On Yer Bike No.8A (BOP) Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand
By tryfyn on 12-Jul-18. Waypoint GC7TFHW

**"Kimi ninja! Tino pai. Kia anga whakamua! "**

Couldnt find

Definitely tried to find it but no luck

Was quite a bit of a walk this morning. After doing your other one outside the hospital I made my way down here. All the ones that tried to find this one and came up empty are going to hate me. Easy find! After a quick nope got to it and first spot I check there it is. I hated those logs when you can't find it and people say easy find. My turn. Tftc.

Pretty tough

Another dnf

Took a while but eventually found it

Thanks

Bit of hunting around- couldn’t find it

It was hard

Couldn’t find it anywhere near or inside the bridge.

Couldn't locate

Looked for 10 minutes with sister but neither could find. May have been washed away

Me and my sister had a good look around and under the bridge and didn't seem to be able to find this cache

Nice to get out after work and do this trail on our bikes.
Found after a bit of searching, well more like felt it really. TFTC

Took 2 attempts to find this one. A bit tricky but all good once we forgot about the spiders!

Some of us enjoyed lunch from Bakers Delight while watching the water flow and others had a working lunch with great productivity! Tftc

A nice quick find during lunch thanks.

Ms_KR and I are off on a wee tour of the North Island. The weather was mostly dry today, a bonus. We cruised around Tauranga and headed north to Wihi Beach.

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

Off to Tauranga with EyeSpyBen and KayGeeDee
To pick up some caches for the Vinson Souvenirs
First day out from Lock down
It was a beauiful day
Lots of interest ones over here some can be our favorites
Thanks to all the CO for the caches and making our day sucess

On a mission to Tga to sort out some souvenir caches with ABCDF4 and KeeGeeDee, nice easy find on a very busy track, once found signed and returned. Thanks for the placement.

Cool

Cool

Cool

YES!! I need more!

Took a while to find but TFTC

Found with Kauriforest while doing a circuit of the K valley on the bikes. This eluded two pairs of eyes until the right viewing angle was discovered and then it was quickly in hand. TFTC

Took us a little while. Lovely to have all these breaks on our bike ride

I looked all around there and found nothing

Trip trip trap. Very neat hide

Out and about trying to finish the on yer bike series. It was going to be difficult to avoid muggles at this junction, and I had the fun standing under the bridge as some people walked over the top.

I stayed dead still, didn’t want to freak them out. A thorough search eventually revealed the well hidden cache.

OMG hunted and hunted until my mini me got bored. Will have to come back another day for this one.

Thanks for your amazing cache.
Took a second visit

A quiet day along the path so it made ducking away for this pretty easy. Clambered around, met plenty of spideys and was glad when my hand came upon this. Got back onto track as a muggle was coming around the corner. Stealth

Partner no longer a troll now that she’s found a cache haha. TFTC

Found on the second try - nice hide!

Looked for a solid 20 plus minutes.. did not want to give up but dnf. It is ahard one will be back another time.

My son and I had a rare opportunity to spend the day together without his annoying sisters (his words haha) and with such awsome spring weather we decided to hit the bike track grab some caches

Second visit to this one and managed to find it pretty quick and another “Why couldnt we find it last time?!! ”. Was so satisfying to tick it off as a Found!!

TYFTC

It was difficult to hide our activities as the cycleway was well used today but with Mr Coblet searching while Mrs Coblet kept a running commentary as to the activities of the muggle population we managed to avoid detection.
Nicely hidden but fortunately it didn't take too long to find.
Another great hide in the series, thanks tryfyn.

The amount of times ive walked past this bridge, driven along the motorway as it taunts me. I can finally put a smile face on. Quick sign and up on the track before the muggles saw me

Finally found it after my third try... super satisfied now!!!

Found it after three trys! With @boujeeboi

Off for a ride to Omokoroa and back today. Thought I'd start at 17th and grab this on the way.
Have been past this cache many times, even found it before, but never had a pen.
Today I was prepared.
A nicely tucked away cache.
Tftc
Tftc

Thanks for the cache sneaky

Hard but enjoyable. Took me 15 minutes

Sneaky hide, but we got there eventually! Tftc

Found this case after looking for it an embarrassingly long amount of time. TFTC

Found but this after several attempts. Thankfully, we trolled around and felt our way.

