The Odyssey - Circe (Wellington) Lower Hutt, North Island, New Zealand
By boxhill on 25-Apr-12. Waypoint GC3GZ5Y

TFTC! Nabbed it while doing some weed control work in the area. Id say its not so much a bush anymore but the skeleton of what use to be a bush

Thanks! Beautiful views!

Beautiful day in Wellington! On our way back stopped at Sky & Dina food truck, best brisket roll I've ever had! Signed log and replaced as found.TFTC

On a coast drive from our house sit.Good clue and easy find.Log book needs to be replaced.TfTC

Driving to the end of the road. stopped off here for a walk to get this one tagged. CheersIm in Wellington for a few days. Today having a great day out walking with a friend at Baring Head. awesome place to come on such a beautiful day.

Out this way today and noticed another stage on the odyssey I could find. Wading through this incredibly slowly- I do hope Ive still got the hints for the first couple! Dont think theres much more to do.Many thanks! A stunning day out here! A couple of Paragliders were out enjoying the day as well

Beautiful day for a bush-whacking adventure. Easy find. Log is wet. TFTC.

Out on a clear day with rattl in the Wainuiomata River valley. Lots of visitors on the beach, but GZ completly quiet. A quick and easy find. All good in the container. Tftc!

Today I teamed up with Matagouri for a caching trip to the coast road/catchpool valley area.
Most of the puzzles were reasonably straightforward but there were a couple that took a bit to coax a green tick from. Weirdly, one of my solutions ended up over 8000kms away - (note to self, always check you've put in the correct coords before you save them).
It was so good to be out caching in such an amazing area and on such a beautiful spring day.
Lots of muggles enjoying the area near here, but fortunately not near gz.
Thanks for setting this up

Easy find , cache and log all good. SL TFTC

Fantastic weather for a round trip bike ride via Baring Head lighthouse trail to collect this series of caches. Quick find, thanks to the good clue. There is a Rahui on the beach area for the Banded Dotteral breeding season, but luckily the cache was in the opposite direction. Cache is all good.
We were unable to do any caches further along the road as it had been closed for flooding - probably due to the recent Cyclone Dovi. TFTC.

Great find on a lovely sunny day and my friends first find

Nice camo job on this one, different from other caches

We visited the Wainuiomata Summer pools today it turned out very sunny with just a slight breeze and we had a great time. After we finished up I decided we should take a drive down to the south coast to check it out.
I spotted the hint location easily and made my way over. Once at GZ I had to squat and reach to grab it. Plenty of stinging nettle got me on the way in and out. I would advise gloves or a sweater wrapped around hand for future cachers.
Container and log all in good condition. TFTC

Visiting the valley for a few caches today, and this was one.

Ahh, finally (almost). Having recently calculated the final location for this series I was feeling bad (and incomplete) that I hadn't actually found this one. So today was the day to fix that. It was not the most pleasant weather out here which meant I had the area to myself. Headed to the obvious hint object, got down low, and scanned around - spotted what I was after. All good here, TFTC

No luck today.

Ongaonga nearby and a large amount of bushes near GZ made the find too hard today.

Next time.......

Had to look around for a while and got caught on a couple bushes but found it in the end TFTC!

Tftc, nice find all in good condition

TFTC! Caching is such a great excuse to check out some more of our beautiful country

Out and about with GB Leader and RogerW1nz for a trip to Wainuiomata south - boy was it windy - you would lose your clothing off your back if it wasn't zipped up! RogerW1nz looked like a wee Meerkat as he dipped and popped up among the many bushes after finding this one. TFTC.

#1295. Labour Day Monday, weather not too bad, so decided to do a trip to the Wainuiomata south coast with GB Leader and JustlookingOO. It was a bit windy in places, but fairly overcast and warm. I had solved the puzzles of bigcheesenz in the previous week, so it was all go to collect as many as possible. At the end of the day, we had knocked off 7 of them, had 2 DNF’s, and by-passed 4 others due to lack of parking or time constraints.

But this one of the Odyssey series was also on the agenda. Stopped at the carpark for a snack and break from being out in the wind, then set off for GZ. Nice easy find, and good to get the code for the bonus; just one more to get now.

We all signed the log and headed back to the car. Windy as, just here, although the 2 black swans on the river didn’t seem to mind.

Tftc boxhill.

Nice quick find. Great spot. Cache is in great condition. TFTC

Took a photo of the symbol (I found a couple of others in this series years ago). DaVinciHunter also made acquaintance with a stinging nettle nearby while searching for this cache. TFTC.

Great afternoon out with skaga collecting puzzles and a few trads. TFTC

Quick find. Trying to get a view of the lighthouse with no luck.

A quick find here and all in good order. A mysterious clue too,hmmm. Shall have to save that one up. Thanks for placing this here and an interesting read too!

First cache in NZ! Still in great condition.

First find of this cache for 2019! Diziet and Skaf thank you for the cache.

