The Stumping Of I'Anson (Bay of Plenty) Te Puna, North Island, New Zealand
By TgaWookie on 15-Nov-03. Waypoint GCH7K8

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Anything happening here? It's been disabled for months.

I will endeavour to check on this asap

Is this one going to be sorted?

Still decided to take a look and enjoy the nice walk but no cache as expected.

This waypoint is almost on my back door step and didn't know that the park exsisted What a gr8 little park for those that are interested in knowing about our NZ native trees. Got the right co-ordinates hunted around as the code said. but no luck. Evidence of others that have also been hunting.

No joy here - should have checked logs before.

My son and I tried to find this morning with no luck. Little track made from past finds obviously, but looked under and around all the little trees with no luck although there was a spot that looked like it had something stashed there not long ago.

Tried to find this during a quick trip to Tauranga for function at the Lodge next door. Looked at the base of at lease a dozen small trees, but no luck.

We know we were in the right area but didn't have any luck...we're going to head back again this week.

My/our very first attempt at Geocaching. 7 year old was so proud to have found it-and he thinks swapping the keyring we brought for the ball was a brilliant trade!!! There is a bit of a 'track' for the last 4 metres to the cache from the landmark, which made it nice and easy for a learner.

TFTC ... a very nice walk, and we did hear some Tuis in the trees. Just lovely. Thank you!

Easy to find with the clue.

Very nice walk, TFTC!
OUT:GC

Lovely walk on the easy path to an excellent cache. This was a lovely break on the trip to Auckland so many thanks for this one. Never knew the park was there!! Sun was shining and below the wind so it was very peaceful. + TB + Jandal - tennis ball.

Great to get this one while doing the multi TFTC

Good walk with the very noisey cicadas keeping us company! On the prowl with the Jumboz's TNLN Cheers Muzy Man!

Nice easy find of the morning with Muzyman. Good clues. Need earplugs for cicadas.

Drove under a blue sky full of rain. Luckily the rain stopped before I go to the carpark.
Took Yellow Jeep. race may be over, but a change of scenery is always good.

TFTC

Found with ease, helpfull hint.

Took nothing,
Left Yellow Jeep geocoin.

No sign of rocking horse TB,

TFTC

A very pleasant walk with the dog on a lovely day. No problems here. TFTC.
- Jeep TB
+ Miniature Rocking Horse TB

Came by and dropped off TB for a visit - I'm sure it'll enjoy 4WDing here. The park has had some work and the swamp is empty and just a stream - looks strange in comparison to recent photo listed in a log.

TNLNSL TFTC

We were passing by this nice little hidden reserve on our way to Whakatane. The round trip is great and relaxing and there were no problems in finding the cache. Well chosen spot.
Two days later on our way back to Auckland, we stopped again for having lunch.

TNLNSL, TFTC

Now this one was a nice morning bush walk with my father on his milestone birthday. So that's a memory for both of us! TNLNSL, TFTC

Not a great cache to attempt in the rain but had fun nevertheless.

Quick find while in the process of Walkaboutabit

Thanks

01.02.2008 16:45
Easy to discover cache. No Muggels. Nice walk.
In: TB Mystery Key, Shampoo
Out: TB Mystery Key
Greatings to TgaWookie from the german Team Fahnder

Nice pond, nice cache, thanks for showing us wookie.

Was a hot day today, so another VB was cracked and consumed.

TFTC

#902
Easy find, knocked it off while passing through on “Walkaboutabitâ€. Geo Doggy was miraculously subdued today, as his barking didn’t last too long, must have been too hot for him.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Found it at 10.15 hrs. Nice walk in the sun-lots of (water) wildlife.
T: TB
Thanks-Meryl(Holland)

Lovely walk, the little watch dog was on duty. TFTC
+TB & mini frizbee
- coaster

1644. A beautiful walk into this cache on a lovely sunny day. Found cache at 11.10am.
+ coaster - drinking beakers.

Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Very wet day and very, very muddy us!
But still really enjoyed the walk.
Thanks for bringing us here.
In: 'Found It' card.
NT
T4TC

Nice spot but got very wet shoes and feet due to the early morning dew, should of worn me gummies.
TNLNSL, thanks for the cache.

Thank you for bringing us to this lovely spot. Enjoyed our walk around viewing the trees & meeting all the animals & birds. Quick easy find. TFTC

Early morning walk on the wet grass, think we went the long way round. Did the loop. A quick find and a nice walk, very quiet. TNLN. Thanks.

found on a leisurely stroll with Calory. A breath of fresh air with the kids thanks.

