Picture Perfect (Waikato) Te Awamutu, North Island, New Zealand
By Butterfly_lady & RadioNut50 on 05-Mar-06. Waypoint GCTQ0B

As one is totally exposed here now from all sides, I will not be replacing this cache. This will open up the area for new caches.

Checked today.
This cache is GONE!
A lot of cleaning up at cache site, making it a very exposed area indeed. Will be archiving.

searched obvious trees and stumps but no luck!!

A quick find, again. River is looking full and dirty. Very appropriate theme to the contents. TFTC.

TFTC, beautiful place

Found at 10.50am on our way to Auckland.
Took Wandering Aus geocoin.
Signed log. TFTC

Love the Sistema, love the spot. TFTC!

Found in the company of the inimitable XenaCommander.
TechnoKitten has been very slack with logs and is finally catching up.
TFTC

XC and TK visiting daughter in Te Awamutu. About to give birth to new grand commanderling. Had time to show partner a couple of caches.. Came here for his first. He was onto it before I could work get the hint. Coords were 10m out on my GPSr. He enjoyed the find.. Maybe a new convert.
TK signed log and I swapped Geocoins.
TFTC #782

#3rd find today and our 300th cache!!! A really nice area. A picture perfect way to mark a milestone cache. TFTC.

Not too many muggles today, easy find
Thanks

Great little park for the family to run around in. Enjoyable find. TNLNSL. TFTC

Easy find, dropped off GC.
TFTC

The Freezer Mice strike again!!!
A quick assesment of the area pointed to a couple of potential cache hiding spots, and it was upon checking spot number 2 that cache was in hand.
Task of finding the 'log container' was made alot easier now that it has a lable on it, however it was still quite novel to check each one and see what they contained.
TNLNSL, Thanks for the cache.

A nice stroll to an easy cache - TFTC

Easy find and enjoyed the walk from the Te Awamutu Garden's cache which has moved since we uploaded coords! A nice path that I didn't know of. In - coin, out tiger eraser. TFTC

Great cache in lovely location - shame most of the roses were at the end of the season but saw plenty of flowers along the bank of the stream.

Heading north from Kihikihi by bike.
5th for the day, thanks.
Surprisingly there were a few roses blooming.
-shell
+10c coin (old)

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

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

GuanoGerbil and The Merry Gerblings' 100th cache!
Nice spot to celebrate it too thanks.
Took the Unite for Diabetes TB to drop off back in Hamiltron

Glad to have found one of Butterfly_lady's caches! (We have similar butterfly stickers when we write in the log-book

Cache is in a lovely area, although the roses aren't in season now it still is a picture perfect, just autumny

Cache has awesome loot- I liked looking in all the containers! TFTC

Easy find on a wet day. A favorite spot for us to stop when travelling between Auckland & New Plymouth.
Even more so now we are caching.

In: Unite for Diabetes TB
Out: Nil

The army was practising fire drill on the field opposite but we managed to avoid them. TNLNSL. T4TC

5th and final find of the day for The D-Fly Massive.
Not sure which of the crew made the find. Shell E? T Diddy?
Anyways, we enjoyed trippin around TA & Kihikihi so the posse plan to hit the 'Tron in the weekend.
TNLN TFTC

Love the photo theme. Saw a funnelweb out hunting in the dark as we were walking along the path. Cool reflective eyes It was still there on the way back. Cheers Gav [2116]

Fixed this one so that it now works the way that the cache owners intended. TFTC.

Oh yeah! Lovely place and the novelty storage idea was delightful to bring up our 50. In- Italian L100 coin. Out- Aragorn TB (thought it was 'legless'[Legolas]at first...)TFTC.

Found this beautiful spot on our day trip to Te Awamutu.
This place holds a special place in my heart, I look forward to returning soon.

Left LOTR TB.

great place!! Took us a while!!

Easy find once Waterlilly worked out I had transposed two numbers on the coordinates. Of course we'd spent a bit of time trying to get to the wrong side of the stream. Op's! TFTC

Gps lead us straight to it, pretty cool spot, thanks for the placement.

