GlenSide #2 (Wellington) Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
By taybee on 27-Dec-14. Waypoint GC5JBM0

A nice tidy cache on a surprisingly busy road. Heading into Glenside 'burn to facilitate a play date (Mama Taxi, at your service, ma'am!). Had to time my in and out and also 'took a call' or two in the interim. Left collector cards for the littlies. Cache in great, tidy condition. TFTC taybee

TFTC

Thank you!

Easy as

Sadly the road was so busy it became dangerous

Out and about with Flowerydaze on a lovely Sunday afternoon, simple hide and Flowerydaze was soon onto it. A very busy road here and I was thankful to find a parking spot in someone's driveway fortunately we were not there long. TFTC taybee

What better activity for a lovely sunny Autumn day than to do a bit of geocaching. Talla64 and I came down from Kapiti with a list, and this was on the list. The traffic was manic, and with double yellow lines and a car right on Talla's tail, we decided to drive on and come back later. Fortunately Talla had noticed a little area to pull in a short distance away. It turned out to be someone's driveway! However, we were there a very short time as I dashed off to grab the cache. A quick find.An interesting history - thanks for bringing us here and telling us about the area taybee (and for the cache of course).

Early morning raid on this one. Managed to park quite close, hardly any traffic about. Thanks taybee

Nice easy find with @peadub. Parking was a bit tricky. TFTC.

Quick find. An interesting story at this cache. Tftc

Tftc really easy log a little wet but singable

This evening I had agreed to meet up with a mate for a chat over a beer in Johnsonville. It's something we like to do every so often and I look forward to them even if it means braving the rush hour traffic to get there from Upper Hutt. I was expecting to have to drive down SH2 to Ngauranga Gorge, but surprisingly (for me) Google Maps was telling me that going over the Haywards and down SH1 was 2 minutes quicker. Even better than that was the opportunity to stop off to grab a cache or three along the way.This would be my last caching stop, having just grabbed a nearby challenge cache. Parking was not immediately available, but I improvised about 100m away and walked back to make my search. A very quick find here as the previous finder (from today) had left the cache exposed and upside down. I cannot say if they had found it in a similar state, but leaving it like this was not good. No issues with signing the log, and then I replaced it as it should be before heading off to meet my mate. Thank you for setting this one up, and encouraging me to explore.

Finally had a chance to grab this one! 100% success rate today. Feeling good. We left a wee thank you TFTC.

Scooted my way up the hill to pick this one up. No problems here though it did take me some time to find it. TFTC!

Timely! I just finished the book Harbouring by Jenny Pattrick thanks for rounding out the experience. Mere Kirihimete!

Thanks for the cache!

thanks

Out for a jaunt to collect a few caches along SH1, or near to.

I think it took me longer to cross the road than it took to find a park, walk up the hill, sign the log , walk down the hill (realise I'd left my trusty water bottle at gz), return, collect water bottle, then make my way back to the carpark.
Felt like I should be signing the log twice after all that palava. TFTC

Thanks

TFTC

Parked at Paw Palace.
Easy find.
Cheers.

Sleepy was here!

#165. Well this one had me going into bush then a lady who looks after the gardens near sign guided me to the find. TFTC.

Easy. Logbook is wet.

Found this at the end of a good string of Tawa finds. Good condition. Glad we came when the road wasn't too busy. Great excuse for a drive along a road we have not been on for a long time. Number 501!TFTC

Stopped by to make a quick find here, having found #1 over a year ago. Noted several logs in book not seen online. All good, tftc!

Easy find

Quick and easy

Quick and easy

Today's an other dot-day so I have been scouting the map the last few days, deciding on what cache to get. Decided on this one. So I hopped on the train with my bike at Petone after work and got a ride to Wellington. Hopped off, then on to the Johnsonville train. Within 30 seconds of me sitting down it took off - nicely timed I thought. To Petone. Bugger! I thought. Actually, that was out loud. Back to Petone, catch another train, back to Wellington then make sure I got the right one and out to Johnsonville. I had bought a day pass ticket as it was about $5 cheaper than individual tickets. A lot cheaper, given the extra trips I made!!
Anyway, got to Petone and cycled out to here. Surprised I didn't get stopped by drivers to tell me that this bit of road only goes to the motorway so why was I cycling up it. Nice easy find. Seems familiar, too... Hello - I have already signed the log! Been here before but forgot to log it on line! So I signed the book again. Headed back via Churton Park to pick up a micro cache there. Holy Heck has Churton Park grown! Last time I was here - 30 years ago - it didn't have this many houses. It didn't have this many streets - it didn't have this many supermarkets!
Nice to see I am just as fit now as I was back then - cycling up the hill back into Johnsonville was easy. Then back on the train to Wellington and then out to Lower Hutt.

