Fallen Heroes - Gisborne Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand
By girvan on 14-Jun-12. Waypoint GC3NJJX

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

Hi girvan

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

Not found for over 2 years with multiple DNFs. No response to suggested maintenance. Think it’s time to archive.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Nope, nothing. Given that the last find was over two years ago, this one is overdue for a CO check.

Dnf. Not so lucky day today. I have two photos of this place - I would like to know where is it?

didn't find 7/1/20. Got the co-ordinates. Searched and searched but no luck here today.

Gutted. We'd hoped to be the ones to find this 2 years later! No sight of it even with the correct coordinates and reading the previous logs. Dont think this is here anymore

A long day with lots of driving in the northeast of North Island. I visited the memorial, though thanks to the spoiler photo I had already calculated the final location. The cache was quickly in my hands but the logbook was all mushy.

Thank you for the cache!

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Visiting New Zealand for three weeks. Having circled most of the South Island in two weeks I sailed across the Cook Strait and zigzagged around the North Island, from Wellington to the west coast and Hamilton, then past Rotorua and Taupo to the east coast and back to Auckland and Northland.

Find #2778. First full day in Gisborne, early morning start, crescent moon still in the sky. Gisborne seems to have a number of these obelisk types monuments. Gathered the clues and found the cache up by the car park. Hint two became evident. Log very wet, impossible to separate the pages, so scratched a log on the inside back page. Thanks for the cache, the only find today (three dnf’s!).

Easy multi and final quickly found. Hint helped.

In Gisborne camping and decided to go for a run/geocache. With the help of a mate we found this one fairly quickly but enjoyed the hunt.

Needs new log

Enjoyed the puzzle nice and not mind bending hehe... Cruise ship in harbour ferrying passengers to shore...windy!!! Log is full...didn't have spare small enough sorry... Will need a new one as filled last spot!!

Kids helped us work this one out and a short walk in the hot sun for the find TFTC

logbook is full!

CZECH
navštívili jsme památník a pak šli lovit... nepocítal jsem, co jsem mel, ale po nekolika špatných pokusech me napadla jen jedna správná možnost

On a stroll from towne,
and past the Captain Cook National Monument hidden away in the port areas,
this cache took a bit of climbing to get too

Me daily exercise quotient was about to be met and bettered !!!
Up I strolled,
upwards ever upwards
Then just to finish off the stroll to the monument,
a good little descent

Numbers crunched I wandered off back up the hill,
then down a hill to reach GZ.
And at GZ a likely spot to find a cache presented itself.
Only it didn't hide a cache ?? [:o]

The clue "If" !!
Use the clue [:o]
Thanks Obi Wan [^]
It dawned on me that something I had wandered past might just have a cache on it

Yep !!

TFTC and memorable stroll [^]
Great views too

Always enjoy finding out a little of local history when I'm not a local.

Pretty sure my coords were right but my gps was stuffing up so I think I was slightly off. Will try another day!

My first multi cache thanks

Currently doing the Kaiti Hill challenge and though I had better clean up the caches too, Tried this first just with the cell phone, but no go, so came back with the GPS and bingo ! Very clever clue. TFTC

Thanks from Gravelking
Found it together with juriga on our NZ journey.
Nice place.

TFTC. Found together with Gravelking on our great NZ journey.

As I so often do, I managed to muck up an answer for a multi cache. I returned a day later to discover my error and got back on track. I was puzzled by one of the hints but had to chuckle when everything eventually fell into place.

In Gisborne for a wedding and had a half day to explore - and find caches!

Enjoyed visiting this monument - as had recently seen it in The Dark Horse - and solving the clues.

The cache find was s quick one. Loved the hint.

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This entry was edited by KiwifruitsNZ on Sunday, 30 November 2014 at 10:50:28 UTC.

gem very happy we got this one, was a little bit loud muggles looking at us strange

Day 2 of a trip away with Caroline, caching our way around Gisborne today.

Soon had this one found - liked visiting the memorial.
SL TFTC

Found on New Year's Day with Mr Chillipips, Nzkeko, and Sefrican. Good to walk all over hill after caches in training for Tongariro at end of the month. TFTC TNLN cheers
Shellnz

Tftc good stuff

A great multi, Mr P enjoyed our walk to the memorial very much. A favourite point from us. t4tc

Caching on the first day of the year with friends.
Great multi and great views at GZ.
TFTC
Cheers
nzkeko

Gorgeous New Years day caching with friends. Love this little hill - nice views of Gisborne city. TFTC

I have seen this memorial from below and wondered how to get to it. An enjoyable multi to highlight this history.
Many thanks

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Despite growing up locally, this was our first visit to the Freezing Works Memorial, great views. An interesting historical cache. Enjoyed the solve and the final was nicely hidden, many thanks for a well set up multi.

We have logged this cache as part of 12-12-12: A Challenge? http://coord.info/GC42CNY

Was a bit concerned about the the second hint when I read it 150m away from the monument, however it didn't cause too much trouble. Got the GZ and spotting the cache straightaway. I have a cache in Wellington where the final is in a similar position. I found out the hard way the signs aren't magnetic!
Thanks for bringing me up the monument as I can see it from where I'm typing this. TFTM

Found in the pouring rain. TFTC.

Nicely put together and a very straight forward multi. A good view from the monument of the marina and Lonestar where we had a meal the other night. Saw the monument that evening and it was all lit up looking great. Interesting to note the dirty muddy brown colour of the river in direct contrast to the clean blue water in the marina right next to it. TFTC

This entry was edited by tparty on Monday, 07 January 2013 at 03:44:47 UTC.

This one took me a while but finally nabbed it with a little help from Davesnz TFTC

A pleasant stroll down to the monument, to gather the information, followed by a steep climb back in the 31 degree heat, where the cache was a quick easy find, although a little difficult to extract. TFTC

Great hiding place and clue! TFTC

Took awhile but we found it. Nice one !

Pretty sure the coords are correct, but GPS had me 18 miles out to sea. I think I need a GPS tutorial

See taybee log TFTC

Met up with team taybee and StairsFamBam to look for this one. TFTC.

DId the puzzle on the night it got Published and was the first time we had to get it. and was a easy found TFTC

Ran up hill and found sraight away TFTC

Too easy!!! Been past this cache so many times training!!!

Great clues. Took a while to figure out how to use iPhone app to enter new co-ords. ??

Awesome cache Girvan Trouble picking cache up due to Gang member muggling us. He either there for drug deal or illegal rubbish dumping . Picked up at 8 15 pm under the cover of darkness

Really enjoyed this one. I was thinking... "What on earth does the number of vertical poles have to do with this?" And then some moments later... "Ah, I see".
Very good, gets a Fav point. TFTC Girvan.

I have seen the monument from a distance, but today was the first time I have visited it up close. Nice cache.
Thanks

We all loved this cache! Very clever, and a lot of fun even for the little people - watch for the piwakawaka (fantails) at the monument - very cute! TFTC!

A geocoin visit.

First fine day of the school term holidays so we had to find a geocache. Very cool cache, Li and Ry lead the charge while Si just grinned to himself(?). I could go on with twenty different reasons why this cache is so good but you will just need to find out for yourselves. TFTC SiLiRy

Yeah Im the first one! Very smart hiding place.

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