PLUTO (Wellington) Lower Hutt, North Island, New Zealand
By zboy wonder on 05-Dec-15. Waypoint GC67TYD

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.

Hi zboy_wonder

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

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

The final location is now a construction zone with no public access. The container will be lost, and as the CO is no longer active this cache should be archived.

Two caches today only between taking the geokids all around.. Dropped them off this morning and then did this one. There was a guy sitting in a car nearby smoking dope. Solved this cache ages ago. Tad disappointed with the cache just shoved under a rock but nice location on a beautiful day..

I have a new cache to place and my first set of coordinates were rejected as being too close to this cache. I suppose I better solve it then. And so today I went out to find the cache, and to look for another place to hide mine.
For some reason I know not I was looking in the wrong place and yet it matched the hint, but of course there was no cache there. Took me a bit to work out where I had gone wrong, and with a better set of coordinates the find was done.

Back on the bike to look for a new place which I found, but back home afterwards, I was looking at the old photos and realised I still had the wrong place, the cache is much further away from Pluto. no conflict at all!

I have to confess to not being able to remember how I solved this, but I think I must have struck it lucky as I solved it early on in my geocaching career I arrived at GZ today after attending an event in Petone and I was determined to finally knock this off my list. After originally searching the wrong hint item, I realised I was in the wrong place, and drove around the corner a bit (OK, I should have walked, but there was a freezing cold wind!). A quick find ensued. I have lived in Wellington all my life and didn’t know about this road, so thanks for bringing me here

Better weather than yesterday - still a cold wind blowing but at least there is no rain. Today we are concentrating on finding Adventure Labs and solved puzzles around Petone and up Korokoro.
We had done a lot of research on the subject and got a long way into solving this puzzle but had never quite managed to get co-ordinates that seemed right. We had also seen a location that seemed quite likely but could not get a geochecker tick.
So today we chose the area as a place to stop for lunch. After eating we went for a wander to check a couple of possible spots. The first, that had looked quite good from aloft in Google Earth was quickly discounted on the ground. We then made our way to the second of our possible locations and immediately spied something that could be the hint. Moved in to position and made the find. Woohoo! Very happy to sign off on this one.

Nice easy find after coming to a place we had never visited before. All good with this cache nice and dry. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the interesting puzzle zboywonder.

A nice quick find while out and about with Talla64. All in good order. Thanks for the interesting puzzle zboy wonder, and for the cache.

Enjoyed solving this clever puzzle. In the Hutt today for a regular club meeting so called by to look for the cache. Quite a few people and dogs out braving the cold weather but nobody around at GZ so it was a nice quick find. Thanks for the puzzle and TFTC

(# 6629). A bright, sunny early Sunday morning deserves getting a handful of caches. Mainly got solved puzzles. Solved this the other day. A quick find as nice and early for others to be around. Everything in order. Thanks for bringing me here.

Clever. Very clever. I had looked at this off and on since publication, and identified what the subject matter related to, but had never managed to turn this into coordinates that didn't involve swimming or bush bashing, which was not what I felt was required here.

Fortunately, a few weeks ago, someone made me aware of something (oh so obvious!) that I hadn't realised. A quick google later, and I had the solution to hand.

Called past here today as I was passing, to get this one signed off. There were a few cars around, but I was able to sign and replace this unobserved. TFTC

#8200. Pluto orbiter to Mission Control. It seems we have splashdown. I have a reasonable knowledge of planets but this cache required me to expand that knowledge into the lesser parts of inner space. Eventually I located some useful data and tried applying them. I was close but not the cigar. Needed a nudge from friends at a puzzle solving evening to push me over the line. Second time lucky it seems. Why did I not make the timely connections that in hindsight seemed obvious. Anyway was over here today on a brief trip to pick up some office supplies and had time to stop and make the find. Muggles were in the vicinity but none at GZ. So swooped in, grabbed the cache and signed the logsheet. Replaced everything as found. Nicely conceived cache although the content did prove a bit obscure.