TFTC

TFTC. No parking

Silly place for a cache as no safe parking area

Found but a bit hard to get to in a car.

easy! tricky place though people thought we were stuck on side of road

Found on my way to a event in Ngaio, "It's all about the numbers?". Thanks taybee for the cache.

Nice quick find just had to time it right to avoid muggles TFTC!

6 May 2021 1:49 pm a quick cache to fill in time before picking up MacPacGrandson1. TFTC

Now this is an exposed cache! Knew where to look from this cache's sister. Hardest part was crossing the road! Tftc

A quick find - was able to park on grass kerband right at GZ, quickly retrieved cache. Log damp so replaced plastic bag as had a small hole. TFTC.

Haven driven past hundreds of times I finally walked to the cache. I knew exactly where it would be having found Glenside quite a while back. Log dry and in good condition. Yes crossing the road is for the quick or the dead, but the chip seal means you can hear the cars coming. TFTC

Easy find but. Thanks

Found with granddaughter after walking and crossing the busy road. TFTC

Such interesting history!

Did with Crystal Fairy.

I decided the park and grab option wasn't for me so I found a safe place to leave my car and walk up from there. No hint had been offered but no hint was needed. All is good with the container and contents.

Struggled to find a safe parking nearby, so took a little walk with the geokids here. Luckily not very busy and cache was an easy find. Thanks for the walk and cache...

Found it but we didnt have a pen.

After getting the nearby challenge cache I realised I could pop up here and grab the cache before the next bus to johnsonville was due. Traffic wasn't too bad for crossing the road and the cache was quickly located. I covered it to protect it somewhat from any future rain.

A bit damp but found

TFTC

Thanks for the find

Didn't take long to find the cache. Very busy road. TFTC

i remember stopping nearby for an earlier cache nearby. today i parked up by pet care place and walked down partly on the new footpath being made and partly on the road before crossing over to the cache. all was well here. Thank you for this cache.

Caching with the kids following some of the paths around the area

In the early hours of this morning I went for a stroll... a great way to start the day. After being careful to avoid traffic I made my way to GZ on foot. Once there I made a nice quick find and also took a trackable. I will transfer it to me later today once I get back to my computer. So the log book has been signed and the cache is nicely back in it's spot all ready for the next hunter. Thanks heaps for taking the time to set up this cache. I really appreciate your efforts in doing so.

This is geo streak day #1075 in a row for me today. TFTC

Thankfully a nice quick find as there was a fair bit of traffic this evening. TFTC

A quick easy find
Until now I hadn't read the cache description or looked at it on the map so didn't realise about how it referred to something designating the area and wasn't on Glenside Road or Middleton Rd. This despite the fact that one of my own caches isn't far away though just in Churton Park but the same road as this cache!
Out of curiosity I had recently taken a brief wander along Glenside Rd which is a dead end, I guess originally it was the main road?

No problem with the cache other than the fact the Council doesn't seem to expect pedestrians here (there were a couple of them I passed) and I walked up from the nearest bus stop, fortunately it was possible to walk on the (damp) grass on the other side and cross over at GZ where it was safe enough.
No problem finding the cache.

Got me one of two items needed for the Mystery at the Museum though I am not particularly pursuing them!
TFTC.

There's really only one place a cache can be here. Managed to pull up within a few metres and hop out for a quick find.

TFTC

Passed by this one many times. Today was the day to take a hike up the hill and once we rounded the corner there could only be one place for the cache and there it was. TFTC

On our way home and managed to pull over to grab this one. Popped a trackable in for a bit of fun.

Out picking up a few caches in the area.
TFTC taybee

Put this off before as I have wizzed past on the motorway. Decided tonite is the nite. Easy find and all good. Thanks

Needed to find one cache today and this was it. Decided this was enough room to park off the road right at GZ, but only just! As others have said, the coords seemed a little out. Fortunately there wasn’t much searching to be done! A quick find. #2332. TFTC.

Dam got this yesterday and forgot to log grrrrrrr oh well still there in good nick!

I've been thinking about this one for ages as I go past on the motorway Today was the time to stop - at last Quick find thanks Taybee TFTC

Decided to tackle at trying to find this in the middle of the day no so many cars around. A good hiding place. Thanks

Nice park and grab. All good here.

Nice easy find thank you

Like others, I parked down at the bottom of the hill and trekked up alongside the road. The hiding place was obvious as I got close, but it was a busy Sunday afternoon with lots of traffic, so to retrieve the container I had to crouch down behind the nearby bush and wait for gaps in the traffic. All good here, cache in excellent condition. TFTC.

Found while out with Gilgul, It appears I found this earlier in the year but forgot to log it TFTC

Tftc

In Wgtn for a few days to catching up with Taybee NZ and friends. Out and about today snooping around in Porirua. But a quick stop of here to snag and tag this one. Cheers

7835. A park and grab in the rain. Thanks. Rodney and Iris.

Its the school holidays and I am heading home from work early to look after the kids while my wife goes to work in the afternoon. I started at 7am this morning and knocked off at midday.

