The Beatles "HELP" - SC#5 (Waikato) Huntington, North Island, New Zealand
By Cats&Dragons on 11-Sep-11. Waypoint GC340Y6

Went caching after having a breakfast with my daughter and only logging my finds now I am home. Now I discover these caches have been archived! So sad. Cache in good order. I enjoyed the puzzles (I could solve them!), thanks Cats&Dragons.

That That That's All Folks

On a long trip down to the mega with Lis's crew. So for me it good for numbers and favorites caches. With several stops and a lot of caches and several souvenirs up for grabs the trip was the perfect opportunity to get my numbers up and get some challenges that I have qualified for.

Gosh another cache archived. It's a pity I ran out of time to collect all the caches in this series as I don't think they'll be here when I get back again. I solved this puzzle back in September 2016. I enjoy learning how to solve different puzzles and now recognise or can solve many different codes, ciphers and recognise different alphabets. By the time I've finished logging my finds for this trip I'll have about 300 puzzle finds. Thanks for keeping this puzzle alive for so long

Out for a bike ride, and enjoying exploring some of these walkways. Neat spot for the final, very quiet here today, TFTC

No particular plan today but a group of us have been diligently working away at some of the Hamilton puzzles and now it's time to collect. I met up with Davidson Clan and managed to bag 21 today which wasn't even half of what I'd planned but the weather was horrible. That combined with all the DNFs made this a pretty difficult day however at least I'm not working

I enjoyed this puzzle, simple and straight forward. GZ had me a little worried though but in the end I was just searching way too high. Cache was in good conditing although I think a rat has had a little nibble. Cheers Cats&Dragons, TFTC

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My Smartphone had me all over the place. I followed suit from tuolei and just looked around. This yielded positive results almost immediately. I signed right after tuolei, so it must be the right cache. TFTC.

Read the logs and saw there has been some trouble with the final. I wouldn't say I know the previous finders but I have met them and know they are far from the "throw down" type.

Solved the puzzle a wee while ago in anticipation of a trip to the Tron and here we are. Got to GZ and could make no sense of the hint despite knowing the subject well. In the end, the resort is looking for a cache blindly and that did the trick. Came up with the obviously camoed container and signed it...all good here and thanks for the cache.

Found the non cache that was the Easiyo container removed this from the area, and found the real cache which is still there. Signed log and found clue, TFTC cache

This was definitely a teamwork solve as we needed two devices open to solve this more easily. Hayleyfcy tells the story of our search better than I do. Nice area though.

Solved the mystery last night and made it to GZ no problem. Searched everywhere and even stuck our heads and camera underneath to check. Only came up with an ice cream tub with no lid, and an empty easiyo container with faded permanent ink writing on the lid. Pretty sure we got coordinates right as we used the geochecker so we signed our names on an old receipt as a log and put it in the easiyo container and rehid. CO might need to check. Tftc

Up from.Te puke today especially for these ones. Needed to try and solve some mystery ones for my geocaching licence so I picked yours. Puzzle was easy enough but the cache wasn't. Lol Almost did need help. Then by luck I stood on it. Open it up to discover this is the one people couldn't find. Ok. Lol. Well it is here. Tag was a little hard to sign as it didn't like my pens but a scribble has been made. Lol. Not sure if you have 2 caches out here as I saw it had been replaced. But didn't see anything else. Tftc

Cache Container Replaced

Had a look here but not too thoroughly as my friend read out the previous two logs. Not sure if this is still about or not...

Seems to have gone missing. Anyone looking to do this one will be dissapointed

Well, that was a mission. The cache wasn't at GZ but, after about 10 minutes, was spotted floating on the far side of the pond. A scramble around ensured, during which time two young boys turned up. They'd found the cache and their friend had thrown it in the water. Replaced the log and re-hid with instructions on what to do if found. TFTC.

