Playtime of The Bacon Man ( South Auckland ) Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By Bartfound on 03-Sep-13. Waypoint GC4MKE2

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 a prior reviewer note.

Hi Bartfound

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

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Couldn’t find this cache

Couldn't have had a better look, checked both sides and even poked through all the rubbish and checked the water reading box etc lol... Will wait to see if anyone else has luck and try again

Turned up at 12:15 bang smack in the middle of lunch so far too many people chilling out the front I'll be back in the evening

That's so funny, I turned up at 12.16
Still lunch break....

Gave it a thorough search after the lunchbreak was over, but couldn't find.

Out doing some night caching. Didn’t take too long to find this one. Tftc

Out night caching after a Geocaching meet. Had a great day with buzzybb. Didn't take too long to find. Tftc

Found it but it's just there....hidden a tad but, just there. May need maintenance for re do? But thanks for the cache

Good find on the way home from some shopping

Easiest find ever

Honestly couldn’t find it.

Searched well of the area. There's new ground dug here so it might not be here? DNF

Saturday afternoon, geomissus installed at Spotlight, time to wander over here. Initial search yielded nothing, and hint not useful, so did more feeling around, and soon found its hiding place. Log is wet so added a piece of paper. Signed and replaced, and back to Spotlight. TFTC

No luck.

Quick find. Logs are qell soaked but I don't have paper. Signed best I could and replaced. Tftc

Found, TFTC

Hard to find

Had some time to kill in the area and thought today would be a good day to finally find this one. Two options to choose from and got the right one 1st time. Log is very wet though and hard to make a mark. Great hiding place though. TFTC

Not found despite being right on the mark as per nav. Frustrating given was found same day by another. A lot of rubbish around. Wish this one wasnt so difficult to find as we have had 3x disappointments today ️

Second time looking for this one and still no luck

#854 easy enough to find as there are only two spots to look at, and of course, I look at the wrong one first! log is very damp, so I tried my best to write on it. TFTC

Tftc

Found, needs some maintenance, everything is so wet inside

Found

Found

Very neat too wet to sign

Love your sense of humour! Thanks for cache. Log sheet was dry.

Found. Log book wet and in pieces. Found a piece of paper in the car that we added to it

Thanks for the find

Strange place for a geocache!

But hey! I’ll take it!

Thanks for the cache!

Logbook is now various pieces of shredded, damp paper.

Wandering past here this afternoon so stopped by for a look, and soon found this sneaky hide, TFTC

Found on 6-6-20

Easy found thanks to the hint

Lucky my ankle biter was short enough to find it. Ty

Find number 6486. All quiet at GZ today and thankfully it was in the first place I looked. It was nice to bring home the bacon on this one. Thank you for the placement.

A nice quick park and grab though sorry to see the business closed as I would have loved to have got me some bacon

Quick find here with Merlot58 as the business was closed today, although the car park was full with cars for sale.

Found 3.05pm
Easy find as business is closed today, plus I had a previous logger with me. SLTFTC

Tftc

Quick find thanks to Mr nzkites first place I looked thankfully all in good condition thanks for the placement.

Found at last at the second attempt. No idea how we missed it the first time.

En balade en Nouvelle Zélande. #Motherstrip. Merci pour la cache. De Nouvelle~Calédonie.

Must off been lost to muggles could spot though

One of us made an after dark visit to Manukau to collect a few caches tonight. At this time of night it was possible to park close to GZ. Even with understanding what the hint meant here it still took a little while to locate the cache. TFTC

Took some time for a little Caching tour about noon time. Weather was not too bad, so I had fun beeing outside and find some nice Caches!
I've already been here once, but it was way too busy. Also today there were a couple of People but I ignored their astonished Looks as I went down on my knees and hands. Found it at the end. I am still the opinion that this is not the best place for a Geocache, but a more specific clue might be helpful!
Thanks for hiding!

Found it!

Had a cheeky Auckland Mission on the cards this weekend - just had to drop the family off in Pukekohe first and then meet up with Davidsonclan. We had a few caches on the list today but mainly this was just a numbers mission. A late start meant we'd be late to finish but 3am isn't too bad. There were some great finds and some grotty finds but cheers to the CO's and those that help maintain their caches. I was a bit dubious about this cache after the previous log but in the end we found this cache quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords and a straight forward placement. Cheers Bartfound, TFTC

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A lot of muggles and rubbish. Probably not one of the best places to hide a Geocache...

Nice hide. Thanks for the cache.

I can tick this one off the box...killin time...tftc bacon man

Best idea is to take this one during weekend. Too busy area to have proper time at GZ.

Nice hide

Up this way for the weekend nice hide

Was at chipmunks with kids for a birthday party. Couldnt resist a cache when so close. Log a little damp but was still able to sign, otherwise intact. Cheers

Found it took a while but did yeeeeyyaaa put it back so yeah happy hurting

Out with Reveurs and Anastriel and wanted to get a cache to fill in a calendar day. Took a bit of hunting, but got it in the end. TFTC.

Took a while to locate but a bit of searching and I spotted something that looked promising. Tftc

Out fabric shopping with Lycurgon and Anastriel and figured we'd grab a cache while we were at it. This one was the nearest, after going around and around a fair few times Anastriel had an idea and soon had cache in hand. TFTC (Also mmmmmmmmmm bacon )

Was passing this way and decided to check this one out knowing the muggle risk would be greatly reduced.... pulled in to GZ and noted a car parked very nearby, but no one was present, so I began the search.... came up empty... checked the cache page and map, and refocused the search, when a van pulled up, so I stopped searching and returned to the car when the occupant of the van stated I was very close... I then knew this person was a cacher....(nice to meet you Bartfound)..... I resumed my search knowing all was well to keep the safety of the cache, with a find soon resulting....

