View from the top of the Mount... Biggs (Manawatu) Halcombe, North Island, New Zealand
By capperz on 27-Dec-13. Waypoint GC4VXBR

Fab views even though it was an overcast day.
Container is buggered but log dry.
SL
TFTC

Out and about in Bulls/Sanson area seeing what caches area are around.

Yep, there are one or two, especially solved puzzles and any odd Trad.

Cheers for the cache.

Today started out innocently enough, I was to make my way from Wanganui back home to Wellington. Because it's a long weekend I was in less of a rush than usual as we had another day off tomorrow (Labour Day) so I decided to find a few geocaches along the way, and then a few more, and a few more, and before the day was out I had logged 60 of them (that's a pretty good day for me). This was one of the geocaches that I found:

All good here, cache was found as described without any trouble.

Thanks to the CO for placing and maintaining this geocache.

I enjoy every cache I find, and it is only with CO's placing them that this wonderful game continues.

Grass has been recently cut. Cache was found in drain submerged underwater, container broken however log was double bagged so still dry. Signed log and Placed cache back where it should be. Tftc

10.25am. Where is the mount??? I expected at least a hill - or a bump on the landscape - but no!
At the least the cache was there waiting to be found.
Thank you. David.

Nice easy find, byop!

**14,492**
Taking a quick break in the Eightsome Reel series to grab this cache with a view! Nice quick find, and off we go back to the Eightsome Reel second half of the series. TFTC

TFTC

Escaped from work a bit early and decided to collect some smileys. Off to Mt Lees reserve and stopped for this quick find. Cache all fine. Thanks

Found it after a short walk. First geocache were have found!

What a beautiful day to be out and about. While the boys and I were heading to Palmerston North we decided to take a quick detour to this spot.

A nice and easy find once at GZ.

TFTC cappers!

Day 53 of my TA adventure...
Merry Christmas...good place for a break ..nice quick find tftc

A quick find in between the showers on our way home from a awesome caching weekend in the region. Had my good shoes on and had to jump the drain which was full of water. A quick find and realised we are actually heading in the wrong direction so a quick u turn and we are on our way again...in the right direction.

Found

Sunny winters morning For caching. My 14th wonders of the world. So now completed. TFTC

As promised by the CO, this was a quick and straightforward find at GZ thanks to the accurate co-ordinates. The Hint is almost superfluous.
No issues signing the log and then replacing exactly as found.

Thanks for placing this cache

Nice easy grab

Quick and easy find. Thanks

Since I'm new to the Manawatu game board with its scores of potential new finds, I've decided to have another go at a streak of consecutive daily geocache finds. Last year I managed a streak of 186 days, so this time I'm aiming for 274 then 366 days. But furthermore if and when I've completed the streak I will have at least three caches each day of the calendar. Two challenges in one!
This was my second find today in keeping with that goal.
Easy enough to find but it was treated as rubbish and was underneath a heap of more rubbish. CITO'd the rubbish; rescued the cache; signed the log. Replaced the cache to the other side of PEEONEEIGHT... as it was now exposed in a bare patch where previously there was grass natural cover. TFTC

Quick find on our way to Feilding on day 73 of our TA thru-hike. Thanks for a cache on this long and dull road walk!

Nice quick find on a stunning day! Great views. Didn’t know you could see so far from here! Thanks

Quick easy find. Vinaka

Came out with the family to explore Mt Lee’s reserve.

Quick park and grab.
Brrr the southern wind is cold

Found on our way home from Winter Warmer VI, loved the view! The container and all inside was very wet however the log was ok and signable. Dried out as best we could and added drying sachets. TFTC

Quickly found, paper dry but cache items damp. Fabulous views. TFTC

New double bagged log sheets added this evening. Wet and skinny has gone

Found with the lid off and water in the cache which I drained out. I would have replaced the log but I've maintained a number of caches on this trip and had run out. I see the CO has since replaced it anyway. Thanks capperz

#8383

Heading to Wellington Mega a day earlier with Squirrel Nutcase and NZ Flossy a day earlier.
Out to collect caches that we have previously passed.
So sorry cache owners, we had a fairly large find today so it's a copy and paste day.
Thanks everyone for their cache placements that we found. SLTFTC

WENZ Mega Weekend is almost here... Motoring south today with Gap (of Fap and Gap), and NZFlossy. Our intention is to cache our way to our accommodation in Lower Hutt... The big news of the day is that Highway 1 is closed at Pukerua Bay. A truck crash and chemical spill have shut down all lanes coming to and from Wellington. We have plenty of caches to find to keep us occupied, but this could be a long wait...

