The Big Gear At Goodmans (Kapiti) Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand
By tmann421 on 19-Sep-14. Waypoint GC5D959

Checked on this cache to find it had been muggled

Had hoped to find out more details about the gear and shift the cache to a better location but think it better to just let it go now.

Jeepers! Hope this was not my fault!

[green] On my way to Palmerston North for Christmas, and caching along the way. An awesome day to be out and about. Except for the traffic. It seems that everyone is on the road. Getting back onto the road, especially if crossing lanes, can involve a ten minute wait!
Cache was an easy find. Alas, so was the grease. There is a bit of a hole in the cache description - someone in Goodmans must know what that wheel comes from?
Dropped in an emerald.

Grease more like tar! Did not heed warning and had black stuff on my hands. Warning real but most of the black stuff came off the cache so don't caress it. TFTC.

Nice easy find

TFTC

Down this way for the day so teamed up with GJ, CCC & Titan for a bit of geocaching in the sun. With pies and coffee consumed this was the next cache where we had a quick find. GJ, CCC & Titan were out of the car so quick I had not got out when the cache was bought back to me to sign the log. Job down and the cache was returned to it spot. Thanks for the placement tmann421.

Grabbing a few caches on my roady to the 2015 Mega in Christchurch. Quick find, lucky I had my torch as this was a night caching mission. TFTC

Third time here, this time quick park and grab on my to Paraparaumu airport to fly to Christchurch for the Mega. Thanks for the cache tmanna421

Thought I would do one last GC before the end of the world happens
Nice and straight forward although despite very clear warnings about the grease, I still managed to get some on my hands!! Thanks of the GC.

A nice easy find after dinner.

TFTC

Noticed this close to home and had to check it out. Stealth required! TFTC

Called by and replaced the container.
New hint added.

Great find by Ace while on a little caching outing. Tftc

Well I have searched each spoke and under the leaves in case it fell but no joy for us today either. May require a quick check from Co. I will pop it on my watchlist to see if it is found again.

Will call by and have a look in the next few days.

Had a good look, or what we thought was a good look around the cog, used my hands to explore but other than grease and cobwebs no luck, we visited twice , but sadly couldn't find anything. Though it was very high muggle area so it was between muggle attacks. Would love to know if it is still there and we couldn't find it or if it is no longer there.

I had made a half-hearted attempt to find this cache in May but it was business hours so I didn't feel that I was going about things unobserved. Today, I found myself close by and decided to have another look. There was nobody about and I was able to park very close to ground zero. I found the container quickly but couldn't remove it from its hiding spot. However, I was able to slide the lid off and remove the logsheet. It was a wee bit awkward putting things back together again but I got there.

A cool tricky hiding spot in what I thought would be an easy find. TFTC

A great find a little tricky but using hands was good.

Very quick find -first place I "looked"! TFTC.

Took a little while to find the correct hiding spot - methodical and patient was the order of the day.
Nice to get this one smilied-up, on a return journey from Palmerston North to Upper Hutt.
No crawlers to be seen today.

TFTC!

No luck today and cog was all sticky and now have tar on my top

Found on my second visit. Quiet night for it. Can't believe I couldn't did it the first time lol. Tftc hubby asked me not to do it during work hours...feared a co worker would see me haha

People coming and going but seemed quite oblivious to me being there..Even two men standing with their back to me talking were not aware of my presence it seemed.
I did get grease on my hands and found it. But had a little trouble replacing it. But finally did. Securely I hope.. thank you for the cache.

Had a couple of days staying in Paraparaumu and manged to get quite a lot of caching time. Fair bucketing down for a good portion of both days - hence some very very short logs in an attempt to keep the logs as dry as possible! Thanks for the caches, neat area to cache in.

Yip I was up with the lark found this at about 7:45. Had to look twice before I saw it. Good hide, I still have some black sammyseal under my fingernails. Cheers and TFTC

Early morning find but clearly not as early as boxhill who signed the log earlier in the morning. Tftc

Took us a while but found it in the end, glad it was a quiet Saturday with no muggles! Very cool, Tftc

We spent quite a few minutes looking for this but we got there in the end. After the hot weather the container is now stuck fast rather than being magnetically attached.

It took us quite a while to find this cache, but we got it in the end. Thanks.

Last cache for the day before we head for home.
Took quite a while to track the little blighter down. Didn't help having a number of muggles coming & going, but we got there in the end. TFTC tmann421.

Another one we found but didn't log!

