Thread: Ruahine Ranges...Tamaki

Thanks for the pics

Was up here again a few days back.

Went up for a look tonight,theres a lot of water coming down tonight!

Well , im going to revive an old thread.
The brother in law and I went for a walk today out here. Was awsome , followed the riverbed up to a couple of good slips .
Did not see a deer but saw some sign and saw a fellow hunter , who was a GC and helped us out a little bit. ( If your reading this , thanks mate )

Definitely keen to go up here again and try another area !
Didnt take the 303 for a walk but took the brother in laws 308.

I'm addicted to the area,10 minutes from work and 25 minutes from home.
Pics from last week.

How did you go dundee ?
Today was my first hit out in this area , enjoyed it !

Originally Posted by Jusepy

How did you go dundee ?
Today was my first hit out in this area , enjoyed it !

Nothing last week but doing 5 hours tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Jusepy

How did you go dundee ?
Today was my first hit out in this area , enjoyed it !

Nothing last week but doing 5 hours tomorrow.

Good luck dundee ! It is a mint day here in the manawatu...
Wish I was out hunting.

Had a day off on Monday as the southerly blast hit,river was blown out so no fishing.All the animals were bunkered down up here but went for a stroll anyway.

Originally Posted by Dundee

Had a day off on Monday as the southerly blast hit,river was blown out so no fishing.All the animals were bunkered down up here but went for a stroll anyway.
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Good
Was that up the dry creek?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Good
Was that up the dry creek?

Sure was,still a good dumping around Makuri yesty.

Used to be my old stomping ground. But its young mans country...those slips are pretty steep!
An old work collegue told me his dad was one of the bulldozer drivers that the NZFS used to build Takapari road in 1972?. When they had finished up the work on the road they were told there was going to be a few weeks wait for the low loader to become available for returning their Dozers. My mate lived east of Danivirke, so his dad decided to track the dozer to the West Tamaki roadend. Drove the dozer north from spot height 1170 about a km, then rode it down the screes till it stopped at the bottom, then tracked down the creek till in the Tamaki river bed and out from there.

A few of us keen types bicycled up there in the late 1970's (well before mountainbikes were a 'thing') We had those 3 speeds, with the gear change inside the rear hub. And you could still see where the leatherwood had been flattened as he headed north.

Try that these days and you'd be lynched

Searching for an old scope in the 40 foot container (moved house) and instead found my old photo album.

1979. Riding up Takapari road on bikes maybe 3 times the weight of current MTB's. And way before 'mountain' got tagged on the front of a bike with fat tyres and more than 3 gears. 1979. Even managed to get half way up ( an almost new back then) Travers A frame hut before the legs gave out.

Got photos of the road, which was lovely and graded. no potholes or washouts etc. But none of the turn off at spot height 1170 of the dozer tracks heading north sorry.

Originally Posted by XR500

Searching for an old scope in the 40 foot container (moved house) and instead found my old photo album.

1979. Riding up Takapari road on bikes maybe 3 times the weight of current MTB's. And way before 'mountain' got tagged on the front of a bike with fat tyres and more than 3 gears. 1979. Even managed to get half way up ( an almost new back then) Travers A frame hut before the legs gave out.

Got photos of the road, which was lovely and graded. no potholes or washouts etc. But none of the turn off at spot height 1170 of the dozer tracks heading north sorry.

Was up there today very cold but lots of animals about.

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Just confirming Brads' acknowledgement that it can get bloody cold up there!



But get down out of the leatherwood into the feed belt, and somewhere north facing and there's lots of donks up there.

Edit: fuck!!! Why can't they load like they look on my fricken computer!!!

Saved it by rotating it and its come out correct now.