WAIRERE KI HAUA BRIDGE (Kay Road Bridge) Magellan Heights, North Island, New Zealand
By Biartch79 on 09-Aug-19. Waypoint GC8BHK8

We are from Jeffreys bay South Africa vissiting our son and his family. Thanks for placing this cache for us to find.

Exciting first find

Found while out on a hunt with my daughter. Thanks you. Love the design.

Thanks for the cache! Another stunning view over the expressway

I went for a bit of a walk to get this one. No problems making the find, although I did find the choice of camoInterestingThanks for putting this here

Lovey bright day after yesterdays storm. Its tradition for my flat to have Sunday brunch at a cafe and then they follow along as I grab 2-3 geocaches on my way home. Thanks!

Found it with Gorby during our road trip from Auckland to Hamilton for a classic 18th Event which this time was a GIFF 2023 Festival. Thanks for a placement!

( ) A planned road trip for me and tramyard this extremely wet Saturday, but it almost never happened... this morning quite early, it was pouring with rain, so I messaged trammy to suggest we cancel the trip, however, it sort of stopped raining, a few hours later, so he messaged me back, let's just go anyway, so I got on the bus into Henderson, train to Newmarket, then train to Otahuhu whereby tramyard picked me up in his green machine. Then we were off!( ) No worries with this hide, this time this cache was found easily, tramyard parked very close to this one so we wouldn't get too wet in and out of the car.

Thanks, great spot, surprised by a huge spider

Camouflage

Nice!

Found it

Found with my boys psychomonkey25 and themasterfinder278

Found.
TFTC

Cache was soooo far in. Managed to get it out with a tool - didn't put back in as far. TFTC!

Fun

Damn I can see it but not reach it, will bring my magnetic stick next time, someone has pushed it in too deep.

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Yay

Yay

Found!

Found!

Keylev had seen the event in Hamilton on the long weekend and asked if I was keen to join them for the cache and knock some caches off in Hamilton. Was an easy YES. After a successful FTF for before leaving Auckland we hit the road for Hamilton.

Quick easy find here.

TFTC

A couple of weeks back had noticed the 18th @ 18 event being held in Hamilton on a public holiday and thought it would be a good excuse to head down for the day. We (Mr NZTravellers, NZIceman and I) started a little later than planned due to new local publications which needed the ‘patch defending’. After a quick coffee at home we set off.

Sooooo many spider webs but also a cache behind them - yay!!

Thanks for the cache.

Great view of new developments. Tvmftc

Great second find for the day! With osbourneroadoddballs. TFTC!!

Also forgot to mention we have left something with it for the next person

Found it

1st cache find ever.

last minute change of plans for today, that means its caching time, this was my first for today, tftc

I'm not sure urban sprawl is a good thing and when you see how close the houses are to the new expressway I am so grateful I won't ever live here.

Got it

So fun, was my first find. Made us so happy !!

**14,986**
This was another quick find, even with all the roadworks/road closures in the area. TFTC

TFTC

Nice easy find. Cool view of the road underneath. TFTC.

Very nice little spot. Again forgot a pen so I can’t add to the log book.

TFTF

Good to go

Enabled in Level 2

Walked out to grab this one. Definitely windy up here today. View from the bridge is pretty maxing, even on a day when it’s not perfectly clear weather.

Found it 2/6/21

Nice quick find

Nearly got blown away in the wind up here lol but found and signed log.

This one was a short and sweet grab. TFTC!

A nice quick find thanks. Another bridge!

Ms_KR and I are on our annual pilgrimage to Auckland for our family Christmas. Today we cruised around some of the Waikato on the way home. Please excuse the generic logs, there have been a few finds and they get muddled up sometimes.

Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches. Cheers.

Nice find

Nice quick and easy find, TFTC

In the area, I thougth I'd grab another bridge cache. All found, although it was pushed in further than necessary. Moved a local along and then had my hands on the cache. Cheers
TFTC Biartch79, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 1 find(s) of 2 today, making this find #2334

Quick easy find with a beautiful view... TFTC

I came down to Hamilton with my muggle wife. While she was having her hair cut, I was allowed to go out and grab a few caches. These caches along the new bypass just fit the bill. I can't wait for this new road to open. TFTC.

The Freezer Mice strike again!
Out for a quick afternoon caching mission with the kids.
Was a quick and easy find.
TFTC.

