Clint & Rosie's 2010 South Island Adventure

[clint640]

Hi All, just got started on the ride report:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=555898

Cheers
Clint

[junkmanjoe]

where was this beach clint..


we went up to Kohaihai Bluff.. north of westport.

JMJ

[Rosie]

It's at Kohaihai river mouth, north of Karamea.
The sandflies are so bad, you need to wear body armour

[junkmanjoe]

Ok we where at the end of the same road, as far as you could go..
great coast ..

cheers Rosie..

JMJ

[JATZ]

We prolly woulda seen the beach if it hadn't been the middle of the night

[junkmanjoe]

but we did see sparkly glow shit in the sand mate,,,,we are special...

JMJ

[clint640]

but we did see sparkly glow shit in the sand mate,,,,we are special...

JMJ

So you bought some of those special locally grown organic cigarettes off the guy with the dreadlocks did ya? Gotta try the local produce when you're travelling aye

[junkmanjoe]

yea mate...but its true, some glowing stuff washed up on the beach,, was small, but it was all over the beach, then this freak wave tried to wash us back in to the ocean...
i picked up some of this glow stuff, and when ya touched it it would glow up more... weird place south island....

you enjoy your trip.

JMJ

[Willdat?]

Phosphoresence is my guess for the glowing stuff, you should have tried going for a swim in it. Even more amazing lights up as your arms/legs make strokes...
http://red-cedar.ca/?p=400

[dino3310]

i remember fishing up north one year it was quite bad, we were night fishing in about 4-5m of water when the sinker hit the bottom it was like watching a little explosion, shit fishing when that Phosphoresence is around like that.

[JATZ]

i remember fishing up north one year it was quite bad, we were night fishing in about 4-5m of water when the sinker hit the bottom it was like watching a little explosion, shit fishing when that Phosphoresence is around like that.

Cool waching the wake as you motor along too, and I gotta agree, fishing's usually crap when it's like that.

Phosphoresence is my guess for the glowing stuff, you should have tried going for a swim in it. Even more amazing lights up as your arms/legs make strokes...
http://red-cedar.ca/?p=400

Swimming was the last thing on my mind, mouth of the Kohaihai river, middle of the night, serious undertow, not a good time or place to swim

yea mate...but its true, some glowing stuff washed up on the beach,, was small, but it was all over the beach, then this freak wave tried to wash us back in to the ocean...
i picked up some of this glow stuff, and when ya touched it it would glow up more... weird place south island....

you enjoy your trip.

JMJ

Haha, I'd forgotten about that wave, musta looked like a pack of nancys scampering up the beach away from the water

[Monstaman]

We have added a few pics of the fuckengruven weekend and various shots to Clints thread as well, got shitloads more but don't wonna jack Clints thread.