Xenos Close and Easy (Franklin) Drury, North Island, New Zealand
By MarMis on 11-Jun-12. Waypoint GC3NBFH

Was a little dubious as to if it would be here with all the construction going on and not being found for 9 months, but viola, there it was. TFTC

Up in Auckland with a bit of spare time to find a few caches. Main focus was finishing my DT grid for the third trip around. Job done so time to find a couple of others before it rains again

Great location easy find

Easy

straight forward tftc

On our way home from a good day out. Didn’t take long to locate cache, sign log and place back where found. Tftc

Didn't take long to grab the cache. Just on our way home. Tftc

what a lovely slide i had haha really obvious after i took a good look. checked no muggles about before attacking. felt so creepy but tftc

Found with toby84

Quickly spotted. The orignal log was saturated, but a new log had been posted, but was also wet. Fortunately the new log was waterproof paper. We put the new log into a baggie for extra protection. Found with Reny90 on wet day

Found it look up not down

Didn't sign, looked all wet in there
Good hide though tftc

Found it look up not down

We are heading south for a couple of days, and decided to find a few caches around Drury on our way. Parked up and soon had the promised easy find. Thanks.

Well i let M23 have a go solo on this one, to much phone not enough geosense.
I had to get involved and had the cache on hand in 3secs flat lol.
TFTC

This was made harder than it was because I was looking at my foot I g rather than higher! Phil made the find. Another dot day complete. SL TFTC

Took longer than it should’ve due to the fallen tree at GZ, glad to report cache is still it situ though. Found with PhilBirdBoys. Tftc.

I was out in the area with Jag50 and Nette1234 for the day as we planned to do Orana Island once the tide had dropped. I need a white cane as I walked right past this as I was too busy looking at my compass and not paying attention to what was around me

On a girls day out with Merlot58 and Nette1234 we detoured to find any unfound caches in the area on our way to Orana island. A bit of a scramble up the bank to this one, but it didn't take long to spot it once we looked at the right height. We added a new log as the old log had turned into paper mache and we were unable to scribe our names on it.

It was so obvious. I walk right passed it. Soon spotted by Jag.

I'm currently on a weekend roadtrip up to the big smoke to attend a mate's 50th party so thought it would be a great opportunity to try to grab some solved puzzles and Challenge Caches, and any other caches nearby including this one.

It took me a couple of sweeps of the area to locate this one as my brain had been fooled by the Hint to have something particular in mind. However, when I did eventually spot it, I thought to myself "how on earth did I miss that?" There was no-one around to see me pick up the find and once the usual field etiquette was taken care of then the whole thing was replaced as found and I was back on my way to my next target.

Thanks for placing this cache.

Great job. Good location

Found it today after going to check out a local but way to expensive open home in the area. Unfortunately the log was way to wet to log. We did not have a replacement but hopefully the next cachers will.

I must admit to having scrambled up and down the bank a number of times before finding this cache. It doesn't help for keeping your nose to the ground . Thanks for the cache.

Time for another wander round while my wife stays with some friends. I was a little lonely today but still managed a good haul which included this little cache. Found quickly thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward hint. Cheers & TFTC

needed to be a mountain goat for this one, so pretty sure its a higher T rating for me, then i still had trouble accessing it, cache was very wet inside, have replaced upside down, tftc

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

Nice easy find on our way to the near by winery. Found with Riser5. Tftc

Nice quick find while visiting the winery nearby.
Log is wet container no longer waterproof.

Nice and easy. Found on the first morning after the school holidays. I treated myself with caching on a nice and sunny day of spring. Aaaah. Thanks for hiding. TFTC

Missed on first pass. Nice one. Enjoying my day.

We are out today with our Guide unit learning about Geocaching . . . . . . we had to climb up the bank to find the cache . . . . . we replaced the plastic bag and the log sheet . . . . . . we slipped and slid down the bank, bank to the car and off to find another . . . . . . TFTC

Out picking up a few caches for our dot day. Found this one easily enough despite lots of storm damage in the area. Log is wet and stuck together. Could use a maintenance run. TFTC

Dear Cache Owners,
I am a German guy who stays in New Zealand for eight months.
My English is not perfect, so please don't wonder if my log entries sound a bit strange. Thanks!

