Tye Park (BOP) Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand
By TNXPro on 27-Jun-15. Waypoint GC5YAEH

Time to put this to rest. Hopefully I can come up with something else soon and re-use my favorite photo.

Had a good look for this, but I think its gone missing. Will try to replace cache in a different place as soon as I can.

To be honest felt a little uncomfortable poking around in someone's property and noticed that had not been found for a while

To be honest felt a little uncomfortable poking around in someone's property and noticed that had not been found for a while

has this one been checked after the DNF's ? Hasnt been found for ages..........

Sadly no find today. However there were a number of dislodged stones where cachers have been hunting.
Essentially, it is unwise to place caches where there is the possibility of damaging property.

Alas, it eluded us. Quite a bit of damage to the rock wall -

Couldn't find

No luck here today. Awesome park though. Never been here before.

Lol that took an embarrassingly long time! #4 woop woop!

Pulled in with the kids and a muggle friend, it's a local park we frequent so was cool to find one there. Doggy neighbour enjoyed watching us. TFTC

Thank you from Team Waddicor !!

Our main mission here was Davy Jones Locker and after seeing the damage to the rock wall (hope it wasn't cachers which is why this type of GZ location is banned in the UK) we chose not to look and cause possible further damage. Met the elderly lady whose house borders this wall out walking her dogs and she said that she couldn't understand why people would pull rocks out of it and pointed out all the ones sitting on the top and down on the sand as well.

Love your photo TNXPro. Great park,eh! Pretty usual landscape today, tide out, sunny with a cool breeze, few muggles around with their dogs, but paying no attention to us. Not so easy to just spot today, so had to do some wall admiration before the rock would roll... Cache all good. TFTC

Found this one a while ago but forgot to log it, nice Park to bring the kids too tftc

What a trick hidie hole that cheekie one was in...found with Vercoe Whanau on a beautiful autumn day...TFTC

Lovely day for a meander around welcome bay with teamweirdos5. TFTC

This was literally a park and grab for us. Went out geocaching with nzpatoto and Mr Patoto today. Drove in and debated what to do as muggles having lunch there. Parked up by location and while nzpatoto and I sat sorting the GPS and debating whether we do this while muggles are lunching, MR Patoto had opened door and grabbed the cache (apparently that bit looked out of place, he got lucky!). Got the log signed and we were off, muggles unaware of what took place.

Was in Tauranga today so decided to find some geocaches with grizlenz and Mr Patoto was dragged along as well. The tide was in and the water looked inviting. As we drove into the park there was lots of muggle. Grizlenz was the driver and she drove up onto the grass. She was saying that we can't do this too many muggles when Mr Patoto said got it. As Grizlenz was driving up onto the grass he was looking to where the cache was suppose to be hidden. So I got out and stretched my legs, talked to the seagull so he replace the cache. The quickest find for today. This was #5 of 6.

I found this Geocache along with HKCB, 11hpg11 and Kyb3r, a bunch of overachieving Geocachers from Hamilton. We signed the logs 1HIK to save on log space. This was our fourth sojourn or ‘mission’ as we like to refer to these trips, to the Tauranga area and even though we had limited time due to family commitments in the evening we still managed to find more the fifty caches and be home before dinner. Credit needs to go to HKCB who came up with the plan and 11hpg11 for driving. As always we had a great time. A big thanks to all the cache owners who placed and maintain the Geocaches we found today.

It wouldn't be a TNXPro cache if it didn't have an element of frustration. As expected it took a little while to spot this well concealed cache. The drizzle turned to rain while we were here and it was good to make the find and return to the car to dry off before heading off to the next geocache hide.

Another trip to Tauranga/Papamoa area with a group of Hamilton cachers. Today we planned to clean out a bit more of the area, just one more we keep saying, but new caches keep coming out all the time. Today our team consisted of HKCB, Iammrwalker, Kyb3r and myself. The logs were either signed with our names or HIK1/1HIK to save room. Today I was designated driver and that came along with a new set of challenges but we survived and didn't make too many wrong turns so all is good. A nice early start, left Hamilton at 4.30am so we could be over in time for a night cache plus plenty of other caches before a few of us had to be home for the Hot Air Balloon Night Glow event.

Another new park for me. Some great photos TNXpro, sadly no nice sunset and no time for us to wait around for one.

Hitting the trails with the 1HIK crew (11hpg11, HKCB, iammrwalker and myself) on a mission to help them clear Tauranga caches.

The rain was fair coming down by the time we found this cache, it came on hard and fast! No time to take cover, there was a cache to find and sign. Took a while to locate but I found it in the end.

Yet another mission/meander/drive/caching blitz/story telling to Tauranga/Papamoa with some of the Hamilton crew. An early start was on the cards so that we could make it back in time so a couple of the members could make it back in time for the Night Glow Event held at the Waikato Uni. So at 4.30am 11hpg11, Kyb3r, iammrwalker and myself plied into HPG's new caching vechicle and headed out for the day. As usual a fantastic day out and a bonus for the day was that the weather was on our side, even though it didn't look like it. A big thanks to all the CO's for the placements, we signed the logbooks with 1HIK (our caching names put together) to save some room on the logbooks.

