Fossil my Art in Auckland Gallery City Centre, North Island, New Zealand
By tramyard on 07-Nov-23. Waypoint GCAG6YX

What a cool earth cache. So the real question is: why was German imported stone selected? Making iconic buildings with imported stone seems... so colonial . Enjoyed browsing the walls, much to the confusion to a hi-viz dressed council worker.

Nice Earth cache, doing this with SmallPooka who is explaining a lot of interesting stuff..Limestone is beautiful

I had the last half day in Auckland, so I went to Mount Eden and visited this earth cache on the way. Very interesting place. Thanks for showing

Out with Nildran enjoying the sunshine TFTC

Out caching with TL. TFTC! Sending answers for teamlarcee and nildran. I tried to note today's date on my finger in the picture.

many thanks for the cache-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --French version below-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Short late log but more complete now that we are back home.Our vacation will take us to the other side of the world to the land of the Maoris. After many, many hours of flying, a passage through China on the way there and through the United States of America on the way back, we will finally arrive in Christchurch which will be the starting point of our journey.We will enjoy the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and we will go back towards the North Island via State Highway 1. To combine business with pleasure, we will take regular breaks and small detours according to the caches that seem the most accessible to us.With a little more than 3500 km in 20 days, we will have discovered many facets of this island which is soothing. We will have to come back because there are so many places that we have not done . In broad strokes, the path will go from Christchurch to the Kaikoura Peninsula then towards Picton for the crossing to Wellington.New island, new road, and by State Highway 2 we go towards Hastings and Napier. We will leave the seaside for several days to go to Tongariro and Taupo. We will continue north towards Rotorua and Hamilton (without forgetting a detour via Hobbiton ) A detour to the Coromandel Peninsula and finally the almost north of the island with Whangarei and Waitangi to learn the history of this country.There will only be a few days left to spend towards Auckland and its suburbs before taking the plane back to the grayness of our European autumn.The majority of the boxes will be found, we have abandoned those where our English was lacking and where we could not understand the clue. Thanks to all the owners who brightened up our path, who took us to incredible places (that's also geocaching)In short, we had a great vacation, saw beautiful places that simply ask us to come back. We learned a lot about the history of this country and its traditions, it's a great motivation for our destinations.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Petit log en retard mais un peu plus complet maintenant que nous sommes rentrs la maison. Nos vacances vont nous emmener lautre bout du monde au pays des Maoris. Aprs beaucoup, beaucoup dheures davion, un passage par la Chine laller et par les Etats-Unis dAmrique au retour, nous arriverons enfin Christchurch qui sera le point de dpart de notre priple.Nous profiterons des plages du de locan Pacifique et nous remonterons en direction de lile du nord via la State highway 1. Pour joindre lutile et lagrable, nous ferons des pauses rgulires et de petits dtours au gr des caches qui nous semble les plus accessibles. Avec un peu plus de 3500 km en 20 jours, nous aurons dcouverts pleins de facettes de cette ile qui est apaisante. Il nous faudra revenir car il y a tellement dendroit que nous navons pas fait . Dans les grand traits, le chemin ira de Christchurch la pninsule Kaikoura puis direction Picton pour la traverse vers Wellington.Nouvelle ile, nouvelle route, et par la State Highway 2 nous remontrons en direction de Hastings et Napier. Nous laisserons le bord de mer plusieurs jours pour aller au Tongariro et Taupo. Nous continuerons vers le nord en direction de Rotorua et Hamilton (sans oublier un dtour par Hobbiton ). Un crochet pour la pninsule de Coromandel et pour finir le presque nord de lile avec Whangarei et Waitangi pour apprendre lhistoire de ce pays. Il ne restera que quelques jours passer vers Auckland et sa banlieue avant de ne reprendre lavion pour retourner dans la grisaille de notre automne europen.La majorit des boites seront trouves, nous avons dlaisser celles o notre anglais faisait dfaut et ou que nous narrivions pas comprendre lindice. Merci tous les poseurs qui ont gay notre chemin, qui nous ont emmen dans des endroits incroyables (cest aussi cela le geocaching)Bref, nous avons pass de superbes vacances, vu des endroits magnifiques qui demandent simplement que lon revienne. Nous avons appris beaucoup de chose sur lhistoire de ce pays et de ces traditions, cest une grande motivation pour nos destinations.