I was looking for an easy cache to pick up on my way home from work. I didn't want to spend too much time searching. I had a look at the previous logs and saw that this one might be suitable. I parked nearby and took a short walk to GZ.

There were plenty of cars going past and I felt a bit exposed. However, I think I managed to extract the cache without attracting too much attention to myself.

The cache is in good condition. All nice and dry. I took the TB that was there and headed on my way.

Thank you

Cherrys Rule

A very quick find in the expected place. All safe and dry here. TFTC

Sometimes, all you have time for is a quick and easy cache - so thanks Taybee for one that was just that today! Dropped A TB to encourage the next visitor - cache in excellent condition today. TFTC

I'd driven past this cache before and considered my options for how to get here. Although it would be possible to stop on the grass verge (I guess) or in a driveway I elected for the non-lazy option and parked down the bottom. Although there's no footpath up the road there's a definiate trail where people obviously walk up and down here regularly. Indeed I passed a jogger who was coming down. The coords are a fair way off (maybe 8m?) but common sense took me to the right place first as I correctly chose not to believe the GPS. I was pleased to find that I wasn't in direct sight of the traffic - light as it was - at GZ so I found and signed the cache without any problem. Despite my initial trepidations this isn't a bad place for a cache (provided you're sensible about how you get here) so thanks for placing here.

Lucky Friday 13th cache Hintless find quicker than expected once at GZ. Cheers taybee!

Nice find while out with woolwood9 hunting some caches.
SL TFTC

First for the day while out with tmann421

Busy road here and not best for parking. However fairly easy find with Gilgul and Selesi. TFTC

Not many safe places to park around here, but we paused long enough for Selesi to lay hands on the cache and for me to get a longer appreciation than usual at the unique construction in the vicinity. TFTC

Another dot day sorted. Nice easy cache on cold wintry rainy night. TFTC

#5377. Decided I would help Ross Taylor - NZ batting star to celebrate his birthday after that stunning batting display yesterday in the One Day International victory over England. So time to go grab a cache from the taybees. Managed to park very adjacent and had the cache in hand in seconds. So many cars coming past even at dusk. Signed the log as quickly as I could and had it all back in place within a few minutes. Thanks for the cache taybee.

Thanks for the nice easy cache. Was very short on time today and really needed to get a find, so this easy cache was perfect. Cache in good order, items were a bit soggy but log was dry.

Quick find where all good at GZ. Thanks for another smilie.

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Cache # 4,167 - found at 12:11 am this morning, as the weather forecast for everything after 1:00 am sounds dreadful. Fortunately staying nearby tonight, so it was a quick drive to the GZ, park in a nearby business driveway, and walk through the light drizzle to the cache. Easy find, grabbed the TB inside. LNSL. TFTC!

Consecutive caching day # 1,746

The coordinates for this one weren't all that accurate for me, but it was a quick find anyway in the obvious place. Signed log, TFTC

#9912. Took a short walk in Glenside on Saturday. Apart from the fast passing traffic, GZ was all quiet when we visited. Quick find. The cache was in excellent condition, all nice and dry inside.

Dropped off OBXGeek's West Richland Tri-Cities 2015 Geocoin
Took nothing, signed log.

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Found. Not sure there much more to add really. TFTC

A nice quick find and so conveniently located for a quick excursion off, and back on the motorway, as I did in passing today.

TFTC

Published

Found 1100 hrs more to follow

Zipped out to collect this to find Mr-Mcgoo signing the log. Soon bruzie arrived followed by bobcat105, along with Yeetrees on the phone. I wonder what all the muggles in their cars thought of us as they passed by.
TFTC Taybee

FTF at 10.51am.

Luckily I was just finishing up some work in Granada North when the notification came through, so I threw my tools in the car and zoomed down to Glenside to investigate this new cache.

Arriving at the co-ordinates it was clear where the cache would be, and sure enough it was an instant find, and pleasingly a blank logbook.

Thanks very much indeed for the cache.

Easily found after the email notification came in. Came from lower hutt meet up with 3 others that were there before me.tftc

Not sure if I can claim a joint FTF on this one - I headed out the door as soon as I got the notification and headed straight for the area. When I arrived I saw that Mr-Mcgoo and Ethnz were already there but Ethnz was already holding the cache. Joined in on the signing and I replaced where I assumed it was (thinking it was the same as the similar cache near Tawa). bobcat105 turned up while we were having a mini-event (even had Yeetrees on the phone), and he went off to find it himself. After a while we broke up the party and went our separate ways. TFTC

I had seen that other finders had thought that they were the first to find the cache.
Hopefully the attached photo will clear up any confusion

Nice hide. Found with Rachnz. Tftc

Thought it was looking in really good condition then realised it was only published today! TFTC