Halt on Tudor Motueka, South Island, New Zealand
By Stretch0 on 12-May-19. Waypoint GC87RCG

I have replaced this one too many times so is now time to archive. Replaced one day checked next all ready gone! So time for it to go.

Another DNF, time for some CO or reviewet intervention.

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No luck here today...really requires a hint as the poor garden is getting a hammering

Searched with no luck

Tried but did not find

With Fisha1288. Getting tired

Nice to be away on another geocaching trip with tmann421, travelling to a few places in the upper South Island.
All logs signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Thanks for putting out this cache for woolwood9 and I to find!
SL **tm/ww NZ** (may just be a black smudge on the many wet or plastic logs)
*Soon located in the dark tonight, plenty more light rain at times*

Muggle free but still feeling exposed, I found the little fella. Thanks very much!

10:15
Nice natural hide, found after a while. Had to wait because of muggles. Found during a Saturday morning walk in Mot. Thank you!

Flowers are stunning there at the moment, easy find this time.

Nice little hide thanks

Please update options to allow found choice. Right now it's only dnf or write note. I found it today TFTC!

All good to go now.

Will go and check on this week end.

Couldn’t see anything!

Too many dead leaves and hiding places

Didn't find this one today. The garden looks like someone has been doing a bit of gardening so it may have been moved.

Too tough for us today.

Had a week in Christchurch visiting family, now visiting family and friends in Motueka area. Thanks Stretch0 for the cache.

We've also looked for this cache in the past but both times were muggled out. This time we managed to find and sign between muggles. It's good to get this off our list. Now we only have 1 unfound cache in the Motueka area and that was fenced off by an electric fence today so we couldn't get that one. tftc

No luck here today

To hard for us.

Found with lottietree, Tregearp and grandson Travelling FAR for his first find. Had visited this one several times previously and needed to abandon the search because of high levels of muggle activity. To minimise the risk we got a hint from a previous finder and today despite there still being muggles about we managed a subtle retrieve for signing, a photo with Travelling FAR and then a quick return. Thanks Stretch0 for the cache.

My first geofind, with SJT_NZ, lottietree, rik&bid & Tregearp, thanks Stretch0 for the cache, clearly the crew needed my young eyes to finally get the smilie as they'd all been here several times previously.

Success after several visits and a giant clue and our Grandson's super vision, his first cache. Thanks Stretch0 all in good order and managed to park very close to shettle the areas frequent muggle activity.

Finally found after a few attempts

A quick find on christmas day to tick one over for the week.



Thanks

on second try find, greetings from czech republic

Finally a find on this cache. Has been multiple visits and spoke to Co on last look and it was missing. TFTC

Had heard this was AWOL so went by and did a check!! Yes it was gone!! Well all replaced and ready to go again. Will see how this one lasts looks like the area is receiving a lot more care.

Time to head back to Zara for dinner. But still time to stop here to tag this one. Cheers

Its Labour Weekend so Zara, Toby and I are off to explore Tasman for a few days. Left Blenheim early this morning, parking Zara up in Motueka for the next couple of days, while Toby and I go exploring.

I do remember another cache here. This was a lucky find, returned it where most likly meant to be.
Thanks for the hide.

Out and about with bumandworker to do a mini raid on Motueka.
My GPS froze and his took him on a wee wander.
Eventually bum picked something up and asked me if I thought it was the container or some rubbish! Luckily it was the container.
TFTC

We're in the hunt solving the "Mystery at the Museum". We have been neglecting local caches for a long time with the rationale being that they might come in handy when the pressure is on. Well, it is and we're having a ball. We're heading for Motueka today and having a look at the caches on the way. Before we could start the hunt we needed patience. Muggles approached at a speed that indicated how much they enjoyed this wonderful springlike day. With the coast clear Holymu leapt from the car and made a quick find. Thank you Stretch0

With the current Mystery at the Museum Challenge it's an opportune time to start finding the growing number of unfound caches locally.
We had swung passed this cache a few weeks ago but there was kids on bikes and scooters plus someone on the lawn opposite so we couldn't even look for it. Today we had to wait for a couple to stroll on by but apart from a bit of traffic we had an uninterrupted stop. The cache was in the first place I searched.
Thank you Stretch0.

I had a list of caches to find today and this one was last on that list because it held a clue I need and it was the furtherest from home. However on the way I had a change of plan and came here to grab that last clue so I could open up the next level. I wish now that I had thought of that sooner because I could've got more of the gemstones gathered before I achieved the number of caches I wanted and that would save me probably having to head back over this way tomorrow. TFTC and the clue # 14,236

With dodgy weather we opted for a morning walk then afternoon drive. And one cache

Thanks

Paddle chick ,Sir Belac and I we're on our way back from Marahau this evening stopped to get this cache it wasn't long and we had the cache signed and back in its hiding place .
Thanks Stretch0

I cringed when I saw where the GPS was pointing, I remember spending ages searching here for the previous cache. It only took Sir Belac, Nanzie and I a few seconds to find it tonight. Thanks Stretch0

#8923

TFTC

Tftc

Looked for ages, can't be bothered digging around any longer

Today was a day for a day trip to Golden Bay with Kiwi_Explorer. On our way home we found a few caches. Last time I was here I ended up with a DNF. Today I found the cache pretty much in the first place I checked and in a place I was sure I'd checked before. Go figure? Anyway, TFTC, Biggles.

That's a really nice looking front lawn nearby. A quick find with Biggles on our way back from Takaka today. Thanks stretch0 for the cache.

This is the third visit I have had to this spot in the last few weeks. During the first visit I was searching to see if an archived cache was still in place and findable (it was not). While I was searching a familiar couple of people drove past and they stopped and we had a wonderful catch up. A short time later this cache was published (by one of the couple I had chatted to). Thanks Stretch0.
I came here again a couple of weeks ago and prefound it incase a crappy weather day happened and we needed a quick park and grab.
So while I was in Motueka again today I decided that this would be the daily cache (even though the weather was beautiful).
The cache was exactly where I found it last time, I quickly signed the log and returned it as I had found it.
Thanks for placing this cache and thank you for the smiley, and the help to keep our streak going.

Found on the way back from Kaiteriteri as our first search was unfruitful due to muggles .
Our GPS led Ulmuslynx and myself straight to the cache and we found it the first place we looked. (No muggles around this time)
Clever hide
Thank you Stretch0 for the cache

I see it was found today but I couldn't find it.

Quick find with No.13 on 2nd visit after a trip to Kaiteriteri. First visit was unfruitful, with muggles chatting nearby at one stage and other issues. TFTC

We approached this thinking it was going to take awhile , but you must have made it too easy StretchO as we had it found and signed in less than a minute , so put it back in the same place anyway. TFTC.

Checked this as i was going by had to re-hide as was sitting in full view

A toughie and despite a decent search I found nothing. I'm know it's there, but prying eyes dissuaded me from too long a search here.

Phew, this took a couple of visits, an extensive search and even a check with the CO, but finally success. I keep telling myself to check more carefully where the GPS zeroes out before wandering further afield but then I keep forgetting. Well, I guess there are different levels of thorough and that's where I fell down here. Anyway, got there in the end and - - - maybe because the cache was so well hidden was rewarded with a FTF a whole 15 hours after publication. I hope you don't mind Stretch but I made the cache just a tad easier to find for subsequent visitors.
Thanks for the hide and the FTF ! Oh and the sign didn't apply to me .

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