YZnZnO HNCBZrHHe OB Napier, North Island, New Zealand
By jslove1342 on 13-Sep-15. Waypoint GC63CD0

Day 34 of our Enzed adventures with Robmc and today travelled from wellington to Napier and after settling in we went for a look about.We had solved the puzzle and headed out to collect it - we were at a loss reading the logs but then we found Lucy. What a lovely spot.Thanks for contributing to an amazing holiday

Day thirty four of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.Wandering around Napier today, a few AdLab stages and a few caches.Just checking out the Art Deco town.A slightly cloudy day, but nice caching weather. An easy solve for a chemist, but not such an easy find.I had the right idea, but Lady Morris found it first.Thanks, Robmc.

On our only full day in Napier, we found the kiwi had moved out of the aquarium three days ago & the Faraday Museum doesn't open on Thursdays! So we visited McLean Park for BlLbo's cricket ground pilgrimage before a lovely wander around the city centre in the sunshine. This afternoon I nipped out for some caches with BlLbo.This was my last stop having solved the straightforward puzzle a couple of nights ago. Today I was able to park up close to GZ but it was pretty dark by now so I took my torch with me to search. After trying the most obvious places without luck, I read through some logs to find that the coordinates weren't much use as the cache had moved. This did give me an idea as to where to search, but with no hint either it was a slow process of elimination. I finally put my hand on the cache at about the fifth attempt & completed the formalities. If the coordinates don't take you to the cache & there is no hint to mitigate this, I'm not sure how this can be rated a D1.5, especially as you have to solve a puzzle to start with. Hence, I think, the 5% FPs for what would otherwise be a very clever hide...Found at 17:40Cache #10441TFTC jslove1342

A quick walk from the house and soon at GZ. An attritional search and Lucy came up (down) with the goods. Log pretty much full. Nice easy solve and I think this was my 14000th NZ find.A weekend away in Napier is in the cards for me this weekend, my daughter has been invited to a baby shower and asked if I wanted to come to Hawkes Vat for company, caching and general hanging out. Always keen for a road trip I booked a works bach for the weekend and we met up and headed over after work on Friday.Saturday dawned clear but frost free so a few samples were made here and there, now and then, with some DNFs weaved throughout.Many thanks to all CO s for their hides.

In Napier for work, I needed to find a puzzle cache to fill a dot day. This one was handy. I'd solved this puzzle some time ago, so a good opportunity to pick it up. At GZ, rattll and I had to pause to let some gossippy young ladies move on, before beginning our search. After searching for some time, I was about ready to give up, so very pleased when my questing fingers made the find, to spare my blushes. All well, signed, and returned as found. Tftc!

Very nice hide, never been here in my life. Found with the Geococks collective, aka, theroseguys, mrlgrose, and teamrose nz. TFTC!

Good hide TFTC! Found by the GeoCocks Collective, aka @eimajesordaman, @mrlgrose, @teamrosenz and theroseguys

Quickly cracked the coords, nothing difficult there. Took a few more weeks to make it out to GZ though, somewhere Ive never been before so thanks for bringing me here. Spent a few minutes scouring the area, before finally spotted by teamrosenz in a great little nook for it. Cheers

No joy...but got a good soaking from the sprinklers.

Nice wee hide Mrs ABCDF4 got this one thanks

Beautiful wee spot Very clever hideThanks

Hunted persistently for ages. Had a chat to the gardener. It appears the cache has been moved around a little bit since placement. The gardeners now know where it is, as per their request to ensure it doesn't get accidentally discarded when they upgrade the gardens.

Almost solved this one with general knowledge. Grabbed it on the way out of town this morning.
Yes coordinates some metres out but soon found it despite no hint. TFTC

Checked this today - still in place, although coords may be out a little since some work was done at the location. Shouldn’t be too hard to find

We visited these gardens this morning and despite having solved the coordinates and walking around all of the rose beds we could not find the clue mentioned in bruzie’s log. However, I did see a floribunda/hybrid tea rose called ‘Freesia’ and a hybrid tea bush called ‘Mum in a Million’.

