Jim Cooke (Kapiti) Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand
By TNXPro on 03-Feb-12. Waypoint GC3C13C

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Logs

09-Oct-16


Visited today and this cache has been completely removed (possibly by building owner).
I will discuss future options with owner.
 
09-Oct-16

Thanks Bunkshyde for keeping an eye on it for me. Unfortunately, I cannot replace, so sadly I must archive this one. Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories with me regarding your search for this and thanks to the 21 people who rewarded this with a favorite point.
 
24-Sep-16
This was a great hide! The clue is a great one if you really think about it TFTC
 
24-Sep-16
TFTC! Had us guessing for a while! Awesome hide!
 
27-Aug-16
Great timing here today, all the footie muggles were just leaving as I arrived. A good hide, well done!

TFTC
 
24-Jul-16
Another DNF while cycling the River Trail on a wild windy afternoon. Its great to see the substantial growth of the natives planted along the trail. TFTC
 
09-Apr-16
It took two goes to finally find it. Awesome hiding spot. Thanks!
 
28-Mar-16
Why I pay attention to met service I do not know, the weather report said it was going to be drizzle in the morning before clearing, so mucked around at home before heading out at 10ish weather was good, many dnf logs which was a pity but also 13 founds which was much under the 40 I had wanted to get, not to worry enjoyed the finds and some very well put together finds, sorry about the copy and past logs but a very big thank you for putting the caches out for us to find.
 
26-Mar-16
Took a nice gentle stroll along part of the river this afternoon. Lots of people about. Was hoping to do a few more caches but they were over the other side of the river and it wasn't obvious from my phone until we got nearer. Did find this one however. Well Hubby did that is. Your clue definitely made it easier. I'm not sure I would have found it if I was on my own. I'm marking this one as a favourite. Very nicely done.
 
06-Mar-16
Quick find, great camo. Tftc
 
28-Feb-16
Found fairly quickly considering. Great cache these NZ ones really make you think! Greetings from Scotland. TFTC
 
19-Feb-16
TFTC having found several similar caches before this was an easy find after looking at the hit. Well disguised cache. Cheers
 
25-Jan-16
I had already searched this location but Mr CD returned and soon made a quick find. Very clever a definite favourite point. TFTC
 
17-Jan-16
Happy to see a very close cache once parked up coming to explore the local swimming hole, nice hidey hole tftc!
 
10-Jan-16
Great disguise. Enjoyable find. TFTC.
 
09-Jan-16
TFTC, very clever hiding place. Well done!
 
07-Jan-16
Unfortunately we are not able to make time for all the caches we wanted to do this trip but made a quick stop for this one. Didn't take us long to spot it although the camo makes it blend into the surroundings very well. Mrs nzk nearly got caught in a compromising position by dog walking muggles when trying to replace the cache. Log was almost full so we put in a new one. TFTC
 
01-Jan-16
Clever hide. Shame it's in a pile of rubbish
 
29-Nov-15
A tricky find. While it was fairly obvious after a while, extracting it was rather difficult. Tftc.
 
19-Nov-15
This location looked familiar, so we think we have looked for this cache before unsuccessfully. Today we spotted the hiding place quite quickly. A favourite from us. TFTC
 
07-Nov-15
I went straight to this but dismissed it, kept coming back and eventually found it with the help of my fingernails. Clever hide. Thank you.
 
09-Sep-15
Once again I owe a big thanks to my helper, who has reassembled everything so it is ready to go as it should be. Cheers Bunkshyde
 
08-Sep-15
Unfortunately found with the lid on the ground and couldn't fit it back in place. Made it an easy find though. Thanks
 
05-Sep-15
I was in the area as a result of attending a funeral and this cache was the closest to the venue.

Took a few moments before the penny dropped then I recognised a style of hide I have seen a few times including one quite recently so the cache was quickly in hand.

