trials and tribulations of two tech geeks geocaching in and around Auckland, New Zealand

Archive for January, 2008

“Hey Dude 2″ (Auckland) GC18Z16

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

S 36° 54.463 E 175° 05.236
GeoCaching.com: GC18Z16
Directions to: “Hey Dude 2″ (Auckland) GC18Z16
30 January 2008 4.10pm
- Red parachute man
+ Hand made wire Kiwi puzzle

our log entry at geocaching.com:

This is such a great location and we enjoyed the first Hey Dude cache so much that we had to get down to find this one as soon as we could. We choose the beach path there and back, stopping for a paddle along the way :) Water was so calm and clear you could see the fish swimming around you.

Terrain rating is spot on… both of us almost lost our footing at places along the way (would not want to attempt this in wet slippery weather)

We thought we were going to be beat to it along the way when a helicopter started to land in front of us along the beach! … but we were pretty sure we spotted a fellow GPS user on our way back.

TFTC :)

Made for a nice afternoon out, thanks :)

 

CAM (Auckland) GC18Z56

Monday, January 28th, 2008

S 36° 52.869 E 174° 59.646
Placed: 28 January 2008
Geocaching.com: GC18Z56
Directions to: CAM (Auckland) GC18Z56

Description:
CAMshaft… or CAMouflaged? :)

Simple multi-cache, one waypoint and the final cache

The coordinates (S 36° 52.869 E 174° 59.646) are for the waypoint just a few meters from the carpark

WP container is a (hopefully) well disguised Film canister. Final cache is a small camouflaged Lock&Lock container

Cache contents when placed:
Metal Clip Flashing LED whistle (new)
Glow-in-dark shooting star
Jar of glitter
Red key spring clip
dropped off: TB1KPYC: The Travel Slug Geocoin #2

Great place to stop and let the kids run around (play area close by).

Hope you enjoy this cache

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Log-it (Auckland) GC18Y35

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

S 36° 55.141 E 174° 59.464
Placed: 27 January 2008
Geocaching.com: GC18Y35
Directions to: Log-it (Auckland) GC18Y35

Description:
This is a themed multi cache

There maybe some simple puzzle solving required (the real puzzle for WP1 is getting the instructions back into the container )

Coordinates (S 36° 55.141 E 174° 59.464) are for the first waypoint and a short walk from where you can park.

The final cache is micro but enough space for some very small trade items
Contents when placed:
sealed CR2032 battery
Glow-in-dark star
Fridge magnet
Small wooden peg
Dolphin sticker (animated)

Hope you enjoy this spot

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(Images coming soon :)

17 May 2008
Temporarily Disabled due to track maintenance :)
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