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Answers are sent.Nice entrance for thr gallery too, I liked it.Thanks!

Happened to walk by. It was a little latish, so didn't go to the gallery, but just studied the stone - this can also be considered art if needed. It somehow indeed felt European here. Anyways, answers sent - and thanks for showing the gallery.

#4128 Today is day 29 of my geocaching vacation in New Zealand. I'm wandering around Auckland and geocaching.Found it! tramyard, thank you for the cache! -crystaloops from Taipei, Taiwan on October 29, 2024 @ 10:54:49[GCAG6YX] Fossil my Art in Auckland Gallery was a D1.0/T1.0 Other Earthcache at the time of finding.

I found many fossils I these rocks. Thanks for the interesting cache.

Here with the boys one sunny day. TFTC

I found quite a few earthcaches on a similar theme last year when I was in the UK, so it is interesting to see how stone is formed, and to see creatures that lived so long ago.

Thank you for the cache. It was super fascinating. We really liked it. Me and Joel, Sol and Daniel

Was in the area for the inaugural event on a bus so decided to explore a little first. I have visited the art gallery a number of times but had never even realised these fossils! So interesting to explore this from a new view point Answers sent to CO. Thanks for setting this up!

Came here after the nearby event cache. Answers sent to co. Tftec!

Up in Auckland finding caches today. I found this earthcache particularly interesting when I read about the natural stone with fossil in the walls and floor. Quite amazing really! Thanks for setting this up, answers sent to the CO

I would have definitely not thought of coming here to look at fossils as I was completely unaware of their presence! Thank you for bringing me here and making me notice! We ended up having lunch here, and I was spreading the word as even the locals who come here frequently had not noticed. TFTC!!!

Up in Auckland for the night with EyespyBenWalk up to this one great earthcachethanks

Up in Auckland for the nightThis one was very interestingThanks

Found it thanks! Super cool cache.

Realised I didn't log it after sending my answers the other day! TFTC

We had so much fun today in the city with the kids hunting out hei caches and watching city people do city people things Such great conversations. I never knew my kids already knew do much about fossils and they really loved looking at the panels and imagining what they used to be. There imagination are so good and strong. Thank you for slowing us down to look at these tiles, I never had before and been here alot! We didn't take a wider view photo so I have sent the original by message and am posting a blured version here. TFTC

Great fossils. TFTC

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Nice fossils.

Quite a special experience visiting Auckland (Tmaki Makaurau) for the first time, visiting from Darwin, Australia. Strolling around Albert Park and hearing the various bells and clocks chime at 10am I would never have known that this Gallery was clad in fossils, so thanks for the Earthcache and science lesson tramyard Time to go inside and enjoy more wonderful, interesting things

Picture provided by Wiley'sMom

After an event came over here with Sharkbait to complete this cache. As I studied the wall I am sure some other patrons probably wondered what an old fossil was doing. Answers sent. Thank you for the placement.

Visiting from California. No time to go in. Thanks for the EC.

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M26: dot day today, walked over here with supernanny and KayGeeDee to answer the questions in this earthcache. Hopefully the photo pops up on the log. TFTC.