A bit of a push in the right direction and soon had some sensible coordinates. Today in the area so made the quick find. Amazed at how busy it was here today. Thanks for the puzzle and thanks for the cache.

It seems I was very close to solving this puzzle when it was first published but failed to apply, what now seems obvious, a technique that would have completed the project. Finding the cache today was a very straightforward process.

A plan was made to aim for 50 caches in a day with ThatWeirdGuy04 & TwigNZ (signed as TMT) we didn't fully hit the amount but we did get over half of what we were trying for before the rain set in and the light faded.
thank you to all the COs for placing the caches

After losing the best part of 2 months worth of caching adventure time due to Covid-19, I have been keen to get out and about for a good solid day's hunting. So I was spending the day caching in Wellington with Mar1sa and ThatWeirdGuy04, primarily to do the Recycle Trail along SH2 and as many others as we could fit in.

All log entries today read as either "Team TMT" or simply "TMT" depending on space.

So in preparation for today's trip, I had spent a few of the preceding evenings solving Puzzles that looked like they might be in the vicinity of where we would be walking or driving. This was one of those that I was able to solve in time to add to our list.

Arriving at GZ, we quickly spotted exactly where the cache should be thanks to the very precise Hint. However, we were disappointed to not be able to find a container. It has been a year to the day since the last find, so we widened our search and the 3 of us looked for about 15 minutes in the hope of stumbling across it before we decided to supply a replacement in accordance with the Hint and message the CO to get permission to do what we had done and to log the find.

Thanks for placing this cache.

Log was a bit damp; I dried it out. Signed log. Thank you.

One I sorted out at home and made the effort to walk to from hotel.

A tough solve a while back, finally made the time tonight to collect. A quick find even in the dark as I forgot my torch. All safe and dry here. TFTC

Solved a while ago - another fun puzzle. Today a Quick find where all good at GZ.

Thanks for another smilie and my cache of the day

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I initially thought this would be straightforward - but no! B and I spent quite some time trying different permutations before we found one that clicked. Claimed on a bitterly cold day. Fortunately coords were spot on and the hint object was easily found. TFTC!

Spent some time in R&D with lab partner D before I finally cracked this one. Quick retrieve at/of the ninth, and avoided spotters — despite house bus, muggles contemplating foamy sea, and D's pink raincoat. TFTC zboy wonder!

Out for a quick lunch time grab of some Petone/Alictown caches.
I've had this solution for a long time, but keep forgetting to stop by when in the area. Today I finally remembered and thought it would be a good quiet time at this often busy spot. A nice quick find.
TFTC.

Solved this one a loooong time ago and it has been sitting on my 'to find' list for quite a while. Needed a find for today to cross off another dot day, so decided to go for a quick drive and grab it. No problems finding the cache, contents are in good condition. TFTC.

Day 15 of our North Is trip spent in Wellington and Lower Hutt. I had a list of solved puzzles to find plus I wanted to do some maintenance of a few of my own hides in the Hutt.
No worries with the solve for this puzzle, thanks to the wonders of google - I think the CO may enjoy solving some puzzles placed around Blenheim which have similar themes.
We were a bit worried when we got to GZ to find a vehicle parked close by, but fortunately, the cache was in an area that was hidden from view. And a nice quick find too. Thanks for the puzzle and TFTC.

#13884. Good to find a puzzle in our old stamping ground of Petone. TFTC.

Snared this one after some figuring. Visited on a not so pleasant Sunday afternoon. Good for my numbers today, so thanks for that.
Straightforward find once at GZ. Log signed, then safely re-hidden.
TFTC
The Turtle strikes again!

Found with 05brock a while a go. Sorry for late log

Solved the puzzle after a wee while, cache was an easy find. TFTPC

I kept getting close, but no cigar, until the CO confirmed i was in the right area. From there I soon had coordinates that made the geocheck smile. Found the cache with no problems today. TFTC!!! (^‿^)

#884 @29 December 2015 17:06:37

Found with BigCheeseNZ - team effort. No issues with finding cache on this beautiful night. TFTC

@ 29 December 2015 17:07:03

Quickly realised what the puzzle was about and solved it without too many headaches. Needed to pass here this afternoon so called for a quick find. Signed log, TFTC!

