Thread: Kaimais

Hey Fellas,
I been reading the posts and I see a fear few of you guys get up the Kaimais.
My evil boss has sent me down to Tauranga till xmas to finish off a company job. On the quiet I'm thinking this could be quiet good. I can sneak off to the Kaimai for a hunt or two if I manage my time properly.
From what I have seen on the Google earth and the maps, there is a lot of nice slips and clearings, but from the blogs it sounds like some typical NI dark native guts with heinous Stupple Jack ( Bring the secateurs),a nd looks like some steep terrain in most places.
I know its a bit checky to expect a good lead with out putting in the hard yards to find the animals, but if anyone could point me a general direction It would be appreciated. (shoot me a PM if preferred)

Can anyone tell me what sort of nick Thompsons track is in. I got a 1kz Hilux but would be keen to drive the track for a nosey.

PM Spook about Thompson's Track. He lives right on top of it and don't tell him I said so but he is a top old bugger and will give you the good oil.

Will do Rushy, Thanks for the heads up.

Originally Posted by deadidick

Will do Rushy, Thanks for the heads up.

I am close by to Riverhead so we could plan a trip down south sometime in the summer.

Can your Hilux do this...if not, leave it at the carpark...this is about 15 minutes in from Bay of Plenty side.

Haha, I was just checking out your profile and I see you are up the Kaipara some where. Yea I'm all ways keen to get out for a hunt and a stretch of the legs. My summer is pretty open at the mo. I'm taking the family up to Houhora for a week from xmas till new years. Got a endure ride on next weekend if all OK on the home front. So I'm up for it.

Originally Posted by deadidick

Hey Fellas,
I been reading the posts and I see a fear few of you guys get up the Kaimais.
My evil boss has sent me down to Tauranga till xmas to finish off a company job. On the quiet I'm thinking this could be quiet good. I can sneak off to the Kaimai for a hunt or two if I manage my time properly.
From what I have seen on the Google earth and the maps, there is a lot of nice slips and clearings, but from the blogs it sounds like some typical NI dark native guts with heinous Stupple Jack ( Bring the secateurs),a nd looks like some steep terrain in most places.
I know its a bit checky to expect a good lead with out putting in the hard yards to find the animals, but if anyone could point me a general direction It would be appreciated. (shoot me a PM if preferred)

Can anyone tell me what sort of nick Thompsons track is in. I got a 1kz Hilux but would be keen to drive the track for a nosey.

Thompsons Track hard core 4x4 only. Try Whakamarama Road - North from there
#Option 1 - TeTuhi Track head into the Wairere Basin
#Option 2 Old logging tracks Wairere Track / Parapara Stream plenty of country through there.
The wind direction will dictate where you head take it slow use all your senses and you will get onto something

Originally Posted by Spook

Can your Hilux do this...if not, leave it at the carpark...this is about 15 minutes in from Bay of Plenty side.

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Errr no maybe not. That looks like it would end in a long day or night out. Need one of those monster trucks to have a crack at that.

Thanks Bone crusher. Just looking on the map now. Looks like the road might be a bit easier than Spooks snap above. I assume its managed by Doc and I would get a permit from Tauranga??

Get the permit online bro. Tauranga area

There are wheel tracks...

Get up on top...it's all good up there...

Thanks Gibo, just got me one on line. Wow that's a new experience, never new Doc to be so efficient.

Shit Spook, you might want to complain to the council about their road maintenance is that your road? That look pretty nasty. We whinge In Riverhead about the pot holes and lack of foot paths, spill your latte when you are walking home from the café... That looks like it would suck the shoes of horses, or possibly lose the horses themselves.

Looks pretty nice up top though. How long of a trek from the carpark?