Photo supplied by Astrolovers

Very cool place imdeed

Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---Place was visited, answers were collected and picture was taken.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.My favourite earthcache in Auckland. I loved these well preserved fossils.Definitely +1 Fp from me.Thank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! ---Greetings from ***Riga, Latvia***! [^]**Happy caching!**----------***For a little entertainment, here are 10 Fun Facts about Latvia!*** 1) Latvia is among the worlds greenest countries.2) Its home of the first Christmas tree.3) The Latvian flag is considered by many to be the oldest national flag in the world.4) Country has the widest waterfall in Europe.5) Latvia boasts the finest Art Nouveau architecture in the world.6) Jacob W. Davis, a Latvian tailor, was an inventor of rivets on famous Jean pants.7) The Latvian Song & Dance Festival is recognised by UNESCO as the largest amateur song and dance festival in the world!8) Alexander Laime, a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls (highest waterfall on earth), located in Venezuela, by foot.9) Latvians love basketball and Ice Hockey.10) Latvia is famous for being the home country of the inventor of the flavor of Pringles.----------..\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",.\...\ ------- **MATISONS!** ------- \....\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\.....\......\ /// \Paldies/ Aith / Ai / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon

Out for the big hike film night and had enough time to grab a few caches. TFTC. And noticing the tiles!

Found the cache on a lovely sunny day!Answers have been sent to the COTftc

Found with Gummi_Venus after exploring the museum.

We were nearby today so called past to complete the requirements for this cache. The answers have been sent through to the CO. We spent some time exploring around the building too.

I finished work and didn't want to head straight home, so thought I would have a stroll around the CBD, and of course grab a cache.I headed to GZ and grabbed the answers to the questions, and then likely spent way too long looking at the stones to see what I could spot. Great little earth cache, thanks for making me stop and look for a bit. Tftc #1714

#14,577. I was up in Auckland last week attending some meetings and had some time in the evening to go for a wander around the inner city. I saw this earthcache and came and had a look at the wall. Its amazing what small past things you see if you look closely at a sheet of stone. Done quite a few earthcaches in Europe with fossils embedded in the wall of buildings. So many of our buildings here are concrete or hard rock like basalt or granite so it was surprising that we also had a building with lots of fossils. Thanks tramyard for pointing this out. Have messaged through the answers you requested.

Last day in New Zealand we walk through the city and take the boat to Devonport. We pick up some caches along the way. Tftc

Spending the afternoon after lunch clearing the rest of the CBD. This one is new to me, and it was also nice to observe the mundane. Who would've noticed there are fossils in that wall, if it not were for this cache. Ng mihi, TFTC

Was in the city with TheLandGirl to attend a show this afternoon and we also took the opportunity to attend an event being held in the city. After the show, we went to the Auckland Art Gallery for a look around and also took the opportunity to complete this Earthcache. Our answers have been sent to the CO. Thanks for showing us these features, I had never noticed them before!

Popped over to this one after our event. It was nice to meet the CO there. Answers have been sent. TFTC

During our two-month trip through New Zealand and Australia, we travel today from Waitomo to Auckland. Before we leave we visited a glowworm cave in Waitomo.When we arrive at the hotel there is still time to visit the city. We visited this earth cache at the Auckland Art Gallery. We looked for the answers to the questions and took a nice photo.**tramyard**, thanks for the cache.

We are currently on a eight week holiday which is mostly spent in New Zealand and Australia. However, the first three days were spent in Singapore as a nice break from an otherwise long flight. Yesterday we drove from Rotorua to Waitomo. This morning we naturally visited a beautiful glow worm cave. Thereafter we started our drive to Auckland were we will spent the comming night. Not a long drive so we have plenty of time for some sightseeing in Auckland. Lured by this earthcache we also visited the Art Gallery to study the fossils. Found some really nice specimen. The answers have been sent by janvandevis. Thank you very much for this interesting earthcache.

Updated cache page with how to find the right spot (tile) with the main fossil ...

Struggled finding the plaque, think might be behind construction holding. Will send answers soon

Was in town today and made a point to swing past here to look at this interesting cache before heading down to the nearby event, TFTC

During our visit to Auckland and near by the flash mob meeting. TFTC

Since there was a nearby event and this recent EarthCache wasnt too far from accommodation it was pretty easy to make the decision to detour on the way to the event. Some great examples here in the walls and floor of fossils. Good stuff. TFTEC!

