Marc's Been Fishing (Bay of Plenty) Edgecumbe, North Island, New Zealand
By Dominic-Aidan on 27-Jul-13. Waypoint GC4H8Q9

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Yes, am aware of the disaster here, and this may be the end of a faithful geocache.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the people of Edgecumbe, such a sad wet day, bless you all.

Just writting a note for further down line. That geocache may not be there anymore as the wall that had the mural on it has also gone due to Edgecumbe flooding.

NICE ONE.

Nice view of the mural. TFTC

Cool piece of artwork, just able to spot the cache on approach so a very quick retrieve.

TFTC

Found it

Nice sneaky one, walked past that many times and didn't even know there was anything there haha thanks!

Smallest one that i have found so far. Great little tricky lil blighter. In good terms said even though We found it i have to say " screw it"

Another DNF looked twice for ages still didnt find anybody got ny more hints

Nice quick find. Thanks for the cache.

Just on a little trip out with no particular destination in mind. This was my 5th stop and yip - spotted from the car. Made short work of the formalities thanks to my trusty tweezers, cheers Dominic-Aiden - I always enjoy finding these little guys.

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Quick find but then struggled to get log out, got there in the end, thanks

On the way back home after a road trip around the East Cape and of course collecting caches on the way.

As both Mr and Mrs NZT had lived in Edgecumbe when younger (no we lived there at different times and didn't meet each other here) we just had to attempt the caches here.

We had already dnf'd the other cache just down the road so we REALLY needed this one to get at least ONE smiley in Edgecumbe.

Mr NZT THANKFULLY made the quick find and returned to the car to sign the log. Cache was returned by a VERY relieved set of cachers!

TFTC and assisting us to get a smiley in Edgecumbe

Took me a few minutes but got it in the end! Well hidden sneaky hide! TFTC!!

Sneaky wee thing. !!. On a caching trip to Ohope with NcJandals.
Cheers .

Nice quick park and grab. Good camo. TFTC

Didn't find and ran out of charge to spend longer searching.

Great hide!

This one is tricky! Not what I'm use to finding and looking out for! But got there in the end

Fantastic hide and nice murals

First find for the day

In town visiting relatives. Went for a morning stroll to attempt to get this one.
Unfortunately we failed to.locate it, so either we're rusty at this (a definite possibility) or else it's gone AWOL.
Maybe next time.

Yes, indeed, it was missing, must've been the one that got away
Replacement cache in place for new bait
Happy Caching

Bugger DNF

Too hard couldn't find it may be moved

Found this one while on a holiday from our home in Whangamata. TFTC

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Awesome find

Amazing! Our first hunt, the kids and I love it...might be our new weekend ventures. Thank you!

I think we found it

Kp

Our first find. We are hooked!!!

So small and cute the kids have the bug

Took.a few mins

A very quick find and a short detour on our way through Edgecumbe while on our way back to Tauranga. Interesting artwork across the road, TFTC!

Easy to find, difficult to open. tftc

Yay! Looked back on the log for clues and bingo! Crafty hide tftc

Great little find

Tricky. Another dnf today. Seemed obvious and gps right on the nose but no find. Still new at this so will look again.

Found it TFTC

Another nice find today, while on a geocaching trip around the area.

Hard to write on the log - left a stamp, but may be a smudge!
SL TFTC

quick find from the shifty eyed little 6 year old, cool mural, tftc

This is a fun mural, something which adds to the township's character. The cache is ideally placed to appreciate it. TFTC

#366 - Making a round trip from Papamoa to Awakeri. I really wanted to get some caching in today - but the weather was against us. This was the only one i tried as you could actually park right next to cache! Thanks for bringing us here, have never actually been here, driven past lots but never stopped in.
TFTC

We enjoyed the fish very much, thank you .

I never expect an easy nano but I spotted this as I got out of the car. Cool mural. I was 4 living in whakatane when the great earthquake struck so don't remember the event but I recall seeing some of the damage. TFTC.

Visiting family today and picked up this local cache.

A fantastic artist ...I love looking at his various artworks in the area. TFTC

Tftc

Hard for not knowing where or how to find these things

Its so small!

New log in place

Love my fishing, as my cache name may suggest!

The fish were biting today. Last time we didn't even get a bite. It's funny what a different day can do. Today I spotted it before we even pulled up in the car. Logbook is full. TFTC

This entry was edited by tparty on Sunday, 08 February 2015 at 08:24:59 UTC.

2nd visit to find this one. Success this time. GPS was bang on. Thanks

Found with dad lyonluge just a little outing finding geocaches!

Out today with my daughter StripesNZ, TFTC!

Found it

Another good find on my way back home after a brief holiday up north.

TFTC

Day 7 (and the final day) of the KiwiFruitsNZ/Vamber Xmas Road Trip saw us drive from Whakatane to Auckland, with the aims of securing more caches towards our GIO Licence and making SandGropers event at Albert Park by 5pm.

A short drive and another cache to add to our swag!

#3610

This cache formed part of our return trip home with KiwifruitsNZ back to Auckland, from the beautiful Bay of Plenty.

