HMS Niger (Taranaki) New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand
By banjoboy2012 and Dad on 30-Apr-13. Waypoint GC4B4EA

Might need looking at C.O? or archiving...

Sorry Folks this one is going to sleep. Its gone

Pretty sure we were looking in the correct place. GPS said it was quite some meters away. Came up empty handed. Has the cache been muggled? A lot of DNF now!

Even though there have been so many DNFs, this one was to tempting being so close to the hotel. Had a Crack on the off chance but sadly no joy.

dont have an actual GPS, just the phone ... but absolutely no luck. Nice to walk up a new hill though, and gorgeous day

Didn't realise it had so many DNF's or we wouldn't have tried. Add another one to the list. Pretty sure it's missing

2nd time looking. From the clues it sounds like it can't be anywhere other than where we are looking. But we can't find it. Is it definitely still here?

Had a really good look for this today and I also found myself in the middle of the park at GZ. I couldn't find the rope swing here either so couldn't even have a play when I gave up looking. I tried and tried many different options whilst looking to no avail but will keep an eye on this one and maybe I can have another look next time I am down this way.

returned for another try as the cache owner kindly gave me an extra hint. Same result - a dnf.

went for an early morning walk and this was the nearest cache to the motel. Nice spot but I wasn't able to find the cache. GPS pointed to the middle of the park and I didn't get the hint.

Quick find for a young mind great view!!!!

Never been here before. Great views

Fantastic views! We are really enjoying finding all the hidden spots in New Plymouth and learning about the history! TFTC

#6412. A nice walk up to Fort Niger Reserve this afternoon. GZ was all quiet when we visited. Quick find. The cache was in good condition. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log. Thanks for the cache.

Lovely thank you.

Quick find. Co-ords off a tad but there was only one place it could be.

TNLNSL

T4TC

Stunning views! TFTC

No muggles around made this one a snap. Cool vantage point too. TFTC

My 72nd cache!

Found on a trip to New Plymouth for my birthday
Lots of fun, thank you. Little son found a calculator at the scene and came running exclaiming Mummyyyy I found a big telephone! We laughed so much

#4
Found with Lunarq TFTC.

Found this cache during our NZ holiday in 2015.
Thanks at all owners for hiding and showing us the places.

[blue]TFTC MAsterpaar[/blue]

Found it while walking the landlords dog, who may have to become my part time geohound lol TFTC

Great views! Never visited this spot before so thanks!

What a good spot with great views. Watched the TRT rescue chopper exercising with the surf club for rescue over water off East End. Enjoyed the hint TFTC!

Good hide. Took a while. Had to go back over older posts for clues. Put TB49K7X MAsterpaars KIWI-TB. Inside owners are soon to be in NZ to take the Travel Bug home to Germany. Unless you can help it on its way closer to where it needs to be.

Visiting from Las Vegas, USA. Interesting bit of history and a nice view. TFTC.

Easy find. TFTC

Great view fron here lovely spot. TFTH

Found while collecting a few local caches in the area while staying nearby while on holiday. TFTC banjoboy2012, #7487

Great view to sea and mountain. TFTC.

Exactly where it said it would be! Didn't even know this place existed! Thank you so much!

Quite an easy find, good one though

Found it forgot to add!

Looped the reserve a couple of times but gps had me In the middle. I pondered previous clues and something stuck out. Re-visited something and voila.

Found with nzanz. Tftc

So close to 500! TFTC

Took us a while... Awesome views at a place I used to kick around as a child!!

Found it after a short wander up the track, no muggles to be seen at the only house nearby. Great views too TFTC

Had business at both ends of the Island and managed a transition day inbetween to find my first ever caches in Taranaki - glad I did. Thanks for putting these out and bringing me to this neck of the woods.

Last one for the day. Puffed up the hill and was grateful to find a bench to rest on. It was a very helpful bench! TFTC

We are down from Hamilton for Labour weekend and having a good walk around the city, collecting caches that we haven't got on previous visits. We didn't realise this little park was here, but what a wonderful spot for an overview of the city, and an interesting history too. Thanks so much for bringing us here.

I live in the region but say I've never been here a lot. This a magic spot. Climbed up the side of the hill then realised that there is actually a path. Follow the path...
GC out

Out for a bit of exercise TFTC - dropped off Waiit20 Breast Cancer geocoin

Found it

Had a bit of spare time while in New Plymouth today so came for a walk to here. Nice spot and a great view! The GPSr was putting me well out onto the grass but it was obvious from the hint where it was likely to be. A quick find - signed log, TFTC.

TFTC spent a bit of time going round in circles!

Great spot obviously for a defence post, enjoyed the views and learning a bit of local history.

TFTC

Interesting history. Soon had the cache although 15m from where GPS indicated!

An interesting historic location with some nice views, thanks for the info and for showing us this reserve. Our coordinates were out by 20m today.

cache in good condition

Gps had us going around is circles, but we kept on looking until we had cache in hand.

Tricky find if following gps

Once I worked clue out. Easy find.

Quick find once I ignored the gps and followed my geosenses.