After a meeting at UoA I took a detour through the park back to the Civic busstop. This cache made me observe the stone tiles and I learned interesting facts about its materials. Thank you for this amazing cache, FP awarded for an urban earth cacbe

The only thing I know about rock is a joke about Jack Schist so yesterday when I was here caching I decided not to do this one as it was "too hard"Low and behold the activity today the muggle wanted to do was an exhibition inside, that got a he'll no from me, but I did sit here and do the cache after a wander up and down Queen Street to go to the Ghost 'I left for next time'Excuse the pump and hairline, I need an empty plastic bottle for pink tonight and being a thermos drink bottle girlie i needed to aquire one and was wondering how to write my name on it with a biro, I failed

Greetings from Seattle! I traveled down under with jtcoffee to attend the Great Leap Forward Mega-Event in Adelaide on Leap Day. Of course, a trip from Seattle to Australia just wouldn't be complete without a detour through New Zealand ??Per usual, We're squeezing in as many extra activities as we can, including, but not limited to:? Logging our geocache finds in the southern hemisphere ????? Finding Australia's oldest, [GC3E](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3E) at Lane Cove, and the first-ever Earthcache, [GCHFT2](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCHFT2) ??? Enjoying the spectacle of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Sydney ?? Cruising along the scenic Great Ocean Road ??? Completing a challenge that requires finding 31 Earthcaches and 31 Virtuals in 31 days ([GC32TBZ](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC32TBZ) and [GC32TC2](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC32TC2)) ?? ??? Finding the oldest cache placed outside of the US, [GC46](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC46)? Exploring the iconic Lord of the Rings filming locations across New Zealand ??This is our last full day in New Zealand and naturally, we're going to spend it finding all of the caches. I have to admit that I was always pretty focused on getting as many waymarks as possible. Answers for this one were sent in by my personal Earthcache coordinator, Jessie. After logging this one - we went inside and found a bunch of postcards in the museum shop. Win-win. Thanks for placing this one and thus contributing to our epic adventure ??

Hello from Seattle! ?? ??After an amazing trip along the southern coast of Australia heading from Sydney to Adelaide to attend a Mega-Event with my fellow Lackey and best Geobuddy Giacaches, we headed over to New Zealand for a week of caching and adventure - as I often say, we've never been closer, so it made perfect sense to plan for a stop. We have a loop around the North Island on the schedule, and I'm so excited to see all the things there is to see!Today we wrapped up this trip with our last full day in town in Auckland. There were so many things to find here that we just parked and wandered to explore -- and we found some great things! After checking this out, we headed inside to pick up some postcards. Thanks so much for adding this stop to our epic adventure! ??

First visit in New Zealand and I'm lucky to find a new earthcache. The questions could be answered quickly. Thanks to tramyard for setting up these interesting EC, my EC number 300. That's wort a favourite point, here it is. - T4TC!

Interesting cache. TFTC

Very interesting. Thanks for bringing us here.

Found TFTC

Enjoyed a sit in the shade to find the answers which have been sent. CO drawers attention to a very unusual fossil. Tftc

Fossils so cool to find an earth cache about fossils,Headed over from the sky tower where friends were taking a ride up and me just walked a bit overAll answers had been sent to the CO and speedy return answer receipt bedTftEarthCache

