LOKKY's smile #2 (west auckland) Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By lokky1 on 22-Feb-15. Waypoint GC5N6QM

seeing as this seems to now be a problem and im in no position to recify cache i will archive to free up space

Look all around for this little blighter and no mustard was to be found.

There is no need to climb into trees or bush your feet can and should remain on grass next to path base is at waist height LOKKY1

no obvious spots, felt bad given the amount of kauri around, didn’t want to be climbing into bush

Could reach any ferns from the track. Didn't want to walk off the track around the kauri and put them at risk of die back!

No ponga here

Cant find

Hi

Nice easy find, thanks.

No log great find thanks.

Good find risky with all the little muggles around but found cache wide open and Missing the log book. Didn't have paper on me to replace

Nice spot and it was easy to find.

This cache needs to be removed. No one should be off track near these Kauri trees. Kauri die back is very real. Please re hid.

3 of us looking, how hard can this be, we got 1 gps to settle and there was the cache, tftc

Checked the wrong place first, before nufrat checked the right place, cheers

Quick find Tftc.

Another smile found. TFTC

GPS wasn't really accurate but found it after a few minutes.

Nice one

Found this on the 22/2/20. Kinda tricky for me

First find yay.took awhile but smile worth the hunt

Discovered this little box today. It was an easy find. Tftc says Mafrika from Germany

Went to wrong side of track first...
Was easy after all.

Lots of pongas

Thanks

Very smiley

Met up with TheWonderStuff this morning to go caching out West and add a few more gemstones to our collections. GPS pointed to other side of track, but no real obvious places to search. After looking in a few spots I finally located the cache.

Out finding a few caches today - Good fun. Good location for a cache.

TFTC

Nope nothing there to even contemplated there is one there.

We parked a short way along Atkinson Ave from the path to GZ. Walked in and had to check a couple of examples of the hint before spotting the cache. Thanks.

Not too difficult once you read the hint

Great! Thank You.

Took a while but found

Thanks!

Took two visits but yay my first cache!!

Started at wrong side of the path. Reading previous logs helps. Then cache in hand quick. TFTC

Thanks for the cache! Great find

TFTC

When is a ponga a punga. Always, as apparently it is the same thing. Anyway after looking on the wrong side of the path we located it quickly. TFTC

After searching on the wrong side of the path through all the cut grass, we were about to give up before we spotted the likely GZ on the other side. It was then quickly in hand! Tftc!

#6413. Staying with the inlaws at Green Bay for the New Year period. Had time to do a few caches this morning before the New Year feast. Parked on Atkinson Rd where I didn't see any spray available for shoes to reduce kauri dieback disease. So was concerned how close this cache is to a lovely old kauri specimen. Not sure we should be placing caches this close to kauri trees. Anyway tried to avoid the kauri roots on the way in to the GZ and soon had the cache in hand. Signed the logbook and replaced the cache as found. Thanks lokky1 for the cache but maybe you should think about a slight shift here to a spot that wont put the old tree at risk.

Found our first Geocache! Off to the next one!

We've walked past this one on the way to school for years!

Quick find thanks for bringing us to this reserve

Found on an evening stroll with kiwitrecker1 . Located after a bit of scratching round (but not too long). Will continue to the next one here. TFTC!

Managed to find the cache ok, but as others have mentioned it is very close to a young kauri tree. Took care to come in from the side away from the kauri and made sure we did our shoes both in and out. TFTC

Found today with Team Welsh, beautiful Kauri on this track. It does concern me the close proximity of the cache to the Kauri Tree, be very careful if you go to retrieve this and remember to scrub and spray!!!!

A nice quick find in the first place I looked. I took great care around the nearby kauri, tree hopefully it stays healthy and strong

Another dnf for me

DNFed a nearby cache and having come across to get a couple of cold drinks to console ourselves we noticed that there was a nearby cache to come and have a look for. Found the entrance down to the park easily enough and walked down the path to GZ to look for the cache.

At GZ had a look around and saw a few possible plausible hiding places but in the end we chose, and chose wisely as the cache was found in the likeliest spot.

There are a few young kauri here, I hope they are OK given all of the trouble with the disease, cachers should make sure they have super clean shoes.

