Silverdale Town Centre - Take Five #3 Red Beach, North Island, New Zealand
By TheWonderStuff on 17-Dec-12. Waypoint GC42ZYB

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czechia.

A nice quick find especially after reading previous logs. Cache container very rusted and no lid but still dry and log book easy to sign. TFTC.

Was almost deRAILed by this one but found it in the end. Tftc

No go for me today, I checked both levels, maybe I'm missing something?

Nice cause! Logs looking pretty bad but still in tact. Cool to see people signing this from 2016 as I only just joined recently! Tftc

I came to New Zealand with my wife on honeymoon
It is hard to log all the caches, I found here in New Zealand, so excuse my mass log for caches around Orewa, please
At first i started with caches around Estuary Cycleway, then to Red Beach, Hatfield´s Beach, Millwater and Silverdale. Some of the caches are now disabled as i can see, and some of them were disabled, but were on place.
After consulting with owner I made maintanance on some of disabled and missing caches.
I found many really nice caches...it was awesome, but i think, that some of them (for example Bison caches) have too low D/T combos...but owners are really helpful, so I managed to find each of them. I usually borrowed bike from my brother in law and then in the early morning, or in evening went geocaching. I really liked that routine. So I´m really thankful for all the caches on/near Estuary
I need to write here, that I really like nature in NZ...its a big difference between Europe :/
So – TFTC, guys, and especially The Wonder Stuff for placing and G-2 for placing and hints...and sry for mistakes in my poor English...have a nice day(s) there and u should come to find some caches here in Slovak Republic

The sun came out after a very wet morning and MrsJAG joined up with Merlot and Supernannny for a trip to The Hibiscus Coast. Once we were at the right level the cache was soon spotted. The lid of the container has gone but the log is still dry. TFTC

Almost a year from when this one was found, nice to find it today.
TFTC

Out in the area.
Found on this busy road

I was visiting a friend around the corner so walked down to this. Like others have said, it's missing it's lid but the log was nice and dry

NZ Travellers have a big milestone in sight and a cache they are aiming for so they need to get their numbers up a bit for the stars to align at the right time. A plan was devised to hit this general area and a bonus of an event today! Weather was foggy when we started but the sun came out and we had a great day!

Great to find this here after almost 2 years! Unfortunately the lid is missing but the log is still there and able to be signed.

Thanks for the cache.

We are working our way to our milestone 6000th cache find and are planning a trip up north in October to celebrate, therefore a caching day, to get a few numbers, was planned with Keylev and Laval. What started as a foggy and/or cloudy day (we couldn't decide which) turned into a glorious sunny spring day and after caching our way to Long bay for an event, we headed north to get some power caching done!
Another long forgotten cache! We choose the right elevation for this one and made a quick find. TFTC!

Found whilst out with NZ Travellers and keylev.

It was a great day!

Thanks for the cache.

I came out today to work my way along to the Whangaparaoa Peninsula to clean up several stragglers.
I parked just past GZ, and walked back. I had to choose between to possible directions to approach GZ, and I happen to pick right. Will wonders never cease? TFTC.

1993 bit of a walk to this. Easy. No lid

Out on a caching adventure with tikitour and riser5 to get 100 geocaches for the hidden creature souvenirs. Logging at T18. TFTC

Out for a days caching with Remaker13 and Riser5 - logging as T18. Cache has no lid but log still intact. TFTC

Very busy today with lots of traffic. Tried to be discrete. Nice quick find, all ok with the cache

Added new log but lid still missing, ok though
Thanks

mmmm, might have put wrong log on previous cache....nice quick find, but might be this one with munted container and missing lid...cheers V.
* see previous cache in this series*

Found quickly ,in the logical spot. All fine despite missing the lid for more than 3 years now it appears. TFTC

Parked in Tawhana Cres nearby, and quickly had the cache in hand. Thanks for the hide

It's a shame to see the nearby golf course is disappearing and being turned into a subdivision. I remember staying across the road with my husband's uncle long before playing with satellites was in vogue. TFTC

Another quick find here thank you ,,,,,,Never knew these ones were here ! Awesome for numbers !