Friday: Our next trail took us on a broad sweep to the north of Sanson. Blue skies and great views of both Taranaki and Ruapehu set the tone for this little circuit... We arrived at a fairly busy Mt Biggs intersection and made a quick find. We spied the neighbour working away in her garden, and no doubt, she saw us too... TFTC.

On my way to the mega with Squirrel Nutcase and Fap and Gap. Having lots of fun and enjoying the ride and the scenery. It’s what I love about caching - great company and visiting great places. Thanks to all the COs for all their caches Hopefully we see some of them at the mega this weekend TFTC

Just a quick log to keep finds, TB visits and / or drop offs in order. Full log to follow once back from Wellington Mega.

Day 2 of my road trip for WENZ Mega. Flew up from Invercargill to Wellington yesterday and will end the day in Wanganui.
A quick find, and as promised, the views are pretty good too.
But the cache has seen drowned at some point and needs more attention than I can give it with this quick stop. Logbook damp, but usable, quite a bit of algae like stuff inside the container. Would suggest nested containers here.
Thanks for the smilie capperz.
2280 15 October 2018 14:42

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

Nice views from here & a great PnG - the kids could watch from the safety of the car while I did my business. TFTC

Quick find. TFTC

Quick find passing through thanks

Found while out and about in the area. Loving these hints

Super easy

Easy one with the little ones in tow

Found it on a Saturday morning after enjoying the bush walk at Mt Lee reserve.
Tftc
Logbook wet.

TFTC
Easy

Easy as tftc

Easy find

Found with GPetone on a wonderful cycle ride around a very picturesque part of the Manawatu. Finding the cache as an extra bonus the persistent drizzle didn't diminish the experience one iota. TFTC

Found with Patandjohn on a tramping club biking trip in the rain. Logbook damp.
TFTC

#4643. I had been planning on doing a big day out caching in the Manawatu for some months. On Tuesday the forecast for Friday/Saturday looked great and even on Wed it was still OK but by Friday I discovered you can't trust the Metservice to identify a rain band. Horribly wrong forecast with rain falling most of the day. Needed gumboots on all day long. By now I had booked a motel in Palmerston North so too late to turn back. Got rather wet getting in and out of the car to grab these caches with steady showers of rain. In the end I managed a respectable total of 65 caches. View was subdued by bad weather. Bit exposed here with the nearby house. Raced over for a quick find. Picked up a trackable. Cache is a bit wet inside but I was unable to help as it was raining when I arrived. Signed the log and replaced the cache as found. Thanks for the cache capperz

Cache # 3,775 - Quick find today, and the view was...well a view. Left a trackable to commemorate the conquest of Mt Biggs.

Submitted via Garmin Oregon 7xx

Time for another geocaching trip with my matey 2 Bulbars, having just lost our good geocaching buddy Priceless Time (Michael Price) we decided that the best thing we could do was a weekend out caching in his memory. RIP Priceless, our thoughts are with you on your caching journey. So, after a quick drive down from New Plymouth we got into the caches: on Day 1, first to the west of Bulls then to the East and South finally into Fielding for the night and a few urban caches. Day 2 work our way back north and east to the CITO at the Rangiwahia bush track. Then back out to civilisation and home. So for this one it’s mission accomplished, this one is a wrap.TFTC! Blenheim Bear
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Parked well out of the way and walked to GZ, no trouble with this one today. Nice chance to explore the areas near Ohakea. 31 January 2017 17:01 GH6710 T F T C capperz

great easy find

Quick find tftc

Another Saturday trip planned by D6NZ, this time starting at the Rangitikei river bridge in Bulls and skirting inland to eventually pop out on the northern side of Fielding.

