HRT Waterfall Lookout (Matamata-Piako) Turangaomoana, North Island, New Zealand
By pomtom44 on 29-Sep-24. Waypoint GCAXVRP

Waterfall thinning out today, too much fine weather! Cache is all good. TFTC

A group of cyclists stopped near this one so had to wait,

On a road trip with Jag 50. Quick find. Yes, nice to see the waterfall in the distance.

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 of the cache. We stopped to check out the views of the waterfall in the distance. We will have to come back another day to visit the waterfall. TFTC

I saw a suspicious looking rock....and yes...it was definitely covering what we were seeking!Yay... a quick find here

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. Been to those falls several times now, but certainly no view today with heavy rain cloud and rain off course, and mist here and there. Supernannny was onto this one, then back into the car. I for one am looking forward to the end of this trail, and getting out of my wet clothes and getting into something resembling warmth.

A nice view of the waterfall from here. Another nice quick find along this cool trail. Tftc

I forgot to look for the waterfall but quickly got the cache.

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

Quick find in good condition. I must visit the falls again. TFTC.

Nice and easy TFTC

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

Great evening to pick up these cache we will be finish by darkgreat wee hide

This has been a very enjoyable trail some great hide and quick find thanks for the afternoon

**#21,191**some good vantage points of the falls along a few different sections of the trail, was a bit of water going over it today, all good here.

Nice view of the falls from here, all good here, thanks

Got a call from Boges to have an afternoon clearing this trail of caches. After jumping out of the cache mobile I saw the hide. Signed and recovered. 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

A nice quick find and a lovely view. It reminds us that we need to go and visit the waterfall as we have been there a couple of times and walked to the lower viewing area but have never made it to the top.The view also brings back childhood memories for Mrs Coblet who remembers seeing the waterfall in the hills on excursions with her family.Thanks pomtom44

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}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.spotted as i pulled up.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 prayersSpotted the cover from the vehicle 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