Off Track: Ngauranga (Level 1) Ngauranga, North Island, New Zealand
By Skyuni123 on 09-Apr-24. Waypoint GCAP2PX

Ah, remniscent of another good series. Nice to se it come back. YetiNZ, TwigNZ and I were in the vicinity chasing down a new cache. Once we found that we stopped by here as it turned out Twig had parked his car nearby. Many thanks for the find on this rather cool, southerly wind, night.

Out and about this evening with the Seagnoid, and we both realised that neither of us had found this cache previously so stopped here to grab it.Quite an exposed location for a cache, but perhaps less exposed at night (fewer cars). No problems making the find, signing the log, and replacing as found.Thanks for setting this one up.

#15,382. Enjoyed solving this puzzle based in Ngauranga, Wellington. Park, walk and grab at the final GZ, which was fortunately all quiet at the time of our visit. Relatively quick find. The cache was in good condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.Favorite point added for the puzzle.*Thanks for the puzzle and geocache placement, and for bringing us to this site, and **.T h a n k s. .f o r. .t h e. .c a c h e.**.M a u r u u r u. .k o e. .n u i. .a t u. .h o k i. .t e. .k e t e r o k i.*---### LET US HAVE A BLOCK PARTY!!! ###On **May 3rd, 2025**, we will be celebrating 25 years of geocaching in **Rotorua, New Zealand** with a special **Block Party** event. Join us to celebrate 25 years of this amazing game, and that the very first geocache hidden outside of the United States, 25 years ago, was hidden here in New Zealand.You do not want to miss this event, so check out the ["25 Years of Geocaching NZ! (GCAKR25)" event page]( https://coord.info/GCAKR25) and [event website](http://25years.geocache.nz) for more details, join the [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/924894455969387) group, and sign up to the [email list](http://25years.geocache.nz?p=4) to get updates...If you intend to come, please make sure you get your ["Will Attend" log]( https://www.geocaching.com/live/geocache/GCAKR25/log) onto the page as soon as you can in order to assist with planning the first ever Block Party in New Zealand.**Happy caching and we will see you in 2025!**---

I had some business in the area, so detoured slightly to pick this one up while I was nearby, Luckily it was a very quick find, but certainly does require some careful timing to avoid an audience. Thanks for the great puzzle series.

Spotted from walkway on way back home. Thanks for the quick puzzle and find.

29 May 2024 19:14 TFTC Skyuni123 for placing this cache, number 14373 for me. Glad of a QEF, as it's getting cold!

I've found 1 (or 2?) caches at this spot before so knew what I was in for. I came along in the early evening with the dark to hide me and low traffic. A bit smelly - it smelled like a stock truck had recently dropped a load at the effluent dump site. Thankfully a nice quick find in the first place I looked. This ticks off a mystery dot day, a small dot day, and a North Island dot day so TFTC.

Quick solve; and quick find in a familiar unpleasant spot on the way home today. Then waited for a green traffic light to release the muggle cars before rehiding. Container was trying to roll away so added a stone. Thanks Skyuni123

(9746) Out early this morning to get some caches. Very windy but no rain. No problem in finding the cache. Being so early meant there were no muggle problems.Thanks Skyuni123 for taking the time to place this and for bringing me here.

Sure tried to make it complicated. Thanks for the hint Rob. Thanks for the series

Catching up on a few caches published in the last month while I was away.When I first looked at this series I thought I knew how to solve the puzzles but the first thought was the wrong approach. However it didn't take long at all to realise how it should be done, and then a quick set of solutions for all of them. Called here this morning, the GPSr was jumping all over the place so I had to try a few different spots before I found it. Signed log, TFTC

It has been a busy few weeks for me, and as a result I have not been able to keep up with finding all of the new geocaches that have popped up around town recently, until tonight. I had a free night and the weather was good, so off I went to do what turned out to be kinda a loop drive of Wellington. I had nine geocaches on my list and I found seven of them, which means I sadly have to log a DNF for two of them. This cache was one I found.I had no problem figuring out how to calculate the coordinates required here, and as I work very close by I was familiar with exactly where I would need to go. I also knew, as others had observed, how both busy and unpleasant the area is. I chose my time to visit carefully to help avoid being observed, and the cache was found safe and well without any trouble.---Thanks to Skyuni123 for placing and maintaining this cache. I enjoy each and every cache I find, and it is only with Geocachers like this creating them and placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues.[DGSc-Bulk] tagging to help me generate a list for GC30AD8 - DGSc Challenge.

Solve once light had dawned on the key to the Wellington one and this one, it took me longer than it should have!At first the GPS tried to entice me to the wrong side of the road to a more awkward spot which was in direr need of CITO than the correct spot, but it soon settled down to the area I expected and which I was familiar with from previous now archived caches.A quick find, the cache was fully exposed and a little higher than suggested in the first word of the hint. Hopefully I returned it correctly, still not much cover but a little better.

From past experience at this location there is only one time I would want to come and find this. And it happens to be that time right now as I make my way home from more southern locations. It's Sunday night and the traffic is low and, most importantly, not queueing. I leaned heavily on the hint to get me in and out as quickly as possible and thankfully I put my hand straight on the cache in the first place I looked. Phew. I went for a short walk with the cache find some light and not stand around suspiciously at GZ. These high exposure caches are not really my thing so I'm glad to have found all the ones I search for without too much drama after all. TFTC.

I was heading in roughly this direction and was glad that there was a specific spot that enabled me to access GZ from that way easily. Found the cache, but it's really quite grotty - could do with a CITO (which coincidentally was the location of the first CITO I attended, way back in 2014 - almost ten years to the day!). In any case the cache was a quick find. All good here, and TFTC.

Absolutely true that from bruzie - I didn't have the goods when I placed this cache but if you're coming to log it, defs would love if you could CITO some trash on the way out! I'll be out there with my own supplies when I'm back in the area.

Published

**taybee** is caching again with **taybee nz** Quick {FTF} find here tonight All in good order, sign log book as **taybee (** *joint sign* **TB's** or **taybee / nz )** TFTC Cache was found at **10/04/2024 @ 20:17:05**

[FTF] @ 2017 with Taybee. While I was relaxing at home laughing my backside off with friends doing some Kings Fall Triumph runs I saw the notifications for 2 new puzzles come through and after seeing what was needed I had a inkling of what turned out to be true (knowing about the matter and having multiple friends deal with this stuff helps me remember too) I quickly solved the puzzle told told the raiding group I had to leave for 30mins and got dad and out the door we went. A nice quick find at GZ. TFTC

Tried out a couple of ideas last night. Nah. Thought of something else while having breakfast this morning. Bingo. Found while on my travels this afternoon. TFTC