Don't stumble out (taranaki) New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand
By dragon gem on 26-Jun-16. Waypoint GC6MF5R

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.

Needs to be checked or replaced

No joy here.

Previous finders have confirmed this is missing.

Found it

Note only

I’m kinda confused seeing it’s my first cache but only found the paper.

found it but just the note

Dnf ::(:(:::(:(:(:(:(:(:(

I took a little while but in the end the experience was great thanks for the great hunt!

Can’t still be there

I feel like it got removed when the fence got taken away

bruh, right in plain sight good cache

Tftc found in the dark after a meeting here.

Nice hide in plain sight. TFTC.

Found it

Found it. Our first Geocache : )

It's not thear its just not

Confused when we got there but preserved and eventually found it thanks to other clues left by people

Our first one! Thanks

Good to meet up again.

What a great cache! My muggle Hubbie found it - ingenious. Great to pick one up on the way out of New Plymouth today. TFTC

Thanks for creating this geocache. It took me a while to find it. It was my first time geocaching and I didn't know what I was looking for. Then I came back a few weeks later and found it. Hidden in plain sight! But I didn't have a pen so I've come back today to write in the notebook.

We initially went straight to the hide but discounted it as it didn't budge too easily, but after a wider search of the area went back to it and it came away fairly easily from the right angle.
I left an alphabet stone
Thanks for putting this here for us to find

Not small and not hidden in plain sight it was annoying

We were heading down to Taranaki to complete the Mt Egmont Pouakai Circuit. Would seem rude not to cache on the way down.

We had decided we wouldn't go to far off the main drive down (Mrs NZTravellers dictated this )

Having arrived and needing some fresh provisions for lunch tomorrow headed to the local shop and WOW there's a cache.

Great hid and found and signed without drawing attention from the local patrons.

Fav point awarded as love these type of hides in plain veiw!!

TFTC

Crafty cache, but quickly found.

Heading down with some geocaching buddies from Auckland to walk the Pouakai Crossing (Mt Taranaki). Stopped along the way to get some caches. Logs might have been signed "Team Seac". Thanks for placing the cache.

Heading down to Taranaki to walk the Pouakai Crossing, around the part of Mt. Egmont with the SEAC group of cachers.....stopped off here for a bite to eat and grab a few local caches to start the journey.....
Managed to locate without attracting too much attention.

Having arrived at our accommodation decided for a walk around the area and get some supplies....

FAV point given here....

Signed in as SEAC to save logbook space....

Cache was all good.

TFTC.

We think it was taken away with the fence but not sure

cache location lead me to private property that contained a lot of rubbish which is misleading. also could not find it along the fence of stumble in (

TFTC

Very interesting cache i remember trying to get the ftf on this with no joy
Tftc

Well at freaking last, I have found this sneaky mcsneakerson cache!! Have looked for it several times but had no idea what I was looking for. Today after having no luck on a nearby cache, I made my way here armed with a hint from a previous log. I would say cache was relatively easily located but the log not so much, damn that was tricky and required some aerobics to get the log. Pleased to finally get this!?

sneaky

We quickly spotted something suspicious, but as it was, for us, 8 metres south of the coordinates, and there seemed no access to it, we searched elsewhere. Returning to our original object of interest, we persevered further and eventually had the cache in hand. Our coordinates were S39 03.966 E174 06.158. A fun cache which gets a favourite from us. TFTC

TFTC

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Co-ords were spot on and so were the title and the hint so this was a quick find after work. TFTC

25 January 2020 12:39 after greeting the 'house panther', i went and found this one. Tftc

.I cant remember this one but thought it was great when we finally found it and tagged it. Cheers. So fav from me.

Day 14 - Boxing Day, Thursday 26 December. Around New Plymouth again today then started moving north. .

The Seagnoid, Zara, Toby and I are spending Christmas exploring Taranaki via geocaching. Its been an amazing 3 week adventure. Rattls BBQ was a great event, meeting many other cachers. But also managed to fit in a few more events, especially New Years Day celebrating the start of 2020. Lots of caches - over 500. Lots of cache maintenance. Lots and lots of kilometers. And lots of amazing places visited along our journey. Mt Taranaki remained elusive for much of our travels and the caches on it at the top. Loved Pukekura Park Night Lights Show and the the Wooden Mechanical toy exhibition at NP Info centre.

Well, this caused a bit of a problem! I made some wrong assumptions initially, which were terrible places to hide a cache due to overlook from the supermarket carpark, but eventually i got my head on right and the GPS settled down and directed Taybeedragon to a more GZ area. Took ages to find the hide (shows the quality of the workmanship, but i am still embarrased about how long it took).
Gets a favourite despite the millions of ants.

Day fourteen of Taybeedragon's and my big 3 week circumnavicaching trip around Mt Taranaki, starting from Palmerston North. Today is wandering about New Plymouth. It's Boxing Day! Merry Christmas everyone!!

Highlights:
* 3 weeks, 536 caches
* Mt Taranaki had been removed for washing, which was a bit of a shame. Even after it had been returned we were only allowed to see it for it was less than half an hour a day.
* High percentage of caches with crappy coordinates
* Amazing Pukekura Park
* AMAZING Pukekura Park light show!
* Pukeiti Gardens
* Lots of cache maintenance!

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TFTC

Nice and quick one. Interesting spot for a geocaching meetup! TFTC

Thanks dragon gem for the cache. It’s #1148 for us. We found your cache on 23 December 2019. Very nice cache indeed - favourite point from me.

