YMCA Lodge Pathway (Auckland) Army Bay, North Island, New Zealand
By Floss181 on 07-Apr-19. Waypoint GC85YG0

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 a prior reviewer note.

Hi there, need to disablt this until I get out there to fix it. Have confirmed it isn't there unfortunately.
Thanks

So today a crowd of 14 Team SEAC members encompassing 10 different caching names travelled north to the park and attempted all caches in the park. Unfortunately, even with all of the eyes searching high and low, and expanding the search area quite considerably we were unsuccessful here.

No joy, 11 of us spent about 20 minutes looking.

We think the container is missing.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Headed up this way today after one of our group suggested (for the fourth attempt) to take a walk around the park....as we had camped up here a few times before, we jumped at the opportunity, plus it was an opportunity of catching up with the group after being locked down by Covid-19.....parked up, and headed into the park....

Many searches here today, but no luck locating this one..... think it's missing...will keep this on a watch list for future finds....

TFTC.

A visit to this park was originally planned for June 2020 but the weather thwarted that event, it was rescheduled for Aug 2020 but then lockdown and restrictions meant we were not allowed to gather or cache, it was planned again for Jan 2021 but only a couple of the crew were available but many wanted to do it so we said we would find a better time. Today was that day, finally!!

They say good things come to those who wait and boy was this worth it....great weather, views, caches and of course the company!

With so many eyes all spread out we did what we thought was a very thorough search but no luck for us unfortunately. Might need CO to check.

With ALL the team looking we couldn't find this one today. After everyone had left Mr NZTravellers made a slow quiet search just in case something had been overlooked.

No luck for us today

Team SEAC was out in force today with a mission to knock off the caches to be found in Shakespear Park at the end of Whangaparaoa. This had been on the cards for quite a while now but had always been thwarted by either COVID or bad weather. Today was our fourth attempt at getting the crew together and claiming this area.

We were hoping against recent history that we would find this cache, but after trying to figure out what we might be looking for and where exactly we needed to look, we spent about 20 minutes searching before calling it a DNF.

TFTC

Out with Team SEAC to get these caches. Apologies for the repetitive logging but couldn't upload my file to gsak for some reason.

Couldn't find this

Lots of searchers but nothing was spotted. Possibly missing?

Nearly a year later and another dnf despite using a PAF and having a previous finder with us. From previous logs it seems there might have been some cache creep so can CO please check

No luck for us today, but we were a bit short on time so didn't search for too long.
Gives us a good excuse to come back.

Great hint, we wouldn't have found it without as it seems to have been moved. xxxxxx hint not currently accurate. Otherwise a clever cache.
Will message owner to advise

Down this way on a family trip to kelly tarltons. Stopped in here to get a few caches. Cache took a little while to find. Signed log. TFTC

Came down this way for a trip to Kelly Tarltons. On the way home we decided to stop in here and get a few caches before our lunch/dinner. This cache kept us looking for a bit but once we widened the search all became clear and cache was located. It is a sneeky hide but it is still there. Signed and replaced. TFTC

Out with Merlot58 and Nette1234 this was our first cache for the day. We spent a long time searching for this one, checking every tree but still came up empty handed.

Three of us searched for ages checking every tree. We contacted a previous finder who said they only found a log in a plastic bag at the base of the tree so CO needs to check this as it seems to be missing container/camo

school trip

Out for a walk before the Saturday hordes arrive. Saw a pair of grey warbler and a flock of whitehead on this trail 2 days ago. NINO TFTC

After a brief search I soon had the cache in hand and added my signature. Not really sure the hint matched though, made no sense.

Weekend's here again so a couple of days out planned to get a break from the normal routine. I decided that a return to Shakespear Regional Park would be just the thing, we last headed out during the August lockdown and didn't touch any caches but for sure were able to sight some of them. All better on the day today and a few found in and around the park before a trip back home 'via Puhoi', lol, and Crocodile Island in Orewa.

Very cool find. Beautiful day for a swim and caching

Quick and easy find, very cool camo! TFTC

Nice one and a good camouflage. Good hint to make you aware. TFTC

Lost our pen so put two small holes in the paper, second down. True not the same!

Found but not waist height

Lovely spot. Enjoyed the bird life.

[@WildTulip](http://coord.info/PRA2ZC5) and I spent plenty of time here and trying to work out exactly how to read the hint. Had it not been for a find after the DNFs we might not have persevered so long. My sister was the one to end up finding the cache and we were mighty relieved to have to leave this with a DNF. Thanks for placing Floss181!

TFTF. A tad difficult to find but it was worth it. Nice little container. Not the usual camo plastic container that you’re used to. Well hidden. Agree with the others that it’s not wheelchair accessible. Lost the pen on the way from the carpark and couldn’t sign the log.

4 sets of eyes here but we ran out of ideas although someone did find something that may have related to a cache?

Partner and I spent ages looking, could not find anything

Didnt have much time so only had a quick look. Didnt really understand the hint.

Great cache and excellent hint. TFTC

Good hide!

