Dog Bridge(Kapiti) Paraparaumu, North Island, New Zealand
By Mattox69 on 12-Apr-13. Waypoint GC47X2K

Can no longer look after this cache as dont live locally anymore.
Farewell old cache...you have served your purpose well

It is time this cache was archived, it has been disabled too long

Suspect its gone missing. Reached the GZ and there were objects here that fitted nicely with he hint but no cache anywhere. Hasn't been found in months. Needs a visit by CO to confirm its still present or replace.

Will check on this when I can.

I wonder if it's gone missing?

We found the Punga log with the cut out in the bottom, but the box is missing

Went to the correct place according to the coordinates and description. Found where cache should be but it seems to have gone missing. Can you please check on it

Great cache. Lots of laughs involved. Tftc

Found it at 11.35 TFTC

Found while out on a geocaching bike ride, had to drag the bike a little off track then walk the short beaten trail to this one. All is well, neatly hidden, thanks Matox69.

Nice Camo

TFTC

Nice quick find, during a raid on Kapiti coast today.
Spotted quickly as the cache (and holder) had rolled down the hill and was terribly exposed. Remedied that after signing and replacing - nicely done!

TFTC!

Found it we went a long way from it and then realised we were going the wrong way it's a lot easier in daytime

Got muggled by a dod walker just as I was coming out and walking back over the bridge. "Geocacher?" she asked. TFTC Mattox69, #7263

What a great camo job. Very clever. An interesting walk in an area we have never been before. Tftc

Clever hide. Found quickly. Lovely fantail flying around. Come out with scratches and bird poo on me. Might go buy a lotto ticket

Another area I never knew existed. Wee bit of a bush bash to get to GZ as the weeds and blackberry seem to be loving this spring weather. Cache soon located exactly as hint described. Another crafty hide from Mattox69. SLTFTC

Such a clever, artistic kind of hide. Spent awhile trying to find it, but once we had it was so incredibly obvious! Oh the power of Geocaching! Need to start wearing better shoes out too, as my small canvas shoes don't enjoy going through blackberry bushes as such! TFTC

Quick find taking the geo-complainers out for a cache while camping at the motor camp. Found with Jax479 and Oldboy999. TFTC

Staying at the nearby campground, nice and handy. The start of a caching stroll with metal-art and geokids.

Tftc. That's cool

Tftc.

Awesome!

TFTc - Just what was needed to lift the spirits after the two previous DNF's. Neat hide!

Found on an afternoon's trip over the hill with Infoferret. Thank goodness we managed to hunt this one down - it was a much needed find after two previous DNFs. Love the cache container! The nearby workers thought that we were gardeners, we didn't tell them otherwise
TFTC

Searched for some time where my GPS said, then found it on it's side with cache exposed at the bottom of the hill, as if it had rolled done. Awesome camo! Put it back where my GPS said but not sure if it is right as I started to doubt my GPS later in the day after it tried to make me clamber down a sheer cliff on the Paekakariki Hill Rd.

This one resulted in great hilarity. Scored ourselves 10 for finding it. But 1 for retrieval. Very creepy crawly.TFTC and the laughs.

Great cache, clever disguise! Found on a fun days mayhem with this Caches owner!
TFTC.

Teehee slater paradise!!

Mattox69. We like your flavour. This is a classic.

Quick find, kids screamed and ran off due to the slaters!!

Good hide

Awesome camo. Tfrc.

Left TB

very cool hide ,tftc

Nice easy find. Great cache!!! Took TB, left geocoin.

Night time walk and spotlight game near here while camping nearby. Nice hide.

Minus Amore the Teddy Bear, plus Honeymoon

This cache is yet another example of creativity at its finest, and for that reason, another favourite.

TFTC

No problems with the find second time around. TFTC

Quickly found. TB out, TB in. TFTC

13902... Quick find once we found a safe way through the brambles, TFTC.

I really enjoyed my walk in Queen Elizabeth park this morning. This was my third cache. As I approached, I was a little surprised to find where the GPS was pointing. Had no option but to follow. I seemed to find a pretty straightforward approach and soon the cache was in hand. A cool hide. Thanks. Left trackable.

Getting to GZ was a lot of fun - NOT. Bet cows and sheep would think I was a mobile feast after my struggle through the ground cover. When I came to the blackberries I diverted and attacked the cache via the paddock for a quick find. Nice camo. [^] Thanks for the cache.

Nice hide! TFTC

TFTC found with mttomatoking

Not where we were expecting and accessing GZ turned out to be problematic. Tried to get there via the fence line, but that didn't work for me though StreetWalker persevered and made it to the cache which he quickly found. I backtracked and found a better way, through the bushes. TFTC.

#6065. The hardest part proved to be finding how to get to GZ once we had crossed the bridge. A nice hide, but the cache is a bit damp inside. TFTC.

