Tauranga's BBQ at Kulim (Bay of Plenty) Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand
By Lion Fish on 08-Feb-14. Waypoint GC4RNKW

Time now to archive the Event.

Aw, we missed a great do while we were away. Have fond memories of the last one which was the first time we met you all. Thanks for posting the pics.
Congratulations to NZFlossie. We are following in your footsteps, though we haven't been up any ladders yet!

Thank you so much for an enjoyable event. Great for Newbies. expecially winning a prize.

Thanks for organising Lionfish, I will be attending.

This is my 2000 cache! - and for me this is the perfect cache to reach that number. Caching has given me lots of fun and adventures. I have met some lovely people and had many laughs and good times together. Thanks to NZBiscuit who got me started and thanks to Richard who has stopped me from getting lost, taken me to places that I would never had gotten to, never minded if the truck got a 'little' dusty, and taught me how not to fall out of the canoe by giving me lots of practice of getting out to find the cache while he sat and steady the boat. Special caching moments have been - climbing high hills, going bush in the Kaimais, Kawekas and Kaimanawas, boating down the waikato river with a motor, biking rail trails with NZBiscuit, road trips with NZBiscuit and Kennyclan, getting a FTF for a cache miles in the bush and placed by a local cacher, canoeing up beautiful glowworm canyons and many more. We won't mention - the late nights trying to solve puzzle caches!, thinking I shouldn't really be here!, I should have told someone where I was going as I don't have any cellphone reception!, being late to work because of a FTF and having to think of a good excuse, climbing a ladder, I happened to have in the boot, in my work clothes and heels, crawling out of the bush and people looking and wondering what I was doing and of course all the loitering around public amentities! Special thanks to all you cachers for being part of this great sport and making it so good - it is so nice being able to catch up at an event like this, thanks Lionfish for organising it for us.

This entry was edited by NZFlossy on Saturday, 08 February 2014 at 07:03:30 UTC.

Will probably be about 5 to 10 minutes late.

A little spur of the moment, but yep im coming

Great BBQ and lovely to meet lots of other cachers. A great afternoon. Thank you for setting up an awesome event Lion Fish. Can't wait to catch up with everyone again soon.

This entry was edited by Keltic-Kiwi on Saturday, 08 February 2014 at 07:20:56 UTC.

Great BBQ event. Enjoyed meeting up with some other cachers. Thanks for setting this up Lion Fish.

A great place for an event. Lucky the rain stopped in time. Thanks for organising this Lion Fish. Was great to meet more local cachers.

Thankyou Lion Fish for allowing us to put some faces to the names!

Thank you Lion Fish for organising this event --- it was such fun.
And we appreciate your forethought in putting up tents for shelter
And we appreciate your faith in the weather gods, that the rain would clear, and it did.
And we are pleased that we trusted the NZ Met Service forecast and left the rain behind in the Eastern Bay where it stayed all day.
And thank you for organising two new caches for us all to complete --- and it was good to see 'older' cachers assisting new cachers to complete them and help them with using their GPS --- this way the sport will thrive and grow. Friendship amongst cachers is a special benefit; and occasions like this bring us all out of our parallel universes and the shadows and out into the open to share our own tall tales of caches we have encountered.
And thank you for the jar of cache-treasures to guess the numbers of, that was fun.
And thank you for the raffles --- we will find very good uses for our 3 glass jars.
We look forward to meeting again --- you never know who will pop around a corner when you are concentrating on those hints and coordinates
Happy Caching

Thanks The Lionfish's for organising the event. Really good to catch up with new and old cacher's, and the weather did play the game in the end. Excellent to see that this was NZFlossy's 2000th cache. I think I created a monster when I got her started. This is 810 for me, so I must pull my finger out - just do not have her dedication (OCD)

What a lovely afternoon! We really appreciate all the work you put into this event LionFish......the caches, the competitions and the great company......and the weather....all great!
It was such fun to sit and laugh as we discussed caching escapades with that great group of people. We sure need to gather now and again to meet our fellow cachers and encourage new ones.
Thanks so much again.

Was fun, Met some new people. Attended with nzkites. TFTE (Thanks For The Event) !

Thanks Lion Fish for a well-organised, well-hosted and fun event!! We had a great afternoon, it's always good to meet up with fellow-cachers and share stories, and the weather was on our side too. Congrats to NZFlossy on your 2000th.

Thanks for a great afternoon. It was so nice to meet some local geocachers. I look forward to the next one!

In Tauranga for the Kulim Park BBQ Event.

Rain or shine, we were determined to attend this event. As always, it is a highlight to meet up with like-minded people and enjoy good company. It was great to meet up with old friends again. I was also pleased to make some new friends today and look forward to sharing and swapping stories in the future. Thank you Lionfish for making this event happen and for your great organisational skills. TFTE.

Congratulations on reaching 2000 caches NZFlossy. You are inspirational and best wishes for the next 1000.

Many thanks Lion Fish for the time and effort in bringing us together for a BBQ event. It's always good fun meeting up with our caching community. Your extra placements and little fun activities are most appreciated. You worked wonders with the weather, as the evening became very pleasant down by the harbourside. Well done NZFlossy on your 2000th find.... we like your style!

A big thank you to everyone who attended, some from as far afield as Rotorua, Kawerau & Hamilton. We too enjoyed the opportunity to catch up with you all. Well done NZFlossy on your 2,000 finds - a most splendid achievement !

