Dabchick Corner (Bay of Plenty) Gisborne Point, North Island, New Zealand
By Dominic-Aidan on 03-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4HTB4

Sadly it sounds as if the Dabchicks have swum away again

Just catching up on the logging, and I see this one has been archived

The area looked like it had been searched, and with no found it logs since November it was not looking hopeful.

Never mind, not mine to find today, but the missing cache still bought me to this place, so thanks for the hide Dominic-Aidan

No luck here today

Second dnf here. Searched all over with no luck.

Found ist! Thank!

Foundt it on our Trip to the nord

A nice place it’s my Cache nr 1999 greetings from Austria tftc

Beautiful location to wait for muggles to launch their boats

me and my brother found this one, it was fun looking for it

Found awsum

The crazy Labour Weekend plan is now over. McJandals, NZFlossy & Davidson Clan have joined me for 29 TMGT Caches, the Manawatu Shield & Stickman series then whatever we could find in between. I'd had a DNF here not long ago but I could see now it had been replaced. Cache found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward placement. Cheers Dominic-Aidan - TFTC - I’d also like to acknowledge watcache, mar1sa & the TMGT volunteers who have given this trip focus, and all the other COs who have made this trip such an adventure - TFTC ????

**Trip Stats:** 1 car, 4 Cachers, 90 hrs, 16hrs sleep, 2481Kms, 29 TMGT finds, 211 total Geocache finds.
**Route:** Tauranga - Rotorua - New Plymouth - Whanganui - Palmerston North - Wellington - Napier - Gisborne - Rotorua - Tauranga

Finally replaced cache — hope this one lasts a wee while . Happy caching

Two DNFs so will disable until we can get there to check it

With Squirrel Nutcases [9000 Reasons Why](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC89WTE_9000-reasons-why-rotorua) Event on today we knew we'd only needed one reason to venture this way... Davidson Clan, NZFlossy, McJandals and I sought caches all over the place today but this was our first stop and it didn't go so well. I was the only one who needed this cache and with 3 pervious finders I was unable to. Our first stop today was a DNF, a very sad start. I'll have to return after a few more found it logs. If you're driving past I'd appreciate if this one could be checked on. Cheers Dominic-Aidan.

Wet and yuk, no luck...

Found it, hidden and tucked away. Had a little swim too.

No idea what we missed here but despite a good look by both of us, this eluded us today, I hope it was us and it hasn't gone.
Tim and Viv - ddm

Today we travelled from Tauranga to Whakatane to enjoy a tour to White Islands. Unfortunatily it got cancelled (again), so after hearing this we had to reset our thought and decided to drive to Rotorua and see some volcanic activities overthere. During this travelling day we made quite some finds. Thanks to all the owners for hiding and maintaining them!

What an amazing view! Loved it!

We are on vacation in New Zealand and of course we seek some caches.
Thanks for this one!
Greetings from the Dutch.

Found it thanks

Travelling on what was turning out to be a persistent day of rain meant we didn't stop for many caches along the way. This was a nice quick park n grab which meant we were able to find it without getting soaked. No problems with the cache, thanks

22374 Traveling through New Zealand to see nice people and places. Also to find some geocaches.

Today we were went from Rotura to Whaketane, seeing nice places and visiting caches along the road. on both sides. Crossing the road is not always safe.

At arrival we walked through the town to see more beautifull places/shops/streets, a waterfall and a lion. There was also an EC in the middle of the town around a maoiri like area.

Most caches were found quite quickly. A few took more time. Some were wet with waterproof paper, but our stamp and pen did not work that good on such paper when it was wet.

Short detour to see the lake.

Dominic-Aidan TFTC and the fun it brought us. Theo

Easily found, Nice spot... TFTC

didn't have any luck plus too many muggles loading boats

TFTC, just introruced the boyfriend to geocaching. We brought the kids out to find this. It took us longer to find than it should have, happy holidays

Lovely find on the lake front

Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 3.207 E 176° 27.270

Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 3.209 E 176° 27.278

Distance from original: 40.1 feet or 12.2 meters.

Original signpost has been removed so cache re-sited nearby.

Visited today and the sign about the Dabchicks has been removed
--- though the Dabchicks are still on the lake .

Cache replaced about 10m away and there is a new hint.

Unfortunately I am sure this has gone. New signs and nowhere to hide anything.

No luck today...definately missing...the old sign has been replaced by a new one...will need replacing

Disabled until we can get over the hill to check on it.

Came out here a few weeks back and just couldn't find the cache. Decided to wait until I had 'The Mr' with me so we came back today. Looked and looked. Found a few signs... all looking new and shiny. Didn't see any of the spiders noted by other cachers. Either we are looking in the wrong place or the cache has been muggled. Will keep this on my watchlist because I'd love to change the blue face for a smiley.

Cache found logged signed and we were on our way
tftc

Quick find with The X-Trailers along a beautiful part of the island. Visiting from Sth Australia enjoying this great place. TFTC

Nice quick find in a lovely location, thank you.

Lovely place to pick up a cache. tftc.

quick easy find with a torch in the night. a few spiders guarding GZ

Easy find in the dark

A quick stop on the way home and teaching a young new geocacher how to go about it. She thoroughly loves it so we had a quick grab and she was keen to find another one on the way home. What a beautiful place! The kids loved it and we'll be stopping here for a swim next time.

