Maramataha Bridge (Waikato) Ruapehu District, North Island, New Zealand
By watcache on 01-Jan-20. Waypoint GC8JT2R

Finally get to do this amazing cycle trail. Camped up at Piro Piro campsite and got a shuttle. Fabulous day for it. Started chilly and now beautiful sunshine. Awesome country side. Many thanks for sharing a cache here.

Thanks for an excuse for a quick break while cycling the trail

Very quick find thanks to the hint. Awesome bridge and def lots of muggles. Tftc.

A drizzly start to the day leaving camp but honestly not as bad as the weather predictions would have had me believe. Gee this cache is a great excuse to stop the bike and check out this whopper of a swingbridge.I was able to make short work on the find so had plenty if time to check out the bridge, take pics and read the info boards, classic touristy stuff, which I am grateful to the cache for as otherwise I would likely have just ridden onwards trying to get down the trail faster. After 979km on the Te Araroa I've learned that a few minutes to chill won't make a massive difference. I'll get there in the end.My thanks to the owner of this cache, watcache, for making my day more fun and memorable with this placement. Much obliged.-- This log is trackable ! ---- Feel free to discover ---- Please mention, in which cache you've seen this code: ---- 3TABQX --

Fabulous! Many thanks for clear hint - helpful with others around (although I might have converted some more to this crazy sport!) Great location- thanks for the mahi behind placement and maintenance

Very precise hint so quick find here on day two of the trail.

Great spot for a bike ride. Good numbers of people out biking today, Not much water below the bridge. Lots of birds around. Well worth the ride. TFTC

Wow this bridge looks even bigger in real life than the pictures! Glad we had an excuse to stop here for a while and read up on all of its construction. Cache is in great condition. Tftc

Day 2 of a beautiful ride. No pen but easy find. Good to settle the nerves before the bridge!

Nice quick find when we admired the bridge

Found with our 5 and 7 y.o - they rode all the way here on their little bikes from Piropiro Flats. Champs! Thank you watcache for an awesome bribe to help them get here!

Say two of the timber trail yesterday i walked 40kms to my first camp and to day going to be a 45 km day. Enjoying every step along the way .
This was a very enjoyable section and a engineering marble .
So glad the Te Araroa is part of the timber trail and the weather for the two day was perfect so amazing views .
Loved the bridges and history.
So much work to make the rail line and make the trail we have today.
Smashing out the km today and having a ball .
Just love these swing bridges beats walking down to the river and back up
Living life one foot step at a time as i walk from cape reinga to bluff and caching my way home as I walk the
Te Araroa and discover the hidden treasures new Zealand has to offer.
From the beach of the north to the forest and lakes of the south
Blùff here i come
Thanks for the hide

tftc

Day two of our ride along the Timber Trail. Nice quick find before crossing this amazing bridge. TFTC

Thanks watcache for placing this cache

It was indeed a spectacular bridge and we had great weather for our ride...

Yay {2TF} TNLNSL

What a cool structure! Nice find

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