Thread: Old huts

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Anyone know of Otto lye?? Heard some crack up stuff about him. He's made a few bivvy in the Kawekas.

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Would be interested to hear about some of the stuff. Did try to find some of the old spots of local legends in the Kawekas but no luck yet.

Originally Posted by Boar Freak

Would be interested to hear about some of the stuff. Did try to find some of the old spots of local legends in the Kawekas but no luck yet.

I got told about one of them. The Kawekas are a bit of a drive so haven't been back to find it.

He has heaps of them scattered around the park. He has a special way of hiding the tracks to them. There'll be something out of place along a track and then 20 to 30 metres off the track there'll be a path. usually a tarp pond for water supply. The old fellas Hilton and Alan still mess with him by mucking around with the special signal and then find him and have a chat. They start cracking up when he rants on about the person who is moving things about.

Still going strong for an 80 or so year old.

That was the stuff that I remember off the top of my head.

Originally Posted by kristopher

Doinit

Just on that, there was a proposal to remove rock cairns or knock them over, they have saved life. Lets hope that common sense prevails.

There is not a lot of common sense among the DOC nowadays.What on earth are they thinking about rock cairns for let alone removeing them, pathetic.
Cairns are there for a logical reason, DOC don't do logic.

Interested if anyone knows this hut. Mooseman is guna have to bite his tonque. Spent a heck of a lot of time here, meathunting, possuming, weekend hunting and hiding out of the weather.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

Interested if anyone knows this hut. Mooseman is guna have to bite his tonque. Spent a heck of a lot of time here, meathunting, possuming, weekend hunting and hiding out of the weather. Attachment 84907

Almost looks like the old Hautapu hut?


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Forestry block on good tracks if you could get there in a two wheel drive Lux

Yeah Danny, in the 70s n 80s. Cool place.

You will know this one as well Danny. Another old spot with heaps of good hunting area on the door step. Mooseman and I spent a lot of our early days building leg muscles around here.

plateau hut ?

Hautapu has always been a favourite mainly cause of the good times with my Poppa and the deer in the area (Pukeroa) back then. Recently a couple of good boars.
Was up there Sunday and the Plateau. Heard one but in an unlikely spot.
Waipunga and the South was a great hang out for a sleep and a base also.
Great pictures guys.

Plateau hut, yep.

Have you fullas bumped into this hut, I came across it while doing possums in the above areas.

What about these ones?

And these

Cool pics, I nearly had to crash at the Trig (tin) hut last year as the weather closed in...