Breukelen Cook View (Wellington) Newtown, North Island, New Zealand
By JamesNZ on 09-Jul-06. Waypoint GCX1P3

As there's been no cache to find for some time, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Does this cache still exist? It seems to have been out for a while.

Is it going to be checked by owner????
Been several months of DNFs, but no visit by owner.
Would enjoy finding this one next weekend!

Reports that it has gone missing

Even with the spoiler picture no luck! Cache needs to be checked by the owner!

Please check if the cache is still there. It looks some clean up has reveiled the cache.

Even with those eagle eyes of Bcj97 no joy today. Found lots of likely spots and GPS settled at 1 to 2 m but still no luck.Had to drag Bcj97 away as she hates not finding these elusive little fellows. Will bring my large scrub cutter next time, wear overalls and act like a council worker. Hopefully the blade won't hit the cache and obliterate its contents. May eliminate some gorse. Nice day for great views. Cheers.

This is the second time I have visited this cache, to no avail. I searched under all the trees at GZ and poked the lumps of overgrown grass with a stick, but still didn't find it. I did find an angry gorse bush tho

I looked, and looked some more and couldn't find it so gave up for the day!

even using the other logs "avoid the gorse" I began to think w/o a tiny person it would not be possible but then the GPS settled a bit and there it was well hidden but right on the mark. Great view & as I was geo walking all the public ped ways are tremendous. TFTC

No luck for me, I guess I'll need to look at the spoilers before attempting this cache again.

Spent ages at GZ first, then widening the search. Really began to doubt the GPS on this one.... and hating gorse! Paced out the 6m, defined the "small" as comparative with others. Found a good prodder, and prodded through the grass at all the bases.......
No luck, no cache for us today.
Now, back at the computer, can see the spoiler photo, of an item that was about 20m from the WP today - did go over there, but felt it was so far from the search area that I did only a half hearted search there - frustration reigns. Half hour of searching wasted.
May have time to return before the flight home tomorrow.

Oh, good views today, and good challenge for a flat city driver!

Murrayroma and Soggyboots found .Yeh nice views of Wgtn Worth bringing visitors

Murrayroma and Soggyboots found Lived here for years and never seen the stunning views.Left Pink Panther took copper braclet

Scrabbled around in bushes for some time with three people, but failed to find anything except expletives related to being jabbed by gorse.

This took me longer than it should! I was about to give up due to the dark when there it was - must have gone past it or even knelt on it while going round in circles. Should've read the previous logs more thoroughly because it is right where it is said to be. TFTC (741)

Negotiated our way round a pretty serious girls rugby match to find this one further up the hill. No. 13 of our kiwicaching tour.
Took: Hogwild GC, All Blacks card
Left: Belfast Zoo pen, Irish Eurocoin.
TFTC

Lived in Brooklyn for first 25 years of my life, cannot say I ever went to that park. Enjoyed my visit. SL Left Hogwild travelling Geo-coin + Golf tees took puzzle TFTC

Nice spot and great view, in an area of town we have never visited. TFTC

These are not my favourite types of hides - there are just too many possibilities. Tried a few but decided to give it away before too long. Lo and behold I spied it on the way out! Such is caching.

GPS was spot on and lead us to the exact location. We held the GPS directly on top of the cache, but didn't find it and extended our search. Came back to first spot and found it rather quickly the second time. Should have trusted the GPS first time. Nice hide. TFTC.

[Third (fourth?) visit to this cache. Found in relatively short order a) my prescription sunglasses lost in the undergowth here on visit #1, and b) the cache! Yippee, praise the Lord! *So* glad to have sunglasses back.

Note to others the "spoiler" photo in the gallery is the *old* location the cache was in before it was moved.] The photo may still give you a starting point as other log entries state the cache was moved c. 9m along ridge—current coordinates are the new location. Cache is c. 40cm from base of a bush, and can be found while you are in clear view of sky and without scrabbling about in undergrowth. [TFTC.

Edit: Timezone correction for date.]

