HRT Bridge C06 (Hauraki) Waikino, North Island, New Zealand
By vectis on 10-Dec-13. Waypoint GC4V90Y

After dropping the car at the panel beaters, I cycled home along the Hauraki Rail Trail, so nabbed a few caches as I went. No problems locating this one. TFTC.

Good find with Cympull. Lots of cylists out today. TFC

Thanks for your amazing cache vectis. I really appreciate the time you took to set up and maintain your caches. Found with Fisha1288 Cheers, Cympull.

Thanks Vectis. We are slowly but surely picking off these caches. Thanks for always making it interesting!

Had to pick our time. Juggle riders zooming past! Tftc!:)

Away for the weekend to ride a section of the Hauraki Rail Trail from Waihi. This afforded me the opportunity to snag some caches en route. A nice quick find here keeping the numbers ticking on. Thanks vectis#5078Logged using Cachly.

Found it with Craig mcaulay

All good. You Can see it from the bridge.

A lovely day today, great to be out on the bikes. Nice to be able to change this one to a smiley face. Tftc

Admittedly I did not too hard. Clear evidence of lots of flooding in this area.

I am not sure that this is here?

Another quick fine thanks

Back along the Waikino end to finish the trail
starting to warm up with the Sun
Nice hide thanks

First look for the day on our bike ride from Waihi to Karangahake Gorge. Great ride.

Found but had no pen
Log sheet is very wet needs maintenance

We returned to the HRT to find some unfound caches. This was a quick find. TFTC.

**#16,287**
Finally we get to tick off this bluey! First DNF'd it back in 2014, almost 8 years we have had that frown look at us on the map! We did try in amongst the string of DNF's earlier in the year but saw it had been replaced so made it a must to find it.
Nice bit of a jog from the Railway Cafe carpark end and a quick find. Cheers!
TNLN TFTC!

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 24.994 E 175° 47.362

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 24.995 E 175° 47.365

Distance from original: 15.6 feet or 4.8 meters.

Hopefully now in a more secure location.

This one was lost in one of the winter floods. Have placed it in a new spot where it might, just might, survive better.

Mmmmm no luck here for us either… been a while since it was found - may need a check?

DNF

Last rode this trail in April 2015 but with the geo-kids being quite small at the time we had to stop halfway so never got the caches at this end. This was a chance for me to tidy them up and NurseDr and B4Dawn to get them all.

Unfortunately no luck for us today. It looked as though the water had been up and over the bridge at some point so could have been washed away.

I suspect this one has been washed away given the high water mark on the bridge.

We were staying at the camping area at the Waihi Railway Station with the aim of riding a portion of the Hauraki Rail Trail. Like the previous cachers we were unable to locate this one.

Nice to be out biking some of the trail today. Really thought I had this one once I saw the tell tale signs of a pile of rocks / stones, but no cache. Had a further good hunt in the area, but no luck here today

We had a DNF on this one back in 2017. Biking the trail again today with friends, found a pile of rocks/stones - but sadly, not the cache.

The Kiwiscot clan hired some bikes from Waihi and hit the rail trail. Enjoyed our cycle through the gorge and tunnel. On our return journey now. Short of time with the bikes needing to be returned before hire shop closing. Had a quick look but no luck. Maybe next time......

No luck today.

Mojo no go here.

Next time.......

We had a DNF here almost exactly two years ago and saw the cache had been replaced shortly afterwards so we have been wanting to come back ever since to turn it into a smiley.
Today we planned a day trip to the area to do the nearby Wherigo and find a few other caches so headed over to this one.
Being Queens Birthday weekend the trail was very busy with large groups of cyclists so we had to time our search carefully but managed to make the find during a quiet period.
Thanks vectis for a great hide and for giving us a reason to come back to one of our favourite sections of the Hauraki Rail Trail.

Last here in 2017 so turned the blue to yellow. Can't believe I didn't find it the first time. Tftc

Got it

Found it

Mr P and I had the best time, biking, finding caches and just enjoying the area. Highly recommended. T4tc

Heading from Paeroa to Waihi and back again on the HRT today, we collected a few caches along the way. We found this part of the trail to be very popular, and it is not hard to see why as this is a very scenic part of the HR trail.
A quick find here and we were back on our bikes.

Found

Tftc

Found that without too much hunting.
Cache all good.
Thanks

found another

Didn't have a pen for any of these ones. Made the ride so much more fun for kids. Thanks guys!

Found this one. The hint is a bit confusing. TFTC

Only just.....

Easy find today

Restrictions have been lifted so all good to go.

The Hauraki Rail Trail is closed while the Covid 19 rahui is in place. Anyone geocaching during this time is putting themselves and others at risk by handling the containers, stash and logs. So this cache is disabled until this present emergency ends. I reserve the right to disable any logs dated after the lockdown started.

Nice and easy to get thanks

Logged with [GCDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcdroid).

No idea!

Dodd fam. Found. Well hidden.
Thanks.

Yep

Took train from Waihi and are biking back. Stopped long enough to grab this. NINO TFTC

Found it while on my holidays in New Zealand Thanks for the cache!

Missed this one as well. Found it on another bike journey on HRT Section C. Thanks for replacing this cache. I had DNF here before. TFTC

Thanks for the cache. Enjoyed finding it.

Cache replaced. All good to go again.

No luck for us today

Like the others before me I was unable to find anything!

Another DNF for collection. No worries I will be back!

Tramyard alerted us that he couldn't find this one, neither could we. There is evidence on the bridge sides how high the water has been .... perhaps floods have taken the cache.

DNF

Looked but did't find it . we think it was washed away by storm

Nice ride this morning, Waihi to Paeroa and return caching along the way. TFTC!

