Thistle Do (Bay oF Plenty) Te Teko, North Island, New Zealand
By MaizoJ on 13-Mar-16. Waypoint GC6D6PN

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 the last reviewer note.

This cache got destroyed in the rain

Spent a bit of time looking but no luck

Tftf nice quick and easy.
Paper needs to be replaced as it's wet

No problem to locate this cache which was good because we had very limited time. Great hint and it was quickly signed and returned without anyone seeing. TFTC

Official one

Great little hide. Tftc

Nice quick find thx.

Very easy find thank you.

Cache dried out and back in it's co-ord spot. It's a bit fragile so please take care with it. Will strengthen it up next visit.

Sorry guys the area is constantly under water this winter. Will re-locate very close by but to higher ground. You still might like to driveby and see the patient fisherman...

Found this cache thanks to the young lady from the house who was wearing the correct footwear to retrieve the cache. Young lady and cache gets a fave from us TFTC

**11205**
Had another dot day to convert into a find so we're on our way back out to Kawerau, before quite getting there we thought we would check out if this one was still findable, great camo also helped with the cache not floating away in the recent floods!! Log was too wet to write on so we added some dry logsheets to the cache.
Thanks for placing and we look forward to more great hides in the future!!

Temporary unavailable due to flooding. Will give it a big dry out once we can get to it. Kia kaha Edgecumbe. Posted on behalf of CO, maizoj

Nice quick find no sign of TBs replaced the can as best as I could but the owner may want to come and check it. TFTC

Another nice find on a trip away.
*Thanks for helping show me around!*
SL

Quickly spotted from the car which was a relief as we don't like searching around other folks letterboxes.

TFTC

Well done Maizoj on a craftily constructed cache container .

Please note: there were no trackables in the cache today.

Found with my mama judezkidz

Geocaching with Drewnukutarawhiti's team and after leaving Kawerau we were on the hunt for another larger cache so we could swap some goodies. What an awesome find! Very clever hide and the new members in each team are hooked! Woohoo, TFTGC!

As I opened the car door- I suddenly realized the meaning of the hint. Soon had the cache n hand. thanks Maizoj

Warfi leaped out of the car and grabbed this one. Thanks for the effort.

Got it!

The kids spotted this before I even pulled the hand brake on in the car. Nevertheless it is very cleverly camouflaged, these guys are just well seasoned GeoCachers. Hehe. Thanks.

Oops. Apologies. . . We flogged ya pencil. Just discovered it in the car. Soz.

Cache in all good condition dried it out replaced pencil enjoy

Last find of the day on my 1st day as an official geocacher. Been out caching with Maizoj all day and she only told me about this one as we pulled up the driveway - unbelievable! My 1st night find LOL. I now understand the secret society of geocaching! Dropped trackable. TFTC Maizoj! my 15th find

Another nice find on our New Year Break

TFTC

All organised for Xmas so having an afternoon out with McJandals.
Clever hide.
CHEERS

Well done, a nice hide. Enjoying a day out b4 xmas. Log a bit damp but all good. Cheers

I found what might have been the remnants of the cache.. a green bucket with nothing on top? In a way I hope it wasn't in and I just missed something really spectacula..

Gave up at 14:21

ISAG

Found on a drive to matatata.
No t/b present!
Tflc

Great cache. TFTC

Well as I said my 300th find. Wasn't expecting the CO to give me the cache. Lol Nice to have meet you. Left a ball. tftc

With the apt description & hint the find was painless.Cool camo derserves a fav,thanks Maizol,enjoyable.

Cool cammo. Land owner came home when we were parked on his verge. Did not appear alarmed, so they must know about the cache.

Dropped TB.

Thanks Maizol

Quick trip over the hill today from Rotorua grab this on way to your new cache. Cache was a bit exposed replaced as best I could may need checking if your passing.
TFTC

On the way home from a weekend away at the in laws. Left a little earlier so that I could get a few finds along the way, plus get a certain find for the souvenir that was up for grabs this weekend. I'm also working on a challeng so thought I'd grab a few extra caches that'll help for that too.

Found this one quicker than expected as the cache wasn't re-hidden that well. Replaced the best I could, thanks for the hide.

Stopped here after my grandies 3rd birthday party not far from here. Great cache especially for a first hide - well done and TFTC

Like the innovation and effort on this one so awarding a favourite point. TFTC

Good cache

1st find with sister in law TFTC

A quick find as the cache was found exposed and upside down, but it didn't take long to realise how this cache was intended to be camo'd. TNLNSL


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Nicely constructed cache, thanks

Now I know the reason for the name. Tftc

On a trip to see the Olds in Ohope and just had to do the rounds of the local caches, this one very good, quite a bit of effort to make a good hide, well done, I look forward to finding future caches on my next trip over from the Naki. Nice little hide swapped tbs took 2nd pink padlock keys and left NZ Flag. All good at GZ.This one is a wrap. Mission accomplished TFTC! Blenheim Bear
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Got this on my watch list saw tb had been dropped so zoomed by and nabbed it! Tftc tftb

Passing by so thought I'd stop and check cache. All good. Dropped my first travel bug into it

Wow found my first travel bug! Taking it to Canada. Hope it finds it's keys!

My 2nd travel bug dropped into cache Good timing cause a muggle/cacher just stopped by...

Squirrel Nutcase and myself are on a road trip to the Gisborne area chasing caches with a higher D rating for our licence challenge. We visited area 3 months ago and hopefully we will have better success this time and collect anything else on the way. Day 1 was to get there first and day 2 back to Rotorua via Wairoa Napier way.

8am - At this hour of the morning were able to park very close to cache. No problems to locate cache. SLTFTC

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... After five months of grief, it's time for another serious attack on our current caching license. We're heading east to target seven high difficulty caches, and anything else that catches our attention...

We seem to travel into the Eastern Bay with less frequency these days... This was on our route today, so we made a point of stopping in. We spotted the cache almost immediately, as it was sitting in a fairly visible position. We liked the camouflage and made a point of trying to conceal this one better on return. TFTC.

kids overlooked it at first

Thistle do alright

Found it

Consecutive day find #33. Found while driving by. A quick park and grab. Picked up Tb. Tftc

Cheers for the cache MaizoJ you rock! Left Sluggie the Trackable to venture on out.

Such a cool cache! Well done awesome first cache for the day TFTF

This'll certainly do --- excellent use of camo' , well hidden, deserves a favourite!!
Dog-gone today -- no furry or barky welcome.
Thank you for a great cache

Hehe sneaky hide! Had a bit of inside info on this one. The dog's name is Diesel and he is all talk! Well done Maizoj you are a little superstar!

Yay ftf we saw this come in and thought hey we just passed there last night on the way home from edgecumbe. So with dad mr Frewilys having the day off we all went to find this very cleverly crafted cache well done on your first hide.the dog barked at us the whole time. But all is good. Tftc

Well done for a first hide. Deserves a favorite. We had a lovely golden Labrador barking at us. But otherwise it was an easy find tftc

Spotted this and thought we'd pop out before our late breakfast. But the Frewilly family had got up even earlier, like the 3 little pigs This a great cache and we didn't spot it at first with the camo. The dog spotted us too...it's going to make life more fun for it...especially as Murray let it have a good sniff of his hand thanks very much and congrats on a great first cache!

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