This cache is a short walk from home but whenever I've thought about getting it there have been too many muggles. Today was a dot day and being a Sunday not many muggles about before 7.00 am, so I took an early walk to GZ. Knowing something about the style of this CO I soon spotted something that drew my attention. Soon after that I'd signed the log. Now only 6 days left to fill my cache calendar. Thanks.
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A family get-together at a place that turned out to be also a geocachers' stamping ground. In the car park eh? So slipped out before it got dark, went in the exit, spotted something

Found with Rick-a-mortis . Bit hard to budge but got there together.

Rick-a-mortis was here OZR3RZ
Cool event for zorks bday

Nice find TFTC

Out for the afternoon with my muggle sister.
Back here for the find after I located the likely area at a recent event after I got a hint after a lengthy search. Quick retrieval today.
Thanks for the smilie dragon gem.
2124 15 April 2018 14:33

We came here for dinner with Natril, MIOW4 and NatalieSpock, MIOW4 already had found it before, so she watched over us, tftc

It was my Nana's birthday, so we came here for dinner, I found it first before my sister Riley, tftc

My gps was off by at least 15-20 feet, luckily there was no one in the parking lot, read the previous activity, "look up", definitely helped me. Great cache, would be an issue if muggles were around, hard to grab discreetly!! TFTC.

Very clever

Cleverly hidden in plain sight

hard to find in the dark. would not recommend looking for at night!

Shame about the passing by drunks who ruined it for the kids. But they were not from the bar. Tftc

Muggle central

Found quickly. I think I have now done all yours. Lol Enjoy them. Always something a bit out of the box. Hope you place many by Christmas time. Lol I'll be back then. Thanks for all the great cache. TFTC grab tb.

Out with my boss for a meal to celebrate my new work position, she asked about caching so what is a bear to do? PDSC's first cache Mission accomplished, this one is a wrap.TFTC! Blenheim Bear left a tb and a fav..
This log posted with CacheSense for Android!

Was so happy when we found it! It’s pretty big. Look up!

Clever apart from the ant invasion, was super enjoyable Tftc

After getting some good advice on where to eat here we are, full bonus of also have a cache here, kaleb went hunting before dinner followed by kris after dinner I spotted it straight away, very well thought out and gets a fav from us. Cache all in good order

Great cache, found it by accident!!! Haven't seen a cache like this before. Found whilst on holiday from the UK
We had just enjoyed a great meal at the Stumble Inn.
TFTC

Great park and grab. Took a small toy, left s pet rock. TFTC!

tftc

Spent a few minutes finding what was right in front of us

So easy but wasn't looking for that easy haha don't over look it.

Found with trayc.g, logging now as I now have my own account. TFTC

Well that's a wrap of our school holiday streak. Day 17. Great hide! Hanging out in the open just like that...SL left a bead TFTC

In NP for the week doggy sitting for my sister. Off for a wee bike cache before it rains. This one is very cool. Found quickly. Cheers for the smile.

Quick find, cool hide, time for a beverage

Found it tonight on the way to the meet and greet

Hmm. No luck today

tftc

Very cool. Hidden in plain view

Another summer visit to locate the unfound caches in the area and turn them into smilies.
Stopped to stock up on supplies and noticed another potentially challenging cache nearby. ROS went for the find while MAR did the shopping and both missions were completed in the same time. Another well constructed cache TFTC.

Managed to survive the family Christmas and now a chance to head away for a couple of days to New Plymouth with Mrs Dragon so that we can take a turn around the mountain and also make the most of the Pukekura Park Lights Festival.

Twenty First of the trip and located while heading down and around the mountain for a bit of a scenic drive. By now the weather that we had started with was not the same as the weather we had at this point as the skys were now clear and the mountain magnificent.

A fine morning and an allowence for a few caches before breakfast is always a good way to start when out on holiday. Nice quick find while the carpark was empty
Thanks for the placement and the cache

Done

An early morning trip made it a lot easier to get to the cache. Managed to put it back together okay. No force needed. Thanks Dragon Gem.

Found it. Very cool cache!

Out for the day Geocaching with JohnYoung. Cool first find for the day!

all good to go again

this one becoming a problem cache, this time it needs some new screws, will be up and running again this weekend

Tftc lots of room

found while having dinner inside at the event... fall in to me hands when touched. TFTC

Was a lovely day to explore New Plymouth and find some caches in the area. Thank you for placing a cache here and bringing us to this lovely area found cache signed log and placed back where found. Now off to find some more caches before we head back home TftC

Found it

Will have to come back and continue the search for this one when the weather is nicer.

Found it with Rachel Delaney. Took us a second go after a bit of a think overnight!

Found

Great hide

all glued again and back in place

at home being glued back together, stronger i hope this time

all srted

Just had a message from a friend who had coffee up at Stumble Inn yesterday and she recons she came across the cache just sitting out in the open

will check
tomorrow

In Taranaki for the weekend and collecting a few caches along the way with tmann421.

Lots of fun had with the variety of caches in the area. TFTC

Very clever and worth a fav. it is sitting nonchalantly for all who pass by. TNLN We are up in New Plymouth for Mother in Laws birthday so each day i endeavour to locate at least 1-2 caches and this was the very closest cache. I di briefly look yesterday but not suitable for a good hunt due to too many patrons and muggles in the area so this morning i was down there before 9.30 so there were no muggles and it was easy hunting. Thank you for the cache and another smiley face.

Another good find while geocaching in the area with Just-Lookin.

Excellent bold hide here!
We soon had the cache located - want to get a few more finds before we drive back to Wellington.
SL TFTC