Geocaching in Auckland

 Today/Friday was all about geocaching in Auckland and thanks to two local geocachers it was a memorable experience, but more on that later.

We spent the morning walking around the city center to locate some historic buildings while completing an Adventure Lab. Some geocachers don’t care for this newer kind of geocache but I love them because it is a great way to explore a new city without taking a guided tour. We went to 5 historic buildings to locate specific information and then found a bonus cache after our walkabout.

Our first cache find of the morning

We were along the harbor. I loved the red fence.

The Ferry Terminal Building

A memorial called the Memorial Beacon

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Adventure Lab completed

I wish I had taken a photo of the padlock at the bonus cache as it was one we had never seen or experienced before. I love finding something new when playing this game.

These two local geocachers came to the hotel and picked us up for an adventure outside the main city. I had been in contact with them asking for advice on the location for hosting an event and for some help with locating two specific geocaches placed by geocachers we know, one from Sioux Falls SD and the other by a geocacher now living in CO, but from Sioux Falls. The two of them had never been to their geocaches so I really wanted to find them and let them know where they were located and watched over by these two gentlemen.

 EJKPBR’s was the first find

Under tree branches

Along a manmade meandering lake

With reed grasses along the shoreline

And pampas grasses

And through the trees

We would have had a difficult time finding it on our own as it was not a straight path!

BAWags75 was the next cache we found

Much easier than the trek to the first one

This was the location of one of their caches

The cutout was also at this little park

After spending two hours with them they brought us back to the city center where I hosted an event. Glyn and Mike made our Auckland afternoon a memorable adventure with their stories and New Zealand information. Hubby and I are so thankful for their assistance and now friendship. They have also cached in the US. 

Six geocachers plus us attended the event, five of them local or New Zealand cachers, and one from Germany who will be on the cruise with us. The whole day was an awesome experience thanks to the two gentlemen in the photo!