All quite here tiday so a quick find while looking out for the locals. Mission accomplished, this one is a wrap.TFTC! Blenheim Bear
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Quick stop on the way home

Very busy here today with boat owners coming and going. Prepared for stealth but found the cache lying on the ground. Signed it quickly and returned it to an appropriate place. Time for lunch now! TFTC.

I left a gift . Tftc

I need to come back another day.

Too rainy for dabchicks but found it

A beautiful place to bring me to. Many Thanks. Dropped TB.

Had a little look around it was very nice

Cache number 3394 and day 84 of current streak. What I lovely little spot. It was all quiet so I was able to park at GZ. I did a search where I thought it would be but I was wrong. Then it was over to the other side and there it was. I took it out on to the water to enjoy the view as I did the signing before returning it to it's hide. Thank you for the placement.
No Dabchicks were spotted in the signing of this log.

I saw the sign:-) tftc

Beautiful spot for a break tyftc

Found it nice view

A quick find. My normally reliable pen struggled to mark the waterproof paper. Dropped A TB. TFTC

Found it on the ground away from GZ location
Needs to be weighted so doesn't get blown by the wind
Tftc
Awesome location.

Unfortunately it has fallen in the lake unable to write on paper because container opened in the lake Put where perhaps it should be

Cache not where it should be, had been in water and washed ashore, was in weed. Log too wet to sign. Have put back in most logical place.

I am on holiday with my lovely but geocaching mad wife. We found your cache.

I put a piece of paper in this one as there was no logbook. JDScout are making the most of a long weekend in Rotorua. It isn't the first time we've been in this beautiful area but it is the first time that we have been geocaching.

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Thanks. Dominic-Aidan for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 4865 for me.

Found another one

Gill is officially no longer a muggle but part of the sisso team! Good spotting on a damp and misty day. TFTC

Have been in a fishing tournament all week and have launched boat here everyday. Much better weather today and finally had a chance to grab this TFTC

Had to wait here a while as a few boats going out. Quick easy find TFTC

Another good find on a bit of a trip away.
*Good weather and fun drive around.*
SL TFTC

Thanks for the sign. Easy find once at the Gz. Didn't know about these birds until now, tftc.

No Dabchick seen today except on information board. Thanks for bringing us here.

Lovely little spot- not a great day- but at least it had temporarily stopped raining. Nobody was interested in us today. tftc

Enjoyed the scenery here and soon had cache in hand. Thanks

Noone at GZ until I got out of my car to grab the cache then I swear the whole village came out to swim, kayak and to annoy the heck out of me. One for another day I'm afraid.

Since i would stop for the night in Rotorua, i had time to make a stop here at this place and find the hidden treasure. After a short moment i was able to sign the log and put another New Zealand cache to my "Found-on-this-awesome-vacation"-list.
From the german visitor a thank you for hiding and maintaining this cache.

***No muggles were harmed while searching, finding and logging this cache...***

Yay a not too difficult a find on our mini caching trip in the area tftc and for showing us a beautiful spot

TFTC!

Quickly found by livee_nz while out caching with her and dotjeNL. TFTC

17:50 TFTC. Greetings from Czech Republic.

tftc

11/10/16 13:15 GPS said one place. Sign said another. The sign was right. Removed rubbish from the cache. Talked to a swan. Wandered about wondering. Wondered about wandering. Thought I'd better move on before it got all too confusing. Thanks for this, Cheers, GC.

I came here ages ago to this one but there were too many muggles around. Nice and quiet today though. Tftc

Found it, what a beautiful location!

Wasn't able to find it

Yay

Beautiful sunny day. Signed logbook with friends. Bye rotoiti!

Almost gave up, iPhone had me at the nearby feature, clue is more in the title than the hint, thanks Ma & Pa

Nice spot trtc

TYFTC love your work

Pleasant spot. No dabchicks (but a very attractive 'chick' mowing her grass...).

TFTC

Logged as cg3. Tftc.

On tour in NZ! To safe time and space we signed with CG3 ( caching girls 3)!
Tftc and greetings from Austria

Loggt as cg3, 3 cachinggirls on NZ-Tour, greetings from Austria tftc

On a mission today to Kawerau and surrounding areas, then through the lakes to Rotorua and then home to Tauranga.
22nd find for me today. After finding a place to park the car, grabbing some food, I made my way down the road to make a semi quick find and the second location I tried.
Beautiful spot, walked out on the jetty to take it in.
TFTC

That was nice and easy great one

Cute little spot down here .... Wouldn't have known it was here if not for the cache tftc

Got it. Nice easy cache. Dropped a lil bubba dummy in for a parent trying to geocache in peace.

Beautiful spot! These 2 visited this cache.. TFTC

Found on our road trip from Wellington to Auckland for a wedding. Day five, Wairoa to Rotorua.
Redants found while I was looking for the birds. SL TFTC.

Another find on the great north summer roadtrip with the Banians- a week of travel from Wellington to Auckland via Napier, Wairoa, that secluded road between Wairoa and Rotorua, and almost the Coromandel peninsula

No birds today, and my head visited a sign... [B)], TFTC

Yay

Beautiful spot!

Nice easy find. Tftc

Lovely spot