WANTED - Jungle Adventurers

**cave weta** · 9th April 2009, 08:12

I heard from a pig hunter just the other day about a massive 80 metre waterfall that is in the hills on a straight line between Katikati and Te Aroha.
he saw it about 15 years ago

I asked a pilot mate of mine and he confirmed that it is there and is huge and seems to have tracks nearby. So I got my maps and google earth out. Yep its all marked, with tracks too. it is marked as Ananui falls
So now Im looking for two or three hard bastards to come find it with me!
It looks about 20km from the road end between Waihi and Katikati.

I reckon that 4 riders would be the best number and I reckon that sooner rather than later would be the time before the big rains come.

Blacksmith? Dafyyd? Pricy? -you guys are in the area- what do you say?

For anyone who has seen Bridal veil falls near Raglan- this one is 18 metres higher!

**klingon** · 9th April 2009, 08:41

This one?

Please be gentle - it's a beautiful area.

**dafydd roberts** · 9th April 2009, 08:45

Originally Posted by cave weta

I heard from a pig hunter just the other day about a massive 80 metre waterfall that is in the hills on a straight line between Katikati and Te Aroha.
he saw it about 15 years ago

I asked a pilot mate of mine and he confirmed that it is there and is huge and seems to have tracks nearby. So I got my maps and google earth out. Yep its all marked, with tracks too. it is marked as Ananui falls
So now Im looking for two or three hard bastards to come find it with me!
It looks about 20km from the road end between Waihi and Katikati.

I reckon that 4 riders would be the best number and I reckon that sooner rather than later would be the time before the big rains come.

Blacksmith? Dafyyd? Pricy? -you guys are in the area- what do you say?

For anyone who has seen Bridal veil falls near Raglan- this one is 18 metres higher!

Im keen

Blacksmith will be fine as long as he brings a tow rope.

**Krayy** · 9th April 2009, 09:24

Its a fairly easy walk from the carpark to the falls...about 35 mins.

EXCEPT for the huge, fuck-off staircase that goes up the side of the cliff below the first lookout which will kill your thighs. Worth it though.

**cave weta** · 9th April 2009, 09:32

Originally Posted by Krayy

Its a fairly easy walk from the carpark to the falls...about 35 mins.

EXCEPT for the huge, fuck-off staircase that goes up the side of the cliff below the first lookout which will kill your thighs. Worth it though.

Walk! what is this walk of which you speak?

and 35 mins!!! its about 12 km as the crow flies from the end of Taiere road.

EDIT: - I just looked on the map- you must have come in from woodlands road end - that way is all uphill following the river, we will come in from over the top (cos thats how we do things here) he he.

**Finn** · 9th April 2009, 09:47

Originally Posted by klingon

This one?

Please be gentle - it's a beautiful area.

Ha, ha. Reminds me of a 4WD trip I did years ago up north. About 30 vehicles were stopped for lunch and this "save the planet" freak was trying to show everybody some old Maori ruin which basically consisted of a hole in the ground and a shit load of shells up a bank where they obviously sat, ate and beat their children. When everybody was leaving, I got excellent grip on those shells as I tore up the embankment to great applause.

**dafydd roberts** · 9th April 2009, 09:59

Originally Posted by cave weta

Walk! what is this walk of which you speak?

and 35 mins!!! its about 12 km as the crow flies from the end of Taiere road.

EDIT: - I just looked on the map- you must have come in from woodlands road end - that way is all uphill following the river, we will come in from over the top (cos thats how we do things here) he he.

This isen't some DOC area were they will come and take our bikes is it?