Ticked off all Brooklyn caches today, but left this one to last, because of the recent Didn't Find log. But all was good, relatively easy to find, in great condition and finally a cache with some really nice trades in it. Glad that we gave it a try. TFTC!

Again didn't find this one, but honestly I was only partly looking for it this time. That's because I'm almost certain that while searching for this cache last week I lost my prescription sunglasses here... I was scrambling all up and down the bank looking for this cache so they could be anywhere...

They are shaped more like standard glasses than sunglasses apart from the darkly tinted lenses. Due to my non-standard prescription they won't be of use to anyone else, but I would *love* to get them back.

If you find my sunglasses, or even see them there but didn't pick them up, please get in contact with me.

First ever attempt to find a cache—would not have picked it had I read all the recent DNFs! Not helped by 17m accuracy on iPhone; unsure if that is typical. Eventually found a red rectangular Tupperware container on the ground, lid off, filled with water and mud and no contents save an old chippie packet. Latter makes me think it was not cache, but if it was it has been mangled. No sign of logs etc. View still great at a nearby location I didn't know about previously.

[This entry was edited by 41° south on Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 12:37:21 AM.]

Based on some of the more recent logs we approached this one fearing the worst and expecting to be engaged in a search of titanic proportions, with disappointment a possibility.

The true motto of this game is "trust what your GPSr tells you". And so it was, and so the cache was duly found. Sure, we spent some time looking but in the end it was a case of believing the coordinates I'm afraid.

It was a wild and windy day up here today, but sunny and lots of great views to be had.

Noted that this was yet another cache visited today where the gorse has become agressively invasive and makes a real nuisance of itself. Curse the stuff.

Cache found to be in order, and rehidden as found.
- retrived a wonderfully pictorial geocoin
+ nil, but brought a bunch of travelling bugs with me.
Signed the log
TFTC - found along with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

#282. Finally found it ... not sure how we missed it on previous visits. (The difference is we brought our magic wand today.) Nice sunny day today and muggle free.
+ World Ploughing Geocoin
+ huhugrub pebble
TNSL. TFTC.

TNLNSL TFTC Walked straight up and found it exceptionally quickly this time, no idea how I missed it the first two times I've looked for it.

This is the second joint find today with Crystal Fairy. This is my second trip to this location and we found it quite quickly this time. TFTC TNLNSL

Not quite where I would have placed a cache (position), the view is great, so took a while and a long stick to find this one.. Thanks for showing us this area..

After reading the number of DNF's in the logs wasn't sure how I'd go on this one, took 40 minutes of looking but found it. GPS reading pretty accurate.
- Dinosaur
+ red monkey (the one from the barrel)
TFTC

2nd attempt to find this one, and still no luck, even with the hint, searched thoroughly within 10m of where the GPS was pointing and still no luck.

Tempted to come back with a hedge trimmer.....

Great Wellington day - good location, enjoyable walk. Cache was a little hard to find, but we found it as we were about to give up.

Had another good go at this cache this evening. Still couldn't find it. I think I puzzled a couple of muggles wondering what that loon was doing in the bushes with a torch. Oh yeah - this was DNF attempt 2, I think I'm going to need to count them with this cache. Cheers Gav

Jr taybee has this own account how am logging this old find under his new Username (Jr taybee) was log as part of taybee team

find after looking for 15 mins was about 9 meter off the path
good places for the cache also drop off datafish off
thanks

After 20mins i didn't find the target...
Tom

Second attempt, still no cache! The first was in the dark, this time in daylight. Found plenty of gorse though, still there if anyone else wants to dig through it...

I too wasn't able to find the cache. GPS pointed me at one bush, hint pointed me at a few others nearby and still wasn't able to find it. Cheers Gav

Searched for half an hour around GZ, but couldn't find it. There seems to have been some recent gorse spraying and clearing. Wondered if the cache was cleared as well?

I hate flax. I hate gorse more! Between getting impaled and nearly being blown off the hill, I was able to unearth it. Thanks for the placement. I wanna do the City to Sea walkway some time. Looks like a good route.