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After dropping off my host kid in school I had time to make a little Geocaching tour in Drury. I could find a couple of very nice Caches and I had fun while doing it.
Quick find here. Water inside the Cache.
Thanks for hiding!

The log was to wat, as that we could sine. We searched for around 30 minutes

TFTC from Germany

Found the container (in bad shape) but no log. Was unable to give it any tlc as we only arrived from Oz yesterday. Tftc

Needed a cache for my dot day. We in the area for work. I suffered male blindness here. But read a few logs and found it

2317 After looking at 1 just down the road I was pleased to see that this one was in fact close and easy. Navigating to GZ was the hardest part due to the recent rain making the slope slippery. Once up I to looked around and wondered where it would be. Then spotted within easy reach. Signed and returned. Took an alternative route back to the car that was less steep. Thanks for a nice simple cache.

Done, scrambled my way up, had a look around and wondered about what the clue mentioned. When I finally spotted the cache all became clear!

#3243. I was out and about on the public holiday enjoying the quiet roads around Auckland. My main purpose today was to pick up a few challenge caches I had qualified for but also to grab a few traditional caches in the same areas. The weather packed in as the day went on but still got all the caches I was targeting. I pulled up here and was just heading for the GZ when a muggle came walking over the hill. Decided I might not have the cache found before they arrived so got back in the car and went around the block to do another cache. When I returned the coast was all clear. Still took a few minutes to spot the cache. Its fairly obvious once found but isn't that always the case! Signed the logbook and replaced the cache as found. Thanks for hiding it here.

Spent way longer here than we should have. Don't class it as a d1 and T rating should be higher. Log signed as b&p.Tftc MarMis. Find # 3065

Took us a while to find it scrambling around the trees and things. Once you find it you feel a bit silly from how right in your face it almost is!

Gps was bouncing around and was taking us close to a driveway where the home owners could be seen, so abandoned the hunt

nice easy park scramble and find. was surprised to find log damp as everything seemed water tight.
otherwise all intact. thanks for keeping my streak alive

Travelling with rustynz and supernanny & gorby a weekend of caching. A bit behind, catching up with the logs now.

Travelling home with rebel98 and supernanny. It was suggested we take a detour to this one, a scramble up the bank, and after scanning the area I quickly located the cache.

Lots of laughter, if you have found it, you will know once you find it, how easy it is to spot

Thanks for the hide, got to sign the log, no problems!

Close and easy for some but not for me. Got there in the end. TFTC .

Unfortunately the log was watter damaged and unreadable.

already done

After a DNF nearby we were still after our cache of the day to continue our current streak so were hopeful for a quick find here. Mr HeMaLuDy got out to start the search as Mrs HeMaLuDy headed down to turn around and park in a safer spot. This cache took longer to find than it should have, and reading a few previous logs definitely helped us to look in the right place. A successful find and log signed today with darthcacher1 and purply.

In the area with stik-a-crane whom was picking up a few caches to get close to there 800th find.... nice and quick here.

sorry for the delay in logging.

TFTC.

Found without too much trouble. Left a new log & plastic bag as the old one was wet & disintegrating.

Young EIR-0T and myself wee out grabbing a couple of caches before Mrs stik-a-crane rises in the UK allowing her to find our 800th cache... woohoo.
I had been eyeing this one up for a wee while and decided this being a good excuse to make the find today.
Arrived at GZ and spotted a likely location, another quick find in a nice quiet part of the country...

TFTC.


This entry was edited by Stik-a-crane on Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 10:37:57 UTC.

Yay found it with the kids, first cache for us all

Log is very wet and disintegrating. Desperately needs a new one, sorry we did not have one with us.

Had to go to Auckland today so stopped on the way to knock off some off the challenges and trads around this area. This was close to our first find. Easy enough, in between showers of rain and once we interpreted the hint correctly. LOL.

