ADV Ride March/April 2011 Ride Report

[ADVGD]

Just arrived back from a stunning 7 day ride/fishing trip. The weather was very generous, even at the end when it was meant to pack up it stayed warm and dry. New tracks were ridden, new places explored, lots of fish seen, many were caught, and many new places scratched down for future trips. Here are a few photos…

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Hitting the Molesworth on a perfect day, warm, sun shining, couldn't ask for better

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The first fish of the trip spotted, no time to pull out the fly rod and gear up though, too many K's to be done on day 1 (12 1/2 hours to be exact)


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Out through Blenheim heading to Karamea

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Fading sun over the Buller

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First fish of the trip, a nice 3 1/2 pound Brown Jack

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Numerous spiders were out spinning their webs so on went a spider imitation fly pattern

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Sure enough this wee brown had a nudge at the spider fly

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Heading up the Karamea River track

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Its some tough going rock hopping for hours on end, but the views up the Karamea River are totally worth it

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A beautiful 4 pound Brown Jack that put up a great fight

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The world renowned Karamea Nikau Palms

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The end of the road, as far north on the West Coast you can go... without getting wet

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Mokihinui River


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Heading over to Denniston for the Denniston to New Creek track

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The Mackley River was a breeze to cross, a little over axle height


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Fly camping on the Mackley River


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A bit of playing with the camera manual settings

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I stopped in for an hour or so to watch some MX racing

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Heading to Lake Hochstetter

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Sun setting over Lake Hochstetter

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An accidental photo taken by auto timer as I was releasing a fish, the early misty morning colours looked cool so thought I'd throw it up

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Lady Lake, always picturesque

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Three browns out feeding on the remarkably coloured Crooked


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Lake Poerua


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Heading home to Chch, back to work =(

[Taz]

Beautiful .

[Box'a'bits]

Beautiful work.

What sort of camera are you using?

[ADVGD]

Beautiful work.

What sort of camera are you using?

Thanks mate :) nothing too flash, a Cannon SX130IS. For the price it is well endowed with features including reasonably adaptable full manual settings while still having a sound automatic feature so you can whip it out and quickly capture those moments when your mate just happens to have a spill right in front of you :p

[thepom]

Another great ride....

[Crim]

Great Stuff, mate - when you changing bikes did you get down to Tima-vegas to check out the one you were "looking at"?

[marks]

Beautiful work.

what he said

[Padmei]

noice:yes:

[Monstaman]

A picture is worth a thousand words is seriously understated!!

[NordieBoy]

Must get over to Denniston sometime soon.

Inspiring photos.

[Monstaman]

Actually I might sell my bike and just read all your threads you will save me thousands :D

[michael e]

amazing shots and scenary.....nice work:niceone:

[gav24]

Wow!
Really inspiring.
Any news on the website? Up and running yet?

[Night Falcon]

thats my old stomping ground...my girl grew up in New Creek. :love: The trout fishin is great an all that, but I prefered the gold prospectin:first:.....a man can get rich in them there rivers I tell ya, rich!!:gob:

[mattsdakar]

Bastard!!!!!
Nice photo's where we heading next???

[ADVGD]

Must get over to Denniston sometime soon.

Certainly worth a look mate, I'd recommend GPS files for a smooth trip, there are lots and lots of side tracks for powerline maintenance that can lead you up the garden path. Clumsy thumbs I accidentally deleted my route file when clearing my log, needless to say I had a few interesting detours, but in saying that by doing so I found some gnarly steep loose rutty tracks in the back, lots'o'fun :yes:



Wow!
Really inspiring.
Any news on the website? Up and running yet?

Pouring hours into getting the interactive Google map functioning nicely, very close though my friend. I have a swag of GPS files and routes to add, should have her up for public viewing/testing within the next 3 to 4 weeks


thats my old stomping ground...my girl grew up in New Creek. :love: The trout fishin is great an all that, but I prefered the gold prospectin:first:.....a man can get rich in them there rivers I tell ya, rich!!:gob:

Well this man could do with a bit of gold riches, care to share some GPS coordinates to these ample supplies of gold Night Falcon :innocent:


Bastard!!!!!
Nice photo's where we heading next???

Yeah, pity about the timing mate, there were plenty of trout with your name written all over them. Got an Easter trip in the planning stages, aiming for something a little gnarly, will keep you posted with the details :niceone:

[bart]

Awesome pics man. :yes:

[ADVGD]

Before winter forced the closure of some of the Otago High Country tracks three of us ventured down south for one last ride. With being so close to winter and having two good snow dumps a few weeks prior there was a chance this trip could have been cancelled however the weather treated us very well making for a brilliant weekend... pics as below

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Heading up Saint Bathans

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Accomodation for day 1

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Heading out the next morning after some serious rain over night

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Only 20 minutes into the ride the cloud began to burn off followed by sun and warmth

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Heading up the Awakino zig zag

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Our 5 star accomodation for day 2

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Look at that, we found the Fiordland Moose!

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Heading through to Ida Valley

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The penalty for error on some of these sections was plainly obvious

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Heading out on day 3

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[bart]

Man....I've gotta move south....:drool:

:niceone:

[gav24]

Man....I've gotta move south....:drool:

:niceone:

SNAP!:crybaby::crybaby:

[.chris]

Any chance of a gps tracklog of where you went? Seems like some damn fine riding.
Hope to get my bike down that way this summer.

[Steelie]

Wow.:gob: Must do some of those " penalty for error" tracks. Great photos.

[ADVGD]

Any chance of a gps tracklog of where you went? Seems like some damn fine riding.
Hope to get my bike down that way this summer.

Hi Chris, yeah it sure is a great place, one of my favourites. I GPS logged this ride and others nearby and will have the files available for download in around 2 weeks when the adventure website goes live, will keep you posted, cheers

[Crim]

2 weeks when the adventure website goes live, will keep you posted, cheers

Have I mentioned my breath is bated awaiting what I am sure will be an absolute Gem - I have got a spot on my favourites bar waiting Josh:woohoo:

[.chris]

Hi Chris, yeah it sure is a great place, one of my favourites. I GPS logged this ride and others nearby and will have the files available for download in around 2 weeks when the adventure website goes live, will keep you posted, cheers

Excellent, I look forward to the site launch.

[Padmei]

You suck 'Dave'. Now I've gotta go to work:angry:



My favourite is the shot of the dry valley road (jpg16) the allure...