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Hi everyone,
fairly new to this forum and am after a bit of help.
I was just wondering if anyone could tell me how long it takes to get to ngamoko hut from the mid po carpark area? I've done a bit of googling etc and reports on the time it takes to get into mid po itself vary from anywhere between 3 and 6 hours, so am unsure as to how long the mission to ngamoko will actually take. Was looking at doing a bit of an armed tramp in there this weekend.
any info appreciated.
@hebe did you ever find out or do the walk? I’m interested myself. My cousin did the maintenance work recently but he flew in.Quote:
Originally Posted by hebe
@hebe first thing I’d check with DOC is that you can get up the river to mid po. The previous owner only let a select group of people though his property.
And now that land has changed ownership and I think it's harder or impossible to get in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by craigc
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Has it been sold now? I saw he had it for sale a while ago but he wanted way too much for it.
He was always pretty good with access i found, Although he did have a bit of trouble there with damage to machinery, poachers & even some of his livestock were shot!
From what I heard it changed in November but only part of it which is the main accessQuote:
Originally Posted by Sika 8
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Yeah i saw it was on the market in 3 different titles, The main farm has so much potential but is pretty run down.
If either of the neighbors bought it i suspect access will open up again :)
From what I heard it was brought for hunting which is the main access block.
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was sold a couple of months back.good luck getting access these days.
From the old access 5 hours to mid Po another 2 .5 to ngamokoQuote:
Originally Posted by hebe
From memory there was a track into mid po from the east side thru a low saddle. Not much else that I can remember about it. Also a track in from the Ridge road that goes up to the main range.
I abandoned the idea via mid po as like you heard the mid po access was shut thanks to people shooting stock. And honestly, fair enough, anyone would have done the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNotty
Ngamoko is definitely still on my to do list and heard its around 7 hrs via cattle creek. Dont quote me on that though.
We’re going to go up Shorts track and down the range. Don’t know how long it’ll take.
Anyone else done it that way?
Do it! Imagine the deer you’d see in there.
yeah i recon shorts track is the way to go , i've been up shorts track years ago but not down the range to the Ngamoko turn off, but think its fairly straightforward.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNotty
Cattle creek via mid po would be ok as well but bit longer travel time
Access up mid po has now changed hands and even those who still had access once it closed to the public are not sure if we can get in that way again. I wouldnt go that way to ngamoko anyway I don’t think. I would go over shorts track. We walked out from ngamoko via shorts track a few years ago after a week in there roar hunting. Our packs were bloody heavy with meat and it was a white out with gale winds on the tops so we battled a little bit but took around 7 hours to get out if I remember right.
I walked in and out of there with a girlfriend the weekend before the cyclone went through, via shorts track. It took us 7 1/2 hours in horrendous conditions, so you could do it faster. Just be aware that the route is getting pretty overgrown with leatherwood, so wear something to protect the legs. I didn’t, and paid the price.