Craigs Brush (Parua Bay) Whangarei Heads, North Island, New Zealand
By Riser5 on 05-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4FMDM

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Can't find it, had a good look around on the ground like logs had said, no longer hanging

No idea, had a good look

Ugh

Almost gave up on this when I found a cable tie at shoulder height. I read previous comments and started looking again with more focus. Bingo.
#2023 on 23-01-2023.

Took a small detour for this one. Found it on the ground with no attachment so have tucked away at the base of the nearby tree. Log soaked so have replaced and signed. Hope this is ok. TFTC

Mrs TW and I drove out to Whangarei Heads today for the Ad Lab, and stopped for a few caches on the return journey. This one wasn't far up a side road, so off we went. Arrived at GZ and it took a few minutes before we narrowed down exactly where we needed to search (should have read the description sooner), but we failed to find anything hidden as described. After circling the possibilities several times we were on the verge of leaving when Mrs TW noticed the camoed container lying out in the open on the ground. The logsheet was very wet so she put in a spare sheet of paper, and placed it at the base of a nearby tree. TFTC

Great little find on a little dead-end road on a Sunday afternoon. Thanks for bringing us here. Found with Nessvab.

Cache log was completely soaked, but quick find. Have messaged CO for maintenance as wire was broken. TFTC found with Yvettetb

Thanks our families first find. Just started to get dark

Always been meaning to stop in here to do this one , now it’s done.

Quick find
Thanks for cache

Not a quick find but successful.
Lovely bank holiday in the area.
TFTC

Out with the locals. Found it on the ground but now back at shoulder height.

A very neat little hide with the CCTV cameras watching us (according to the sign)!

Good camouflage for the host! I walked right past, but Antnich spotted it right away. The attachment is fragile - beware!! TFTC

Nice find while in the area with tmann421 today
Enjoying the trip north and the caches
Signed log as tm/ww NZ

Nice find with woolwood9 today.
*We enjoyed the drive / walk around the area.*
Stamped logs as tm/ww NZ which may just look like a black smudge on plastic logs!
TFTC

Excellent cammo job on this one! Thanks for the hide!

Coordinates off by about 15’ but found the cache despite the awesome camo

TFTC

Found by Miss 9 and she thinks it’s her favourite! Tftc - such a beautiful part of the country.

I love that one

Cute little cache, nice quick find! TFTC

Be aware muggles

Loved it.....awesome cache thank you

Didn't see a tea tree stand

Very cool hiding place. Tftc

Took 8 of us a bit looking but great GZ

Amazed I found it so quickly. It could have been anywhere! Many thanks

Luckily vminky found this one quite quickly, not sure how! Wonder if the cctvs are pointing here! Tftc

On my way home from a FTF on Mt Aubrey, decided to try for a few more. All the trees at GZ according to my GPS seemed empty, so I widened the search a little and then spotted the pesky well camo'd micro.

I wodner what the CCTV cameras make of the caching activity at this road end...???


TFTC

This one took a few minutes, but knowing which height to look in, it was no biggie

Found at 09:12 - #6711

TFTC

Great camo hide very quite and peaceful here thanks Riser5 for a great cache

Nice little hide up a road I hadn't ventured up before. Nice camo. Thanks for bringing us here

#11081. Felt a bit conspicuous at GZ (especially was there seemed to be someone working nearby) but we soon found the cache and were on our way. TFTC.

Target for today was the Whangarei Heads, so we decided to go there via Mt Tiger Rd and return via Whangarei Heads Rd, which would increase the caching opportunities . Didn't all go to plan as we had to drive past some caches where parking was tricky.
We had hoped to find somewhere to have a coffee in Parua Bay, but nope. Despite the caffeine deprivation, StreetWalker quickly found the cache. We then carried on to McLeod Bay, where we were delighted to find a cafe/restaurant and where we had an excellent scone and coffee. TFTC.

Awesome, fun and yes, great camo!!

Hard to see the forest for the trees! Walked right past it. It blends in well. TFTC.

I'm up in my home town of Whangarei for the holiday period and headed out this morning to the Parua Bay area, and found a few caches while there. Had a quick scan of the area and happened to spot the cache right next to where I was standing. TFTC!

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A little diversion on our our way back home from an incredibly wonderful summers day outing.
Loved the camo! tftc

GreatvT tree bush will be back to do some long walks when we have more time on hand and no dogs.
TFTC

Last cache before we headed back to parents house.

Wandered around for what seemed like ages before eventually spotting it. TFTC

Checked all the closest tea trees according to the GPS. Widened the search and it was soon in hand. Now we're off to do our Earthcaches. My bridesmaid was from out this way. A nice day out and not many DNF'S. Racing towards my 700th cache, woo hoo! ! TFTC

#537 It's been a while since I saw this type of camo. TFT(dead end)C.

We searched the obvious at GZ. Widened the search a bit and cache soon in hand - nice camo!

Really easy thank you.

Wow, clever camo. Stumbled on it! TFTC

So cool to get this one today while on holiday ....thanks to help from Ric and Jan ..
Can't believe it hasn't been found for a year !

Really glad to get this as we needed a find greater than a year unfound. Thanks YuGeo4. A quick hunt and we had it. Tftc

DNF... A Brush, a Dust..... but we couldn't Polish off a find here.

Yeah! Found it. Took a while as the co-ords gave us a bit of a challenge. Great camo. TFTC.

8.45am. Another road, and this cache was quickly in hand, perhaps a bit of luck.
Thank you. David.

Quick to find thanks

Some muggles were at the right hand road entrance so pretended to take photos of the rock face until they vacated.Had no trouble finding this one,another road travelled for the first time.Tftc.

#1657, Hard to spot, TFTC

(713) Out doing some Sunday morning caching in the area on a beautiful morning. My GPS was a good 4m off on this one. TFTC

TFTC

Craig's bush indeed !. Had spent an age and no luck here. Phoned a friend and even with extra hint still a huge no go !. Blind as a bat !. So drove away and by the end of the road made the decision to have one more go as it must be there. But where oh where?. Re read the cache page, changed my batteries, shined up the glasses and within a few minutes there the little cache was. Felt like it had been watching me for at least an hour. So with a huge relief I signed the log, replaced nicely for the next happy Cacher. Think Ill hold the record for the longest time to find . Crazy as it is, if you spot it first , it would be a very fast find. thanks for such a sneaky hide . Fav point.

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