Bits & Bobs (Auckland) Chatswood, North Island, New Zealand
By Sinautus & KazExplorer on 02-Feb-06. Waypoint GCT9C4

Since the owner of the cache hasn't contacted me, I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wants to reinstate this cache, they should contact the reviewer that first published the cache.

Had no recent logs in my PDA, was pretty shure about the loaction, found out at home that the cache was muggled.
Nice little reserve.

It appears the cache has been "muggled". We will replace this shortly.

DNF today. Searched all the spots but came up empty handed.

Exploring Kauri Point and Kauri Park. Beautiful view. Easy find.
in: shell crab
out: latex cloves

TFTC
GSAH

Replaced logbook... shame to see vandalism and arson have visited the area... quite a few Toi Toi bushes had been set light to...

logbooks full, needs a new baggie for it as well.

Found easily enough with lots of people at the beach on Auckland Anniversary Weekend, nice day, nice hide, nice cache. The cache is in good condition.Logbooks full though, & it needs a new bag as well. Took M&M TB.

Pleasing find - nice little local spot of which I wasn't aware - will definately be returning here for a swim!
+ M&Ms TB, footies n face
- Sundance TB, chip
TFTC

09:52 Loads of dogs with muggles attached today. What a great spot you have found. Thanks for the cache.
Left: Sundance TB

Had a mission of a time finding it. Always like a challenge though Thanks

We payed a visit to the site to see how the cache was holding out. Cache still safe and dry but we managed to collect 2 full bags of fireworks remains from the site.

TFTH. This was a nice hike out to a place we wouldn't have seen if we weren't geocaching while on vacation from the States. Fun!

I have been meaning to do this one for awhile now, so it was good to get out here today. Nice views, nice cache!

Thanks!

- TB (mich)
+ Nothing

TFTC

16:28 hrs Another 1 for Dad and Dug. Lovely walk. Plenty of dogs walking their muggles and family couples even 1 toddler with a pongy rear end. Took party popper. Left 2 blue gloves and Tanuki Traveller T.B. T.F.T.C lovely spot saw all of our fav fishing spots.

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Found whilst avoiding the canine muggles, contents dry. Nice views.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Quiet little bay. Stayed a while until it started raining. Because we'd decided to look for the cache on our way back, we got soaked! lol

Added some goodies, took out some paperclips which we bended into funny shapes on our way back.

Our dog ended up really muddy and wet!

TFTC

Nice easy walk. There were lots of muggles about and it was just as well Weemann and Lobs were along. It's much easier for kids to ferrit around when there are lots of muggles about. In: Navy Badge Out: Civil War Bullet TB TFTC

Logged in at 3 pm. Nice and easy walk and find. Walked down to beach and enjoyed watching the boats on upper harbour.
TNLN

Nice quick find. Very nice area with good walk to GZ and great views accross the harbour.

+ Civil War Bullet TB

TFTC

First Cache.
- Toy
+ Battery

Nice evening stroll to a great view.
Marmoset found Cache after a short search in the dark.
- Palooka TB
+ X Box Lanyard

11.05am. Nice walk and easy find on a pleasant winters morning. Swapped TB's.
+ Olympic torch pin (only thing small enough that we had)
- folding scissors
TFTC
M&P.

found @ 2:50pm, accompanied by my cousin and her 18 month old daughter. It was found that excellent fun can be had by walking along the logs. There were also plenty of friendly dogs about, although the first time you get a "hello kiss" from one can be a bit scary. Took matches (not a good thing to be left in caches), left some folding scissors, signed log. Thanks.

Placed TB 'Jakes Ring' (TBYQ56) in cache today, starting it's journey to southern England.... Cache in good condition....

Stunning views after a nice walk along a dirt road. Initially I had GPS problems and, once I had located the cache, I had problem with several groups of dog walkers. Fortunately there is no pain waiting them out with a view like this.

Lovely area, liked the track, the views and the bush. No problems finding the cache either - thanks!

A very good walk to a great place to write a note. No muggles hinder our time.

Out - Candle
In - Rubber snake

What a neat place! Had to take our time as a few muggles about. Obviously a very popular place for the locals with dogs. Easy find, thanks.
- Thermometer
+ Narnia figurine

No problem with co-ordinates after allowing a few minutes to settle. Found quickly during a lull in the rain. Very peaceful with no one about and fab views. Took TB, left thermometer key ring. TFTC

Nice walk, nice views and nice discussion between the people on the boat

- Parts Is Parts TB
+ Pete The Weta TB

TFTC

Took me 3 goes to park close to this 1. Finaly used the parking coord's on the webpage. Duh! Great spot but windy today. Great looking beach too. Will go back for a swim when the wind is in the east.
TNLNSL
Cheers

lots of people around walking dogs. easy find. No boats on the harbour
In TB Parts is parts

Ha - got the beast! Place was completely deserted this evening. There seems to have been a recent fire; close to but not involving the cache and its host. TNLNSL. Lovely spot - well worth last night's peregrinations

This ranks as my all-time most frustrating DNF. Not having a map, I didn't find the carpark on the first pass, and started off on foot on the wrong side of the park. After three or four hundred metres of semi-passable track I gave up and retreated, only to take a wrong turn and come out on the road a couple of kilometres away from the car. Trudged back in the afternoon sun. Set off in the car again, and this time found the correct carpark. An easy walk to ground zero, only to find a large party of muggles, doing nothing and going nowhere in a hurry, apparently convened for a tree-planting. After 10 minutes skulking and lurking they were no closer to actually doing anything, let alone leaving, so I gave up and seethed back to the car. Grrrgh.

