Surgical Surprise I (Auckland) Grafton, North Island, New Zealand
By BenMc on 12-Jul-05. Waypoint GCPNX9

Talked to the People involved with the ongoing building project and there will be no access to the cache site fro four years so time to pull the plug

Construction still going! Will ask around when everyone is back if the origional location is still on the plans. May have to move cache soon

As you know construction in NZ takes a while the project is still going and I will review again in a couple of weeks

Anything happening here [?]

This cache is subject to a bit of construction so will be off line for a bit.

Went to have a look for this one today but there was construction going on and a large area fenced off. Has this affected the cache?

Pretty sure we were at the right place, but we don't have a GPS.

Asked the guard and he mumbled 'construction...' before walking away so I am pretty sure it's been fenced off D=

Found this second time round (got too wet the first time) although I had to leave it to my 6 year old to find! TFTC

Looked at the place where it was hidden, and went on not finding it. The muggle that went with me pulled me back because I had not looked were It was. anyway TFTC TNLN

Clever hide. The cache container is appropriate to the theme and location.

tftc

19:07. The tree doctor moved to this one after doing GC11WGR, this one was even more muggles, thank goodness this one is a bit more hidden out of the way from the prying eyes of muggles, cool urban hide, TFTC TNSL (846)

Another night and a quick success with another security guard catching us at it. He warned of future changes, looks like the garden may not survive, what a shame. TFTC and the chance to enjoy this spot.

Had a good hunt around, even with some assistance from the security guard, but no luck.

[Back this evening and found it pretty quickly. We know why we missed it last night - because] it was hidden such that it would have disappeared next time the bin was emptied, and we had checked the spot, but only where it would be well hidden, we didn't feel around where it wouldn't remain hidden. [A different security guard came by so we had a chat with him. Anyway, the upshot of that conversation was that apparently this area is going to be removed soon, so the cache's life at this spot is limited. Anyway, we put the cache back so that it was hidden securely. TFTC!!!]

I found this cache with Vilan by our geotrip to the Auckland museum. Thank you for cache

Found with Eleen. We are cachers from Czech Republic. Thanks

Ungodly hour of the morning, couldn't spot it even with guidance from the security guard. Wasting precious thyme so we moved on. We'll be back.

a ha!

replacement cache found without wasting much thyme...

TFTC!

Easy found, it is still there. TFTC

didnt find, we think GZ object has been recently removed, garden in poor repair
and plant descriptions now mostly gone.

suggest a maintenance check please.

Catching up on some long overdue logging!
An interesting little garden, and a quick find.
Thanks

Did not know this little garden was here. Loved the aniseed smell of the fennel. Used the clue for an easy find - well hidden though. Thanks for bringing us to this spot.

# 445

Excelent cammoed Cache! Took me a while!

Managed to get number 1 and 3 in the series but 2 eluded me. What a great little hide in what is a very busy location. TFTC.

It was lucky I read the herb's names, or we wouldn't have found the cache! We had fun!

GPS was off by about 5m but clue was spot on. Found with Lil_me in the cold. Pencil has gone from cache so take your own pen.

The GPS was a little confused with the buildings around however the helpful hint led us the cache T4TC.

#545. Second found of the series tonight. No muggles. Nice placement. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Sneaky little Garden, had to pass this first time as there was a lunching muggle

TFTC

TFTC! There was no one around when we were searching, it was about 1400, so after lunch. TNLN.

TFTC.

thanks for the cache really enjoyed the hunt. terman8or a geocacher from Dunedin!

Nice place and hint. It was rainy and there were only few people around.

Amazing little garden. Didn't sign log due to security guard muggle.

Thanks for that interesting cache.

any & Sam

Very pleasant, fragrant little corner. Reasonably well screened from the nearby muggles. TFTC, Biggles.

nice area bushes confused me at first

GPS had a hard time to get the correct coorinates for this one.

Unfortunately there was no pencil so i didnt manage to log in the cache =(

Another nice easy find on the way from giving blood to work this morning. No pencil in the cache so will return shortly and sign the log.

Easy find with no-one about on Sunday afternoon. Very close to the hostel where I am staying for NZOI

Quick few to kick start the morning, early find, no muggles out.

We needed some time and did not found the hint helpful, but in the end
we had it in our hands! Thanks for the cache and a nice walk in the area.

Nice place to sit and consider the healing properties of plants. TFTC

Off evening caching with Indiana Jill and Seattle's Best. Enjoyed this one, nice spot. Thanks for bringing us here.!! TFTC.

Nice little place to sit for a while! Very glad we had the hint. TFTC!

