HRT Flat Fields (Matamata-Piako) Manawaru, North Island, New Zealand
By pomtom44 on 29-Sep-24. Waypoint GCAXVRJ

On a road trip with Jag 50 A quick park and grab here.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 nice quick park and grab here, and we were back in the car on our way to Matamata. 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.

Nice and easy find here ...thank goodness...As Gorby has said, we were both pretty wet by this stage , And it was impossible to keep our phones dry. I kept wiping mine with my cotton scarf .

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 issues with this one, apart from the rain. I'm fast getting used to a wet bum, wet shoes and trying to keep the phone dry. But we're having fun, and having some laughs along the way.

Quick park & grab.

A nice quick find here today thanks to the good hint and spot on co-ordinates. 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 trial up!

Quick find in good condition. TFTC.

After a few hours of geocaching along the trail it was almost time to head home but we couldn't resist grabbing a few more and headed to this one where we made nice quick find. Some of the cows in the nearby paddock showed a bit of interest in what we were up to but most preferred to enjoy lazing in the sun.TFTC

A quick trip out here to collect a few more of this series. Thanks for setting it up - they're great. 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 to Te Aroha to Matamata to do the trailNice quick find here

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

**22,180**There are indeed many flat fields in this area. Mrs Geckoh is especially fond of this route, as it brings back childhood memories of visiting relatives in Stanley Road, Te Aroha every Christmas and traveling this route to get there. A lovely day to enjoy this well set out power trail. TFTC

Got a call from Boges to have an afternoon clearing this trail of caches. Nice park and grab here. Road not too busy. 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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{FTF} no cache should be placed within spiking distance of nasty plants, but I still found it, tftc

Junior cacher was out like a shot to find this cache, but the blackberry found him first. Some careful unhooking and no damage done. Thanks for bringing us here, pomtom44 ??

Yes ouch blackberry got me the log was soon signed and the cache was replaced as found.....thanks pomtom44

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 prayersA quick find - Thanks pomtom44. TFTC.

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.no problems to locate .TFTC

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. TFTC and TFTPT

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.