GPS wouldn't settle for me here and I ended up in a few places. With fading light and no torch decided it would be a return visit. Until next time ......

Great cache easy find. TFTC

7th of 11 in the Queen Elizabeth Park area today. Superb August day. No quite as close to the bridge as we expected. Found after a bit of a look. #296. TFTC.

A short walk to find the is nicely hidden cache early this morning. Good job on the hide. I trod in something nasty on the way back to the car that was in theme with the cache which made for a smelly trip home. The "Hazards of Caching". TNLN SL TFTC

Nice hide took awhile to get signal

This entry was edited by KingSportS on Sunday, 25 August 2013 at 03:01:46 UTC.

Found during a day of caching on the coast.
And a very pleasant sort of a day for late August too.
Cache hide was discovered in straightforward fashion, all in order, log signed, and safely re-hidden as found.
-GC
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

Found on a drizzly afternoon. Clever hide, dropped off a tb. Tftc

A new footpath that I have not visited before. Thanks.

Cache # 1,202 - a pretty quick find, and quite a unique container. Worth a favourite. Done today with Violet Butterfly, MycroMan and Crystal Fairy. TNLNSL. TFTC!

Found today with Crystal Fairy, Wandering Dragons and MycroMan. Enjoyed the little walk here, and the hide is great. Swapped some trinkets. Thanks!

Cache # 436

Very clever hide and cache. Enjoy these types of hides. Thanks for the lovely walk and cache. Did with Mycro Man, Wandering Dragons and Violet Butterfly

Did with CrystalFairy

Nice track, and an interesting hide. TFTC

Find #1540. Took time to enjoy one of the best winter weekend days we've had for a while with a bike ride from Waikanae to Paekakariki, taking in the odd cache or two. Finding the cache was interesting - had to take care to weave away from the blackberry. Today this was a horse bridge as a mum led her young daughter on horseback over the bridge while the dog took the wet and short route through the stream. Pleased to find this as it opened up a new track that I was unaware existed. Thanks Mattox69.

Nice easy find with drawp. TFTC

Found after a nice stroll. TFTC

In the area today and picked this up. Nice camo. SL
thanks for bringing me here Mattox69

Found it with matatuana and paisynsmummy!

Took more effort that it should have! Found with -tink- and PaisynsMummy. TFTC

Found with -tink- and matatuana

Left TB.
Hope someone can move this on as I have had it longer than I had liked,Not getting much time to cache at mo.

8.20am. Just two to find before we are into other things today. Didn't find the track until I reached the bridge. May have been on private land for a bit. A quick find with spot on coords.
Thank you. David.

Found during a quick sweep of Mattox69's new caches this morning. This was an easy find, tftc.

Nice place. Found it after a quick search.TFTC

#4097. It's a case of trusting the GPS for this one. Great hide.
- Sun, Sand and Water TB
LNSL. TFTC.

See taybee log TFTC log By GSAk

we are back And found the cache and the GPS was spot on how Thank for the walk again TFTC

No problems here once I trusted my GSP TFTC Maddox69

Took a few minutes as I was searching a likely location then moved to another place and soon had it found. SL TFTC

Saw something that was not quite right and it proved correct.

+TB
-TB

TFTC

Called here this afternoon, good accurate coordinates now and it took only a minute or so to locate the well-camouflaged cache. Plenty of flattened grass around so I knew I was in the right area. Much better weather here than in Wellington, I had brought gumboots with me but didn't need them at all. Signed log, TFTC.

Yehah - My first FTF - and my 100th cache...On to the next 100.
TFTC - I never new this particular track existed.

Joint 2Tf with little blue hen. Nice to tick off the list. Nicely concealed container. TFTCSL

Nice to complete yesterday's mission this afternoon. Didn't delve as deeply into the woods yesterday. Thanks for the update. T4TCSL

Arrived mid morning with taybee crew and little blue hen. Spent at least half an hour excluding all possible hidey holes within 20m radius and then came up with a possible explanation. Jnr taybee did find a diary but no cache appeared.Will email CO with our theory.

Coordinates changed from:
S 40° 58.600 E 174° 57.951

Coordinates changed to:
S 40° 58.598 E 174° 57.966

Distance from original: 70 feet or 21.3 meters.

S 40 58.598 E 174 57.966

As much as I loathe abandoning a search, bkj97 and taybee convinced me it was M.I.A. Hope it was otherwise we may all need to go to specsavers.

I spent a good time here this afternoon looking for it in the hope for an FTF - I now see that others had tried as well - Maybe the clue is just toooo cryptic.

Cache is still there.Checked this afternoon.
Its well camoflaged too,maybe to well,but its still where I hid it.
I have also updated the hint so hope that helps.
Good luck

sorry.i might have put wrong coordinates in.that's why noone found it.have updated now so hopefully all is hokey dory

Published

No luck here tonight. Will return another day and in daylight hours for a decent look.