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| The Akatarawa
Forest covers hill country between Upper Hutt and Paraparaumu (30 and 45
minutes' drive from Wellington respectively). Translated to English,
Akatarawa means "trailing vines". In the old days, the Maori
used the Forest for hunting and food gathering as well as an access trail to and
from the Hutt Valley. The forest is used by mountain bikers, horse
riders, trail bikers, four wheel drive vehicles and logging trucks. |
| A while back we took a city boy
based in Hong Kong to one of our milder trips to show
him some actions. It rained virtually non-stop the whole time but
hey, we
showed Dan a water closet at the Orange Hut that's fully air-conditioned
and with a million dollar view that he can't find anywhere else - not Hong
Kong, not Canada! |
Outside the old Orange Hut with Dan |
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At the Orange Hut |
Game for a play in
the mud at the woolshed? |
A shiny getting out
of the mud at the Woolshed |
| One of the events
to celebrate the 30th annivesary of the Club in 2002 was the Rallywoods / Deadwood
Safari trip. This time we went back to the Pram Track, but from a different
direction (downhill) and found the only slippery bit on a dry day - a spot that
brought back some haunting memories that we had prior to having
those pre-loved mud tyres! (see below) |
Recognised the
muddy spot? (See pictures below) |
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Edith said to her
friends before hopping into David's Terrano, "Enjoy the slide!" |
A multi-cultural talk shop (from left to right - Jay, David, Henry and
Pradeep) |
Click
here to find out what exciting stuff was there to see from the viewing
gallery |
| These pictures were also taken at the
Pram Track
(travelling uphill) on an earier trip before we acquired the mud tyres. Trying too hard to get out of
the mud, Henry got truly stuck in the rut. The tyre got pushed out of
the rim (Sorry you'll have to use your imagination as the poor
photographer was trapped inside the Jeep, almost kissing
the ferns!) |
Everyone had an opinon on how to jack up the Jeep
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Not hard to tell
which was the brand new spare tyre! |
Tyre
changed. The trip leader said, "See how far you can get before
we tow you." Not very far - the Jeep was stuck at the same spot
(the big rut on the left of the vehicle). |
Special recovery
technique involving the use of two tow strops and two trucks - this is the truck in front of the Jeep being towed by another
truck.
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