Godley glacier

[Jezza]

Heres one for the rock guys http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img229/2148/s2010038pg2.jpg
Are we going to stay at Red stag hut or Macurlay hut

[muddy_munke]

Could be keen. Me hopes the trucks done by then and I'm not working away!
Will keep an eye on this thread.
Daniel

[hosehustler]

Heres one for the rock guys http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img229/2148/s2010038pg2.jpg
Are we going to stay at Red stag hut or Macurlay hut

Jeremey meant;

[mike]

macauly hut for sure.

Mike

[Chopper01]

me and my crawler will be there may even have a spare seat

[MATT4U]

me and my crawler will be there may even have a spare seat

cause noone wants to freeze their ass off..

perhaps you should take a gas heater as passenger

[hosehustler]

me and my crawler will be there may even have a spare seat

cause noone wants to freeze their ass off..

perhaps you should take a gas heater as passenger

This spare seat........at Godley.......in July

[DieselBoy]

Its been all quiet on here for a while

17 days before we hit the road to meet you guys in Christchurch on the Saturday morning, so its getting close ( yeah i'm amped )

We are going to leave you guys on Sunday once we get back to Tekapo, we will stay the night in Tekapo, then cruise down to Wanaka, then the next day to Queens town, then make our way back to Christchurch for Thursday night.

With that in mind, do you guys reckon it would be prudent to invest in a set of chains?? I will be on the MTR's for the trip, but don't want to get stuck on some road somewhere cos some dude in a high vis vest says i need chains

[wjw]

I've got a pair that won't fit, but you could borrow them to look the part.

[mike]

Sorry to say boys and girls i'm out on this trip as my surf died a tragic death. It seems to have developed some major electrical issues now on top of the injector pump. I'm not going to even look at fixing it till august due to finances and getting the LR going.

Mike

[DieselBoy]

Ahh, that sucks mate!!!!!

I've had the injectors done, big ends replaced and fitted some proper 4" springs just for this trip

Will have to drop round to see ya again when where in Chch then


Spose i had better get a couple of spare radiator hoses and some belts too, my spares kit for this truck is almost non-existant atm.

[kiwipete]

Well I have my leave booked for this trip, will be meeting you all in Tekapo on the Sat as im going down on the Friday for some fishing. I will also be coming back on the Monday so I may get a little more fishing in.

[Petemcc]

Its been all quiet on here for a while


With that in mind, do you guys reckon it would be prudent to invest in a set of chains?? I will be on the MTR's for the trip, but don't want to get stuck on some road somewhere cos some dude in a high vis vest says i need chains

you are running 33's aye? I've got a set of two chains that will fit that you could grab if you're going through chch and drop off on the way back.

Pete

[Jezza]

Hopefully all this rain in the hydro lakes stops so we can have good weather! Just got to get a starter motor and I'm all set.

Well I have my leave booked for this trip, will be meeting you all in Tekapo on the Sat as im going down on the Friday for some fishing. I will also be coming back on the Monday so I may get a little more fishing in.

Where were you planning on going fishing?

[kiwipete]

Where were you planning on going fishing?

Tekapo at night and Kellands Pond during the day.

[hosehustler]

will be at the BP Rolleston as promised 6am Saturday 5th July
Will be taking Rob's truck, just fitted a turbo and wanting a shake down, so we'll be there, no rock crawling for me tho
hope the weather behaves, see you at rolly....and Pete at Tekapo

[hosehustler]

Those attending, (trip list)

Tim/Rob
Jeremy
Peter (VX)
Peter (Terrano
Frank
Julian

Any others???
Also could you all please PM me contact phone numbers as the weather forcast I recieved today for that area over the weeked is seriously bad, river crossings may become too high for a trip....

[Jezza]

Well it looks like I won't be able to make it, after packing my car up with everything my starter decides to shit it's self and I really don't want to chance it up there

[DieselBoy]

Severe Weather Warning (full text)
Issued by MetService at 09:22am 02-Jul-2008



HEADWATERS OF THE MAIN LAKES AND RIVERS OF OTAGO AND CANTERBURY FROM LAKE
WAKATIPU TO THE WAIMAKARIRI RIVER
In the 48 hours from noon Wednesday expect periods of rain with a
total of 100 to 150mm rain near the Main Divide and up to 75mm to
reach 15 to 20km east of the Divide. The heaviest falls are expected
to be in the headwaters from Lake Wanaka northwards.

[kiwipete]

Well im committed to going to Tekapo anyways, Accommodation is booked for my fishing expedition.
Rain, Hail or Snow, im sure the fish will still be hungry.

[DieselBoy]

Like wise, we will be heading to Tekapo either way. There's still plenty to do around there even if its pooring

[jeep4079]

sigh, sorry i cant make it either. my mate got sick. i need to work for him during the weekend.
hope you guys have fun there.
Frank

[kiwipete]

OMG everyone is dropping like flies.

[hosehustler]

When are you heading to Tekapo pete??
could you ring me from there and give us a weather report?
027 2074454
cheers

[kiwipete]

When are you heading to Tekapo pete??
could you ring me from there and give us a weather report?
027 2074454
cheers

Going tomorrow morning and I sure will ring/txt you the weather report.

[hosehustler]

Trip officially postponed due to storm weather
Try again at a later date......During winter
Tim

[kiwipete]

Yep, shes snowing hard and settling here in Tekapo.

Still I dont mind, there's plenty of fishing to be done; got my bag limit of Salmon in under 1/2 hr today!
And that wasnt from a farm either.
The lady @ the info centre sold me a magic hook.
Dunno how she knew what one to sell me as she had one eye looking at me and the other was looking for me. I diddnt know where to look.

[mike]

Trip officially postponed due to storm weather
Try again at a later date......During winter
Tim

sorry guys but thats good news to me. hopefully my truck will be fixed by then. Getting some help from some dam good bastards (i think they know it takes me a year to fix anything on the surf!)

[DieselBoy]

The weather wasn't so bad, we camped doown by the lake on Saturday night, and today headed up to the Macauly Hut. Snow got a bit deep for one vehicle travling alone, so stoped about 4K's from the hut

From the road around the Lake Tekapo this morning:


Our upper limit heading up the Macauly


In the sun shine this arvo up at the Round hill ski field


The drive from Chch to Tekapo was exciting tio say the least , horizontal snow and gale force winds etc etc, then all of a sudden in Fairly the weather picked up, the roads were dry and the sun was shining!!!!!

[niblik]

mint scenary! hope ya gettin some vid too guy... nice!