Some photos from yesterday...

What a great time we had meeting up with new and old geo caching friends. Thanks Lionfish for going to the effort of putting up the gazebos and umbrella. The competitions and prizes made a focal point of the evening too. Now we will need to visit caches to drop off all the goodies! The after dinner treats were very yummy too, so thanks for being a great host(ess). Good to see a couple of new caches at the spot we picnicked at so thanks for those too. We ended up staying the night there in our caching caravan and met up with newly reinstated geocachers in their motor home and chatted away til well into the evening. Lovely to catch up with the rest of the local and Kawerau cachers.

Thanks Tean Lion Fish for putting on such an awesome afternoon and having the power to clear the air of all those earlier rain clouds.
Having travelled over the hill it was great to catch up with old friends and meet some new cachers that I note are rapidly heading towards that well known illness known as Cacher OCD

Thanks again for a great day

Thankyou very much Team Lion Fish.Though I didn't manage to stay for the Barbie I thoroughly the catch up with the old & new.

It was a awesome time getting together ,catching up with a lovely lot of fellow cachers. Thankyou Lionfish for organising it for us and putting out those new Geocaches. We enjoyed the evening very much .Thankyou Russell,Margaret,Jessica. (Frewilys)

This was my first geocaching event. I met some of the people who created my favourite finds, like the spider cache. I had fun, even though I fell out of the tree nearby and hurt my back. Thank you.

Thanks for an awesome, well organised event Lion Fish. Great to catch up with you. We're sure you have a direct line to " The Weather Gods " because they sure listened. Sorry we had to leave early but Geocaching was calling, had some caches lined up that we JUST HAD TO GET.

Also great to catch up with Geocacher's we already know and meet some new ones.

Congratulations NZFLossy on 2000. Well done. Good on you Richard for hanging in there.!!

Great to see you again, M & J, congrats on 42 years, also DnA, NZ Biscuit, NZKites, Cats&Dragons, TParty and 4CJ, Freewilys, Bridgeaway, and of course the irrepressible Squirrel. And even more that we missed actually meeting. Nice to meet you anjwirihana.

We saw ALL your names on the caches we did on our way home. Great minds think alike..

Thanks again for a great event.

Absolutely great to be amongst all these veteran Cachers, sharing stories, having a laugh. My first event and I'm so excited about the next one.... Till then I look forward to seeing you all out there on the field Cheers again Lion Fish

Thanks for arranging this get together, it was and is always awesome to catch up with fellow cachers from the region and beyond.

Cheers!

Thanks for organising this event Lionfish, and very organised with the tents just in case! It was great to be able to put a few faces to names I have seen time and time again on logs and the two new caches were a nice bonus. Nice to see some newbies attending as well as the old hands too!

Will be there before heading north

Tb drop

Arrived a little late, was feeling a little nervous as I had never attended an event before, thank goodness for the sign- I wasnt sure if I was going to gatecrash a bbq?? Very pleased I got out of the car and had the chance to put some faces to the names, got the 2 new caches while I was down here, got some phone numbers so I actually have some people to phone while out and about, got a few good tips to help me with my DNFs, and got given my first pathtag!!!! All in all a fantastic afternoon, thank you Lion Fish for this opportunity to mix and mingle

Hi everyone. Just a quick update on tomorrow’s ‘Event’. The weather isn’t the greatest, but the Event will definitely be going ahead regardless. The forecast is for the rain to clear from 12pm tomorrow, so with a bit of luck, it will have passed over by our 3pm start time.

We have got 2 new caches ready to go… the first is a Traditional, and the other is a straight-forward short Multi. There will also be a few spot prizes, and a competition to enter.

Perhaps pack a jersey and jacket, as the wind can be rather cool down at Kulim Park in the late afternoon. See you all soon!

Contact phone number: Warren … 029-928-3360.

Will bring mum and dad too

We will be away - hope everyone enjoys themselves!! Thanks Lion Fish for organizing - if its on again next year?????

Yes, we'll be there. Nice to meet up with some other geocachers.

Yes Tony and I will be there

We look forward to catching up with old caching friends and making new ones. 3 of us will attend. see you there!!

Mrs Spy3 will attend - first time without the other half but will look forward to it.

Hope to make this one, will be a good chance to catch up with old and new geocaching mates. Will leave Mosh at home this time lol.

Hope to be there... School will have started.

Originally we had another function we had to attend but that date has been moved by a week so now we can look forward to attending your BBQ, and catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.

We will gladly be there, thanks Lionfish. Always good to see you and the geocaching buddies. We too have fond memories of the first event you held in Kulim Park...that really inspired us as new cachers. Hopefully we may have some new chums with us too

Will be there for sure - This was where it all started for me. So glad I got out of the car on the day

It's in His diary and She has the "bacon and egg" pie dishes at the ready -- see you there

We will be there. Be good to meet up with other cachers again. See you all there.

All being well we will be there.

Would love to come and if all goes well will see you then.

Sounds good to us. It's in the diary and we've bought the sausages! May bring along some mugglettes too.

Am very likely to attend with family. See you there. <*))))>

Almost thought this was tomorrow and I was packing the picnic basket. I will be there.

Thanks Lion Fish, have written this in the diary and hope to attend, all going well.

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