#7352. Enjoyed solving the puzzle yesterday when the interplanetary homing device was still super sensitive. Good to see some fuzziness has since been introduced. Maneuvered the craft in the general location of Korokoro this morning for a closer inspection. GZ was relatively quiet upon arrival, and was nicely shielded from muggle activities. Quick find. The PLUTO geocache was in excellent condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.

Thanks for the puzzle, and …

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Getting what might be a satisfactory answer for the south coordinates, but not for the east. Tried a few guesses to try and get three figures for the decimal digits with no luck- can owner (or somebody who has solved it) reassure us that all the info is there that is needed?

Happy Days FTF @ 10.30am . I had a chat with Mr G over coffee this morning and with what he told me I was pretty sure I was on the right course for a soft landing, tried a few things but these put me in a Drop Zone that didn’t seem plausible. I tried a few other ideas and although I wasn’t getting an affirmative response from the Checker I decided that a look in the area I’d worked out may pay dividends.

I got there and wandered around (EVA) for 15 minutes or so without anything jumping out at me, just as I was leaving I spotted something out of the corner of my eye that merited some closer attention and Hey Hey whatddya know an early Christmas Present! Found the cache with a nice blank logsheet to sign

I took some coordinates at GZ, but to be honest with the information I have at this stage and trying to reverse engineer things I can’t get any closer to what I’d already worked out.

Cheers and TFTC and the FTF

3TF (but not sure if I'm first after solving, or second - will have to wait for SAROC's log )

I got the gist of the puzzle as soon as it was published, and got some numbers, but couldn't get it to solve. I found some additional numbers and tried several techniques but couldn't get anything to agree with the geochecker. I was going to try boxhill's attempt but decided to take another look before I left work and then came up with yet another strategy that looked good on paper, looked good on Google Maps, and most importantly, looked good to the geochecker as I got the Success!

Pulled up to GZ where there were several muggle vehicles parked around (and look to be staying for the week), but I was able to maintain some cover and spotted the 'out of place' item that boxhill mentioned. Opened up, signed log and put everything back. TFTC

Mrs S was on to this soon after publication suggesting an interesting bunch of numbers. After some manipulation and checks on Google Earth we came up with a set of coordinates that looked plausible - well better than the other options, but a sad face was still to be had with the geochecker. Unfortunately plans for the morning prevented a physical check of the environment - in the same manner employed by Boxhill.
This afternoon, after seeing Boxhill's log Mrs S said lets go and try our coordinates. Arriving at our calculated coord's, I immediately noticed the hint item. A quick retrieve, the log was completed in the comfort of the car (to disguise my actions to the numerous other muggle vehicles parked nearby) before being returned.
2TF and a FDF as well. Last couple of days have been an exception to the norm with writing our name so close to the top of the logs, but its a nice change. Thanks for the puzzle, the afternoon drive and the super quick find at GZ.

Have updated the geochecker to allow for coordinates within 8m of GZ - there may be slightly different results you find for this which will likely make you 1 or 2 small digits out in getting the final coordinates, such is the beauty of the internet!
It should be obvious at GZ when you get there, if that is any consolation

Launched myself out to the area this afternoon using Boxhill's approach and found the cache within a few minutes. Fortunately the nearest muggles were not in residence.

Like boxhill I couldn't work out how the clues related- apparently they do somehow as some people have managed to work them out: One piece of information in the page info confirmed that I had been looking at the right source of information and Geochecker said the coordinates I measured at GZ were within 25 metres, some of this distance may be attributable to my measuring them on my phone rather than averaging them on my GPS as I normally do - I didn't want to hang around long in view of the muggle risk.

TFTC.

Have updated the virtual coordinates - sorry to those watching, you would have received a few emails while I got that sorted.
You will now have to resort to solving the puzzle and getting the geochecker tick, there is a tolerance on finding the correct coordinates, so that should get you to the right place to find the cache.

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