This was to be our 5th cache of the day, after winding thru the narrow streets and parking the car, i approached from Dorking St, however found batteries in the GPS had died, had a search around in the described area but had no luck.

Third time lucky. Having a GPS made a huge difference, was nearly standing on it rather than stumbling around nearby.
golf tee in, frog out

searched and searched to no avail then I kicked it...exactly where the directions said..haha

nice easy find

Approached from Dorking, and a quick find with a picturesque view.

#999
Quick find after navigating our way through the narrow hill suburb streets, then we enjoyed more great views of Wellington from yet another vantage point we have never visited before. TNLNSL, TFTC

Tricky drive in from the top. Great view.
TFTC

Couldn't find the cache
teamKollMont from Germany xx

First of three on a 19km walk from home on a fine Saturday afternoon - yes I enjoy the exercise and the views and the caches were a motivation! Easy find and nice spot. TNLN - signed log as agc062. TFTC!

Nice easy find & place to see the view from.

A nice view but it was difficult at times deciding whether the lanes/driveways were public or private.

Very disappointed, our first attempt at locating a geocache, spent ages digging around under various little bushes etc, with no luck. Nor does the 'spoiler' photo doesn't look at all familiar as apparently the cache has since been moved???

Easy find, interesting parking potions nearby! Took Ladybird Geocoin

Looked EVERYWHERE...but did not find We will be back to try again!

had a little nicht walk, nice spot
+ TB Lady BUg
- TB AK's Awesume Auto

This one took a bit to find - the coords were a bit further down the hill. Eventually gave up and read the clue, which certainly helped. +Racing Jeep TB - please move along. TFTC.

5th find this afternoon. +bracelet - game. TFTC

Great we spot loved the views TFTC

Good view of Wellington even at night. Beautiful spot but a shame about the doggy business near GZ. It took me half an hour to get the stuff off my boots - yuck! GPS was jumping around a bit but found the right location eventually. TFTC

Took a lot of green bushes to find the right one. Satisfying last cache at the end of a long afternoon walk

Well I had to have another go - unfinished business to attend to. I knew the closest parking spot and so this only took a few minutes to resolve. The first of 5 for the morning.
+ alligator keyring
- happy face
TFTC

Oh great, I didn't check the latest logs before heading out and now I find out why I couldn't find it - it's moved!! Found the holly bush (stump) and all.
It was a long slog at the end of a long afternoon....never mind, I know how to get within 9m of it some other sunny afternoon

** Coordinates Changed From **
S 41° 18.368 E 174° 46.227
Distance From Old: 36.9 feet
Quick visit on a wet day to move the cache to a less obvious location. Move approx 9m up the hill.

Easy find from 10m out, could real.ly do with a better hiding place. Walked up from town, bit of a slog.
TFTC

Well no, it's currently a gorse bush -tho there's a very small holly nearby. -smiley ball, +snake.

Not sure this is a Holly tree?, found ok
+ Ostrich
- Spider

WOW! Nice spot, thanks! It was nice to get to this side of Brooklyn. Haven't done this particular view before.
There was a mangey vicious looking hungry dog wandering up towards me uncollared and unattended and I was momentarily worried (in light of tragedy in NZ yesterday) but pretended he didn't exist and promptly tumbled down the bank. *blushes*

Took TB with me with intention of putting it in the Brooklyn Blades just up the hill but that turned out to be muggle central so it will be with me until next weekend.

In town for business. Last day before flying out so I went walking to get a few. It's really hard not having maps & walking around at 5am, but it was fun. Finally found the right little street & was rewarded with some top views of Wellington waking up in the morning. Finally dropped 'Y' travel bug. Have had this one a bit longer than I shound. Nice spot.

Thanks for the cache ... Geoff - OMY130 - AUS ...

