Fern Glade--redone. Albany South, North Island, New Zealand
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G-2 on 21-May-20. Waypoint GC8JK6A
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A beautiful spot although the clouds were blocking the sunlight today. A nice quick find by Mrs B thanks to the cache owner for placing his cache
Cache number 2 on my walk. Awesome spot for a cache and such nice trails around here! Didn't need the hint, I just saw the hint item and knew it would be around there somewhere. All good with the cache and very peaceful here today.
I have a big assignment due in a couple days, and I was thinking of working on it in the library this afternoon so I had my laptop with me, but then I realised I didn't actually need WiFi... so after finding this cache and walking a bit further along the path, I just found a nice place to sit and sat in the forest for an hour or so listening to the birds and writing my assignment. So much nicer and easier to concentrate doing it outside!
Thanks G-2! (#1533)
I have a big assignment due in a couple days, and I was thinking of working on it in the library this afternoon so I had my laptop with me, but then I realised I didn't actually need WiFi... so after finding this cache and walking a bit further along the path, I just found a nice place to sit and sat in the forest for an hour or so listening to the birds and writing my assignment. So much nicer and easier to concentrate doing it outside!
Thanks G-2! (#1533)
Nice quick find thanks to hint, which almost makes up for the DNF a few hundred meters down trail. TFTC
Another G_2 cache towards the Millennial target and first of 2 today. The track was a little muddy, but very walkable and I soon found the turn off and headed upwards. The large host just had to be the place, and so it was. The log was trapped in the container initially but managed to winkle it out, sign and (hopefully) replaced more accessibly. Cheers G
Out for a bit of a stroll over lunch time so headed over to this track which I've visited previously (just over a year ago now) from each end, but not for any of the middle part. Was keen to being my ascent to Mt Kilimanjaro via Base camp, but not in any hurry to make the peak so just the four caches today. I did also make a find of the fist stage of the nearby Fruit Bowl Multi, so that was useful for future visits. Thanks to the COs for their hides today.
In line with the NZ Geocache Reviewers guidance on what Covid Level 3, Part 1 looks like, geocaching IS permitted, but there are not to be any events or any new listings. It seems the NZ Covid website has failed to maintain pace with Lockdown level amendments and changes and is still lumping Geocaching in with Orienteering and other gathering type activities. Link from Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/NZGeocachingReviewers/ for further details.
Update - Level 3.2 due to be applied in Auckland region at 2359 09 Nov 21 will be allowing new listings to be published, still no Events though.
Out for a bit of a stroll over lunch time so headed over to this track which I've visited previously (just over a year ago now) from each end, but not for any of the middle part. Was keen to being my ascent to Mt Kilimanjaro via Base camp, but not in any hurry to make the peak so just the four caches today. I did also make a find of the fist stage of the nearby Fruit Bowl Multi, so that was useful for future visits. Thanks to the COs for their hides today.
In line with the NZ Geocache Reviewers guidance on what Covid Level 3, Part 1 looks like, geocaching IS permitted, but there are not to be any events or any new listings. It seems the NZ Covid website has failed to maintain pace with Lockdown level amendments and changes and is still lumping Geocaching in with Orienteering and other gathering type activities. Link from Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/NZGeocachingReviewers/ for further details.
Update - Level 3.2 due to be applied in Auckland region at 2359 09 Nov 21 will be allowing new listings to be published, still no Events though.
Very pretty trail. 9 year old found this one. Thanks for bringing us to this beautiful place and for the cache.
GeohoundandI found this one whilst I was still walking around the other side of the tree. Daddypig and his assistant were trying to untangle the geohound from several small trees.
Came through here for a Saturday afternoon run. The paths up above the main track are instinct, so I went around in circles a bit before spotting the host tree on one of the other paths. Thanks!
Google Maps brought me to a very nice parking spot, but on the wrong side of the river. I took the long way around (make that the scenic way so I don't sound so stupid).
After enjoying the scenic hike, I got to GZ and spotted the cache looking right at me. Not to let the next finder have such an easy time of it, I covered the cache a bit better. TFTC.
After enjoying the scenic hike, I got to GZ and spotted the cache looking right at me. Not to let the next finder have such an easy time of it, I covered the cache a bit better. TFTC.
Out and about for a spot of caching around the local neighborhoods on this sunny afternoon. After finding "a flower hides" I kept walking and made my way over here. The GPSr initially took me too far up the track I was on and I had to back track. Then it sent me off trail (or at least to an alternative trail) where I found actual GZ. A couple of circuits of GZ and I soon had the goods in hand. Right, now to head home for dinner. Cheers for the cache placement and the exercise!
This was alot easier than the previous cache which had us in vines & way off with Co-ords.
Being a Saturday we knew we could park around the back of the uni for the best access to this one
Lovely walk along and the cache was found quickly once at gz
Lovely walk along and the cache was found quickly once at gz
Throughout this walk we followed a trail of flour dropped at intervals. This is used by HASH runners to set running trails. There is obviously been one set around here recently. TFTC 
I needed to go up to the Albany shops this morning, and afterwards I decided to head over to check out this recent local cache that I have been meaning to knock off. I parked up on Bushlands Park Drive, and crossed over Bush Rd to walk along the old ridge trail that leads past the comms tower. I had forgotten how much of a rabbit warren this area of bush is, but easily followed the old bike trail down towards the GZ, and soon spotted the obvious hint. Nice quick find, TFTC
Started to rain as I was about 100m shy of the cache, wasn't too worried as I was in bush cover, but was a little damp by the time I returned to the car.
TFTC
TFTC
Very impressed that cachly showed the little trail towards gz. Merlot went one way around the tree, and MrsJAG went the other and soon had the well concealed cache in hand.
I was trying to get little break for a snack at GZ but mozzies were more than hungry! Thanks for redone this hide. Finding trail here was not a big problem. Shame about rubbish nearby.
Once I got {FTF} on the C.O's other cache at Horton's Hill, I was up this way like a rat up a drain pipe! Initially I couldn't get a road closer, but settled on Stanford St. Got the gummies on, and walked past the house on the left and around the backyards of the neighbours. Crossed the correct bridge and up and up to the cache hide, didn't take long to suss out the hide and signed in! Just as I was leaving this cache a new cache: 'A flower hides a Bison' popped up, I couldn't believe it was only a few hundred meters away! Let's go.
FTF#597
FTF#597 