Having a ride with my family, So I thought I might go geocaching. First time past we had a look by we couldn't find. Then going back home we had another look. We found It! We all signed this returned it to it hiding place.

Kiwis69 and myself are doing the HRT the long, yet less painful way. We have done one section previous and it was decided that it was time to tackle another chunk of the trail. We picked to cycle from Waihi - Paeroa as there was a slight time restraint, plus it was the shorter option and I was worried since it had been awhile since I had some serious seat time. All up it took us 4.5hr (which included a lot of hunting at some caches and a few breaks)

Once we had the cars sorted, and then the bikes sorted it was time to hit the trail. The weather forecast was average today and we hoped that would keep the muggles away. Well there were still quite a few muggles out and about but not as bad as it could be so we managed to time our hunting inbetween people passing by.

Feeling a little defeated after the last cache we were glad this one was a nice quick one!

Thanks for the hides and giving us some welcome breather stops!

It's nearly 4 years to the day since our usual caching cronies cycled the HRT trail but without 11hpg11 & myself being part of that group. Today, its finally our turn! Thanks heaps for keeping the HRT series going. Cycling the Waihi - Paeroa section today & really enjoying it. After a DNF on the previous cache, we were relieved to find this one easily, TFTC

Another good find everyone having lots of fun

No luck but looks like it's been missing for a while.

Only had a quick search for this one but no joy

A quick.check and update would be good.

Needs to be checked.

On a mission with fellow cacher, Dee+ME. A great winters day for a bike ride along this fabulous track, fantastic history in the area, had another look on our way back, definitely gone, bugga!

Log later

No joy here on way to and from.

looks like the flood may have got this one before we did

No luck for us.

This turned out to be the first of two DNF's today ... after a 10 minute search by Mr L we decided to move on, as we had plenty more on the trail ahead. We will return though ... it is a lovely spot.

After planning a trip to the bay of plenty for easter to gather a cache or two, it changed dramatically (we thought) when we heard that cyclone cook was about to bear down on this area our hopes had dropped .
But no almost the complete opposite, so after getting bike and body sorted it was to the start we went and ride the HRT trail, we started in thames and the plan was to ride to te aroha if the body allowed.

Nice quick find here exactly where and how it should be.

Thanks for the smiley and the placement.

Today we decided to hike this trail..... We started at the "HRT start" and walked to "Victoria Battery" and turned around and came back. While we were hiking we had to stopped on the way to search for geocaches that was hidden on this scenic route. We had a lot of fun
Thanks for bringing us to this part of Waihi.

Belgians on tour in NZ

TFTC

Cycling the trail from the tunnel to waihi today. Love the trail , TFTC. Dont recommend leaning on the fence here, its electric - oouch

More of the HRT series of caches. Today was from Waihi to Waikino. Thanks for placing the series vectis.

Found it while riding the trail
Haven't ridden this section before
Tftc

Ginaaol

Finally
All ok
Thanks

Found on pleasant but windy bike ride. Thanks very much.

Continuing our cycle of the Hauraki rail trail, this time between Paeroa and Waihi. Love this trail, thank you for creating

Out with Rustynz, Out playing on the bike with friends and Family having a fun time in the sun TFTC

Bit of an awkward reach but soon had cache in hand. TFTC.

Nice quick find this one. onwards and upwards. Starting to get hungry. Is it lunchtime yet?

Biking from Paeroa to Waihi and caching along the way. I had looked for this and not found the container on my way to Waihi. I looked in the same spot when I tried again, heading back to Paeroa, and this time I saw the container. Thanks for the hide!

Found it but log was very wet, changed zip and put a new paper.
Thanks for the cache!

Almost survived my first outing on a bike. Just as well or caches to distract me. Thanks for the cache

Found log sodden un signable...replaced with a water proof thanks for a great cache

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... It feels like ages since the last time we were out on the hunt. The weather has been predictably wet of late...

HRT Trail: I've been wanting to walk the section of track from Waikino to Waihi for some time now. The opportunity finally arose. After leaving the Victoria Battery, we set off on a fairly lengthy trek. There were many cyclists and walkers out on the path, but they seemed to be in such a hurry... After much time, we arrived at the first hide. This one was very wet, though we managed to get our names on the log. TFTC.

11.35am - Mission was to complete this trail to Waihi. Pace was on and with hint soon had cache. SLTFTC

20:45
Another one found during a long 40 km walk around the Karangahake Gorge. On my way to Waihi.
TFTC

Had a good look but no luck

A nice quick find on our cycle back to Waihi. There is a wasp nest very close by. TFTC

Earlier in the year, tikitour and I decided we would team up and cycle the whole Hauraki Rail Trail over the long Easter weekend and look for all the caches along the way. On Good Friday we did the Thames to Paeroa leg and yesterday we did the Te Aroha to Paeroa leg. Today we left the best till last and did the final leg from Waihi to Paeroa. It was another lovely day today and this section of the trail was a whole lot busier than the other 2, but we didn't have too many troubles with muggles. It was lovely cycling through here and I would come back and do it again. Soon found this cache along the way. TFTC!

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Day 3 of our cycling weekend and this was the best of the three days...fantastic track with lovely views, ups and down, great bridges , historical sites to visit, amazing tunnel and of course caches to find. It was a day of great variety, riding and walking. We cycled down from where we were staying in Waihi and we picked up a few along the way.Thanks for the placement of all the caches.

Thanks for the clue. Lovely ride. TFTC. Log a bit wet.

It took a few minutes to find this one, and I was a little wary as some wasps are building a nest almost directly above GZ - please take care!

Greetings from the UK!