Took us a while and we nearly gave up! Persevered and we found it.

TFTC

Awesome hide! Had fun searching for it!! Searched with taramaiwae

Not a bad find was well hidden. Not in an obvious spot so well done. TFTC


This entry was edited by taramaiwae on Tuesday, 06 January 2015 at 06:23:55 UTC.

Macfam41 found while out doing essential shopping @ Bunnings. Tftc

Came here on a day trip up the Kapiti Coast to knock off some of the new caches in the area. A quick-ish find in about the fourth place checked. There is more than one force holding the cache container in place, it was a bit sticky here today in the warm weather! Signed log, TFTC.

We were hanging around killing time, but could not find it. The owners of the yard must think I am barmy lol. Will try again at a later date

Wet and rainy! And no pen, oops. Does it count? TFTC! On to the next one...

A quick find for this cache, watch out for black grease. TFTC.

After my walk up the hill I had to go back to El rancho. So I came to this place, but I forgot my pen. Nevertheless, I hope it count.

TFTC & greetings from Germany!

2.10pm. Took longer than it should but it does seem this is an easy one to miss.
Thank you. David.

Last one for the day since I was heading past. Am familiar with this organisation, having had dealings with them in a previous life, so it was good to be back in a caching capacity. TFTC tmann421, #7311

A clever wee hide. This was the second ever cache for the geo-kid who was with me today. A nice introduction to the world of caching for him. TFTC

Having a great day...

Tftc!

Ezy find with clues given. Thanks

Searched everywhere and nearly gave up.. Moved the spiderwebs and eventually found it in the last place that I'm sure we checked the first time.. Did with Mycro Man on the way to Loco today.

Did with CrystalFairy

Find #2114. It's been awhile since I've cycle cached (or any caching actually) so made the most of this sunny Sunday by taking the first train to Waikanae and using the blustery N'west wind at my back to steer me home. An interesting spot and great location for a cache. But why is there always someone around even on the quietest day of the week? Quickly found, 1 of 22 today. SL TFTC

This entry was edited by anzac61 on Monday, 01 December 2014 at 23:14:49 UTC.

Took awhile to find this one, not sure why, it was right there! Thanks

Thanks for the cache! Found with Wafflekitties!

Sneaked out on a camping weekend up the road, whilst out to visit the supermarket. Quick find on a Saturday! TFTC

Found with unrealness and twistiedog.That was fun! tftc

Thanks for the cache. I found it on 6/11/14 at 4:53 pm

When I found out that the weather was better in Kapiti than Wellington I decided a trip up here was in order.

I had trepidation about attempting this one in business hours: the coast was clear when I arrived but just as I had grabbed the cache someone hurriedly came out of the premises and got into her car nearby and drove away. Fortunately she ignored me, I think she assumed I was just having a look at the gear so I reinforced that impression by taking photos of it.

All clear after that so no problems returning the cache after logging.

TFTC.

TFTH

Met up with huntit again just completing "concrete fort" together. Hunted high and low searching every nook and cranny without success then took a moment to read the existing logs, especially the one by MSP Phoenix. Just started our second search when young Carter said "found it". One thing I especially enjoy about tmann421's hides is that I am yet to find two that are remotely similar. SLTFTC

meet up with hamish d and tyler and spent a bit of time searching this one, before we got it.

nice cache

MSP Phoenix has said pretty much all I could say about this cache! Exactly right, quite frustrating but glad we found it. TFTC!

TFTC. Last find of the day before heading back to Wellington.

Found it with tu2 tracker, speedy12, and Dunc-NZ.

Thanks for the find.

Thanks. Found with team Jade. Stunning day.
Mahalo from Hawaii

Came here on Sunday morning as we thought there would be no-one around. We were mistaken. A great deal of stealth was required in order to retrieve the cache. Tftc.

One of those ones where you feel in every nook and cranny and then do it all again and find the cache just where you first started tftc, a good spot.

Yay, took a bit of a search as it was getting dark, but I found it! TFTC!

another one down. TFTC

#5749. Quiet day for a quick find. Interesting machinery. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Quick find today with Princess-Emily who enjoyed playing on the tractors. TFTC

Found with Just-Lookin. Cool tractors. TFTC tmann421

Heading up the coast to find a few caches this evening.
TFTC

Nice find, thanks

FTF FTF FTF YAYE for Mattox69!!!!
Quick find,
glad as I was wearing gloves otherwise hands would have got covered in grease

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