Chapel Downs Primary School (South Auckland) Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By Bartfound on 03-Nov-13. Waypoint GC4RGED

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.

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Mr 3 was proud to find this all on his own, easy hunt given school is out for the weekend! the container was slightly bigger than expected so we were able to squeeze a small swag item in there, tftc!

Almost to easy, being school holidays, but a cool hide all the same, cheers

School holidays meant this was a great time to come and find this. The cache was quickly located. TFTC

This was the third day in a row of caching for the Hidden Creatures challenge and it is starting to get strenuous... But one does what one can in order to win tiny little virtual rewards... This one was a fast and easy find. TFTC

Hidden creatures challenge... ACCEPTED. Found together with Greenkiwikids and Pyphant. Signed as team Piraten. TFTC

TFTC

On a 24hr mission to Auckland with Philip.Perry and three of my kids started caching at about 3pm getting back to accommodation at 330am then up and back on the road for a xouple of hours before heading home. We decided we had three caches we had to find this mission then the rest was all about getting our numbers up so concentrated on a high cache area. Meet Sethraven just on dusk who helped us on a cache we couldnt find before she headed home so that was great. Really enjoy caching in Auckland at night no traffic and no muggles to get in our way. We only had a few DNF caches for the day which isnt to bad. Thanks to all th CO for the caches.

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. A quick find in the obvious spot but it was a little tricky to get out because I have fat fingers and it was a bit too far in. Cheers Bartford, TFTC

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Picking up a couple of park n grabs down south today. Needed to wait a few minutes until a muggle parked near gz moved along before setting out to locate the hide. Initial inspection failed to turn up the goods but then we spied another likely spot we had not checked and yes the cache was ours.... almost. Took some small fingers and a bit of perseverance to remove it from its location. Log full. TFTC

After dropping off my host kid in school I had some time to drove to here to find some easy Geocaches. I could find them all, most of them quick and without any problems.
Here I tried it twice. At the first attemp an old man was coming, he seemed to be sick and was coughed quite often. He directly sat there were I was assume the Geocache must be. I decided to try it later that day, one hour later it was a quick and easy find!
Thanks for hiding this one!

Nice find..thanks bacon man..need a new log book..sorry no spare paper on us

Up in Auckland to pick up some gear so nabbed some caches along the way

I saw one of the children I teach on the way to this (not Laval though). The previous log gave this one away andI was lucky enough to be able to get it myself. Thanks!

Our writing utensil doubled as the TOTT so we had no problems extracting the cache. Tftc

Nice quick find but needed a tott to extract cache. No muggles around so nice easy park and grab.

Was a bit unsure of this one as it hadn't been found for 5 months. Was in the area looking for another cache but dnf'd, passed by here and found this one instead. Similar to other shelters, and just able to get a grip on it without having to use a tott. All good here. TFTC

DOT DAY - My turn to find team stik-a-crane a cache for the day - after spending the day over this way for work it was time to go searching before meting a friend for dinner and a catch up. After exploring 4 different options on the map (one needing TOTT - and abandoning an attempt at another intersection too busy and I had the wrong clothing on) I decided this was to be the one. Knowing the previous finders personally and given there find was just a week ago I knew this would be a sure find. I looked up, down , around and soon spotted the holder of the log. signing deed done I was off to meet my friend for a lovely Thai dinner - In a secret garden in Otahuhu (a complete contrast to the local streets)

A nice quick find here after the mini-cacher's game of soccer nearby. Found with purply.

Nice quick find with HeMaLuDy. TFTC

Found the cache without much trouble. Cache is all good here. TFTC

4pm - Trip to Auckland with the Squirrel and a couple of new cachers on board with us. No real plans but with one multi cache in mind. With this ticked off it was just a day of increasing our cache numbers. A good with some interesting cache hides with a couple needing needing repairs and a couple of misses. Thanks to all the cache owners for todays trip. SLTFTC

With my uncle and Gap. We knew where to look for this one. TFTC.

Nice one!

Quick find Tftc.

This is a new caching area for me. This one was stuck too far in to extract, so back to the car for a TOTT, and out it came. TFTC.

A simple cache and dash for me here today. TFTC

Log to follow

Couldn't find it don't know where it is

Nice quick park and grab. TFTC.

One more in a similar structure to last one ...
No pros here cos no people thank goodness !

One of us is working out at Chapel Downs this week, so we have taken the opportunity to get our cache of the day a bit further from home than we usually have to venture. This one took a bit more finding than yesterday's bus stop cache. An interesting hide using what is available on this structure. Thanks.

Well I sat to read the GPS, when I reached to retrieve the cache. Love it when you find it that quickly, I think this was a first that I found a cache hidden there in a bus stop. Thanks for the cache, exploring an area I had not visited before

Loving a few easy ones to boost the numbers... Day three of our 4 day road trip from Hawkes Bay to Auckland and back to collect as many caches as we can. Log signed as b&p.Tftc

Easy find w/ mrsadboycpb

Easy find with the young hitta dazgoodd

No luck for me here today.

Remembeted there was a cache here when driving past so stopped for a quick park and grab.

