What a Coal View - Revisited Huntly, North Island, New Zealand
By McCutchan Cache Clan on 31-Dec-16. Waypoint GC6YPWR

It was Mums (SethRaven) birthday on Friday and today she wanted to spend the morning caching & suggested Huntly . . . . . . didn't take long to have this one sorted, TFTC

Quick nice and easy find! The kids loved climbing around! TFTC

Quick find made by 2FLYTim today. Thanks for giving us a fabulous day out down here, I chose to come here to day as Tim is spending time with me for my birthday. TFTC

Taking a meandering trip back to Hamilton, seeking out some caches to contribute to the S37 challenge.A quick find here, which was good as the rain was starting to set in.Thanks eyespyben#5461

A little caching adventure around Huntly was long overdue, so I was pleased to have the opportunity to do so! I was pleased that the streets were relatively quite as it took me some time to locate. Great fun on all counts, TFTC!!

What a Coal View - Revisited was transferred from McCutchan Cache Clan to user eyespyben

Cool (coal!) hide - thanks for the cache!

A nice spot for a cache. Thanks for placing it

We were looking g for somewhere to stop and eat our sammies and thought wed get a cache while we were here, led us to the perfect little place to stop and watch the water go by

Neeto

We made a diversion to Huntly chasing an ad lab on our way south. Had some morning tea and made the find in this pleasant park. TFTC

Out of town on a caching mission with Kiwi Does Stuff, made a plan for the few days up in Auckland and hit the road. Making our way back to Rotorua through Huntly and grabbing some quick park and grabs along the way. Night caching looking for coal caches is always interesting. A quick find nevertheless, TFTC!

Day 2 of our out of town mission with Reschedule. Decided we would head into Huntly on our way home to bulk up numbers.

Nice little area beside the mighty Waikato river

As a once in a lifetime holiday, this year we are traveling for 7 weeks to Vietnam, Bali, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia we meet Ellen Sch and MrVon sr and Ingsve to visit these last two countries, so here we cache together. Now we have solved many caches so we have a large number of solved coordinates. But we are interested in all types of caches, so if you receive a log, it means that we have visited your cache. We haven't quite decided where we're going, but we'll probably let the weather decide for us. We want warmth because in Norway it is now freezing. We will stay for about 2 weeks in Australia and 2 weeks in New Zealand and we will end the trip with the Mega event in Adeleide on 29 February. So thank you very much to all of you who make it possible for us to travel around finding caches. On March 6, we set course for Norway again. There are extremely nice people everywhere and we are welcomed, we thank you very much. Thanks to our cache friends for good company on the trip.Som en gang i livets ferie reiser vi i r 7 uker til Vietnam, Bali, Australia og New Zealand. I australia mter vi Ellen Sch og MrVon sr og Ingsve for beske disse to siste landene, s her cacher vi sammen. N har vi lst mange cacher s vi har et stort antall med lste koordinater. Men vi er jo inntressert i alle typer cacher s hvis du mottar en logg s betyr det at vi har beskt cachen din. Vi har ikke bestemt oss helt hvor vi reiser men vi lar nok vret bestemme for oss. Vi nsker oss varme for i Norge er det n kuldegrader. Vi blir ca 2 uker i Australia og 2 uker p New Zealand og vi avslutter turen med Megaeventet i Adeleide den 29 februar. S tusen takk til alle dere som gjr det mulig for oss reise rundt finne cacher. 6 mars setter vi kursen mot Norge igjen. Det er srdeles hyggelige mennesker overalt og vi nskes velkommen, vi takker s mye. Takk til vre cachevenner for godt selskap p turen

Endelig har jeg og MrVon sr kommet oss ned til Australia og New Zealand, -en gammel drm er gtt i oppfyllelse. Team Eika og Ingsve har ogs reist i flge med oss p denne turen.Vi har reist p kryss og tvers i en mned, og mlet er ende opp i Adeleide og megaevent p skuddrsdagen. Vi har spesielt sett etter gamle cacher, for fylle jasmern, for et par stykker, og for oss to andre som har begynt tenke p gjennomgang to.De aller fleste dukket greit frem p plassene sine,noen ganger mtte vi lete litt, men var som regel heldige tilslutt. Noen DNFer ogs ble det ogs.Vi har for det meste logget med fellesnicket N4 (ingsve,Von sr. TeamEika og Ellen Sch) men ogs egne nicknavn er brukt.En stor takk til alle dere COer for utlegg og vedlikehold av cachene deres. Uten deres arbeid, hadde vi aldri kunnet kost oss med denne hobbyen.Alltid hyggelig med et nytt smilefjes p kartet.Cachehilsen fra Ellen Sch, NorgeMe and MrV sr have come down to Australia and New Zealand, -an old dream has finally come to an end. Team Eika and Ingsve have also traveled with us on this trip.We have been traveling cross-country for a month, and the goal is to end up in Adeleide and mega-event on the leap year. We have especially looked for old caches, to fill jasmer'n, for a couple of pieces, and for the other two of us who have started to think about reviewing more.The vast majority of them showed up at their places, sometimes we had to search a bit, but we were usually lucky in the end. There were also some DNFs.We have mostly logged in with the common nickname N4 (ingsve, Von sr. TeamEika and Ellen Sch), but our own nicknames are also used.A big thank you to all you CO's for laying out and maintaining your caches. Without their work, we would never have been able to make a living with this hobby.Always nice to have a new smiley face on the map.Cache greetings from Ellen Sch, Norway

