The Queen of Little Shoal Bay (Auckland) Northcote, North Island, New Zealand
By RotLA on 03-Nov-04. Waypoint GCM12Y

Yep, Agree:

Sayonara, Kings Bush.

Thanks for the heads up Zork, been out of town a great deal for the last few months.

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I've tried to get this a number of times over the years when in Auckland, DNF every time while other people had no trouble with the thing. Some kind of mental block... Any chance of persuading the owner to reinstate it?

Three consecutive DNFs

I'll take a look and see what the story is.

No luck for us here today. Had a good look around and found some likely spots but came up with nothing.

No luck despite getting to 0ft!

We tried twice (on our way there and then again on our way back), but had no luck finding it. Wonder if it's gone?

Nice spot!!!! really good hiding place!! =This was my fith one for the day and
decided that this was the perfect place to drop a TB. Soooooo I dropped of TB Little Maggie.

Great spot nicely hidden
TFTC

nice little walk to the cache
nice spot TFTC

no joy today... 15min search with no result.

First time ever, kids loved it, took a bit of searching but eventually found it well concealed.

Overshot the path first time, but got to coords eventually. Unfortunately couldn't find cache and in the gathering gloom of dusk had to call it a day else risk ankle injury returning down broken track. Next time perhaps.

Found the site and friend Graeme found the cache in plain view. We logged. left a mini pack of playing cards and concealed it a little more. TFTC

Couldn't Find this one although I checked all the little hidding places it could have been
Was on a trip to 100 cache finds today(currently on 94)

Beginning of a catastrophic caching day, found the right track but couldn't find the cache. Another few DNF's after this one. But the dog enjoyed the walk - one happy soul in the team.

Great location. Ended up walking too far and backtracking, but once I found correct track GZ was easy to find. Log book getting reasonably full. TFTC TNLNSL

Had this one on my to do list for some time, finally got around to it!
TNLNSL
TFTC

1st of the day for me. missed correct path, backtracked and soon had cache in hand. SL TFTC

Jeeze it was hot in here at 2.45pm today. Took a few minutes to hunt down the hidden access. Cache was quickly found once I was on the right track. TNLN T4TC.

No problem locating GZ, and an easy find. Haven't explored this area before. Thanks

# 1470

Found my first cache! Very fun and I'm suspecting will be totally addictive. TFTC

[This entry was edited by Kiana_ on Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 6:10:29 PM.]

How did I miss this one the first time? Nice and easy, straight forward find. Thanks.

Out with NZAndersons...Love the pathway!

Out geocaching with DKQuadrant
7th find for the afternoon... TFTC

#200 find. Kicked a ball in the park, then braved the swamp. TFTC.

Nice and easy find with 4 boys helping out! Added some more goodies, was looking a bit empty.

TFTC

What a interesting spot for a cache, would not have known about this little hidden path, cool spot, dropped off Cachin Cop GC to keep a close eye on the place. TFTC TNLNSL (1511)

This took us a while. Thnx for showing us that path !

TFTC TNLN.

Not sure where I went wrong here, but the GPS had me off the raised path and into the water!!

Rich and I approached this one from a different angle - and what do you know the cache was very soon in hand. T4TC

Took a jog to GZ and commenced the search. Took a few minutes to spot but had it in hand soon enough. TFTC

[This entry was edited by Gadget-tron on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 8:51:21 PM.]

Interesting place...easy find in end...unintentional trade, kids took liking to bouncy ball, so left pen ...TFTC

[This entry was edited by 10centcoin on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 11:31:20 PM.]

Found whilst mooching around the area. Came through the bush path. TFTC.

We suspect the 'concealed raised walkway' is some ones sewage pipe:)
TFTC!

Quick find on a rainy afternoon

TFTC

QWIK FIND ONCE WE GOT ON THE RIGHT TRACK.BRILLIANT CLEAR DAY -TFTC

TFTC, only problem was, we were out with the biggest Welsh kid who thought he was Bear Grylls (Man vs Wild) and had just watched the one where he was in an area of swamp. Nothing like re-enacting the swamp man in action. The car will never be the same again.

#696

Nice find, pretty easy find.

TNLN TFTC!!

Nice cache, found without trouble. Interesting walkway. TFTC

so much easier today than last time i attempted it!! thanks heaps for the cache =)

Of again on a trail to the middle of a swamp. Out Frog, In Cleansing bar, TB Rock "n" Roll. TFTC

Out with Helefant for the day. We missed the path completely, so retraced steps. Very carefully made our way and eventually had the cache in hand. Very interesting walkway. Thanks for bringing us here. SL TNLN TFTC.