The rain started to spit as we hunted for this cache. It took a bit of a hunt before it was found. Thanks for the hide.

Looked for 20mins...couldnt find it. Will be back

Thanks to the owner we found it on the 2nd day. ...thanks

#11915. There were lots of muggles in the general area, but none at GZ. I'm not sure I'd have been game to take a bunch of pre-schoolers out on to the mud flats. TFTC.

There was a group of pre-schoolers with attendant adults nearby but I think the kids were having too much fun and the adults were too busy keeping an eye out for the littlies for them to take any notice of a couple of oldies who were taking a great deal of interest in the rock wall.
Wasn't an instant find, but after leaving no stone unturned, we found the cache. Nice location indeed. TFTC.

I found this little guy over the xmas holidays, I was walking a friends dog while she was over seas. I could see the gray spot (back when i inly had the starter app) and searched around until i found the sneaky we thing. Signed Teq. Thanks for the find. This is a late log.

Got spotted by another cacher attempting to find this one. Tftc

Took a while for me haha, found another cacher so we found it together. Clever spot. Tyftc

At last had help from pzimmo we both searched and finally pzimmo had it in his hand tftc

Second time lucky as there were too many muggels around the first time. Great cache...

Called in here with the intention of attempting the "Davy Jones locker" cache but the weather was awful & the tide too high to attempt without a mask etc, so we decided to leave it for another day & got this one instead.
Took a little to spot it, but got there in the end.
Thanks for setting this up TNXPro

All quiet here today - perfect for cache hunting... the neighbour has a project on - painting the harbour side of their wooden fence - a wee way to go yet, and it looks like hot work in summer time. Thanks for the cache TNXPro.

In a mission today to log a few caches. Had a very late lunch and then located this nice little hide in the searing hot sun. Nice to escape back to the shade.

Just as well I wasn't blind folded it would have taken all day to find....very easy quick find and sign very nice park and looks like it is well utilised the most difficult part was dodging the mugglers ...thanks for the cache good cunning hide:):):)

Didn't get this one we will be back

Found on a nice day out. Great camo
Love to see time taken to make unique containers

Easy find nice container cheers

Thank you for the cache it was a good hide i wouldnt have noticed it just walking past. Good job

Found this one before the New Years event nearby. Our first find for 2016. A nice quick find here. Never been to this park before and will have to come back when the weather improves to get the new cache in the harbour. TFTC!

Happy New Year!

This was found as part of the New Year get together and was my 1001th cache. I initially goofed and actually logged this one online before logging the event as my 1000th, but have managed to rectify the numbers so they are right!

Found by one of the Davidson Clan girls as part of a posse systematically tearing the wall apart.

TFTC TNXPro, and cheers for the caches over the past few years!

Heading over to Tauranga once again to catch up with friends along with making a very short appearance at the local event (thanks TNXPro). grabbed this before the event started in conjunction with Rick-a-mortis

Had spoken to the CO about the very cache type that was published a couple of hours later, so will have to come back for that

thanks for the placement, thanks for the fun

Nearby for the New Years event so popped over to pick this up while we were here. TFTC

While attending the event here we when and got this one. A pretty quick find. TFTC.

Found it while we were at the new year event cache. Not been to this park before, nice place. Should have brought the caching caravan. Tftc

Came over the hill to attend the NY event corey made a quick find on this cache when we arrived.
Tftc

this was our second visit. on our first we moved almost every stone.....on the second visit we moved the right one lol

tftc

A couple of lads with a pit bull scare me off. Returned half hour later to a peaceful quiet park with the tide coming in. Very serene. Quick find thanks to the clue. Only one rock will roll. Thanks.

A couple of lads with a pit bull scare me off. Returned half hour later to a peaceful quiet park with the tide coming in. Very serene. Quick find thanks to the clue. Only one rock will roll. Thanks.

Down here with the Grandin. Great cache.
Cheers

Paid a visit to this park late morning, and like Mc Jandals, wandered around taking photos until the family playing at the waters edge had moved over to the playground. There was a workman nearby but he was busy and didn't seem to be paying any attention to what I was doing. After spending a few mins looking for possible hiding places at GZ, located the cache on about the fourth try. Nice views today with the tide in even though it was a bit overcast. TFTC TNXPro!

This entry was edited by nzkites on Thursday, 01 October 2015 at 05:11:18 UTC.

