Comments on: Trip: Waitewaewae to Ohau via the Main Range

By: Mike McGavin

Mike McGavin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:53:26 +0000

Thanks, it’s a pleasure.

By: Dazza

Dazza — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:13:06 +0000

Really enjoyed reading your article and think your pics give a fair idea to the casual observer of what travel on the Tararua tops is usually like ;c) Off to Anderson Mem in a couple of weeks time and all the more keen for reading this! Thanks for taking the time to write this up!

By: Mike McGavin

Mike McGavin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:05:03 +0000

Heh heh, thanks for the feedback, and great to hear that the door’s finally fixed. I reported it to DOC but didn’t get much of a response back this time until I asked again to make sure they’d received the message. The people at the Kapiti Conservancy who follow up on that sort of stuff probably had other things on their mind though.

Your trip sounds similar to what that guy in the sleeping bag at YTYY said he was going to do, unless he was planning to go all the way to Te Matawai first. Maybe next time we’ll see a bit more, but I like this kind of trip all the same because you get to see places in a way that many people don’t. I really enjoy taking photos in less than fine weather for similar reasons, but camera’s feeling the worse for it after a couple of years. So far I haven’t been convinced to go for the waterproof anti-shock variety.

By: Eva Durrant

Eva Durrant — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:25:46 +0000

nice description of the tramp! a couple of weekends ago, we travelled to Waitewaewae 1nt, Nichols 1nt, to Kelleher, down Kelleher ridge to the upper Otaki , camped 1 nt, then down and back to WTWW. Nichols hut’s door is repaired. Nice Hut with grand views of the Tararua peaks and Maungahuka etc. from Kelleher we could see the whole main range which was wonderful, as the last time we were on the M range, we had visibility similar to yours!
thanks for sharing your trip and good on you for taking photos in inclement weather.