Short-Cut 5 (Kapiti) Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand
By tmann421 on 03-Feb-16. Waypoint GC6AR31

Sadly the area has changed and is now too open to replace the cache.
Will look at a new area and short-Cut 5.0

Second DNF in row. Not found in a while but more likely I just didn't find a tricky hide.

Come back here a few times now and had a good look. I’ll have to come back to have a look

My second try.... not easy!! Tftc.

Thanks

A bit of a hunt but got there.
Thanks

Just what we expected from one of these shortcuts. Favourite added. Nice view of the island. T4TCSL

Nice view of the island here. Tricky but nabbed. Favourite added. Tftcsl

After we had our lunch by the river we came out to the beach for this cache. There were very few people on the beach today.

Nice find while in the area today

Spent a while looking for this, but we eventually found it where it was meant to be.

So well concealed I couldn't find it but Selesi struck the spot. TFTC

Found while out with Gilgul TFTC

Took us a while but we love it when we found it.

(# 4618). My second attempt at this one after a fruitless search previously. Don't know how I originally missed this one but sometimes that's the way it happens. A quick find this round. Everything in order. TFTC

Second attempt at this one. Last time looked for half hour.today was not even 30sec

I took my youngest son up to Wellington in the camper van. I dropped him off at his friend's house where he will stay. Meanwhile I get to geocache and be on standby.
After staying at Greytown and spending another day in the Wairarapa, it was time to head to The Hutt area.
Son number two got dropped off at the airport. Hubby got picked up.
I needed to get the Camper's clutch checked out at Miro Auto Repairs. Once we got the all clear it was time to continue our adventure. We are staying in Paraparaumu tonight.
Next on the agenda is a swim
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Thanks. tmann421 for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 5460 for me.

Another good find.

After taking a long walk along the beach and through the estuary, we stopped here to search the box.
After a while, the lakeside-son found the well hidden container!
Thank you very much for hiding!
Greetings from a german family traveling through NZ!

TFTC
Found on our restday on the TA

Clever hide!

Thanks for placing the cache

This one certainly deserves a fav point from me as it is just so naturally hidden!! I didn't find it last time but was determined to find it this time and finally i did. congrats on this clever hide...after i was soooo sure that is must be missing last time. Thank you for this clever hide and finally a smiley face in it. I took nothing and left nothing.

I wasn't optimistic about this one owing to the number of previous DNFs.

However I had been searching for a short time when a group of (as I thought) muggles came up from the beach so I was about to move on and come back later when one of them said the magic words "geocaching?" They assured me the cache was still there and they had found it recently, and said I was on the right track. Sure enough after a bit more searching I came up with the goods.

Thanks to the passersby (whose caching name I didn't get) for their encouragement.

TFTC.

Another DNF

No luck here today. Overlooked by a house as well so gave up.

No joy

Had to come back for this one... but we managed to find it this time. Great hiding spot.

Boy's and I couldn't find this on our first visit. Will have a look another time

Finally we get decent summer weather. Found this quickly due to accurate coords. Thanks again tmann.

3.55pm. This is more like the others in this series. Took quite a few minutes to locate. Have to award a favourite point this time.
Thank you. David.

Nearly a DNF here, it is rather well disguised.

TFTC

nice one

Great camo Tftc

Arrived at GZ after a nice winter's stroll from Otaihanga domain. Upon reading the hint we had a pretty good idea of what we were looking for. After a short search our hunch was confirmed and cache was in hand. Yet another great unique hide from the Tmann. TFTC

Took a little while hinting to find this one. Eventually a comment in a log earlier helped - be methodical and eventually the cache was in hand. Nice container. Thanks for the cache and glad I didn't have to come back to search again.

Once I loaded up the GPS it was soon in hand as GZ was accurately revealed. The iPhone was all over the place. Love the container and a nice simple hide. The beach was not very inviting today, so we raced back to the car for some warm shelter. TFTC

Nicely crafted container thanks, found after hint from OC as my GPS had me too close to the beach. Thanks for the cache, awesome scenic location.

At last! Peter and Gwen and I finally found it! I swear we had looked in that very spot a couple of times before too! Well hidden . Thanks for the cache tmann, you certainly kept us guessing with this one!

A reasonably quick find on a drizzly afternoon. Cheers tmann and TFTC

Found this one after a short search just as it was getting dark. After not turning up anything in the first instance I went back to the car and got a torch which helped considerably. Very well hidden, coordinates are good and accurate although they don't distinguish which side of the path the cache is on.. Signed log, TFTC

Heading south on the coast. Popped in here and made the find.
After a bit of fishing around we made this one to be straightforward. Cache in order; log signed, then safely re-hidden, just as found.
Beautiful sunny, warm day on the Kapiti Coast. Can this be autumn I wondered to myself?
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

All good here, TFTC

Cache # 3,084 - a nice short stroll to the GZ, and then a very slow and methodical hunt for what I needed. Eventually found it, and a nice hide as expected. Liked the cache container a lot. All well with the cache, and glad to have done this in dry weather (started to rain a little just as I left). TNLNSL. TFTC!

Consecutive caching day # 1,038

I have learned that I need to up my game when I attempt to find a cache placed by tmann421. The level of difficulty is often above that for an average cache.

I needed a few minutes to sight this treasure even though my GPSr was happy with the supplied coordinates.

dnf

Nice hide TFTC

A nice straight forward find today before searching for somewhere out of the wind to eat our lunch. Nice container.
TFTC

Nicely hidden cache. Area very quiet in the middle of a normal workday.

#7514. Parked on Stonewall Grove for a short walk. GZ was all quiet on arrival. Found after a short search. Nice hide. Took the container and continued walking to the beach, where it was very popular today. The cache was in excellent condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.

Returned to the access way. Quickly replaced and continued walking back to the car.

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Woo-hoo! FTF at 10.34am.
This was good timing for me as the notification came through just as I was about to head up this way for a meeting. Luckily I had enough time to spare for a quick diversion to investigate this new cache.
The nicely placed container was found after a brief search.
Thanks very much Tmann for another good one.

A quick find after Mermaid man so 2TF. Lovely area. Lots of people walking on the beach. Worth a FP. TFTC.

I was sure I could get my FFT today - day off work, spotted notification quickly and not too far away. Off we went and found after a little search - disappointed to find 2 others had beaten me to it but a lovely cache in a beautiful area. I shall continue my mission ................ TFTC

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