Thanks for the cache, all good here.

Hi ya! Found it! Cute little stash (and a good idea for a container!) - rehidden as found. Didn't have a pen, so will come back later to fill in the logbook! Thanks

Aha! Got it Thank you.
But thanks to you I had an overwhelming need to go and buy some delicious peanut M&Ms from the nearby dairy! Ha ha ha

Took long enough, mm

Found it after some help from hints but the emmenem songs helped sweeten the find.

Quick find

Found

Took a bit of looking but we found it

Got it

Found it

Yay! Finally we found one. An m&m case. LOL. thanks for this cache!

First found pencil on the ground then cache itself

just checked as john gillons logs were coming thru, yes still in place waiting to be found

will check up on this when i next go thru area

Been searching for this in and off for a few months now and still no sign. Is it still there?

After finding the first smile I headed to GZ to find a second smile. With about 20 ponga in the area - half of them on a slippery slope and the other half near a stream - and my GPS bouncing around, it took a while to track it down, but I got there eventually! The cache is definitely there and in great condition considering it hasn't been found in 4 months. Picked up TB. TFTC
As I was leaving the couple and dog who interrupted me at "LOKKY's chip in the glade" passed me, so I decided to head back for another look...

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Many mosquitoes quick finding.
I put TB-good luck, Kas.!!
TFTC!!

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Found a few hint items but also found the cache thanks Lokky!

Kids found this one . Tftc

started on wrong side of path but CO pointed to correct side for a quick find, tftc

Happy face found

Nice quick find, first find with no GPS! TFTC!

Wow cool x

Wow cool x

Teamed up this morning with yorkshirekiwi83 to find a few caches around the Titirangi area. Parked on Kawaka Street and took a walk around the reserve to find the 3 caches in here. A quick find at GZ. TFTC!

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Vistra and I had a couple of hours to spare so decided to head this way for a couple of caches this monring. Wandered along the track and amoung the Kauri's, soon had the cache in hand. TFTC

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Staying at my brothers so the perfect time for some caches out west

Out to drop one of the kids off at a friend's house today and I thought a quick stop might might be in order. TFTC! #700

A picturesque piece of bush. There were a few options here but soon narrowed it down to the correct speciman and located the smily cache. TFTC!

Cool little cach for a Sunday evening outing with the kids TFTC

GPS had me on the wrong side of the path initially, but a helpful hint from Nebulenz set me right. After checking a few likely locations the smiley was spotted. TFTC!

I had to search quite a few of the hinted at places before I finally came up with this cache. Everything is OK here. TFTC.

I was walking past yesterday so had a quick look. Not been found in a while... Everything okay here!

After finding #1, it would be rude of me not to complete the series and find #2. Nice day for a walk in the bush, and not have to stray too far. Picked up a TB. TFTC

Loving the smileys

Quick find today down a path I've used many times before. Tftc

Reasonably quick find when I figured which one hint referred to. Had to evade midget muggles as well. Best not to go down there during kids playtime. Great little walk to a place I'd never been to before. Thanks Andy. Dropped T B off as well.Cheers V.

Quick find on the way between job sites. TFTC

Easy Find.. Got a Travel Bug tftc

time for a walk - and this one was first off to find. Dropped TB. T4tc

Thanks took a bit of hunting tftc

Initially found myself on the wrong side of the path looking at a couple of likely options, but after not finding anything I swapped sides and had the cache in hand nice and quickly. Nice easy walk to this one, TFTC

A wet day find with the kids and adam41

Good hide for the kids. Was the girls first find.

Didn't know there was a path here. ... quick Find

Checked a few hint objects before finding but not too difficult. SL TFTC

GPS bounces around here so hint was necessary. Quick find, TFTC.

Kids in class so easy to get

I waited till after school, so that all the little ones would be gone, and hopefully no problems with parking. A short walk to GZ, what a beautiful little place it is, the birds are singing! (yeah the kids have gone home for the day LOL)

The GPS had me in the middle of the path! some head scratching, a few walks up and down, then approached the likely area, and it was. Love the camo container, it put a smile on the face, luckily I have seen this camo before

M and m love it

Found safe and sound where it is meant to be. Took a coin and left a coin. What great caches!