3 Tunnels (East Auckland) Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By UncleSamNZ on 06-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4J60E

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

The last log was correct! This thing is seized shut!

Next person would be good off bring two pairs of pliers to get this thing open.

Still managed to sign the bottom of the container to make it official.

Thanks for the cache!

Need to replace the cache container

Took the assistant out on the chariot to get the coordinates for WP2 on GC5XQFB for sedgwickDave and thought we'd get at least one "treasure" for the day.

Thankfully we had looked at previous logs so had an idea of where to search.

Whilst the assistant threw things in the stream I had a fumble and eventually found the cache, which I sadly couldn't open.

Note - attached image contains superfluous Christopher Luxon

Finally found this little bugger ... Only problem is I didn't have my leather man with me, and it's closed so tightly, I couldn't get it open.

My first find!!
Found with my two great best friends. Was a fun find with (jadaz) and cailtin. Jade fell into the creek completely saturated HA. Took about half an hour of searching ready to give up then read a helpful comment! We weren’t looking in the right place at all!! Extremely nano find! Highly recommend

07/07/20
Spent about half an hour searching the tunnels with no luck. Went with my two best friends (jessiezoe and caitlin) and it was both of their first find I fell into the water and got absolutely drenched trying to find it, but was good fun and i just accepted the fact i was drenched and used it to my advantage and ended up going back in the water through the middle tunnel to search. ended up reading some of the comments and realised it was above the tunnels so went up and found it pretty fast

Out this way this evening waiting for EiR-0T to finish at Band rehearsal nearby, so decided to take a look at a local cache or two.....Thought this one looked like a muggle free area to cache ......

Arrived at GZ and the place was nice and quiet, but the search was not easy, with so many options.....
Finally made the find....there is space on the log sheet, but you have to unroll the log quiet a way....

TFTC.

Personally I think a 1.5 star rating is misleading...

At long last we have found it! Day 1 of lockdown and needed to get out for a local walk so tried to find this one again. Didn’t take too long. Not sure how we didn’t find it numerous times before. Log dry but chocka. Signed where paper has delaminated but new log required. SL TFTC. I wonder how many others we will clear up in the local vicinity during lockdown...?

God that was hard ! Almost didnt find it ! But hey I found it also this small pretty rock

Really enjoyed this one! Log may need a bit of maintenance. Hard to get back in.

Found it, tiny but fun!

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Wondering if this cache still exists

Driving past here so decided to stop.Spent some time looking from the different levels but once we realised which was the right one it wasn’t long before we spotted what we were after.A few people walking along here today.

Our first one. Darn it was tiny. Great fun

Yay

Nice snow the tunnels

Awesome cache

Out exploring some of the trails along here, soon realized where I needed to look, TFTC

Number 4 on our bike ride today. Love this sort of cache but unfortunately my fingers don't allow me to fill in the logs on them

This one is hard to find but if you look hard you’ll find something small

This was very tiny and hard to find

Still no luck

I have to say I love the nanos, they're just so neat! TFTC!

Very nice one, and an apt name, TFTC!

Found a small black plastic top, not no cache

Tftgc with princessknz

tftc!!

TFTC

Tyfc. Log is full. I somehow managed barely to log in the crumpled remains of slot #37. The end of the paper has delaminated so is still possible to log on the inside of the paper.

This is our first of many caches here in New Zealand. Awesome country. TFTC

Thanks Uncle Sam! Good to get this nice little find while out with Cacheventures. Logging now as just got account TFTC

And the stroll was mine and the cache too. Thanks for the cache.

Came to find some caches around here today. Almost 100 finds! TFTC!!

Found but no tweezers to log. TFTC

This cache is now the number 6 in New Zealand! Easy to find.
Thanks for the Cache.

Lovely Greets from Germany!
PamaJA

Good start to the day, very strange looks from the passing tin cans.

A fantastic day out cacher hunting with the family, cache and log in good condition, thank you for placing the cache

So good to finally log this as found!! What a cheeky little container! Searched for ages for this all around the area on multiple occasions. But thought a birds eye view from above might lead to something so went on top of the bridge and all became clear. Tftc!!

New cache container in place

Looked where it should be, but could not find.

Searched in the area which we thought it was supposed to be but could not find

Sloped looking for it and phone got a bath all its all Good now but still don't know

Wandered around for several minutes looking for anything but couldn't find it. Got pretty soaked from attempts. Will try again soon.

Dnf:(

Wasn’t in the same spot as last time we found.

This little guy took longer than it it should have taken but really wasn't all that difficult. One of our last caches of 2017. Thanks!

Sneaky hide, had to walk a few times before spotting. Tftc

Time for another go at this one and spotted in the first place I looked.

TFTC

Finally found this one, after a few attempts. Has been a journey of revisits, but seeing as it has recently been replaced had to have another go, and it's right on GPS, where I had looked before. No matter, that's just water under the bridge now. Relief and a yellow smile, happy Saturday. TFTC

Only my 7th find was thinking it was gone but then just found it

Thought it might be fourth time lucky for us here, especially with the cache recently having been replaced but no such luck We searched everywhere (well perhaps not everywhere if the cache IS still in place!) but had to concede defeat AGAIN especially when the howling rain started up again. I suppose we will be back for a fifth(and hopefully final) attempt one day!

