HRT Cattle Crossing (Matamata-Piako) Te Aroha, North Island, New Zealand
By
pomtom44 on 29-Sep-24. Waypoint GCAXVPT
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Logs
On a road trip with Jag 50.I made a quick find here while she was parking the car. 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. MrsJAG parked the car further down the road from gz, while Net leapt out of the car and made a quick find before MrsJAG walked back to meet her. TFTC
Enjoyed a road trip with Gorby to get the caches on this Power Trail.We soon found out ' brace ' was a more accurate description...Thanks ...
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. I had a look at what I thought were a crossbar, i.e. the horizontal rails, but it wasn't until I noticed a geotrail, I saw the cache under the 'brace'. Signed and sealed, either me or supernannny would find the caches, and we signed in as 'G+SN' or '15th G+SN' or variations of that.
Was initially confused by hint term but upon approaching GZ all was revealed and found in second place we looked. Tftc
Travelling back down to Opotiki for work and as I had left earlier I wanted to cache on the way down to add to our numbers. I had checked and found a new addition to the HRT trail and this looked just the sort of detour that would be of interest.All the caches along this trail were in good condition and were easy to find and log. I took note of all the clues in the lids for future reference.Thanks for setting this trail up!
We had encountered very few people on our walk along the rail trail so far but that all changed as we approached this cache with two groups of cyclists passing by and a couple of walkers approaching as well.Once the cyclists had gone by we switched into high speed mode as the walkers were getting closer and we wanted to find, sign and replace the cache before they appeared.Fortunately we made a nice quick find and made quick work of the log signing so the container was back in place in plenty of time and the approaching walkers were none the wiser.Another nice hide.TFTC.
After a night in Auckland we decided to go and do the trailNice fine afternoon evening it wasNo luck for as here
**22,170**Must admit to initially being confused by the hint term but soon realised what was being referred to. As I leant down to collect the cache I was Muggled by #108, who just about had her nose almost on my head. We recognised the cache shrink wrap as we have bought the same ones ourselves. TFTC
Got a call from Boges to have an afternoon clearing this trail of caches. No cattle crossing today just a couple of geocachers. Thank you for the placement.
It was the first day back at school for the kids so it was a peaceful afternoon with KGD to go for a country drive and get these treasures. The weather forecast was for heavy showers but they went around us. Thanks for putting this together
Day trip with McJandals collecting these new caches. Having fun catching up and discussing how we should have got our bikes Oh well next time . Thanks for putting out all these caches and giving us a good day. 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.
{FTF} We have spent many years traveling to Te Aroha, so we know these back roads. Thanks for the placement pomtom44. ??
Plans today was work further up in the Waikato, than up to Waiuku if time was on our side caching.Arranged to meet Squirrel Nutcase at Karapiro, than got a phone call about new caches Matamata.Quick phone call and plans changed. new meeting point Tirau.quick coffee and Matamata bound.noted a walker coming our way, so it was a quick log.TFTC
With Gap (of Fap and Gap) Re-routing, re-routingThe original plan was to meet Gap further up the country. But the multiple pings in my email inbox this morning signalled something big The universe knows Im chasing a milestone, and this HRT add-on must be the answer to someones prayersSpotted someone approaching on foot in the distance. A quick find Thanks pomtom44. TFTC.
It's great to feel the old home town vibes I am very familiar with this area and have noticed many changes over the years...a careful crawl to dodge the thorny guardian and a clean log was revealed.. yippee a { FtF } .thanks pomtom44 for the hide
Having an influx of emails this morning, Kiwi Does Stuff and ourselves made our way over to complete this trail. Appreciate the caches! All were found in good condition.
By now we assumed that this last one showing FTF has already been found, now that we have ruled them all out, its time to start from the end and collect them all.
