Thread: Recomendations - Kaimanawa Huts

Prior to Cyclone Bola, used to do a early summer wonder from South of Taupo off SH 1 across to the Tauranga-Taupo flats below Cascade, up to Cascade then over the hill, down North Arm to Boyd then over to Tussock and picked up from there. Feel tired now even thinking about it. Used to do the same sort of wanders in Te Urewera.

Originally Posted by tetawa

Prior to Cyclone Bola, used to do a early summer wonder from South of Taupo off SH 1 across to the Tauranga-Taupo flats below Cascade, up to Cascade then over the hill, down North Arm to Boyd then over to Tussock and picked up from there. Feel tired now even thinking about it. Used to do the same sort of wanders in Te Urewera.

That would have been a great trip, expect you would have seen a good many deer on your travels.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

That would have been a great trip, expect you would have seen a good many deer on your travels.

Was a great walk, used to be a track from East Taupo Lands Trust thru to the bottom of the Tauranga-Taupo flats, Air Charter built a hut there in later years. Flew in there a few years after Bola and tried to follow it, was stuffed and if I remember correctly got heavy snow there after Bola which made it worse. Love the area thru from North Arm, Boyd, Tussock thru to Oamaru. Had many great walks. One area which held good animal numbers was from behind North Arm hut thru to Jap Creek- Oamaru, was a favorite walk.

Originally Posted by tetawa

Was a great walk, used to be a track from East Taupo Lands Trust thru to the bottom of the Tauranga-Taupo flats, Air Charter built a hut there in later years. Flew in there a few years after Bola and tried to follow it, was stuffed and if I remember correctly got heavy snow there after Bola which made it worse. Love the area thru from North Arm, Boyd, Tussock thru to Oamaru. Had many great walks. One area which held good animal numbers was from behind North Arm hut thru to Jap Creek- Oamaru, was a favorite walk.

Had a bit more of a think, the track into lower end of Tauranga -Taupo flats was "buggered" in the 1970's before Bola, was early 1980's when I flew into the Air Charter hut in Tauranga- Taupo, there was also another hut half up towards Cascade, think it was called the 'Pumice' hut.

Originally Posted by tetawa

Prior to Cyclone Bola, used to do a early summer wonder from South of Taupo off SH 1 across to the Tauranga-Taupo flats below Cascade, up to Cascade then over the hill, down North Arm to Boyd then over to Tussock and picked up from there. Feel tired now even thinking about it. Used to do the same sort of wanders in Te Urewera.

What's Cyclone Bola?

Originally Posted by charliehorse

What's Cyclone Bola?

Go to google you lazy---- hunter.

Originally Posted by charliehorse

What's Cyclone Bola?

my older brother was up clemants road when that hit...i remember going in with Dad to collect him...he walked out leaving car to collect later.

he tells tale,comes across guy using chainsaw with a will clearing trees...introduced himself ,great one of guys missing...and got message out for us to pick him up...the guy still keen to cut the nRon says Xamount of trees between here and there,guy slows up...another X amount between there and somewhere else...guy turns off saw..and another Xamount between there and road end...was huge number 200ish if memory serves me correctly...the amount of windblown trees was unreal,lots of tracks gone and the deer took ages to work new tracks into places..... it makes bush stalking really hard when so many fallen trees for deer to feed in and around...you got to get in close and be able to see them while still keeping quiet and wind correct.
Bola wouldve been ???early 80s???

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

my older brother was up clemants road when that hit...i remember going in with Dad to collect him...he walked out leaving car to collect later.

he tells tale,comes across guy using chainsaw with a will clearing trees...introduced himself ,great one of guys missing...and got message out for us to pick him up...the guy still keen to cut the nRon says Xamount of trees between here and there,guy slows up...another X amount between there and somewhere else...guy turns off saw..and another Xamount between there and road end...was huge number 200ish if memory serves me correctly...the amount of windblown trees was unreal,lots of tracks gone and the deer took ages to work new tracks into places..... it makes bush stalking really hard when so many fallen trees for deer to feed in and around...you got to get in close and be able to see them while still keeping quiet and wind correct.
Bola wouldve been ???early 80s???

Cyclone Bola was First couple of days in March of 1988

We were in a shearer’s quarters for the whole thing and it was uncomfortable being around that much rain and wind

When it cleared and the water drained away the farm looked terrible, damaged fences and slips everywhere

Lot of dead stock

I had a Austin gypsy that wouldn’t start so I had to walk to the back homestead and check the fences.

Bola hurt a lot of people on the land

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

my older brother was up clemants road when that hit...i remember going in with Dad to collect him...he walked out leaving car to collect later.

he tells tale,comes across guy using chainsaw with a will clearing trees...introduced himself ,great one of guys missing...and got message out for us to pick him up...the guy still keen to cut the nRon says Xamount of trees between here and there,guy slows up...another X amount between there and somewhere else...guy turns off saw..and another Xamount between there and road end...was huge number 200ish if memory serves me correctly...the amount of windblown trees was unreal,lots of tracks gone and the deer took ages to work new tracks into places..... it makes bush stalking really hard when so many fallen trees for deer to feed in and around...you got to get in close and be able to see them while still keeping quiet and wind correct.
Bola wouldve been ???early 80s???

Suspect you're thinking of Cyclone Bernie, MD? Easter 1982...........

Originally Posted by Maxx

Suspect you're thinking of Cyclone Bernie, MD? Easter 1982...........

Think you have it, always thought someone was looking out for hunters that night.

88 I was heading to a wedding in Tauranga on the Desert Road in the eye of the Cyclone fun experience couldn't differentiate between asphalt and side of the road :-)

Sounds like some good adventures @tetawa

Go up towards the waitawhero saddle. Take you about 6 hrs roughly. Then can camp at the bottom and hunt in almost any direction really. There might be a few people push over towards the Boyd but if you hunt back to the west you might do ok.

I was camping in a tent up on East Cape just inside Lottin Point. the day before Bola struck. I was very luck to leave when I did as I had no idea it was coming.

Lot of forestry workers were killed and injured after Bola, trees hung up, think they stopped working the blocks.