Football Fever (Waikato) Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand
By Frazar on 21-Jul-12. Waypoint GC3R08P

As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Will check it when I get a spare minute - sorry about the delay (had surgery and wasn't able to walk for a long time).

On a day trip to Hamilton with Philip.Perry and his son. Our second mission together but rest assured there will be plenty more.
I wasn't holding out much hope for this one after the recent dnf's but we had to check. Thorough search of the area led us to believe it has gone.

Time for another trip over the hill from Tauranga, carving this place up with KmanNZ on our second tour together.




We cleared every spot the hint indicated and were quite happy to leave this one based on the previous logs.

Went to check the site to see if it was back yet. It is not where it was when I found it. No other placement meets the description either so we believe no maintenance has been performed yet.

Easy

Made this into a T3.0 expedition before realising the cache is missing.

This entry was edited by KiwifruitsNZ on Saturday, 25 April 2015 at 09:55:05 UTC.

Several of us search for this today but without success.

No luck for us today.

Searched with Tufty. We were told later at the after CITO event that we definitely were looking at where the cache should have been.

Had a major hunt in area ..... previous finder confirmed it is gone .

Found the site please replace the cache so can sign it off. Thanks

Went to check today and punga have been set of fire and area brushed away.

We think cache has been cleaned away and might need replacing.
Couldn't get down the bank to have a good look through the debris.

Followed the GPS (which is temperamental on a good day), found a couple of pongas that had been set fire to at some point, poked round a couple of others, felt like a complete idiot because I couldn't find the cache. Plus there were a few muggles in the area who were watching us so we gave up and left.

Great little view point. The trees are lovely

Finally can tick this one off my list, first place a looked. Could do with new camo though

Found with lauzydee and allaboutthatcache, before hitting the nearby cache. TFTC

Was looking for awhile with Gonna Cache Em All, once we found the right spot was easy to get
Agree camo bag needs some TLC.
We forgot the pen so will return to write in log when we return to search for the nearby Vic's Nuts.

Was certain it was down the bank... You really don't need to go down there Nice hiding spot.
TFTC

Out enjoying an early morning walk. Nice to pick this one up while passing close by.

Didn't know this park was here. Cool. Camo bag has seen better days. No writing thing. Didn't have a spare, sorry. TFTC

Camo

Took the day off for my birthday so off on the push bike and cache hunting. Dave's birthday bicycle bash (part 5 of . GPS accuracy was only 28m so I was looking in the wrong spot. was heading back and spotted a possibility, and there it was. TFTC

Took a bit of scrounging but found it! Thanks

Tftc was a lil adventure to a placw weve been before but not this side.

Thanks

Thanks

Yah we are new at this and this was a great easy find thanks

29/07/14 11:40 A brief stroll around the fenced off area due to be returfed and this cache was soon in hand. Camo may need a reapIr sometime as starting to wear. Cheers, GC.

Uplifted Micro Compass Rose TB which is listed as being in one of the Pick up 52 caches - GC34EKK. Damn useless cacher's!

Without a GPS and knowing what a punga is it took a lot of time, but the cache was finally found.
I liked the place.
#86 and #48 in NZ.
TFTC

Nicely located city cache. It took me some time to find it cause I didn't know what a punga was
I swapped the TB Störtebeker for a travel coin

TFTC

Out with matrix10101 looking for puzzle caches so had to grab this one as it was in the area. Great camo. TFTC

Found it with kimbathelion. Nice out of the way spot. Dropped off TB Stortebeker

Found this one nice and easy.
Took TB

Camoflague was doing a great job today. Cache found on our 2nd hunt around the item.
Removed the rodent attractions from inside the cache - ie..... contrary to GC rules, someone had left lollipops in the cache
Enjoyed noting the lie of the land here, as we had walked previously along the footpath behind.
Left a trackable.

Yah! First of the day onwards to vics nuts

Followed GPS straight to spot and there it was. TFTC

Found with msp

Out with n & g ratbag for a few caches on a wet easter sunday afternoon. Nice and dry in the cache and well hidden. Diabetes Tb seems safe inside. Tftc

11.30am - Parked in car park but had to do a loop around the football field to get to this one. Ground under repair and all fenced off. Cache well hidden. SLTFTC

Cache located easily. Kids enjoying the sprinklers on the new turf. Not sure they should have been there but at least we were able to GC without raising suspicion. Dropped off a trackable. TFTC

Found during the CITO today. We approached the cache from below to search till we recognized another group of geocachers at GZ and climbed up the hill to claim the smiley. TFTC

Found during the CITO at the stadium today. It pays to read descriptions so that we know we are in the right place.... Thanks for the hide!

Nice evening, TFTC

Tractor in full rip up mode of the turf restoration project.
Whole area fenced off, decided not to attempt the cache beyond the barrier.

Found after diverting around the ground works on the football field. Great camo bag and straight forward find right where the co-ords indicated. Last of 16 for the day. TFTC

Field closed for restoration but able to go around. Thanks for not making us go down to other punga's.

Max found it first. Very first one. Yeah!!!! Grace was close.

Couldn't find this one.. There was a dodgy old man hanging about.. And construction when we went a few days ago. Any clues?

