Mr Tomato Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hello everyone! We're currently constructing diabolical plans to place our first cache, and have been wondering whether anyone here might be able to help us. Does anyone know where we can find (in NZ) those nifty camouflage bags and sachets of silica desiccant you see around in some caches? We've been keeping our eyes open, but haven't managed to find where we could get them from. Cheers! Quote Link to comment
+GenCuster Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hello everyone! We're currently constructing diabolical plans to place our first cache, and have been wondering whether anyone here might be able to help us. Does anyone know where we can find (in NZ) those nifty camouflage bags and sachets of silica desiccant you see around in some caches? We've been keeping our eyes open, but haven't managed to find where we could get them from. Cheers! Hi Mr Tomato. Welcome to Geocaching in New Zealand. There are two support organisations in NZ and most of the local knowledge is imparted there... Kiwicaching - www.kiwicaching.org and NZ Recreational GPS Society - http://www.gps.org.nz/ or direct to the forums at http://forums.gps.org.nz/ In general though, you will find that several well known cachers make their own camo bags. The silica gel bags come from shoe boxes, computer equipment and the like. Nothing like recycling Cheers, GenCuster Chairperson Kiwicaching Association of New Zealand Inc. Quote Link to comment
+Technokitten Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hello everyone! We're currently constructing diabolical plans to place our first cache, and have been wondering whether anyone here might be able to help us. Does anyone know where we can find (in NZ) those nifty camouflage bags and sachets of silica desiccant you see around in some caches? We've been keeping our eyes open, but haven't managed to find where we could get them from. Cheers! Contact TechnoKitten for camobags .... kitty can scavenge some silica from work also but dont see the point as they absorb very little .... best to use a decent sistema container and ensure the seal is kept clear of dirt when checking your caches. Also take note that your outside camo should also me CLEARLY marked GEOCACHE as requested by a nice young man from the bomb disposal squad....TK was phoned by a nice young man from the bomb disposal squad yesterday... they have "disposed" of several caches recently and found kittys calling card in one of them and paid a call ;-) Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hello everyone! We're currently constructing diabolical plans to place our first cache, and have been wondering whether anyone here might be able to help us. Does anyone know where we can find (in NZ) those nifty camouflage bags and sachets of silica desiccant you see around in some caches? We've been keeping our eyes open, but haven't managed to find where we could get them from. Cheers! North of Christchurch city is a cache aptly named "Silica City" - recommend you go there..... name says it all. Quote Link to comment
+TheWonderStuff Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 TK was phoned by a nice young man from the bomb disposal squad yesterday... they have "disposed" of several caches recently and found kittys calling card in one of them and paid a call ;-) So the Bomb Squad opened up the sus looking container, then gave you a ring? Quote Link to comment
+beltfamily Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 TK was phoned by a nice young man from the bomb disposal squad yesterday... they have "disposed" of several caches recently and found kittys calling card in one of them and paid a call ;-) So the Bomb Squad opened up the sus looking container, then gave you a ring? Hey, go easy - some women go for firemen, she must like bomb squaddies! She even leaves her calling card for them, so how obvious is that? No need to make fun it - I found my wife on nzdating.co.nz, so why not let technokitten find her man on the bomb squad? Quote Link to comment
+TheWonderStuff Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 TK was phoned by a nice young man from the bomb disposal squad yesterday... they have "disposed" of several caches recently and found kittys calling card in one of them and paid a call ;-) So the Bomb Squad opened up the sus looking container, then gave you a ring? Hey, go easy - some women go for firemen, she must like bomb squaddies! She even leaves her calling card for them, so how obvious is that? No need to make fun it - I found my wife on nzdating.co.nz, so why not let technokitten find her man on the bomb squad? I guess a bomb squad man would have very skilled fingers...... Quote Link to comment
+Technokitten Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 TK was phoned by a nice young man from the bomb disposal squad yesterday... they have "disposed" of several caches recently and found kittys calling card in one of them and paid a call ;-) So the Bomb Squad opened up the sus looking container, then gave you a ring? Hey, go easy - some women go for firemen, she must like bomb squaddies! She even leaves her calling card for them, so how obvious is that? No need to make fun it - I found my wife on nzdating.co.nz, so why not let technokitten find her man on the bomb squad? I guess a bomb squad man would have very skilled fingers...... GROSS you lot are too cheeky and foul minded for words but read the following words and try to be sensible...... THanks to this call which caused some considerable embarrassment at work....I managed to prevent more caches being destroyed by the Auckland based Bomb disposal squad - they admitted to destroying several already this year aside from the well publicised Mayoral drive incident. I was able to show them that geocaching is an international game and pointed out that a number of cachers are members of NZ armed forces.... so now our caches are safe from them at least They have a premium membership and are now able to identify a suspicious item using their topomap software to avoid an unnecessary callouts and cache destruction. Quote Link to comment
+TheWonderStuff Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Yikes! One of my nanos has maybe gone missing, I hope the Bomb squaddies didn’t whack it – I didn’t have it clearly marked as a “Geocache” either on the outside , so they may have thought someone wanted to blow up the bus shelter it was on…… TK – can you please send me some of your calling cards to me, I placed a cache at the weekend and Tramper Ted couldn’t find it – now I’m worried that maybe the bomb squad got it, if I slipped your card into my caches, then it could stop some unnecessary destroying of containers. Send the cards to: Wonder Corp Po Box 301 244 Albany Auckland Quote Link to comment
+TheWonderStuff Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 They have a premium membership and are now able to identify a suspicious item using their topomap software to avoid an unnecessary callouts and cache destruction. What if its a puzzle cache? The (false) cords could lead to a false call out? Serious Question Quote Link to comment
+TheWonderStuff Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Multis even...... Quote Link to comment
+TheWonderStuff Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 No TK calling cards have arrived yet either..... Quote Link to comment
+GSVNoFixedAbode Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 No TK calling cards have arrived yet either..... Wow! And you survived being at the same event. I'm impressed at TK's restraint! Quote Link to comment
+TheWonderStuff Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 No TK calling cards have arrived yet either..... Wow! And you survived being at the same event. I'm impressed at TK's restraint! I think I survived by carefully positioning myself by a k9 - well, that was the plan, it seemed to pay off!! Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I guess a bomb squad man would have very skilled fingers...... Yes, but how many? Quote Link to comment
+TheWonderStuff Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I guess a bomb squad man would have very skilled fingers...... Yes, but how many? 2? Quote Link to comment
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