Nic walk. Missed the little path completly, returned and the cache was soon in hand.
TFTC

What a mission ! The other half went missing in action but then I received instructions via txt so I headed off (with the old dog being carried as usual) and we too soon dissappeared into the bog of eternal prickles and biddy bids . If our friends could see us now I sometimes think we are being set up to star on Candid Camera . Thanks for another exciting night out on the trail, we are now spending the rest of the night trying to get the prickles and sticks out of the dogs fur and our socks . T4TC

Great cache - enjoyed the hide, and it's a nice secret area away from muggles!

+ Ball
- Keyring

TFTC!

cool cache
T4TC

quite a lot of prickles on this path.after we located the path it was easy to find.found with cheekykea5 and skatelong.T4TC TNLN

Great Cache

Found with Coolkiwi3 and cheekykea5

In Blue Stone
Out Glow in the dark spider

T4TC

somehow managed to make it in, even with a broken leg and crutches that kept getting caught in the excessive amounts of weeds tnln, thansk for the cache!

A nice little stroll at the end of my first day caching - didn't sign log as wasn't registered yet. Used to be my stomping ground as a child - great to see Little Shoal again.

1 Jan 2009 - revisited with group of interested potential cachers - signed log this time. Blackberry and cutty grass have grown considerably - shoes are a must!

[This entry was edited by BookwormMum on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 12:12:31 PM.]

Found this one with Kayaknkiwi and our trusty assistant! Walked right to this one like we knew what we were doing! Lots of birds and birdsong! In: frog. Out: shell heart. TFTC!

Im down here often so enjoyed the walk and being with nature!! Fantastic. Thanks for bring us here. TFTC.

Found with Q Moto. Neat access track. TFTC.

found on a cache raid weekend with Kiwi_Explorer
TFTC

Found by Sunshine Toledo at 1:40pm in the company of Map Monkey on the hunt in Auckland. This cache took some tracking down and it was very well hidden. Thanks for the hunt.

Wow, first find of this cache for the year! Took a wrong turn initally to end up on an island, and after some map reading, we were able to acces the cache location from above.

Spent some time with another Queenslander finding this cache...only after reading the previous logs, we narrowed down the area and enventually found the prize.

Thanks for the challenge.

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Interesting path location - managed to get to coords and find the additional hint, but dense vegitation prevented successful cache find. [:-(]
A more specific clue as to where precisely to look would have been welcome.

Great location and definitely wouldn't of found ourselves here with geocache as a destination
+ wobbly bear
- seahorse stamp

12:50 Nice little walk to this one. Was dreading the hunt when I saw GZ, but the cache was located pretty quickly.

Great little park, off to do the Glyns Multi now. Thanks for the cache.

Took: Nothing
Left: Aracataca, Colombia; Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug

Nice easy find.

Ouch - One of the more painfull finds.
+ Spider
- Spider Man

5pm a brisk walk down through the bush and into the swamp and found the cache, Small amount of blood spilt in the process.
+ shell heart
TFTC Monkey-business

Nice fine day for a walk and a rather pleasant spot. Found track no problem and cache located.
No swaps, TFTC.

Got to GZ with only one wrong turn in an interesting location, to be confronted by one of my least favoured plants. Fortunately, poking with a stick eventually delivered a 'boink' and the cache was mine. ±0, cheers!

[#362]
Quick find once the concealed track entrance was located.
TNLNSL, TFTC

[Nice, easy cache. Could be tricky in the dark.] Flax, what flax?

Found it after looking for another cache in the area, and a bit of a bugger-up with my coords!!
TNLNSL
TFTC

At first I missed the path, but on back tracking, i spotted it. What a nice spot, thanks for showing me.

+ spiderman

+ TB

TFTC

Cycled down here with Kev, Ron's friend. Nice evening mission, but blimey- took us ages to find! First we searched the shore and even took our shoes off to squelch through the mud on the beach (despite the stentch of sewerage!!). Then went to the bowling club, through Lee-Roys bush and back again with the compass bearings going the wrong way! Eventually found the 'track in the middle of it all'. Certainly not a good idea to seek this cache in the dark.
In- Spiderman keyring. Out- Fish magnet (which Kev has taken to put in a cache in Hokitika).

found at about 15.00hrs finally,this time in the day time so i could see,dont reccomend caching at night with the light of the cellphone! made a couple of swaps,cache in good condition & full.

Found it. Interesting place in the middle of suburbia! Tnln t4tc.

Solo caching!! Nice little hide. A great place as well, almost completely muggle free!!! TNLN, TFTH.

