HRT Another Cattle Crossing (Matamata-Piako) Turangaomoana, North Island, New Zealand
By
pomtom44 on 29-Sep-24. Waypoint GCAXVRM
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Logs
On a road trip with Jag 50. Both of us checked different options and Jag soon had cache in hand.
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. There were a few corner posts to check out here, but thankfully our phone gps pointed to the correct one where we soon spotted the cache. TFTC
We each took a different corner....and therefore it was soon located! Now on to the next one .
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. There are corner posts and there are other corner posts! I checked the one further by the field, SN checked the other and found it there. Good one, we like a smiley here and there.
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.Back onto the HRT trail now. Found quickly!TFTC
Part 2 to complete the new HRT caches, tail wind on the bike. All caches in good nick... Thanks for setting these up.
This has been a very enjoyable trail some great hide and quick find thanks for the afternoon
**#21,190**Good to see a sharing round of the FTF's on this series, it was great following who found what on the day they came out, we were at home sorting out jobs that couldn't wait!Today had a spare few hours to finally come and knock out this series, enjoyable excursion for us.
Again, nice and easy!Interesting place to stop and watch a herd of cows go under the road. Thanks!
Got a call from Boges to have an afternoon clearing this trail of caches. No problem with this one though there were signs that the cattle had used the crossing today as their calling card was everywhere below us. 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
{FTF}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.farmer across the road just gave us a wave.TFTC
{FTF} 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 prayersMr Farmer (across the road) waved from his ride-on mower Thanks pomtom44. 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. Starting to remember how frustrating ziplock bags are. 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.
