Hillpark Bush Walk Series - #2 Troll in the Bush Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By jacquiandgreg on 14-May-16. Waypoint GC6HNB9

Nice easy find as it was lying out in the open. Hopefully replaced securely. Log full need replacing.

I grew up in a house within eye sight of the gz, and used to explore this bush a lot after school and on the weekends. It's great to be back exploring it again.

Sadly upon arrival, the cache was found out in the open, looks like somebody has raided it... lucky the logbook was still there, however it was full and no avaliable space avaliable. Found with Reny90

Log page full and wet. Needs replacement

We've moved out of the area and can no longer maintain. Hopefully someone else can put some new hides here

Nice stroll in the bush. Tftc

Found.

I Found it

Awesome hide!

GPS def off under the trees but it's pretty obvious and we all know where trolls like to live

After running the dogs at the off leash area of the botanical gardens and then a coffee it was time to grab a cache for dot day.

Hopped in the car and realized oops rookie mistake no pen!! Thankfully NZTravellers were still in the car park and gave me one of theirs.

This was the target cache. Parked up nearby and took the short walk to GZ. Gps very jumpy under the tree cover but it was obvious where to look and the cache was quickly in hand.

Love this little trail, had no idea it existed!!

Thanks for bringing us here and for the cache.

Nice quick find! Nice spot!

Couldn't find every time I got close I went further away

Nice little guardian by the cache. Calm trail. Thanks!

The youngest goat found it

Finally, our first Mega. We missed the last one in Auckland all those years ago by 3 or 4 months as we had not even heard about Geocaching back then. Anyway, Mr. Kiwi got a leave pass and was able to attend this event. Picking up UncleSamNZ, we headed off to see what was happening today.

Another part of the lovely bush that secrets you away from the hustle and bustle of suburbia. It was so pleasant to enter this bush and just get away from the busy lives that exist beyond it's boundaries.

We walked along looking for GZ and soon found it with two other cachers who had just replaced the cache before we arrived and were busy logging their find. We had a wee chat and then started our search in earnest when they moved on. There wasn't too many places where the cache could b hidden here, so it didn't take long at all before it was found. Antznz signed the log for all and we headed back to the car to move onto the next cache.

TFTC

Out with LiverKiwi & Antznz for a bit of caching and to enjoy the Mega. Met another cacher sitting on the cache, so we didn't have to look far :-p

Almost muggled by a couple of runners but safely returned. Log full, wrote on sides

Tftgc with lads

Need to bring treasures next time!

Very quick find thanks to the hint. signed and returned. All is good here

Bit hard to find. Clue helps

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It took a little bit of looking but we finally found it. You just need to be at the right angle

Found .

Took a bit but found it!

found it it was a little hard good hiding spot

Great hide. Thank you

Great hidey spot. Thank you

Found this cache and the two troll sisters protecting the cache.

Last one for the night.
Found it safe and dry.
Log and its extension are both full now.
Thanks for placing this cach.

Couldn’t find it be back another day

Great hide. Lovely inner suburb forest paths.

Found it come the other day couldnt find but today we found haha

Found it second round tricky little hiding spot

Yay! My GPS was a fair few meters off but thanks to the clue we backtracked and found it thank you!

Forgot to add, there's no space left on the log

Could not find it nice walk it was found today though will try again another day

Osum cache! Go for the clue ??Buddy time! #twoa project Kathy & AK

good cache 3 in a row today

Father and son time to find some geocachers in the area. Tftc

Found with the kids. Kauri and Kōwhai

Nice easy find . GPS jumps around a bit but the clue is enough info to find it even without a specific location.

Easy one! But running low on paper

Found by Manurewa Scouts.

A classic. Tha ks for the hide.

Thank you! That was fun!

I have to agree with the previous finder, this is such a cool undiscovered place to explore, TFTC

This might be Auckland’s most underrated forest reserve!

Great place!

Thanks for the cache!

Woooooo

Loved this one

Only trolls I saw were travelling with me

Well hidden Luckily the troll wasn't around

Caching with themexikiwi today and doing a few caches while we had a bit of time free.

Didn't take too long to find a likely looking spot and we were soon in business and on our way again. All good here and TFTC

Great hiding place. We managed to avoid the troll.

Bloody troll got me

I thought we were being trolled for a moment but we finally found it.

Nice easy find

Nice easy find
Great Bush walk & series
Nice size container for T/B

Thank you for placing them
We went hunting as a family. So much fun

A nice quick find. Thanks jacquiandgreg.

The final last one on our HillPark Bush walk series adventure! This was for sure the hardest to grab on the trail, we knew where to look but you gotta reach for some tough spots to grab this! Great last find for us, had so much mud *underneath* our shoes at the end though! TFTC

Yay!!!! Found it!!!

Tftc

Yo

Good

Looking forward to doing the rest in the series

Had to squeeze our name in. Might need a new piece of paper soon

Nice hiding spot here, love the bush walk! Tftc

Definitely a place for trolls!! TFTC

Loving these beautiful bush walks, especially the friendly terrain. Found with mrcleverclogs.