Cheers

arrived as sun was setting,easy find we thought,only to find Gz 100 mtres into the bull rushes,damn no togs!
so, off to find another way in. this time bingo,great place,most unusual! got to gz almost dark,no torch only lite from phone,not good esp trying to get out.
back another day!!

Nice easy find once we realized where we were ment to be. TNLN

We walked right past where we were ment to be first of all. But back tracked and found the right track. It looked a bit overgrown, but turned out to be not so bad.
Found easily after trying to negotiate footing.
TNLN SL Thanks for the cache.

[This entry was edited by NZ Tails on Saturday, January 06, 2007 at 4:03:49 PM.]

Little bit short of time for this one so didn't really have a solid search, just wandered round with the GPS for a bit and went home.

Great last leg through the swamp! + Lizard. Neat cache, ty.

There is a public health warning sign at the bridge nearest the car park, warning of a "polution incident" in the area.
Still, I didn't see the need to skip a cache for sch a trivial concern.
TNLNSL - TFTC.

Quick walk with the kids in the rain, Lots of noisy dogs around.

Had a nice walk from Birkenhead Shops through this wilderness, a rainforest within the city... TFTC!

TNLNSL, Peter (Neo)

I've been wanting to do this one for ages and finally made it. Interesting walk to GZ.
TNLN thanks for the walk.

Lovely little bay with a great play park for our 4 year old. Found cache with no problem with our visiting niece from the UK. We think she has a new hobby now!
TFTC

Hi found this last sunday

Fourth of seventeen finds on my second day in Auckland, in company with Navigull. Having been to Big Shoal Bay earlier, I found myself at it's little sibling. Strangely, I checked two smaller, less likely spots and ignored the obvious one. Navigull pointed out the errors, and I had the cache in hand at 1350. My thanks to RotLA for the cache.

IN: Mondo figure (First World War 1915)
OUT: Bouncy ball

This is a lovely spot which we had never visited before. Nice playground for the kids nearby. Found fairly easily but had to empty out abount a cm of water from the bottom of the container. Managed to dry most of the goodies out.
- Toy soldier
+ Funky Chicken TB
TFTC

When I saw where the GPS was indicating I should go, I was somewhat concerned, but decided there must be a way. Fortunately it didn't take too long for the the path to become apparent. Fairly quick find, but I couldn't fit the log back in, so I picked up the Funky Chicken TB

Harder to find the approach.
Intersting area indeed.
TFTC

Found with Radionut 50 and our muggle flatmate while Butterfly lady cheered us on from a distance.
Great hiding place.
In Butterfly braclet - care of butterfly lady
Out ladybird.
TFTC

With the help of a new buddy to geocaching, this was an interesting find. I quickly became fodder for those mozzies. An interesting little bay, and a lovely walkway. In - butterfly bracelet, Out - nil. Thanks

Easy find TNLNSL
Thanks.

Unsuccessful again, bugger it! Half an hour of scrabbling around, apparently within a metre of GZ, produced more or less nothing. Except an old, faded calling-card from Just Floundering - tantalising proof there's a cache somewhere close by...

Finally sorted this out. I decided to repair the hole in the container and keep the slightly deformed look from the fire.

All should be dry and well. We also added a few more goodies. Happy caching.

This cache has had a(n un)fairly hard life. Will replace container and dry or replace log book. Stay tuned.

It IS pretty cool to see how much regrowth there has been after the fire though.

The aerial view set me right. There has been a lot of plant growth in that area lately, which explains why I didn't see the path the first time.

Note to other travellers - watch your step - there are several holes and unexpected drops covered by overgrown grass near the beginning of the path.

Found the cache at 12:05 in the obvious spot, but despite surviving a trial by fire, it was none too healthy - about 100ml of water poured out when I opened it, and the log book was completely sodden and unusable. A new log book is really needed as I don't think a quick dry in the sun would help this one much.



[This entry was edited by smeenz on Sunday, February 05, 2006 at 8:14:17 PM.]

Spent quite some time following paths that initially looked hopeful but ended up in entirely the wrong places. Haven't managed to locate the secret path that others have mentioned, but the aerial maps from north shore city council's website (better than google earth's data) have given me some ideas for tomorrow.

Will be back....

Unfortunately we wasted well over an hour trying to hunt out this cache - very disappointing. We were sure that we were in the right place but alas, no joy. Found the bowling club, the track but no cache.

Found GZ OK - love the location - but a hunt around the area produced nothing except a series of minor scratches. Eventually ran out of time and had to go to work.

Great spot. Made you think about how to get there. Glad it survived the fire. The bay was a trip back in time for one of us who used to live nearby and spent his boyhood trying to raft the bay on old mattresses! Oh the spirit of youth.