An interesting mural across the road! Quick find at GZ. Thanks for the hide!

Boxing Day number three. Tiny little sucker but got there in the end. Mission Accomplished TFTC!
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This entry was edited by Blenheim Bear on Friday, 26 December 2014 at 08:08:17 UTC.

Easy to find we have past this sculpture many times and never stopped to consider that a geocatch would be there !!!

Tftc

Whakatane trip, the mission was 48 geocaches in 24 hours. It was epic, we got 49. This was Number 16 find. Nice mural, 1st nano on trip.

Easy to hide what you are really doing with the mural there.

A nice quick find, early in the morning, even in the dark. I remember them putting this sculpture in.TFTC

This was a playful place, I took a stroll along the wall like a big kid. TFTC

Just as well it was a quick find. The rain is coming!

Out for a full days mission to clean up as many cache's as possible in and around Whakatane, that I still haven't found. Early start this morning and was at the first GZ about 30mins after sunrise, while called it a day 20mins after the sun had gone down. Great day out and just about completed what I set out to do, a couple of DNF's so will be back again one day.

Great mural, small search revealed the cache.

Quick easy find for us today as we cache our way to Whakatane for the long weekend. TFTC

Loved that mural but not sure that we have ever seen fish that look quite like those ones. Was expecting it to be in one place but we were wrong and Mr S found it.

Thanks Dominic-Aiden.

Our first cache on a short road trip in the Bay of Plenty. Pretty quick find TFTC

Tftc. Had a hard time getting the log out but got there in the end.

Nice mural, enjoy viewing his artwork around the various Bay of Plenty towns, many thanks for the cache.

Nice mural, best viewed from the provided resting place.

A nice wee hide, enjoying today and this area

TFTC

Great cache, enjoyed the mural. TFTC

The Italian Job was here.Tftg

Great painted wall tflc

3/11/13. There was some family gathering going on in the house right by the cache but there was a nice bit of tree cover so we grabbed and signed and returned it without anyone noticing two tired oldies having a rest. tftc

Found it. Got a few strange looks from the locals. Quickly had the cache in hand. Took a bit more time to get the log out of the cache holder. Great day for caching. TFTC.

Enjoyed the sunshine while completing the formalities, TFTC, #5456

A slight detour after working at the nearby factory...saw what I wanted as I approached, but had a bit of trouble getting log out, eventually got there. TFTC

quick find, almost park an grab, saw a car parked right by as it i drove past done a U turn, and the car carried on. quick retrieval before some kids came along.

After a much appreciated hot drink at the nearby coffee shop, arrived at GZ just as school had finished. Waited in car for a few muggles to pass, then had a look while distracted phone users wandered past. Fortunately a very quick find and easy to do unnoticed. Thanks.

A convenient stop on the way to a Zespri meeting. Muggled by the contractor who putts up the netting on the orchard. Had to tell him why I was looking at the river. Was also watched by a group drinking on the other side of the road but fortunately was pretty much out of sight at GZ. TFTC

Day 24 of the 31 Days of August cache challenge; a 50+ km circuit visit of new caches across the Eastern Bay. A lovely, almost spring day for a drive. I have to admit that it feels like ages since I've found multiple caches.

Jokingly said to the niece that I could see the cache... walked up to the hide and put my hand on it. That was a quick find and it gave us time to take a few photos. Apparently, Marc is going to be working on some art projects in Rotorua soon. The Rotorua Council is looking at brightening up the new four-lane road heading into the city with artwork. TFTC.

This entry was edited by squirrel nutcase on Saturday, 24 August 2013 at 20:22:45 UTC.

4.30pm - Liked the art work but fish not magnetic. SLTFTC

Nice mural in the theme of the location. Quick find tftc to keep my August streak alive

This entry was edited by Agogo on Monday, 19 August 2013 at 09:19:35 UTC.

I too like the mural and took a seat to admire it. Nice cache - these ones often take longer to return than they do to fi d. Now off to Thornton. TFTC

Great mural to look at while hunting for the cache. Luckily it wasn't raining too much. Nice camo. Now on to find another painting of Marc's at the Roto Cafe - Oh and find a cache or three on the way! Tftc

This entry was edited by Bridgeaway on Sunday, 04 August 2013 at 04:35:06 UTC.

Certainly a very cool mural,so cool in fact i decided that's where the cache would be until i actually read the gps & the hint.Bugger, 15m away.So getting my act together we soon had it in hand. Thanks guys.

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What a busy geocacher you were today DnA! I drove right past this today but didn't know about it, so it will have to wait another day. Good to catch up this morning.

This entry was edited by Bridgeaway on Sunday, 28 July 2013 at 09:01:10 UTC.

Well, we got to fish this one out first...had just got home from caching in this area, but well, we gotta do what we gotta do..and were rewarded with a clean log. Great hide in a great place well deserving of a cache. We didn't know Marc helped with this mural also..no wonder it's so good. Thanks a lot.

Nice easy find thanks DnA.went past here already this afternoon didnt know it was there

This entry was edited by Frewilys on Sunday, 28 July 2013 at 08:00:13 UTC.