TFTC

Great views overlooking the city and up the coast. The signboard explains the history nicely but I was also fortunate to be accompanying Cats&Dragons who grew up in the area and was able to explain the sights in even more detail.
Many thanks

Headed south with Zorgon for a bit of a trip through some backroads to find caches some distance from the next closest cache for a stage of the GCLS Challenge.

In town today for a local event before heading back north so have to collect as many caches as time will allow. great spot here and early enough to be muggle free. Brought back a lot of memories from playing around here when staying at Grandmas place (or at least that was where i was meant to be)

TFTC

Duh, got it this time without friends trying to send me out on a limb on a wrong branch. It has nothing to do with trees, although I gather the old coordinates had something to do with a tree and rope swing. Hell, the rope swing was in the days when I was a cub scout at the Henui troop whose hall was located here (1960's). In the end easy really. TFTC

The GZ seems to have been overcome with growth - possibly in line with the hint - and despite poking around I could not find it

Nice Quick Find TFTC

Lived New Plymouth all my life and never ventured up here! A nice excuse to come up and find another cache and watch the sunset!

Nice cache to find during a morning of geocaching around New Plymouth whilst on holiday. TFTC

Found it just as the GPS died time for new batteries

Gps is off. But there is only one place it could be. Son left a lion eraser took nothing. TFTC

Nice views from here. A quick easy find while down in New Plymouth. TFTC.

I just had to do another cache before leaving New Plymouth this morning. This one nice and close to the motel.

Cheers for the cache.

Nice to discover this interesting little reserve. It's great just how many new places one discovers while geocaching. Quickly located the cache. Had solved a puzzle recently so decided we might as well now try and get to that one before dark. Thanks for the cache.

Another cracking day in New Plymouth and a nice end to a day laying the 45 on SH 45 power trail. TFTC

In Taranaki for the weekend and I really enjoyed the history and the caches which highlighted the stories.
Lovely view. TFTC.

Had just booked into the motel and wanted to go for a walk. This being the nearest, it was a good way to explore alittle bit of this great little city. Got to gz and my gps had me out about 15 meters. There was really only place to look tho. A nice quick find and a nice view over the town TFTC

Saw the cache as I arrived at the top of the hill. There were two women playing ball reasonably close to the GZ so sat down and pretended to take a phone call until they disappeared. Quickly retrieved and signed. TFTC

Lovely day! Nice view, nice coffee, nice cache! Tftc!

tftc, what a nice spot, and had to google a new word that was in the hint.

Hint needed to find this one. Found cache on a road trip to Auckland Mega with Rediguana. TFTC

Nice quick find. Port there isn't more info or a display of some sort up here.
Cheers Gav

A quick after dinner find

Tftc

Quick find TFTC

woops pick up TB by accident

Dropped travel bug.

Co-ords are off for sure but found it anyway - what a view!

Took local Louise to this place that she never new was here on a rainy day.
Thanks!
Cache in good condition.

This entry was edited by glyn(the only one) on Saturday, 28 September 2013 at 10:08:04 UTC.

Quick easy find while in the region for work. Great location!

Quick find on my after-conference walk. Nice View! TFTC

Great view, tftc Blenheim Bear

Couldn't find, GPS was jumping all over which didn't help but couldn't find rope swing either

Another good find today - liked the little park.
Good views all around as well.

Out in the area with TuisReturn finding some caches.
SL TFTC

Enjoying caching in the area with tmann421 TFTC

Quick grab near the hotel I stay. So far the weather is not so good around here. Hopefully it's gonna be better for the rest of our trip!

Thanks for the cache!

Greetings from Canada!

Co-ordinates do seem to be about 10m out, but there really wasn't any other place for the cache to be so I was finding by instinct anyway. Quite windy up in the reserve today and a bit cool, so we were glad to drop back down to street level afterwards. TFTC

Interesting spot with good views. [8]

Initally I had old co-ords so No find checked it out found new co-ords and tried again.. still 10-12 m. out from both of the GPS but hint narrowed it down.. WE were accompanied by a pair of beautiful tui and others and their lovely sounds , as well as numerous fantails. What an outstanding view on a day like today!!! I can see why it was chosen as a fort as the view right up to Kawjia was magnificent. Thank you

Nice to be first in the new log. Found in the dark with zissas. She is hard to stop

Found in the fading light, although GPS suggested a spot some meters away from the actual hiding place. TFTC

This entry was edited by Zissas on Thursday, 01 August 2013 at 10:00:15 UTC.

Coordinates changed from:
S 39° 03.457 E 174° 05.269

Coordinates changed to:
S 39° 03.455 E 174° 05.246

Distance from original: 109.5 feet or 33.4 meters.
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new container in place

Has been muggled

been muggled [:(!]

Found cache container in the open near tree.... Log and all swaps missing but 1 orange car.... Put container behind tree and dropped car off at canz in pukekura park

Stayed the night in campervan and headed off on mt bike this morning to knock off a few geocaches that we havnt done this was the first, arrived at GZ and looked for geo trails but but soon found it as 2 yaks circled overhead doing there manouvers many thanks

Found on 30/6/13 in the pouring rain. Great spot to visit though