Solved this series a little while ago and enjoyed the variety. We decided to pick these up first as it it was still quite quiet around.
Liked the clue on this one and guessed where it would be when we arrived. Cache was not quite in the right place and a little more exposed so placed back where it made sense. Was in good condition. TFTC.

long time solved so thought it was time to find it, had the whole area to myself so there was no need to rush, quickly found, signed and returned, tftc

Day six of my New Zealand geocaching trip
Having done the two pieces of geoart I could not resist another mystery as I had this one worked out and I was close I made a final stop before the event, looking forward to sharing stories and a feed
Thanks for puzzle and cache
R

I was a bit stuck at first, with the puzzle. When I made plans to go caching in hamilton, I solved the remainder of this series (bar the bonus) last night. So I was in bed trying to solve this one on my phone. I came up with a slightly cryptic answer and plugged it into geochecker. 'X' Then, using ANOTHER app, I reviewed the puzzle and realised that I was only using half of the image. So a quick resolve and this time everything looked as it should and a green tick appeared.

Heading to GZ today I was relieved that I didn't need to 'get' the hint, although maybe I did when I got to GZ, not really sure. Cache was easily found and clue photographed. TFTC

Nice walk to find cache in good condition ..thanks for the puzzle and good to have another smilie

Another ticked off the list. Nice simple puzzle and gratifying to get the find. Thanks for bringing us here

Thanks for the cache! My first mystery cache found with help of emildoo

Filling in time before the rugby, grabbed a few solved puzzled caches to complete a challenge.

Crusaderwoman did the hard bit - I just got us here on the way to the rugby.... this one took a bit of searching but ended up being where we would have put it...

Woohoo! Another one in the series completed. I'm loving this series & collecting the clues for the bonus. Had solved this a while ago. Nice walk to GZ. Not a muggle in sight. A nice easy & quick find. SL. Left a domino & a die. Took nothing. Thanks for the puzzle & TFTC! Keeping our streak running!

#198. Solved series a while ago. So glad no swimming was involved here#2. Was waiting for 4dawn4 when a last desperate search revealed the prize. Tftc.

Thank you to 4robf4 for his perseverance with this one. TFTC

Had to find this one as this was quite close to where we are staying in Hamilton. Worked out the code and found the cache! Got the clue but don't know if we will be able to do the series. TNLN TFTC

After a fairly full on day yesterday I decided to cruise a bit today and to take things as they come. i’d solved all the ones in this series and made a concentrated effort to find them all, giving a few trads along the way the cold shoulder. Umm that hint had me humming all day. Cheers and TFTC

Had eyed this cache up for the Mystery section of the Geocaching Roadtrip. Also great to get the final hint to grab the bonus! Which is a bonus in itself

Cache in great condition. Thanks C&D for replacing As expected, noone around at midnight. Now I'm tired... Might have to grab a V on the way into work.

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We thought we were going to need some Help to find this in the dark. Fun puzzle we enjoyed solving. Thanks for the hide. Now just need to get the final another day.

Please note, container, logbook and clue replaced

This evening I was solving some puzzles and noticed today was the start of a few dot days. I grabbed a cache, with the intention of grabbing this series again (and this cache for the final clue) as I don't have the book Becsicasa and I wrote the clues down in when we originally found.

Unfortunately this cache has been muggled. I found the container (minus lid, logbook or clue) in an awkward position, under the obvious, which I managed to retrieve and remove.

Cats&Dragons - feel free to get hold of me if you wish to get the container back, and I'll happily drop off to you The camo seems to be in good condition (it's dark so I didn't pay much attention) so with a lid, log and new clue, this will be all good to go again.

