Moturiki Muggle Duck (Bay of Plenty) Mount Maunganui, North Island, New Zealand
By Squeekybobo on 14-Mar-04. Waypoint GCHXH1

To far away to maintain, so picked up today - thanks to all those who visited over the years.

Found it with the kids gps was all over the place but persistence paid off. TFTC
Took dolphin travel bug

Nice spot for a cache Great place to leave my dolphin TB all the way from Hervey Bay Australia He may even see some other family members swimming near by
Left ladybird peg and took small rhino, and TB Flipper

Quick find after the rain.
+ car
- transformer
Thanks

Nice easy find. Shot out between showers..

SL TFTC

Many thanks for putting a cache here. It was very nice to go treasure hunting with the junior geocachers. Lovely day for a stroll and a scrabble on the rocks. TNLN

Have always intended to take a wander out here, but was always too hungry after surfing. Finally made it. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Nice spot, the last time we were here it was called leasure island!!

Signed log, took nothing.

Found it with my Dad. Signed log as GuanoGerbil. OmaGosh, over and out...

Found it with my Dad. Signed log as GuanoGerbil. Thanks for the fun!

A nice easy find away from the wind at night. A beautiful full moon on the water. No muggles to worry about this time!

Along with Steley, we enjoyed this nice easy find, right where the GPS pointed us. A bonus was the little seal basking on the rocks. TNLN, SL TFTC

Was a super find. Fairly well hidden from muggles but I bet it would be near impossible on a sunny weekend.
TFTC
- Larissa's Pet TB(VERY COOL)
Sorry - left nothing 8-( but I will make sure the TB sees some exotic places and took a photo.

Lovely winter's day here. Dropped Laptop geocoin in most eastern cache nearby.

Nice Island Nice Spot!
TFTC

Tom

Yay got it without GPS. It couldn't find it some how. But we know that island and go out there every time we are at the mount, so it was very easy
Thanks

[This entry was edited by Spider Pigs on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 1:11:29 PM.]

Quick find on a stunning winters day

Found while on holiday with the kids and some friends. I remember when this spot used to have a hydro slide and pools. I think it looks better now though!!
Cheers TFTC
SeaJ and Kat

Thank you. Nice find.

Been so close to this spot many a time and this time caught a nce sunset. TFTC

Quickish find at dusk on a spot I'd never been to. TFTC

TNLNSL TFTC

great find was my first was wet and stormy. took i-tunes travel bug and take it to australia with me

lots of fishermen, not many fish.....
TNLN TFTC

Returned this morning to drop off iTunes travel bug.

Found on a sunny Sunday morning - a nice little walk with great views, thanks!

Quick grab on a beautiful day in Tauranga. Luckily it wasn't the weekend, so very few muggles around. TFTH.

Cool spot enjoyed many waljs out here over the past few years. TFTC

Nice island! Found with AnnaFromSweden. TFTC!

A pleasant walk with great vantage points. In the end an easy find. TNLN TFTC

Bug visit I forgot to log

[I remember going to the] hydroslide and bumper boats in the 80s on this island - hence the name 'leisure island'[ which seems to have stuck. Nice birthday adventure today! TNLN TFTC]

[This entry was edited by harrybee on Thursday, March 06, 2008 at 8:04:00 PM.]

[This entry was edited by harrybee on Thursday, March 06, 2008 at 8:05:04 PM.]

What a wonderful day at a wonderful place

Eastindiaman and Blåmes, Sweden

A quick cache before waking up our caching support back home in Sweden (at 1 am) for a little assistance with the web cam cache nextdoor

/Blåmes and Eastindiaman, Sweden

Up early to beat the fishermen. Nice spot for a cache... Cheers... TFTC TNLN SL

Thanks for the cache. Wish i had time for more.

Another quick and easy cache find in Tauranga, thanks for the wee walk out here. Our first visit to this island.

Thanks for the lovely walk. Waited for a sunny day and a time when there were no fishermen about. Took Starbright travel bug and left Trivia's Bucket hot air balloon pin from Albuquerque New Mexico. Riemann

Nice evening stroll after dinner to get this
Nil in or out

Lovely hot day to geocache!
Took ladybird and left Starbright Travel Bug and small Everready torch.
Haven't been out there since the days of Marineland as kids.

