Bridging the past (Wellington) Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
By The Wot wots on 01-Mar-14. Waypoint GC4ZE9Q

Bit of a bush wash and now the rain has started up again+! Been meaning to grab this one for a while!

Nice to finally tick this one off. Overgrown bush whackado gla we didn't try this when it was too muddy (safety jandals were worn here!). Log and container was pretty wet but we dries things off as good as we could. TFTC.

Found it with granddaughter while visiting for school holidays. TFTC.Add an image

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Thanks, always love a walk in this reserve. The cache is very wet now

Found! Took a while but a great achievement to find it. Thanks for the cache refresher

Great spot

Rock climbing

Found it! Had a good little hunt around

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Tricky one indeed navigating through the bush

After being woken up by the earthquake this morning I couldn't get back to sleep so was out the door nice and early to come and find some caches for leap day. I'd been to this park before but was a bit put off looking for this cache after reading previous logs with mentions of blackberry etc. Decided to look for the cache today while in the area and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I must have chosen a good route and didn't get scratched at all. The cache is not in great condition but at least the log is in a pill container and is able to be signed (thanks to Jodanz' maintenance). TFTC

Find it after struggling in the bush and with a crazy phone GPS for a while.

The container is quite full of water and the logs are damaged.

TFTC! ^^

Found! Good scramble though long grass

Tricky one, managed to find the tree then find a less direct way in to it thanks to the blackberry

Definitely have to have a good look around!Container was wet, dried out and reassembled.

Alot further in than we initially thought, found the blackberry bushes and then found the Rangiora bush and there laid the cache. Had to guide ShivSD from the front as he navigated from behind.TFTC!!

Nope, not for me and needing dry feet!

Will try again next time

Came to Seton Nossiter Park on a wet blustery day to find some caches. Very pleased to have worn boots, as the ground was very soft and muddy underfoot. Worked my way onto this small terrace, but, as I approached GZ, I was blocked by tangles of blackberry. Stepped back a few paces, and found an alternative approach that avoided the blackberry, but was still quite slippery after the rain. Found the cache no problem, but very wet inside, as has previously been noted. Tipped water out, fished out the pill bottle with the W/P log paper. Signed, and returned to it's resting place. Tftc!

I tried this last week but was confronted by the black berry bushes.
With time running low, I decided to let it go.

This time, after parking at the hall carpark, I walked further up the water bypassing the blackberries bushes.
Once on the other side of the water, I saw the clearing with a faint track.
I followed it until I was about 3m from GZ. However, GPS was a bit dodgy as it pointed outside of the trees.

Here, I spotted a bag of what appeared to be swag and paper just lying on the ground. I left it there for the time being.

I tried every tree I could until I gave up and PAF, who described the tree trunk. After a bit of a hunt, I almost quit again until I realized I had overshot it by a couple meters. There it was.

The cache contents are pretty wet, but the log was protected in its own container.
I grabbed the bag of swag and put it into the cache.

Loved the water walk but could have done without the prickly stuff.
Cheers.

Sleepy was here!

#182. Found an easy way around to this gz avoiding all the gorse and thorns. Tipped water out like previous entries. Signed dry log in medicine bottle. TFTC.

Container full of water (tipped out) and old log a mess but the new waterproof log in the pill bottle still holding up! Not hard to find, a wee access nook back a bit got me in without prickles. Nose following… Tho container is in the roots of a mahoe, not rangiora as per description.
Thanks for the detour

Went way too high and then lost Ike’s at terrain rating and slipped back down. Wall of blackberry was avoided but struck out today

Tricky find as very thorny area, but it is accessible! Waterlogged, though.

Prepare for mud and prickles but found it and made geocache friends at the same time!

Found. Blackberry bushes are a bit overgrown, and the log wet and destroyed.

Found, overgrown. Not a good spot

Got very near it but the blackberrys put me off. No point injuring myself. Rather pointless having a cache in a secluded area but making it really difficult to find.

Did with Crystal Fairy.

Tried this one from the scout entrance, but struggled to get past the gorse on the alternate route, so did the waterfall first and then just before heading uphill took the detour off to the left. Took the wrong road and realised we couldn't get to the cache so backtracked and took the alternate route to about 8m from GZ.. Struggled with the hint, but searched until we found a big tree and found the cache totally soaked in the roots.. Luckily there was a smaller container with a drier log that we signed our name. Thanks for the cache.

Water in container, drained, paper damp managed to write, logged and replaced. Dog owners should be responsible as dog poo bags discarded along walkway. They don't seem to care.

A little more than a year ago I ventured into this park expecting to make a few finds, but only walked away with one. Today... I was more successful.

This one I'd DNA'd because of the numourous spiky plants. Today was similar - walk to the bushline, see big thicket of blackberry, turn around - except I wandered down a bit and found another way in that, while bush-bashy, did get me to the cache with minimal prickle. Tftc!

Very over grown

Blackberry not as bad as some would have had us believe. We weren't hopeful of finding this given recent DNFs but found it a few meters from where it should have been.

Placed back under the rangiora about 3 meters from the edge of the clearing.

Log was wet so stuck in a pill container with a waterproof log inside to keep this one going a bit longer.

As previous attempters have said, the area is choked out with both blackberries and gorse. DNA because of this. It could be somewhere in there but I'd need some gloves and clippers to check properly.

Had a good rummage but no luck. Watch out for blackberry

But overgrown in the area and lots of blackberry/gorse - made searching hard

Couldn't find, fighting the thorns and the berries. But it was my first geocache hunt.

Good find by our oldest, good day out in winter. Log is wet though

Thanks for the bush whacking experience! Not sure if cache has fallen from original position but the 'navigate' took was about 10m off!