Safe to retrieve the cache today as there were no Trolls around.

All good. Well hidden.

Two down 3 to go

no luck here for us even getting on our hands and knees and shining our torches around.

This piece of Bush is just wow. Totally enjoying it. Tftc

Thanks for the find!

A nice bush walk that we never knew about and a quick easy find for Jag50 and I

Another nice find for us while out here today with Merlot58.

We decided a wander around the Botanics would be a great idea to spend a lovely afternoon but as all caches have been found we needed to seek out our daily hunt elsewhere.
Strolled around to GZ and cache quickly found. All good. Lid number recorded. TFTC

Nice stroll in the park and nice easy find from the clue. GPS seemed quite a bit ouy.

9.45am
Well this weekend was going to be a biggie.
Along with 3 work jobs we decided to see if we could knock off all the caches in Atiu Park.
First there was the any event in Papakura along with a bit of a bribe a puzzle which we had no idea as to solve.
All park caches were found by following Co Ords and hints given. Some caches were very wet and need maintenance done to them.
The park involved a lot of walking to tick off. SLTFTC

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... Filling in time before attending the CITO at Conifer Grove...

The Hillpark Bush Walk series has been on the radar for a while. With time on our hands, today seemed ideal... Our iPhone gps was struggling with these coordinates and seemed to point further down the track. However, the hint was quite clear, and an investigation resulted in a find. Took the TB... TFTC.

Well hidden but it's there

Another easy find. You may need to get your hands dirty

Needed some caches for the planetary pursuit. Decided to do some of the GROTTY-series and some more caches that came in handy, like this one. Good hint in the description, so it was an easy find (at least after we read it...) and the log of tramyard.
1 TB in,
1 TB out
Found together with Greenkiwikids on the hunt for souvenirs and signed as "Team Piraten!". TFTC

Hunting for souvenirs (Planetary Pursuit) together with Piratenschatzsucher! Signed as "Team Piraten!". TFTC

Out with Janno216 to get some trad's in the area. After guessing the right place where it would be, I volunteered to do the "dirty" work and get the cache. Thank's for the cache.

Dear Cache Owners,
I am a German guy who stays in New Zealand for eight months.
My English is not perfect, so please don't wonder if my log entries sound a bit strange. Thanks!

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Today I made a Little tour together with thegreatauk to collect some easy traditionals.
Quick find here. Nice hide.
Thanks for hiding!

1 TB out
1 TB in

Another quick find in a lovely piece of bush. +TB T4tc

We wandered in and saw a bike . . . . . no one around . . . . . could be stolen??? We followed to where the GPS led us and then we saw the GZ . . . . . there was no troll lurking about here today . . . . . . we did have to wait whilst a muggle passed by and then one of the kids made the find . . . . . signed and returned. TFTC

TheShankars5 found it. Nice one for the kids to look for. Thanks

TF and I wandered here after #3 and it was a straight forward find in this lovely little park. TFTC

Out with TW to grab a few "walk by" caches. Thanks.

GPS was dancing here like crazy .... didin`t get the hint I don``t know much about Trolls Used geosense instead and it helps. Torch in my phone was handy as well. Cache located and log signed off. Took TB. TFTC

Found while passing area. Cache in good order. TNLNSL, TFTC.

A nice day to pick up some geocaches, enjoyed the sunshine and the fresh air, thanks for placing this cache

Auckland
We spent the morning caching in south Auckland. We visited many parks we had not been to before.
We also found another lot of grotty caches.
Thanks for placing this cache jacquiandgreg

I was quite taken with this bush reserve when I visited here the other day finding the first cache that you had set up in this series... #1 Up The Stream. So before work this morning I decided to come and see if I could find this one. So after parking in the same spot as the other day, I made my way on foot to GZ... and as I thought about your hint I realised that there were many places that trolls probably would like to hang out... however once I arrived at GZ it was quite obvious where this particular troll would be. However, I had to wait a moment before making the find as a lady walking her dog came by... and her dog stopped to say hello... and so I ended up patting the dog and having a bit of small talk before she went on her way. This was actually quite strange as the same thing happened to me yesterday when I made my daily find. I was interrupted then by a black labrador who was out walking around and I patted that dog also. Anyway, once the coast was clear the cache was exactly where I thought it would be. The cache is in very good condition and I signed the last space on the front of the log sheet. Once having done so I put the cache back in its home nicely all ready for the next finder. So once again... thank you jacquiandgreg for taking the time to set up not just this cache but this series. I really appreciate your efforts in doing so. I am going to give this one a favourite point... not so much for the cache... but for the series. Nice. TFTC!

Lovely bit of bush. No trolls today. TFTC

Came here this morning just after dawn to complete this series (apart from having to go back and get a couple of numbers). This is an awesome wee bush with lots of well maintained tracks. Didn't even know it existed. Nice quick find at the GZ then a pleasant walk back to the car then off to work. TFTC