The Northern Approach (Waikato) Huntington North, North Island, New Zealand
By alsjfs on 27-Oct-18. Waypoint GC7ZK2N

Found it

Bit awkward feels like I'm mucking around in some dudes drive way still found it though I think

Found while out on a hunt with my daughter. Thank you

Still nice and dry despite all the rain.

Found it with our kids, easy one for younger ones. Left a little Duck inside for the next people to take.

Great hiding fun stickers

Thought we'd continue walking over the bridge to this one but it was a bit of a dead end, so jumped back in the car and parked in the convenient spot out front. First cache I've signed in front of I assume the CO's yard lol TFTC

The last find for the day whole over on this side of town. Easy to park nearby and quickly spotted the cache. I think this is the first I've seen out the front of a house like this. TFTC

I was back in the area, visiting one of the young rattll's, so made a bit of a detour to grab this one.Thanks for setting this up outside your home.

Still nice and dry despite all the rain.

At first there was rope so I thought I was on trouble but I wasn't a good easy find for me and my friend

We were going to Waihi and saw a cache so we turned around the car . And found it!

It’s a little less creepy with the cache owners live there so understand why some ransoms are in their garden

Came down to Hamilton for a day of caching leaving Auckland about 9:15am. We started at Hampton Downs and gradually worked ourselves south. I'm with tramyard in his green 4wd buggy, great little car and economical.

We parked a distance away and walked it here, passed over the motorway and here we are! I have seen from previous logs that the C.O of this cache is alsjfs, can't be sure until you ARE sure! I suspected as much. We had some fun here, took a few photos and hope the C.O doesn't mind me posting this one and only, will delete if not happy.

Thanks for having a cache here, and your efforts.

Lovely hide! All ok.

Road trip with Gorby for the "18th" Event in Hamilton. We had some time to pick up a few hides. This was one of them.

I`m logging this cache as my 10175 find.
TFTC alsjfs!

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First geocache my son found and was overly excited! Owners very friendly when it takes a bit long to find

After finding the nearby cache at Rototuna Bridge we couldn't resist heading over to look for this one as well, so off we walked along the footpath to GZ.
When the footpath ran out Mrs Coblet decided to wait and Mr Coblet headed on to make the find.
We hadn't read the description and GZ looked a bit exposed and conspicuous to the nearby house so he only had a quick look before retreating but as he walked away he read the description and realised it was the COs house. Well, that changed things.
He walked back and began the search again but must still have been distracted as he focused on the wrong hint item and basically looked everywhere but the one place he should have looked.
It was very fortunate that one of the COs then came out and gave him a nudge in the right direction and he finally looked where he should have in the first place and spotted the cache. How did he not see that before?
And what an awesome cache it is. Very nice construction, theme and placement and something a bit different. Exactly the type of cache we like to find.
The CO headed back inside while Mr Coblet signed the log and returned the cache to where he found it before heading back to Mrs Coblet who was wondering what was taking him so long.
Thanks alsjfs for a great cache and nice to meet one of you.
A definite favourite point.

Found it, thank you!

Found it!

Found with the kids, cute cache thanks. Favourite point given for not making me look through Aggies lol

After all the rain, the cache is still nice and dry.

Found it, yay. Nice summer evening for some geocaching with FMZ. Thanks for the cache!

Quick and quiet find with jagersmum, trying to be stealthy so as not to disturb anyone as it was evening. Nice one, TFTC!!!

Nice and easy find, TFTC!

Still nice and dry despite the recent weather.

Nice and cute!
Good for beginners or children.

Found!!

Found!

Keylev had seen the event in Hamilton on the long weekend and asked if I was keen to join them for the cache and knock some caches off in Hamilton. Was an easy YES. After a successful FTF for before leaving Auckland we hit the road for Hamilton.

Eventually got log signed with out CO seeing but think this was due them not being home. Next time we will stop in for coffee

TFTC

A couple of weeks back had noticed the 18th @ 18 event being held in Hamilton on a public holiday and thought it would be a good excuse to head down for the day. We (Mr NZTravellers, NZIceman and I) started a little later than planned due to new local publications which needed the ‘patch defending’. After a quick coffee at home we set off.