Too hot for the kids to do this walk so they stayed and played under the trees. near the car.
TFTC
93 of 102 for the trip

Last one for the day, and a good walk at that. Watch out for that gorse! TFTC

Found it, took about 5 mins, gr8 fun with the gorse and thorn bushes, friendly dog helped me find it. Took spidy TB and left a golf ball. Thanks

Nice easy find while completing another great park walk and great company. TNLNSL

Lovely litte spot that I never knew was here.
Found easily after being welcomed by the local dog.
picked up the coin and dropped off Spidey TB
Thanks for the cache

Our first cache on a lovely Saturday morning, with the local foxy in attendance.
Yes, slippery when wet, as RadioNut discovered (twice!!) coming back down from the cache.
Left "T4TC" geocoin to begin it's journey. Hope it travels around many caches.
Thanks for the cache!

Stopped off while doing the other one in the park. Got muggled by the foxy while filling in the log, Was panicing a bit that the owner was right behind.
TFTC

Found this one without trouble. We also had an encounter with a cute little dog. He followed us all the way back to the car and we were worried that he would follow us out onto the road but he seemed to understand that the game ended once we got into our car. He headed home. TFTC.

Nice little trek and once the kids got through the gorse and got to the riches it was all good...lol

Found with not too much trouble nice little walk around. A cute little neighbourhood dog came out to have a play lol

12:05u.
Our second found in NZ. Nice trail around the creek.
We left nothing and took nothing out.

Greetz Rocco and Wendy from The Netherlands.

Arrived at the carpark to find a bus load of muggles were in the park. Managed to avoid them and find the cache. In Highlighter and out hacky sack. Thanks

nice easy find! didn't get stumped with this one!
tnln
thanks!!!

5.20pm. We arrived just on dusk and after heavy showers so we got our feet wet. It is a delightful place and as well as lots of birdlife there were a number of animals. Because it was so wet we didn't go right round. Will have to come back again.
Many thanks TNLN
David & Noeline

Nice easy walk and find

Found at 11.25am
What a pleasant, if a little soggy underfoot, walk, in a reserve we wouldn't have visited if it were not for geocaching.
Cache found easily
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

On our way home after a Girls day Out in Auckland, some light relief was enjoyed by all. ha what a mission, accompanied by C&T we have now nicknamed C as woody woodpecker tree magnet ..expert geocache tree locater, T we have nicknamed gorse she knows just how to find every patch on here way down a bank not on two feet . Easy find and great entertainment for all..dusk well we missed that..but we can hear a couple of owls.., TFTC
IN:0
OUT:0
Picked Up TB:Flip or Flop

XenaCommander down on business trip to Tauranga decided to hunt a cache or two on way back to Auckland. Need to drop off some TB's after south island tour.
Rain was just starting but enjoyed the walk round path and managed to find ok.
TNLNSL
Dropped off Flip or Flop TB so somebody else can flop him elsewhere.
TFTC

Nice walk on a summers day, 3 yr olds liked looking for frogs in pond, -2 toy cars +party blower & pen

Easy find and dog enjoyed the swim after tennis ball will revisit to leave something, thanks for the awesome walk.

I visited the cache today and replaced the container.

All contents are now dry and fresh smelling.

Second time at this one. Cannot believe we missed it the first time around!!
(I think we might have been put off by the lady spying on us and her barking dogs, but still!)

Anyway, found qite nicely this time around. Thanks!

TNLN

Our 3rd find for the day .... lovely spot but very wet under foot (gummy country).... the contents were very soogy, drained the container. Maybe the contents could be put in a large plastic bag ... TNLN

Also found an other entrance to the park at:
S37 41.333 E 176 03.977

Eruptn

Lovely little park, easy find, cache wet!
added tractor and lollypop. subtracted balls.

Had been seaching (ie stumbling around in the dark) for about 10 mins and was just about to commence a grid search pattern when allo allo...whats this became found it.
Interesting navigating in the dark in completely unknown areas.....

Found at 2100 hrs with JFBNZ, Good night time hunt when you dont know the area. Nice little hidden reserve

Out dice
In Golf Ball

found with runzz whilst on a caching trip

Found with Dysentry. A nice walk in a hidden reserve. Cache was found easily and quickly. Contents a bit damp.
Cheers
TNLN

Nice day, lovely walk, easy find. Just up the road from home. Been here before but not with the GPS.

A hidden gem in semi-rural Te Puna. This is the first ever ‘hunt the cache’ for the Ryan and Kelsie junior team. Determined not to be stumped we probed the undergrowth with care (gorse can be unforgiving) but also intent on achieving success. Eureka – spotted at last. Contents found to be a bit soggy, container not entirely waterproof.