Nice walk on a warm day and nobody else around which made it even better.
I fondly recall attending the odd party or 2 down on the beach as a teenager but in those days you could drive pretty well all the way there down a rutted clay track. This was fine as long as it didn't rain! Very pleasant cache. TNLN. Thanks

Great place to kayak to. Campers right up at the back! TNLN. TFTC.

Read the logs and realised walking off the cliff was to be avoided.
Lots of people on the beach below, stinking hot day all over.
TNLN
Thanks for the cache.

Great spot for a cache, bit nerve wracking at gz, as I could constantly here voices, they were busy on the beach though. Small search as I zeroed out 10m away, that improved to 8 as a signed log and 8m accuracy so who knows.
TFTC, TNLNSL

Found this one today, between the showers. Lots of good hiding places but with some help from utitity belt I had my prize. Surprised to see so many people walking through the area.

In Zorkmid

Out BK Ball

Thanks for the hunt.

As with The Pud's visit, my GPSr wanted me to walk off the cliff too, and with 5m estimated error.

Log book needs a staple to hold the pages in, as it looks like the sort of notebook where the pages are designed to be able to be pulled out.

Damn nice view from the top, and very attractive water below. Almost went for a dip but decided against it in the end as I had nothing else to wear.

Paid a maintenance visit today... Fortefied the log book so as to tolerate the rigours of life in a cache... (The warranty only covers residence in the secondary compartment of a womans handbag and the budget didn't stretch to a new one...) Took another half dozen readings and worked them in to previous readings... coords now reflect the updated position.

Found this one before new co-ords were posted.Likewise GPS told to look 8 metres passed the cliff.Looks like there has been a party here recently.Shame the didn't clean up after themselves.Otherwise it is a great spot.
Swopped hacky sac for bottle opener.
Cheers Sinautus & KazExpoler

10.35am. Nice easy find although my GPSr pointed me over the cliff, but in saying that I could only get an EPE of 10m.
A nice stroll after brunch at the Refinery Cafe.
Fantastic view from out here.
Be careful with the log book as it's already starting to fall apart and the EYE ball it keeps jumping out.
TNLNSL
TFTC Sinautus & Kazexplorer.
Cheers M+S [:O)] (278)

As stated by Runzz... found with him hot and sweaty but i love this area.

Once again I was not quick enough for the FTF.
Sneeky BenMc beat me to it, but did not log his find here, yet.
That is O K as I have been guilty of the same sin, finding first, but not logging the FTF so other hopefulls rush in. I rechecked the cache description at 07:00 hrs and there were no logged finds.

As my car is in dock with the dreaded diesel drip (from the new fuel) I got my wife to drop me off at the carpark at 07:30 and had the cache in hand 15 minutes later. That was the easy part as I then had to walk the 7ms khome. Balmaiin road is one steep street! If there had not been the possibility of the FTF I would have waited, I think.:-}

Both my digitized maps show the cache as out in the harbour and even when on close approach the GPSr wanted me over the edge. So to speak. I found the cache about 10 metres east of the given co-ords (EPE 6 meters)

Be careful! I grabbed a stump while perched precariously on the cliff edge and a huge piece of bark peeled away, luckily slowly enough for me to transfer my weight to another hand hold.
Note:You do not need to mountaineer.
TNLNSL
TFTC

Saw this one on the web site last night so decided to try for a FTF, but only ended up with a 3rdTF instead. I was here at 0930 but NightOwl, sorry, Navigull was here earlier today (0740) but BenMc couldn't sleep being here before 9 pm last night. Well done BenMc.
TNLNSL
Cheers for the cache.

You guys are good! I anticipated some quick responses as it was so close to home for many but was surprised to hear FTF was the same night as planting! well done... In response to Navigull's log entry, I am interested to hear others findings regarding location. I too had an EPE of 6m at the time of planting and averaged the logged coords from 6 readings that seemed to vary only slightly.

Found with BigFatRob at around 17:00, a hot day. Found the cache rather easily, only had to wait for 2 muggles walking along the track, nice views.
Cheers
TNLN

2050 FTF Great cache and I can't believe I was anal enough to rush off and find this the first night! All those dodgey caches in the SI have made me weary! Nice cache site, good container. TNLNSL Thanks for the cache. Got to go I feel Navgull approaching!

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