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Brand new multi-day in the Kaimais?
I have mixed feelings about this mooted plan, current example is the extensive work DOC has been doing at Whaka to make it more a family friendly area. Landscaping, toilets, boardwalks, new tracks / signage
It has now been extensively damaged through inappropriate 4x4 use and signs shot with shotgun discharges :wtfsmilie:
Kaimai ranges have significant weather events high river levels will contribute to inexperienced people getting differculty
I share your view point but at the same time I am happy to see any initiative that draws more kiwis into the great outdoors that we have here.
Surely Wairere Falls to Karangahake Gorge is 2 days at most? And they want to make a 4 day walk?
There is some rugged country north of the Tuahu intersectionQuote:
Originally Posted by Barefoot
Jeez a fit young buck like Phillip would do it in a day Barefoot and that is carrying my gear as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barefoot
What a waste of time that would be...Philip at the hut with your gear for three days waiting for you to catch up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Iv seen trails bikes make short work of Doc board walks an endless staircases ;)
Ha ha ha ha that is why I keep a fly on the Zimmer frame Spook.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spook
We did from waironogomai to karangahake gorge in ten and a half hours when I was about 13
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Originally Posted by Rushy
I'll be in the Ureweras by the time Rushy gets to Wairere :sarge:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spook
Listen here you cheeky young whipper snapper!Quote:
Originally Posted by phillipgr
SORRY MATE, CAN YOU SPEAK UP ?? I CAN'T HEAR YOU FROM SO FAR AWAYQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Ha ha ha ha just as well you are not in a 20 x 20 with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by phillipgr
You are doing it all wrong Philip. Better off to load the ol'guy up, tape your knife to your barrel and get behind him and prod him a little...you would be surprised at the speed and distance covered in a day.Quote:
Originally Posted by phillipgr
You would be puffed following him around in something that large.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Well, my guess is it will get used extensively by kids and school groups if it goes ahead,which cant be a bad thing.
There is a 100+ bed lodge just off SH29 owned by the Tauranga Intermediate that's used a lot by school groups/BOP Deerstalkers hunts courses/everyman and his dog, to teach them all about the outdoors etc.
A 4 day trip so close with new huts would be great .
Add Hurunui hut into the mix and you could have a 5 day trip ending or starting at the ngamuwahine lodge. The Route burn is 32km long and is a 2-4 day trip so tis not exactly a stretch..
I don't think so ,he might be young & fit be he ain't stupid .Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
He has dumbed down since you met him Chris. He has been flirting with the other sex and we all know what that causes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
I guess varsity is full of the other sex ,had to happen .Bit of a shame & maybe not so clever all said n done.
Can he carry though Rushy ?
Yep he can and he is such a polite young man he never tells you "piss off you old fart" ....... oh wait I remember that one time .....Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
I think that its good for the area to be developed a bit. however DOC needs to get off the backsides and do some active policing in the area to get rid of the hoons that are vandilzing there efforts. Im talking mainly of the area at whaka as thats where i see it happening more often. As said in a previous post the are has been turned into a bogg hole by hoons in 4x4s and motor bikes. There were plans for picnic tables etc to be placed in a grassed ares for family use and the area used to encourage better use by trampers and schools. ITS A GOOD AREA BEING WRECKED BY HOONS AND DOC DONT SEEM TO CARE.
For DoC to be showing an interest in the backbone of the Kaimai's instead of their pet projects on the fringes probably means they will be targeting getting 1080 into the area sometime in the near future.
Hope not spook, but there's a first time for everything aye.
There was a TB problem on a farm about 20 km's from the park earlier this year which I understand to have had nothing to do with possums but hey! what better reason for DoC to bomb the nearest and dearest piece of bush. I have always been surprised that DoC have left it alone this long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusky
Man thats the last thing we need up there.There are to many native birds up there for them to kill. Not to mention all the water catchments that flow into populated areas. Then again that probably wont matter much to them morions.
There would e alot of very pissed off people in Tauranga if they poisoned the area with 1080.