Trees of Cornwall Park (Gadget Cache Auckland) One Tree Hill, North Island, New Zealand
By cornwallparknz on 11-Jun-24. Waypoint GCARTYB

Found during today's walk around Cornwall Park. Really great cache. Nailed it on the first attempt. Thanks

Tftc

Having been on my feet for a large chunk of the day, i nearly didn't attempt this as it only had 22 faves. Then, I realized that they were only since June. Made the easy find, easy google searches and opened it in record time (probably not though).Love the construction, obviously out of wood, too.

Without doubt my absolute favourite cache I have done since beginning this activity. What a surprise to see what was inside! Thanks so much for all the effort you have put into this amazing cache!

After my newly found padlock technology lesson this was a doddle. Such a fun cache, thanks everyone.

Really cool, fun, and interesting cache! We loved the inside especially, very cute! A favourite for sure. #TFTC #112

A photo of 3 visitors from Texas and rustynz who she had arranged to meet up at 10am this morning.

Needs a small Phillips georick to tighten the exterior screws, would have done it but no tools with me at the moment.

thanks this was good

We headed into Cornwall Park bright and early this morning to make some adjustments to the Adventure Lab we have here. Once that was sorted we headed over to the Cornwall Park cafe for a yummy breakfast which we enjoyed as the sun shone down and the birds sang from the trees.We noticed this newish cache wasn't too far away and were very keen to look for it, especially after reading the description. It's always nice to find a gadget cache and we love the bird themed one that is also hidden in the park.We headed over to GZ and soon spotted the awesome cache. There was a family having a picnic nearby but not too close to get in the way of our mission.We had a look at the information at GZ, worked out what we needed to do and soon had what we needed to access the logbook.What a fun puzzle and such a great reward inside, very nicely done.We signed the logbook and returned everything to the state we found it before heading off to explore more of the park.Thanks cornwallparknz for an excellent gadget cache. A favourite point from us.

Found the cache, nice easy one to start the day. Lots of muggles watching though. So be fastLots of creativity when designing this

Amazing. We loved this cache. My girls really wanted to take something inside but instead we left it all intact and placed a little treasure for others to find and keep. Nga mihi

So cute!!! Ty4tc

Live the cache it was really tricky mum got it while we were playing with our frisbe.

Kids Loved it!

Awesome

Very fun find! Tftc

found it

I love trees!

Lovely park, amazing cache, thank you all for installing this cache

That was fun.. hopefully Cornwall Park will put more caches in thus wonderful park FP.

Such a cute find!

Cool concept for this cache thanks to Google images getting me over the line. Nice welcome from the guarding family.Forgot to bring my current trackable, will drop it off on my next visit

I met up with Avoyager for a walk and to do this cache. Thankfully she had done her homeworks as she had the numbers required before Id even finished reading the cache page! Another beautifully crafted cache so FP from me

Really enjoyed doing this cache. Decoded the code in no time & then the final stage was conquered. Enjoyed the inside as well. [TFTC]

We arrived early for the Home Show so decided to come over to this cache in advance to burn up some time. What a good looking cache. Soon had the idea of what to do but the initial attempt was a fail as we got one of the trees wrong. A quick google and we resolved the error and we were in. Fav point from us as this cache had quite a bit of effort put in.

Great cache. Thanks for the learning about trees. Caching with AducksN and family

Great Cache. Nice to learn about NZ native trees

Matagouri is spending a couple of days in Auckland doing work 'stuff', so I've tagged along for a bit of a caching adventure. I was dropped off at Cornwell Park to begin my day, which was nearly 8 hrs of wandering around Auckland. I'm not sure how many k's I covered, but it was a lot!!!This was a great cache to start my day with. I got one wrong on my first attempt but soon realized what to change and bingo, I was in.Thanks for setting up this great cache.

Tftc, lovely weather for it.

Definitely enjoyed finding it! TFTCFind #66 for me

Cool cache, a Father's Day picnic

Classic picnic

I had no part in this cache!

Very cute cache thanks so much for the creativity and hard work! After a bit of fumbling with the lock I managed to open it.

This one is AwesomeFavorite for the day in AucklandAlso our Last one up here as its now raining to hardThanks keep up the great work

This one is Awesome GorbyA lot of work in this cacheThanks

Up with ABCDF4 and eyespyben again. A wet day but spent time grabbing caches before we were too wet and headed back to the Waikato. Came here thinking cache may offer shelter to have lunch before heading home. The only shelter was the umbrellas we were holding. I knew 3 of the trees so it turned out to be an easy solve. Signed it and we were on our way. Thank you for the placement.

This has got to be one of the most genius and creative caches i have experineced , deserves favourite point from us

This morning I went to my 7th parkrun and my first one at Cornwall Park. My official finish time was 30:45 which made me very happy since I've been aiming for sub-31 It was such a beautiful (if chilly) morning, so it was no trouble to go walk through the park afterwards to find this cache. I found the similar Birds one a while ago and have used it as an introduction for a few new cachers so I was expecting Trees to be just as good. I wasn't disappointed. It was easy to find and solve, a wonderful design that fits in so well with its surroundings, and a nicely presented interior that made me happy all over again.No TBs in residence; NINO since I hadn't brought any with me.TFTC (#2370)

I had arranged to meet kiwicouple here today to start our days caching. Lots of dog walkers about and as it was early there was plenty of parking. Soon spotted what we wanted and could identify the trees required with no problem. Put the numbers in but couldn't get it to open, double checked we were right, and we were, Mr KC then figured out something about pushing it in before you could open it. Anyway, once we had gained entry we were suitably impressed with the scene that lay before us and the nicely crafted cache. Signed the log and replaced all as found and ensured the lock was reset. Lovely cache and what we would expect with Georick involved. Many thanks for creating this.

