Info Centre carpark for Hobbiton. Matamata. Matamata, North Island, New Zealand
By G_2 on 12-Aug-24. Waypoint GCAWG2H

After having our lunch in the park. We made a quick find here.

After a picnic lunch in the park we set out to find this cache. Not many muggles around as we zoomed in for a quick find. TFTC We saw this kool car on way back to our mere caching mobile!

Had some time to fill in before meeting the men from their cycle ride so did some caches in town. All good here. Tftc

Found it, tftc 5 november 2024 10:20 # 1278 Greetings Team Abco (NL)

Had been recommissioning equipment in Opotiki and now retuning back to Auckland for the weekend. What should have been a 4.5 hour drive took somewhat longer.... one just HAS to Cache.Another quick find after using nearby loos. I see G_2's is extending his hiding range... there's no more room left in Auckland for him to hid them TFTC

Dad saw it but Arthur Catched it-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --French version below-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Short late log but more complete now that we are back home.Our vacation will take us to the other side of the world to the land of the Maoris. After many, many hours of flying, a passage through China on the way there and through the United States of America on the way back, we will finally arrive in Christchurch which will be the starting point of our journey.We will enjoy the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and we will go back towards the North Island via State Highway 1. To combine business with pleasure, we will take regular breaks and small detours according to the caches that seem the most accessible to us.With a little more than 3500 km in 20 days, we will have discovered many facets of this island which is soothing. We will have to come back because there are so many places that we have not done . In broad strokes, the path will go from Christchurch to the Kaikoura Peninsula then towards Picton for the crossing to Wellington.New island, new road, and by State Highway 2 we go towards Hastings and Napier. We will leave the seaside for several days to go to Tongariro and Taupo. We will continue north towards Rotorua and Hamilton (without forgetting a detour via Hobbiton ) A detour to the Coromandel Peninsula and finally the almost north of the island with Whangarei and Waitangi to learn the history of this country.There will only be a few days left to spend towards Auckland and its suburbs before taking the plane back to the grayness of our European autumn.The majority of the boxes will be found, we have abandoned those where our English was lacking and where we could not understand the clue. Thanks to all the owners who brightened up our path, who took us to incredible places (that's also geocaching)In short, we had a great vacation, saw beautiful places that simply ask us to come back. We learned a lot about the history of this country and its traditions, it's a great motivation for our destinations.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Petit log en retard mais un peu plus complet maintenant que nous sommes rentrs la maison. Nos vacances vont nous emmener lautre bout du monde au pays des Maoris. Aprs beaucoup, beaucoup dheures davion, un passage par la Chine laller et par les Etats-Unis dAmrique au retour, nous arriverons enfin Christchurch qui sera le point de dpart de notre priple.Nous profiterons des plages du de locan Pacifique et nous remonterons en direction de lile du nord via la State highway 1. Pour joindre lutile et lagrable, nous ferons des pauses rgulires et de petits dtours au gr des caches qui nous semble les plus accessibles. Avec un peu plus de 3500 km en 20 jours, nous aurons dcouverts pleins de facettes de cette ile qui est apaisante. Il nous faudra revenir car il y a tellement dendroit que nous navons pas fait . Dans les grand traits, le chemin ira de Christchurch la pninsule Kaikoura puis direction Picton pour la traverse vers Wellington.Nouvelle ile, nouvelle route, et par la State Highway 2 nous remontrons en direction de Hastings et Napier. Nous laisserons le bord de mer plusieurs jours pour aller au Tongariro et Taupo. Nous continuerons vers le nord en direction de Rotorua et Hamilton (sans oublier un dtour par Hobbiton ). Un crochet pour la pninsule de Coromandel et pour finir le presque nord de lile avec Whangarei et Waitangi pour apprendre lhistoire de ce pays. Il ne restera que quelques jours passer vers Auckland et sa banlieue avant de ne reprendre lavion pour retourner dans la grisaille de notre automne europen.La majorit des boites seront trouves, nous avons dlaisser celles o notre anglais faisait dfaut et ou que nous narrivions pas comprendre lindice. Merci tous les poseurs qui ont gay notre chemin, qui nous ont emmen dans des endroits incroyables (cest aussi cela le geocaching)Bref, nous avons pass de superbes vacances, vu des endroits magnifiques qui demandent simplement que lon revienne. Nous avons appris beaucoup de chose sur lhistoire de ce pays et de ces traditions, cest une grande motivation pour nos destinations.

We were in Matamata today to walk some of the Hauraki Rail Trail towards Te Aroha and started off with breakfast across the road from this cache so of course we had to head over afterwards to look for it.It was surprisingly quiet in the carpark which is usually quite full, but maybe it was just because it was early in the day. The lack of muggles were to our advantage and made locating this cache quick and easy. If anyone had been sitting at the table things would have been a lot more problematic.A nice cache to start our day. Thanks G-2.

Out with the bro on our way home stopped in to grab this one. Thanks heaps

Nice easy park and grab thanks!

Nice easy park and grab

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.

Passing by so made the quick grab

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

Don't got no pen

Been here a long time ago and good to see cache back here as it is a good place for tourists. Cache all good and exactly as the hint describes TFTC

The info centre loaned us open to sign the log.

Thanks for my first find!

Quick easy find . Matamata is such a beautiful town. Thank you for bringing us here.

Great to be out on our bikes today on this sunny Sunday, adding smileys to our map. No problem spotting the big clunky seat! Cache found as described in the clue and is all good. TFTC

Matagouri was onto this hide before I'd finished looking for Hobbits around this very cool building. Thanks for putting this cache here

In Matamata on a breezy Saturday morning with rattll. After perusing the info centre, we stopped by GZ to make an instant find. All good inside the container. Signed, and returned as found, with a little extra cover. Tftc!

Not too difficult a find. Cache OK

Good hiding

Love this building, easy find...TFTC

Out & about while camping at Horahora for the weekend. Area was busy on our first visit but all clear on our return TFTC.

nice find !

After the visiting Hobbiton, I went back to town and found this cache fast. Thank you

Thank goodness for mobile phones - once a muggle is on one, they are oblivious to everything else. TFTC.

After saying good bye to MCC We decided to go for a wee drive to Morrinsville & MatamataNice quick find here today thanks

After a farewell eventWe zipped off to Morrinsville & MatamataNice quick park & grab no muggles around todayThanks

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 Matamata itself. This one was a quick find. #7724. TFTC.

Out caching with my brother Tbird53 in Matamata and some of the HRT nearby today. Great little spot with an accurate hint, TFTC

A nice park sit and grab with Boges. Over here trying to clear up these new caches. Thank you for the placement

On a mission with KGD around the rural Waikato. The weather was kind. People taking photos of the info centre so a short wait TFTC

On a role 6th for the day. Out to clear out the matamata caches. Tftc

Out for the morning picking up some new ones. Straightforward park and grab. Thanks for the placement.

Nice quick park n grab. Loving the new caches in matamata

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 beforeThese gardeners headed straight for the light fixtures among the trees Yeah - Nah, those have nothing to do with the hint. We found the hide, then noticed a good pen on the ground. Someone will be missing that! Thanks G-2. TFTC.

**22,010**** FTF **Nice and quiet here on a wet miserable day so no muggle issues. Quick find and then back to the van to get out of the rain. TFTC

gps took us in a bit of a wide circle to get to ground zone.no problems to locate TFTC

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