Nice quick find and we were on our way to the next one.

Thanks for the cache.

Awesome wee find. Great to have info about parking too
Cool little spot - we like the container set up
Cache three today with Evisser8
Tvmftc

What a cool cache. Was with Osborneroadoddballs.
TFTC. NIce info about parking. Always helpful. Cache number 3 for the day.

Got it

**14,987**
It was great to know we were free to openly search for this one without a property owner wondering what we were up to, whilst deciding whether or not to call the police. Thankfully located quickly and we were off on our way again. TFTC

TFTC reading the hint helped

Cool hide, TFTC

Added a new log strip - the original was getting a bit sad. All set to go again.

Waved hello to the geocach protector

What a cute set up! Thanks for that! Was fun to find. Saw a camera in the window had a little dance party tftc

Out with ScarlettTaylor today and found a couple together for the first time. Loving daddy/daughter days like this.

Don’t forget to say hi to the cows.

Out with daddy today to find a couple more treasures.

TFTC!

So fun!!

Nice wee cache!! Tftc ️

Found with Hinemoana while meandering northwards. Thanks for everything we found!

We could not resist an invitation for a cache and feijoas! Quick find of the cache, and then we collected some fruit. Pity we missed the CO, but we are grateful for both!!

Found it once we got the correct version of the hint item! TFTC!

Nice one!

Cute little find

TFTC nice find and easy. Thankyou!

Love your cache hide thanks!
I think we met on the Niue Trip.
Down here on a caching road trip mainly round Hamilton.

Neat little hide here, very clever, cheers

out with agazo and alunb today, not sure why i haven't found this one before, have been passed plenty of times, its ok, have found it now, tftc

TFTC!! Quick easy find with the kids today

Awesome cache!

Very cool spot

The Freezer Mice strike again!
Out for a quick afternoon caching mission with the kids.
Was a quick and easy find.
TFTC.

Felt a bit creepy but no one seemed to see me. Tftc

Cache all nice and dry.

The road verges have been planted during the last week (see photo), so just a final layer of asphalt to go on the road and the northern approach will be complete

My wife and daughter were out of town so I jammed the boys into the car for a raid on the Waikato! This cache was found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords, the hint and a straight forward placement. We weren't expected it to be quite that obvious! haha. Cheers alsjfs, TFTC

Out and about with Team Welsh - having a sisters' break in the Waikato - such fun. T4tc

After a DNF at the bridge it was nice to come and find the cache. Love the ones at owners properties as there is a low chance of them being missing. TFTC

Tftc

Tftc

I like your cache. Good condition and quick find

Quick and easy find on a hot day. Saw the owner as driving away. TFTC

Another nice cache visited with woolwood9 today.
Stamped logs as tm/ww NZ which may just look like a black smudge on plastic logs!
*Pretty quick find on a busy day hunting caches in the area, we really enjoyed the drive / walk around.*
TFTC

Note: Sorry to log so late, we had been on a geocaching holiday for nearly 3 weeks and were heading home, but a bit earlier than expected so added some extra caches on outskirts of Hamilton and around Cambridge. Simply forgot to log the extra ones until now.
*Please check logs, our stamp is there.*

Visited with tmann421 today after a trip north
Thanks for the placement
Signed log tm/wwNZ

Tricky, had us looking !!!
Tftc

2nd attempt at this one. Had me for a awhile until it jumped out in plan sight. Doh!

Nice quick stop and grab. TFTC

Glad to have found this one on a dot day! Had to go out in the rain to find it, but at least it was i an accessible spot and not difficult to locate. Good hint, TFTC

Mulch was spread on the road verge yesterday - planting still to come. There is still a strip of lawn beside the fence giving access to the cache. Park in the driveway as before.

The bridge is due to be opened on 19 December, giving The Northrn Approach a southern approach at last. We will enable the cache on that date.

