International Departure Lounge (Auckland) Ihumatao, North Island, New Zealand
By Tramper Ted on 09-Apr-06. Waypoint GCVAAC

Found on January 10 2009 but forgot to log this one. TFTC

This entry was edited by TreMichLan on Monday, 01 August 2011 at 02:01:27 UTC.

This long standing cache has been muggled. A new cache has been placed to take its place, but in a location a bit further away.

Checked today and it is gone !!!!!!
Sad about the Bugs.
Need to find another safer location.
Cheers TT

Looked for cache with Old Boots! Nearest feature to GZ had a poison bait trap at the base but no sign of any cache. The other features nearby were no good either.

A disappointing start to my caching adventures in NZ... I planned to leave a bunch of trackables here on arrival, but the cache was nowhere to be seen. Some of the area had been cordoned off, so I hope that it might still be in a spot where I didn't look - it might be worth checking.

There was men working around this area. Think it may have been muggled. Spent considerable time looking.

FOUND WHILE DROPPING NEPHEW OFF AT AIRPORT-HE IS NOW A FIRM CONVERT!

First of 3 found on this day with Roobi while waiting for a flight.

Impressed by the imbalance between arrivals and departures .. is this an indication of something deeper?

Found with APPO while waiting for a flight. Really liked the arrival/departure concept. TNLN. TFTC.

Arrived on red-eye flight from CHCH.
- Aperocache 2007 TB & Travel Express geocoin from Arrivals lounge
+ Ashburton lapel pin
SL TFTC.

Last day in this beautyful land:( Left some TBs TFTC!

Decided that this was a night time mission so off we went after dinner. Noticed when driving past that most of the footpaths are still roped off for the construction but there's an easy track from the back which is totally secluded . Dropped off Shooting Star TB, All Black Supporter TB, Prince Charning TB, Buzzing Around TB and Mrs Mandrill Escapes TB. Outbound departure lounge is now full and awaiting flights to take all the TBs away to somewhere exotic . T4TC.

Logging TBs for miles as passed through.

Dropped off TB and a Kiwi baby keyring. Did not take Kiwi Girl TB because it should travel out of NZ. No other TBs. TN because cache needed a top-up. Lots of construction around here. You cannot walk on sidewalk. TFTC
Early Rizers

15:00 Uplifted Kiwi Girl to take to USA. A good discreet hide. Walked from AKL while awaiting flight to LAX. TFTC. SL.

Found as part of the kiwifeet team.

# 114

After a delivery in South Auckland I headed to the airport to drop off Kiwi Girl TB who is heading for London. When Kiwifeet go geocaching we work as a family team. Tonight Dad was flying solo - I usually drive the car, not the GPS. Quick lesson before leaving. Arrived at the airport to realise I had forgotten my reading glasses (half blind without them!). By this time it was both dark and raining - no torch or raincoat. Eventually managed to locate GZ and crawled under a very wet tree. Found the cache more by feel than sight. Dropped off Kiwi Girl and left for home wet, miserable and TRIUMPHANT!!

#113

** Coordinates Changed From **
S 36° 59.983 E 174° 47.308
Distance From Old: 239.4 feet
New location.
Co-ords S 36 59.947 E 174 47.288
Cheers TT

All up and away again. Note new Co-ords and access from behind.

Construction threatens this one. Will move shortly and provide new co-ords.
Cheers TT

I shall be visiting Auckland on the 16th of feb and I have a TB which wants to race to the USA, if you are going that way could you please let me know and I will drop it off for your collection- cheers from the UK

#391. Found GZ to be extremely close to construction site, and muggle note in log. Retrieved the travel bugs inside to move on, it's probably safer until the construction finishes. Unfortunately, neither S Double G nor "South Fork New River (FL)" Red Jeep Travel Bug were in the cache. Replaced cache in same location as found.
- Keystone Blue TB
- Rocky Road To Dublin TB
TFTC.

Found this one, it may have moved a couple of flax bushes north - muggle note indicates that it narrowly escaped earth works.

Nice to find a cache of this size in order to trade trackables. Thanks for the cache. Note, there is some construction in the area

No TBs on me but a cache while waiting for a charter flight out back to Niue (eventually). Fakaalofa atu.

Great location, loved the organisation of the cache. Left a travelbug that needs to get to China before making it to Canada, hope someone can help him
TFTC

#351

Found without hassles.

Discovered bug, thanks

Quick find while waiting for the plane home TFTC +Dublin TB hope he finds his way

Visited right after arrival and before shopping, thanks for the welcome cache. No trade yet.

No Problems!!

NO TB's OR COIN's INSIDE !!!

No Trade

TFTC

Tom

Nice easy one that Dad and I found together.

Nice easy one.
Thanks

Found it by GuanacosTeam
TFTC!

Trobat per l'equip GuanacosTeam
GPC!

Found it!
Cache found in our holidays in New Zealand.

Easy to find.
Our last cache in New Zealand.
We have enjoyed this country a lot.