Summer crowds on the beach, and lots of fishermen on the rocks.
Quick find. No travel bugs, the Wonderstuff had beaten us here.

A nice visit to a place we haven't seen for some time. Used to enjoy our sprat-fishing days with the kids off the wharves in Tauranga Harbour. TFTC.

Came here after the cache cam, jogged down the beach, great spot, took the only TB in cache, thanks for the placement.

Cheers

Quick easy start to the New Year. Off loaded Who's Crabby to enjoy the view.

Came to Mount for beach volley tournament. Absolute stunning day! Parked close to this cache. Easy find.
-TB to travel with us to Rotorua.
TFTC
GSAH

A good walk on a fine day. As you say Squeekybobo, a nice easy cache.
- moon man on motorbike
+ lady bug book mark

Found immadiately with help from jeremy. He guided us to the cache by using GPS.
Out: TB / In: our first own TB.
TFTC, coxibleu

Dropped a Finnish TB after a wonderful walk up to the Mount! Love the views!

Nice easy find on a day trip to Tauranga

in clips
out retractable clip

Great walk along the beach, found the cache just before dark.

Visited this little nice place with our local friend. Left Kentucky geocoin and took the TB Wallaby (Red Truck).

Beautiful beach, and special place.
TFTC
+ TB Truck
- Domino

Always wanted to come here, now we had a reason, nice place on a nice day,clean clear water, cache in a good hide,good condition--Thanks TNLNSLTFTCACHE!

Hooray for a nice easy cache in Mt Maunganui! (The others are all too complicated for our short stay here). Martin's first cache (and I think he genuinely enjoyed it!) Good views, should have brought my fish rod! TFTC!

[This entry was edited by Phillapillar on Sunday, October 07, 2007 at 1:56:25 AM.]

This was a nice easy one with lovely views. Very windy on the end of the point.
- Compass
+ Transformer toy
TFTC

#618
Quick stroll across to Moturiki Island after the webcam cache, to claim the prize. Easy find, no one about, but plenty of muggles on the beach enjoying a pleasant spring afternoon.
TNLNSL, TFTC

TFTC, this was the first for the day, great location, took some friends with me, as it was during the week not too many muggles around.
TNLNSL

Found it during a long weekend trip up to Mt Maunganui. Very nice spot.

Quick Scramble down the bank and a nice easy find, took Duck Left Compass.. Also took the Hulk TB for a little cruise

1.00pm. A quick find with all the fishermen looking out to sea and not at us.
+ domino
- nil
Left 'The Hulks' 4X4 Jeep' TB
Cheers M+S [:O)] (502)

A beautiful "summer's" day at the Mount which was suprising given the time of year! Couple of people fishing nearby but out of view of the actual cache.
Many thanks for the cache.

Found this one...after a walk up and down and around and about the Mt, fun exploring all the spots. Beautiful warm day. Flax bushes...aghhh..but this was an easy find. J found the cache nestled in its hidey hole. Busy day down at the beach - a long weekend a heaps of people out and about. Enjoyable weekend away from home.
In: Small lizard
Out: Small Puzzle (J made it in couple of minutes..
TFTC

A beautiful day for a short walk to the end of the point. Easy find. TFTC

found it! must've passed over this spot a million times before i actually found it.

had a good time looking for this, bet the fishermen wondered what we were up to! Great spot for a hide.

Had to be fast with this one with lots of people walking passed all the time. Worth the walk out
TFTC
96 of 102 for the trip

Biked over from Tauranga. Big Surf carnival on today. Used to play here as a child, so bit of a trip back in time. Log book is full, needs replacing. TFTC

Nice walk, took nothing, left nothing
This cache needs a new logbook.

Ducked over to get this cache and quickly back. Great spot for a great cache. Thanks guys.

Headed around the wrong side of the hill to start.
The log book is full. No room left.

beautiful day great spot watch for muggles.

11.10: On the way from Mt. Mauganui to Paengaroa. After doing the base walk around Mt. Mauganui we found this one quite easy: without any hint nor description - like many times before. The logbook is full. Our entry filled the last regular page.

Weather: fine, 25°C;
Wheelchair: impossible (beach and narrow path).

