Date: May 27, 2016
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
Map and elevation:
Distance: 9.5
Elevation: Up and down, up and down
Time: 3 hours 10
Notes:
Friday, 27 May 2016
Te Ahu Ahu Road - Horoeka Track - Karekare Falls via ? track - Comans Track - Te Ahu Ahu Road
Date: May 27, 2016
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
Map and elevation:
Distance: 9.5
Elevation: Up and down, up and down
Time: 3 hours 10
Notes:
Odlin Timber Track - Walker Ridge - Muir Track - Pararaha Valley - Buck Taylor Track
Date: May 20, 2016
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
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Notes: We chose this track because we were curious about how this happened on a track that we have walked several times, and wanted to see if we could figure out exactly where they went wrong. This is a lovely circuit, and we decided to walk it from the Odlins end this time (Odlins is quite steep on the return), and through the Pararaha Valley. We had a snack at the new shelter at the base of the valley (bench, running water, sink, toilet, seating!), then walked over to cross the stream, trying to determine exactly what had gone wrong (there was nowhere obvious on the tracks down). We can only assume that they decided NOT to cross the stream, and had turned left instead to try to find a path through the flax. Unfortunately, the more you try and walk through the flax and reeds, the less you can see where you are, and the further away you get from the right side of the swamp. They would have been able to see the dunes and the sea, but not be able to make their way across this very marshy area to the boardwalk without swimming. So easy to make one wrong move, then compound your problems by carrying on.
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
Map:
Distance:
Elevation:
Time:
Notes: We chose this track because we were curious about how this happened on a track that we have walked several times, and wanted to see if we could figure out exactly where they went wrong. This is a lovely circuit, and we decided to walk it from the Odlins end this time (Odlins is quite steep on the return), and through the Pararaha Valley. We had a snack at the new shelter at the base of the valley (bench, running water, sink, toilet, seating!), then walked over to cross the stream, trying to determine exactly what had gone wrong (there was nowhere obvious on the tracks down). We can only assume that they decided NOT to cross the stream, and had turned left instead to try to find a path through the flax. Unfortunately, the more you try and walk through the flax and reeds, the less you can see where you are, and the further away you get from the right side of the swamp. They would have been able to see the dunes and the sea, but not be able to make their way across this very marshy area to the boardwalk without swimming. So easy to make one wrong move, then compound your problems by carrying on.
Fairy Falls...and The Golden Gumboot!
Date: May 13, 2016
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
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Notes: Every good story includes the pursuit of treasure and mystery. We think it was at least two years ago, driving back from (we can only guess) this same track, one of us happened to briefly see a gigantic Golden Gumboot sitting in a paddock. This was greeted with much skepticism by the other two, and the viewer of this Vision had many opportunities to consider the state of her mental health over the intervening years as we struggled to find it again. Every car trip back from one tramp or another would invariably include the possibility that this was "Golden Gumboot territory", but it stubbornly refused to prove its existence. It sort of became that half-believed-in thing, that we looked for religiously, but never really thought we would see again. Except that today we found it. Gigantic. Golden. Gumboot. In a paddock. There was some screaming. We took selfies galore. Then we climbed back into the car a lot excited, but also a little sad that we had solved our mystery.
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
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Notes: Every good story includes the pursuit of treasure and mystery. We think it was at least two years ago, driving back from (we can only guess) this same track, one of us happened to briefly see a gigantic Golden Gumboot sitting in a paddock. This was greeted with much skepticism by the other two, and the viewer of this Vision had many opportunities to consider the state of her mental health over the intervening years as we struggled to find it again. Every car trip back from one tramp or another would invariably include the possibility that this was "Golden Gumboot territory", but it stubbornly refused to prove its existence. It sort of became that half-believed-in thing, that we looked for religiously, but never really thought we would see again. Except that today we found it. Gigantic. Golden. Gumboot. In a paddock. There was some screaming. We took selfies galore. Then we climbed back into the car a lot excited, but also a little sad that we had solved our mystery.
Goldie Bush
Date: May 6, 2016
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
Map: http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/auckland/te-henga-goldie-bush-walkway.pdf
Distance: 7km
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Time:
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Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
Map: http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/auckland/te-henga-goldie-bush-walkway.pdf
Distance: 7km
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Nelson Lakes: Lake Rotoroa - Sabine Hut - West Sabine Hut - Blue Lake Hut - Moss Pass - George Lyon Hut - Morgan Hut - Lake Rotoiti
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| The chasm |
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Peter, Andrea, Chris, Helena, Jeremy, Lesley, Tony
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Notes: An utterly magic trip.
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| Blue Lake Hut |
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| Blue Lake morning, before heading off to Moss Pass |
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| Jeremy waits for the rest of us! |
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| Helena, Moss Pass |
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| Anna, Lesley, Elizabeth at Lake Constance |
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| At Sabine Hut, ready to head off |
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| Striding out on Day One |
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| Helena, Elizabeth, Andrea above Blue Lake |
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| Tea and a Blue Lake |
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| Cairn, Day One |
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| Early morning, Blue Lake Mountains |
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| Peter, Helena, Lesley, Chris, Anna, Andrea |
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| Blue Lake to Moss Pass |
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| Blue Lake Hut |
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| Scree leading up to Moss Pass |
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| Blue Lake |
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| Vegetable sheep! |
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| The Rock Chute |
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| Elizabeth summits |
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| Peter |
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| Tarn on the other side of the Pass |
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| Andrea completes the huge downhill section from Moss Pass |
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| Andrea and Lesley in the moss on the way to George Lyon Hut |
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| Mossy sculpture |
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| Lesley summits |
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| Tony summits...mini Peter! |
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| Chris |
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| Chris and Andrea lead us off the top of the Pass |
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| Where we SHOULD have had our tea break! |
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| The terrain off the Pass was incredibly steep - and included a fixed rope in one area |
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| Are we there yet? On the way to George Lyon Hut |
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| Elizabeth lurking in the long grass |
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| Trying to fix Jeremy's pacl |
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| Morgan Hut track across the river bed |
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| Robin |
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| Morgan Hut, - we experienced two earthquakes that night |
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| Sophistication exemplified |
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| Our DOC man takes off...along with all of our washing! |
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| Helena's brilliant location device |
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| At the Rotoroa jetty with the eels |
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| Someone was happy to finish! |
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| Hairbrush, please! (And a shower...) |
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