Mit 37 Geocachern, aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz, ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland, beginnend mit einem Zwischenstopp in Doha in Katar. So lange und so weit weg von zu Hause war ich noch nie. Eine aufregende Zeit.Beim Geocaching lag der Focus auf viele unterschiedliche Cachetypen, aber auch besondere Wertungen, Challenges und besonders ein paar sehr alte Caches aus den Jahren 2000 und 2001. Aber auch natrlich ganz besonders die Geocaches, die zu Fu vom Hotel aus gut erreichbar waren.Natrlich wurde stand aber nicht nur das Geocaching im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch die Sehenswrdigkeiten der einzelnen Stationen, die wir besuchten, verdienten ihre Aufmerksamkeit.In die Logbcher trugen wir uns mit unserem Teamnamen "Downunder 2024" ein, Logbuchplatz sparend und effizient.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team, das auch sehr viel Spa gemacht hat.Heute stand uns der ganze Tag in Auckland zum Geocachen zur Verfgung.Danke fr diesen Geocache. Danke fr die Ausarbeitung. Danke frs Zeigen.Lieber Gru aus Duisburg / DeutschlandAndyDieser Logeintrag wird mit Hilfe von Google bersetzt.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We set off on a long journey with 37 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand, starting with a stopover in Doha, Qatar. I have never been so long and so far away from home. An exciting time.When geocaching, the focus was on many different cache types, but also special ratings, challenges and especially a few very old caches from the years 2000 and 2001. But also, of course, especially the geocaches that were easily accessible on foot from the hotel.Of course, the focus wasn't just on geocaching; the sights of the individual stations we visited also deserved attention.We entered our team name Downunder 2024 in the logbooks, saving logbook space and efficiently.It was a very special trip in a large team, which was also a lot of fun.Today we had the whole day to geocach in Auckland.Due to the large number of caches, there is usually only one standard log, for which I would like to apologize to the different owners.Thanks for this geocache. Thanks for the elaboration. Thank you for showing me.Kind regards from Duisburg / GermanyAndyThis log entry is translated with the help of Google.

Bei unserer Gruppenreise nach Australien und Neuseeland konnten wir neben den vielen interessanten Eindrcken auf unseren Ausflgen auch viele Caches besuchen. Wir besuchten den Cache im Team DownUnder24.Danke an tramyard fr diesen Cache.

Das groe Abenteuer beginnt. Qatar ?? Australien ?? Neuseeland. Zusammen mit 37 anderen Cachern bereise ich diese Lnder. Wir haben uns den Gruppennamen Downunder 2024 gegeben.Das sind die Teilnehmer:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.Wir haben uns nicht alle im Logbuch verewigt um den Ownern nicht gleich nach unserem Besuch zur Wartung zu rufen. Ab und an habe ich mich auch mal mit meinem Namen persnlich eingetragen. Vielen Dank an tramyard fr diesen Cache, liebe Gre aus Apensen von der webmasterrollerin Silvia ?? ??28. Februar 2024

Unterwegs in Australien und Neuseeland mit der Cachergruppe Downunder24,konnte ich diesen schnen Cache lsen.Danke frs Anlegen und Herfhren!TFTC sagt der WhlhaseDie Cachergruppe Downunder24 hat die Teilnehmer:_gc_, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo,Danke fr die Dose - Thanks for that Cache - Merci pour la Cache - Dzieki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Dky za ke - Aciu u ta talpykla - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - nbellek iin tesekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kasmemoron

Gelst im Team DownUnder24. Danke fr den Cache

Found this cache on a 21-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany and Denmark - At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.One of our Team sends the answers to the owner.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:gc, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-TinaGazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, OllileinOpaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma,Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoTFTC, Team Zyanor

Together with 37 Cachers, we start a journey to Australia and New Zealand via Doha.In Qatar we spent one night and had almost one full day before heading to Sydney.In Australia we visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Cairns. In New Zealand will be Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.To save Logbook space, we signed the logbooks with our team-name "DownUnder24".Our Teammembers are:\_gc_, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoThank you for the Cache.

Visited with Dali87 within our amazing trip around New Zealand. Thanks for nice cache ....................................................................... TB Koumesovo geopivo DDEV7M

After arriving in New Zealand ???? we (Team Downunder24) discovered the island???????by looking for some caches. ??"Fossil my Art in Auckland Gallery" was one of the earthcaches ?? we were interested in. We could find the area and the needed informations too. Interesting location. ?????? We have learned a lot by reading the listing. The mail with our answers were sent from Ollilein to CO. Thanks tramyard and greetings from Germany ???? ??