Nice place for lunch today with granddaughter, workmen close by and a few mugglers. Ate our lunch on seat nearby waiting for our chance. We casually strolled around taking photos, then decided GZ was a nice place for a photo too. Worked a treat, quickly had cache in hand, signed and replaced Gets a fave from us. Tftc

5.05pm - Few minutes searching but we got it. SLTFTC

Day 12 of a hopeful 50-Day caching streak... This is one of the requirements of our current Geocaching License Challenge. We have been looking ahead and decided that we no longer need to hold off on Tauranga caches. After months of neglect, it was time we did a bit of a raid here... With Gap (of Fap and Gap)...

This one had the potential to cause lots of grief. But a slow and methodical search soon led to the cache discovery. Another quality hide from this CO. TFTC.

Noce area for a walk, with the tide in. A few dog walkers on the other side for the park

A cool little hide which took us a little while to locate. Nice view Thanks TNXPro
TFTC [:o)]

Tftc. It was really cool. Even had a play in the playground. Good clues.

Brought brunch down to the park and tied it in with some caching today as well. Lovely spot on a lovely day

Out on a Sunday afternoon adventure. Would never have known this park existed otherwise, kids played in the park and paddled in the water, what a beautiful place. Coords were spot on and found this with little trouble. tftc.

Pretty much a process of elimination but finally came up trumps,could of been overlooked very easily.
Thanks TNXPro, another good cache in a nice spot.

Was suppose to go tramping today but the weather was too wet. So i thought I would catch up on some more caches. Being wet made it a pretty much a muggle free day and I was enjoying myself. All was quiet here today and I started the hunt. Took a little while as I moved along looking and feeling - luck more than anything I think GZ a little out for me but it did keep jumping a bit and could have been cloud cover. Nice hide not quite what I expected but I am learning that with this CO TFTC

If you are a dog owner or especially like dogs, Saturday morning is a good time to come to this great park. There is an informal dog exercise group that meets here each Saturday morning. As luck would have it, our dog was with us so spent a good amount of time here.

As for the cache, this turned out to be one of my rare lucky flukes. I literally walked straight up to it and put my hand on the correct spot. Cache was well hidden and deserves the rating, today was just a lucky day.

Thanks again TNX for yet another well planned and executed cache.

On our return home from Hamilton we decided to pop in and pay a visit to this new cache. Soon located the well hidden hide and surprised to be only second to find so long after publication! We stayed on to enjoy our lunch and watched a car pull into the park and the occupants heading over our way... ah ha we thought... Cachers! Nice to meet you Phillip and family. TFTC.

{FTF} Woop Woop My first FTF on a TNX cache!! Having a full day with Kiwibaby today as jade left for work at 8am and wont be home till 6.30ish decided would be a nice morning to go down to this park and hopefully claim this new cache. Have been here a few times before as have a work mate that lives in the house that looks down onto this park and actually the house this cache page mentions , Searched for a bit and typical TNX style so many places this could be hidden and the clue could mean anything But must be getting better at this as didnt take me as long as I expected and soon was walking back to the car to get a pen leaving the cache where it was so I didnt forget its hiding place on return. As walking back I hear a "Dont give up yet" Hello TNX!! He was down there with Max and I was able to quite cheerfully turn with a massive smile and say "NA GOT IT!!!! just getting a pen"

Opened cache and yes a blank log milestone 30th FTF also Thanks TNX. Had a good chat with Dave then my work mate muggle popped her head out the window "Mike what ya up to down there" So shot up there after had a coffee and explained about Geocaching and how they might be seeing some people around here. So watch out Geocachers as these 2 that live here have a wicked sense of humor and even her partner started getting interested and said we could use is boat and maybe start placing some pretty nasty 5 star caches out there with boat or kayak access

Cheers TNX for another awesome cache in a really awesome park look forward to summer and the event we talked about for down here

I've been to this park twice in the last few days to scope out a hiding place for my own cache but both times the place was chocka.
Beaten again. Never mind.
Came out today and only one lady with a nice dog who I helped locate after it ran up onto the property mentioned in description.
After that I got busy looking. Didn't take too long, after a bit of poking around I soon had a nifty little cache in my hands.
After replacing the cache I went for a walk onto the mud to see if I could salvage a spot further afield but was met with a small stream too deep and too wide to jump over so tried another spot but didn't find any decent spots.
Thanks TNXPro for a great cache in a cool park that I remember fondly from my childhood.
(The cool playground wasn't there back then though)

Thanks to the google satellite image updates and accurate coords we were able stroll right up to this one with no issues. As we distanced ourselves from gz to sign the log we were muggled Awesome meeting and chatting with the ROSMAR team!

A neat little container and park - another first time for us, had not been here before either. Congrats to Mikes FTF - you may have beaten ROSMAR here, but their revenge will be swift at GC5ZHPT

I don't know about the D4 but it fills a gap in the grid so I'll take it. Cheers Dave.

Perhaps I am slipping with my hides and it appears I overestimated the difficulty of this. It is obvious that this is no more than a 3 difficulty, so I will adjust it down. Or maybe you are all getting too good for my hides. I will have to ramp it up a bit from here then.
Its quite difficult estimating the difficulty from a hider P.O.V.

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