Found it with our friends, didn’t have a pen to write on the note.

Well spotted by Gadget M. Out for a post breaky walk while staying at the park. Great hide on a fab summer’s morning. Thtf

Found this one with a group of friends, Cachers.
I, Line_Moh, Danverkruus and Elviraxx, we met at the the park for a day of fun, tracks and caches, and we had all of that, plus swimming (some of us) and pizza in the end of the day. It was a very good Sunday in an excellent place.
Danverkruus spot this one first of everyone without a GPS, it was so quick that I seemed that he knew the place. Heheh
TFTC

This was DanverKruus' quick find during our 1st geocaching search as a group. He left as wide-jawed as I was still making my GPS work, Elviraxx finding the GZ and IuryBr just about to check his phone when Danver, without anyway just shouted "Found it!"
Signed off as IMA ️

Nice cache.

Out for a walk and saw this was in the area. Forgot to bring my pen, but still awesome hide - TFTC!

Second time out looking for this cache. A lot quieter today so able to spend more time looking. Finally had it in my hands very clever hide and the font was spot on. TFTC

Found with fellow hunter The biscuits 1812... beautifull spot

Beautiful spot and brilliant cache spot.

Lovely to find this cache while in the area today!
Good hint...
Love these containers!
Congrats on your wedding here..

Decided to come to Shakespeare Park for a Boxing Day walk and collect some more of the caches around here.A nice shady spot on a warm day was most welcomed as this one took us a little while to find.Not exactly sure what to make of the hint we started searching a large area and wondered if it was possible we might not find this one but then luckily we spotted something out the corner of our eyes which turned out to be the cache.A clever hide.Liked the container.

Well hidden! Great fun! Very clever cache!

Awesome place

No find for me. Will have to come back when I have more time

We read and re-read the hint several times, but nothing stood out as a cache on the left. We assumed bush-whacking was out.

Hmm - this eluded us!

Loved this one, the casing was amazing

Awesome find

Easy find but don't rely on the co-ordinates

With the forecast for sun and warm weather, I was keen to get out and stretch my legs while enjoying the sunshine. Decided to bring my niece and nephew along for the hike. We enjoyed the walk to this location, spotting two female peacocks and a few quail, much to the amusement of the kids who had never seen either birds before.

Once at GZ it took a little bit to find the right spot before I noticed the hide. Narrowed down the search area for the kids and let them find the sneaky hide.

Out on a sunny day with SandersonHunters working on the Seven Day Streak. Good to get a smilie here as its our second visit. Don't know how we missed it the first time maybe because it was dark and raining. Never mind have it now. Nice hide. Thanks Floss181.

Don't know how we missed it the first time we came looking. Much nicer day today. Cool hide. Tftc

Very sneaky. Love it.

Happy International Geocaching Day! Found it while in the area with International visitors on their Irish Summer holidays in NZ. All good at GZ. Sneaky one! TFTC

Happy international Geocaching day! Had a nice walk in the park. Thanks for the cache!

Took a nice walk to find some caches on the international geocaching day. The views here are stunning TFTC!

Auckland Geocaching Meetup (signed as Auckland Meetup) event day and conveniently the last opportunity to get the mystery at the museum caches. More stars aligned with that if I could find all the trads then I would have all the caches I needed. Lets see how we do. This was a nice quick easy find. TFTC

We were in the park today with the "Meetups" group for an epic adventure around the park. Signed logs as "Meetups". This was our first cache today and a nice stroll to GZ enjoying the Peacocks around here this morning. Quick find. SL. TFTC.

Went out for a walk around Shakespear Regional Park with a friend today and took the opportunity to grab a few caches in the area, while watching all the cute new born lambs. I walked past this one, but my friend spotted something unusual, which turned out to be the cache. Neat container, TFTC!

Had a good look around but couldn’t see it.

Log

Log

Cute one!

Trouvée !

There have been a lot of caches hidden in Shakespear Park since our last visit, so it is an obvious place to come today for a long walk to find a lot. First we stopped to find a couple nearer the beginning of the park. We walked along from the car parking to the beginning of the pathway and began a search. It took a while but eventually we did locate the cache. Thanks.
When our children were in school Mark twice stayed at YMCA Lodge on school camps.

Nice find, took a TB for it's first outing on it's way to Poland.
TFTC

Saw these nice local caches pop up and Mr and Mrs TWS and I came up for an afternoon walk. Nice wander to GZ and searched a few places before Mrs TWS came up with the goods. Didn't really understand the hint but coords not too bad and the cache was found. Thanks

Out for a evening walk with Mrs TW and Mrs TWS. Mrs TWS found it and Mrs TW signed us in to the log.

TFTC

Found as a part of a previous group TanjackMüley, aka WanderingSparrow. Now I'm continuing on my own. TFTC

The coordinates were very off and we would say the hint should be 10,8. Well hidden though and not wheelchair accessible. difficulty could be higher too. Apart from that glad to find a cool cache that's separate to a container next to a post and another FTF. Thanks for the cache.

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