TFTC
Greetings from Barcelona

Foudn it before we go back to Germany.
TFTC + Greetings from Germany
Basti + Jule

Went for a quick hunt for this one on our way back from a departure. Dropped off Travel Bug in the hope an outward bound visitor could carry it on its way around the world. TFTC

Nice easy find while waiting for a connecting flight. TNLN TFTC

My last cache on NZ before catching plane home. I'm taking Hedgehog TB to Europe.

Nice and easy cache to find it.. Was very nice for me, cause we met there TB which I took 5 months ago from Aussie to NZ. Thanks, TNLN

The last of the trip to Auckland, it's been a interesting trip. And an ammo can cache to finish with - that's classy! TNLN Thanks.

#156. 2/14 for the day. Dropped some family back at the airport. Dodged the rain and hail for a fairly easy find.
TNLNSL TFTC

I arrived from Bay of Islands to the airport, dropped my luggage at check-in & headed for 2 caches. Nice walking excercise before long flight to Niue. Hopefully the Jeep enjoys the island. Now I'm logging my finds from a free internet terminal on a expo stand in departure hall

Cache checked after dropping family at airport. All fine. TB drop as well.

a short walk over from welcome to Auckland.

on my 1st attempt i had no luck, and with time not being in abundance i decided to give up, until i remembered i had my laptop with me with all the cache notes on board. so fired it up, got all the info and dashed back armed with some better clues.... so after some searching i still couldn't find it, half convinced it was gone i decided to leave it and head off, and as has happened so many times before. when i give up the cache revealed it self to me. so signed the log, grabbed a couple of bugs and headed off

the given co-ords are a little off on this one. they are between 5 and 10 m out

A quick find while waiting around for an international flight. +elastic tie, -nothing, signed log. TFTC!

Found during a two hour stop-over between flights in and out of Auckland. Also our last New Zealand cache for this trip. T: Ashleys Shoes TB, L: calling card, SL. Thanks to Tramper Ted for the cache.

Dropped off Joking Hedgehog Travel Bug.

Its owners have requested that it head back to Germany, so it'd be great if some kind traveller could take it with them to Europe.

Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble

Found what we think is the correct flax bush... searched for almost half an hour then gave up. First cache of the day and a big fail



[This entry was edited by chris021 on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 1:16:23 AM.]

Wow, lots of stuff in here. Was looking for the wrong Totara tree at first, then realised it was a Puhutukawa...LOL....took Penguin TB (V4GFVD), left an old NZ 20c coin.

With a handful of TBs and a spare hour or so it would have been rude not to have come for a visit, especialy after the effort the owner went to to visit one of mine (Legend!!)
Swapped TBs
Cheers and thanks for a strategic cache,
S.t.

found on a cache raid weekend with Kiwi_Explorer
TFTC

Found with Q Moto. Found in the dark. TFTC.

A nice cache. Took a few TB's. We are setting off on a journey

I was in the area on Saturday morning.
Swapped a few TB's/coins
TFTC

Dropped of TBs i couldn't drop overseas

I nabbed this one before calling it a night. I entered from the recommended easterly entry though I could hear the wet mud squelching up through the grass around my boots the whole way to the cache. I have dropped off some Aussie Temporary Tattoos
and took the friendly Kiwi toy. Thanks for the cache.

Found on a nice hot day before my flight. TFTC! nice container!

At the airport on the way home to Canberra, Australia.

Found this one and another one close by in a quick 20 minute run. A total of 25 while in Auckland for the 6 days.

Took nothing from this one, discovered 1 TB and TFTC.

Cheers,

Dodged the showers to quickly claim this one. TFTC

Went for a walk to stretch my legs between flights. Good cache, - warthog and TB, + doll. TFTC.

Last cache of an Auckland raid. Grabbed 2 Bugs to take South

Returned from Australia after midnight and had some tbs retrieved here in NZ destined for Europe that needed depositing in the departure lounge (which is getting full!). TN, left Piglet and Old Capital tbs. TFTC

Super quick find although was very weary of some construction muggles nearby.

Took Giraffe TB

TFTC

Visited this cache on the way out of the country to Peru. Picked up a travel bug and took it around Peru for 3 weeks but the two physical caches we visited we couldn't find or they were muggled.
pleaced the travel bug back in the cache on our return to NZ
thanks

Dropped off travel bug "LACPC Mascot Cow" - hopefully some kind traveller will take it with them overseas.

[This entry was edited by Mr Tomato on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 12:08:38 PM.]

Flying home after 24 hours in Auckland for the Duran Duran concert. We checked in our bags and then I took a walk to discover this cache and 'Welcome to Auckland'. It was interesting finding the cache whilst workman were busy over the back fence! TFTC. TNLNSL.

Dropped off three travel bugs in the dark - the cache was fairly easy to find, and is a nice size for TBs arriving into or departing from New Zealand.

Fortunately we weren't spotted by airport security. It would have been difficult to explain why we were messing about with a hidden ammo box in an airport!