IN: nothing;
OUT: TB “SWEETIES' WRIGHT FLYER†(contrary to what we mentioned in the logbook [|)])

Thanks!

Oliver+Gabi

Pretty easy find which we did with our lovely grand-nieces and niece who really enjoyed the whole experience. What a great spot for a cache too.

Nice spot for a cache - The kids played in the rock pool after. In $1 -- Out Croc. The log book has one more page. It is still damp.

Thought we would swing by after watching the very impressive Saphire Princess sail out of the habour. Nice easy find. Cache was a little damp and log book is reaching the end of its days. TSLS. Thanks.

Great way to start the new year. A bike ride to the Mount and finally the perfect home for Who's Crabby TB. Left smiley sticker and took orange aeroplane.

What a way to start the new year. A bike ride to the Mount and a perfect home for Who's Crabby.

Walked out to the point to have a look at what could be seen. after that we backtracked and tried to take a shortcut to the cache, alas the final fe metres proved to be too steep so we alked a bit further and found a more accessible path into the cache site. Left a croc and a TB that we had picked up in Darwin. TFTC

Relatively good find after coming from the other side! A few muggles around. Cheers. Logbook has only 2 pages Left.
- nil
+ geocoin Homeward Bound Aussie

You've been BUGGED! Lots of mugglers here but we managed. Beautiful place. Here on a cruise ship and hitting a few caches. L-bugs/magnet T-Cooper TB to give to another cacher in NZ to move on.
Thanks.

stopped to drop off bug on my morning walk along the beach, nice calm see and the sun coming up what a day

The forecast of attrocious weather kept everyone away bar me and a single fisherman off in the distance. Without the crowds I was able to take my time and locate the cache before the showers started. A nice little island.

Struggled to find it because it was right under my nose! This is a beautiful spot, suitable for a warrior King. Thus, the TB Boromir was dropped off to enjoy some winter surf during his tour of NZ. TNSL T4TC!

Nice easy find. Cheers. TNLNSL

Many muggles in the area made this one a little challenging but fun. At first, we thought the cache was in the bay, but luckily as we drove up there was an isthmus. T horse, L butterfly stickers, SL. Dancing Gophers from Maryland USA.

Got it this time as muggles were few and far between so I had plenty of time to find the cache. Took nothing and left nothing but a signed log. Thanks

stopped in at 5.30 this morning to gab the coin

Lunch time dash that turned into a dawdle due to a muggle who just wouldn't go away. Quick find once she did.
TFTC, took coin and bug, left another coin

stoped in on this one to grab the bug and to my new coin go, happy travels

5.00pm. The first time we have been here. Must come back and explore further. Easy fine. Left Prince Charles.
Thank you David & Noeline

1st of the day and an easy find. The only people around were too busy concentrating on their fishing lines to notice us. The coordinates were spot on and the location was amazing.
TNLN SL
TFTC

A nice easy find which was a bonus as we had friends along who were also interested in geocaching. It was a bit quieter this time of year but still people fishing nearbye.

A nice easy find, once on the right track. Coordinates right on the money. Cheers

Coordinates spot on. Bad weather. Nice easy findl. Thanks Squeekybobo

Early Rizers

Nice and easy find. No muggles around. Went early in the morning to miss them. Love part of the coastline. Added a ball and a skateboard with Outdoor Annie.

An early morning walk for this one, thus less muggles. As the groomer was out on the beach, got to be the first footprints in his nice new flat sand.

Relatively easy find ... took along a brother inlaw to explain what geocaching is all about. Second for the day. TNLNSL

Well hidden, spot on coordinates. container cracked and could do with replacement to ensure the contenst staydry.

Found it nice and easy. GPS lead us directly to it. Great cache, lovely location (I remember when there were pools and slides on this island - much nicer now!). TNLNSL. Thanks for the cache! Charlotte & Colin, Wellington, NZ.

Yep! It's a muggle duck alright, but as far as muggle ducks go, I've seen worse - which was quite nice . Some nearby kids doing some fishing. As we were leaving I heard one of them say "Oh great - we've caught a poisonous fish. Now who's going to unhook it?". lol!

easy find on a good day for a change, we got to meet the last log owner in taupo last weekend
TFTC