Mrs B's treasure and TB Hotel Te Puke, North Island, New Zealand
By Janethappy on 18-Jan-17. Waypoint GC6ZDEY

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 the last reviewer note.

Hi Janethappy

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

Could not find and also lots of rubbish

As reported, lots of rubbish. Found what could’ve been the cache lid but that’s it.

As reported, lots of rubbish. Found what could’ve been the cache lid but that’s it.

Didn't have any luck & as previous cacher said there's rubbish. So not a nice place to come to. Probably gone.

Lots of rubbish around and looks like a fresh homeless party. Didn't want the kids looking too much in the rubbish.

Made quite an extensive search but no luck today

Tftc lots of rubbish about which makes it very unpleasant to hunt for.

Caching with moggy val and warfi and they managed to put in a replacement . Thanks

So we found the lid and the 'other container' lying around, but no log. So we have put a fresh log in the container, and placed it as near as we could to where we thought it should be. Hopefully CO will be able to come up with a better option. tftc

Found with Warfi and Corunna Road, just the outer lid and inner container, no log etc. Replaced, and repositioned as best we could, but no surprise it has been muggled as there is a lot of rubbish strewn about amongst the trees. TFTC

Found the lid anyway. Cache needs attention!!!

Found the cache but the lid is only there with another different container under neath it hiding it. Needs to have some maintenance done other than that it is quick and easy to find

Although it’s Friday Mrs Rubbishparty school gave all the teachers a mental health day off. Not had one of those before but what better use of it then to geocache. Normally miss Te Puke on the bypass but today came to find some local caches. Not the most pleasant cache I have found however as previously noted the lid and log are still there. Place the log in a container and left under the lid.

Only lid of container and logbook found.
Needs maintenance.

Found the lid and the logbook but nothing else.
Not a very nice place at all I’m afraid.

#3307

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

What a disgusting area for a cache . Found quickly next to the blowup doll.
Tftc

Nice place.. quite a jungle in here =)

Found at 16:02 - #8590 - on a 5 week trip in New Zealand

TFTC

That's a decent size cache, no rain yet today

TFTC

Quick find here today, as first stop on our road trip south bound.

On our way to reporoa, in convoy with thescoobydoos. This was our first caching stop. Impressive tree! Tftc

Very windy with a chance of showers - which meant we had the place to ourselves for a good look around. Soon spotted a likely suspect as it was out in the open. However, no harm done. Cache is all good ?? may be missing an inner box, but log is dry and good, thanks to the great container. In TB. Replaced it more carefully. TFTC

TFTC

Love the log.

Awesome cache nice camo container

Cool easily locatable geocache in the bushes next to the recycle centre. Thanks!

Our last find in Te Puke and another by this CO whose travel bug we were happy to take travelling with us. We still follow its travels and its been all over - more places than us, that's for sure. Sure Baxter the travel bug is now in Seoul having flown in from Prague (true!) but down here we're in the Kiwifruit Capital of the World looking for this cute cache.

We parked up and the GPS was trying to tell us to be further away but we were sure that wasn't right and relied on the eye test to think about where it should be. Mr Tuolei says to Mrs Tuolei "it should be about here" and she says "yes, there in front of you". No problems then, making the find and signing the log - good to see the lovely pink logbook is still in place. Thanks for the cache, all good here.

Nice quick find as it was lying in the open. Also some has dumped half their advertising flyers next to the cache, but the didn't distract me from thinging that was a cool container. TFTC

Visiting here for work and had some time to cache. Thanks for a international find!

We decided that a trip to Te Puke for Sunday brunch with a side of caches would be a great idea on such a beautiful summers day . Stopped right next to this location and with a quick walk around I spotted the cache easily. Tftc.

Found and squeezed my name on log. TFTC

A pretty quick find. Dropped a TB here for someone to find. Thanks!

Area could use with a CITO. Easy find, michaelteacher and I have dropped a travel bug each in here. Hope someone picks them up and move them along soon. Tftc!

Nice easy find. Tftc

Easy park and grab on a Friday aftetnoon

**11229**
Was forced to outwait a school boy as he plodded along with his bike, looking most unenthusiastic about heading to school. Cache located quickly as somewhat exposed, rehid a little better after signing the log. As with the previous finder, l only saw the log container (great recycled container) not the TB hotel. TFTC - another dot day down!