TFTC.

I have been past this place many times and each time it has been way too busy to have a proper look, but today, I'm up quite early and it's Easter and no one is around, so I had the place to myself and made a good search and found the cache. The paper was soaking so I replaced it, thanks for the hide, a tricky one to get without people always around!

Headed to find this one after my work, for our daily streak. GZ was not very busy. I used my all time favorite trick of faking a call.. and finally managed to find it, when i looked from the correct angle. It took longer than expected pheww... tftc.

On a quiet Sunday, this was on my list of local caches to find.
Neat hiding spot and duly signed.
TFTC

It was a Sunday so most of the businesses were closed so we parked up at gz and had a look around what we thought the clue pertained to and had a quick find. Had to speedily sign and return as muggles were about to walk past. TFTC

A quick trip to Auckland this weekend and a day set aside for caching with tmann421.

A nice quick find for us here. TFTC

Yay !!!
Nice quick find after Mr NZTravellers Big 50 nearby...
Mmmmmm feel like ham or bacon now !
Thanks Bartfound !

Suprisingly busy traffic today even with all the shops closed for Easter. We even got honked at LOL. Found with Tinytree24. TFTC

Out Easter caching with Bennett24. TFTC

Vistra and I went out to make the most of the day and grab some of the caches around the airport, sunday afternoon and no one around this time, fingers must have been millimeters away from it last time. TFTC.


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Joined up with yorkshirekiwi83 today to tackle some South Auckland caches. Couldn't locate this on our last visit due to muggle problems, but all was quiet at GZ today and the cache was quickly found. TFTC!

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Too many muggles, one came out and sat at GZ for a smoke, so didnt time this well at all

Met een beetje hulp van de beheerder gevonden. TFTC

Awesome hiding spot!

Had finished a few errands nearby, so decided it was time to stop for a few caches.

Had driven by this one in the past during the day, but it was waaaaaaay to busy (note to self: buy high-vis!). Today, being Sunday, was much quieter.... except when I pulled up to GZ, there were some people there loading a whole lot of stuff into their vans. Parked across the other side and strolled along oh-so-casually to GZ, and leant over to adjust my shoelace (on my jandal lol). Was in the second place I checked. Returned to my car to complete formalities, and then returned quickly to GZ while the van people's backs were turned. And then quickly got out of there!

TFTC... glad to finally get the smiley on this one!

Very clever hide great way to spend a wet day

Found it awhile back tftc

was really only two places it could have been, one was more accurate than the other, and there it was

Another great use of my stealth skill! A worker operating a forklift in the open area right behind Hz as well as usual traffic! Easy find
Tftc

Had to do a pick up at the airport so a caching detour en route. No muggles around thank goodness as the kids still don't do the stealth thing well. Took a bit to find then the mother said look there and voila there it was. TFTC

Quick find tftc

Target of the day = shopping ! And specifically, i look gor a beach towel ... a funny one.
I have visited maybe 25 shops and no way to find this towel ! For sure, it is not the best season for that.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed my walk and found some other items... and a few geaocaches awaiting for discovery !
Easy found, all is in good condition. Not sure the ham will stay there for a long time as the store next to it looks closed...
Tftc

In Auckland for a short break...

Night caching. A former DNF... No trouble retrieving this one tonight. It makes a world of difference when you don't have to wade through lots of rubbish. After a quick scout, I had my hands on the cache quickly. TFTC.

Took longer than it should have. Good hide. Tftc.

Shopping at fco across the road and saw this was so close, being a Sunday we were able to park right next to gz, and cache found not long after.
TFTC

Found it at last! Second search for this one.

The bacon man didn't look to be working on a Sunday.

Tftc dound with kalarnireece1 t.j&nikkie

Good hide tftc

Cool find out doind some night caches with chanellewaru. Someones having a party in one of the warehouses lol

Walked past here many times after work, thinking one day, as always been very busy with muggles, and only phone on me, but always looking hoping I will see something,
This morning up here nice and early approached walking from other direction as GPS almost said GZ I saw something and Bingo !, quickly signed and replaced, TFTC.

Stopped off during a post Xmas shopping trip. Took a wee while but Starting to work out what too look for. (Only number 3) Thanks

Stopped off during a wee post Christmas shop. Our 3rd one - starting to get the hang of it thanks

Was in the general vicinity for some quick late night shopping so thought I was make the very slight detour on way home. Parked right in the bacon mans carpark. Only the cleaners were around at this time of day. Whilst waiting for them to move away from the window I had a quick peek at recent logs and saw t-party had said log was full so grabbed a new one to put in.

Made the find very quick and swapped out logs (hope you don't mind). Returned to car quickly before the cleaners returned into line of sight. It was only after looking at the log a little after that. Realized there were still a few spaces left - sorry.

Thanks for the cache and if you want the old log back please email me so I can post it out .

Easy find, few muggles gave us a funny look as they speed past cool

It's Sunday... No one mak'n bac'n today, so we had plenty of time to find the piggy thing. Two potential spots, so of course we found it in the second place we looked. Parking wasn't a problem today, though we did make a ham of it and drive right past. Logbook is essentially full (1 or 2 spots left). TFTC

This entry was edited by tparty on Sunday, 12 October 2014 at 06:24:25 UTC.

Spending a moning of cachingin the Manukau area. Today we have been joined by Team Tawhai.
Thankfully the rain held off as we drove around the streets.
We found the caches in some interesting locations.
Thanks for placing this cache Bartfound

This is the third time ... found while caching with Di Morgan ... TFTC

Between the two of us worked out where the cache should and indeed it was. t4tc