Phronimos' Hidden Creature#3: Unicorn (Taranaki) New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand
By
Phronimos on 10-Jun-18. Waypoint GC7QM3M
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Logs
Found the pole but no cash. I wonder if it has been covered with all the hay from the horse stables
Good little container. Tip look for rusty metal pole. Actually to the left of where it says
Found. Tranquil spot today. Cache roll pretty dirty and inhabitants living there but managed to record date. TFTC
Thanks for cache, not in great condition. Found on 2nd attempt, was very close first time!
Found it! Bit of a tricky one.
The log paper is getting very full so someone might want to get another!
The log paper is getting very full so someone might want to get another!
This was so hard for us to find lol only causw we had no wifi but omg we loved it
Out with D6NZ in Taranaki today to collect a few caches. Jumped the fence toward the creek and couldn't find it. Climbed back to change sides of the creek and spotted as I was scrambling over at the next spot.
I’m taking a punt here uphills27 that you **did not find** 78 geocaches all over the North Island in one day. If you can prove my deleting your logs is incorrect I am happy for you to re-log your finds with your proof.
Easy find but as per previous finders comments, lid hard to get off - tweezers worked on prying it open, so take some with you. Thanks for placing.
Out and about on a last minute caching expedition.
Mrs rattll went off to explore the area while Mr rattll had a sleep in the car.
The co ords were a little off but I found it easily enough using the hint, but there was no way I could get the lid off and had hurt my finger trying so ended up having to take it back to the car where Mr rattll got the job done, then walked back to return it - thank goodness we weren't parked very far away.
Many thanks for putting this here for us to find
Mrs rattll went off to explore the area while Mr rattll had a sleep in the car.
The co ords were a little off but I found it easily enough using the hint, but there was no way I could get the lid off and had hurt my finger trying so ended up having to take it back to the car where Mr rattll got the job done, then walked back to return it - thank goodness we weren't parked very far away.
Many thanks for putting this here for us to find
Spending the weekend in New Plymouth. Lots of caching to be done in this fine weather. Enjoyed the walk to the lake and around the domain. No problems finding this one. Signed the log. Thanks for the smiley.
Was in the area visiting and stopped at this one for gigiEV’s dot day. Went the long way but found it pretty quickly when at GZ. TFTC
Found with the whole family today. Was just lying on the ground next to where it should be so popped it back in a bit more discreetly. TFTC
This was a cache that i had some how not got over to that side of town to look for it so while in N . P . this time we went over to barrett Laggon / reserve and entered in front of the R F D and it was soon in hand and then onto to the next cache in this area. thanks for this cache
Up in Taranaki visiting family, so caching not a priority this time. A quick find after picking up a special someone from school. She lives unicorns and had been 'treasure hunting' with another friend not long ago.
Thanks for the smilie Phronimos.
2707 16 November 2020 15:21
Thanks for the smilie Phronimos.
2707 16 November 2020 15:21
Not getting a lot of time to cache at the moment - clearly need to get our priorities in the right order! We found this while out exploring with the dog and loved the walk through here. TFTC
Fun walk through this area today. Great family outing and chance to visit a new area for us
Quick find by Soso. Tftc
NB the fence is posts only atm as they have been removing trees but cache is still there
NB the fence is posts only atm as they have been removing trees but cache is still there
I took MiddleGun9 out for a walk through the trees to find this cache. It was actually very warm and it was fun to walk past a previous adventure and eventually find a new way home.
At GZ I tried quite a few spots before checking old logs which reminded me there was a hint - it's obviously been too long.
Hint in mind it was a quick find at a spot I had suspected.
I was, not surprisingly, the second finder today.
T F T C Phronimos.
At GZ I tried quite a few spots before checking old logs which reminded me there was a hint - it's obviously been too long.
Hint in mind it was a quick find at a spot I had suspected.
I was, not surprisingly, the second finder today.
T F T C Phronimos.
A quick easy find with the hint, although for us the cache was 10 metres south of the coordinates at S39 05.070 E174 02.668. TFTC
It's Christmas - a day to get out there and find multi caches. Found a bunch of them, so now Taybeedragon and I are just driving around collecting odds and sods. Which brings me to the domain here. Looks like the map needs updating, I'll fix that when I get to work. Love how the CO has matched each hidden creature to its traditional environment.
Day thirteen of Taybeedragon's and my big 3 week circumnavicaching trip around Mt Taranaki, starting from Palmerston North. Today is Christmas Day! And we are spending it wandering about New Plymouth, rummaging under bushes.
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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Day thirteen of Taybeedragon's and my big 3 week circumnavicaching trip around Mt Taranaki, starting from Palmerston North. Today is Christmas Day! And we are spending it wandering about New Plymouth, rummaging under bushes.
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!
***[======== NZ Mega 2020 ========](http://nzmega.com)***
Planning for the [NZ Mega 2020](http://nzmega.com) event is well underway. It will be held in Auckland over Labour Weekend, 23 to 26 October 2020. 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.
* And it's 2020 - all the 20s!
Talk to your geo-friends and start planning to be part of [this event](https://coord.info/GC87777) - you won't want to miss it!
Merry Christmas.Just had to come visit the elusive Unicorn. He remained elusive but left our new RITR calling card in his mail box to keep this one rolling along. Cheers. Old log wet and full.
Day 13- Merry Christmas, Wednesday 25 December. Around New Plymouth again today.
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.
Day 13- Merry Christmas, Wednesday 25 December. Around New Plymouth again today.
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.
