Scenic Route #17: Old Wairoa turn-off Papakura, North Island, New Zealand
By
NewlynFam on 01-Sep-16. Waypoint GC6R8HQ
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Logs
This area seems to have become a dumping ground since I placed the cache, so I will archive it to free up the space.
Apologies. Haven’t managed to sort this out yet due to other commitments. Need to order a new container, will endeavour to get a temporary one in place over the next couple of weeks until I’m able to do this. If not, I will archive to free up the space.
The Cache is gone for nearly a year now. Is there any update when it will be replace?
My son and I tried looking for it crossing the road and looking on all for sides of the road, nothing found-disappointed
GPS wanted me, on the road, but decided instead to search the two likely nearby objects, one didn't have much metal, the other had a lot, but most was plainly visible. Waiting for gaps in the traffic to check the parts that weren't was time consuming, but fairly sure I checked it all.
Felt like a total dork but my son and I looked for awhile so I think it's gone =(
The GPS was again putting me slightly off from where I think it should have been. If this is the same place as #18 then it appears to have gone missing? If it is closer to the corner where the GPS was putting me then it may also be missing as the whole fence there has recently been taken out by a car?
Out with niggle friends (who are about to join). Funny watching them chasing around the place. TFTC//
Had a free day in hand between a stressful week and the In Laws 80th tomorrow followed by a Expo next week, so this was a chance to grab a few caches that have been sitting there far too long.
So in the company of Mr MCC at 5.30am and setting off we headed north for a morning (only having leave passes to mid-afternoon) to see what we could find in the area before the muggles were up and about and we needed to locate caches in slightly less muggle intensive areas.
Today we managed a total of sixty five finds and only 2 DNF's. Not bad considering we were back home by 2.30pm.
A big thanks you to all the CO's for the effort in placing and maintaining these caches. We had a great day with lots of laughs and fun
Sorry for the repetitive logs. Thanks for the placement, Thanks for the cache
So in the company of Mr MCC at 5.30am and setting off we headed north for a morning (only having leave passes to mid-afternoon) to see what we could find in the area before the muggles were up and about and we needed to locate caches in slightly less muggle intensive areas.
Today we managed a total of sixty five finds and only 2 DNF's. Not bad considering we were back home by 2.30pm.
A big thanks you to all the CO's for the effort in placing and maintaining these caches. We had a great day with lots of laughs and fun
Sorry for the repetitive logs. Thanks for the placement, Thanks for the cache
Out with Cat & Dragons on a caching finding mission, really only one spot it could be, and it was
Nice easy find here, just have to look harder people! Cheers for the cache.
Found on a damp day of doing some drive bys. This took me a while until my brain realised where it had to be, just had to spot it. Gotcha! TFTC
Out today with the main goal to finish off this series. This was our first stop and previously a DNF, so we were really hoping to turn this one into a smiley. The GPS took us to exactly the same place as we looked last time but this time, we spotted it! How did we miss this?! Great to get a smiley here, TFTC! 
Like the caches that aren't quite what you are expecting. Panda 0505 certainly has the caching radar today. TFTC.
I have set myself a challenge for this year to have at least the same number of caches on each day of my calender as the number of years I have been caching.
Out with LhutiNe to pick the required number up. Doesn't pay to wear sunglasses when searching for this one.[:o)]
Cheers for the cache.
Out with LhutiNe to pick the required number up. Doesn't pay to wear sunglasses when searching for this one.[:o)]
Cheers for the cache.
Last one within jogging distance.
Soon spotted, nicely hidden.
Thanks for the cache,
Soon spotted, nicely hidden.
Thanks for the cache,
With a few hours to spare today before I had to head for the airport and home, I decided to head for this part of the countryside and find a few caches. After a walk around the Clevedon Scenic Reserve, I headed back on the road for a Scenic drive. Kind of started this series in the middle, headed to the beginning and then back to the end. I really enjoyed the variety of caches and hides in this series. This one took quite a long time to find. GPS seemed about 10m out. Electrical interference perhaps? I checked quite a few places before I finally spotted the cache. Perhaps it's a bit more tricky than a D1? TFTC, Biggles.