A group of 38 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland - Team Downunder24 - are traveling for 22 days from Frankfurt/Main via Doha to Australia and New Zealand. I was able to discover many wonderful things and irretrievable experiences are burned into my memory. Today biggidag and I had a whole day free in Auckland. We start at the Skytower in the morning and got a great overview of the city on the water. We then took the Uber to various points around Auckland that were of interest to us. In the early afternoon we treated ourselves to fine food at the harbor and then walked back to our hotel in the city, where another event took place at the end of the day. The answers were sent out to the group Thanks to tramyard for the cache, luring and caring for it - kind regards from Switzerland ????

On my journey through New Zealand with the group (DownUnder24) I passed many beautiful places. It is very impressive. Thank you very much. Greetings from Germany, muschel3

An early start for us Thanks for your earth cache.Greeting for Australia

Last day in NZ starting with an event, before heading into town. Lots of virtuals and earth caches today and a few other ones.TFTC Wilbert67

Auf unserer heutigen Tour durch Auckland, konnten wir einige Caches besuchen mit Virtuellen, Tradis und Mysteries, die dann aus Platzmangel mit Downunder24 beantwortet und geloggt wurden.TFTC sagt keeiner

I am also part of the large tour group (DownUnder2024) from Germany and passed this cache today. We had a great time in Auckland. Thank you for luring and showing, says ollilein The tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo

After a while, it was finally time to visit some caches in distant countries again. This time the destination should be australia and new zealand What an amazing continent. Met some nice people there, saw a lot of interesting spots and also found some geocaches, of course. Signed in with our teamname downunder24. Thanks to the owner for laying and maintaining the cache and many greetings from Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Lenny LoveDanke fr den Cache - Thanks for that Cache- Merci pour la Cache - Dziki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Diky za ke - Ai u t talpykl - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - E cache - - nbellek iin teekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kamemo

Whrend einer kleinen Sightseeingtour durch Auckland haben wir uns hier mit den Fragen zu dem Earthcache beschftigt. Immer wieder interessant. Thank you very much for the cache!

Wir sind eine etwas grssere Geocachergruppe die von Frankfurt ber Doha nach Australien und jetzt in Neuseeland gelandet sind. Da wird heute einiges an Sightseeing gemacht sowie drumrum Caches gertselt, gesucht und geloggt. Dieser hier war ein Teil von unseren Entdeckungen und Erlebnissen. Vielen Dank frs Hegen und Pflegen dieses Caches. Greetings from Germany/Luxembourg

Together with 36 other geocachers, the KiSt team undertook a very long trip to Australia ???? and New Zealand ???? for three weeks. On both the outward and return journeys, there was a stopover in Doha, the capital of Qatar ????.We experienced a great deal on this trip and gained many very different impressions of the two countries, their nature and their culture. Of course, the main focus was on visiting as many caches of as many different types as possible and also all accessible old cans. However, we also made sure to visit many special places of interest and to gain as comprehensive an impression as possible of nature and its flora and fauna.To save the logbooks, we usually signed in with our team name **Downunder24**. For "special" cans, however, we have not missed the opportunity to leave our nickname as well.This beautiful cache is now also one of our finds.Due to the large number of caches visited, it is unfortunately not possible for us to write an individual log for each can, which is why we would like to apologize to the owners for this collective log.We also met other cachers at some of the events and were able to share our experiences. Many thanks to the event owners!Of course we would like to thank all the owners for showing us the great locations, the sometimes tricky puzzles, exciting multis and wherigos, as well as the interesting virtuals and earth caches - TFTC!!!---In der Besetzung KiSt unternahmen wir zusammen mit 36 weiteren Geocachern fr drei Wochen eine sehr weite Reise nach Australien ???? und Neuseeland ????. Auf der An- und Abreise stand dabei jeweils ein Zwischenstopp in Doha an, der Hauptstadt von Qatar ????.Wir haben auf dieser Reise sehr viel erlebt und viele sehr unterschiedliche Eindrcke von den beiden Lndern, deren Natur und deren Kultur mitgenommen. Natrlich lag ein Hauptaugenmerk darauf, mglichst viele Caches mglichst vieler unterschiedlicher Typen und auch alle erreichbaren alten Dosen zu besuchen. Darber haben wir es aber nicht versumt, vielen besonderen Sehenswrdigkeiten einen Besuch abzustatten und uns von der Natur und deren Flora und Fauna einen mglichst umfassenden Eindruck zu verschaffen.Um die Logbcher zu schonen, haben wir uns dort meist mit unserem Teamnamen **Downunder24** eingetragen. Bei "besonderen" Dosen haben wir es uns aber auch nicht nehmen lassen, zustzlich unseren Nicknamen zu hinterlassen.Auch dieser schne Cache zhlt jetzt zu unseren Funden.Aufgrund der groen Anzahl der besuchten Caches ist es uns leider nicht mglich, zu jeder Dose einen individuellen Log zu verfassen, weshalb wir uns bei den Ownern fr diesen Sammellog entschuldigen wollen.Auf einigen Events haben wir auch andere Cacher kennengelernt und konnten unsere Erfahrungen austauschen. Vielen Dank an die Event-Owner!Natrlich wollen wir uns bei allen Ownern fr das Zeigen der tollen Orte, die teils kniffligen Rtsel, spannenden Multis und Wherigos, sowie die interessanten Virtuals und Earthcaches bedanken - TFTC!!