Such a cute find! Thanks!

Bapgirl and I were out and about getting new caches earlier this afternoon, and as we hit 999 finds, I knew I needed to find something special for my 1000th. Given that the sibling to this cache is one of my favourites of all time, I figured that we would probably be in for something equally special here, and we were not disappointed. Getting to GZ was a slippery affair, given the current ground conditions, but we did manage to make it down and back up the hill without falling over, which was an absolute win. Once at GZ, I was able to identify one of the four requirements by eyeball, and after a bit of research, we made a successful first attempt at the puzzle. Another wonderful hide, thank you so much for all of the work that goes into these, and I couldn't think of a better hide for my 1000th find. FP added, TFTC!

This was our last full day in Auckland & I went out to the airport to pick up our hire car ready to begin our tour of North Island tomorrow. This also allowed me to visit some caches that had on my list but trickier to get to.After parking up in Cornwall Park, this was my next stop as it sounded interesting. The cache was easily spotted on approach & then the fun & games began. If this had been UK trees, I would have found it very straightforward. But as a visitor to these shores it was much tougher. However, *Google* was my friend & I managed to work out the combination, although the padlock didn't seem to want to open. I tried a couple of alternatives but still didn't have any joy, so was at a bit of a loss.I double checked my answers & was sure that I had the right numbers. So I fiddled with the padlock & found that I needed to encourage it to open by giving it a little bounce! I've not come across this type before, but it has come in handy since! So I was very pleased to sign in here after a little longer than had been necessary. I picked up the trackable to move on before replacing everything carefully.Found at 12:21Cache #10401TFTC cornwallparknz

Gorgeous little cache here with just the right amount of puzzling. We loved it so a fp from us. Tftc.

Awesome cache. Love this. TFTC.

found with Flossieteacake. this was a really fun cache to find and i enjoyed looking at the trees and the inside of the cache was really cute. TFTC

GeohoundandI is heading back to Dunedin tomorrow and Daddypig's Assistant is going with her for a week, so they decided that regardless of the weather we should have a family picnic today. GeohoundandI knew all of the trees so she got the padlock open. The door was jammed by the TB which had escaped from its box so we used Daddypig's keys to shove it back to get the door open. Their picnic looked a bit more civilised than our crisp butties in the car!Took the TB with us.

What a nice new gadget cache with a nice easy puzzle. Came here because it's the new cache in the park and I'm celebrating milestone #300 and streak #100 days.TFTC.

Hahaha. We missed one important point which made us go bonkers. We certainly laughed at ourselves one we read the description properly. TFTC

Dot day today, this one seemed fitting to do, m26 and m15 ran over to this puzzle cache, solved it quickly and signed the log. Fp given for the creativity. Log all good and signed here. TFTC.

Had a good day, took my e-bike along on the trains from out west to Greenlane then a short ride to here, Cornwall Park. It was a gorgeous day for it and once at GZ I was greeted by a very cool cache! I have yet to find out who did what here. I know I didn't do the building work here this time round. I too had to do some googling, I only recognised 2 of the 4 items. But got there on my 2nd attempt. Wow, what I saw inside was as cool as the artwork, can't say anymore than that. Took several photos for posterity. Well Georick, that is very cool and a def FP from me. I hope this stays here for a very long time and look forward to seeing other logs.

Met up with Supernanny and after running a few errands, we made our way to the park.Loved this beautiful cache.Needed to know my trees a bit more but got there in the end. Thanks. Fav point

Was out and about today with Net61, as we both had some errands to do in Ponsonby .We then remembered there was a new Gadget Cache in Cornwall Park we had heard good things about....so diverted here before heading home.Wow, how beautiful the outer box is .... and after working out the numbers, we were rewarded by another unexpected and truly amazing sight !.Many thanks, GeoRick.....obviously a Favourite Point!Highly recommend!

Out to collect a cache for the winter solstice souvenir. This cache popped up, and as it was close to home I went out for a drive. There was plenty of parking on a weekday afternoon close to GZ. It was easily spotted as I surveyed the area from the carpark and with help from google soon retrieved the logbook. I was greeted with an amazing site when i opened to cache. Thanks for placing this well constructed cache cornwallparknz, a fav from me.

JAG was in the area today and wanted to pick up a cache to earn the Solstice souvenir. This newly published cache sounded intriguing, and so was a perfect target for today.Being midweek there was plenty of parking available in Cornwall Park today, and it was just a short stroll to gz where the cache was spotted on approach. WOW - what an amazingly constructed cache! Jag soon worked out what was required here (and pleased to say NO googling was required) and opened it up to find the secrets within. Unfortunately there were no TBs to collect today, and we had none to drop off.Thanks for this treemendous cache which gets an easy favourite point from us

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When I saw this had been published, I was getting ready to watch England vs Serbia in the Euro 2024 football tournament. Then I neede to take Micro McArgister to school. And then start work. Luckily though I was working from home today, so at lunchtime I popped out here to investigate. The fantastically constructed cache container was spotted on approach and after a brief bit of Google research I had gained access to the wonders within. A blank log and a shiny prize for my efforts (thank you for that!) plus a bonus surprise! Another high quality cache in this high quality park, well deserving of a fav point from me! Thanks to you and @GeoRick for this treemendous cache!By the way, England laboured to a 1-0 vs Serbia, but its definitely coming home! (FTF) #373