All was nice and quiet when I arrived, fortunately I had completed the mission when someone came to open up ready for a rugby game, which was in progress after I returned from a walk on Te Arawai. Fortunately when he turned up I was able to look quite legitimate by using the nearby amenity, which I had been about to do anyway!

TFTC.
 
28-Jul-15
Great hide! Out caching with mamakiwi on a lovely winters day. We very nearly gave up on this. What a wonderful cache! Smile thanks Smile
 
27-Jul-15
I've been searching for this cache with my daughter who has come out from the UK. We nearly gave up but BINGO - she found it. A great cache. Thanks
 
19-Jul-15
Finally managed to visit this cache without finding teams of muggles playing or practising in the area. A good hide, obviously even the park maintenance crew don't recognise its significance! A fav for this reason, TFTC!
 
Great cache, loved it! Went straight to it, very exciting to find, thank you Smile
 
06-Jul-15
Tftc. Cool hide.
 
21-Jun-15
Second time and straight to it with friends. A very clever hide.
 
21-Jun-15
A quick find despite the tricky hide. A favorite from me!

This entry was edited by KiwiFamilyGiddens on Sunday, 21 June 2015 at 03:39:58 UTC.
 
31-May-15
We were staying in Waikanae with our family and today being a Calendar Dot Day and also my wife's birthday there was just time for one quick cache. A cunning hide but with no muggles about there was time for a careful look and there it was. TFTC and worth a Favourite.
 
05-Apr-15
Park all quiet today so we had the place to ourselves. Seen a couple of these hides now and they always make us smile as they are clever. Tftc
 
07-Mar-15
Had a couple of days staying in Paraparaumu and manged to get quite a lot of caching time. Fair bucketing down for a good portion of both days - hence some very very short logs in an attempt to keep the logs as dry as possible! Thanks for the caches, neat area to cache in.

Clever hide, first of two of these found. Really well matched to the local environment!

This entry was edited by nofs on Wednesday, 11 March 2015 at 09:56:46 UTC.
 
24-Feb-15
Good find
 
11-Feb-15
Another great cache in waikanae thanks for the supreme effort with this even looks like it was newly painted by building owner haha probably never knew what it was!
 
02-Feb-15
At first I thought no! Found while walking Te Araroa walkway from Cape Reinga to Wellington. Nearly there now!
 
25-Jan-15
TRICKY!!!!. Nearly gave up as hot and lots of muggles about. had to phone a friend (taramaiwae) for extra hint. TFTC Smile
 
13-Jan-15
Great hide. Tftc. A fovourite
 
06-Jan-15
Really well done! Enjoyed looking for it
 
06-Jan-15
Nice hiding place and good find. STFTC

This entry was edited by taramaiwae on Tuesday, 06 January 2015 at 06:21:09 UTC.
 
06-Jan-15
We took quite a while to spot this one today, a favourite for sure, love this type of cache where you can be steering right at it yet not be able to see it, then all of a sudden bang you have cache in hand.

tftc
 
04-Jan-15
TFTC Smile
 
04-Jan-15
Found this one with Kenny101. TFTC Smile
 
27-Dec-14
I have checked on this cache and its looking good with its new camo.
 
21-Dec-14
First good cache I've found on New Zealand!
TFTC! Greetings from Germany!
 
14-Dec-14
Out for a few early morning caches while here for the weekend. Looked at cache and disregarded but ending up back there again. Used the fingernail and there it was. Clever camo. TFTH.
 
06-Dec-14
1st find of the day with LCBuilder Smile Quick find, cleverly hidden. TFTC
 
06-Dec-14
First find for the day! A very clever hide seen a couple like this before but this one looked the most in place! Smile get a fave from me Smile

This entry was edited by LCBuilder on Sunday, 07 December 2014 at 07:25:44 UTC.
 
15-Nov-14
Clever hide!!!!!!ยก!!!!!!!
 
09-Nov-14
It defeated me today, but I'll be back!
 
01-Nov-14
We found it but it seems to have been put back wrongly and now the log book can't be retrieved.
 
