Possum Control (Hawkes Bay) Napier, North Island, New Zealand
By nickhbnz on 31-Jan-15. Waypoint GC5M2M5

The cache owner is not responding to issues with this geocache, so I must regretfully archive it.

Please note that if geocaches are archived by a reviewer or Geocaching HQ for lack of maintenance, they are not eligible for unarchival.

Hi

It appears that this cache has been inactive for quite some time. Is it going to be replaced or should it be archived to make room for possible future caches? If the cache owner does not contact me within Three Weeks, I'll assume the cache needs to be archived.

While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for you and block other cachers from entering the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can't do so forever. Please either repair/replace this cache, or archive it so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location. Also, if you haven’t done so already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

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Please refer to recent logs, time to archive?

This geocacher reported that this geocache should be archived. A community volunteer reviewer has been notified.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

might need to check this one

Nothing to find here

Had a look around using the hint and other log clues but no luck today.

Can't find it anywhere

Two kids and a thorough search later still no luck

Got it

Well hidden you just need to eyes to see something camouflaged

Nice cache. TFTC

Cool cache container

No live possums here but a rather stiff rat nearby . Loved the cache holder. Lots of dog walkers around today.

Awesome! Took a bit of doing but we found it

Good cache !

Was quite hard at first but was so well hidden!

Tftc good spot to hide lots of muggles around

Found it.I like the container.TFTC

My team of finders helped me with this on a lovely bike ride

Took a few minutes . Cool bag for the cache ! Sorry no pen today Cute range of marbles to swap with though

Thanks. Cool hide.

Waited for a family of muggles to pass before my daughter ducked in and made a quick find. Nice hide. TFTC. Cheers

Nice big flax to hide in while retrieving the cache. Lots of muggles and dogs but otherwise all fine. TFTC

Headed here today whilst Team woofy was taking the dog for a walk and I needed a cache for the new year, so decided upon this one....then I was headed over to a nearby cache that had eluded my the past few visits to the Bay.....

TFTC.

This was my second attempt at this cache. First time around, I spent quite a bit of time hunting without any luck. Today, however, it was a straight forward find, with no problems at all. Funny how some caches work out like that. TFTC.

Success!

Tftc 3 out of 3 so far

Was in the Hawkes Bay for work and decided that it was a must to go around and at least find a cache or two if time allowed. As I was in the area and I had just finished a meeting with a client I decided that I might as well have a go and check out a cache or two in this area as I was early for my next appointment.

This was my second cache for the day, after finding GC64GYG - Alphabet Soup - W (Hawke's Bay), this was the next cache that I had on my list that I wanted to find today.

Arrived at the car parking area and found a parking spot within 40 metres of GZ, as I was getting out of the car I spot the hint object and was wondering to myself that this was going to be quick or it was going to take a bit of time to find. Arriving at GZ I decided to trust my GPS and was glad I did as it pointed me to a very likely spot. Managed to spot the cache quickly as it was not in its camo bag, retrieved and signed it and replaced it back into it little home.

Definitely an interesting spot for a cache, took a few seconds to read the information board as well. Thanks for placing this cache here and for bringing me to this spot, TFTC TNLNSL (12827)

Found it in second attempt. Much better without the mud!

A bit behind with the logging - on a 3 day caching adventure with rustynz and gorby

Came along here with rusty and Rebel who was driving, so me and rusty made the short walk to GZ to make the find, I dived in, don't mind flax that much, signed the cache while still leaning in the flax, asked rusty to have a look at the cache, it was very hot (exceedingly hot) and she wanted to head back to the car but still had a look anyway. Nice little container. Good effort. Trying this afternoon to just get park n' grabs, not because we're lazy but it so hot better to be in the car with the air con going.

Well this Westie crew is exploring and looking for caches, and this was no exception. We have been lucky in that its dry, and I am with gorby who does not mind a flax dive into the .... well he soon found the cache, and of course I needed to check out the unique way this one was secured.

Thanks for the hide, and bringing us here

Log later

Wanting to get out and stretch our legs, Merlot58, Jag50 and I headed to this park for a walk. Mrs Jag made the find quickly, which was nice since none of us particularly like searching in flax.

We had made up a group of 7 Westies and flown down to Napier for a few days of caching. We all wanted to stretch our legs and even MrJag50 did not want to play possum in the car so. Mrs Jag made the find quickly, which was fortunate given the dislike for flax amongst the team.

I normally don't like flax hides but this one didn't take too long to find.

Easy find!

Not too fond of flax & nearly gave this a miss-luckily we didn't as it was a nice hide-tftc

Good one to find,challallening at first but easy once we new where it was we did put a little gift in there so good luck finding it!

Great find

Easy find. Watch for muggles

Easy find from the back

Went exploring for this one, thanks for the cache!

Thanks for the cache

Fairly easy but muddy

Easy find. Had fun with all the mud around

Yea easy find climbing from the back (:

Found after a big search

After swimming through the flooded bushes we finally found it

Very boggy around the flax today, still found it, was a great cache.

