Spa Time 1 - Wai Ariki Ōhinemutu, North Island, New Zealand
By kre8ive on 21-Jan-24. Waypoint GCAJPGR

Day thirty seven of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.Traveled between Napier and Rotorua, stopping in at Taupo for the Craters of the Moon, Huka Falls, lunch. and a Sailing trip.Nice hint! and a very nicely made cache.No Spa treatments for us tonight.Thanks, Robmc.

Nice Cache had to wait for some near by muggles to leave and then were able to investigate

Day 37 of our Enzed adventures with Robmc and today we left Napier and headed to Rotarua via a sailing ship on Lake TaupoAfter settling in to our cabin we went out to eat at EatStreat and we had enough light to look for a couple before we headed back. Nice hide - love your workThanks for contributing to an amazing holiday

During our cache tour in Rotorua we also passed here and were able to track down and log the super camouflaged cache. In: FP TFTC

Very cool! Thank you!

Out caching with TL. TFTC!

Great camo!Out with Nildran enjoying the dayTFTC

great cammo!3.World travelers adventure log.Out and about exploring the world with Nildran on this epic adventure!Thanks for adding to our memories and letting us explore your favorite spots all over the world!It continues to be a wild ride!TFTC SLIf you find yourself at a local pub during trivia night, and the category is:'States shaped like a Mitten'here is some information that may help you win that round:Michigan Trivia #3-The city of Novi was named from its designation as Stagecoach Stop # 6 or No.VI.-MI is the Two-letter or Postal Abbreviation and Mich. is the Traditional or Standard Abbreviation for the State of Michigan.-Michigan State University has the largest single campus student body of any Michigan university. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the state and one of the largest universities in the country.-Michigan State University was founded in 1855 as the nations first land-grant university and served as the prototype for 69 land-grant institutions later established under the Morrill Act of 1862. It was the first institution of higher learning in the nation to teach scientific agriculture.-Gerald R. Ford grew up in Grand Rapids and became the 38th president of the United States He attended the University of Michigan where he was a football star. He served on a World War II aircraft carrier and afterward represented Michigan in Congress for 24 years. He was also was an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Boy Scouts.-The Kellogg Company has made Battle Creek the Cereal Capital of the World. The Kellogg brothers accidentally discovered the process for producing flaked cereal products and sparked the beginning of the dry cereal industry.-Michigan quarter was issued on January 26, 2004.-Vernors ginger ale was created in Detroit and became the first soda pop made in the United States. In 1862, pharmacist James Vernor was trying to create a new beverage when he was called away to serve our country in the Civil War. When he returned, 4 years later, the drink he had stored in an oak case had acquired a delicious gingery flavor.-The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in America to feature cageless, open-exhibits that allowed the animals more freedom to roam.-Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office. The J.W. Westcott II is the only boat in the world that delivers mail to ships while they are still underway. They have been operating for 125 years.

Found after look everywhere

Great hide! Visiting Rotorua for the second time and this was right outside our accommodation! My pen gave out so I had to take a photo. Tftc.

Armed with jandals and a chilly bin, a couple of Aussies headed across the ditch for a 3-week tiki tour, exploring the beauty of New Zealand.DAY 3: Auckland to Rotorua via Hamilton.After checking in to our accommodation, we set off to explore the area. This was our first physical cache in the BOP area. A nice quick find.Thanks for showing us this special place by placing this cache, Kiwi_Does_Stuff tn koe~~

Coordinates changed from:S 38 7.965 E 176 15.338Coordinates changed to:S 38 7.962 E 176 15.342Distance from original: 26.5 feet or 8.1 meters.Tweaked Coordinates to better suit garden development

Appears this is now experiencing a minor amount of water ingress, have dried it out and have a plan to improve water tightness.Have replaced full log sheet. The garden around here is starting to develop, please step with care.

Awesome hide had to think out of the box for this TFTC

Super hide, lovely setting, tftc

Log is really wet

Found with doggydoo12! Amazing hide - well blended in!

Clever!!! Found with pdnz

Mr b was straight onto this one. A super quick find, very cool camo. Lucky all quiet in the area. A fav for the effort and great camo.Thank you kre8ive for placing this cache.Log signed as B&PFind number 5270

Having arrived in Rotorua for an overnight visit, we made a beeline for here to pick up a cache for today. It didn't take too long for matagouri to spot something suspicious. Thanks for setting this up

Rattll and I arrived in Rotorua late in the afternoon, so had GZ to ourselves. Parked next to GZ to mask our search. It still took a few minutes of hunting before I noticed something odd. Closer investigation proved it to be the cache. A little wet inside, but w/p paper fine. Signed, and returned as found. Tftc!