Found it the second time round! My GPS was pointing me several meters away from GZ, just happened to spot the cache while looking in another area.
+ NZ 3d coin
- Tigger card
TFTC

Great veiws of wellington
Took Corkscrew
Left Nothing

I used to live a stone's throw (almost literally) away from here for about a year and I didn't even know this place existed!

I recommend bringing a picnic here with you on a fine day - a quiet spot with wide open spaces and excellent views of Wellington city and harbour ... but you may _not_ want to throw a ball around here!

TNLNSL. TFTC.

Our 150th find! Quick & easy, The most difficult part was finding a park! TNLNSL, TFTC

Found on a nice drive around the city on a pretty day

cheers!

First Wellington cache, and just across the road too.
Didn't take long to find the cache and a nice view from the top after our walk up.
TNLN, thanks a lot.

Only a short walk from the friend's house we were visiting. I decided I could help the diabetes travel bug on it's way across the ocean. I left something but can't remember exactly what any more. Maybe a Canadian coin and a wooden game.
TFTC ~Dolfun

Swapped the Bonga Ethiopia TB for the Bellmore USA TB.

Found this on a day off school (sick with the Billhillies aka Granny & Grandpa.

TFTC

Found it with Cheeky Girl, Wonderful views.
Thanks for the cache.
Left "Bonga,Ethiopia" Diabetes TB otherwise TNLN.

Quick find hard to park near. +AA Batts -Animal Pegs SL TFTC

Wow great view, even better with now that there is a digger parked up! Its getting on in the day now, so starting to get a bit cooler.

Nice easy find, GPS was spot on.

- coloured stones
- tech deck finger skateboard
+ bouncy ball
+ shoelaces
+ smilie eraser

~ Chrispy Twitch and Boots

Nice easy find on a beautiful Wellington day. What a view! We walked up from Mount Cook and it was a beautiful trail through the bush. Thanks for the cache!

- Wind up Mr Blobby (our 5 year old loved him), Geocoin
+ Tech Deck skateboard, glass heart, sticker

Easy find but the holly tree has regrown as a Ngaio Tree.

Dropped off geo coin

Good spot. I also found the streets a bit narrow for the car. TNLNSL TFTC

Thanks for taking me to a spot in town I'd never been to. It was a great evening for a climb up to the view. The sky was incredible last night. A brilliant rainbow fell down into the Rimutakas and the light reflecting off the clouds over the homes was spectacular. TNLNSL TFTC!

Great views, cache wasn't too difficult too find, access by car as ADV discovered isn't the best.

+ Corkscrew/Bottle Opener
- TB

[I think the hardest part about this one was manoeuvring my car in the narrow streets of the area. Found OK without the clue. No swaps

My sympathies for the two DNF's yesterday. ]If the tracks I saw in the grass were yours then you were very very unlucky not to find it, they led right to it!

Walking up to the cache I spotted a fellow geocacher - Callum from "Callum and Brenda"! Unfortunately our searching powers combined we couldnt find the cache....

Had a good look around along with Murth, but couldn't locate the cache.

What a fantastic view! No trade. TFTC!
GeoTurtles!

Droped off Slinky after the TB's trip to the Cook Islands.

Thanks for that - geocaching sure lets you find out new things about Wellington!

- pizza eraser
+ tiny spoon

Nice spot.
Took Geocoin.

We strongly recommend wearing shoes - lots of gorse around!

Swapped travel bug (out) for geocoin (in).

Quick visit - rehidden under some bark.
+ Daxter the Dice TB

Good stroll on overcast day - lovely to see and hear so many tuis in the bush nearby.
- Pals TB off to see the sights of WN;
+ Pizza eraser
TFTC

Nice views took T/B left plastic thingy from Hawkes Bay

Mac 42

Nice views

first full day back in wellytown and 3rd cache of the day,
really nice views up here this afternoon.great afternoon for caching ,nice and sunny;)
walked straight to the GZ.
+pals TB
+lanyard
-mini playing cards

TFTC

Thought that I would be very exposed on this one, but the actual site is more hidden than expected.
- Green Rubber Ball
+ 2 x AAA Batteries for tired GPS