Papatahi Hut 1-3 November
Friday, 01 November 2024
This is the Remutaka Forest Park - accessed via Wainuiomata
We started on Friday, walking for half a day
Hen and Chicken Fern. (The main fern is the hen, the small lighter green ones on top are the chickens)
Turere Hut - a bit of a palace
There's something odd about the signs on the Turere woodshed!
The Turere "Beam me up Scotty" toilets
What's this doing out in the bush?
The spacious interior of Papatahi Hut
It got rather hot in the hut!
Saturday morning - preparing to climb Papatahi Peak and Mt Mathews South Saddle
The Orongorongo River upstream of the hut
The steep climb to Papatahi Peak
Lunch time on Papatahi Peak
Going down from Papatahi Peak
Looking back down the Orongorongo valley
Back at the Orongorongo River
Sunday morning - heading back down the Orongorongo river into a very cold southerly wind.
Erosion damage from flooding
Stranded deep sea creature - a rare Davidixus Williamansus
I wonder what's in this old hut?
The Orongorongo Rock Heap Escalator
Waerenga Hut (Tararua Tramping club)
Smurf and DW showing what a great trip it was!