I have traveled with 37 geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The Teammembers are:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.During our stay in Sydney we had also the opportunity to visit some caches. This cache was also among our finds today.Thanks for leading us here and showing and thanks for the cache.

First day in Neuseeland ??. This is my first visit to this extraordinary country and the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream. In the past, it always failed due to the lack of a travel companion. Now I had the chance to join a large group of mainly German geocachers and I was delighted to take it. After a stopover in Qatar and 8 days in Australia, we landed in Auckland late in the evening. Fossils are often a popular topic for earthcaches in cities ??. I have often dealt with such questions and have seen many beautiful fossils. I sent my answers to the owner via Message Center. Thank you for laying & caring .Erster Tag in Neuseeland ??. Fr mich ist es der erste Besuch dieses auergewhnlichen Landes und die Erfllung eines lang gehegten Traums. Es scheiterte in der Vergangenheit immer an einem fehlenden Reisebegleiter. Jetzt gab es die Chance mich einer groen Gruppe von berwiegend deutschen Geocachern anzuschlieen und ich ergriff sie mit Freuden. Nach einem Stop over in Katar und 8 Tagen in Australien landeten wir spt abends in Auckland. Heute war unser Tag gleich vollgestopft mit vielen Orten, die wir sehen und Caches, die wir unbedingt machen wollten.Fossilien sind bei Earthcaches in Stdten oft ein beliebtes Thema ??. Ich habe mich schon fter mit solchen Fragen auseinander gesetzt und dabei viele schne Versteinerungen gesehen. Meine Antworten habe ich per Message Center an den Owner verschickt. Danke fr das Legen & Pflegen .

We were headed over for a walk in the Domain park after arriving from the airport and passed by this EC. A nice area for fossil hunting. Thanks for the fun cache. Answers sent.

Here with Jag 50 and she has sent in the answers on our behalf.Interesting fossils.Thanks Ark .

Found while exploring nearby areas. TFTC! Greetings from Estonia!

TFTC! Greetings from Estonia!

Loved My visit to this gallery and great to find an earth cache here too. TFTC.

