THE SHIPS COVE (Wellington) Waitangirua, North Island, New Zealand
By rockme on 17-Jul-05. Waypoint GCPQWT

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Disappointent we did not find it as we brought a muggle relative to show what all the rage was about with geocaching. Printed off the cache sheet on the 14th just prior to it being archived. Now have learnt to read the logs before we go

Think it may be gone will get someone to check it

Three very experienced geocachers have not been able to find this so perhaps its time you checked it to see if it needs maintenance. thanks

Yup think it needs checking..nice view and great clues..all I got was a large dose of hayfever...finding cache to no avail..is it still there?

Hmm large size cache. Got good fix at GZ, but after a huge search had to conclude that maybe its gone. Even with the clue didn't find it. Might pay to check.

Trudging around in the long wet grass, no sign of a cache here!

Found late night, it was about 11.20pm when I came past here.... time to get another cache in before going home. -GC

Enjoyed the lovely view! Beautiful up there on sunny day!
Took seashell
Left skateboard

TFTC:)

Nice easy find. It took a while to find the track entrance, but that wasn't a hardship on a sunny spring day.

TNLN
+ Geocoin

TFTC

Nice little track I didn't know was there. TFTC

+ Principal Skinner

Interesting place for a cove! Suitable to the names of all the local streets tho. An easy find. TNLN,SL. TFTC.

Nice spot great views.

Jalopy is booked to go to Rome in August Via Korea, to Paris and by train to Rome.

T TB Jalopy

L Sea shell
L Book BCID 578-5246252 Great read Compassion Kiwi Style

[This entry was edited by Arahura on Friday, July 06, 2007 at 9:45:14 PM.]

Nice spot on top of he hills had trouble finding a park then I relised the time (Schools getting out) just followed the GPS

+ TB old car

2nd find of the day. Easy to locate but needed clue. TNLN TFTC

TFTC, took nothing, left bottle cover thingy :p

Interesting short walk. I live only a few miles away and did not know this walkway existed. That is the good thing about Geocaching. Thanks.

Quite a steep track.
My 100th cache.
+ green rattle
- doll/figurine
TFTC

Forgot to log this in April when I found it with new friends. Went too far up the track, hoping it would zigzag back. Got there in the end.

- yoyo
+ ribbon

A nice walk - a good hill and a good search.

+ Mini Shampoo
- Dice

Oh! another wellington hill, yeh!
Took a while to find GPSr had me up the hill a bit, but got there.
TFTC, TNLNSL

Found the second time round. Much easier to find in daylight. No swaps.

FTF 2007

not sure if i was supposed to approach this from above or below - clue became very clear while sitting looking out at the view - gps wandered a bit near GZ but when i sat down the cache was easier to find

third cache of the day

TNLNSL

[This entry was edited by dragonsinger on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 11:33:39 AM.]

Nice walk and great wee view, I never knew that track was there! Some paint has come off the cache and it was in fact the shining plastic that helped me spot it.
TNLNSL thanks!

in the graase knole

Nice walk up the hill.
TNLNSL.

another one for today - went out with moneydork and devilsheep.

We stayed the night with friends at the base of this hill and so suggested to them that we all go up for a look. We enjoyed the walk with the kids and were pleasantly surprised to meet the TardisSeekers at GZ out on a hunt too. Nice to meet you!
In: Four bangles, Out: party popper and pencil
Many thanks

14.06
Our second cache of the day, nice walk through the trees down to a really great view of the valley. The clue was pretty obvious once the gps pointed off the path, then easy find.

- lizard
+ nz balloon, eraser, dice

Cheers
Pinetree, Sunrise and Sunbeam

This way our first cache and another family stumbled on it at the same time - wonderful view well worth the walk

Found the object mentioned in the hint, and found the cache at the end of it! Cache was a little condensated inside.
- Dinosaur
+ Party Popper
On our way back we discovered a nice cat called Fred and he followed us all the way down!

Cheers,
Blarghster

Decided it was time to move Achooo TB so have taken both to move them around. Neat view. TFTC

Dropped off Travel Bug

Interesting location for the cache. Enjoyed my trip up the hill and a brief hunt for the cache. Few muggles around, on a perfect winters day

+ Achoo TB
- Wiquaneppek TB

Wasn't too sure of the entry point for this one but eventually found it nestled away. Could see the box from about 15mtrs away so an easy find! Have tried to tuck it in behind some bush so its not too obvious.
Out - rocks, In - bouncy ball.

