It's amazing what you find in the Kiwi Wilderness. Last weekend we enjoyed a wonderful trek through a corner of Alastair's hunting lodge in mountainous Kawhia, on the west coast of the North Island. It isn't the first time we have "admired" this abandoned hut, and wondered about its past -- it has remnants of cooking gear, planks that formed a platform for a mouldering mattress, odd bits of tramping stuff, and (believe it or not) a sun umbrella. The owner, whoever he was, had a sense of humor. Scroll down to follow our voyage of discovery ...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Hunting notice
Discovered on an abandoned hut
It's amazing what you find in the Kiwi Wilderness. Last weekend we enjoyed a wonderful trek through a corner of Alastair's hunting lodge in mountainous Kawhia, on the west coast of the North Island. It isn't the first time we have "admired" this abandoned hut, and wondered about its past -- it has remnants of cooking gear, planks that formed a platform for a mouldering mattress, odd bits of tramping stuff, and (believe it or not) a sun umbrella. The owner, whoever he was, had a sense of humor. Scroll down to follow our voyage of discovery ...
It's amazing what you find in the Kiwi Wilderness. Last weekend we enjoyed a wonderful trek through a corner of Alastair's hunting lodge in mountainous Kawhia, on the west coast of the North Island. It isn't the first time we have "admired" this abandoned hut, and wondered about its past -- it has remnants of cooking gear, planks that formed a platform for a mouldering mattress, odd bits of tramping stuff, and (believe it or not) a sun umbrella. The owner, whoever he was, had a sense of humor. Scroll down to follow our voyage of discovery ...
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