EnglishWe are six Norwegians on a trip to Australia and New Zealand. We arrived in Melbourne at the beginning of February and are traveling home after the mega event in Adelaide. We travel by car and Geocaching helps us discover many nice places and often helps to decide where we choose the route between our goals which are: Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Dunedeen, and Adelaide. This is one of the caches we found on the trip and we thank you for showing us this place. We who are on tour have the nicknames: MrVonsr, ingsve, EllenSch and TeamEika. And signs the logs with N4.Great thanks for showing us and doing our tour wonderful NorwegianVi er seks nordmenn p tur i Australia og New Zealand. Vi ankom Melbourne i begynnelsen av Februar og reiser hjem etter Megaventet i Adelaide.Vi reiser med bil og Geocaching hjelper oss oppdage mange fine steder og bidrar ofte til avgjre hvor vi velger ruten mellom mlene vre som er:Sidney, Melbourne, Aukland, Dunedeen, and Adelaide.Dette er en av cachene vi fant p turen og vi takker for at du viste oss dette stedet.Vi som er p tur har nickene: MrVonsr, ingsve, EllenSch og TeamEika. Og signerer loggene med N4.Stor takk for at dere bidrar til gjre turen s flott

Out on a geocache trip with Ellen Sch , Team Eika and ingsve on holiday in New Zealand, and today it was this area that was prioritized If nothing else is mentioned, we found the cache at good coordinates and it was fine To save space in the log, we often log in with the nickname N4 Many thanks to CO for laying out and maintaining this Greetings from Norway TFTCUte p en geocache-tur med Ellen Sch,Team Eika og ingsve p ferien i New Zealand og idag var det dette omrdet som ble prioritert Hvis ikke annet er nevnt s fant vi cachen p gode koordinater og den hadde det braFor spare plass i loggen logger vi ofte med nick N4Tusen takk til Til CO for utlegg og vedlikehold av denne Hilsen fra Norge TFTC

Found cool little wagons

Got a pen from a local store TFTC

Great find took me a bit so amazing hiding spot. TFTC

Thought i had a good idea of what to look for but no luck this time.

I found it with my sister and friend.it was hard to find

Woah what a toughie. Well hidden!!

No luck this time round. Maybe next time?

Hard one

Despite being early in the day there was a bit of activity in the main street this morning, but it was mainly muggles in search of coffee and breakfast so fortunately GZ was deserted.
We were trying to juggle the completion of some Adventure Labs with finding some traditional caches so were jumping back and forth between apps and it was becoming quite a lesson in multitasking.
This is a really nice spot and it does indeed have a coal view.
The GPS was spot on and we very quickly located the cache.
Now off to continue our exploration of Huntly.
TFTC.

Found it

Took me a few looks before finally spotting it. TFTC

Didn’t take too long to find here. Nice to turn this one into a smiley, after a DNF last time. Tftc

I am probably being spoiled by the many easy-to-find caches I did today... couldn't locate.

H

Found with leiusandkyla on 20/12 ️

That was cool

We got mixed up with where abouts it was but we found it pretty easy

Awesome little spot and nice quick find. TFTC on this sunny day in Huntly .

Couldn’t find it

No pen so pic instead today, can't believe we did the Ad Lab at this spot super recently and didn't even check for a cache lol! Tftc

7 for 7 today. The container looks different to the one in a previous log, and is an Eclipse tin rather than a key holder

Last year, Team SEAC members went on a road trip down to Cambridge to clear out as many of the caches in that town and its surrounding areas. On the way home from that trip, we stopped off in Huntly to do the night cache. After completing the night cache, we vowed to come back to Huntly and grab as many of the caches in that area as we could. Today was that day.

