Block and Tackle Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By tuolei on 08-Jun-16. Waypoint GC6KB90

I have gone and collected the bison tube as there is no hide for it anymore with the Vector maintenance - it definitely would have got muggled shortly, and now I can reuse it. So if you're thinking of popping by to log the archived cache please don't as it's not there. Thanks.

I was out taking the geohound for a walk and went past this one for its customary check. Unfortunately Vector have been upgrading in the street so that the hide for this geocache is now gone. Thanks to everyone that visited over its short life.

Was in the local area whilst mini cachers were at youth group. Didnt actually have to search here as the cache was sitting on the structure in full view.

Signed log but could not see where it needed to go back so have tucked it safely at the base of the structure for future finders.

Thanks for the cache.

Nice one. TFTC

The very first flat I had way back in the day was just around the corner from here in Renfrew Ave so coming here brought back a lot of memories. I had to be a little cautious here as someone was working outside in the next door house, having figured out where the cache was I waited til their back was turned and swooped in to make the find

Found this one with some newbies unfortunately too late for the Find a Friend souvenir but we enjoyed our trip around the local neighbourhood. My friends lived nearby and were greatly affected by the building of The Block houses (in multiple ways) and this was the first time that I had seen these houses although I had known about them since last year.

This cache caused problems in that while I initially was at the correct location - a nearby object lured me for a look. Then I returned to the initial location for a closer look and the cache was found. I did comment to my friends that I find this type of cache very frustrating to find. Signed log both with my name and we decided on Pippa's Team for their name so log was signed as this.

Thanks for the cache.

Nice hiding place, very clever! TFTC

Took KaiyaBug and myself a while to find. We were over thinking everything. Finally found it and got to say, it's a very clever hide! TFTC

A quick find to complete a dot day.

#5451

Nice little hide picked up while in the area. TFTC.

Had to think about this and then it was obvious, well written.

Nice hide. TFTC.

I decided to go for a nice long run this afternoon and collect some unfound geocaches. As I was using the GPS on my watch, the accuracy wasn't that great and I initially ran past the GZ. Realising my mistake, I did a quick u-turn to found the cache straight away. TFTC!

Had to find a cache before leaving for Melbourne so I could qualify for a challenge cache. This was nice and convenient so made a quick stop here before heading for the airport. TFTC

Went off to find this one today, to give my muggle daughter some driving experience. T4tc.

Took us awhile, felt a bit suspect. Great find TFTC

Quick welfare check en route to take a photo of Kiwitea Street football for a travel bug mission - all good here.

8 year old took great delight in spotting this one.

Found a few of these types of hides recently. Neighbour cleaning his car close to gz. Waited till he had his back turned and made a quick grab. Signed the log in the car and returned into position without hopefully being noticed. TFTC

Found clue straight away, retrieved and signed log between traffic muggles!
Great hide

After dropping by a friend's place for a visit I decided to grab a cache on the way home as I needed one today for the 366 challenge. This was a quick find in the early evening with nobody else around. TFTC!

Drove up and noticed immediately the 3 lined up on the block. Was busy looking at those and not paying too much attention to GZ as a neighbor was hovering. After neighbour retreated and we re approached GZ spotted the obvious and quickly had the cache. Left it alone while we completed the log further away and then returned to quickly release the cache back into the wild.

Knew exactly where this one was going to be. thanks for bringing us to the block houses it's a show we enjoy watching. Day two of a 4 day road trip from Hawkes Bay to Auckland and back to collect as many caches as we can. Log signed as b&p.Tftc

Had a nice little walk in the neighborhood and searched for caches. This one is very nice, even it is pretty clear where it has to be when following your GPS. Also interesting to see the villas - can we have one please?
Thanks for hiding, tuolei!

3rd one for the day, incredible experience

From a few meters away, I spotted the thing that was a dead giveaway for cachers, but is completely ignored by muggles. TFTC.

Found it with Gur Parsaad, Pat and Rajpal. Amazing hiding. Took some figuring out with the hint. Coordinates were spot on. Thank you

Needed a cache to fill in a gap on the calendar so went out after dark to get this one as it is closest one to home. TFTC

Simple

Confused by the hint until we got right up to it.
Quickly found the clue and then the cache
Clever little design
TFTC

Pretty sure I knew what I would be looking for, but big enough to hold a TB? Good chuckle when I saw how it was done.

TFTC

Found on the way back from golf. Easy find due to the clue and having seen a few of these before. Thanks v much.

Had been to St Lukes to see Hunt for the Wilderpeople (good movie!) and called by on the way home. Had an idea what to look for and was a quick find. TFTC

With kakesnz on the way home from the movies.

was out for lunch with batgirl5 and just had enough time for a quick park n grab on way past, nice one TFTC

went out for lunch with lokky1 was going to do a few caches after, but ran out time so settled for a quick park n find on way home,TFTC

Had a good idea what to look for and there it was.
No trouble today. Tftc.

Out and about early this morning to run an errand. I decided to make the best of the nice weather and find a few caches on the way home afterwards. Time for one last find. As I approached GZ I witnessed some activity at GZ. I parked up to discover some young cachers who had successfully completed the find here. They went on their way and I did what they did, making a super quick find. Noted down the trackable details before leaving. Cheers for the cache placement!

Checked on cache mostly to see how on earth you'd get a travel bug on there. All good here.

Found it

Was sitting at the train station in Mt Albert when the notification came out telling me this cache was just over 2km away! Called M and got her to grab the caching kit and our Fall Out Boy FTF TB and we were off into the rush hour traffic. GZ was nice and quiet and B was able to find the bison without detection. Seeing a nicely sealed log roll was topped off nicely by seeing a fully blank log! Yess! FTF Dance!

A couple of quick photos of the log with the Fall Out Boy & Corporal Pines TBs and back went the log. B noticed the knot connecting the bison looked like it could come loose over time so he retied it using a uni-knot, it won't come off now!

TFTC and pre work adventure

[FTF]#16

Seeing a new cache publication within reach was very tempting to attempt. Made a quick decision and drove through the rush hour traffic to reach the GZ. No muggles around, and it was an easy find, opened the log and found that Team BMMR has beaten me for exact 5 minutes. Anyways, happy with a STF. Thank you so much tuolei.

I too made a mad dash over here. But I had to do a few things at work before I could sneak out. I had to make sure no one would miss me! Unfortunately that meant delays in getting here. No surprise then I was beaten by 2 others! It's all good though - gotta at least try!! Thanks for the cache abd opportunity to scarper from work.

Saw a new cache had come up close to home after I had dropped the kids at school. No logs on it so quickly loaded up the gps and made my way here. Arrived in 10 mins and quickly found gz and retrieved cache with bated breath. Disappointed I saw I wasn't ftf or even stf but 4th to find (still with no logs on the page.) Always hard to get a ftf around this area with so many dedicated cachers but I will keep trying to build on the 2 we have managed to claim. TFTC

Fifth to find on way home from work !
Fun one thanks tuolei !

Published

Congrats on the FTF and thanks for retying the knot - you can tell we are not Boy Scouts or Girl Guides!