TFTC

Surprising easy to find for our second ever cache.
Was a team effect. Wife spotting it very quickly.

#65
Turned out to be the last cache on our trip. he contents were very exciting...
+ 1 Franc French coin
- Rainforest coin
TFTH

Having just found the other Te Awamutu cache, we had 15 minutes before the last bus back to Hamilton. Surely we could squeeze this on in and get to the bus in time.
Accurracy was not brilliant under the trees. 8 minutes till the bus .... I'm sure it's around here somewhere .... 6 minutes .... It's got to be just here .... 4 minutes .... ahh, it'll be in that spot there for sure .... 3 minutes ... found it, now to log it quickly and dash for the bus ... GRRRRR [:(!] this cache does not lend itself well to being logged in a hurry.... ran for the bus and arrived at stop mere seconds before the bus arrived phew!
#6 for the day
TNLNSL
TFTC

Poor reception at GZ but found without too much bother. TNLN. TFTC

Te Awamutu roses... blooming wonderful! Found with team cacher Sweet P, a bit of seraching turned up what we were looking for. Surprisingly low muggle factor given our visit here late Saturday morning. All in order with this cache. Rehidden well by adding some cover.
TNLNSL
TFTC
The Turtle strikes again!

An easy find but used the clue. IN toggles. Out Lizard

Thanx for the cache!!! TNLN
teamKollMont from Germany xx

TFTC

Was a nice stop for a spot of lunch followed by a quick search with lostpukeko. tnln tftc

Quick find after lunch in the park. Found this with gjdjb.
tnln tftc

Another one to cross off. A nice easy one not too far from home.

TNLN TFTC

Rala was on her way to Lake Taupo with a friend from Germany and on their way they stopped for this cache.

What a cute little park. The roses smelled just wonderful and the fountain looked very inviting, but Rala resisted the urge to jump in. Rala's friend found the cache (her first one ever) and then Rala had some fun with the containers.

TNLNSL, TFTC

(Sorry for the late log...)

2nd attempt, this time the cache was actually there!!!. Cool idea! Felt like opening Christmas gifts!!!

6.15pm. What a lovely walk, loved the containers. Nilbogs Experimental Swaggie out - Australian Rainforest Coin in.

[This entry was edited by Leaf-off on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 11:06:30 PM.]

Neat idea for a cache.
Easy Find
In Dice
Out Nil
TFTC

Another cool little hide and neat idea with the containers
Nil in Nil Out
TFTC

Quick and easy find on a lovely sunny day.
- SpongeBob magnet, rings, butterfly, badge, car toy
+ 4 lizards & tattoos
- Diabetes TB
+ Swaggie TB
TFTC

Found on our way home after rambling around the Kihikihi caches.
+ a marble, - nothing.

Nice quick early morning find. No problem with GPS reception.
TFTC

3.00pm. Well reception was good enough - went straight to it.
- T.B. + T.B. Thank you. David

kotare's first New Zealand cache while on holiday here from the USA. It was so exciting when some local cachers tapped on the window as she was putting in the co-ordinates! Caching together made it an even more special event. Traded some TBs. SL. Thanks for the cache.

[#447]
Pulled up beside another car in the Rose garden carpark, and noticed a yellow electronic device sitting on the dashboard. A quick tap on the window revealed another cacher, Kotare, on holiday from the States, here visiting family and friends. Nice to make your acquaintance.
Had a yak about international caching, and then made the cache find together. Discovered and traded some travel bugs.
Logged in Lighthouse coin for Kotare to pick up.
TNLNSL, TFTC

Called by today, while in the vacinity, checking out a wedding venue nearby. Added the missing items plus a new log page. Picked up ags new geocoin (will wait till he logs it) and tidied up cache site.
Seems every cacher adds more xxx to cover the cache and so it is building up. Nearby roses have been pruned - guess it's time to start doing mine.