Had search wondering if it's like corner dairy cache and if so not there that we could see. Will try another day of others find it in mean time.
With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... Short term goal: reach milestone 6000th find... It' all about the numbers, baby!
We haven't cached in South Auckland for a while, and the hide numbers have built up dramatically... Just when you think you've got the geomap looking tidy-ish, there is a mass explosion of caches. This Scenic Route series is one of those that caught our attention...
This one took an extraordinary amount of time to zero in on, for what it was. Our iPhone gps swung about here, so common cache-sense had to be applied. A fairly obvious find in the end... TFTC.
We haven't cached in South Auckland for a while, and the hide numbers have built up dramatically... Just when you think you've got the geomap looking tidy-ish, there is a mass explosion of caches. This Scenic Route series is one of those that caught our attention...
This one took an extraordinary amount of time to zero in on, for what it was. Our iPhone gps swung about here, so common cache-sense had to be applied. A fairly obvious find in the end... TFTC.
12.30pm -Today was a numbers day for us with hopefully most of them being drive by caches.
I worked out a route plan, met the Squirrel at Te Poi and made South Auckland our target.
Many interesting array of finds and tasks to collect caches with the odd one not a drive by. SLTFTC
I worked out a route plan, met the Squirrel at Te Poi and made South Auckland our target.
Many interesting array of finds and tasks to collect caches with the odd one not a drive by. SLTFTC
FITW FMZ
Out for caching with FMZ. Took us some time before the cache revealed its location.
Thank you NewlynFam for the placement.
Out for caching with FMZ. Took us some time before the cache revealed its location.
Thank you NewlynFam for the placement.
This one took a bit more of a search before we spotted it, just weren't looking there. Found with harisree family. TFTC
Not sure why I took so long to find this .......So obvious when I finally spotted it !!!!!
A nice quick park and grab for me tonight. Luckily there weren't alot of cars driving past, so I was able to park up opposite the dairy and walk around the corner. A quick grab, sign and log returned safe and sound. TFTC 
Parked at the dairy and the GPS took me across the road. Searched around the obvious spots where the GPS indicated but couldn't locate anything. There is a bag of rubbish next to the powerbox which stinks real bad, hopefully the cache isn't located here. We'll have to come back another time 
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.Thought we would head out this way and grab a few caches for the day, tackling mostly GROTTY and Scenic Route finds, but also whatever else popped up along the way. Had to come back to this one after initially trying it earlier in the day, but the neighbours across the road were watching us. This time, there was no one around, so we were able to make the quick find here. Thanks for the hide.
Nice day for a scenic drive and collect some caches.
Not this one - apparently not easy as it sounds.
Maybe accurate coords or a hint will narrow it down in such a stealthy location.
Not this one - apparently not easy as it sounds.
Maybe accurate coords or a hint will narrow it down in such a stealthy location.
Out and about today picking up more of the 'Scenic Route' series as part of my current geolicence This one wasn't obvious at first and I had to send a message to the CO for a hint... but it wasn't where it was supposed to be. Just as I was about to give up I spotted it... looks like it's suffered from a bit of cache creep already 
TFTC!
This one wasn't obvious at first and I had to send a message to the CO for a hint... but it wasn't where it was supposed to be. Just as I was about to give up I spotted it... looks like it's suffered from a bit of cache creep already TFTC!Our seventh find of the day as we neared the end of this series. But now that we were back in an urban area we would need to be extra vigilant. Our GPS was playing up a bit, probably due to the power lines, so we circled a bit before locating the cache's hiding spot and to help cover up our meanderings we popped into the dairy to buy a drink.
Another great hide, and only two more to go in the series. TFTC.
Another great hide, and only two more to go in the series. TFTC.
Having found a few in this series and this one being close to home I decided to make a dash for the FTF .... EIR-0T didn't want to join in for this one but that did not slow the getting out the door any.
Arrived and parked in a safe place as this can be a very busy place at times, but this afternoon it was not too bad... another familiar hide here lead to a swift find as to not draw any attention....
{FTF} #123
TFTC.
Arrived and parked in a safe place as this can be a very busy place at times, but this afternoon it was not too bad... another familiar hide here lead to a swift find as to not draw any attention....
{FTF} #123
TFTC.
