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ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby mike » Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:23 am

Who's keen? I'm definitely heading down. A few (or maybe just a couple) from the Kiwi 4x4 club are keen. Would be good to catch up and do some tracks with some of the old ORE crew.

Tracks I'm thinking we could do
Tailings again (love this track)
Maybe chasm although will depend on the track conditions and trucks keen.
Tunnels again, just for the shear coolness of that area.

Touristy stuff,
Denniston, Cave creek ( A must walk ), pan cake rocks. Gold mining history in numerous places. Really worth the stop and reading all about it (lyell - the old ghost road start)

Stay in westport motorcamp,
Somewhere around Reefton

I'm aiming at a nice relaxed trip, good lunch spots, not breaking trucks, good team work (so as not to break the trucks) and not too long a days, ie back to have dinner and drinks.
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby catalystracing » Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:15 pm

Im keen mike, what kind of truck setup are you thinking of and how many days approx.?

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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby mike » Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:38 pm

To do tailings you would ultimately want a winch, otherwise a very capable truck without and to buddy up to a truck that has one. Definitely mud tyres and don't mind a few new racing stripes. (not panel damage, just pin stripes). It is an epic track. Min 32's or pretty high dif clearance.

The other tracks are pretty mild (usually) except chasm, which is usually for tough trucks. Although my surf has done it twice without damage but that was quite a long time ago.

Sat/Sun would be main tracks. With Friday and Monday travel/shiny tracks.

I'll probably stay down a few days extra either side and have an extended easter this time.
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby mercutio » Mon Jun 20, 2016 5:06 pm

9 months away is that enough time to get the G up and running going by recent progress not likely lol
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby DieselBoy » Mon Jun 20, 2016 5:52 pm

.......definitely interested, it's been a while since we had a decent ORE gathering, and that's the best part of the country to do it in :D :D
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Postby Smurf » Mon Jun 20, 2016 6:16 pm

Definitely keen.
Could be an option to hire the Westport Scout Hall and have our own venue for a weekend?

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Postby mike » Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:52 pm

Smurf wrote:Definitely keen.
Could be an option to hire the Westport Scout Hall and have our own venue for a weekend?


Yeah that sounds cool. Do they have showers and toilets? If not that westport camp ground is pretty cool, it has quite a cool hangout area. But having our own base would also be really cool as we have a guy coming with a caravan.
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby mike » Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:54 pm

DieselBoy wrote:.......definitely interested, it's been a while since we had a decent ORE gathering, and that's the best part of the country to do it in :D :D


Ha wicked! would be cool to see Betsie in the flesh :twisted:
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby Smurf » Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:56 pm

mike wrote:
Smurf wrote:Definitely keen.
Could be an option to hire the Westport Scout Hall and have our own venue for a weekend?


Yeah that sounds cool. Do they have showers and toilets? If not that westport camp ground is pretty cool, it has quite a cool hangout area. But having our own base would also be really cool as we have a guy coming with a caravan.


I'll get back to ya once I talk to the guy. We use scout halls a bit as they are cheap. Greymouth one costs $80 a night, has wetback to the showers.

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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby nzhunter » Tue Jun 21, 2016 1:53 am

Put my name down please, was planning on a 3 week South Island tour around then anyway.

Anything I can help with shout out.

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Postby wjw » Tue Jun 21, 2016 6:28 am

I shall talk to the boss :-) would be bringing at least two kids...
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby Jerry » Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:03 pm

Added it as an Event on the ORE FB page as well
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Postby mike » Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:14 pm

wjw wrote:I shall talk to the boss :-) would be bringing at least two kids...


I thought you had 4 kids bill, did you sell two into the circus?
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby hosehustler » Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:16 pm

I intend to be there :P
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Postby coxsy » Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:37 pm

passed it by the Mrs , said yes so we,re in :D
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Postby mike » Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:46 pm

hosehustler wrote:I intend to be there :P


very very cool :twisted:
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby mike » Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:48 pm

coxsy wrote:passed it by the Mrs , said yes so we,re in :D


Directions from Bombays to westport, Roads are sealed as well :lol:

https://www.google.co.nz/maps/dir/Bomba ... 41.7545216
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Postby wjw » Wed Jun 22, 2016 7:29 am

mike wrote:
wjw wrote:I shall talk to the boss :-) would be bringing at least two kids...


I thought you had 4 kids bill, did you sell two into the circus?


I do but 4 is too many to take with me ;-)
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby tallsam66 » Wed Jun 22, 2016 4:35 pm

Sounds like fun ... ill know for sure closer to the time.
For Tailings winches and chainsaws are now essential ... over last Cpl of years has been a lot of windfall and scouring of the track with rain.

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Postby coxsy » Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:08 pm

mike wrote:
coxsy wrote:passed it by the Mrs , said yes so we,re in :D


Directions from Bombays to westport, Roads are sealed as well :lol:

https://www.google.co.nz/maps/dir/Bomba ... 41.7545216

cheek :D driven south a few times the big wet bit in the middle is the only problem
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby KIWI_TERRANO » Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:14 pm

Jerry invited me on facebook, indont know who giving him his passport but i think we can let him down!

Il be there if i have a truck thats mildly kitted out by then!

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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby Jerry » Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:57 pm

Found some pics from 2010 trip :D

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Postby NJV6 » Wed Jun 22, 2016 10:27 pm

tallsam66 wrote:Sounds like fun ... ill know for sure closer to the time.
For Tailings winches and chainsaws are now essential ... over last Cpl of years has been a lot of windfall and scouring of the track with rain.


Don't forget your Health n safety plan, have you contacted the town planner? :lol:
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby Taz » Wed Jun 22, 2016 10:45 pm

Would a motorcycle or two be welcome? :D
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby wjw » Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:46 am

Wife has said yes, depending on costs....

FYI, NZ4WDA look to be running a trip on the Westcoast over easter,

"A circuit of the Paparoa Range with scenic & tuff route options"

As my mum is here and hopefully she will be funding this, I'll have to ask her what she wants to do....
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby mike » Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:40 am

There are usually a few club trips in the area over easter. As long as they don't hold us up there won't be too many fisticuff incidents.

As for bikes, I'm not sure, I guess so. The only thing I would be hesitant about is that we would be slower than you guys and recovery if they break? could be fun though watching you go through water holes and rivers :mrgreen:
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Postby Taz » Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:55 pm

There are only so many times Jed will want to come for a night time dip with me and my bike :oops: so I'd be picky with the rivers :lol:

We'll see. Might even be better to just come for a beer and a catch up with a few faces.
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby JR » Sun Jul 17, 2016 10:11 pm

Taz wrote:There are only so many times Jed will want to come for a night time dip with me and my bike :oops: so I'd be picky with the rivers :lol:

We'll see. Might even be better to just come for a beer and a catch up with a few faces.




I'll be coming if I can, always more than happy to drag you out of a river Taz. Maybe I'll just get the yz and come for a hoon on the bikes mate!

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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby Jafa » Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:48 pm

Yup I'm in :D Assuming we can cater for trailer queens. I've stayed at the Reefton motocamp in the past, great spot for a base of operations for that area. Good pub nearby too :mrgreen:
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Re: ORE Westcoast Easter 2017

Postby nuts » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:17 pm

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