Stopped at these pretty rose gardens on many occasions. With the middle of winter the roses are a bit bare, but still a lovely spot.
Dropped off geocoin, after accidentally leaving it on the grass for two days(!) at Matakitaki Pa geocache. Lucky to find that again!
- ear plugs (2x)
+ dinosaur & butterfly
Thanks for the cache.

Quick find once I'd found somewhere to park -took a wrong turning. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Called in and checked cache. Missing a few items, which will be replaced in the next visit.
Thank you Ross and Dana, the muggles who endorse Safe Sex, but the items you left do not fit in with the cache theme (there was even items I've never heard of!!!). These have been removed as this is a family sport.
Picked up Jeep TB and left the Calgary cachers geocoin (trackable elsewhere)

On a trip from Arizona. A beautiful place - but today a little wet. Thanks for the hide. Left a TB.

Another pleasant spot not previously visited.

Thanks.

Nice place for our lunch, quick find, wouldn't you know it found the logbook at the first try.
TNLN TFTCSL

Found this with my husband, sister and nephew. Lovely park. Left Trinidad dollar and coins, took Unite for Diabetes Bug. Thank you.

Nice place for a walk but family having lunch near be so had to watch them and get a quick pickup and then return
In TB Bruiswick USA Diabetes

Lovely park. Interesting cache. I was correct first time. Must have been fools luck. Love the idea.

A good find after rock climbing at Wharepapa South all weekend. Intrepreted the photo theme differently so left a photo.

Enjoyed the walk around the gardens and managed to find the cache with no trouble although finding the log book was another story! TNLN but signed the log. Thanks for the fun this cache brought.

The geo-kid found this one first. Great little spot and a good reason to stop. TFTC.

After lunch in the nearby Te Awamutu Gardens we trundled along to find this cache. There was a family picnicing on the table overlooking GZ and my heart sank. After a stroll up and down I realised my guess for the hiding place was partially screened from the table if I kept low, so I crawled over and dug about. What I found was a repository for empty bottles and not the cache. So still keeping low I moved along to prospect no. 2. This time success!
TNLNSL T4TC.
Following this we explored other areas of the park and YES Butterfly Lady, Navigull has now communed with the birds of the fountain (see picture).

Found by GammaPiSigma while on holidays in NZ.

Nice easy cache for us to knock over while visiting relatives in the area. Have always made it a point to visit these gardens when we are in Te Awamutu and I am always impressed with the quality of the roses grown here. Easy find and we liked the cache theme.

TNLNSL.

TFTC,
GPS.

Great place for lunch. While the rest of the intrepid band were feasting after their sojourn through the grottos of waitomo, Terrortorian and co decided to challenge a few local caches. thankfully the lunch time crowd were too busy to notice the antic of a pair of cachers and this wcache was soon found. enjoyed the cache within a cache (maybe an extra clue will help). Off now to find some more NZ caches in our brief tour of the NZ.

The boss decided to stop for lunch at the garden, so we sat down and I brought my GPS out...found myself sitting 74m from a cache, though I didn't know which, and went for a hunt.

Looped around it first, as GPS had me headed toward the stream, then backtracked and went right to it. Brought it out, signed the log, amused at the interior of said package, and replaced it with a few more leaves.

Nice cache, thank you.

Easy find..the clue helped The roses are beautiful..

Had to dodge the muggles as lots are about. Good Clue !!!!! Was a little uncovered so made secure again. Found with my brothers Helirc and the other a sympathetic muggle.Took a penguin and left a "holden badge" temporary tattoo. SL.

Cheers Revhead

Found with my Brothers. One a muggle and the other Revhead. Interesting place all nice and tidy. Out frog and in Ear plugs. Neat idea with cache contents. Thanks

Cache is still there I searched about 1/2 them before Brian grabbed the correct one first time!

Cache is back. No changes to waypoint or clue... Thanks for the patience as I did some maintenance on the actual cache container. Happy hunting.