Starting to lose count, bridge 3 or 4 for the day. Amazing seeing the progress of the new road. Tftc

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Due to Covid19 will be re enabled once the alert level is back at alert level 1

Out and about with Team Welsh - having a sisters' break in the Waikato - such fun. T4tc

Had another successful find here, thanks for all your bridge placements

Really enjoyed looking for this one

Time to launch another raid into the Waikato - I'm slowly chipping away at these placements but it seems there's always more work to be done

This cache was found quickly and in good condition thanks to accurate coords, hint and a straight forward placement. Cheers Biartch79, TFTC

quick find but very hard to get out of its hide if pushed too far in.

Another nice cache visited with woolwood9 today.
Stamped logs as tm/ww NZ which may just look like a black smudge on plastic logs!
*Pretty quick find on a busy day hunting caches in the area, we really enjoyed the drive / walk around.*
TFTC - Fun series of caches on the new bridges.

Note: Sorry to log so late, we had been on a geocaching holiday for nearly 3 weeks and were heading home, but a bit earlier than expected so added some extra caches on outskirts of Hamilton and around Cambridge. Simply forgot to log the extra ones until now.
*Please check logs, our stamp is there.*

Visited with tmann421 today after a trip north
Thanks for the placement
Signed log tm/wwNZ

Great to see where the new road is going. Tftc

These are good caches to do - hot today

TFTC

Enjoying the views from the bridges. TFTC

Time to build some bridges this afternoon.
The caches were all quickly in hand, logs signed and replaced as found.
Thank you for placing these caches.
TYFTC

Nice quick find. Enjoying the series. Thank you.

With a bit of time on my hands I decided to have a bit of a go around Hamilton seeing as its in the back yard and the past year had basically quelled any chance for caching related activities
thanks for the placement, thanks for the cache

Enjoying this bridge series, as we try to picture where the highway is going. Is that a massive sports facility over there to the SW? TFTC

Impressive view, worth checking out. TFTC

More later

Nice little cache! TFTC

Hhhmmmm... not sure why anyone would want to live this close to an expressway - but each to their own I guess. Thanks for this cache series - really enjoying picking these up.

With two sleeping kids to keep asleep in the car while hanging out in the area I thought a few simple park and grabs would be ideal to keep myself entertain.

Parked next to this cache and soon had the cache signed and replaced. Two caches found and kids still asleep! Onto the next one.

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Nice easy find for a dot day. Amazing to view the new construction nearby. TFTC

Last day of my holidays. Clearing out a few of the unfound ones. Tftc

Another straightforward bridge find.
Good idea for a series!
And thanks for all the info as well.

So much new building going on in Hamilton and the new road cutting a slash of destruction across the former farmland. Oh, well...TFTC.

Out and about cleaning up caches in and around Hamilton, another quick find and on to the next one

Quickly found,TFTC

. Another day in Hamilton clearing a few new caches and clearing a couple of DNFs Great day and thanks to all the COs. Amazing seeing all the road works going on TFTC

No traffic around this morning so were able to park right at GZ. SLTFTC

With Gap (of Fap and Gap)... We stayed overnight with our Huntly friends. In the morning, we decided to take a relaxed ride home, collecting selected hides along the way.

These new expressway bridge caches are of interest. As dedicated cachers, we have followed the progress of the entire route between the Bombays and Cambridge. In fact, we have travelled on various sections multiple times, and often while out caching... Another quick find. Thanks Biartch79 and TFTC.

I ventured out after dinner and once my kids were in bed to grab this cache, the closest to home I haven't found. I decided that since I've streaked for more than 365 days the seven required for GC HQ 's latest promotion wouldn't be to much of a struggle. Container was deeper in it hiding spot than I expected so it was a little tricky to get out. Thankfully it was a quick find as it was raining. One more day to go for my souvenir.

Thanks for quick cache on way home.

I started work early so finished just after lunch so time to get this series of 3. Not too much traffic about and nice views of the new roading tftc. With roads closed it took longer than what I thought it would

2TF. With Horsham Downs Road closed for another bridge that is being built over the Waikato Expressway, we have become very familiar with this bridge.

Have spotted this bridge from afar when in the area training for a recent running event. Wondered how to get here without making an effort to look, but need wonder no more! Very few cars in the area when I visited. Cache found easily thanks to good coordinates. Hoping to get through the 7 days in a row needed to secure a new souvenir. SL. TFTC - Day 2 of 7...

Nice easy find
No muggles around today so it was a park and grab
Day 2 Streak Week

Nice park and grab with ABCDF4
Thanks CO

Published

Find number 5868. After getting a FTF on Gordonton Road I came to look for this one. Found it at 11.45 am and noted writing in FTF line. Thought about it as the hide was covered in cobwebs so could not have been disturbed this morning. Checked a little more and the writing was that of the GC. So this was {FTF} 193. Thank you for the placement.

Happy Hunting