After reading the other logs im wondering where the view was, maybe to overcast.
Regardless this was a quickly located and logged.

Thanks capperz

Quick park and grab

Logged with GCDroid. No rain at present so did manage to get a decent view from the top. Was a bit worried about the house just up the road a bit but carried on anyway and found the cache, signed and delivered back to its hidey hole.

Sanson Day2.
After finishing the KAZ trail, we continued onto the mint tin series. This was liking a tiki tour of the area around the farming country side.
After having a rest after we came home we vetured out to find a coupke more as we move on from here tomorrow.
Thanks for placing this cache capperz

Good hiding spot, hint was great!

Great view!

Found while having a caching trip to the area

Nice easy find very wet

Clear day good views TFTC

A quick find while on a road trip in the area today. TFTC

It wasn't a bad view either, but....a mountain? tftc

Found but it's very wet

Found but it's very wet

lot of water inside. with juliemayH. TFTC

2nd find of today. Nice and quick find. Found with Bulbousbanana. TFTC.

2nd find of today. Nice and quick find. Found with Bulbousbanana. TFTC.

2nd one today ☺ good easy find, great clue. Tftc

You would have enjoyed hearing me say "I'm not sure what this road will be like, seems it goes over a mountain ." We parked some distance away but having already struck a very similar clue today we knew exactly where to head. Enjoyed the views. TFTC .

Quick find closing in on the end of day. Tftc

Found

Cache full of water. Log book damp. TFTC

Hot on another cachers heels today. Cache was damp as they said but log was dry tftc

Out of the car for a quick park and grab...good cache with a nice view.A cycle race event on so logged,re-concealed and off...TFTC!

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Quick find on way home this evening. Inside of box a bit damp after rain. Log book ok, TFTC

Lots of juggles!

Lots of juggles!

Lots of juggles!

Lots of juggles!

a nice park and grab after the hike we just took.
Cache dry and contents all good.
Hint was funny yet quite accurate.
Cheers
~G

A mission was needed to complete one of the last few licence challenges on Rangitoto Island, so a passing comment to C&D at an event and this mission was soon planned. We nearly achieved what we set out to accomplish, with only 1 more cache to find to complete the challenge but that was due to miss-reading the fine print on the challenge page.

So with the mission lasting 48 hours we amassed a great set of numbers, 317 caches found, just over 1200km travelled, about 7 hours of sleep, C&D finding his 180th earthcache, completing the KAS powertrail in under 3 hours and finding numerous amazing geocaches. A lot of fun was had along the way, and some great memories were created. A big thanks to everyone for placing all the caches along the way, this mission wouldn't have been as much fun if they weren't there!

No view tonight, but a quick find. Thanks for the hide.

Thanks for the cache! Inside of container was wet but logbook was only damp.
Dried out container as much as I could and replaced the plastic bag

Little bit wet but found it

Found during a pleasant Sunday drive on a cool, but sunny and calm afternoon. Enjoyed the views driving along here. Thanks for this straight forward find capperz.

A quick find on an afternoon's caching in the area after the morning event cache near Sanson. Last cache of the day - got there just after sunset with quite spectacular sky lighting. A view to Ruapehu in the distance too, very clear and lit by the setting sun. Signed log, TFTC

Not so much view today. All overcast and as it was dusk looked very drab today. Cache all well. Tftc

Out and about on cracker day grabbing a few caches. GPSr took me right to the spot with a quick park and grab. Then on down the road to check out Mt Lee Reserve. Great views from here today too.

Thanks for the cache capperz. TNLNSL.

The last of a trail of 15 finds that i'd planned for today. TFTC

Could almost have grabbed this without getting out of the car - tftc

TFTC

We were relocating a rental car from Wellington to Auckland, picking up some requirements for our GIO Licence challenge on Rangitoto Island. A quick, straightforward find at GZ. Thanks for the hide!

found it not a good day for view

Stopped off on the way to Mt Lees Reserve. TFTC

Awesome view. I love it

This was a quick grab on the way to Mt. Lees.

This isn't really my idea of a mountain. However, there were nice views today.