After walking the Otawa trig track we popped into Te Puke to grab a drink. Cache was spotted immediately although didn't see the separate container for TBs. Thanks for the cache

Nice hide tftc

Thanks Janethappy...
Loved your container !!!
Great up-cycling !
First time caching in this area !

Day five of my break and I’m heading to Rotorua, albeit by a long route. Awoke to another fine day, and with the clocks moving forward one hour overnight, it was a slightly later start than normal. Slightly lighter day cache-wise today, as I am concentrating on quality, rather than quantity and I have the virtual, letterbox and earthcache at the mineral springs in Rotorua as my top priority.

This was a quick and easy find which was good because everyone was arriving for the nearby church service. Grabbed the trackable. TFTC

Found this cache rolling toward the stream, moved it back to a safer spot, swapped out trackables... TFTC

A few things came together which meant I had an unexpected free day to go geocaching. The plan was to head up the coast starting a bit South from Pukehina and working my way up the coast before meeting up with Kiwis69 and 11HPG11 and focusing on a few caches around Tauranga. A fairly successful day was had with about 30 caches found, and only a couple of caches where we had to walk away from, so not really DNF's more like unable to search/extract. A big thanks to all the CO's of the caches which were found today.

No troubles with this hide, thought I'd be checking a few spots but it was easily seen once at GZ.

Catching up on ones I have missed on my journeys out with Katbowersnz. Thanks! This was a great day out

#654 - Nice park N grab thanks. Nice large container. No TBs at the moment.

cool hiding spot

Quick find and swap of tbs. We picked up an orangutan tb that will go with us to the seattle ape cache. TFTC!!!

Out and about on a well overdue cache run. No problems with the find and dropped off a couple of TB's TFTC.

We thought your cache container was fabulous - and it's great to see decent sized caches here in Te Puke. Thanks for the cache placement, much appreciated ...
Left TB: 'Monkey Madness'

Felt abit conspicuous emerging from the bushes.
Great hide, great camouflage.
Cheers

Had some free time today and figured we'd have a look for these two stray caches in Te Puke. GZ was straight forward and it didn't take too much searching. Cheers Janethappy TFTC.

What a little treasure well camoed
TFTC

A real treasure to find and sign --- still finding the new ap. on the phone hard to use, so was pleased to have a positive result.
TFTC

We had just been in Tauranga for the day and decided to come home through Te Puke to get this one no TBs in here at the moment. Tftc

After a long day of walking and caching in Tauranga, we decided to go home via Te Puke to get a couple of caches that had come up since the last time we came through. Tftc

Nice quick park and grab. Great camo job!! Many Thanks

We left Feilding with all the warnings of the Cyclone, so we took it easy and managed to only get rain very little wind at all, had a lovely few days Waihi way doing the HRT trail and many other caches in the area, the it was time to head for home and this cache was one on the way, there was no TBs to be found, but a bit of rubbish further along the area. It was a quick find for Mr watcache, he signed the log and placed it back exactly where he found it. A bit damp in the area but cache was all good. Thank you for placing a cache here, now to keep heading towards home.

Thanks for the cache as we drive to my mothers in whakatane this easter weekend

Pencil has gone we will pop back later and leave one! Tftc

Tagged along when the crazy crew 11HPG11 & C&D said we were leaving Hamilton at some ungodly hour for a long drive in search of a few lonely, unloved caches. As we wind our way back to the Tron, it doesn't take much for someone to persuade the driver to detour for a few drive-by hides (& hopefully coffee or 2... ). After a very long day, thankfully it was a nice quick find here. TFTC

When Cats&Dragons suggested a wee day trip to grab a few caches in this area, I cleared the diary and set the alarm! We set off at 3.30am to get there with plenty of time to find this and a few other caches. We teamed up with Kiwi69 and collected HKCB along the way. Good to get the old HOAC team back together for a crazy mission.

On the drive down we got to see a bit of the damage caused by Cyclone Debbie. A lot of water around!

Called in here on the way back from finding some caches that hadn't been found in a very long time. Thankfully these ones were nice and quick and not too much of a walk. Thanks for the hide, no TBs to swap today.