01-Nov-14
went to it, nope, nothing happened. searched, read old logs, searched some more, read older logs and searched some more, did a bit more searching. "click" went back to it. gotch-ya Smile very good hide!!!
 
24-Oct-14
We arrived at Jim Cooke Park early this evening knowing full well that we knew nothing of what to expect from our orange faced, devil horned, little friend. From past experience we all knew it wouldn't be easy, especially considering he had given it a level 3 difficulty rating which is the same as a level 6 for us mere mortals. I initially spotted something but it fitted in too well so after 20 minutes of checking all other remote possibility's I went back to my hunch. I love the feeling of euphoria and sense of achievement after completing one of TNXPro's caches. After reading the logs of some of his latest hides, I am looking forward to getting up to Tauranga to check a few of them out. I will have to save up some favourite points before I do though because I'm spending my last one right here. SLTFTC
 
24-Oct-14
After arriving at GZ as a group of 3, + our GeoStaffy, all of our eyes immediately settled on one object, but after trying with no avail, we continued to search high and low for something else to catch our attention. After what felt like forever searching in the cold wind with no success, we returned to our original idea and were very satisfied with the result! Such a clever cache, TFTC!
 
16-Oct-14
Nice cache
 
04-Oct-14
This was the fourth visit for team geocacher Mr. T. and me (On one of our earlier visits we came across a group of 4 looking for it to no avail). We were determined not to be beaten this time, and surprise, surprise, team geocacher Mr. T. found it very quickly. Tftc.
 
19-Sep-14
Many thanks to Bunkshyde for helping perform some maintenance on this. It is now all good to go again.
 
06-Sep-14
Didn't realise this one had been disabled when I attempted today. Found relatively quickly as I had just completed a similar hide earlier today. Great well hidden hide. Don't think I damaged the cache and all looked in order. TFTC
 
05-Sep-14
Cache has not gone missing, but I am temporarily disabling this as some maintenance is required. Attempting this at the moment could cause further damage so please refrain until its repaired. Should be back in order in about a weeks time. Thanks very much Bunkshyde for helping out.
 
04-Sep-14
Great hide. Thanks for the cache. Will need a little maintenance to ensure it can continue to challenge people looking for it Smile

Returned Monday, completed the maintenance and confirmed that all is OK with this cache.
 
15-Jun-14
I had a little help from a friend . . . .
 
03-Jun-14
3 of us searched for this one, but we had to give up in the end.
Think its missing
 
24-May-14
Searched high and low but four of us couldn't find it.
 
24-Apr-14
cool oga ohga
 
22-Apr-14
finally found it as i kept going back to the cach location great camo
 
14-Apr-14
Had a good look with the kids but we couldn't find it. We will try again when there is less rain Smile
 
05-Apr-14
Hunted high and low for this one..totally unexpected when I found it. Great spot, thanks for the challenge.
 
03-Apr-14
Checked this out for the owner today. Original cache safe and sound with plenty of room in the logbook. Big Grin Have removed the additional white container from the fence corner with two logs 28/3 and 29/3 ( the 28th was from the "non finder" who placed the container by the fencepost. The 29th from a Dunedin cacher Sad )
Managed to check this and one other cache without a gps and considering both finds were some time ago it was good to know my memory was still sharp despite my increasing age. Wink I also gained another container for my efforts. And let a couple of TBs visit. Wink
 
03-Apr-14
Cache has kindly been checked by bkj97 and confirmed it is still reliable and in good condition. Thanks very much.
 
28-Mar-14
Someone has recently "replaced" this cache because they couldnt find it. Unfortunately, their cache is not in the correct location, so if you find a white screw top container at the corner post, please pick it up and take it home after locating the real cache. How can you replace the cache if you dont know where it should be? I suggest looking more laterally for this cache as I am sure it will still be in place. You can always contact the Cache Owner for a further hint before you try replacing a cache you havent found.

