A wander from last weekend an area lest travelled
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A wander from last weekend an area lest travelled
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Nice spot mate.
shhhhhh.
Haven't wandered down there for close to 50 years.
Tracks non maintained so if you like pushing through 8ft high scrub, stinging nettle and bush lawyer its the go to :)
oh,so you took the easy way in then...... dont even bother trying to come in the other way unless you have got 12 or more hours.
easy way in .....gutbuster coming out energy drinks or electrolytes in the river halfway back out......Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
@Bonecrusher did you bump into the toke blokes?
:thumbsup: Have a couple of times Hut is getting a substantial rebuild at the moment thanks to funding from The Back Country Hut Trust they flew 7 loads of materials in last Sunday
The Upper hut? Seems like it needs a night in there with the slashers soon?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonecrusher
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32C temp last weekend heading out the saddle don't think about having an animal on your backQuote:
Originally Posted by scotty
The middle section is tiger country I went in at 7pm so got caught in the dark lost the track at one point ..... had a sit down quick feed then picked it up again good sense of direction and bush skills needed in the darkQuote:
Originally Posted by Danny
yup mates down there workin/huntingQuote:
Originally Posted by Bonecrusher
Yep.
My old man etc used to hunt it long ago. They got 27 deer in a day, all skinny and as small as goats. Was like walking a highway.
Regardless that uphill to the Plateau always got me. My old man put me on his back one day. Still reminds me of that small fact. I remind him I was but a baby…still.
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Gets a few so you arent the only one I felt it last weekend got dehydrated and left too much sweat on the trackQuote:
Originally Posted by Danny
the last roar my Dad hunted in there. Dad ,Phil,Ivan and Ron I think were in there all experienced hunters and with all the chopper activity they never saw a deer let alone shot one....that wouldve been late 70s....Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
its had a few green rains over the years which keeps numbers low.
Ive never pulled anything out of there Whirinaki yes which is slightly further in. The Ridge track is a serious challenge with an animal on your back got out of there at 11pm on a Sunday night with a three hour drive and work the next day noy so young but silly
Have never gone in from the Plateau, used to climb over from below the old South Waipunga hut. Area a bit like Te Hoe, a good climb out.
Glad to see it's still there. Haven't been through there for about 35 years. We used to do the track & hut maintainence.
Is the bivy on the ridge between the pine & Matuk still there ?
Be careful driving into the old Saddle Hut track, it's a bit treacherous to say the least...
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