Indeed a very high muggle area, but luckily today with it being a public holiday weekend, there was nobody around. We started our search of the two objects and kept searching and searching. We theorized where it might be, and searched some more. Then just as most of us were getting ready to call it a DNF, someone finally found what we were looking for. Satisfaction.

The log was signed as Team SEAC in order to preserve log space.

TFTC

Labour Weekend has historically been a minimum 3 day Team SEAC all out adventure so a little while ago I started planning some fun for us. After a walking day yesterday, today was a driving one and more about the numbers and clearing out an area we have had our eyes on for a while. Ended up being a massive day (left home around 8.30am and got home at 1:40am!)....it wasn't called a Mega Mysterious Weekend for nothing. Enjoyed the fun with friends...just like the 'old' times.

Am sure I have similar pictures of the movements we were making today trying to find this cache. The sun was heating up and we were writhing around on the ground searching and searching. I found a spoiler photo and wondered how we were managing to miss it when suddenly someone found it - its not the same as the spoiler photo but is still large in comparison to what I was looking for!

Thanks for the cache

Took a while. But we got it.

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Out with Team Seac for another day of adventures. We did a full day of caching on the Saturday with a long hike! And decided to head down to Huntly for the day. I really enjoyed my time around here, and would like to come back again. Some us finished at 10pm, some finished at 1amish!

Sorry for the generic logs. Thank you for taking the time to place this cache.

Out with KeyLev, HeMaLuDy, Stik-a-crane, NZTravellers, LiverKiwi, NurseDr. All logs signed “Team Seac” or similar to save log paper.

Took a bit of grovelling around by all of team SEAC but finally located. Out for a long weekend day trip with team SEAC. TFTC.

I am pleased that I attempted this one in the evening ..it was a tad thicker than First thought....as there was no one around I was able to get my touch out and grovel on my hands and knees happily the cache was found I enjoyed the cache and history..
Thanks Mc Clan

We parked up for the night close by and headed into "town" for takeaways. While it was being prepared we wandered over to look for this cache. There was no one around (they were all queuing at the Burger Bar) so it was all clear to get on hands and knees to look. Thanks for the placement MCC.

Great location

Found on quiet Saturday afternoon. Selfie camera helped locate it

Snl gvndn dr mn vrw

Good find thx! Forgot pen so took pic (spoilers)
TFTC

We ate our takeaways by the river and came back past here after and decided to have a look despite the DNFs logged here. GAR found the cache container after a bit of looking and we can log a Find! Nice after having logged some DNFs myself this morning on caches than had previously been found easily enough. We were lucky that there wasn't anyone around this evening. Thanks for placing McCutchan Cache Clan, a lovely view here today.

Had a good look around here, and with someone who had previously found it….but no luck today for me.

Did not find

Dnf

Nothing that Mini or I could spot or feel and were getting some looks so we moved on.

Cold enough tonight to make coal burning seem very attractive!

Cool nano

Cool cache location!

Glad it was not too busy near the shops.

**13,037**
As we happened to be in the vicinity completing the Icon Adventure Lab we couldn't walk past this one. Quickly located, grateful that it was a quiet Sunday in Huntly. TFTC

Nice spot.

Easy find, scenic location right next to best bakery in Huntly

Yup at last after a few annual visits with too many muggles! Tftc

A nice quick find thanks. We've een here before, Huntly is a lot quieter these days.

Ms_KR and I are on our annual pilgrimage to Auckland for our family Christmas. Today we cruised around some of the Waikato on the way home. Please excuse the generic logs, there have been a few finds and they get muddled up sometimes.

Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

Day 29 of my TA adventure..
Heading to huntly for a half day and a few caches around the area..
After settling in the campsite it was time to head out no need to revisit quick find tftc

I had a very enjoyable trip around Huntly and some of its history so thanks for the tour .
This was an extra bonus to my Te Araroa adventure and I had a blast with all the interesting things I go to see . And a few cache just made it all the more fun .love seeing the old coal equipment from days hone by.