Took a little while to find it after initially struggling with the electronics and heading down the wrong fanxr to start with.
-:Corkscrew
+:Nivea Creme
TFTC

Dropped off Tb

Did we start from the wrong end? - it was an exhausting climb back out again, but good exercise! Great views.
Found it quickly after seeing understanding the clue
Second cache of the day with Zebedy
TNLN TFTC

Second find of the day with Billhillies.
TNLN TFTC

12:55 Very hot up here today! Found fairly quickly once we enabled compass in the GPS. Nice spot with good views. No muggles around and cache in good condition. Interesting art work left in an earlier muggle-log - hey, at least they didn't trash the cache which is normally what happens! Left Hermit Crab, took Party Popper. TFTC!

Found at approx 20:30 in the light of the almost full moon. The clue was dead on and quite clever
- "robin hood" kids hat
+ party popper
+ gemstone ooze

TFTC!

Had been found by a geomuggle who entered their visit in the book with an inappropriate sketch.
Great climb and loved the snake! TNLN TFTC

Our fist find!!!
Spent a long time locating it as the GPS (which had got seriously wet last week)kept sending us in differing directions! In the end my wifes gut feeling took us to it.
Hooray!! Took a little multi tool and left a screwdriver.
Now to get my GPS looked at!!

We walked approx 2km to get here. Walk up hill was good as it went zigzaggy. Had a lovely picnic lunch at the lake on our way up. Nice views! TNLNSL

Could not find on the first attempt. It got dark, but we went back and found it today, Ya!!

That was a great walk but to dark to find cache will try again earler tomorrow

Awesome clue! We had an excellent time finding this cache. Thanks rockme.
+ 2 sparkly pencils and chemistry figure
- ceramic ball
From excelsior38

Great views here and good to see a nice sized cache. Grabbed Travel Bug.
+ Dinosaur
- Sunglasses

Steep little track which had wife asking if terrain code was correct. Muggles sitting on the nearby seat delayed our location of the cache for a few mins. The TB in the cache doesnt have a destination on it, is it a free spirit perhaps? + ceramic ball ornament (there is a complementary one in a nearby cache if it really appeals to someone) - bath gel.

Droped Mcsheikh after sharing a kiwi burger, He only ate the feathers!!!

A pretty easy find - looking from the right direction - i.e. looking uphill!
A nice view. It reminded me of my Grandfather - who lived in a place visible from here for a short time before he died.
- highlighter, glasses cleaner, Geocoin
+ sunglasses, bouncy ball.
Thanks.

This was my second cache of the day ,hit this one after doing DOTTO ON THE HILL CACHE.
the roads around this area are a rabbit warren,
took a while but found the right trail after a while.
didnt take long to find the cache
nice place

+ golf ball
- glow stick

was going to do ziggy zaggy next but changed my mind and headed up to Mc Donalds View Cache

TFTC from Andy

Nice walk, easy to find cache, a perfect first find! Decrypted the clue, which helped heaps. Learn't a few quick lessons for the next trip. Supprisingly good weather in that area of Wellington

- Scary finger puppet monster
+ Green cylume stick (glow stick)

Dropped off MoneyDorks Geocoin #2.

Visited with Chaucey. Nice views. Quick find.

Visited this cache with Liz of Ridders76. We found it challenging to find the entrance to the walkway, in fact we stared right at it while wondering where it was.
Took the geocoin and replaced it with a different geocoin.

mmm, dead bird. dropped moneydork's coin.

The street names round this area really crack me up. I am surprised the locals do not drive on the opposite side of the street (Keep to Starboard) and have navigation lights rather than headlights on their cars.
However, it is a nice area and once I recovered my breath this was an easy find, with not a muggle in sight.

TNLNSL
TFTC

Another short uphill hike. Found a nice cluster of bushes that would have been a good spot to hide the cache nearby, but there was no cache there! Used the hint and quickly found the cache. No exchange made. Cheers Gav [617]

mmm, dead bird.

Nice small walk. TNLN
Cheers YadaMe

Found this with 2 helpers and a dog who helped by towing Mrs Buzz up the path.
-Spinning Top
+Yoyo

A lovely spot tucked away thanks rockme
-tupperware keyring
+ spinning top
Ella & Ty (#91)

A FTF, cheers Rockme. Grabbed Penguin T.B

Put Perry Penguin TB in this one

dropped travel bug here