The log is soaking wet and disintergrating. Almost got muggled by a local turning into his driveway.

Thanks MarMis. Beautiful cat by the way, shame he had to stay behind.

And close and easy it was. Thanks.

Another find today, and another wet log

Found this with my mum a month ago. My little brother spotted it first

Nice quick find while doing a few drury caches. tftc

11.40am - On a road trip to pick up a few necessary and maybe some bonus caches with the Squirrel. SLTFTC

Unfortunately this wasn't close or easy for us today. There is a tree down at GZ and we wonder if the cache has gone with it. We found a small piece of the log but no container.

A Dot Day... The mission for today: find mid-level D Rated caches. Gap (of Fap and Gap) and I are heading to South Auckland. Everything in between is fair game... Our main targets are Marmis' Challenge Caches (the ones we've qualified for). However, as we were driving through the countryside, we discovered others where we also met the target...

It's nice to be able to break up the challenge caches with some traditionals... We found a fallen tree coming down off the bank, and this encouraged us to look higher. A quick scurry upward and the cache was spotted from below and above. TFTC.

Found, nice and easy in daylight

Damp log

Cache had displaced but we put it back. Log very wet. Cheers

another quick stop and grab,on a rainy wet day.

Out and about with Mitsimadman this afternoon for a spot of caching. I have driven past this cache several times, today I determined to stop and make the find. Parked up and spotted the cache from the car. Went and made a super quick find. Log book is starting to get tatty. Cheers for the cache placement!

Very easy to find Barely hidden. Log is in a bad way - wet and disintegrating.

We have only a couple of days left in Auckland so headed down Drury way to find a few challenge caches.
This was a bonus cache we found on our drive along the quiet countryside.
Thanks for placing this cache MarsMis

Quiet road and fast find

Nice quiet road made for any easy find.
Took Geo coin.
TFTC

Had a trackable for Drury so dropped this off while heading South. TFTC

TFTC

Found it after searching the wrong side of the road tftc

Not as easy when your GPSr takes you to an alternate location. XNSL. TFTC.

TFTC

Went for the wrong Hint but soon on the right track. TFTC.

Found with Ric ! Started in wrong area but Ric had the right idea ...

Beautiful cat. Nice hide once we found it. Started looking too low. t4tc

TFTC - great find, kids loved finding this one. Log a bit damp.

A nice hide . Tftc

Found it [^] Nice hiding place

First of 2014. Georgia and Charlotte again. But again I forgot the pen!

Found without too much effort. Log a little damp. The hint makes sense, but sent me in the wrong direction initially.

A quick and easy find by Lycurgon (because he climbed faster than the rest of us ). TFTC

Yep you certainly can't miss this one, even if it is nicely hidden. Lycurgon was up quick as a flash and the cry of found it was heard by all. TFTC #164

Out caching with Reveurs, Anastriel and Small Pooka. We started the Solar System Series with Pluto and then getting others on the way to Neptune, stopping by this one on the way. A quick easy find. TFTC.

I had wanted to get to 350 caches before the end of the year and totally forgot, until yesterday. . . So out with Lycurgon and friends to try and get closer. TFTC

Reperio at 1500.

Found on day 3 of my visit to the North Island as a part of the upcoming NZ mega event weekend, and as the cache title describes...this one did prove to be close and easy.

Gratias MarMis.

New Zealand 2103 trip for the Auckland Mega at Albany. Day 12, Waingaro to Auckland, Western Park. After a bit of poking around I put hand on this one and was off again. Thanks.

12360.315 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & State Medallion - California A#227

Albida

Shortened the working week by half a day, pretty much so I could get a few hours to grab some caches on the way up to Auckland.

No troubles locating the cache. Nice and easy. TFTC.

GPS off by 10m for me but cache spotted and signed nonetheless. TFTC

Cache check. All good in order

After a good hunt around found it.....disturbed some wee field mice with their babies under a log near by...TFTC

Found the second time after a previous abandoned attempt when the local resident became suspicious of my activities.

We enjoyed our drive up here today

TFTC

Quick find of this one. TFTC

Easy find, TFTC