

Didnt find sadly

No sign of it, even with a stick.

Thanks it was ouer first one

Took a while but eventually found it

First of the day with the junior dispatchers... gorgeous day for a walk... tnlnsl tftc!

At last after spending a long time a few days ago. Found at last. Very nice hiding place.

Daniel was very brave and found this one super quickly tftc!

Great place to go walking although Sunday morning found lots of muggles out and about on Mothers Day while trying to grab this. Had to let my fingers do the looking.

Out for a Mother's Day walk and a few caches. Took a bit of hunting and some bravery to put your hand in, but found it in the end.

Not a muddy place quite up high

Indeed it looks like the water has been over the bridge and looks like my cache was washed away. I have seen the water high after many a big rain but never anywhere near the top of the bridge. Replaced cache today so all good to go. May the old cache R.I.P. Switchy

Had a very good look, but my eyes fail me. Water has been over the bridge, do we have a casualty?

Good find!!

Interesting hiding place, took a while to find but was worth it in the end.

Nice find but plastic bag needs changing.
Lash47 and mash nz
15/01/17

Found with lash47 TFTC

Like a lot of people took longer than it should have to find
TFTC

Was visible on approach so I tucked it further back when I replaced it. Thanks

Was in the area at lunchtime so popped over here to finally put a smilie over it. Also took me longer than it should have but "smilie" it I did. TFTC

Took me much longer than it should have !
Plus lots of muggles walking past , even on a miserable day !
But got there in the end ....
Even checked " under, under , " just in case !
Thanks Switchy !

Nice hide.

Nice hide, looking for the obvious spot is the key. Met the cache owner too, nice to meet you!

Lots of really good places to hide a cache here - a little searching then found easily.

Another great find- and time to play pooh sticks

Great hide! The hint is a good one! Our son had fun playing Pooh Sticks in the stream. First time I have walked along here and I've lived in the area all my life! TFTC

Not too tricky

Found it

Nice walk and bike along peaceful track. First find, very excited! Thanks for simple place to find

Stopped to grab this one after being at the movies (Kung Fu Panda 3) quick find for this one and we are back on the road for a few more before we head home. Boys were floating their jandals like boats . TFTC

TFTC

Took a little bit of time to find the right spot but a good hideaway

Yahhh, finally found this one, tried at the beginning of our walk and dnf, carried on and did some other caches further on and returned armed with a stick to get a success. TFTC

No one around today and a quick find in the first place I looked. TFTC

Needed to be quick, Muggles everywhere

Started at the wrong end of the bridge but once we switched it was pretty easy to find.

Tftc

Nice little hide. Thanks for the hint.

Found where we thought it should be and council workers doing weed spraying showed up, they seem to be following us around this morning. They weren't going away so we went to find another cache and came back when the area was clear. Clever hide - TFTC!

Well hidden good find
Thanks

Woohoo finding this cache completes a 50 day streak as well as stage 3 of the geo licence for me yay! I really do hate sticking my hand in places I can't see so used the camera on my phone to scope it out first TFTC!

Found by team buddy. The clue was a big help once we worked out what it meant. TFTC

Ezz

Ez

Nice little spot
Beware of 4 legged muggles

Don't ever put your hand in this place!

Good day for caching. Quick find by grandpa assisting us on our caching adventures. TFTC switchy.

An easy find using the clue. TFTC

Needed a cache today for a 50-day caching streak I am working on with some caching buddies. Was a bit pressed for time, but this one was close to home (in fact, it was my closest unfound trad to home!), so I thought I'd give it a go.... even though I'd DNF'd it as a newbie cacher, I thought I'd have more luck today as a more "experienced" cacher!!!!

I had a good idea of what the hint meant, having visited this spot before.... so once I got to GZ, I looked in the spot that I thought matched the hint.... and there it was!!! Super easy today, but I spent a fair bit of time here last time!!! Very glad to turn my sad face into a smiley today!

TFTC switchy!

Got it quite quickly

So difficult but dont try to hard because once you find it youll think its easy

Took a bit to find. More obvious than we thought

Found with Jessayl. We left something behind that will probably make it rattle even more. Great hide TFTC!

Took a while but finally found it in the end :') surprisingly not that dirty but a stick is a must! Tftc

A day of clearing up DNF's and we found this one after a long look TFTC

This one had me as a contortionist, re-read the hint, tried something different and I found the cache. The rain is staying away, and the wind is blowing a gale! Again found in between muggles, a woman sat on a chair in the distance, but as she looked the other way, the cache was returned to its hiding place.

Thanks for the hide and bringing me here

TFTC. Very well hidden. Clue was very helpful.

Thank u. Our first one.

Great hint. First time in this area. Dogs love the clean water, and I love the lack of mud.
TFTC

Did a Maintenance check while passing. Replaced nearly filled log with new sheet. All good. Switchy

Thought we checked pretty thoroughly, no dice

Well hidden - great little find !

Tftc

Found while out walking dogs found on 15 August Thanks Switchy

Nice hide. Green pill container. Need to feel for it. Nicer and dry though.

Nice find for the kids

Spent a good few minutes hunting, but I refused to give up! Thanks!

Finally got back to this cache after having DNF'd this a few years ago! Took a bit of searching and dodging muggles, but we eventually got there! Thanks for the hide.

Sun came out tftc

Nice spot took 5 moms of searching

Nice hide. Boys enjoyed looking for this one. Lots of muggles around TFTC

After my work meetings were done for the day I had time to go and find a few caches. A very well hidden cache although it is visible from one angle. TFTC, Biggles.

Cool cache

So frustrating! I gave up as I kept touching sharp nails, and my compass was all over the place.

Took a bit of looking but found

Nice hide, took awhile!

Retrieved cach just before a muggle and young daughter arrived for an afternoon picnic under a shady tree next to gz. Had to wait at nearby bench until they left before returning cache to it's rightful place.

Almost game up! It's a toughy if you have short arms!

Found it but tough find

Hard find but worth the look

Very good hide. Interpret the hint correctly should be easy. Tftc

Checked on this last night while out dog walking since I saw a few DNF's logged. . It is definately there.
Good hunting, Switchy

I think I have figured out exactly where this one is, however there is a muggle here doing Tai Chi who has been here for aaaaages so will have to come back another time! Cool place for it, if I'm right!!

I think I have figured out exactly where this one is, however there is a muggle here doing Tai Chi who has been here for aaaaages so will have to come back another time! Cool place for it, if I'm right!!

Too hard for us.

Found! Hard to be totally discrete with all the muggles around. Sneaky!

Too hard for me today.

Picking up a few caches prior the the Puzzled event, and a chance to wear out the kids, a great place to scooter. TFTC

Good hint thank you