Pandas Paradise (Auckland) Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By
EliteX on 11-Feb-12. Waypoint GC3CEWQ
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Logs
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.
Looked in all the obvious places with no luck. Far too much leaf little to go digging though it all.
After finding Mr Smith cache nearby gave this a go, after cutting hands on glass whilst searching gave up. Thanks for bringing us here any way.
The things we do to get a cache for the August challenge! It was dark and raining I had no torch apart from the light of my phone but with a bit of effort we came up with the cache. TFTC
Argh! Some cat pissed on the cache 
Other than that, it was a nice quick find in the dark.
Other than that, it was a nice quick find in the dark.Out on a sunny Saturday, just my son and me...
Thought we'd do some caching just to see....
If we could spot the kind of Panda that eats this tree....
Nice spot, we found some large cut bamboo, so thought it might be camouflaged in one of them.... but son suggested we had interrupted the panda cutting some bamboo for dinner.
Thought we'd do some caching just to see....
If we could spot the kind of Panda that eats this tree....
Nice spot, we found some large cut bamboo, so thought it might be camouflaged in one of them.... but son suggested we had interrupted the panda cutting some bamboo for dinner.
wow, what a thing eh, thanks for the earlier logs that helped me on my way. The obvious worked.
Found this guy a while back, but forgot to log. I do remember the dog that was wanting to play. TFTC.
Bit delayed in logging this but was out with Loz47 & Furbies looking for our daily caches. Had a furry friend on our way out who seemed to want to follow us but soon went home when he was told too.
Out with Furbies and Missfeez to get our daily cache - headed down to this one and there was a dog at the end of the culdesac who seemed pretty excited to have someone to play with and run alongside the car excitedly. Missfeez decided she'd just drive down to the cache, which we found relatively quickly and then the turning around took a little bit more time... back up to the culdesac where our little canine friend was patiently waiting for us to return - maybe he's used to geocacher visitors? 
This took way longer than it should have-should have checked the obvious place out first!!!!tftc
Popped out with the Future Finder for some afternoon caching in the sunshine! Popped over to this side of the motorway to have a closer look at the Totem Pole. Then picked this cache up since it was close--It'd be rude not to! Straight forward find. Cheers for the cache placement!
Very quite tonight, no one on the carpark or near GZ. I made the find on the second pass at GZ, nice hideaway. TFTC 
Had to walk past two ladies talking on the drive both ways to the cache. Easy find.
Decided to come back with my usual assistant this morning and finally located it.
Cheers for the cache.
Cheers for the cache.
Every now and then you come across a cache that really stands out, this is one of them!
Has all the elements of a good cache-- surprise location, easy to get to, out of view, nicely put together container, thanks!!
Gets a FAV
Has all the elements of a good cache-- surprise location, easy to get to, out of view, nicely put together container, thanks!!
Gets a FAV
Found by our 8 year old brother. We bushwhacked quite a bit to get to it from the previous cache. Cool little spot. TFTC
Found this time. Now I know why I missed it last time. I was too concerned about the smelly dead hedgehog than the cache.
TFTC! Such a perfect place to hide a cache! The only way a muggle could see us was if they were looking from a car in the motorway at that precise moment and at the precise place when we were picking up the cache.
hehehe...Found the dead hedgehog first. TNLN, Signed log. Lots of fun. this is our first find. my 6yr old squeiling girl found it. Cheers
Had a good poke around for this one, but i'm afraid it alluded me. Found a dead hedgehog though.
Had a bit of time so went for a short walk, nice spot for a stroll, left TB (no other TB in the cache), TFTC
Got to GZ to find it fenced off, but managed to find a gap to slip through. Quick find. SL. TFTC. 
Got within 20 metres of Gz to find the council had fenced the area off and were working on a water main - or was the enormous hole in the ground for storing the panda's winter food!
Had to wait while some photos were being developed and figured parking for this cache would be easiest on a Sunday. Nice little stroll along to GZ and cache was soon located. Nicely placed cache and another gap in the calendar filled. TFTC
First spot I looked. I must be getting the hang of this geo-caching thing! Thanks.
9098 Quick find in amongst the Paradise of the Pandas. Not problems locating GZ, we simply ignored the voice prompts of Karen, our guide. TFTC.
Pleased to quickly find the quick way in, and even more pleased to find the cache in the first place I looked.
TFTC
TFTC
6493
Sifted through a lot of fodder before discovering the rather artistic cache. TFTC
Sifted through a lot of fodder before discovering the rather artistic cache. TFTC
drove around a bit to find the closest spot to park and thanfully got very close as the rain was just starting. quick grab once at GZ. TFTC.
Took the long way in, via my Mr Smiths Backyard Geocache.
Quick find when at GZ.
Walked out via the carpark.
No Geocoin in the Geocache.
T4TC
Quick find when at GZ.
Walked out via the carpark.
No Geocoin in the Geocache.
T4TC
Given all of the cutting that appears to have been done recently I expected to take some time with the hunt. However this was not the case as the cache was soon in hand.
+ Safari Tiger GC
+ St Mary Star of the Sea TB II
- Red Devil Geo-Traveler
TFTC
+ Safari Tiger GC
+ St Mary Star of the Sea TB II
- Red Devil Geo-Traveler
TFTC
Reading the logs I thought it was going to be a little harder to find, but no, there it was. TFTH.
Dylan is back on the road to find a new place to call home.
Dylan is back on the road to find a new place to call home.
Some panda food had recently been cut down and stored behind a locked door. Immediately thought the cache may be gone...However still there and all good, so no grumpy pandas (or geocachers). TFTC.
Spotted Pandas Paradise as we drove in. Tried not to make a beeline for it, as there was another car parked nearby. We were nicely hidden at GZ, and it wasn't too long before we spied the cache. Thanks.
# 5062
# 5062
Great hide and cache - kids were looking everywhere for a panda ... just in case ha ha. FTF for us!!!
Newly acquired FTF TB also visited!
Newly acquired FTF TB also visited!
We were having a few network issues with out computer and a teco was working remotely trying to fix it when this notification came through. We couldn't just run and leave him to it so had to wait about an hour before we could head out the door. One at GZ noticed the panda fodder and spied a likely hiding place. Yep there it is. Happy with a 2TF. We have never been to this area before. TFTC.
