Alien Hibernation (Hawke's Bay) Havelock North, North Island, New Zealand
By BrenFM & swebber04 on 27-Jan-12. Waypoint GC3BKAA

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Seems to have gone walkies. Have shifted out of town so will investigate on my next visit (hopefully June 2014). sorry for the wait!

Hasn't been found in 40+ days, 2x DNFs. Looks like it is usually found every couple of days, could the CO take a look?

No where in sight.

Gz seemed pretty obvious- no sign of it though

Found it easy find but very wet inside so could not write in it so might need maintenance TFTC

First time, log is full but good spot

Quick and easy find.peejay and hilarylouise. Log very wet.

Log is full- no space left and wet

On a visit from western australia and found this one. TFTC

TFTC - nice little hiding spot

Lovely spot. Had lunch in a nearby cafe before finding this cache. TFTC.

This entry was edited by KarmannGhia on Monday, 10 March 2014 at 09:22:28 UTC.

Not too easy in this busy area.

TFTC. Plenty of stealth required when busy great hide

Havelock North ist ein Schoener Ort GuDo 11:00

Headed out on the first flight to Wellington Saturday morning with FMZ and Lostcourse. Relocating a vehicle back to Auckland meant we had a big caching road trip ahead of us...! We headed back through the Wairarapa towards Napier, clocking up the numbers through skindo land. Sorry for the copy/paste log as its now all abit of a blur having cached for 36 hours with only a few short naps in between. Enjoyed the drive through these rough and winding gravel roads and saw alot of interesting sights.

Glad of a quick find here as there were a few muggles around on a Sunday morning.

36 hours, 1,200km, & 315 finds made for an epic adventure! Many thanks for the cache and the perfect excuse to make a weekend of it!

Headed down to Wellington for a fly-down-drive-back-caching weekend with mike-miss and Lostcourse - basically a caching binge drive back to Auckland, caching under the moniker "Team F.M.L." We headed out of Wellington as quickly as possible to get some serious caching done in the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay before heading back to Auckland. Apologies for the copy/paste log, but we found >310 caches in 36 hours and for many it's hard to remember specific details. We headed through a bunch of interesting winding back roads and saw a lot of beautiful sights and historic spots. We shared the driving and stopped for about an hour to catch some shut eye in Pongaroa before continuing, caching all the way. Saturday was my biggest caching day ever, and this Feb, after just the first 36 hours, is already my biggest month ever. Nice quick find here. TFTC!!!

Took the first flight down to Wellington on Saturday for a fly-down-drive-back-caching weekend with mike-miss and FMZ - basically a caching raid across the North Island.Team FML! for the win! We headed out of Wellington making a beeline for the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay before venturing back to Auckland. We headed through a bunch of interesting winding back roads and saw a lot of beautiful sights and historic spots that only geocaching could have bought us too. We shared the duties around and took a few micro naps when ever prudent. Saturday was my biggest caching day ever, and this February, is easily my biggest month ever. Cheers for the cache placement!

TFTC @ a sunny evening

TFTC nice day for a quick cache!

Easy find at night when fewer muggles. Thanks for the cache.

Quick found on my way through hawkes bay. Thanks.

I found the difficulty to be much greater than the current 1 star as there were plenty of muggles about this afternoon. Fortunately the cache was quickly spotted and it was a casual grab, sign and place back with no one being the wiser, except me of course .

TFTC

Evening walk in a chilled out town centre. Tftc.

A quick grab while passing through.

Found whilst waiting for the Xmas tree lights to turn on - Tftc!

Napier to Castlepoint today, and a spot of caching too. First time to Havelock North. Some stealth needed, with success. The container had a lot of water in it? Thanks for the hide.

Nice place. Thanks to the rain mugglefree. TFTC

First cache after being inactive for months. Cheers!

Quick park and grab. All was quiet and deserted on Christmas Day so no problems with the find TFTC.

Found orginally as part of phasevisitor team, now created own account, re-logging as yorkshirekiwi83.

Most Christmas holidays involve a road trip of some description and this year is no exception. Today we were travelling from Gisborne to Napier, picking up a few caches along the way. After driving down to pick up the CANZ cache, we headed back to Napier via Havelock North and Hastings and picked up a few more caches this evening. A quick find here while all was quiet, TFTC!

Most Christmas holidays involve a road trip of some description and this year is no exception. Today we were travelling from Gisborne to Napier, picking up a few caches along the way. After driving down to pick up the CANZ cache, we headed back to Napier via Havelock North and Hastings and picked up a few more caches this evening. A quick find here while all was quiet, TFTC!

Our second cache a easy find might need a new pencil

#4971. Everyone must have hibernated at dinner time today. No muggles around at all, making for a quick find. Cache in good condition. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Down from Gisborne for the weekend to watch granddaughter playing soccer, so thought it a good chance to look for some treasures. Fairly easy find. TFTC

Quick n easy n dun by mr 7. Tftc.

Muggles reading on seat.

Returned and found cache with Rediguana and Bladesedge. TFTC

When we first went to do this one there was someone having lunch at GZ. Walked around the block and they'd gone. Quick find then.tftc

Nice quick find after lunch, some quick portalling, and found the cache one muggled had moved on.
Cheers Gav

Found the cache before even seeing the pods, perhaps they have come for the wine?

