Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Tramping and camping on the Otaki River. A circuit from Poads Rd to Manakau.
Saturday, 04 February 2012
Rain as we started at Poads Road - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Rain as we started at Poads Road

Up the Ohau river towards South Ohau hut for lunch - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Up the Ohau river towards South Ohau hut for lunch

Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
Shelter and fire - ahh the basics of life! - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Shelter and fire - ahh the basics of life!

Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
Morning dew on cobweb - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Morning dew on cobweb

The Otaki River is stunning - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

The Otaki River is stunning

and full of beautiful side creeks - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

and full of beautiful side creeks

Alex trying to wash the biddy-bids off under the water - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Alex trying to wash the biddy-bids off under the water

Moss on rocks - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Moss on rocks

A park bench in the middle of the Otaki river - a VUTC dare perhaps? - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

A park bench in the middle of the Otaki river - a VUTC dare perhaps?

Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
Another stunning pool - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Another stunning pool

Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
Please, not the family jewels! - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Please, not the family jewels!

Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
If it'd been hotter we could have swum - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

If it'd been hotter we could have swum

Sun bathing packs - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Sun bathing packs

Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
Camping the second night on the Y2YY river - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Camping the second night on the Y2YY river

Alex was toasting dinasour lollies and Marian was trying to get in on the action.....while the rest of us worked! - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Alex was toasting dinasour lollies and Marian was trying to get in on the action.....while the rest of us worked!

Every village should have at least one village idiot - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Every village should have at least one village idiot

Straight out of Little House on the Prairie - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Straight out of Little House on the Prairie

Starting the climb up the spur by Chaney Creek towards Mt Mick - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Starting the climb up the spur by Chaney Creek towards Mt Mick

This is meant to make you sexy??? - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

This is meant to make you sexy???

Lake Horowhenua - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

Lake Horowhenua

On logging roads heading down towards Waikawa road end - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

On logging roads heading down towards Waikawa road end

Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February
GPS Track - 50.5kms - Whole Otaki Waitangi Weeekend 4-6 February

GPS Track - 50.5kms

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