This afternoon, after a reply from paf, we returned only to find we hadn’t checked all the rose bed in the morning. I found ‘Lucy’ followed quickly by IF finding the clue mentioned above and then the cache.

A most colourful and scented place to visit when the roses are in bloom.

Infoferret has a few days of leave to use up and asked if I would like to accompany her on a jaunt to Napier. How could I say no???

Kia ora rawa atu for the cache jslove1342.

9 February 2023 17:10 TFTC jslove1342 for placing this cache, number 12360 for me. Came back for another look. Eventually I spotted Wolfgang, just after B had found Lucy. Coordinates about 6,5 m out for me today.

Our North Island Roadtrip from Whangarei to complete Tahi & Rua of the NZ Geotour - Day Ten.

We popped via Napier for the quick visit today to get a handful of puzzle caches with Lis's crew. This took a little bit to find but as previous activity have said Lucy was no help and bruzie's log told me Wolfgang was where I should be, so after figuring out the possible location we found the cache. Thanks for the puzzle and TFGC.

With the Geotour coming to and end soon Yvettetb and I decided to go on a road trip to collect Tahi and Rua. Of course I had some puzzles at various places to collect and a few special types were added to the list too.

This was day 10. We travelled from Waipukurau, to Napier and then on to Taupo today. I had to avenge this dnf in Napier and gz was beautiful last time I was here. I'd recieved a helpful hint from RogerW1nz after my previous visit so I was determined to find it today. As others have said Lucy was no help. My helpful hint and bruzie's log told me Wolfgang was where I should be. Glad to find it today as I very seldom get down here from Paihia. Thanks for the easy puzzle cache

Solved in Vienna and Today I have it found.
Found it only because of reading the loggs. Yes some meter of and for me, I am from Austria, helps also Wolfgang, I know him well.
Thanks to the logger.

#11,945. I have been in the Napier region for a few days and making my way back to Wellington today. But had time to stop and do a few caches around Napier before I drive back south this afternoon. The puzzle was quickly solved a couple of years ago. I stopped here earlier in the year for my first look. I was running short of time on that occasion so it was really just a quick look at GZ. Didn't see anything obvious so carried on south. This time I had made the effort to read all the past logs and it paid off. Bruzies log was the most helpful and gave me a good idea of what to look for. The sprinklers were on at GZ so everything was rather damp but it was a warm sunny summers day in the Bay so not to worry. Soon spied what I was looking for and shortly after had the cache in hand. Signed the logsheet and replaced as found. Thanks jslove1342 for the cache.

Well that took a fair amount of time this morning. Luckily there was no one around to witness such strange behaviour. I am staying next door and had this puzzle solved so wandered over last night, early evening but the drizzle put paid to that, plus I read enough logs to determine it's apparently not at GZ. Perused all the logs overnight and came back this morning, it's clear some things have changed again and the extra bit of info with the puzzle didn't seem to relate to anything I could see. But reasoning and time to methodically look paid off in the end. Definately look opposite GZ.

Came back after a hint from the last 2 finders and found it eventually. Still took a while but that was my bad

Puzzle was cool and fairly quick. But couldn't find the cache after quite a while.

Yet another (third in a row) in a series of random road trips around the country. This weekend brings me up to Napier via Palmerston North on Saturday and back home to Wellington via the Wairarapa on Sunday. With only a few real life commitments in between I had plenty of spare time for targeting some specific caches along the way. Some were selected to help me with my various geocaching goals, some were such fun puzzle solves that I just had to come and sign the log, and some are just because. This cache is one of them.



Had solved this one some time ago without any issues. However, having visited the final location several time I was having no luck finding the cache. Finally reached out to a previous finder for some assistance who helped narrow down the search location. I am positive I'd checked that spot and least once before but somehow had missed it. Got it today



Thanks to jslove1342 for placing this cache here.



