Who Killed the Piano Man? Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
By jono s on 30-Jun-15. Waypoint GC5YF5M

Nope nothing here. Failed to look at logs before coming.

No longer able to maintain - allow another geocacher to establish a new cache.

No longer able to maintain

Nothing matching clue?

Did find but sadly everything had fallen out and was just the magnet

Nope, nada.

Not to sure if we did find or not we found a small container with a magnet inside stuck to the back of the fire white box thing but nothing else inside would love to know if that was it if not definitely going back to look again

Up and at 'em nice and early today - this was our first. We had a think, then looked in the likeliest place first and there it was! Expressed our joy on the handy musical instruments so the townsfolk were lucky they weren't there yet. Cache is all good. TFTC

Thanks for bringing us here, rough but playable.

Now back up and running. Location minutely amended and cache size enlarged.

Cache replaced

Requires maintenance. Log missing. Awaiting supplies??

Found a likely spot where it probably was hidden but was’nt there.

Found with the cache holder.

Great to meet

We both couldn't find it however he's getting it sorted

No luck.

We travelled down from National Park to Wanganui this morning, and had nothing else planned, so plenty of time to pick up caches along the way and along the river here. This is a sad ending for a fine piano, but it is truly worthy of a cache! Only one space left on the log now, TFTC

Quick find while searching out street art.

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I are on a bit of a Christmas Roadtrip from Auckland to Ingill & back ... we'll be doing a few geocaches on our travels ... this being the 168th cache of hopefully many ... we had been spent Christmas in Invercargill & were now heading back to Auckland, taking the scenic route ... we were now heading North, had been up the West Coast of the South Island ... were now going 'round the mountain' before heading back to Auckland ... were staying the night in Wanganui ... be rude not to grab some caches on the way ... quick & easy find ... another 'smiley face' to the tally ... TFTC ... TN:LN:SL ... #1,902 for us.

This was a quick find, thanks for the cache. There are only a couple of blank spaces left on the log sheet.

Found at 5 January 2021 5:07 pm.

I'm on a short geocaching roadtrip to Taranaki, logging my finds as I go (where possible). Will expand when I get home. TFTC

nice

It is disappointing that what was a unique feature in Wanganui has not survived. We recall finding a previous cache at this location, when Mrs W.E.K.A. played a tune on the piano. The new cache was a quick easy find. TFTC

Yesterday i hot back to civilization for a day or so .
After an epic trip from national park to the bridge to nowhere and down the river .
So today I resupply and ready for the next leg of my Te Araroa adventure and one step closer to bluff today we are making our way south and on to the next destination

Living life one foot steep at a time as i walk from cape reinga to bluff and caching my way home as I walk the
Te Araroa and discover the hidden treasures new Zealand has to offer.
From the beach of the north to the forest and lakes of the south
Blùff here i come
Thanks for the hide

tftc

Out exploring Whanganui today. Yes the Piano has seen better days. Thanks for the cache.

A fun place firca cache. Found on our wander around Whanganui. Now on the Cafe down the road. Very nice!

Day 2 (With Squirrel Nutcase)
After a big day yesterday it was more of the same today but at a slower pace gathering up a few caches that we had missed.
Will have to return in the future to try and complete this area.
Arrived back in Rotorua about 7pm with about 80 caches ticked off. SLTFTC

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... On a road trip weekend - We haven’t been on anything like this since Covid Episode One in March. A special Community Event in Whanganui got our attention. So we’re off to the ‘River City’ for a bit of fun...

Day Two of our adventure; the mop up - Today is dedicated to any hides we’ve missed previously, and a general tidy up of the geomap... After breakfast - a quick find as the area was reasonably quiet. Thanks jono s and TFTC.

Back in Wanganui again (from Wellington) and a few more caches I will find. This was one. Having looked for this once before, but forced to abandon due to an influx of people's, I made my way back today for a quick find exactly as described. All safe and dry here. TFTC

Nice easy find TFTC!

Nice tricky spot

Great find and a cool location! Didn’t have a pen so took a photo instead. TFTC!

A cool piece of history, I remember when the piano was there. A tricky hide. TFTC

This is the Frist one like this we have found. And kicking our self as we found it 4 days ago and did not realize it was what we were looking for.

What a neat little cache. Nice and easy find. TFTC!

One of three caches in central Wanganui we located this morning before heading back to Wellington. It was raining at the time, meaning there were very few people about. This was a reasonably quick find. #3280. TFTC.

What a nice little cache! We never had realised the remnants of a piano without it.
Thank you for showing us and for the story behind it.
Paddelhannes + Kanuirm from Bavaria, Germany

The word "piano man" made it.

My first for the day. Lots of people around but a handy sit down if you want a coffee. TFTC

#2150
Found it during our holidays in New Zealand.
Great place.
Thanks for hide.

This is day 9 of our 5 week road trip in NZ from Washington State. This was one of our built in “free days” in order to rest- ha! We did just hang in town and walked along the river enjoying the beautiful day. I was very excited to meet Thomas from Germany at this cache. That’s the first time since I’ve been in NZ to meet a fellow cacher. We had a nice visit. Great story about the piano too. TFTC

On a wonderful day without any muggels but together with Shirley I was allowed to log. Before I have been on a paddlesteamer going up the river. N amazing trip.
Thank you for showing us the place nd greetings from Germany. 14:00h

Had to wait for a few muggles to walk past before grabbing. Thanks jono s

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quiet here this morning. popped up here whole waiting to go for a ride on the paddle boat. tftc . whanganui certainly is a centre for artists of all types.

