Thread: Ruahine Ranges...Tamaki

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.

Hope everyone keeps off the roof now the A Frame (Traverse)hut has been refurbished.Its a good climb from the Dannevirke side and the hut is much appreciated when you get to the top.

Did the fella drive his dozer down the "Cats Paw" slip that is about that height,fella must of had balls of steel!

I am unsure exactly which spur/slip he chose. I can only remember seeing the old dozer marks heading North along the ridge from the road. I biked up there in 1979, and worked in the MOW with his son in 1985. Even back then he was aware of the potential for shit to get flung at him, so he was careful where he went and what he dozed. Ordinarily, in that sort of terrain safety would dictate you would doze yourself a big fuckoff track in front of you.
He didn't do that

@XR500 the mans a fecking legend!

Originally Posted by Dundee

Hope everyone keeps off the roof now the A Frame (Traverse)hut has been refurbished.Its a good climb from the Dannevirke side and the hut is much appreciated when you get to the top.

Did the fella drive his dozer down the "Cats Paw" slip that is about that height,fella must of had balls of steel!Attachment 174955

No was down above the Stanfield you can still see the track walk up toward the saddle and look back you'll see a very clear 3m track of leather wood in the native from the road down

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Went for another hike up there the other day.Up the creek to stanfield hut then came back holmes ridge.Bit of deer sign around.Found a steel in the creek.The cyclone has made the creek route way easier than it use to be.

View from the ridge looking down onto Tamaki Stream.

Considering the high number of deer in the western Ruahines there don't seem to be a lot come out of the Tamiki. Is that correct.

Years ago I got a few out of the dry creek and the Rokai but it was never that hot. What about now?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Considering the high number of deer in the western Ruahines there don't seem to be a lot come out of the Tamiki. Is that correct.

Years ago I got a few out of the dry creek and the Rokai but it was never that hot. What about now?

While the not the huge numbers there are in the central ruahines there's still a lot of animals there Tahr, most slips after some glassing with provide a deer for your troubles, particularly up the dry creek and cats paw.
The bush edge is still holding plenty, the cullers next door have got around 50 on the edge in the last 2 months, I'm guessing mid winter it will hold more animals now its all in trees.

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Originally Posted by BRADS

While the not the huge numbers there are in the central ruahines there's still a lot of animals there Tahr, most slips after some glassing with provide a deer for your troubles, particularly up the dry creek and cats paw.
The bush edge is still holding plenty, the cullers next door have got around 50 on the edge in the last 2 months, I'm guessing mid winter it will hold more animals now its all in trees.

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Cheers. I should wander up there for old times sake. Would you go up the dry creek or the ridge with the track on it on its true left?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Cheers. I should wander up there for old times sake. Would you go up the dry creek or the ridge with the track on it on its true left?

I'd go up the track, there's a few good viewing places there you'll no doubt find mate.
Flick me a message when ya do ill see where I am.

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Get me a quad up the ridge @BRADS

In my humble opinion, in your location a quad may will not suit the terrain, weather and your missions. Considering the investment of a Honda, maybe a 4.0 Wrangler, late 90s version soft top, lifted up, big mud shoes should get you there with loads. Before C19, good ones only cost about 15,000, now the price is about 25,000.

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

In my humble opinion, in your location a quad may will not suit the terrain, weather and your missions. Considering the investment of a Honda, maybe a 4.0 Wrangler, late 90s version soft top, lifted up, big mud shoes should get you there with loads. Before C19, good ones only cost about 15,000, now the price is about 25,000.

Most of theses fellas should be pilots as the heights they go.lol

Had another wander around up there today.

Deer are shitting in the picnic area but aren't there when i go looksies.lol

Dry creek is a gravel canyon now.

When I worked for FS out of Po Base back in the 80's,FRI assessed the rapid rate of stream aggrading and erosion in the Southern Ruahines was understood to be the highest in the world.Perhaps slanted with a bit of bias by the boffins,but substantial nevertheless.Notibly theses loadings occurring towards the end of several decades of commercial take of coons and venison when pest numbers were @ historic lows.Seemed to debunk the red menace rhetoric.Pretty sure the 120 mile long Canty plains were built up long before the Acclimatization Society released the herd up the Mathias in the 18 hundreds