Sunday - 29/05/2022 2:04 pm

mystery cache micro 1.5/1.5

Find #4,350

Found with bkj97. My gps was a few metres out but he got there by checking several possible hiding spots. We realised later that there were plenty of hints in previous logs. T4tcsl

Lovely morning in Napier so after breakfast it just had to be found considering I had fiddled with the puzzle for some time. Arrived and began our search for a few minutes but having browsed the logs a hint suddenly made sense. Cache all safe and dry. Tftcsl

Stopped by yesterday afternoon, but a bit too late in the day, so it was a futile search.

Reached out to a PF last night to see if I could be a little clue in and they gave me a tip off.

Returned this morning and still spent a fair chunk of time searching for the cache.

Eventually, I found it. Phew!

Would not have found that easily without a bit of help!

Respectfully, D1.5 for this puzzle and subsequent find seems a bit low….

Anyway, thanks for the enjoyable puzzle and cache!

Searched for ages. Used clues in previous logs and also messaged a few previous finders. No luck. Will try again another time.

#1828. Day 10 of our (GB Leader and I) 12 day Hawkes Bay odyssey to watch grandsons play cricket. Then on Saturday, after grandson #1 finished his tournament, it was off to Gisborne.

First time for me in Gisborne for something like 35 years. Shame my arrival coincided with Cyclone Cody and a tsunami. This morning it was back to Napier for grandson #2’s tourney. First game was at Marewa Park, not too far from here. After a team win, it was off to GZ.

I have a history with this cache - see my DNF 30/5/21. I was also here for an unrecorded DNF last Labour Weekend. But people keep finding it - why can’t I? It’s gotta be there! A hint from friend bruzie proved to be the catalyst in my search, and fairly soon, I had it in hand. Sometimes you can’t see the wood for the trees! I guess it was there all the time.

Tftc and puzzle jslove1342.

I'm on a trip with my Mum and two youngest children. We're doing a quick tour of the North Island. We walked around the rim of the Waihi gold mine and stayed in Tauranga the first night. Stayed at Lottin Point then we headed to Gisborne before driving down to Napier. Turangi is our destination tomorrow before heading to our old stomping ground Palmerston North. We're then off to Whanganui, New Plymouth, then Taumaranui via the Forgotten Highway. A quick dash down to the Raurumu spiral before going up to Waitomo Caves. Back to Auckland for a few days with family, the long awaited 2020/2022 Mega then home to Whangarei.

I was hoping to get enough of the first TMGT caches to complete the Tauranga, Gisborne and Taranaki areas. In the end I failed on all counts. A great disappointment to get all the way out to the East Cape lighthouse to find the track closed yesterday too.

Last night I wandered along the waterfront collecting some of the Adlabs. This morning I did some caches before the others got up and then a few more while they visited the aquarium. A solved puzzle always makes my list. An easy solve as my degree is in this subject. Unfortunately we hunted for quite a while here but we just couldn't find it despite it being a 1.5. Maybe a clearer hint would prevent damage at this lovely gz. Thanks anyway

**14,712**
This puzzle was solved much more quickly than the find was made. Several wrong assumptions about what we were looking for and limited freedom to search as aggressively as we would have liked to, meant this cache took a loooong time to locate - We had to resort to some nudges from previous finders or we would have still been there. Finally located and a lot of head-slapping ensued, as we couldn't believe we didn't see it sooner. TFTPC

Second visit here. Lucy was no help, but Wolfgang said I was near.

Found on a road trip around the central North Island, targeting Geotour caches. More when I get home. TFTC

30 December 2021 9:36 am #4594

Sorted out before leaving home and not really too many places it could be hiding.

Solved at home before our trip, and our first find today in the drizzle. No probs with this, although coords off for us. It was a quick spot and snaffle. TFTC!

Sadly. Planning a trip to Napier to see the Hurricanes play, I targetted this mystery cache. But I didn’t see the woods for the trees, and had to ask a previous finder, my Oregon friend Trekking Turtles, who found it last year, for a heads-up. One word was all I needed, and had the cache coordinates ready to go. But then, despite very clear directions from TT, the cache refused to be found. Unless it’s been moved, or I am blind, it’s a gone burger. Maybe the CO could have a look. Thanks for the puzzle anyway!

