Seat opposite Flowery hedge, in Matamata on HRT. Matamata, North Island, New Zealand
By G_2 on 12-Aug-24. Waypoint GCAWG1Z

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Heading into Matamata Nice quick stop here to sit and sign the log. Thanks.

A plan was made with Net61 to find the caches along the HRT trail. We have ridden the trail before, but today we were doing it with 4 wheels (car) rather than 2 (bike). The sun was out, but the day was not too hot - perfect weather for this series. A quick find here of a familiar San Fran cache. We sat down in this lovely shady spot to take a rest and listen to the birdsong, before heading to a cafe in Matamata. TFTC

Yes...a nice easy find for us here .What a lot of seats on this stretch of road .I wonder why?

I had a plan to come down from Auckland with supernannny to do the HRT trail from Te Aroha to Matamata. But she had offered to drive us everywhere in her hybrid car which is soo cheap to run and which was really nice of her. It was pouring with rain when she arrived to pick me up at 7am, did some caches along the way apart from the power trail, visited a friend in Hamilton for a much needed coffee, then home about 10pm. Supernannny found this one, just where I thought I'd looked, quite subtle it was I thought.

Took a bit of hunting for this one. Hedge not flowery this time of year. Tftc

Flowery hedge has had a severe haircut. Cache eventually found.

Had been down in Opotiki recommissioning equipment. The line started up well with minimal issues. With everything going well I could head back to Auckland. Of course had to make a few stops on the way!I also wanted to complete this leg of the HRT series which I had started on my way down to Opotiki. There were a few caches before that but on the same road so it seemed rude not to attempt these as well.THIS TIME I know what I was looking for!TFTC

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Found it on 20/10/24

Found it on the 20/10/24

We were enjoying our walk along the trail and were pleased to have nice weather and peace and quiet as the road wasn't very busy. Although as we headed to GZ we became more and more aware of what we can only describe as a "Cow-cough-or-knee" which is similar to a cacophony but much more intriguing.The source of the bovine unrest was concealed by the hedge but whatever was going on it was causing the cows much angst. Maybe they were having a beef, maybe the farmer had told them it was pasture bedtime or maybe they were just moo-dy but whatever it was it was udder chaos and quite a Moo-ha-ha.But we had to let it go in one ear and out the udder as we had a cache to find and we were pleased to do so quickly so we could moo-ve on. We hope someone has made a noise complaint to the council to restore silence to the dairy air.TFTC

On a mish with the NZ Flossy. A great day for it A nice trail to get our heads back in the game before heading to Dunedin. Many thanks.

Another find for the day

Kiwi Does Stuff and ourselves made our way over to Matamata to complete some caches in the area. All were in good condition, TFTC!

Thanks for the cache

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Another restful spot

Thanks good condition

Took a minute or 2 to have in hand. TFTC.

And the hedge was in full flower today! Great to be out on our bikes today on this sunny Sunday, adding smileys to our map. Cache found as described in the clue and is all good. TFTC

On the way home after a day in Te Aroha taking a slightly different route picking up a few caches. Love this track and good to see it being used by walkers, runners and bikers and of course cachers TFTC

Nice walk in the spring weather, TFTC

Good work hiding

Out & about while camping at Horahora for the weekend. Flower hedge was in full bloom TFTC.

Tricky than it seemed. Had to wait out a few muggles. TFTC.

Out caching with my brother Tbird53 in Matamata and some of the HRT nearby today. Interesting - I hadn't learnt until today what a SanFran was - good to know! TFTC

One of ten caches picked up when hitting the Matamata area including part of the local rail trail ride with pinnochio59 today. We used the car for the first few, then jumped on the bikes after lunch to collect a few more along the trail. Up until a week ago I didnt know what a San Fran was! Useful to know when looking for the likes of this one. It was a reasonably quick find. #7730. TFTC.

On a mission with KGD around the rural Waikato. The weather was kind. A quick find tftc

Nice easy find thanks. #13 for the day. Tftc

Another quick easy grab. Tftc

With Gap (of Fap and Gap) The plan was to run a lap of central Waikato and finish up at the 18@18 event tonight. Our plans blew out somewhat when a decent amount of new hides dropped around Matamata the night beforeThe flowery hedge caught my attention first. It was so pretty If youre going to San Francisco. Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair Gap parked strategically as always, for a quick sign and dash. Thanks G-2. TFTC.

**22,014**Thankfully a quick find here as the rain has decided to come back with vengeance. TFTC

great hint but hedge is about 200 meters long.but next part gave it away.TFTC

Just got back from AucklandDid a Day trip up there with KGD & EyespyBen because it was International Geocaching Day weather was not so goodBack in the Waikato when these ones pop up in MatamataSo off we goGot there and empty Log sign Joint {FTF} with KGD & EyespyBenThanks for the nice quick find

Just got back from a wet day in AucklandEnjoying a cup of Tea when these ones pop up,then it was all go lets go to MatamataKGD parked his car at GordontonArrived at this one to get a blank log & Joint {FTF]

After a wet day caching in Auckland I was sitting in Huntly having a hot cup of tea with ABCDF4 and eyespyben when a new cache popped up in Matamata. Dismissed it because of the weather but when another 4 popped up the decision was made to go for the FTF. Parked my car in Gordonton and off we went.It was nearing dark when we arrived but just enough light to spot this one. Blank log and Another joint {FTF}. Thank you for the placement.

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