Rotoma Play Centre (Rotoma) Rotoma, North Island, New Zealand
By squirrel nutcase on 10-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4JE13

This cache has disappeared again. Game over...

Found it TFTC

Found it straight away, but suspect that it wasn't where it was originally placed as it wasn't attached to anything magnetic. Then had a few slides down the slide and a play on the seesaw

Had fun on the seesaw and a quick find of the cache tftc

tftc

Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 02.906 E 176° 33.416

Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 02.889 E 176° 33.420

Distance from original: 105 feet or 32 meters.
We are shifting the cache again so that it can be enabled.

Performing cache maintenance today...

This one has been down scaled to a camouflaged magntic nano. Please make sure to return the cache to its metal plate...

Good to go...

TFTC

Can't be found?

This one is obviously needs checking again...

Oh so sad maybe next time will get it

no luck for us today, kids had a fun play though

Container full of water.

Easy find. Not well hidden. Lots of homes and residents looking right at ya

Thanks for the cache

Heading to the inlaws for the weekend, so as usually decided to stop for a few caches on the way down. We usually head down the coast but running out of caches out that way so decided to take a road less travelled, and get a few more finds.

Had to pick and choose my finds tonight as only had limited time to cache. Thought this one would be nice and easy, but with the GPS bouncing around it made it a little harder. Gathered it could only be in a few places so decided a systematic search was the best method. Found after a few minutes nicely covered up. No plastic bag on the log, so not sure how long this one will last with the wet weather. Log a tiny bit damp but otherwise all gravy.

Thanks for the hide.

I didn't find this one today.

A fairly quick find on a lovely day. Brought back some memories as lived in the area previously.

Lovely little find on a lovely day. Tftc

I forgot to log this find. We were not actually geocaching at the time. We had stopped to let the kids play in the playground and one of our older girls spotted a mushroom so wanted to take photos of the mushroom(naturally). My 6 year old comes running up to me exclaiming she had found the geocache. I said we're not geocaching today it must be rubbish. But i checked it just in case and what do ya know! It is a geocache.

The paper was wet so I wrapped it in some plastic and put it back where my daughter found it and covered with moss. I see others have since found safe and sound so that's good.

Just after this find there was a mini tornado through the area too.

Tftc

Found log book on ground by pinic table so put it in a elcpise tin and back where we thought it should have been

Found and repaired with rural ninjah but needs to be fixed placed in the trees. Nice spot for the kid to have a break. Tftc

Just had time for one more quick stop & cache as we whizzed through.
Not sure this is where or what it's suppose to be anymore, as we found the log sheet in it's plastic bag only - no container, & a little off where GPS suggested. (WHFG GHPXRQ VA CVPAVP GNOYR). Might need checking on! Logs still dry for now though.
TFTC squirrel nutcase

Deserted playground today so no problem hunting around. TFTC

Doing a bit of a drive around grabbing some easy park n grabs. Thanks.

Nice camo used for hiding the cache. Much lighter than I expected. Luckily nobody was about when I was here as I can image it could otherwise be quite difficult. TFTC.

Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 02.906 E 176° 33.451

Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 02.906 E 176° 33.416

Distance from original: 167.8 feet or 51.1 meters.
Moving because cache was on private property leased to the Rotorua District Council. New site fixes that problem.

Easy find, thank you

an easy find. TFTC

Sent the kids in for this one as it is a play ground and I couldn't keep them in the car really. They couldn't find it so in I go and see that the local kids have been having a lot of fun building huts and bivouacs in this area. Spotted the cache and off we go again.

Alas could not find this, even though the neighbour knew where it was, and his kids also came out to look. Incidentally, the play house is wholly on the neighbours land - the fence line is well within his boundary. The fence is back from the boundary to fence off the drop.

Thank you for hiding this geocache! We had fun searching it!

What a great day with many of very nice geocaches on our way. ....also this one.... TFTC

Found with nzanz. Scary dogs next door. Tftc

Wow those are stone vicious sounding dogs luckily not too close to cache. One looked liked he could really jump the fence but hopefully he was chained up. Tftc

Out and about on a sunny Queen's Birthday weekend caching weekend. Found after a rummage around while listening to the neighbour's dog barking TFTC.

Found it on way to hamilton
Tflc

Enabling again after Murray and Janet's find. I suspect that the camouflage that once existed on this has disappeared. It's all go for now, but I still intend on replacing this hide with something else soon.

Yes, found it! Hehe, we are glad to say we didn't notice it was disabled and went in and found it. This is the second time we have done this..hehe. It was where one would expect, near our feet, not in sight of house next door. So, go ahead and enable it again. Thanks for the cache btw...never knew that area existed.

Called in and checked this cache. I couldn't find the cache and I'm assuming it's gone. What a shame! I thought the camouflage was awesome. Oh well... Will re-think this one and either replace or archive. Watch this space.

Totally muggled on this one by the neighbour. Part of the hide is missing. TFTC

Drove by some time ago to do this one but what looked like a family gathering was taking place so we knocked it on the head.Nobody about this morning making for a quick find.Thanks Hemi.

Not today. People and dog activity.

another one so excited!

Out today with another team, so joint effort. Found this where it shouldn't be...we think. Right in the middle of a grassy area under the trees. Have returned to where we think it might have been.

tftc

Well I couldn't spot it, but Mrs Tparty sure did. She had it in her hand and watched me with interest fossicking in the undergrowth. We decided to bring it over to the picnic tables to avoid being sprung by the kids over the fence. When we got there, Mrs Tparty discovered she no longer had the cache in hand. Haha. Back she went retracing her steps. Thankfully it was found, signed and replaced. TFTC

This entry was edited by tparty on Sunday, 01 December 2013 at 08:06:37 UTC.

Took a bit of finding this one! Missed it completely first time round, but eagle-eyed kids spotted it in the end. Lots of sneaking required!!

After a short search there it was waiting to be found. tftc

Collected this one while out enjoying an afternoon caching in the region. TFTC, #5482

A nice spot for a cache

Tftc

Nice and quiet today without a young one in sight to hinder as it turned out a quick find. TFTC

Found with Sevren.tftc

Nice and quiet with no one in the play ground today - bit wet and windy. I could hear the house next door but I quietly managed to find the log and sign it! . Well done nice hide

We agree with Geckoh. Twigs snapping underfoot sound very loud. We recall WWII movies, when some German shot the hero when he snapped a twig. So with "twigs" duly signed we withdrew back to behind enemy lines.

Thanks Squirrel.

Clever hide. Actually looked at cache hiding spot and then got distracted. after a few minutes looking elsewhere we got refocused and found it. Thanks

Will have to leave this one for another time as a couple of families with children were having playtime & looked like they were going to be there for a while.

1.50pm - Found cache which is on leased land. Person leasing area from council is OK having cache here, good camo. SLTFTC

Away for a few days in the camper. Had problems with the dog next door. Owner came out when I got back to the car.

It was very quite here today no children around, except a big fat NZ Wood pigeon TFTC

This entry was edited by Frewilys on Sunday, 18 August 2013 at 06:32:58 UTC.

Clever hide Squirell nutcase but the boy soon had it in hand . There gave now been kids playing on the the playground . TFTC

A very clever hide and a favourite point given for the creativity with this container, SL, TNLN, TFTC and greetings from Aussie cachers

Have to return for this one, just starting the hunt and I got called away to work.

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Another excellent piece of camo
TFTC Squirrel Nutcase --- you have been busy with chasing and hiding.

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