The ladies from rattll and watcache decided a girly weekend in the Hawkes Bay was in order, so left the boys a list of chores, packed their bags and headed off for a weekend of frivolity and mischief.
We were surprised to find the Hawkes Bay was remarkably quiet, especially considering it was the last few days of the school holidays. However, the exception was the night club that was next door to our room at the backpackers, that provided us with a free live band that played predominantly loud reggae music until the wee hours of the morning. Too old to 'bop' the night away? Apparently not! Mrs watcache however can sleep through anything!!!

I can't remember how I solved this so it must have been a while ago.
There was a muggle near by who must have found us annoying as he moved to a seat further down (can't imagine how anyone would find us annoying!)
We spent quite a bit of time searching but eventually found it about 9mts from where the co ords suggested.
It's good to finally knock this one off.
Thanks for setting it p for us to find

I have to admit when planning to trip Napier with Rattll I had doubts in my mind that we would gets lots of DNF but to my surprise we only had 3 over the two days out of approximately 60 odd caches found.
This one was no problem to find thank you for placing a puzzle cache here for us to discover another area we never knew existed.

Have checked cache - it is still there, just well hidden.

The CO needs to check if it is still there.

After reading the previous log I wonder if it is still there? The CO needs to check it out.

That was a bit awkward... I’d solved the puzzle a while ago so keen to pick it up today. A gardener came over (muggles?) to show me where it was the last time someone came by but the cache wasn’t there this time. Oh well maybe next time I’m in town.

Down in Napier with McJandals, Nzflossy and Tnxpro. We looked at the weather map yesterday and decided Napier was the place to go for the weekend. Signed Teambop.
. Tftc

Team BOP gets together for an impromptu road trip to the Hawkes Bay to avoid the bad weather at home.
As we were staying close by and had time to kill before our dinner booking we wandered out to this final GZ.
After scanning the obvious around GZ, we tryed the PAF method and eventually found it on the down low, but final coords certainly don't help.
Tftc

So good to be out on a geocaching road trip to the Hawke’s Bay with some of Team BOP. It has been awhile and even though the weather is not that good for day one we are having lots of fun. Thanks to all the COs for some great caches and getting us back out doing it again. Enjoyed the puzzle and this one was a short walk from our accomodation. Luckily there was four of us looking and while we PAF I decided I needed a cup of tea TFTC

On an overnight roadie from Tauranga. A bit wet but have raincoat. Great to get a few more smilies in the area. Came out here this evening armed with torches after a wander around finally spotted opposite co ords.

I am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. It’s just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these cache. Many Thanks for bringing me here. Cheers.

DNF searched high & low:(

Cruising New Zealand and picking up a few caches when possible.

Thankfully this was a puzzle which we have seen before, and not too hard to solve. Although there was a little something extra with this one, which we never did figure out what to do with.

At ground zero, we looked here and there, up and down, in and out - without having too much luck. Finally a gardener asked if they could help us with anything... so we mentioned 'geocaching' and she knew just where the cache was. With so many places to look, not sure if we would have ever found that one, tucked in where it was. Let us just say that ' Lucy' helped us find the cache, about 15' from where the gps wanted us to sit down.

TFT Puzzle
tnln-sl
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No luck today.

Gardners hovering nearby....

Next time.......

Easily solved but the find proved to be quite elusive. Eventually found the sneaky little blighter. TFTC.

No problem getting the coords and hint for this puzzle, but on our first visit a few years ago we did not find the cache. At that time of year the gardens were quite bare, and there were a couple of women doing the gardening. One of them came over to us and guessed why we were there. She went to show us where to find the cache, but then said it wasn't there. We left, as it felt awkward to continue searching when she seemed so sure it was gone. But before we could log our DNF, someone else logged a find!
Today we returned and after a brief search (on the opposite side to our first visit) we were able to come up with the nano. Great to turn this one into a smiley. Thanks for the puzzle and the find.