This entry was edited by TNXPro on Tuesday, 01 April 2014 at 07:30:13 UTC.
 
27-Mar-14
I found it, we'll I did not find it. I put a new container there. I had a good look but nothing anywhere.
 
08-Mar-14
this is the forth time i have cheaked and i think it is missing could you please cheak up on it
 
25-Jan-14
Nice quick find of a very tidy camo job. Not sure what the "finder" on the 10th found, but it was obviously not this cache Wink

This entry was edited by -gonefishing- on Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 05:41:35 UTC.
 
25-Jan-14
Well now, an opportunity for a spot of caching on the Kapiti Coast, always a good thing, and caches to find are still showing on our "to do" list. And a great day too, sunny, warm, and no wind.
A natty camo job led us to this one quite promptly and then a bit of gentle prying had us access the log. Cache in order, log signed, then safely re-hidden, just as found.
Just as Gonefishing has observed, we also noted no log for a find on 10 January. So, also like Gonefishing, wonder which cache was found. No surprises there.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too Big Grin
The Turtle strikes again!
 
10-Jan-14
Took me an age to spot a nice camouflage job and winkled the log out. TFTC
 
09-Jan-14
Found after a walk around and bit of water watching, this one is good first time at none of these ones TFTC TNKPro Big Grin
 
06-Jan-14
Great little cache. Had us stumped for a while. Nice job.

Cache is clean and dry. All good.

Tftc.

Favorite point awarded.
 
06-Jan-14
Great cache. Well done. TFTC
 
23-Nov-13
Great cache, cunningly disguised. This was one of todays highlights. Thanks for the cache.
 
23-Nov-13
Nicely done. Easy find on a beautiful morning. Tftc.
 
07-Nov-13
After breaking two nails I resorted to using my swiss army knife. Nice camo that I have seen before. TFTC.
 
20-Oct-13
A lot of junk on the ground so we didn't know quite where to start. Will have to try again.
 
19-Oct-13
Was out with KateNZ and couldn't find it. We searched and searched but no luck.
 
01-Sep-13
Oh - very clever hide. No trouble of initial hesitation. TFTC
 
06-Aug-13
Quick find while using up some time ahead of a nearby meeting. TFTC, #5014
 
26-Jul-13
Down for a visit to check on my caches. Only a few lines left in the Log book, so I have replaced it.
 
02-Jun-13
First like this I have found. Always sensible to look critically.
 
01-Jun-13
TFTC
 
01-Jun-13
TFTC
 
01-Jun-13
TFTC
 
01-Jun-13
Had to wait for a few muggles to get out of the way.
Then it was an easy find.
Had struggled with one of these previously, so this time I knew what to do.
TFTC
 
03-May-13
We id'd the cache container straight away and could even put our finger in and feel the cache. Silly us thought we needed tools b/c we didn't want to damage it. Got it in the end and enjoyed our first find like this. TFTC Cool
 
20-Apr-13
The youngster had a game on here this morning so I couldn't walk past it without having a go. Quickly found while everyone had their backs to me watching the on field entertainment, then pocketed until I could get it back safely.
It was a good game with the youngster scoring two cracking goals helping the team to a win over the local side. TFTC.
 
14-Apr-13
Nice hide. Fortunately I had seen this type before and was a quick retrieve. TFTC
 
30-Mar-13
Clever cache. Had tried to get this one a few times previously, but had always been too many muggles around. TFTC
 
18-Mar-13
Took a quick look without success on a short stay in Waikanae. Lovely cycle route. Just started to rain as we were on our way to an open house party.
 
09-Mar-13
A great hide. TFTC
 
02-Mar-13
Found today with Wandering Dragons, MycroMan and Crystal Fairy. Nice hide. TFTC!

Cache #312
 
Cache #956 - quick find, clever spot. The experienced eye had the location fast. Did with Violet Butterfly, Crystal Fairy and MycroMan. TNLNSL. TFTC!