Made this one alot harder than it needed to be

This one we spent some time on. We were determined to get it and hubby found a good spot on one side of the bridge and eventually we got the goods.

I had the right idea of where the cache was but came up empty handed first time but changing sides did the trick and I was soon signing the log.

TFTC

Visiting Tauranga for the weekend and staying at an Airbnb which provided bikes. Headed out early to tackle this series. Such a great ride so close to town. Lovely new bridge that increases the options cycling. TFTC

Submitted via Garmin Live Geocaching

Good

Over in Tauranga for the day while Mrs Dragon had a cake decorating class so used the opportunity to collect a few caches about the area before she finished.
Lucky enough to get through the day without getting wet which is a bonus, and not too many others seen out and about on what was a chilly day.
Thanks to all the CO's for the palcements.

Awesome
Camouflage!

Even a troll would have to look hard to reach around for this one

Over for the weekend with friends. Tftc

A quick scamper off the bikes and we managed to locate sign and return.

Nice one

Easy find

**11516**
This one had me going around and around in circles and looking like a complete weirdo to any onlookers. Couldn't believe it when I finally located the cache because I was sure I had searched there! TFTC

Thanks tryfyn for a sneaky little hide enjoyed finding it. Home now before it gets dark.

Checked. All good.

#596. Mr Northwood took one of the junior Northwoods to Mount Maunganui for a sports tournament and some geocaching. Tauranga and the Mount are where Northwood senior grew up.

I was hopeful that this pathway might yield quite a number of finds, but given time constraints and some being on the other side, I lucked out more than expected. Only logging finds and ones I did have a look for.

Do you need to add more? YES! I had a look on the way to the rest of the pathway, no joy. When I came back, I found it in the first place I looked.. of course!

TFTH.

A nice quick and easy find for our first of the day. TFTC

Out enjoying our bike ride, trying to geocache with about half of Tauranga whizzing by in both directions. We are a chatty and cheerful lot, that I can say. Finally got the chance to do our thing and luckily it was short and sweet. Cache is all good. TFTC

That took a bit of tracking down... Should not have worn my work clothes! Oh well.... Tftc

Picked this one up today while out on our bike ride - gosh the bridge was busy when we were there … bikes coming and going from all directions - good to see!

Found this one at last. Tftf

Almost missed this one, but spotted after a better look, TFTC

Out on the bikes today to enjoy the sunshine. Nice hide. TFTC

Find number 4541. After visiting my brother in Tauranga hospital and then doing some caches in the area I stopped to collect this one before leaving town. Thank fully it was in the first place I looked. Signed and returned. Thank you for the placement.

I took the dog out in the rain again today.
She gave me that look as if to say "Have you seen it out there" when I said let's go for a walk.
As we were out and about I thought I would check on this cache for the CO as I had found it last month.
I am putting this note on the log so people don't get discouraged by the previous DNF log as I can confirm that IT IS STILL THERE and in good condition.
This is a great area and thanks to a few people that have taken the time to set up some well constructed caches we are lucky to enjoy it.
Flippaduck.

Parked up in the street near GZ unaware that I had already found my last cache of the day and the final 3 caches were going to be DNFs. I came here because I already had too many DNFs leading to far few finds so wanted a good cluster. You can imagine the disappointment when I search everywhere and the only clue is that it's magnetic. Soant places to look and no cache in sight. After 20 minutes, I accept the DNF.

Found 5.45pm
Approached from wrong side but soon found this one. SLTFTC

First one of the day - brought my bike down from home and got it out today. Brisk first thing at 7:30 am. A nice time of the day

No drama here, nice place for a cache.

TFTCs

We are making a fleeting visit to Tauranga from Auckland this afternoon for a couple of puzzle FTFs, and want to make a few more finds. The new walking bridge over the stream has made these ones more accessible. One of us scrambled down but failed to make the find. So the other followed and said she reckoned it would be 'there'. He said he'd already looked there, but she said try again. He did, and there it was. TFTC.