Solved this one quite a while ago before our trip to the area. Called be on Sunday morning with Tuolei to make the grab while we were making our way out of town and heading to Gisborne. My GPS failed to load and was rebooting and Tuolei's phone was pointing in a very wet area so we had a look at a few suspected areas without success and then began a more general search. Fortunately after a few minutes I spotted the little cache in a place not expected - all okay here but another similar item had been removed so lucky it was still in place. TFTC.

I did this cache a while back and after getting a hand injury which has made typing difficult I have fallen very far behind on my logs sorry. Doing my best to catch up now.

One that I was able to solve well in advance of our trip to the Bay with Bennett24 - good thing though that Bennett24 was at the final with me as I would still be there looking as I was fixated on wrong spots. He cast a broader view and spotted the cache. Hope it continues to last a long time in its spot.

Thanks for the puzzle and the cache.

Awesome day caching with MorganEd and CeeVee meeting us later in the day, thanks for the puzzle, we found the hint from someone else's post we also were hunting on the wrong side. thanks for bringing us here.

found a cache here many moons ago nice to come here again i had forgotten this place was here and it is so beautiful aroha and happy caching

Out for a shot time with mar1sa and MorganEd. Searched for a while then after reading previous logs we widened search. Cache was found soon after. TFTC Cheers

Found this with Mum as 'Jess & Caro'. She is now Carø and I now have my own geocaching profile so we are sorting my logs for caches we found together. TFTC!

Finally! I must admit we first searched for this one 14 months ago when in Napier last... then this trip we came by twice... no joy. Today I finally found the hint that I had last year and made a quick find. The cache was hidden exactly how I though it would be, just in a different bed! Thanks for the puzzle and cache, jslove1342!

We had very limited time in Napier as we had a full days travelling ahead of us, wandered over there and initially found someone's car keys (they won't get far without those). Hmmm, GPs wasn't pointing anywhere useful and then thought about the title and additional clue. Mr TW came up with the goods (very clever) and not sure why it has gone unfound for so long but the log book is full and we squished in our initials. TFTC

Solved puzzle this morning. Got to GZ and had a quick look before a muggle decided to halt my progress. Had to wait half an hour before I could continue but was a quick search before finding. As others have said log is full, but found half a space to scribble on. TFTC

Thanks for the nice and easy to solve puzzle and for bringing me to a new place I didn't know existed. It's a beautiful well maintained area. A couple minutes of searching and the cache was spotted. Log is full and needs replacing. TFTC. Cheers

The place was deserted when Libranj and I visited. A really nice spot to visit. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC

This puzzle was easy for someone who enjoyed this subject in high school and then took a lot of it at uni. Missed the hint though (duh!). Once that was figured out on site it didn't take too long to find it. Sneaky hide though. Thanks for the puzzle and the hide!

Finding the cache took longer than solving the puzzle! We had missed the clue, which we revisited and figured out at GZ. Then we walked many times around the garden beds before making the find. Glad we managed to at least get one of the mystery caches we solved before heading back to Auckland. Tftc

Yay, found it. Solved the puzzle at home. Took a few minutes to find this one. Coords are out by 5 metres or so. TFTC

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

Out and about caching with rusty and Rebel, the other Westie crew are merlot58 and Jag50 and Aiden29, we all flew down together but have separate cars. Loved the cool little puzzle, didn't get the significance of the 'other' numbers off course until we arrived at GZ. We did a good search until something came up that we didn't realise, then the cache revealed itself. Co-ords out but we got there.

Now to check into our accommodation next door. We're staying 2 nights all of us.

Was sent this on a list of puzzles from merlot58 that we needed to solve before our visit to Napier with a group of wild westies

Knew what to do, so had the puzzle solved. GZ had us struggling, but after increasing our search area, I soon spotted the sneaky cache, and the log was being retrieved and signed.

Thanks for the puzzle and the hide, a lovely spot to hide a cache!

We had made up a group of 7 Westies and flown down to Napier for a few days of caching. Having now booked into our accommodation we set off again with Merlot58 and Aiden 29 to locate this one. It took a bit of searching and one spot seemed out of place while our coords had us searching another spot. Finally managed to locate the elusive cache.

