Last night a local cache was published GC2XBER Behind the Hall (Auckland).  As Kev and I were already settled in the night and didn’t fancy going out in the dark we left the FTF for someone else to get.  The next day when I was at work Kev went to get it.  A geocaching trail was evident and lead him to the cache.  He left the travel bug Lambville Racer and retrieved Rolly.  Kev said there is a great park next to this cache.

And this is Rolly.

Later that evening Kev and I went to the movies – Hangover 2 (great movie!).  As we were going home Kev said should we get GC2W0NJ Gone With The Wind. (Auckland).  This cache has been bugging Kev as we often drive pass it but never go get it.  As it was late we had no problem with parking or muggles in this highly visible area.  We were lucky as we needed quite a bit of time to walk up and down and look everywhere.  Lucky our tummies were fill coz the aroma of Nando’s, Pizza Hut and Burger Fuel was very enticing!  Yet again Kev found this cache – his skills have definitely improved hehe.  Here he is pointing to the food sign. 

A end to a great night and a warm up for our cache group run this weekend.

*** Cath ***

Another weekend and Kev and I needed to pop out to Takapuna.  On the drive out Kev suggested we grab a couple of caches.  We went for GC2EY6W Castor’s big concrete thing’a'ma’jig (Ackl).  We had plenty of time to look as no one could see us behind the big concrete thing’a’ma’jig.  With that and a few trees our GPS’s were playing up so we thoroughly searched all the nearby obvious spots and I came up with the cache.

The next and final cache of the day was GC2D16P Alex’s (Auckland).  This was a beautiful spot, just down the road is the beach and you have a great view of Mt Rangitoto.  This one took us a while to find and I was ready to give up but Kev really wanted to find it.  After a few more minutes Kev gave me the “yippee I’ve found it” call.  Another clever design that is out in the open and you wouldn’t think anything less of it unless you were geocaching. 

One cache each for both of us, another quick and successful hunt during the cold and rainy months.

*** Cath ***

Today I was having a special treat – a beauty spa treatment.  Kev who had to wait for me, went out for a coffee and then went geocaching.  He found GC1XKJ8 Ruby’s Zoo Cache (Auckland, North Shore).  The find was quick but the retrieval was slow.  Kev who is still nursing an injured knee took quite a while to bend down to pick up the cache.  While halfway through he had gathered a crowd of muggles who had just exited the house – oh dear!  Hopefully they already knew about the cache existence.  Kev also retrieved the travel bug Lambville Racer.

By now I was beautiful (I mean MORE beautiful) and ready to go.  Kev wanted to do one more cache just down the road, GC1AN53 Taka Beach (Auckland).  The cache didn’t take us too long to find but the disguise was perfect – just something that blends into the environment and can so easily be overlooked.  It was such a beautiful day and a lovely way to spend the afternoon.

On the way home now to enjoy the rest of the weekend!

*** Cath ***

I had just finished work and Kev wanted to get the cache GC2VN5X Highway Hidey Hole (Auckland) which is just a short distance from my job.  We parked the car at the suggested waypoint and made the short walk to the cache location.  With the nearby schools already finished for the day it didn’t take me long to find it.  Another cache to inch us closer to the big 700 find mark!

Until next time!

*** Cath ***

Today Kev and I had a bit of shopping to do in Takapuna.  After a lunch at the cafe, we decided to do a cache on the way home.  We went for GC20JDP Who gives a fig 4 a cache?.  After finding a suitable place to park we went to the cache location.  Even being so close to the road, you can retrieve this cache without feeling out in the open.  A nice quick find.  We were lucky we had just eaten lunch as Kev was tempted by the new Double Down from KFC, as it seemed was everyone else as the drive-thru queue was out onto the main road!

One cache wasn’t enough for Kev so we took the short drive to GC1T2QB Polo @ the Quarry? (Auckland).  The area was empty so we had plenty of time to search for this cache, which is lucky as we needed it!  It took us a while but after a long search Kev spotted it for me to retrieve.  Unfortunately Kev jarred his knee so it was a painful success as you can tell by the look on his face!

We drove to the bottom of the driveway to rest and ice Kev’s knee while watching the local ducks swimming in the water.  After logging our find we realised there was just another cache a short walk away, GC1GFDV To Row or Paddle? (Auckland).  With more painkillers in Kev we walked to find the cache.  It was a beautiful day with only a few people canoeing on Lake Pupuke.  A local rower muggle was out and about so we had a talk to him before he joined the rest of his canoeing friends on the water.  With them all out of the way I went on the search.  Kev called to me say he’s found the likely spot for the cache when I lifted up the container – I had already found it!  Another clever hide and a wonderful view.  These caches are perfect to do in the cold months as the number of muggles are way down.

Time for home!

*** Cath ***

When Kev picked me up today he was excited as two caches had just been published a couple of hours ago in Kaukapakapa.  Being during work hours and out in the county, we figured we had a good chance for a FTF even being a few hours late.  We went off to get GC2TYPH Welcome to Waitoki !  A nice country drive and a quick find, but we were not greeted by an empty blog, we were third to find.  As the photo shows, a lovely sunny day!

The likelihood of getting a FTF on the multi GC2TYPZ Kaukapakapa ! was slim but since we were in the area we still went for it.  We are not big fans of multi’s but we love these types when they are only a short distance apart.  A quick find and some interesting history.  We didn’t get the FTF but we were second this time.

A very long way to get home but two more caches added to our found list!

*** Cath ***

Kev and I had just finished relaxing at the hot pools and decided to go for the cache GC1YCYM End of the Line (Helensville).  We had always intended to get this cache and Kev said today is the day.  We went into the township and being a Sunday it was nice and quiet, well maybe slightly more than usual as Helensville always is nice and quiet.  With a bit of searching here and there, I came up with the find.  A really nice train and great for the kids to have a play on.

Choo choo

*** Cath ***

On the way to pick Mrs Kevs_Team i needed a quick Geocaching fix so i pulled up to Big Max meets Colin Meads and I soon had the cache in hand.

Hands up I needed to Phone a Friend on this one and guess what I had touched the cache at least 2 times

This cache has come great camo as you would expect from G-2 !

Kev

After 2 days without going out for a cache I was getting that special feeling that only Geocachers get

Mrs Kevs_Team was fast asleep so I hobbled down the road to the beach at Surfers and quickly had Sand, Surf n Sun I sure hope this cache lasts as its in a very busy muggle area. The Gold Coast Council have been doing some great work down by the beach in the hart of Surfers. If you have not been there for a couple of years go check out the new look !

After this find I had an appointment with the local Chiropractor to try and get my back working again. After the crack I headed off for the 2nd cache of the day Another ‘Aussie’ this was located right on the river over looking our apartment. Great little park with a jetty so the supper rich can pull up in the super yacht, this would make this cache a “Sail By”

End of the caching day for me time to return to the apartment and boast to Mrs Kevs_Team how good I am at finding caches

Kev

Ok I know I am way late in publishing the blog entry but things have been so busy recently

BarkingmadNZ published the 101 Dalmations power trail .on the 3rd March 2011 well you guessed it 101 caches and a finial mystery cache 101 Dalmations: CRUELLA DE VIL 

Well Kai_Gotti could not wait any longer to do these caches so off we went me with my leg all bound up due to a knee injury and doing the driving and Kai jumping out the car every 161m half way though we where joined by bluedahlia.co.nz 

Well to cut a very long story short we managed to find all 101 + 1 caches it took about 7 hours. We all agreed that it was very boring and we would not be doing such a long power tail again ! (I will never drink again)

Here are some photos from the Power Trail