I had a bit of a look last weekend for this one but there was so many people out and about i gave it a miss.
While out early with the dog this morning it was nice and quiet so I took the chance to have a go.
Very cool location and cache.
The cache is in good condition.
SL TFTC

It's funny, when you hide a geocache you often don't realise just how many hiding places there are. When you're searching, it's a different story. I had almost checked them all when I had a lucky break and found what I was looking for . TFTH .

Wow, took too long, nicely hidden!...TFTC

Found by the wife,, clever lass

On strike today... I did my bit for the cause before deciding to spend the afternoon cache hunting.

I've been waiting for the opportune time to collect the caches on the far side of the river. There has been a long wait for the new bridge to be completed. I was never going to slide across that pipe in the water... Then a short wait for this new cache to be placed... I knew exactly where to look. TFTC.

Really hard to log when you lose your pen on the track and no idea where but we will be back to log

Had the day to myself, so the plan was to head over to Tauranga to clean up the "non-park and grab" caches, and then head up the coast and grab what I could. Without the usual tag alongs today, the pace was much more laid back, plus there was no silly O'clock wake up too.

A great was to start the tally with a nice little walk. Parked near No. 8A, and I was surprised with the new bridge nearby. I had previously used the nearby pipes a few times caching in this area but today the pipes were underwater, so glad the bridge was there. Took a few minutes to find this one, but once I started searching at the right spot it was soon found. Thanks for the hide.

The rain had ceased for a moment and the sun was out...a quick dash to grab a cache while we could arrived at GZ ..the new bridge was glistening in the sun, but there were muggles galore ...looked like the neighborhood was out in force ...some moved away as we crossed the bridge ...but others hung around ...there was no mistaking where to go for the cache going by all the foot prints in the planted area by the bridge side ,KL started gardening and replanting the trodden on plants allowing me to sneak and seek...I good co ords allowed for a nice quick find and sign thanks Tryfyn for the tidy placement I am so glad this bridge is here as the only way across was the pipe line or a very long walk

This was my consolation cache as I have spent way too long on a multitude of puzzle caches today with mixed success. Time was running out so as soon as the sun popped out we were off. Dismay as the bridge was the local focal point for the muggle neighborhood kids. They sidled off when we arrived but circled around. Macwatt managed to duck under while I gardened - trying to replant many of the grasses that have been dislodged. The kids were "fascinated" by my activity but soon ran off to hide from another kid who was rapidly approaching. All good distraction techniques while macwatt made the find. Boy this area has changed - for the better at the moment. Long may it stay like this. Thanks for bringing us here Tryfyn.

Went for a walk after work and came over to this area. Yes lots of new bridges happening and plantings. Boy there is still a lot of extra water around and took a bit of fence climbing in a couple of spots. All good at GZ though and only had to follow the geotrail - carefully not to damage the plants. TFTC

Right out the back of my place. Nice. Thanks
And gardens are getting a bit messed up. Please be careful.

Lovely day for a cache or two. Quick find here. Tftc

I was literally at home in my PJs when the message from Davidson clan came through and I couldn't quite believe he was on his way from Rotorua to grab [Breadcrumbs](https://coord.info/GC7TE4E). The plans were set and it wasn't long before we were picked up and on our way. The multi was done and dusted and we figured - one more cache aye GZ was wet, muddy and the rain was intermittent. There's only really one way to the cache which means the new gardens have taken a little bit of a beating which was unfortunate and unavoidable. A good quick find, cheers tryfyn, TFTC

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Just got back from a trip to Rotorua when a new cache pinged through, a quick change of footwear and I was out the door, on arrival at GZ I saw a suspicious looking character under the bridge, fee fi fo fum!! I said, and low and behold out pops a frog!! A quick scramble around and the treasure was revealed. Thanks Tryfyn for the joint {FTF}, always good to get another smiley, cheers.

Quickly got organised and headed out the door, expecting to see a few others already at GZ.

As I pulled up to the closest entry point, no other cars I recognised was in sight. Last time I was in the area the bridge was still blocked off and with the recent DNF I had a few meters down the path I pretty much knew where I was headed.

As Mc Jandals got to GZ we had some fun before getting down to a proper look. I had just looked in one spot and moved away when she came up with the good a few seconds later.
Yay for another joint {FTF}. Although when i got home and shared with my flatmate she thought i was looking for another type of joint ftf.

I recommend not attempting this cache after heavy rain.

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