Thread: When men were men

They really are. Yeah he's been working around the world and came back for the Covid era. Stayed on his yacht here in the harbor below my house. Flew out to Germany and then Sri Lanka for work just yesterday. Was nice to have him round to see my little girl grow from 3 to 5.
His dad,Ted Rout, has been gone a while now. After I posted that last post I had a look at the area on sat photos and see our old hut appears to be still there.
Such a nice time to grow up. I love how we used to blow the horn as we came up the drive if we'd been successful. The old girl would always have food ready to go. Just a nice time. Every one had pride and weren't ashamed of it.

Originally Posted by Cowboy

They really are. Yeah he's been working around the world and came back for the Covid era. Stayed on his yacht here in the harbor below my house. Flew out to Germany and then Sri Lanka for work just yesterday. Was nice to have him round to see my little girl grow from 3 to 5.
His dad,Ted Rout, has been gone a while now. After I posted that last post I had a look at the area on sat photos and see our old hut appears to be still there.
Such a nice time to grow up. I love how we used to blow the horn as we came up the drive if we'd been successful. The old girl would always have food ready to go. Just a nice time. Every one had pride and weren't ashamed of it.

I apologise - by your Dad I actually meant your GD Ted. He was a good man. Yes, wonderful times. So much simpler.
I would love to go back up the Toko. Too late now.
Great memories.
Ta for the pic. Looks bigger.

Originally Posted by Tahr

I apologise - by your Dad I actually meant your GD Ted. He was a good man. Yes, wonderful times. So much simpler.
I would love to go back up the Toko. Too late now.
Great memories.
Ta for the pic. Looks bigger.

Brings back some great memories of Ted Rout and Bernie Bowater – Bernie with the hind quarters and Ted beside his blue land rover. We did a few trips up Takapari Road following along behind the bulldozer each week or so. The road was like a cattle yard – we could walk through the leather wood like it was hardly there. Bernie and his family had a great hut up on the top near the road – on a track pushed through from the farm. They were both real good hunters – sadly Bernie had a heart attack and died at about 50ish.

Thanks for posting these pics mate. Ted was a real gentle fella full of 'good'.
I used to be scared sh@tless going up over the hills above tok in that land rover. Looked alot older when I was in it.

I just noticed the rifle against the wagon. Wonder if its this one. He gave me his old rifle many years back

Awhile ago i had another read of my Philip Holden book called Hunter by Profession , published in 1973 where he writes about his time living in Mangaweka and meat hunting in the nearby Ruahines.
A lot of the areas he hunted like the Pourangaki, Hikurangi stream, the Kawhatau river and the Maropea behind Mokai station i am quite familiar with and the thought of carrying a whole deer carcass out from those areas on a regular basis is mind boggling , even though like a lot of blokes my age i have carried the odd deer out of the bush myself.