Out to the beach for a couple of caches after a circuit of Baring Head lighthouse.
Needed retrieve from the back access to avoid the ongaonga(nettle) by the hint object.
TFTC

mr and mrs did a drive down the Coast Road for the WENZ Mega
Logged as MM78
Thanks for this cache
Cache in good condition

It was time to sign off a few solved puzzles up to the number I need for my personal challenge for today.

I don't mind locating the odd trad.

Cheers for the cache.

You can tell that it hasn’t been found in a while! Found it covered with bugs alll over! log book is nice and dry and in good condition!

We used to live in Wainuiomata many years ago and paid many visits to this rugged coast. We have never seen so many people down here, some just sitting on the beach enjoying the calm, sunny weather, some fishing and some setting off on the many walks around here. Thanks for setting up a cache here.

vite trouvé. Salutations de Mont Tremblant Québec

TFTC
Quick find here today working on the space expoler Icon we got out to uranus and one more to get it
[?] Found with ***taybee*** sign log book as TB or TBNZ [?] Sign log book

I was down the Coast looking for mystery caches to boost up my points in the current Planetary Pursuit thing that is going on. Then I noticed that this was one of a series that I have been making slow progress on. I thought I should get this one while I was in the area.

The cache is in good condition. All nice and dry.

Thank you

Cherrys Rule

**taybee** is caching again with **taybee nz**
Quick find here today working on the space expoler Icon we got out to uranus and one more to get it
As i have all ready found this one i am drop tb's and out of the cache
All in good order, sign log book as **taybee** or **tb** or **TBnz**TFTC Log by Gsak
Cache was find at **2018-03-25 11:46:00**

a windy wpoly pld day in the nui today. out for a wander with Dobby today so some caching was in order. tftc

we left friendly Feilding on Friday night to head to Paraparumu for the night as we had a geocaching goal to reach by the end of February which was to get 250 for February the Skindo cache puzzle we still had 46 to get on Friday night we were lucky enough to get 3 traditionals and one wherigo on Friday night before getting to our accommodation, then Saturday morning we headed off at 6,30am to get 42 caches we were lucky enough to get 46 for the day. so Yay we reached our goal. so then we decided to pick another goal which was to reach out total for geocaching 4900 caches. We only have 14 to get today to reach the goal we left at 6.30am once again, this one was the sevententh cache of the day it was a nice quick find here, we signed the log and placed it back exactly where we found it. Thank you for placing a cache here. TFTC

On a group walk down this way so had to call on this one TFTC

Found. Looking forward to discovering the others in the series. TFTC!

On our Summer holiday road trip. After staying the night at Catchpool DOC campsite KrystalKath and I are now on our way to the Wairarapa.
But first we’re visiting the end of the road with a view to visiting Baring Head. That turns out to be a trip too far... Easy find, all in good order here. TFTC

Today I visited the Wainuiomata South Coast.
From here I started in northwest direction to Fitzroy Bay and then back on a higher level via Bearing Head.
At the end of the day I had 7 more on my map...
Here I came from the hill, so I was on the wrong side of the river...
It was not so dept, so I could walk through the river to find this Cache.
Thanks for the Cache and many greetings from Germany.

It was really windy here so satin the car to eat lunch. Nipped out to get the cache, almost losing the car door. Then battled to wind to get to GZ. Nice quick find. TFTC

Initially unsure how to get to this I stopped in the obvious car park, went through the gate and basically just followed the compass. I was homing in on an object that had been commonly used as a hide beacon today although this was the only cache from this CO - I guess it's just a geocaching standard. I initially didn't see the cache from the direction I approached but I could see some possible cache cover a couple of metres out of reach. After navigating around the other side the cache was indeed there. TFTC.

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After orienteering nearby, came out to the coast to pick up a few caches.

Came past here when doing the Rimutaka Cycle Trail in January but it was too bleak to stop. Grabbed ti this time. TFTC

Quick find. Solved series without this missing piece, but good excuse to come out this way on a sunny Sunday and pick up others around it. TFTC boxhill.

Where close by so gave it a go. Found it with Etienne.

Dodged the gorse and found this fairly swiftly. TFTC!

Got this one too.

Nice quick find between showers on Wgtn anniversary day. Only one hint object it could be so all good today.

Found it thanks!

Great history. Easy find with the good hint. The wind was _really_ hard out here today, so I didn't stick aorund for too long

Found at 09:52 - #6524

TFTC

The chilly Southerly wind meant we did not linger after finding the cache though I like the wild feeling round here. This series will be as close as I ever get to reading Homer I'm sure. TFTC

Great to get off the bike for a few minutes and get this cache. Cache all good. TFTC

Now there is a loved cache An easy find for #501. Got my hands on it just before Apty. TFTC

CrackedChelle and I are over from South Australia touring Christchurch, West Coast and Nelson before staying with my sister and her family in Upper Hutt. I'm an ex-pat from Nelson and this is Chelle's first adventure to Aotearoa.
Chelle made the find on this one. She had found her 500th at Kevin Anderson so we thought a nice drive down here would be lovely. Perfect day for it.
TFTC boxhill )
4:29 PM - Find #2118

Found while on a reccy for future daylight saving evening cycle rides. A marvellous seascape with views across the strait to the Kaikoura's. TFTC

Found it on a drive down the coast road - the easiest route does not involve hopping the fence! Found with Donnacha.o TFTC

Quick find with Roothiebee on our Saturday caching spectacular - TFTC, although the skull was a bit ominous!!