Tried to get this today, but gave up when we were muggled,
we had a family settle in and feed the ducks,
will try again at a later date

What a lovely peaceful place. TFTC

Couldn't find yesterday on my cycle tour of the Mad Science caches, but with a helpful hint from sirvere14, I found it today. Still can't figure out what the clue means... but the puzle was fun. TFTP & TFTC. One more til I can get the bonus cache

418 Late night raid. Never knew this place existed.

We come over from Whangamata for a day out in Hamilton and the weather was fine so it was time to finish some puzzles that I had solved last year TFTC

Nicely hidden...thanks for the puzzle

Cool hide. TFTC

Not too hard to solve the puzzle which was nice after solving the others. A nice walk to retrieve this one.

Solved this a while ago, introduced Ddtruy his #2 find,

Nicely hidden but found.

Found this one fast.
lots of ducks.

Solved a while ago so out finding today. Not sure what hint mean't but found eventually with Matrix10101. The ducks were very friendly. TFTC

Found where we were standing, No need to go climbing at all

12.40pm - Was humming the wrong tune when I got to this one. Quickly changed my mind when at GZ. Another quick find with no help needed. SLTFTC

Lots of ducks around. Had to hunt for this one for a while but found it in the end. #2 found in the series.

Third find in series on way to Auckland might get one more today then I better get on the road to Auckland enjoyed this puzzle series.

#6497. A nice spot to relax while we waited for the muggle duck feeder to Looked for quite some time then spotted an empty container. Luckily we managed to guess the missing info. Logged with permission. TFTC.

We arrived at GZ to find a muggle feeding birds, so waited for her to go. Took a while, but we found the cache, sans lid and logbook so looks like muggles have found and plundered it. Replaced where we found it, but it will need attention (especially the lid with the code - we were able to guess what it was from the other codes we had gathered form the rest in the series). TFTC.

We were so proud of ourselves cracking 2 of your series then couldn't find the cache.

Having only recently visited Abbey Road, I was all beatled ready to tackle the puzzle! Solved! And Gunnie69 grabbed the cache at site!

This is Day 4 of our trip to the Land of the Long White Cloud for the 2013 NZ MEGA event in Auckland. I joined Gunnie69 and Kaisho53 for a fun packed 5 days of geocaching adventures. The day was in the Waikato region doing the Kiwi Art Project caches and some others in Hamilton.

TFTC Cats&Dragons

I arrived with Ghostgums and Kaisho53 to find the pond full of ducks which was nice. Great weather to be out and about too so things were just fine... [^]

I located the cache pretty quickly, but there was no lid and no log book to be found... Hmm, someones found this I thought... We added a sticker to the container and tucked it back in place. I note it has been found since, but will need some tlc and potentially a new location if someone knows the whereabouts...

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Cats&Dragons.

Returned today for a second go at this one (last attempt about six months ago). It was confirmed that the cache had been missing the last time we looked so were very glad to find it within a minute or two arriving at the GZ. Thanks for an enjoyable series.

We had fun semaphoring across the room to decipher the clue. I had learnt it at Guides, but now couldn't seem to get my lefts right (or my rights) we got there in the end, and had no trouble collecting this. now off to get another two in the series. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache.

Out and about enjoying some nice autumn weather. Didn't plan this trip very well, so ended up hitting caches as I remembered them.

Solved this puzzle ages ago. Have been to ground zone twice... The last time was when the cache was listed as missing. Searched the most obvious object first before trusting the gps. The cache was quite visible, so tucked it in a little on return. Happy to have this one collected. TFTP and TFTC.

Checked everything and all is good

Fuzzy_Fuzznuts found second time around

With Fuzzy_Fuzznuts

Good puzzle and nice find.

Thanks for helping make my visit to your area fun!

SL TFTC

Having Checked the Cache today it has certinaly gone walkies, "Thanks for the Notification Disorientatedkiws" and I have now replaced it in its correct position.

All up and running and good luck on your mystery cache hunt

Couldn,t find anything that looked cache-ish.

No problems with the puzzle or the find. A nice little walk to GZ.