Had to resort to hint, but we got it with only a passing interest from the night security guard. Thanks for the series.

Back from our trip to NZ. Thanks to all owners for the nice hidden caches along the road, at interesting sightseeing spots or great spots away from the normal atractions. Greats from Germany, sc

Great little Cache. Thanks

No. 13 of 16 today. A quick and easy find. Good to see cricket is still alive and well in Auckland - plenty of games going on here today. NINO, TFTC

Enjoyed this series. Liked this clue too: nice to have things slightly less straightforward... but only slightly!

Quick find on a walk to work during a stay in Auckland. TNLNSL - TFTC!

Raining and at 8am on a public holiday weekend it made for an easy muggle free find. Nice spot for a break on a dry day I'm sure. TNLN Thanks.

We had to wait for a couple of intelligent muggles to vacate the area but then a quick find.
Thanks

Found during our holiday in New Zealand, thanks!

I had to do the other 2 of the serie, did #3 a wee while ago. Had to do the shoe tie trick.
Quick find, coords a bit off for me.
TFTC

found under name of sazzum

Didn't even need GPS. Lots of workmen around. TFTC

[Cool cache,] thought it was ironic that in a medicinal herb garden there was a deadly nightshade bush just behind the Andersons Gold [TNLNSL thanks

good easy cache
did this with skiingdemon
tnln
t4tc

ok ok i missed what seamed to stick out like a sore thumb the first time but now found thanks for all the smart comments

found on a cache raid weekend with Kiwi_Explorer
TFTC

Found with Q Moto. Nice we spot. TFTC.

Found when a member of LEDGIN'S.

In the book of LEDGIN'S Found at 1220hrs. Greetings from Brisbane, Australia.

Ahhhhh! The tape, the tape. What a great hide - who needs the tape??? Not I, Not I.

Cache safe and well - and logged by us!
TNLN TFTC

Fairly confident we found the cache location, however all that remained was some lonely tape! Is it gone? current construction may have lead to its demise? Seems to be a new lunch break favourite with some workers.

Easy find this time.
09:57
TFTC

Poked and prodded for a few minutes then turned my brain on. Thanks!

Easy THX!
TFTC

Tom

Found after number 2 in the series and I'm gald it was a Saturday. No muggles around which made for an easy find.

Now on for number 3.

TNLN & TFTC.

Cheers,

Relatively quick find while in the area. TFTC

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Her Majesty at 12:30pm. This cache was not easy to track down but it is safe and well where it is. There were some muggle workers on the building nearby. TFTC

1st of the day out of 11, very quick and easy find. TFTC

Nice hiding spot and a good clue. TNLNSL
TFTC

One of 13 for today
Thank you

cool hiding place.tftc.

Had some spare time this morning and after having a reasonable number of caches now, was able to find without much trouble.

TFTC

As am new to geocaching and I managed to pick the worst time to visit (lunchtime). So many muggles around. Was in the right spot but couldn't find it. It'll keep. Cheers.

Find # 46. Another easy find at the start of a day of geocaching. Let's hope the rest of the finds are easy to find. TNLN. TFTC.

2nd of the days finds. It must be a lovely spot in spring! Muggles about but managed. SL TFTC.

A very quick and easy find on a walk after work. A nice little garden too. TFTC!

Found this one ages ago but must have forgotten to log.

Finally found it (with AnnaFromSweden)! Thanks for the cache and the tip BenMc! I guess that stray tape near the cache threw us off the first time we tried.

finally found it with ftabba. Thanks!

Just happened to be in the area so checked it out everything fine

AnnaFromSweden and I found what possibly was the tape that kept this cache in place, we think it's been muggled.

Just to make a change in the logs, there was no guard around for us, although there was a small dead bird which was a little stinky. Nice sneaky wee hide.

No obvious hideout in sight and GPS was pouncing like a pony.

found late at night nobody about Except the security guard who I had to explain what we were doing to
#20 of the day

Quick find at night, but got caught by the security guard. Dont think he will find or diturb.

Quick find and stealthy retrieval. Security guard very close but out of view at the time. Nice restful wee spot.
TFTC

Thanks for the quick cache.

Found around 13:50 this PM

TNLN
TFTC

NewDeer(Quebec, Canada)

Uuh, what a rainy afternoon. Found it. TFTC.

Great Spot

Nice easy find. TNLN

Dryed out and replaced log may look at changing container if wet again

H2o in abundance.

In a flash,SL & gone--wee bit wet tho--Thanks!

We were being watched from 4 floors up...but the guard moved on somewhere else and we were super stealthy...but the log was a sog and so I took a photo of us all with the soggy mess - will post up here once I get back to OZ.