Bike, scoot, walk, bolt or blade (Whangrei) Raumanga, North Island, New Zealand
By kan0e on 13-Feb-22. Waypoint GC9NEGF

Second cache find of the day on this nice flat walkway up to the waterfall. I parked at the I-site and walked along to this one. The title gave a nice clue and I soon spotted this nice camoed hide. TFTC.

Cool

Once we expanded our search cache was soon in hand.

Thanks, Kan0e....Really enjoyed your cool hide here!While I was looking in trees, Net61 found this clever cache!Favorite Point

TFTC On a stroll while my Dad has his cares at Whangarei Hospital

Really found once expecting search area and after photo clue in logs tftc

Really cool find. Tftc

TFTC

Figured it out! Nice hide!

Took a while to find, but the title helped it out.

Pretty easy

No pen and didn’t want to give it away so photo proof thanks to the kamo guides

In the area today with Mrs stik-a-crane and junior cacher for some RnR nearby in Ruakaka.... and decide on a cycle ride trying to dodge the rain showers.... Mrs stik-a-crane located this one from the cache title..... fav.point given for this hide.

TFTC.

FTF at least the replacement!

Lovely walk in the sun along here.

Good to go!

New container with camo in place.

New vessel made. I now just need a quiet and fine day to get out to replace.

Removed for repairs.

found

Spotted by my companion.

TFTC Found it pretty quick was Spoglet (3) was taking off his shoes. Cache itself would not open

Found this nifty little one after a red herring across the path. The micro is stuck shut. Unable to open.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Found by two of the junior travelbugs while out with the Guides. Sorry for the late logging, I've just got a list of what they all found. TFTC.

Great little cache on our walk to the Waterfall. TFGC

Nice clever one. The Kauri was a detour.

Clever hide! Took a few seconds for me to figure out how it opened. TFTC

Came back today to uplift the JCT cache with proximity issues and had to grab this tricky little once co-ords had us on the wrong side of the path had it quickly in hand once we swapped sides

Out and about with the kids getting the caches along this walkway. Got to GZ and were looking on the wrong side - quickly changed and the cache was found. Saw what a previous cacher had seen - at first we thought it was a Weka as well until mum appeared very close by it.... a juvenile pheasant, growing quite nicely. Signed and replaced cache - TFTC

Yah, a quick and easy find this evening. Second to find too. I'm on my way to a Toosday event to celebrate 22.2.22. I was at work just a kilometer from here today but it was just too hot to attempt this after work. Besides the traffic would be dreadful at 4pm turing in and out of this road.

I've been along this walkway before collecting caches but it's certainly been a few years since I was here. The kauris are certainly looking lovely. Thanks for the neat hide

Published

Had just got back in after working outside and I heard the phone signal a new message about a new cache in Whg. Well, it was a few kms away, but dinner could wait, so I jumped in the cache mobile and headed south.

I had an idea what I might be looking for, especially given there was no hint on the page, but when I got to GZ, the scene didn't really match what I was expecting, so I began to doubt myself. And just then, two belligerent early teens came slowly along the path on their bikes, so I continued on walking and only turned around once they were gone.

Back at GZ, I started searching for options other than what I initially thought, but still no luck. By now the GPS had settled at 2 metres, so a more thorough inspection around that area turned up what I had first thought about. And yes the log was still blank, so pleased to sign off for FTF # 278 at 8:15 pm. A nicely camo'd hide deserving of a FP from me, especially as I also got to see a weka or rail clicking away in the streambed beside GZ. Unusual to see one of these in town. TFTC