TFTC

The team and I headed down to Hamilton today with the aim of completing this cool puzzle series. The solutions have been sitting in my old puzzle book for over a year now. About time to revisit Hamilton and complete the formalities on these caches, I think!

Half-way! No problem with the puzzle or the find. Cheers for the puzzle cache!

A fantastic spot which I didn't know existed. Cache was exposed and could be seen from the path, so I refashioned the holder a little so it was less visible.

An easy enough message to translate, but the process would have goon more smoothly if I hadn't transposed a figure.
Haven't used these since my days in Boy Scouts, and that was quite some time ago
A most excellent camo job, took us a while to find it.

Finally clearing up my solved puzzle list.
TFTP

Found it TFTC

Almost gave up. Great camo

Straightforward puzzle and clever hide, TFTC!

Stopped by tonight on the way home for a spot of maintenance.
Replaced cache container (double sealed) and included a new Cache Log that should remain waterproof.

Good luck and happy caching.

Just found the cache signed the log and put it away when the small muggles who had been playing in the park came by. Was the pencil in small plastic bag found on the wall nearby supposed to be in the cache? Cache a bit damp but able to sign it. TFTP & C

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A nice walk to G.Z. Past the happy family playing rugby. A quick find but cache not in the best of condition. TFTC

Disappointed not to find the signal tower at GZ, nor any clear water you can give credence to that at least.

Solved a while ago and was in Hamilton today, so able to complete the paperwork. TFTC

Scared the ducks on approach. Took a few minutes to find the cache as the GPS was pointing a few meters away, but no worries, at least there were no muggles about, I guess we were the only two people silly enough to go out in the pouring rain! All wet and clammy now, time to go home to a hot cuppa.... TFTC!

6th of 7
quick find. one more to go, lets get it now said Brooke? OK

Having failed here previously, we are grateful for some owner assistance in finally making the find.
+ a marble, - nothing.

4th in the series, thx

CCR hint made sense when we got there, lol; almost expected to see the CO stroll by... assuming MrK69's song choice is right Enjoyed the series, TFTP & TFTC

Found it

# 5507 - 5542
Found during our vacation in North Island, on a day dedicated to find the mysteries solved before leaving Europe, from Hamilton to Auckland.
Solved in the plane during our loooong jorney to NZ, it was a quick find on GZ
TFTC

#5332-5411
Found it with portokeil while visiting from France and Portugal, no series for us we are simply crossing the town trying to log a few solved mysterirs...
Solved with no need of somebody help
TFTC

Find credit to Mr P. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache. t4tc

Nice spot this. The clue was a mystery to me but the find was reasonably easy. Thanks very much Cats&Dragons

Expectant ducks swarmed us - the travel bug beaver was calling HELP!

what a nice and easy one to find after you do the puzzle drop of tb as well

Nice Hide Feed the ducks Thanks

Neat cache, the clue got me on this one, so I just had a look around. Took longer to find than expected. TFTC. #5 on my search for all 8!

Halfway through this series. Time to find the others now! TFTC

#2606. Mrs h solved the puzzle. Mr h missed the cache on the first pass, but Mrs h found it on the second. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Not sure about the hint but found the cache quickly. Ducks were the only problem here

Solved it but could not locate the final. Will have to try again on another day. Nice urban final location.

We were in Hamilton for the weekend to attend the 'Why Not An Event Cache'. We had spent several nights solving the puzzles in this series in preparation for this trip. Made the short walk to GZ and had to dodge the muggles on 2 wheels passing by. We initially had a quick look and could not see what we were looking for. Had a second look in several places and this time Mar spotted the well hidden cache. TFTC.

A quick find on a Sunday morning before anyone was about TFTC

I like this location. Must. Stay. Manlyy..? Arrgh! THE DUCKS ARE SO CUTE!... Darn it...

Sneaky hide but not hard - about to give up and then I spotted it - again great puzzle TFTP & TFTC

Founs cache but now have to suss out how the clue fits in - will play some music tomorrow