Living life one foot steep at a time as i walk from cape reinga to bluff and caching my way home as I walk the
Te Araroa and discover the hidden treasures new Zealand has to offer.
From the beach of the north to the forest and lakes of the south
Blùff here i come
Thanks for the hide

tftc

Day 2 of some of us South Island cachers hitting the area around Auckland. Today was going to be something to remember as heading down to GC45... excited much?!!? Nabbed that then the X's, a trip through Rotorua picking up a variety of caches. Off back to Auckland now and a stop for dinner in Huntly at the local curry house. Night had fallen which made this a tricky find,
fumbling around in the dark. Got it after a pretty thorough search by all. tftc

Night caching, as in after dark
A quick find after visiting the tribute cache, and Rotorua, we decided to stop here for dinner, and a few more caches.
In lieu of Akld Mega 2020, we decided a side trip to the new tribute cache (to GC45) was in order. Travelling with South Island cachers, we found a number of caches including this one.
We have typically signed as mrandmrschosen1978 or occasionally MM78.
Tftc

Visiting North Island from Otago as I still had my flights etc all booked last Christmas for what was going to be the Mega Weekend. Joined up with the Southland Geocachers (MrandMrsChosen1978, Wombat_4, NZBozzy, Kiscardi, Mrs Hazzer, Tregram and I) formed the Southern Raiders to have a Mega time caching in Auckland and Rotorua.

Day 2 - 6.30am start and 10.30pm back at hotel. Today the aim was to get to the GC45 plaque. A great day trip and some really good caches found, some old DNFs avenged and lots of new caching memories made.

Heading back to Auckland now and we stopped here for dinner and ooh some lab caches, so we talked a walk around after dark to do these and picking up caches along the way.

***[======== NZ Mega 2020 ========](http://nzmega.com)***

[NZ Mega 2020](http://nzmega.com) is definitely happening, but has been postponed until 2021. It will be held in Auckland over Labour Weekend, 22 to 25 October 2021. It's going to be a massive celebration of geocaching:

* 20+ years of geocaching worldwide.
* 20+ years since New Zealand had the very first geocache hidden outside of USA.
* All the 20s and now 21 as well!

Talk to your geo-friends and start planning to be part of [this event](http://nzmega.com) - you won't want to miss it!

TFTC

Out finding the new Lab caches and picked this one up while we were at it.
We found the previous nano many years ago. This one was a lot easier to find.
TFTC

Easy find thanks

Catching up on a few new ones...for me anyway.... been here several time, quiet today so easily found...TFTC

Thanks for the replacement log

Pretty quiet today so a quick duck and grab did the business. TFTC.

New logbook out in place

Was doing an adventure lab series here so grabbed this along the way. Knew from previous logs which side, and the geo sense was strong today. So when i reached for it, my hand went straight on it. Woohoo! Few muggles about today. TFTC!

I was invited out with tramyard and Gorby to do 6 adventure labs in Ngaruawahia, Huntly and Hamilton. We found a few other caches along the way and ended up with a bonus adventure lab which was released while we were out and about, for a total of 46 finds including 7 adventure labs.

I had attempted to find this cache awhile ago, but there were too many muggles around. Tonight there were only a couple of people passing by and after a few moments, the coast was clear. I checked a few spots before spying the cache. Happy to get this one finally

Ren138(nuk04) Geo Roady Birthday Part 2...
We were only on the 2nd suit of the Deck of Cards Series when nature started calling so we headed to Huntly to empty, and fill our car. Thought we'd do a few here before heading back to finish the deck

Had to get the ole knees down but grabbed and Signed...

#MRS.K

Another quick find with @kudz21 on a geo bday mish!

Found while on a trip north with tmann421.
Enjoying discovering the areas and finding some caches.
Signed the log tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Another good find for us today. SL **tm/ww NZ**

Was expecting a nano and found something a bit bigger. Log is full

Needs a new log

Found as part of a group and now continue on my own. TFTC

Was a quick search around the circle before we thought for a second and made a quick find. Thanks for the cache.

Went to replace the log, but couldn't find it so a new one is now in place

My phone took me to the nearby seat. I hunted for anything magnetic but nothing held a cache. Read the description and tried the side with the most privacy first. Voila! Squeezed my name sideways on the log. A very apt hide for Huntly, thanks

Stopped for lunch but had to finda a cache first! This was it! A quick find too.... Thanks...

31. Januar 2020 16:19

31. Januar 2020 16:26

Dieser Geocacher hat gemeldet, dass das Logbuch voll ist.

Nice area but looking a little tired. Thanks for the cache. Log is full.

#11,558. A little exploration of Garden Place on Main Street in Huntly. Fortunately, GZ was all quiet at the time of our visit. Found after a short search. The cache itself was in good condition, but the logbook was damp and full. Just managed to find some space to sign. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.

Thanks for the placement, and for bringing us to this site, and …

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.M a u r u u r u. .k o e. .n u i. .a t u. .h o k i. .t e. .k e t e r o k i.

Yay! Lock is wet. Are they able to sign. Took photo

Nice quiet area. Good hint

Really cool! Beat my friend. Love it

Easy! Loved it!

Lunch stop, nearest cache so had to find. Missed by us all but gorby found it. With ruystynz and little blackbird