So happy to find this one at last. Thank you for replacement UncleSamNZ.

Couldn't find it. So have replaced it

One of the nearest to home. Tried 3 times so far but no luck. Read the logs, searched all above the tunnels but no luck. Maybe the eyes are failing .

Too cold to hang around long

Above the bridge

TFTC

Could not find it after 10min of searching. Thanks anyhow, McFlyWZ

Very happy to get this smilie face at last. Geo dog had not co-operated last time so I could not complete the search. As it is a high muggle area I did not want a preforming dog drawing attention to myself. Thanks Uncle Sam.

Nice quick find in obvious place thankyou Uncle Sam !
Water rushing through the small canal today ..!

Always helps to look in right place
tftc

Nice day for a walk, found it in 5 minutes.

too hard. almost fell in the river. do not recommend - Melissa

Nostalgic coming to this cache, used to walk this route every day for school
Tftc

What's the saying? Third time lucky? Well, this is my 3rd visit and YES I did find it this time. I don't know if it was because I searched this time in the daylight or because I was more thorough this time round or not. However, I found it and I'm very happy about that. I had to out-stare a woman waiting at the bus stop across the road, no doubt she was wondering what on earth I was up to! Who cares, that's caching!

Log later.

Found with Aucklandreindeer and co.

Just as we were trying to work out which direction to look in, we heard, there's the tunnels, and out came a phone. After a quick intro it was a team effort in finding the cache. The littlest one found it quickly. We have replaced the log. TFTC

We were out for a family bike ride slash caching trip today and this was our first attempt of the day. Well, I had looked at it a few times on the map and each time I passed it on the way from dropping my son off at school, I'd think, now where is that cache hiding. Today we got find out.

We arrived near GZ and got the phones out. After reading the description and deciding how to tackle this one, we see this young couple coming along and we hear "there is the three tunnels" as we see them with phone in hand. Hmmm... sounds like they are looking for the same thing we are. Introductions were made and so this became a joint effort with Emyvale.

Looking around it didn't take long for master chrisandmum to find the cache. The log was full, so we whipped out a new log and everybody signed it before the cache was replaced where it was found.

We later met up with some friends who wanted to know what all this Geocaching stuff was all about, and so we met them here for them to find it. As they had not yet signed up, they were happy to just find the cache and enjoy the experience for the moment.

Tricky to find!

It's run out of paper

Tricky! Couldn't sign log with my pencil so just returned safely.

Took a while to find this one. Had to think about it but cute little hiding spot

Almost another dnf for us today, did some others in the area then can back for another look after reafing some other logs which helped. TFTC

I did the pretend phone call thing after signing the log so a passing muggle didn't see me returning this to it's hiding place.

Another great cache from Uncle Sam

Got wet feet then re-read the clue!
1/1 today.

Try another day. ...

Wasn't feeling positive about finding this after the afternoon downpour. Was starting to rain again and a river had started up in the usual dry steam bed. But then again some things are simple and cache was in hand in seconds. Retreated to the car to fill in log before returning to its spot.

Walking around the area this morning and strolled up the three tunnels with confidence, thinking this would be a quick find. Surprisingly more muggles around on a Tuesday morning than you'd think. In our attempt to look like casual bystanders we apparently looked lost because a lady walking her dog stopped to ask if we needed directions. After hearing we were just having a walk she proceeded to tell us how the tunnels get graffiti all the time, that she was walking to work, a few stories about her granddaughter and a short conversation about the weather. With the local on her way we set about looking for approximately 30 seconds before the council weed sprayers who had thwarted our efforts at a couple other caches in the area showed up. We had decided to try another time and walked off when the workers drove past (probably trying to get to the next cache before us) so we turned back to give it another go and finally got it. Took a bit of perserverance but worth it in the end. TFTC Uncle Sam!

This was our first ever geocaching ! Eventually my son found it... Was awesome & very small!

Be careful where your standing!

We thought we were stopping for a quickie in a barrier but when we realised it was a little trickier than that, we abandoned the search as we were already running a bit late.

Found by geodad. Quick find, good location. Tftc UncleSamNZ.

Good hiding place for the tiny cache. TFTC

Brillient hide... thanks!

Whoop! so small but such a good little hiding space

Ooohhh nice!

Another gap in the calendar, so headed out in between errands to grab this cache. A quick find once there and once at the right level. Thanks for the hide!

So tinyyy! Tftc

Exploring the East, following a lazy trail! first time I have ever found a nano on one of these, no problems finding. Even had to get out my tweezers to extract the log

Thanks for the cache, and bringing me here.

Was apprehensive when I saw that it was nano sized (this is only my second find) but the accuracy of the location really helped a lot

Awesome cache. It really is a nano!

Awesome cache. It really is a nano!

TFTC. Well placed hide. Found it the FIRST time I looked for it. Maybe my old eyes are getting better with age

Bit of a detour on my way home this evening to satisfy my caching compulsion. TFTC