On this day I was in the company of Kiwis69, 11HPG11. We had dropped HKCB off at Opotiki to make his way back with the family so it was a case of collecting a few as we headed back home bound
We left Hamilton at 3.30am with the principle objectives for the day being H.1. along with Wiukawa Wander, both of which had not been located for a very long time.
We were unsure what to expect here but after a little searching Kiwis69 came up with the goods which meant that we could continue on the homeward journey

Thanks for the placement, Thanks for the cache.

Staying in Tauranga for a few days and fitting in a little caching. This is a great spot for a cache. Enjoyed the well-camoed container. Thanks .

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Found after work.
Tftc!!

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Back in Te Puke visiting family, nice to see a couple of new caches being placed since I was last here. Nice easy find. Cheers.

On my way home from spending the night at my daughters for her 30th birthday - starting to feel olderI don't often come over this side of the tracks so it was an interesting side track. Located the cache quickly and easily TFTC.

Nice quick find. Great container and well disguised. TFTC.

Found sll nicely tucked away...noted two TBs were present...never been to this part of Te Puke ..so thanks for bringing me here and for a great cache

I don't frequent this side of the tracks often so it was almost new territory for me. Ducked into the bushes with no traffic in sight and quickly located this treasure trove. Thanks for the excuse to come here Janethappy.

Another good find on a trip away.

Nice little bush area and good container.
SL TFTC

Nice spot. Walked past it the first time. Grabbed TB. TFTC

Heading to Tauranga to meet up with SolarNZ and Gap (of Fap and Gap)... We have an interesting mission today which should result in a much needed clear out of recent Tauranga cache placements.

We arrived at ground zone and went straight to business... The iPhone gps swung about a bit, but wasn't required once we spotted this one. We headed back to the vehicle to sign the log and examine the contents. There was a sole TB in residence, so we swapped it out and left three behind. We were preparing to return the cache, but a motorist decided to sit at the intersection for far longer than anticipated. Finally, the driver accelerated away, leaving us to do what was necessary before moving on too. TFTC.

No! No! No! The pink hurts its eyes! Dropped off a TB (again). I dropped this one in the Above the Falls TB Guesthouse in December and found it again in One Tree Hill crater last weekend. I wonder if it's a HOMING TB? TFTC.

A great cache to find in Te Puke- we are enjoying exploring the area. Thanks for the cache in a very accessible location

Had to head to Tauranga today so thought we would do a bit of Geocaching on the way home as these new ones in Te Puke had been beckoning for a while and every time we have been to Tauranga recently we have used the toll road there and back and so missed Te Puke.

After bit of a hunt around Mrs S spotted it. TNLN. Liked the container, a nice size.

Thanks Janethappy.

Quick easy find. Kids love it when they get to swap their treasure for other treasure. TFTC

A nice quick and easy find on our way back from Little Waihi TFTC

Ok...gotta say this was a dnf for me the other day, so had to bring in reinforcements today Caching with Ronwestnz and Mrs Ronwestnz came up with the goods just as the downpour started. Tftc

Out with Mrs Ronwestnz and loveellies hunting in the rain.
About to concede when Mrs came up trumps.
Tftc

Quick easy find.Won't be moving around much in the short term so didn't take any TB's.Thanks Janethappy,all good.

Published

Haha yes the pink paper was all I had! Hehe!

Well I was in Te Puke stocking up on supplies for geocaching and making cache when this came through. I was off. A black streak racing through te puke. Got to gz no one in sight. Made a quick find. While dealing with the cache i hear a car pull up outside. FapAndGap finds us. Lol Nice to have meet you. Love this unique cache. And the camo is great. But I don't know about that pink paper I had to sign. Left 2 tb. One I brought back from Nelson. Tftc

Boy ya gotta be quick around here! Only managed 3rd place today, despite getting here only about 30 minutes after my notification. TB in and TB out.
Thanks for bringing me here and TFTC.

6pm - On my way home from work when Mrs Fap phoned me informing that there was a new cache in Te Puke and might be able to get a FTF. Thing was I had just gone onto the toll road so meant it was going to be a longer drive. Arrived at GZ to see somebody in the trees. Bugger just beaten by a couple of minutes by HappyBogan. Well perhaps next time. Good cache hide. SLTFTC