HRT Rest Stop (Matamata-Piako) Manawaru, North Island, New Zealand
By pomtom44 on 29-Sep-24. Waypoint GCAXVR7

Took side each and it was easier than we thought it would be. Cache is all good. TFTC

On a road trip with Jag 50.A well time toilet stop for me and a quick find by Jag

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. While Net used the nearby facilities, JAG found the cache at the base of a post near the flax. Signed the log and replaced as found. TFTC

Thanks to the CO for planning and setting out this power trail. Nice to be a part of it with my own cache. Most of them are quick park and grabs but the odd one taking a bit more time. Another cook sculpture near this one. Almost didn't find it

Are we halfway through yet?On a Road Trip with Gorby....this Power Trail being our main target.This took us longer than it should have .Finally had my hand on it!

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. Flax, flax, flax, oh well at least it's raining, what's worse than dry flax? Wet flax off course. Supernannny thankfully found this one, but I put the cache back in a slightly easier spot to be seen.

Initially on the wrong side. Love the historical information here. Found once on the right side.

Relatively painless as far as these caches go. Looked at wrong side of hint item initially, but soon found once on correct side. Tftc

My heart sank when I saw the hide the cache was quickly found and relatively painless as far as the dreaded plant is concerned. 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.I hate flax caches but was glad to find this one quickly.Thanks for setting this trial up!

What a nice rest stop, there are a few of these along the trail and a lot of effort has gone into them. The artwork nearby is also a nice touch.We were a bit worried about this cache due to the hiding location but fortunately it turned out not to be a problem and we spotted it after only a short search. Phew. We have a bad track record with hides like this.TFTC.

A quick trip out here to collect a few more of this series. Thanks for setting it up - they're great. A bit more effort required here - I started on the wrong side of the hint object, but it didn't take too long! TFTC

Part 2 to complete the new HRT caches, tail wind on the bike. All caches in good nick... Thanks for setting these up.

After a night in Auckland we decided to go and do the trailNice fine afternoon evening it wasSo far all off to a good startNice hide thanks

After a night in Auckland we decided to go to Te Aroha to Matamata to do the trailFlaxbut we got this one in the end

**#22,181**thery have done a good job of setting up this trail, a few good rest spots with some interesting information on the panels.No issues with the find here, although the heart did sink a bit when I read the hint initially...

Got a call from Boges to have an afternoon clearing this trail of caches. No need to use the facilities here. Just sign the cache and move on. 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

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.

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

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Back on a roll of {FTF}s We checked forward to see if they had been found. We may have found the barbary here!! Thanks for the cache 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.Flax bush ,what do i say.couple of circles at GZ to locate this hide.TFTC

Checked this earlier but it didn't jump out, it probably hated being in flax, returned with more eyes, still took a few minutes but we soon had it in hand, tftc

It's great to have these places along the way great to take a break and learn the history of the area a nice clean log sheet here { FtF} for me ..thanks pomtom44 for the tidy hide

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 prayersYay! A flax hide (said no cacher ever) We circled a couple of times before finding this one. Thanks pomtom44. TFTC.

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.

After a massive rush of emails this morning, we delayed our visit over to checkout some other things. With the weather still looking good we made a run for it. Starting to remember how frustrating ziplock bags are. TFTC and TFTPT