**taybee** is caching again with and **Infoferret**
quick and easy find thanks
All in good order, sign log book as ***TAYBEE*** or ***TB*** TFTC Log by Gsak
Cache was find at **2016-05-10 19:00:00**

I came out here looking for a new series of song-themed caches and grabbed this on the way. What a wonderful wild place. I'm not kitted for the walk to Baring Head, so that's for next time. TFTC

Great find with the kids today- blimmin forgot to look for the code and note it down- so that will have to be a return trip one day! Great spot for a cache- we had a perfectly still evening as the sun was setting. So pretty.

We decided to get this one first before working out a route to the lighthouse !
Nice easy find for me thanks .

Right! Parked up here in our hired car, me with rustynz and supernanny with the intention of climbing to the lighthouse, but first this cache, the girls went of for this one while I loaded up the caches on C:Geo. Nice one boxhill.

The tricky part was figuring out how to get over the fence! we first walked along the road, but then the fence, and then a newly dug deep trench persuaded us to walk back to the carpark, and approach by passing thru the gate.

Supernanny was in front, navigating the way to GZ, and quickly she had the cache and the log was signed. Thanks for the hide. This is a beautiful part of the coast to visit. We are wanting to get to the light-house, its time to convince the others to walk along the stream/river, there might be a shingle bank we can walk across, and keep our feet dry!

Found this with jwnz

Found with mikeyharris2

Quick find after a day bouldering at Baring Head.

#1982. Finally, sixteen months after finding the first in this series out at Makara, I have had the chance today to head out to the coast south of Wainuiomata and locate this last cache in the The Odyssey series and the opportunity now to complete the puzzle. Have enjoyed picking these ones up on various Wellington rural roads. Today I took my sister and brother'n'law along on a short geocaching expedition. Soon after parking the car, I said to my sister the cache will be over by that (object). Well I was right. We headed over there and found the cache instantly. All good here. Signed the dry log and replaced the cache as found under the natural cover. Thanks for hiding the cache Boxhill.

Quick find thanks

Lovely weather out here today

Found it TFTC

A short walk from the parking to this cache, We forgot to write down the code for the bonus, but I think we will not be able to find them all anyway
TFTC

Third of the series. Looking at my notes, it's just over two years since I found the first, and just under a year since I found the second. So I seem to be plodding along at one a year. Four years till I finish perhaps? Cache in excellent condition. TFTC.

#1252 quick find on the way back from getting a couple further south. Cache fine, all good here.

Thanks for another smilie boxhill.

Wow! noticed the publication date which was a reminder of how long it's been since I visited the area down here. Turns out my last visit was February 2007 in fact, when I found "Ship Rock" A quick find, and pleased to finally complete the series

T(boxhill)FTC

Found after taking part in a three hour rogaine in the Baring Head area. A sunny day and great views but it was very hard work in the strong winds. The container and contents are in excellent condition. The bag was lying exposed under the bushes (wind?) so I gathered a few rocks to protect it better hopefully as the hint describes. TFTC boxhill.

Nice and qiuck find

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Almost got all the clues found with Wafflekitties, thanks for the cache

Made it a bit harder for ourselves by weaving through gorse bushes to get the cache, realised there was an easier way once leaving TFTC

Found that in a lovely sunny autumn day.
Thanks.

A nice cache as a milestone - # 400! Quick find before the long trek to Ship Rock. Thank you very much.

Cache #400

Did today with Crystal Fairy, Astro Hunter and MycroMan. Thank you!

Cache # 936

What a beautiful spot. Thanks for the cache. Did with MycroMan, Astro Hunter and Violet Butterfly

Did with CrystalFairy

Nice easy cache found today. Clue collected and on to the next one

Clue collected. Tftc

Picked this one up on a lovely afternoon, combined it with a short swim. The water is so cold here!
The only muggles near-by were the kind that live in warrens.
great place, I'm this odyssey will be a bit too much of a quest for me!
TFTC

Well hidden many thanks

After having completed a circuit in the park, and being so close, I thought I'd swing by and complete this one. Now need to see how far I am as I should be thinking about the final. TFTC boxhill, #7451

Nice easy findTFTC

This entry was edited by Awesome4sumnz on Thursday, 08 January 2015 at 05:46:42 UTC.

great place for a cache tftf happy caching

Prickly bush !!!

Nice and quick find. TFTC

A trip down to the south coast where I haven't been before. This is the third grab for this series. Half way there. Cache all in good order. Clue grabbed. TFTC.

Quick find out with Bigcheesenz n Luke. Windy but nice walk. TFTC.

Was down in the area to grab another couple of caches, so got this one too. A nice quick find. Clue photographed and stored away for later. TFTC!