Tawa Junction (Wellington) Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
By DanielHurri on 11-Sep-14. Waypoint GC4XN4G

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Logs

22-Dec-18
As this cache has been out of action for too long, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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TheCur8or
Geocaching.com Volunteer Reviewer.
 
31-Oct-18
No response to missing & NM in more than a year.
 
27-Oct-18
Looked all over the railing, no joy
 
01-Aug-18
Spent a fair amount of time searching the likely and unlikely locations, nothing found
 
01-Aug-18
This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.
 
12-May-18
Dnf
 
25-Feb-18
Had a good look for this one and couldn't find it. Perhaps the CO needs to check on this one?
 
13-Jan-18
Couldn't find it Sad
 
This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.
 
There is currently long-term construction around the area of the cache, which has been going on for weeks. Didn't find the cache but couldn't access all of the area.
 
02-May-17
Only one place this could be and yup there it was. TFTC
 
30-Apr-17
Nice find to add to the collection. TFTG
 
22-Apr-17
Easily found. Very quiet area for a Saturday afternoon. TFTC.
 
22-Apr-17
Easy find because of clear clues. Nice quick grab & sign in a sunny day and surprisingly quiet and not so many muggles around. TFTC
 
16-Apr-17
Got it.
 
24-Mar-17
Screaming
 
05-Feb-17
Looks like it's been muggled
 
29-Dec-16
Found it with my little person. No log, just a scrap of paper.
 
01-Nov-16
Had a bit of time to wait for the train so had a go at this one.

A previous log seems to indicate I was searching in the right place.

Hasn't been found for a while so will wait and see if it's still there before trying again.
 
18-Sep-16
Log is missing.
 
18-Sep-16
Log wasn't home today so left a message. As others have said it kind of had to be hidden there.
 
21-Aug-16
Ah got it this time. A nasty wee rail, looks like its ownly held together by the paint on it, No log book present and I didn't have a suitable spare with me. TFTC
 
10-Aug-16
Nice find. Although currently no log book inside. TFTC
 
11-Jul-16
School holiday fun !
 
11-Jul-16
Cute container. Easy find. Public place but makes it all the more fun.
 
10-Jul-16
Took a few minutes to spot, but got there in the end.
TFTC.
 
22-May-16
It took me a few minutes to track down this cache's whereabouts. There were few people about this morning so I didn't really have any muggle concerns.
 
14-May-16
Found on our way to the Science and Space Festival. Quick and easy find once we widened the search. Thanks for the cache. Did with a Muggle and Mycro Man
 
14-May-16
Did with Crystal Fairy.
 
20-Apr-16
Loads of people around but a quick find and a nice view of the stream
 
07-Apr-16
Took us a wee while but it was always going to be where it was.....wasn't it? Tftc
 
06-Apr-16
A nice easy find for my last one in Tawa today. There's a whole lot more to do so I'll be back. TFTC
 
25-Mar-16
A quick find here while trying to find at least 29 caches in a day. Tftc
 
12-Mar-16
A quick find. I remember when this was once a great place to shop. Thanks for the cache.
 
28-Feb-16
Tftc great spot
 
20-Feb-16
Almost solo using tablet , thanks to UlmusLynx. TFTC
 
09-Feb-16
Very much out in the open in a busy area lucky didn't take long to find ... Spiders eek yuck. Tftc
 
31-Jan-16
Nice day for it. Careful of mugglers
 
31-Jan-16
TFTC. feel very conspicuous here!
 
24-Jan-16
HI, TFTC! This look us longer than needed even though 6yr old geokid said "I bet it's on the ...... (correct location" as we arrived. GPS was a bit off for us.
 
23-Jan-16
Easy find with the hint
 
19-Jan-16
Nice to get a quick find on way home from the train station. Bit of stealth required as curtains with Muggler close by.
 
17-Jan-16
Super easy find hint gave it away. Tftc
 
16-Jan-16
Took a moment to locate the right spot. Bit too public a setting for my liking. Fortunately there were very few muggles around but you never know what neighbours were watching through their net curtains! #1006. TFTC.
 
13-Jan-16
Sitting down ... then looking up. ..found
 
13-Jan-16
Found it
 
10-Jan-16
Couldn't find. Got 4m off
 
10-Jan-16
Yay we found one. Thank you
 
01-Jan-16
I used to regularly park at the train station near here, and I remember it gradually declining into a ghost town. Nice to see it coming back into use. TFTC.
 
31-Dec-15
#162. It's good to see this area coming to life again. This one is quite close to home so I really should have got it before now. Good to have got it before the year was out and claimed my souvenir. TFTC.
 
29-Dec-15
Great cache! Don't let it fall in the creek!
 
29-Dec-15
11:30. Randomly placed my hand and sure enough, there it was. Easy find. TFC.
 