The Graf family visiting HB tftc!

What a beautiful village centre. This is an easy find and can be recorded and replaced surreptitiously despite being in a high muggle area.

Found it during our first cycling day in New Zealand with cleric86. Easy to find, Havelok North is really nice:)

Found it with Wild.Zuzu. Our first cache in Hawke´s Bay.
Thank you

To our surprise not too busy around here during midday. Needed a bit of checking around but we got there ! Nice little town they have out here !

Tricky but found it TFTC

Tftc

Thanks for the Cache, nice location.

2:46 pm | No one around, nice weather, spring is coming & successful find = priceless TFTC and greetings from the Czech Rep!

Very well hidden. Spent quite a bit of time hunting for it. Awesome start to my Geocaching career.

Found in light rain on a Sunday morning before the local cafes have begun to fill. Nice and quiet and muggle free. Ive passed by this cache several times this year but this was the first rime I was able to take the time to look for it. TFTC

This entry was edited by Zissas on Sunday, 11 August 2013 at 05:59:27 UTC.

Yeah here for orienteering nationals but more navigation is great

Found it with MACK51

Found in the dark. No muggles around tonight. Interesting features. TFTC

Found this cache in amongst frequent muggles... Thanks to whoever left the new log as the notebook was still soaked TFTC

Working my way through the requirements for the Geo Licence and an early start which meant that I soon had this in hand.
No problem with Muggles when it is still very dark
TFTC

This cache needs maintenance,the log book is soaking wet.

Found this cache,well Ruben did,he's too quick for the old man holding the GPS.Nice area.TFTC.

TFTC - no pencil tho

log book is too wet too write in. It needs replacing/drying out

A quick find on a wet Sunday night. Not too many muggles about. An interesting area.
The bag was open, & the log book is absolutely sodden. We scratched a bit of a signature into it, but it really needs replacing. TFTC

Great place and awesome way of hiding. al tho the pencil may need some sharpening TFTC

An easier retrieve than we were expecting given the wheel and foot traffic. TFTC.

First one ever found with my girls Kelsey and Holly. Hooked and searching for more ....

Jest one for our kids and we saw others searching. We looked a little silly walking around the round out but all credit to our son who found when we were about to give up!!! Yay!!!

A quick find, TFTC

On a family visit in Havelock I naturally couldn't resist bringing my GPS.
Sister Dolphin@sea was very helpfull pointing out the nicest spots and caches.

This one was a quick pick up on our stroll through town.

CO TFTC

#207 @ 15:30

Nice & quiet this morning, more trouble persuading the kids not to scramble over the pods than finding the cache lol. Tftc

Very creative way of hiding!

TFTG

Found this after a quick pie stop whilst on way to Napier. TFTC

11071...

Very busy at GZ with the local Aliens, headed up to Te Mata peak to enjoy the views. Easy grab on our return visit, TFTC.

Before we came to NZ I decided this is a "must do" cache (since our friends live nearby in the village). No problem to find the cache, coords were spot on, the contents were a little damp so I left them in the sun for a few minutes to dry out.

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My first find and like it already

Very cool pods. And a nice quick find with a seat to sign the log on.
TFTC.

4949. These pods are interesting. Havelock North was a busy place this morning, but it wasn't too bad at GZ, and the finding was quick. And the coffee was good. TFTC.

15:30h TFTC 20130204

A pleasant spot to sit & ponder...where is the cache - where are the aliens??? Thanks for the placement.

I'm sure I saw movement from The Pods or was that just the after effects of all that good Hawkes Bay wine consumed over the weekend? Easy cache find in a lovely location. TFTC

Tftc!

Had to sit and wait for the many muggles to move on. Convenient that, as it turned out. TFTC

Nice quick find. Tftc

A pleasant place to sit and drink coffee, watching the natives etc.
My first visit to Havelock North, so it was important to mark the occasion with a cache find, before heading further north.
The "pods" definitely look alien to me! TFTC.

Was sitting right on it

Found in conjunction with Alrite. Didn't have time to wait for them ( Quite a number,we see) to hatch!!
Innovative!! TFTC

Another one with Rozanz.
Good clever aliens.
TFTC greetings from the UK.

On a tour with a group of ladies that stopped here to shop. I turned my GPS on to discover a cache only 40m away. I quietly slipped away and quickly made the find.
I also managed a few very nice purchases from the local shops! A win win monring.
TFTC.

Nicely hidden, pretended to have a rest and sent the kids in!

On the way to Te Mata Peak.

Stopped in at Havelock North. What a lovely township. Nice little place for a breather and a cache. TFTC.

A quick find. Those pods sure are strange but no signs of anything hatching yet. Tftc

Quick grab whilst the rest of the family were up here for Sprint the Bays. TFTC.

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A quick early morning find TFTC BrenFM & swebber04

Read clue! TFTC

Mini mob was first a bit reluctant to go hunting, but having found the cache and then replaced it everytime we walked past he wanted to check it in a very non caching way ......

Nice quick find on a nice hot and sunny day. Pity the popular bakery nearby had sold out of our favourite doughnut. TFTC

Easy find. Tftc

A quick easy find on a Sunday morning in the middle of the village. TFTC

Had to be very stealthy and there were lots of Christmas Muggles!
TFTC