S 36° 52.706 E 174° 54.792
GeoCaching.com: Hogwarts – Ron’s Search (Auckland) GC164QZ
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This cache proved to be our greatest challenge testing not only our newly acquired caching skills but also our sanity It took us near on a month of on and off attempts to complete this one but we got there in the end

Starting point: S 36° 52.706 E 174° 54.792

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Co-ordinates are the right place to start.
Can you help Hagrid, find Ron Weasley?
Ron has lost something and he raced into the woods to find it, and hasn’t come back.
Fearing the spiders may have got him Harry & Hermione left Hagred a note and went into the woods to find him.
Catch up with Hagred if you can, its your only hope. You might learn something on the way so take a pen & paper, there could be a test later.
He’s got a head start but you can hear him in the distance complaining about being dragged out of bed so early, and that the sun is in his eyes. He is counting out loud as he goes, in time to his steps. “338, 339, 340, Ouch…who threw that !!!”

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S 37° 07.445 E 175° 32.169
GeoCaching.com: GC17H2Z
Directions to: Where it all began (Coromandel) GC17H2Z

13 December 2007 2:10pm
Left car park at 1:50pm found at 2:10pm
- inflatable item (Ford)
+ Hand clappers

This one was quite a highlight for us as it was our very first First To Find (FTF) Two previous caches had been unable to locate this one and with both having a lot more caching experience than we didn’t anticipate success… but we were wrong We huffed and puffed up the hill on a rather damp day but within 20mins of leaving the suggested carpark we had the cache in hand… and were both grinning from ear to ear

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S 37° 00.416 E 175° 51.689
GeoCaching.com: GC17XHG
Directions to: No Goats (Coromandel) GC17XHG

After spending the week at Pauanui we decided to mark the occasion by putting down our first Cache. We also released our first Travel Bug: Timo’s Friend TB1R4R0 / Geocache.Geek.nz: Timo’s Friend

Cache Description:

Minute walk from car park. Nice easy cache
Small camouflaged Lock&Lock plastic container.
Contents when placed:
Small automatic pencil & Logbook
Muggle Card
TicTacToe puzzle book
Glow-in-dark stars
Yellow pull-back toy bus
Compass keyring
Travel Bug: Timo’s Friend TB1R4R0

Views across Tairua Harbour between Billy Point and Pleasant Point.
Car parking available, Children’s play area close by, Safe swimming, Public toilets, Ferry ride to Tairua

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