25-Dec-15
Obviously Christmas Day is the time to go caching.... no muggles and bonus of working off Christmas dinner and family bonding! TFTC DanielHurri Cool
 
22-Dec-15
TFTC . Not where we first looked but easy find once looked at GPS. Smile
 
14-Dec-15
Quick find ! Thanks
 
14-Dec-15
#190 quick find
 
14-Dec-15
163
 
05-Dec-15
A nice find after dinner

TFTC
 
28-Nov-15
Tftc. All in good order
 
04-Oct-15
Easy find with Mrs JY. TFTC
 
04-Oct-15
Easy find with Theosaurus. Took it back to the car to fill in the log as might otherwise have been muggled by people going to Big Air. TFTC
 
08-Sep-15
Nice and quick find!
 
08-Sep-15
Nice and easy find
 
18-Jul-15
6999. Pouring with rain today so decided to drive to Porirua for lunch. Did this one on the way back to Johnsonville. A very quick and easy cache. Very sad to see this area virtually unused and deserted. Thanks for the cache. Rodney and Iris.
 
12-Jul-15
Took a while
 
21-Jun-15
Nice hide had a pukeko to admire while logging.
 
21-Jun-15
A quick find with TregearP. All in good order,

TFTC.
 
09-Jun-15
Looked in the wrong place, found something pretty surprising. But I found the cache in the end
 
04-Jun-15
Night time caching in Tawa with the big Geodog Smile TFTC
 
10-May-15
A quick find while in the area this afternoon. All in good condition. Signed log, TFTC
 
09-May-15
Nice one
 
09-May-15
Cute container!
Find it found it
 
24-Apr-15
Once the GPS stopped glitching it was easy to find Smile :p
 
19-Apr-15
Eventually found, after searching each part. Took a while but got there in the end. TFTC Smile
 
19-Apr-15
5th find for today out with BigcheeseNZ, finally found after some stealthy searching due to 4 elderley muggles having Sunday chat just down the road Smile, TFTC
 
01-Apr-15
Looks like they are trying to make a 'centre'. Of shops? Here. The hide was nicely hidden where one expected. And so it was retrieved , signed and replaced without too may muggles passing this morning.
Thank you for the cache.
 
04-Mar-15
Tftc
 
21-Feb-15
A systematic search yielded the treasure. Tftc
 
15-Feb-15
Nice easy find today while in the area. I remember coming here to do some Christmas shopping back when the kids were small. Great to see that its getting back up and running again. SLTFTC
 
06-Feb-15
Found three today all in these tin! Totally tawa
 
31-Jan-15
This used to be a thriving shopping centre. Hopefully it will pick up again. TFTC
 
31-Jan-15
Followed the hint and found it easily. TFTC.
 
11-Jan-15
With Liz. Nice hide
 
07-Jan-15
Maintenance performed.
 
06-Jan-15
After grabbing a couple of nearby challenge caches, I then spent some time picking up a few caches around the Tawa area. Soon had the cache in hand after a systematic search! TFTC!
 
05-Jan-15
Number 2 today. Don't overthink it
 
04-Jan-15
Quick find while collecting a few caches in the area. TFTC, #7410
 
02-Jan-15
We think we found it but it only contained a spoon and lots of things lying outside it.
 
27-Dec-14
Very quiet today but great to see this area going again. Thanks
 
26-Dec-14
Quick cache with 1Grunta
 
26-Dec-14
Just popped out for a walk this afternoon and grabbed a cache. Straight forward find today. I was the second visitor for today with Bruzie signing before me. Thanks for the cache.
 
26-Dec-14
Very quiet here today. A straightforward find. TFTC
 
26-Dec-14
Didn't take long to find this.
TFTC
 
24-Dec-14
No sign of any businesses trading today. All very quiet.
TFTC
 
21-Dec-14
Hehe, great hide! Very quiet here today, a perfect day for it Smile Thank you
 
14-Dec-14
A quick find while following the clue. TFTC
 
05-Dec-14
I can't believe that I'd forgotten this one loitering in Deepest, darkest Tawa.....so Today Melon and i rectified that omission on the way to his swimming lesson. TFTC.
 
03-Dec-14
#173. Another find with Mrs Coopsnz. A chance hand on the exact spot Surprised meant an easy find before before muggles arrived. Hopefully we were quick enough to avoid attention from the fitness group. TFTC
 
03-Dec-14
#66. Found on a morning's caching with Mrs GSEL. Tftc!
 
22-Nov-14
Felt like a walk after tea so wandered about enjoying the mild evening. Quick find. Attraction between cache and its hiding structure not great, felt like I had to sort of jam it in so it won't fall off. Could do with a good boost in its powers. TFTC