I had no trouble solving this puzzle, as it happened to be related to one of my majors at Uni . Out and about exploring the town with Merlot58 and Jag50. This one happened to be right near our accomodation, so we checked in and dropped off our bags then headed out to search for this one. This one took awhile to find right spot that matched hint, as there were a few locations and our coords had us a distance off. But we found the cache in the end.

I was down in Napier from Auckland for the weekend with a few wild Westies. We happened to be staying right next door so after checking in we wandered through the rose garden admiring the roses and enjoying the scent. The cache proved a little elusive initially as my co-ords had us on the other side but after expanding our search we soon made the find of the tiny container

Log later

Excellent puzzle because 1) I could solve it , 2) I use the key to solve it every day at work and 3 ) the cache was there when I looked for it. Took a bit of searching as the clue location was a bit out of sequence. Thanks from Adelaide, AU.
EDIT: This is my most Southerly find yet in almost 6 years of caching.

Beautiful tftc

New Zealand ... a dream for every traveling [8)]
A little more than 20 years ago I've been here, but since then much has changed and that's also good! Now I'm back here ... 1 week North Island and 2 weeks South Island ... cool [^] Of course, I want to visit a few caches. Especially dissolved puzzle caches, which I find particularly attractive Best thanks to all the owners !! Greetings from the Swiss "Kiwi"

Neuer Tag in Neuseeland und wieder war um 4h schluss mit schlafen. Die Zeit bis zum Morgengrauen nutze ich aber und so war auch klar, wo es heute hingehen sollte.
Nach dem etwas gewöhnungsbedürftigen Frühstück [xx(] ging's los.
Dieser Mystery lag genau auf unserer Route, so dass ich kurz aus unserem fast neuen 4x4 riesen Toyota hüpfte und zum Nullpunkt galoppierte...
Huch, was ist denn das...?
Wie in einem [Katastrophenfilm](https://www.moviepilot.de/movies/outbreak-lautlose-killer) lief da eine Gestalt herum und verspritzte irgend etwas...[8)]
Genau da, wo der Nullpunkt war....[xx(]
"Heavy Toxic" ...rief die Frau unter dem "Mondanzug"....und das Gift war für ein paar Rosen [8)]
Sie hörte sofort auf, denn wenn ich schon mal da bin...und mir was in den Kopf gesetzt habe...
Lange suchen wollte ich in diesem "Gestank" nicht und die Dame zeigte mir wo die Dose wohnt [^]
Zum Glück war ich nicht lange da...denn schon bald war mir spei Übel...selber schuld [xx(]

Besten Dank für den *themengerechten* Mystery

Found. Beautiful spot. Log nearly finished

Solved a while ago, but hadn't been to Napier since. Took a while to find as didn't have the hint but got there eventually. Only had a pencil so signed very faintly in #29. TFTC

All good here, TFTC

Always good to be back in the Bay. Even on a pretty damp day that this one was.
Out and about finding a few caches with team cacher zboywonder. This was one of those.
Team effort on the puzzler, solved before we left home. Always good to bowl over another puzzle cache. Thanks for that.
A straightforward find on this one.
All in order, log signed, cache safely re-hidden, just as found.
I visited here with the boywonder, z that is.
TFTC
The Turtle strikes again!

First wondered what the extra numbers are for, but then was glad for the hint.
This is a great spot for a cache!!!
Lovely on a sunny day, thanks for bringing me here

Didn't find although I suspect something may have been moved as believe we found the clues which were a little off course from the GPS point.

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.
It's been a while since we were last at GZ, and I like the changes to it. It took a while to find the cache as we assumed it would be hidden in a certain way. Once we trusted the GPSr and read a few logs, we knew where to look. Unfortunately, a muggle family had arrived at GZ and seemed intent to stay but using stealth, SW managed to retrieve and replace the cache.
Thanks for bringing me back here and TFTC.

#13850. A muggle family made searching tricky, but I entered supper stealth mode and managed to locate the cache. Phew (we were keen to polish off solved puzzles on our trip north). TFTC.