Haven't done a lot of bus stop caches. Got a bit of practise pretending to be waiting for the bus while people went by. TFTC

oh THERE it is! A bit tricky to get out but we managed. TFTC

Found it but was a bit tricky to Aquire.

Find it! Used an extra attribute to get it out

Nice and easy with no muggle troubles. TFTC

Great hiding spot!

Quick easy stop on way from work this morning. Tftc

Easy find

Found this one pretty fast with ADOGG & Scarni.

Tftc

A quick find on my way home.... have done a few bus stop caches, so it was right where I thought it would be. Cool cache container!!!! Tucked away again out of sight.... TFTC!

Adding to my knowledge base of where to look at bus stops.
TFTC

Another great find on a geocaching holiday in the area.
Thanks for setting up this cache.

Nice to get this one found quickly today.
SL

Was about to drive off to find my next cache because of waiting muffled when the bus arrived. Nice timing. TFTC

I was on my way to Papakura to meet up with a friend and picked up a couple of caches along the way. This was out in the open so an easy find. I tucked it away so it couldn't be seen easily

Tftc

Had to come back to this one, as there was a muggle sitting on it last time. TFTC

Bus stop caches, hmmmm, done a heap of these now. But I'm glad it wasn't across the road near the school.

Found a month ago with my mum

Tftc such a cool hide

Tftc found with Chanellewaru

Great hide! Tftc

Tftc

Searched, couldn't find it. Read the logs again and eventually found it. I like big mags like this. Cheers!

I located it easily enough but the problem was to get it out of its hidey hole. Ah, made it, now to sign the log.

Cheers for the cache.

Nice hide but tricky to get out ... TFTC

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

Accidentally pushed this out of reach and had to find another tool to get it out. Had a good day caching today

Night caching while heading home from a great night of Geobowling. Another smilie thanks.

As it was a sunday afternoon the area was only busy with traffic of locals no school children in sight.

Thanks for a nice hide. Haven't seen a container like this used before.

Out night caching with Vamber after the paint balling event.

This proved to be a quick find - though glad we had small fingers!

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This entry was edited by KiwifruitsNZ on Saturday, 14 June 2014 at 09:37:02 UTC.

Out for a quick spot of evening caching with KFNZ.

A quick find in the dark, small fingers needed! TFTC

Out and about with the Mini Future Finder this afternoon. After a walk around the Northern end of Totara park we decided to grab a few drive-byes on the way home. Put my hand straight on it. Though it took a bit of fluffing about to make the retrieval. Cheers for the cache placement!

Found the next one! Thanks for the hint!

On the way back from a birthday party & thought that Z1 & I would sneak in a few drive by TFTC

In Auckland for a few days...

We've done a few of these types of caches and there is only a limited number of places to hide a cache. TFTC.

Found it in the only place it really could be. TFTC

Yay! Mum found this one. There is a couple out for an evening stroll and I think they think we're following them. They just happen to walk past the last three GZ we have been to.

Oddly enough the students waiting for the bus to take them to Hogwarts were the muggles. Once they left I made a thorough search and found the cache. TFTC.

Just as we parked up the Emirates huge A380 aircraft flew over. I was to slow to get a photo to attach to the log. An easy find. TFTC

Quick and easy find whilst caching around Manukau. Really enjoying this series

Easy find on a quiet Sunday morning.
TFTC

A couple of people were occupying GZ, so returned a bit later. Nice quick find. TFTC.

Managed a quick find today before heading back to the office

TFTC

Quick drive by find. TFTC!!!

Have placed magnet inside of container, to keep safe. Still works REALLY good.

13986... Easy find, took a while to extract the cache from its lair, TFTC.

The magnet is becoming detached on this one, wont last much longer.

TFTC

Quick find for my daily find on my way home from work this evening. Took several minutes trying to extract the cache out of its location though! A bus came past as i was trying to get it and i had to flag it on. Finally able to sign the log. TFTC Bartfound!

9YO and 5YO again looked for this alone initially. When the cars started stopping at the lights, Mum sat to try to provide a distraction from what the boys were doing.
Mum ended up spotting the cache in a break in the traffic; but 9YO had to retrieve it... the force was extremely strong in this one!

Nothing like a few easy drive-bys on a Sunday morning. Thanks.

After work and before I had to fly home I found a few caches. This was the seventh one I came to. Took almost as long to extract the cache than it did to find it. TFTC, Biggles.

A nice cache and a easy find

TFTC
nice

Quick find, but to ages to get the thing out! nearly broke a finger or two :-p

Saw cache as I was looking somewhere else.... Mr P wanted to wait for a bus, I don't know why, he just did. I had just finished telling him to stop lacking about when a bus pulled up and we manged to confuse the driver by not catching his ride.... a mental slap for Mr P.

Found easily but needed a convenient nearby tool to retrieve. Replacing was more difficult as a local muggle took ages to get going in her nearby parked car.
TFTC

The log was just a scrap of paper. Proper log missing?

The log has been replaced. Nice quick find. TFTC

Published

Our first FTF! We flew out as soon as it was published, a quick drive from Cockle Bay! TFTC.

The log book wasn't in it, made an impromptu one!