Excellent hide. Took damesbug left one

TFTC. Took Jerry Giraffe left the other two TB's.

#1337 - Found with Frazar - In : TB from France ; "Rybicka", TB "Jerry Giraffe", TB "DamesTravelBug" - TFTC

This entry was edited by Poupe_ on Wednesday, 25 December 2013 at 08:16:04 UTC.

Found orginally as part of phasevisitor team, now created own account, re-logging as yorkshirekiwi83.

Passing through the area today and made a quick find of this cache, following the hint. TFTC!

Passing through the area today and made a quick find of this cache, following the hint. TFTC!

found it a while ago catching up on logs

How difficult can you make it for yourself hahaha. Do think that the rating should be a bit higher as it is not that easy as you think
Our doggies loved the long search as they enjoyed the water over and over again.

what a nice little hide

Nice wee walk no muggles today thanks

This one had us stumped for ages came back three times before we found it, then forgot to log it! Found in July school holidays

LOL. The look on my friends face when they saw how many ponga there were was priceless. Such a great spot and the clue just tops it all off.

Afternoon walk allowed me to find this cache. Thanks

A nice tidy geocache in a park I have not been to before. Also a variety of camouflage I had not previously encountered. Thanks for the cache.

A nice spot

Tftc

Hahhahaah once found it dam was quite simple. Great camo

Wawhoo our second find! no muggles around. Not to many pungas either! Good luck

Were looking right at it! Nice camo

Picked the wrong time to come here, soccer had just finished and there were muggles everywhere. Luckily they were all heading back to their cars and away from GZ. Nice wee spot and soon found the cache. Thanks for bringing me here, I have a feeling I will be back in a few years time when my son gets Football Fever.

Quick easy find today

No muggles on sunday .tftc

Quiet with very few muggles about.

A nice wee wander to the cache with, you guessed it - football being played nearby! return2nai has had a game or two himself on this pitch. TFTC!

Found myself down here for the afternoon unexpectedly so decided to make the most of it and look to grab a few caches while I was here. Timed my visit reasonably well as all the activity had finished from the fields and was moving to the clubrooms. Found the cache after reading through the description and figuring out the best spot to look. Dropped off a football TB as it seemed appropriate. TFTC

11680... No footie fever today... too busy caching, nice spot, TFTC.

Cool like the camo bag found TB 6r67xg picked up to move on TNLNSL TFTC

Hello Squirrel nutcase,
Wow, that must have been an adventure! It is an unfortunate but hilarious situation, thanks for the laugh Luckily this cache doesn't require tools (e.g. a screwdriver) or the outcome of your encounter might have been different!

Making the most of the school holidays. Trying to clean up a few traditional caches while the rain is holding off.

The story of the day: huge police presence in the neighbourhood... Police cars were everywhere. The dog and I took to the path and walked into ground zone. I'd just made the find, when a policeman and his dog passed by. They spotted us, and the officer came in to ask what I was up to. I quickly explained and he jumped onto his radio to speak to other nearby officers... Turns out, he'd heard about geocaching.

I returned the cache and was getting set to leave but the officer asked me to wait a moment. The suspect was a Maori male dressed in a black hoodie and black pants... Bad luck... That's what I was wearing. After a few moments of conversation with other officers, he quickly realised that I wasn't the suspect, and I was free to go. Who ever said geocaching was boring. TFTC.

Nice walk across the park to GZ and an easy find. Thanks.

Lots of people practicing on the fields today, but I was able to sneak towards the GZ and I found what I was after quickly. TFTC

Found it left trackable

Fuzzy_Fuzznuts - wow! The camouflage bag works well! Swapped travel bugs - happy geocaching!

With Fuzzy_Fuzznuts

Dnf unfortunately. St. Paul's collegiate school was here today for our annual athletic sports. One of my teachers asked me what I was doing, close save. Another time. Tdtc

Right where it should be. But took us awhile. Dropped of travel bug. I think he will like this cache

First geocache for us, thanks

Nice area, TFTC

Wahoo, lovely little spot. Cheers for getting us out of the house on this hot, sunny day! Tftc.

Nice easy find, TFTC

Found during an early morning caching trip. A lovely park area but the groundstaff were already out working! TFTC

Found with Violetflame2012.TFTC

What a nice little place for a cache. I would never have known that peice of park was there. Found with madeinsane.. TFTC

Nice easy find today with no-one around. Nice hide. Thanks very much Frazar

DNF

Beautiful trees abound. Nice afternoon with petenshells. Thanks

nice cache, nice company, on a lovely summers evening.what more could you want.tftc

Tried this one from the bottom and soon realised there must be another way - and sure enough - nice quick find and cache in great condition TFTC

A nice sized container and a muggle free park makes for a pleasant caching experience.

TFTC

I found this one OK, but not 3 of the others I tried to do tonight, but still a nice evening for a ride.
TFTC

Easy find and cache all good. Took 2 TB's
TFTC

Our fourth cache of the day and our first find! A good trad cache. The bag is really wet, but the cache is dry. Took a TB and dropped off two. TFTC.

Great cache TFTC