After a DNF earlier in the year, I returned today with reinforcements. They found the cache quite quickly, so it was good to get it ticked off.
Thanks.

The puzzle was straightforward, but it seems we missed picking up the hint. Fortunately markhnz did have it, which made for a fairly quick find, in this pleasant location. TFTC

The puzzle was nog a problem. A beatifull place, a favo.
The search however.
Ah, no micro, but a ....
Thanks from a Dutch.

My mate solved this mystery and after swimming in the pool we went to this cache. We searched for a different size than mentioned in the description, but finally we found it.
A favo for the place in this beautiful park.
TFTC.

Felt like a complete fool when everyone was saying that this cache was easy. Almost left, but finally realised what was so obvious. Beautiful beautiful place.

After solving the puzzle it took us to one of the most beautiful spots! Well hidden and well worth the find!

Heading to Clive today for Cito Event. Needing event caches for a challenge that the Squirrel and I are doing so this will end up been a very long day.

7.25pm - Solved from home so just a matter of finding. Good hint and roses looked good. SLTFTC

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... A cross country adventure. Our intention is to attend the local CITO Event... Then we are free to target whatever catches our attention...

A last find before heading home... We solved this one recently and like this style of puzzle. We arrived at a beautiful park in the heart of suburbia. It took a moment, but we understood the hint as soon as we arrived at ground zone. It really helped us to locate this one quickly... TFTP and TFTC.

I was sitting around at camp last night working out where some puzzle caches lie
And this one popped up next door !! [:o]

So this morning,
I enjoyed a short stroll to make this the first cache find of the day
Or at least it became me first cache find of the day after a good 10 minutes of scratching me head as to where the little blighter was hiding

Blood was drawn on more than one occasion
Damn things are spikey [:o]

TFTC

And the extra clue,
which was useless until after I found the cache [:o)]
"I beg your pardon .... etc"

Everything's coming up roses so far on me caching day [^]
A blooming marvelous little puzzle cache

Being 7am in the morning we expected relative peace in the world while we looked for this cache. How wrong we were! We saw the area was taped off due to work in progress. We chose to ignore it and were lucky enough to be in the vicinity of a massive family domestic [B)] which proved to be a handy diversion for muggles attention! It wasn't till I found the cache that I realised the significance of the final part of the puzzle ! Very cool thanks!

Found that I had incorrectly loaded the solved coordinates in so had to resolve this on in the field. Quick find once my blunde had been rectified. Sparrows having a great time in the bird bath. TFTC

I found this with my dad (nickhbnz) ages ago but only just got my own account . Thanks

We still don't get the hint but fortunately for us today it was a quick find of this nice little nano. TFTC
(PS Later we looked at the hint again and Mrs nzk confesses she had a problem with her maths!)

Meant to post this after the last DNF. Cache has been checked and is in place.

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.

This is one puzzle that I didnt complete before our trip here, but Bruce had. Unfortunately we couldnt find any sign of this cache and looking at the previous log, it may have been damaged and now missing. Might be worth a check up.

DNF for us.

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We've had this Tauranga to Hawkes Bay trip planned for a couple of months now and this cache was all part of that great *'numbers'* plan. We were staying at Kennedy Park so this cache was quite handy to us but it was dark, we were wet, we really should have given this one another crack but we had to keep moving, cheers jslove.

**And please join us at the [New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2016](http://www.nzgeocachingadventure.nz/) which is being held 21-24 October 2016 (Labour Weekend) in Turangi. Please log your attendance at [GC63PZN](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC63PZN_new-zealand-geocaching-adventure-2016) to ensure this event achieves a [MEGA](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=86) status. Can't wait to see everyone there!**

Heading back to Auckland and picking up caches along the way.

Solved the puzzle quickly and got to the correct GZ. Unfortunately looks the cache has been muggled as empty plastic bag lying on ground at GZ. Dam!

Found quickly--good coordinates. Beautiful spot--thanks for bringing us here. TFTPC. Mahalo and Aloha from Hawaii.