We caught the bus into town to find the newish caches with Net61 and Supernannny. As we approached the art gallery we walked behind an Asian group who had just exited their bus. Some of them were heading towards the art gallery. It turned out this wasnt the way they were supposed to go and so they all had to backtrack. Once at the art gallery we soon started to spot the fossils. Thanks Tramyard for showing us these as they could easily be overlooked. Answers have been sent to the CO. Thanks for the city earthcache

Had an hour or so to burn and hadn't been to the Art Gallery. Not much of an art enthusiast, but do like the geology of these buildings - in Sydney we have a lot of Hawksbury Sandstone which isn't so conducive to fossilisation, but is very impressive nonetheless.Actual art museum, while not huge, was free to visit and had a number of nice exhibitions. Well worthwhile. Answers Sent, pics attached.Thanks for the Earthcache

Visited GZ today & submitted answers to CO. Would have never looked at these tiles so thanks for bringing me here. [TFTEC]

Greetings from the UKThanks for pointing out these fossils, very interesting. Answers have been sent, TFTE.

I've been back in NZ for 6 days now and hadn't found a cache yet, and I've wanted to do this one since it came out, and I also wanted to catch the WX1 to work today instead of the 11, so I combined all of those things this morning and walked to this cache on the way to the bus stop. For all the times I've visited the art gallery, I had never noticed the fossils! So it was great to see them today and figure out what they might be and how they formed. It was also cool to have an Earthcache that isn't based on volcanoes like so many of the other ones in Auckland are. That just made this one even more interesting!I've sent my answers to the CO and attached a photo.Thanks for setting this up (#2130)

Love an earth Geocache. Thanks for bringing me out here. I love anything with a fossil in it. Poked around outside and now Im going to go in the art museum and take a look. Trying to stay awake on my first day in New Zealand. Auckland is very interesting. It is making my life very easy. Thank you.

### New Zealand 2024 ###On our 1 week tour North New Zealand tour we visited many caches in Auckland, Habbiton, Taupo, Huka Falls, Piha and Mount Eden.We had a lot of great experiences along the way and had a lot of fun searching for the caches.Thanks to all the owners for the great caches Team sissifalke

3 weeks (adventure) vacation in New Zealand ???????? for dschinny and me. We are very excited about what awaits us, what we will experience and simply are looking forward to a wonderful time together in this beautiful country ??We will spend 1.5 weeks on the North Island and the rest of the time on the South Island. Today we arrived in Auckland by plane in the morning. To be honest, we are a bit tired and exhausted, but of course we won't let that stop us from discovering as much of Auckland as possible today. The best way to do this is with the help of geocaching, which mostly takes you to places that are not always tourist-like.We really liked Auckland, it is a very beautiful city that is definitely worth a visit. I hope we can come back one day with a little more time and have a longer stay here. As we only spent 24 hours here, we took a long walk and found many caches. Our main focus was on the VirtualCaches "hidden" here as well as on EarthCaches, which usually show interesting and special places - like this cache. We hadnt had the time to visit the Auckland Gallery, but we made a stop for this Earthcache.Of course I will add the required photo to the log, our answers has been sent via MessageCenter to CO.Thanks a lot for this cache and many greetings from two German GC-crazy New Zealand vacationers ???? zh9 ??

Great little urban geology cache. Now to visit the gallery. TFTEC.

Good excuse to visit the gallery TFTC

The rain came flooding down and we sought refuge in the art gallery. We have sent the answers to the ECO. Photo attached

Dear Owner, please excuse the one-size-fits-all log, but we will try to summarize our experiences in a few words, which is almost impossible in this beautiful country.Our route took us from Frankfurt am Main via London and Hong Kong to Auckland, where we spent 3 wonderful weeks on the North Island of New Zealand. After spending the first two days at the other end of the world in Auckland to get used to the 12-hour time difference, we spent the rest of the time criss-crossing the island in our fantastic camper van. The nature and landscape here is simply uniquely beautiful. We drove a good 2500km, saw beautiful, lonely beaches, visited impressive waterfalls, were at the foot of a volcano, visited ancient trees and enjoyed the wonderful views of nature again and again. Of course, we also searched for, found and logged a few geocaches along the way, looked at geolgical features and tried to complete the owner's tasks. For us, it was an all-round perfect vacation that we will remember for a very long time and we will certainly come back here again if we can.Thanks to the owner and best wishes from Germany Fantalismus