GPS accuracy 15-30m at best... It was dark so after 45 minutes of searching we left this one for sunny day... We now see that it is not actually there, which makes more sense cause there were a couple places where it made sense to be, but alas it was in neither of the places.
We are glad to know we arent going crazy! Only problem is we had to drive all the way back to Auckland smelling like onions from the onion flowers!

Thanks to Punga & Paua, most of the cache has been recovered. Sad to say some work needs to be done offsite before it can be returned. Watch this space, I hope to get it back soon...

3rd cache today. A very very lucky find!! We searched high and low for this one, there were only two likely places, one was empty and the other was stuffed full of fish and chips papers and beer cans. We widened the search but were ready to give up when Punga spotted signs of a cache in the onion weeds. We risked smelling of onions for the rest of the day and combed through the wild onion flowers to find the cache and contents spread over a wide area, we think we managed to save quite a lot and the log book is intact. We put it back together but decided against returning it to the same place. Will email Butterfly Lady and RadioNut50 with the details.

Based on the most recent log, will disable immediately and consider whether to replace. It's been fun watching the double hunt on this on. Thanks to all who chased this one.

This is a cache that even when you find the cache you are still looking!!! Great thanks. NINO

DDR Gopher was on fire this day, finding yet another. Took butterfly stickers and left an Ethiopian bracelet. Nice puzzle inside the cache, we did manage to sign the log. TFTC! Dancing Gophers from Maryland, USA.

There were four young muggles lurking close to the cache so we went for a short walk and waited for them to leave. Even at this time of the year there were some roses worth photographing. (And the wasps). The bushes and trees are a beautiful colour just now.

Nice spot.

Last find for the day, been a long trip back from the mountain, but it was dark and work tomorrow meant we had to get on with the driving. Had no problems finding the cache but noted a burnt out car up on the road and hoped the culprits had fled. TFTC

Pretty location, cache was well maintained. Just wrote in log

A visit to check cache. All dry - just needed covering a bit more. Noted waypoint good from out in the clear, but tends to waiver once under the trees. Suggest seekers / finders check pointer on GPS before going under the tree cover - you can do this within 10 metres of the cache. Cheers.

Nice day for a stroll around the fountain. found easily enough, walked past it on the way in. took nothing, left nothing as I had something bigger to leave. Thanks for the cache.

Thanks for the info on the restrooms... New state of the art restrooms are now open, behind the information centre on the corner, and across the road from the main gate. Do come back now y'all.....

This must be one of the largest single stage multi-caches in existance. Finding the cache container was one thing, finding the log-book quite another matter. Into the appropriate container we placed a 5 sene coin. Anyone contemplating a South Pacific journey can enjoy a real big ‘spend-up’

We offer thanks to ‘Butterfly Lady’ and ‘Radionut’ for an interesting location and challenge.

Of interest the female of the species considers that the adjacent rest-rooms were of ***** quality unmatched by any other known.

tanetops

After another quick drive bye one the way home so this was a bit of a surprise. Not to bad though find "it" in the third place I looked.
TFTC TNLNSL

Couldn't believe my luck in finding the logsheet on the first try. TFTC - M@

Great stop for a cache. Had a good walk around before looking for the cache. Had trouble with my GPS, might be time to get a new one.

Walked through the rose gardens soaking up all the nice smells. Coordinates seemed to be bang on for me and the GPS led me directly to the cache. A pity the kids weren't with me today as they would have really enjoyed the original puzzle. TNLN. Thanks

Found by Boges. Heavy rain so no one about. Nil in or out

Nice quick find before work. My GPS was also pointing to the creek, but the clue is fairly specific when you're in the right area and I found the cache on the second spot I checked. Nice twist (3). Thanks for a cache in such a lovely spot. TNLNSL.

Yes the GPS was all over the place-seems to be pointing somewhere near the creek. Looking at the clue helped and I had the prize within minutes but "Thats not all" when you open up you have another surprise for you!! I wont say what happened to me yet!
I got married in these gardens-the nearby structure looks new to me. Lovely gardens
Another FTF too
Left TB
TN
TFTC

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