19 December the road will open.

If the stupid twerp of a reviewer (TheCoddiwompler) had read the write note of 27 November, he would have realised that there were still issues with access that are beyond our control.

Road works are progressing, but kerbing and sealing yet to come. If anyone really wants to do this cache, on a Sunday should be OK as the workers have the day off.

The roadworks for the bridge approach mean that access cannot be guaranteed. This may last for the next month or so.

Had to go all the way around, nice hide, TFTC

Still needing a few more finds to get me close to an upcoming milestone, so time to grab a few of the new caches around home. Headed out this afternoon to grab some, but only managed a handful as ran out of light.

Took a bit longer to get to GZ as GPS took the direct route to the cache. No issues with the find once I got to GZ, thanks for the hide.

Another we found on the way down - 59 caches found today.

TFTC

What great tolerance the homeowners in this area must have with all the work going on and the disruption to their lives. The noise factor once the road opens will be something else they have to put up with.

Had time to fill in while son was at cricket almost nearby, so finally came to fund this one. Thanks for the cache!

Approached from the south today, so we got to do the scenic detour - and enjoyed a nice drive on roads we hadn't travelled before. A quick find once we got there! TFTC

Once we found our way in there soon had cache in hand and then we were off for a coffee. Thanks for placing.

Team BOP team up once again for an impromptu pre-Xmas caching mission in the Waikato.
Squirrel nutcase had his list of recent caches to clear the area again, Flossy had a few targeted, while Myself, Jandals and DC were going with the flow.

TFTC

Out with Teambop for the day getting a few caches .
Tftc

On A road trip with Part of Team BoP. Have been having a poke around here and there and been taken to some great places, many thanks to all you COs for your placements. Was up early to make the most of the day. Cheers

On a road trip to Cambridge and Hamilton collecting some new and old caches. Having lots of fun with part of Team BOP enjoying that our Christmas preparations are done and we have time for caching Thanks to all the COs and Merry Christmas to you all TFTC

As I was searching along the larger of the hint items, the CO came out and pointed in the direction I needed to move to find the cache. This is better than any hint I got from a cache page. Maybe all caches should be like this. My problem was I was looking near things that were much larger, the size that a car can pass through. Wrong! TFTC.

Drove to the end of what is a very long cul de sac. Third time I've tried to get close to this cache. TFTC.

Out and about, getting the last few points for the most recent challenge. Parked down the road to avoid any vehicle noise as I was naughty and grabbed late at night. Did a sneaky ninja walk up, grabbed the cache, signed and returned.

Should be interesting to see this area progress as the bypass gets completed. Many thanks alsjfs, cache #1897

Grabbed this today following the Armistice Day Service. Took the long way around and came up trumps in short order. Checked for the CO, waved out but no sign of them.
Thanks for the placement and also the tour of all the new development about the place
Thanks for the cache

After been stopped in our track by the roadworks the weekend before, today we went the long way around and quickly spotted the cache,

Found 9.55am
Bit of a detour to get to this cache with all the new roading going on. Able to park very near to cache hide. SLTFTC

With Gap (of Fap and Gap), ABCDF4, and eyespyben... No sleep-in this morning... Had to get up super early to make it to an event.

For the next several caches, we joined forces with our Huntly friends... We tried to find the quickest route to the cache, but the mass of detours and road works made it too taxing. We ended up coming in via Lake Road.

At ground zone, we correctly applied the hint and gave ground level a few sweeps. The cache was on another level, much to our amusement... We spotted the CO and gave a wave of appreciation. Departure was far simpler, as the detour signs were more helpful on this side of the new expressway. TFTC.

Tftc for the nice wee hide found with abcdf4 and fap and gap and squirrel nutcase

Nice wee hide
Had to go the Long way around for this one
Squirrel Nutcase got this one

A bit of a twister journey to get here now bit harder to navigate on the spyder. On to the new one. Good to meet the CO for a catch up too.

Yes did the detour and I was looking in the wrong place and then looked in the window of the house and got a direction of travel to take tftc