Water Fountain on the side of the HRT Matamata, North Island, New Zealand
By
G_2 on 12-Aug-24. Waypoint GCAWG2B
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Logs
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. At gz, a runner had stopped to have a drink at the water fountain. (Good to see it being used) We waited for them to finish and carry on, before getting out of the car, and making a quick find as we head into Matamata for lunch. TFTC
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. No problem finding the little cache as per the hint, but.... the fountain works well... bit too well... I pushed the button to see how the flow was, and found out... couldn't get the fountain to shut off. We stayed a few minutes to see if it might be on a timer, but it didn't shut off. I suppose it might eventually. Perhaps the next visitor might see if it's still going when they arrive...lol.
A nice quick find. Last one of the day. An enjoyable day. A cool old water fountain. Tftc
Had enough of the rain & we have finished all the ones along this road. Quick find. Time to go home & dry off.
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.Nice easy find.TFTC
A great little feature along the trail and one we would never have known was here had it not been for this cache.The cache was quickly located, the log signed and we had a read of the names at the base of the fountain before heading on our way.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.
Kiwi Does Stuff and ourselves made our way over to Matamata to complete some caches in the area. All were in good condition, TFTC!
TFTC, picking up the new ones in Matamata that were published after our last visit.
Super little fountain - good to see. 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
Out & about while camping at Horahora for the weekend. No problrm with the find TFTC.
Out caching with my brother Tbird53 in Matamata and some of the HRT nearby today. Great spot here, 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 to get to the first few in and close to Matamata. This one was a reasonably quick find. #7728. TFTC.
On a mission with KGD around the rural Waikato. The weather was kind. I enjoy this part of the road 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 beforeA straight forward find and a very convenient fountain for washing ones muddy, icky hands! We had trouble stopping the water flow and hope the tap shuts itself off. Thanks G-2. TFTC.
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.Still raining so no need to use the water fountain. Blank log and Another joint {FTF}. Thank you for the placement.
**22,012**Another quick find, thankfully down to a light drizzle so not overly unpleasant. Thanks for all these great new placements. TFTC