Nice long day caching around Wanganui! Great spot, yet one could easily walk past without noticing! TFTC!!

Nice little cache. Poor piano. Tftc Simbala

A nice and easy cache while staying in Whanganui for the Vintage festival
TFTC

In Whanganui for the day with Mrs Popmac, had time to find two caches, Thanks Firewoof for the cache.

This area of town is very pleasant of an evening and what better for an evening stroll than a quick cache? TFTC.

NICE QUICK AND EASY

Thanks jono, interesting site. Enjoyed a walk past some old buildings, many in disrepair. Visiting my old home town however I have not lived here for over 50 years...nice to be back, tftc.

First time in wanganui and was here for Christmas. Got this one on boxing day morning so streets were busy. Quick find.
Tftc

A quick find due to the hint. Proudly signed the new log book. TFTC

nice spot on our walk through the town -
thanks for hiding,
team bycycle

Found during an evening out in this town. Thanks!

Enjoyed an evening geocaching with a bit more success then yesterday. Found 11 out of 14 caches. Quick find with the clear hint however the log if full and the cache could do with some TLC as could the piano.

During our great Journey in this lovely Country we came along at this caching site and couldn't resist. Thank you for the cache and kind regards from Switzerland, Pi7

Tftc! log is full. Singed as s & s.

Found it, but the log was full, so we tried to sign with s & s

In whanganui as part of a road trip, finally chance to find a cache. Awesome inners! No space on log sheet. Thanks for the hide.

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

Cache # 4,816 - a fantastic little sidetrip from our visit to the Glassworks around the corner. Quick find, logbook full. Think our initials got scribbled over someone else's, which had already faded into illegibility. TNLNSL. TFTC! Did with Astro Hunter and Violet Butterfly.

Played what was left of the instrument, then found the cache. Did with The Wandering Dragons and Astro Hunter. Thank you!

Cache # 1,536

Weird stop, but a quick find, and brought a smile to our faces. Did with Violet Butterfly and The Wandering Dragons. Thanks!

Cache # 1,005

Quick find, not so quick procedure getting the log out, which also is full. TFTC!

(# 5257). Off on a road trip from Wellington today to grab some caches for the Mystery At The Museum challenge. A quick find. Everything in order. TFTC

TFTC, log is full

Spent a pleasant day caching in Whanganui. The forecast rain held off until late in the day which was good. My penultimate find of the day just on dusk. No problems finding the cache. The log is very full and I had trouble finding a spot to sign. TFTC

Thanks for the cache

Neat little cache, couldn't find any room so I'm just gonna log myself here W.R 05/05/2018

Cool little cache

Found it quite easily, but has trouble getting pen to write on shiny paper, see photo

I'm from Switzerland and spend 4 months in New Zealand on vacation. Found this cache after a few minutes search, thanks.

Text to come...just woke up early and remembered I forgot to log in ..did a few caches yesterday evening together with Nöggi2...I said where to look and he had it in hands quickly .I was more fascinated of the Instrument and building.Thanks from Swiss guy!

TFTC

Found this morning thanks. There is a cool cafe in the building.

a good day with find bobi. TFTC

What a wonderfull time. I`'m visiting NZ for 10 weeks and find a lot of beautiful places. Nice views and some pretty caches. With my wife kaari74 we log some of these caches. One of them is this one. Thanks all owners for your job.

Thanks for the cache. I have looked for this cache on two previous occasions,now I am thinking,how could I have missed it. Thanks for the cache.

Now we reached wanganui and took a short break for lunch and some caches. At the time there must have been a oldtimer meeting because we saw a lot of them and some really empressive steam machines. TFTC

FavoOn our way to Kai Iwi we took a well deserved break and visited Wanganui and some Caches. I really liked this one so it get's a favorite point.
TFTC

Hot day, quick find after lunch! TFTC!

TFTC thanks for bringing me to this place.

Quick find after a look through a local cafe so fun and funky

found all safe and secure in perfect condition tftc

Quixm find. We enjoyed playing the strings. Tftc.

TFTC
The Bakers

Great little find.

Out and about with Miss 9 on a Mothers Day adventure yesterday. Nice easy find thanks to the hint. tftc

Quick find. Good hint. TFTC

Loved the name and the cache. Log was difficult to get out for some reason. TFTC

Quick find

Quick find, thanks

On our way South we also stopped in Whanganui. First intent was the steam boat which was on its way unfortunately. So I had some spare time to look for this cache. Already during arrival at the coords I heard a piano. Great timing! The sound came from inside the house and I listened. The container was quickly spotted and whilst I logged two kids also found the old piano starting to play with. After felt 10 mins waiting I could return the container and moved away.

TFTC says anbo68 from Germany

Interesting location for a cache. Found with a bit of gentle feeling. Walked past here last night a noticed nothing. Cache brought us back for a close look. Tftc. MattyHTassie

Easy found and qickly grabbed on New Year Day. A New log Bookmarks is helpfully

I mean log book

The logsheet is full signed with T.R 71 at the last spot. Tftc

The log is full so it needs to be replaced. Signed with T.R 71 to save space

Found it during our trip in NZ.
thanks.

We walked into town and back today from the Whanganui River Top 10 Holiday Park, following the riverside and caching as we went. An enjoyable stroll with plenty to keep us amused.

A neat little hide in a busy area. Thanks for the clear hint to help with stealth. SL. TFTC.