Nice find thanks. Full log to follow

There is an easy way to this cache and a hard way! I found the hard way!
The cache really needs maintenance. Log is of no use. Left my log details on a scrap of paper.
An interesting area with a history to go with it. TFTC.

The book is soggy so.....

Fun cache!

Yay got it! But drenched. Hint worked a treat, but could see the cache from the grass. I was originally here for the waterfall down the way, so decided to walk up further to see some history! Will have to find out what it was.

Found it easily enough. A good excuse for a Saturday afternoon walk. Sadly the log book is absolutely DRENCHED.

The log book is soaked.

A quick find in a nice quiet area. Log book appeared fresh, but was absolutely saturated as the container was full of water. TFTC

Great find

A pleasant walk on a warm sunny day. Not too many muggles around. We parked at the Mark Avenue car park, not far from the Scout Hall and it was a fair walk to get to GZ. We weren't sure how to get to the other side of the stream which is where our GPS was indicating. Fortunately there was a small bridge and not too far to the cache after that. A quick find after that. Thanks for bringing us to a new area and TFTC.

Got confused working out how to get to the GZ, quick find once we finally got there

Drenched with water

Easy as

Done

Tftc. Nice day out. Cache quite wet unfortunately didn't have supplies with me

This is is nice wee walk. Had to be careful as the were a few walkers around. Found the cache using the hint. I now know what a Rangiora Bush is, so thanks. The cache seemed dry but the log book is soaking wet, even in the plastic bag. Should probably be replaced. Thanks for the cache

Found! Incredibly wet unfortunately so needs maintenance. Also a bit of blackberry around so be careful.

V sharp ascent. I climbed and got it while Laurab6623 didn't climb in the blackberry bushes.:p

Lovely spot. Logbook very very wet. Tftc

Nice spot. Logbook unfortunatelty was wet

An interesting history here Pity the old viaduct has gone Cache container and log very wet Some CO input and TLC needed here please TFTC

Nice

Found

Found it.
A morning caching, grabbing some solved puzzles and a couple of traditionals along the way.
Emptied water fron cache - logbook very wet. Needs attention.
SLTNLN, TFTC

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

I think there was a previous cache somewhere in the area as I remember visiting here before. An interesting area for both the viaduct remains, and the WRC stream detention set up. A quick easy find here but noted that the cache contents and logbook are getting a bit wet.

(apologies fro the late logging) - TFTC

I was in the area to do another cache and decided to do this one too as the difficulty and terrain level suggested it would be a quick easy grab before it got dark. The terrain level seems a little conservative but not too badly. Lots of water coming down today, I was glad to find the bridge!
Very interesting to see the remains of the viaduct from the path after I did the Viaduct cache (which is still active) some years ago.
Enjoyed reading the signboard about the history.
Giving this a favorite point as this is the kind of cache I like, a well hidden cache drawing attention to something of interest about the area and room in the cache for swaps etc.
Contents were a bit wet but log was OK.

Cache was not covered over by any material other than the overhead vegetation when found, I didn't think muggles would be likely to spot it because of the natural cover so I left it as found. I since noticed in an earlier log that some muggles did find it but fortunately in that case left the cache in place, so perhaps it does need some more cover after all.


No muggle issues at GZ, a few dog walkers enjoying the nice evening but they were on the other side of the water.

Keen to come back and explore the park more and do the other caches in it sometime.

TFTC.

Found this three days ago with nzphoenix and firebird9 on a beautiful evening walk.

Found on a great day out with jessicalee222 and nzphoenix

Found on a nice sunny evening with firebird9 and jessicalee222!

Initially thought we were in the wrong area but gps was still pointing this way so all good. A bit of a clamber and cache was in hand. tftc

found with little difficulty, a few thorny bushes but no major problem. thanks for the cache

Interesting area, descriptive hint, nice to read about Māori lore. TFTC!

This right here is basically why I do geocaching. Great spot in an area I hadn't visited before. Getting here was a bit of guesswork but no problem finding the cache which was hidden with just the right amount of cover to make it findable without rummaging. TFTC.

Out with Woobell. TFTC

Windy walk today with the PomsAway team and geo-dog. Quick find as it was out in the open. Have put back with more ground cover.

TFTC The Wot wots #511, 18 December 2016

Found it! Nice hiding place

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A good walk

Easy find!

Took my boys and dogs for this one. Nice spot.

#57 Found with help of friend who is a local, got some inside information about the area on the way to the cache. Train viaduct that used to be here would have been very impressive TFTC straightforward find

Good cache for my 4 year old to find, thanks!

Nice start

First family geocache. Nice and sunny place to be. Thanks!

The direct wet-feet route was marked closed so I took the longer dry-feet route further upstream. No problem finding the cache because it was a bit exposed when I arrived. It seems some local children have found it recently and signed the log book but the cache is in good order. I tried to add some natural cover when I replaced it. I'm not sure how successful I was.
TFTC

A quick easy find, once we worked out how to get to the area. It was interesting to see the remains of the old viaduct. TFTC

Had a great visit to this park today with pattismith jr (aged 4) and pooches. Tramped through streams and picked up a nice array of sticks. Pattismith jr liked hearing about the viaduct but was a bit upset that it's no longer there. Finding the treasure helped cheer him up.

Found on my morning jog. Nice cache and lovely place. Thanks from Prague =D

A great little tramp. Tftc

TFTC

[?] Found with**taybee** [?] Sign log book

Quick and easy find today by taybee nz
All in good order, sign log book as ***TAYBEE*** or ***TB*** TFTC Log by Gsak
Cache was find at 14/02/2016 15:15 Found: GPS > 2016-02-14T02:15Z

Found it. Thanks!

Out for a nice evening walk an decided to find a few caches.

Woop woop - found our first geocache!

First one

Yay. Good fun.