Together with Birba68 we found mit after a walk through the City. Thank you!

Came to the park as we were transfixed by the steam and wanted to see some geothermal activity. Stayed for the caches. Thanks for placing these ones TFTC

Tftc. Easy find

Very nicely done. Quick retrieval on a blustery Sunday. TFTC

Nice and easy cache to find, creative cache container. TFTC

What a beautiful sunny winter day and an awesome little hide. Thank you

Semi izi

Kids and I grabbed Bubble teas and bubble waffles nearby after playing on park and thought it would be nice to try our luck as there were no hints. Master Ten was first on the scene and was quickly found before I approached driveway. TFTC

Amazing

we tried our best but on the other side did not want to walk over the new plants, I am sure that would not give any good impression ... so haben up in the end Polynesian spa is still our fav pool

Nifty little find today thanks heaps

TFTC!

A novel hide which took a we while to locate only because the GPS x 2 had me 9 plus meters away...easy find in the end as my trade is along these lines...replaced as foundthanks for the cache kre8ive the cache is on good condition

We arrived to a nestly empty carpark, except for a motor home parked almost at gz. We circled around but moved out to the road where our gz led us. A water pipe attachment gained our attention for a moment, but it seemed real . The motorhome left, so we circled around again. And then the aha momen. A nice innovative, cache. Thanks for the placement, Kre8tive.

Had plenty of time to spare due to the jam of traffic all trying to leave at once following the drone show tonight for Matariki. Great I thought, will look for any nearby caches to fill in some time. Saw this one only 80m away and read the hint, then the phone died. Ok, I will try and do this as best I can without the phone, just using my geocaching nose. And it worked! Cache in hand in record time. Worth a shared favourite for the COs innovation and the success of my nose (so to speak). TFTC

Love your work! Next time I am in town, I will head straight to your caches. Tftc

Awesome cache, really cool spot! No pen today, so I'm taking a photolog!! TFTC!!

My photolog

Found

Found before heading into the pools.In New Zealand for a couple of weeks catching up with sandyoftheseas family. Finding a few caches along the way.Kiwi_Does_Stuff, I found Spa Time 1 - Wai Ariki today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Over in Rotorua for the day with friends - quick find, TFTC

It was fun!

Quick find by buzzybb. Container blends in well.

Really cool well disguised cache here. Didnt take too long to find. Worth a favourite. Tftc

Had us puzzled for a while then after rereading one if the previous logs it all became clear. Great cammo, TFTC Greetings from South Australia

"Kua kitea! Thank you! "

Had a quick look yesterday but no luck. Today the brain was engaged and it was a quick find! All good at GZ and TFTC. Greetings from Wellington. Gets a favorite from me.

Clever camo. Thanks for adding a smiley to my day.

On a whirlwind visit with karen rinora to this beautiful country. Of course we had to collect some smilies along the way! Thats a very impressive looking spa! Great cache container!

Fivegk and I took a day trip from Auckland to Rotorua today, during our visit from Canada. Very creative container..fav point from me!

Beautiful location

Very smart hiding and hint!I had to come back 3 times Visiting from California

Cool find

Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---This cache was easily found and the logbook was signed.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Everything was in good condittion.Great hide. Deserves +1 FPThank 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 / Aciu / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / ???????? / ?????? / ?? / Tak / Kiitos / e??a??st?e? / ???? / ???????? / Ksznet / Grazie / ?? / ?? / Whakawhetai / ??????? / Dzieki / Obrigado / Mul?umiri / C?????? / Hvala / Dky / Tesekkrler / Ngiyabon??? / ?????? / ?? / Tak / Kiitos / e??a??st?e? / ???? / ???????? / Ksznet / Grazie / ?? / ?? / Whakawhetai / ??????? / Dzieki / Obrigado / Mul?umiri / C?????? / Hvala / Dky / Tesekkrler / Ngiyabon

We found it! Took some perseverance but glad we did

A fun and clever one on our Rotorua trip this ahiahi!

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Found by the RainbowSquad! After reading the hint, I knew what to look for. After a minute we had the cache in hand. We too are traveling here from Wisconsin. Cheers!

