Hat bag mission in the Aorangi Forest Park with Jessie, one of them things that involves what I call a short long drive. The drive to access Sutherlands Hut is interesting, we enjoyed the variety of scenery and the cliff zone as we drove to the road end. Seeing a number of vehicles at the end of the normal road we thought that the hut would probably be a bit crowded, hoping not full.
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| Cliff bits |
I really enjoyed this road sign, photoed on the way back, makes me think of a forest full of hill billies and their shooters; maybe six fingers and twangy sounds of the banjo in the distance and if your lucky a cup of moon shine.
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| The road begins |
And on down the road we drove, getting closer, we did stop to bag Waikuku Lodge and photo the place.
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| Haurangi Road |
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| Getting there |
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| Waikuku Lodge |
Off down the four wheel drive track, meeting two lots of people coming out, and getting to our destination and finding it ever so empty.
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| Approaching Sutherlands hut |
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| Sutherlands Hut |
We went for another walk to check out the Avrills hut site. Mushrooms and nettle stinging.
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| The shroom tree |
The hut must of been gone for years as there was not much to show where it had been.
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| Old sign parked in the trees |
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| Averills Hut site |
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| Dusk time and tree pair |
We slept with a smokey open manuka fire.
Sunday 12/06/2016
Our pack up, sweep the hut, and head home day. With some pack weight checking before we left, Carl should remember this.
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| The heaviest on the right (Jessie) |
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| Jessie packed and ready to go. |
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| Some of the hill and old forest |
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| More of that forest and hill. |
We did get to the car just as the fat rain drops began to fall, and then it was wet.
Map Stuff
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Trip Times
Saturday 11/06/2016
1208 Departed the car at the end of the road and took the 4 wheel drive route.
1310 Sutherlands Hut
Sunday 12/06/2016
1038 Left Sutherlands Hut
1157 Back at the car
No bibles...
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