- Extracted set of mini playing cards
- New resident: twin crocodile outrigger canoe

Easy find.
Hot day
minimal muggles
I think thye contents were quite damp-log book ok to write in. Triewd to dry off as best as I could
TNLN

Reached ground zero no problems, but were immediately set upon by a doberman trapped in a jack russel. Fortunately there was a lady doing some gardening about 10 metres away(believe it or not) and she called him off. *Unfortunately* she hung around like a bad smell after, and we were forced to retreat to the next cache.

Maybe we'll make it back next trip.

Found after some scratching around which developed into a systematic search pattern. Container is very damp (emptied free water out) and could do with a visit by someone on a sunny day and a bit of time to kill. TNLNSL
Thanks for the diversion from the holiday traffic.

Cold, wet and slippery. Easy find. We felt exposed, but maybe it is where TgaWooki lives...

Hot and sticky I was about to give up on this, then it appeared in a place I thought I had searched. A great spot on a lovely day.

TNLN

Thanks TgaWookie

Nice walk around the lake. TNLNSL, thanks!

Found with JDHnz. First managed to veer off in the wrong direction (through no fault of MY own) but got there in the end. Bit boggy in places but there were plenty of pukekoes that seem to enjoy that!

A nice place to have a think and watch some ducks. The landmark is impressive. I wonder how long it has been since it was a little lad and how much longer it will remain. Lots of nice places to sit and have a think.

T/L:N/N

Thanks for the find.
-AlFe

Still a bit wet, but nice walk. How many of these hidden
reserves are there around here!? Thought TB Duck would
enjoy the company here, despite a somewhat circular
migration pattern.

With all the heavy rain over the last few days the track was a bog and very slippery but not too much of a problem with gumboots on. Didn’t take too long to find. TNLN

Willbuild
Interesting park to walk in , did not know it was here.
will come back
no swop

This is another one of those hidden trasures we so often discover while hunting for a cache.
found easily and traded nothing

Found this spot fairly easy enough and enjoyed the walk. Located the cache after deciphering the clue and found that it was a bit wet inside.. Dried it out as best as possible.. Took nothing..

A quick sprint before the rain fell in a vengence. Container a bit damp think the Bubbles is leaking. Didn't hear the birds but deafened by cicadars. Took Bubbles Left Kiwi. Went to use the Bubbles for my bubble bath with great expectation only to find that they were the sort you blew through a ring to make bubbles!!!!

A very hot day for a stroll in quite a nice spot.

Left only a note and took only photographs....

Thanks

Thanks to Rick-a-mortis, found the cache after discounting the obvious position. Took a pen and left a variety of hooks. Cheers.

went to check this cache on behalf of tga wookie as woox4 couldn't find and he was on holiday so it is fine but the bubbles lid was insecure so i dried the container and replaced it, all is well with it if you get this carl
bye rick-a-mortis

If the cache was at ----------------------------------------------------------, it's gone. Hope I failed to find it but what seemed to be the logical spot was empty.

Edited to remove spoiler at cache owners request.

[This entry was edited by da_snoop on Monday, January 05, 2004 at 10:58:33 AM.]

Even some birds calling at midday! Quiet a scorcher today.
+ light pen
- Clarabelle the cow
Cheers, M@

Found easily!
Really nice park.
Loved the lake!

Took MTA $5, happy hour glass
Left Soap and light bulb (working)

Cheers mitrou

Very nice walk on a hot day, left a nose pin thanks.

Would never have visited this spot but for geocaching. Nice walk, quite peaceful on a sunny day like today.
In whistle, out fridge magnet.

An easy find in a nice area I wouldn't have known about otherwise. Thanks, Carl. Took & left nothing but the log entry.

Easy find after an easy walk on a nice, almost summer, day. I never knew this lake or reserve was there. Neither did the makers of my maps!

There was quite a bit of birdsong even in the early afternoon.

No swaps.
Thanks TgaWookie

had a nice walk with kids , never new this park was even there. the second part of the track is very slippery but what a incredable place for a picnic and a game of hide n seek for the kids. nice wide tracks make for easy walking access
thanks for the good time, my first logged cache
went back after doing the eclipse and placed clarabelle the cow there the kids helped they like this more than i thought they would thanks

[This entry was edited by Rick-a-mortis on Saturday, November 29, 2003 at 1:46:55 AM.]

YES! [:o)] I got there first - I had to have at least one first! Anyway, the day was pretty awful -overcast & drizzle. My daughter & I had a wander around the lake. There are plenty of ducks and fantails around, and a pukeko or 2.
I highly reccommend doing this one when it's dry - the track was extremely slippery on one side of the lake, even on the flat.
Found the cache in the first place I looked, though not the first time I looked there! After wandering around the long wet grass I started again and got it.
No swops - just the first entry in the log.
Then we were off to the quarry - I'll come back another day to feed the ducks.