TFTC

Found it while on vacation from WI USA. What a beautiful day. TFTC

. A day in Rotorua with McJandals collecting new caches. Absolutely loved this one - it took a little time to tackle a possible hide. TFTC

What to do on a Sunday. Come caching. A plan was hatched with nz flossy to come and clear some if the new caches as we havent been over here for a while. Many thanks to the COs for the placements. Going to run out of FPS at this rate.

Tricky little find. Great hint, had to re-read and rethink the hint . Tftc

Amazing Camo. Read the hint again and realized. TFTC

Arrived here this afternoon on Day 1 of our 10 day tour with Glenbrook Vintage Railway, had some free time after we arrived, so set off to find a few caches, this had me baffled for a couple of minutes, was looking at it and read clue again, and the light literally switched on, bingo then had it in hand, nicely made cache, gets a favourite from me, TFTC.

TFTCCute adventure with some friends. The hint is more useful than folks are reading it as

Neat little spot,Our group was shocked at this clever little hideTFTC!

Quick trip out with RRex & FallenRedNinja whilst they were both in town.Lunch at BTW then down to find the cache. First time Ive seen one like this in the wild. Very nice cache

Walked over from the hotel - nicely crafted cache, the ITFTC

#801Work spata, not harder! Walked around GZ a few times before spotting something a little out of place. Cool hide

Almost had us stumped...then noticed something a wee bit off. Very good Camo...fav point from me

Yayayayay

Took us awhile but found it

Noch ein kurzer Abstecher zum See, bevor die Reise mit SeamanPopeye weiter geht. TftC

Zusammen mit RapanteRapante noch einen schnellen Abstecher zum See gemacht und diesen Kleinen mitgenommen, bevor unsere Reise nach Aukland weiterging.Tftc

Took a while. Clever hide. Hidden in plain sight. TFTC

Found, signed and returned. Good hide. TYFTF

Nice hide! Well done. Probably our last cache in Rotorua enjoyed the visit. TFTC

Got to GZ and there were only so many possible hiding spots and then geosense kicked in. Weve seen this type of hide before but still will give it a fave point. Enjoyed a few days in Rotorua and now on to Auckland (via Waitomo). Hello from Chicago. TFTC!

Sneaky and almost beat me. Got it in the end though. Nicely hidden. Tftc

Figured Id get around to logging this one finally!

Wow!... very clever.Gets a big fav from meTfTC

Cool pour le Festival Walking Rotorua

We made a small detour here, but were too impatient when searching (and thus not finding).Wir haben einen kleinen Umweg hierher gemacht, waren aber beim Suchen (und damit Nicht finden) zu ungeduldig.

Day 9 Lake Taup to Rotorua, New Zealand. The drive Lake Taup had some amazing locations to do over and cache.This is my first cache in Rotorua. One that took sometime to locate, even after Id searched the area once already.Log signed and replaced as found.Thanks for the traditional cache Kre8ive #7,874

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

TFTC! Greetings from Estonia!

Ha. Hinti hint. Tyftc

TFTC! Nice hiding place!

We are on a trip in New Zealand. A wonderful country with a lot of (old )caches. There are too many caches so we limit ourselves to the (old) gems or where we happen to make a stop. We found and signed this cache in good condition. Sneaky hide kre8ive, thank you for this cache, regards xizat-NL. Take care, this hobby can develop to an addiction.

Good camo tftc

Nice cache TFTC. Have a fp

**#20,716**The lucky 4th required cache for our Leap Day souvineer, lucky for us the last time we went for this one they had the grand opening market day in the carpark so were unable to attempt the find, this in turn left it available for us to find tonight.Nicely constructed hide, there may be a small piece missing as had to sort of wedge it a bit to allow it to stay in place, may want to have a look.

Along with Mr Geckoh, I found this cache after the Meet and Greet event . Great looking facility here. A very clever hide and thankfully no-one around at this time of night. Thanks for your help in logging this cache - hopefully now I will receive the Leap Day souvenir! TFTC

Found it with ciela. TftC

Gevonden samen met Bald Eagle op onze trip door Nieuw Zeeland op 28 feb. 2024 12:48. Dank je wel kre8ive voor deze cache. Groetjes van mij 1605 uit Eindhoven

Found on a morning walk. A fave point for this one.Thanks kre8ive

A short visit in Rotorua and a very well crafted and hidden cache!TFTC #3053

Nice sneaky little hide. Luckily, I have seen this type of hiding place before. thank you for hiding that here