Our 5 & 3yo first geocaching trip. Left a little treasure my boy found in the park.

Great hide. Elevation helped.

We picked this as our first find of the weekend as we were after a special TB, but unfortunately it wasn't in the cache. However we were pleased to locate the cache quickly and in good condition, and it filled one of our last few dot days. It was a bit wet in the area today so we were grateful for our gumboots. TFTC Nick!

Today I'm taking Emi and Aya on a geocaching mission to introduce them to the game. We have gone on a walk to Park Island to see what treasures we can find This one is our first attempt and we had to be very stealthy as there are a lot of dog walkers about. We managed to get into GZ unnoticed but got a funny look emerging! . The cache is very cool and we were very lucky to find a travelbug! Tftc!

Took a while to find, bit of climbing required as access was restricted due to rain

Easy find!

Easy find

Good find thanks

Yay!

Quickest find yet

TB drop, will log find later

Day 13 of our North Is trip, and today we are based in Havelock North. And after days of warm, sunny weather, we experienced drizzle today, but we didn't let that dampen our caching activities too much.
Oh, no, not the synk! Yes, it was but it luckily was a quick find. Great to find a cache big enough for the key TB. TFTC.

#13846. Not our favourite type of hide, so we were happy when the cache was quickly found. TFTC.

CZECH
když jsme se blížili, bylo jasné, jaká je to schovka, tak jen najít přesné místo...

Thanks for bringing us to this park, this was the first cache we found here today.
Cache in very good conditions, nice place to hang around

Good hide thanks.

After waiting out the muggles was a quick find. TFTC

TFTC. How on earth did that get in there ?
A favourite from me

Very good

Good hide

Clue is a big help

Our first geocacher with the Stevens 4

Our 1st geocache with 'The Nana's' & Great Aunt. A great start to the day!

Step sons first find now he is hooked

I've searched here twice before, and the first time I thought I'd done a really good job despite having to stop/start as dog walkers came past. So for this third time I took CB along with me. It was me, not CB (a complete beginner), who spotted the cache, so I still have some pride intact. However I suspect that previous zealous searching may have damaged a lot of the flax that was providing camo. I'm sure I wouldn't have missed it previously if it had been so easy to see as it is now. Maybe just a serious case of cache blindness? Thanks for placing this and many other interesting caches that I've been finding on my visit to Hawkes Bay.

Had a quick look but lots of muggles getting in and out of cars. Will try another day.

This was our first and my daughter was so excited to make the find. Awesome

Good hint Flax

Found it but I do not know how my dad did not find it

Great spot. Thanks for a fun hunt.

When we first saw the mass of hint objects, we decided to leave this cache and do the other caches in the park first. On returning later, we searched for a while in the usual places, before reading some previous logs, which gave us the impression this cache might be a little different from the usual caches in this much disliked type of hiding place. After that, the cache was a fairly quick find. TFTC

Harsh to think a 15-year-old muggle granddaughter can hunt better than this cacher of 4 years, but true never the less. This was when I wished PC Sniff was around. He was great with well camouflaged caches in flax bushes. Not me though. I had plenty of time to look so have no excuse for this DNF.

Went caching around Napier with muggles 15 year old granddaughter, before we went to Cops & Robbers Xmas get together at Laser Force. Granddaughter wanted to look for this one. She found it within 5 minutes. Very pleased with herself finding her first cache. Cheers.

TFTC! Very clever pouch.

Great camouflage! Mind the mud!

I see the hint is synk - that's just what our hearts did as we realised where it was hidden. It's also what our feet would do. We searched all the places we could, between looking dodgy to dog walkers, then we tried another approach and steed spotted something interesting. Getting to it needed some creative scavenging.

Thank you for the cache! CZ

Hard but satisfying find

Was in the area so came back for another look. Didn't take to long to find this time. Good to mark this one off. Tftc

Yay

Great find!!

Great spot for a hide
Thanks

Got it!!!

Found this last week with munkis and got a flat car battery haha, thank goodness munkis had AA roadside assistance!

Pretty tricky

We've had this Tauranga to Hawkes Bay trip planned for a couple of months now and this was our 14th find. Dave managed to get his hands on this one just as Bruce and I arrived but it did appear to require a keen set of eyes. TNXPro, DavidsonClan and myself have signed the logs T3A, an acronym from our messenger chat 'The 3 Amigos'. Cheers again nickhbnz

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We had planned a trip from Tauranga to Napier area for weeks now, and this weekend was the time to get as many caches as we could find.

We called ourselves "The Three Amigos" (and logged as 'T3A'), comprising of myself, Philip.Perry and Davidsonclan. Leaving at 5am Saturday morning, we knew we had a long weekend ahead of us.

I liked the way this cache was clinging to its surroundings. Looks like some work has gone into it.

TFTC

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