TFTC

Good spot to collect some travel bugs to move around the world in my travels.Thanks

Last day and last Cache on my NZ tour.

Swapped some TB's around (3 in/3 out) and took with me a lot of good memory's.

TFTC.

_sunrise_

What a great place, but nearly got muggled by security... Explained that I was photographing the Auckland "sail" and he was happy... took me longer than expectd to find, but was worth it. Thanks!

Easy find. Great way to fill in a couple of hours waiting for my flight back to Nelson
Took Mooving On Geocoin

After 4 tries over a year - I finally found it. A difficult hide for an overseas TB hotel? Swapped TB's. Thanks for the hide.

Quick find at night after an airport drop off. TFTC NTNL

TB Drop

Quick stop to drop in COlorado TB and see if anything wants to go to Napier...

Picking up Kamla's daughter - flight delayed finding a cache is a good way to use the time. Good find in the dark. TFTC

It's time to say Goodbye to NZ today.
We loved being and caching here.

thanx for the cache! TNLN
teamKollMont from Germany xx

Found it on second visit with help of clue as GPS put us 12m out and there is lots of flax. Clue is big help. Find # 4. We got sprung by 2 of cachers. Time travel bug will head to the states on next trip.

And the grass was green!
Not where I come from at this time of year.

Hey Tramper Ted, gr8 cache! Good location and a super spot to watch people in a hurry to get somewhere else. I'll definitely be back. TNLN

I sought this cache out so as to send a Old Money TB that is in a race back to Cambridge in the UK. Can only hope someone heading that way will stop in and grab it for the journey!
The hint about the trees was super helpful in nailing it and the parking suggestion was helpful too. Thanks much. Will stop in as possible when I'm flying.

This is our first New Zealand cache. Easy find. TNLNSL Thanks for the cache.

Checked cache, cleaned out container and dropped off 3 Travel Bugs.

Have emailled owners of both Travel Bugs regarding the two that are listed as being in the cache.

no departures....?

a short dash around some airport caches before returning rental car. A short search and I'm holding the contain, no TB in cache
Thanks

5.50am. Have been meaning to this for a long time but just never had time. Got the shuttle to the airport and were way early got stopped in to grab some TB's but none were present.
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M+S [:O)](940)

A quick stop off before dropping off the hire car for the end of the hols. Found cache easily but no bugs, shame! So TNLN TFTC

Found on the way to the airport to meet sister returning from Japan. Quick find. TNLN TFTC.

Note from Wonderstuff, He has collected the bugs and coins available today.

Lots of kiwis around! Convenient parking spot nearby.
Picked up a coin to move along.
TFTC

This one took me a bit longer than it should of, but only because I dropped my bag right on top of it. No wonder I couldn't find it!

In: Nada
Out: Baby Bike TB

TFTC!

Found this one while out hunting with XenaCommander. XC in charge of Splat today while Princess Xena rests in the garage preparing herself for the next long long looonnngggg ride. XC had his big mitts on the cache while TK was sniffing at the wrong spot .. AGAIN... bent whisker trouble.
Inserted Baby bike TB to begin its trip to the USA... took it on some cycle rides and on the motorbike... fun fun fun
TFTC

Out and about on Splat with TechnoKitten riding shotgun. Decided to clear up a few caches in this area. I drive past this one most weeks. So now I know where it is I can pick up any trackables wanting to go overseas.
Parked close by and walked to GZ up bank behind. Fossicking among the cursed flax we soon had it in hand.
I uplifted Not Another Micro GC and discovered the rest in residence... and Dropped in Keymaster TB hoping someone will take it back to Melbourne before I go back that way.
TK signed the log and we left calling cards.
TFTC #519

A second visit to this cache to drop off travel bugs from Australia. Dropped off My Little (Yellow) Bug #1 who wants to build up the kilometers, Not another Micro! Geocoin, Lancashire Down Under and From the Lower Rhine to Australia bronce. Took Pistol Travel bug. TFTC

A second visit to this cache to drop off travel bugs from Australia. Dropped off My Little (Yellow) Bug #1 who wants to build up the kilometers, Not another Micro! Geocoin, Lancashire Down Under and From the Lower Rhine to Australia bronce. Took Pistol Travel bug. TFTC

There were road workers working on the road below the cache so had to extra quiet. I can verify with 2 Hopefuls that Pistol Pete is the only TB here.
TNLNSL.
Cheers for the cache.

Found in the dark this morning, raining slightly, had to lay low for a while as a nosey security gaurd was doing the rounds of near by buildings, was going to take Pistol Pete for a flight, but considered taking a gun in my hand luguage was a bit risky these days. Good hiding spot. TFTC

Found this minus Hopeful #1, but with Hopeful #3 on our way back from visiting the MAF beagles. Incidentally, we only saw TB PistolPete in the cache - but maybe we were in a hurry or someone's already taken them?

Nice easy find, TNLN.