Lid missing but still dry logged and replaced

Tricky hiding place but found it tho!

all ok here

Taking a cruise around Whangaparaoa and collecting a few local caches. Very busy road, I have found a place to park the car, and are walking between hides. Thanks for the hide, a little tricky, but got there in the end

11.20am - Second cache for the day, need to be back in Auckland with my granddaughter so no more caching today. Lid still missing from tine but log OK. SLTFTC

Parked in Tawhana Cres. and walked to GZ. Quickly located the cache. Still missing its lid but still keeping the log fine for writing on. TFTC

Starting to rain so quickly extracted and signed under the umbrella ! Thanks

Todays caching day was supposed to be all about 4WD along Muriwai Beach and grabbing those letterbox hybrid caches along the beach. The weather was favourable, tide timew was good as well and the geomobile full of fuel. Only problem, no company. My intended travellers pulled out one by one leaving me alone and, sniff, sad.
Nothing for it but to call off that mission and come over to Silverdale to grab a few easy caches to push the numbers along. There are absolutely loads here and in a new area that's always a winner. It also means I can park in one place, walk a loop grabbing 4 or 5 or 6 the go and move the car again to tyhe centre of the next cluster. Managed over 30 today which although not massive numbers was a nice gentle trip and back here at a decent time with time to log them and do all the humdrum extras before work again tomorrow.
Parked just down the road a bit and walked to both of these. Wasn't sure what level I should be on but got it right first time, yay
Traffic really heavy here most of the time
T F T C

Left Auckland this morning and on the way to our next accommodation we picked up some more caches . All caches were found with out any problems , the only problem encountered was muggles and parking . TFTC

Like the last one needs some maintenance. Hardest but is the parking for drive bys, but all good. Tick. TFTC

Another cache I thought I had logged earlier today, but since discovered a non smiley on the map. TFTC.

Improvised some more parking and went in for another super quick find. Cache is missing its lid. However the log is still perfectly sign-able. Cheers for the cache placement!

Another wee smilie while passing.

Found on the way to volleyball with samiam tftc

Found with nzanz, tftc

Nice quick find. TFTC

Very quick find by Moneydork.
Cheers Gav

Night. Found cache with Moneydork, Rediguana and Bladesedge. TFTC

Another busy spot with difficult parking.

Found during fozzmiester's MEGA 2013 road trip.

A quick park, dash across the road and find. TFTC

Found the cache quite easily once we were in the right area. A bit hard to discreetly write in the log book since it was right next to the main road Overall good cache TFTC

A nice quick find. Thanks!

Qwik find then a jog to next one-tftc

Quick find with Pagenz.
Kept my trackables in the car.
TNLNSL
T4TC

A moment to fix the cache and then onto the next one. t4tc

Approached this one thinking it was lost but we would have a look anyway, surprised ourselves by putting our hands on the lidless cache almost immediately.. what a happy find !

TFTC
# 1154

Went to replace but can't locate it?

Found the lid which has come off before finding the cache. SL TFTC

We were in the area visiting our son so we took a slight detour on the way home. As it was dark we were able to look for the cache without being too obvious. Quick find. As previously mentioned the lid is missing off the cache. TFTC.

Hi There

On collecting the cache i wondered what was not quite right, The lid has been ripped off of the top of the geocache, Sorry but had no more containers in the vehicle

TFTC

Coords spot on so soon had it signed
Lid has been ripped off of the geocache

TFTC

Another good find around Silverdale. Very nice hot day - busy road.

It is off to Silverdale to pick up a few more caches in the STC series. I initially took the low road before I realised my mistake.

Cheers for the cache.

this one had us going for awhile but we had the treasure in hand and on to the next t4tc

Very quick park and grab. Luckily the residents weren't coming or going in the couple of minutes it took me to log... Which is usually my luck!!

Nice quick find. Busy road. TFTC.

As have others parked in John Dee Crescent to attempt this series, nice quick find and off to the next. TFTC

Out and about grabbing the Silverdale caches. I thought that Id park and walk the caches to see how long it takes. Took me 2 1/2 hours. I was interrupted by a phone call, I stopped for lunch and then continued. Thanks.

Working backwards from #5 - quick find TFTC

Another sit down and wait for the muggles.tftc

First place I looked, and that doesn't usually happen on this type of hide for me.

TFTC

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

Decided to stop and look for the latest STC caches on our way home this evening. After a quick drive by of the series first, we decided to park in John Dee Cres and walk the trail from there. We did the trail from 1 to 5 in a leisurely 15 minutes - not out to break any records! Quick find, thanks for the cache!

A nice easy find. Parked the GeoRav off this busy road near #1 and had a nice leisurely stroll to this one. Now off to find the other two. TFTC.

Parked in the patient car parking at the nearby health centre and since I figured I'm quite a patient person, this parking was designed for me. Wandered along the road picking up the mini power trail and although we won't be FTF (Fastest to find) we will happily claim FTF (First to Find). TFTCaches Took about 15 minutes from leaving the car to the last cache which of course we completed in reverse order.

Decided to stop and look for the latest STC caches on our way home this evening. After a quick drive by of the series first, we decided to park in John Dee Cres and walk the trail from there. We did the trail from 1 to 5 in a leisurely 15 minutes - not out to break any records! Quick find, thanks for the cache!

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