This Tauanui Hut is approximately three kilometers up a small river from a forestry road. Making the hut an easy wander in and just a couple of hours of walk time, so fitted into a Saturday when the morning gets eaten up by car stuff.
Saturday 10/09/2016
Jessie and I only got going on Saturday afternoon. Drove over the
Rimutaka's and took a right at Featherston heading down the Lake Ferry
Road and shot past Whakatomotomo Road. When we got to the Pailliser Road turnoff we new we had missed the turnoff, back tracked, found it and headed off down the road. Approx four kilometers down the road that heads North East. Take this to the locked gate.
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| Whakatomotomo Road |
Got to a gate that was not locked, assumed it could get locked so we left the car here and set off. About a kilometer down the road we came to another gate, this one locked. Kept on the gravel road until it started heading South heading up hill. We walked back and took the first four wheel drive track heading North. This soon gave us our first river crossing. Here we wandered around a bit as the river was up and we hoped to find a track or else it would be a cold walk in the river. We soon found the four wheel drive track that goes all the way to the hut. Not on current maps.
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| 4 wheel drive track |
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| remains of something? |
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| When the track is the river. Jessie. |
Cool fungi spotted on the way, this one is endemic to New Zealand.
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| Ileodictyon cibarium |
At the hut, and firewood time, made just a little bit hard because there is no axe. Nice typical old Forest Service six bunker.
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| Interior Tauanui Hut |
Sunday 11/09/2016
Had a good long sleep and a leisurely breakfast, such a nice day. Left just before midday, such an easy walk out.
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| Tauanui Hut |
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| Tauanui Hut |
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| Easy way out |
Trip Times
Saturday 10/09/2016
1536 Left the car
1736 At Tauanui Hut
Sunday 11/09/2016
1150 Left the hut
1254 Last river crossing to gravel road
1333 At the car
Map
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| Tauanui River and hut |
2 comments:
Hey thanks for doing your writeups - I've found them handy over the years! I'm just eyeballing Tauanui hut as maybe a little baby bikepacking overnighter down the ways. Looks easy if your photo of the road is anything to go by. Just wondering how much cutting across the river is required, can you remember? Thanks heaps.
Who do you get permission from to access?
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