Crunchie trail - labour weekend

[Big-AL]

Gimmemud and i are heading up to stay in ahipara for the long weekend, and looking to do the crunchie trail probably on the sat. anyone want to join us? esp northland guys ....

[DieselBoy]

Hey, i would be keen to tag along!!!!!

Would bring the 80 series up.

You guys leaving Sat morning?? We might make our way up to you guys on Friday night.........

[Big-AL]

we were planning on leaving friday straight after work. but it would be cool if you guys still came. we are staying at the ahipara backpackers. $14 a night for tents. or you could ruff it on the beach. we will be doing some surfing and exploring on the other days.

[new2zukes]

there is a nice big washout up there last time i went had to fill with sandbags to get down it, its a nice little track that. im goin to mitimiti that weekend though so wont be able to make it

[DieselBoy]

we were planning on leaving friday straight after work. but it would be cool if you guys still came. we are staying at the ahipara backpackers. $14 a night for tents. or you could ruff it on the beach. we will be doing some surfing and exploring on the other days.

Hmm, that'l be tight, you guys have a two hour head start on us

We'l think about it some more

[gimmemud]

Pull a sicky.

[DieselBoy]

Sarah's got Friday off, might try for a half day. Fawken responsibilities Grrrrrrrrr

[Big-AL]

we can wait around for bit on friday evening for you to get up to us. it would be cool to have you guys come along.

[UBZ]

Fark. Wish i had seen this a bit earlier.

Surf is in pieces at the mo in prep for a trip after Labour weekend.
Been keen for a long time to do this trip.

Aw well always a next time.

[Big-AL]

i was going to text you yest, but never got round to it you could possibly come as passenger? or just surf back together

[UBZ]

Will try.
let you a little later in the week.

[Armz]

Whangarei 4x4 club will be up there that weekend.

I think they staying at the ahipara camp ground, they go up there every labour weekend.

Its normally a state highway on the crunchie trail that wknd, between guys on quads and 4x4s. 2 years ago the local Maori went up and parked at the gate wanting cash to enter, Cuz we love the track so much n we not sure whos land its actually on we gave them $10 bucks a truck, keeps them happy they wont b tryin to close the track down when they make that sort of cash for stting round smoking dope.

I was up there in july - I love it up there. theres quiet a big wash out that put all 3 of our Suzukis resting on there sides. Part from that alsum track.

[Big-AL]

ok thanks for warning. the whangarei club website says they did the crunchie last sunday i think, and ill make sure i have a spare $10 on me

[xj]

there is a nice big washout up there last time i went had to fill with sandbags to get down it, its a nice little track that. im goin to mitimiti that weekend though so wont be able to make it

Who do you know at Mitimiti?

[new2zukes]

was going to be a camp with the boi 4wd club but it is now not going ahead due to the bad weather so we will just go for a place to somewhere nearer home.

[Big-AL]

had a blast, meet up with the whangeri club. great bunch of people! they took us out for a play on the sat:

[jeremy]

2 years ago the local Maori went up and parked at the gate wanting cash to enter, Cuz we love the track so much n we not sure whos land its actually on we gave them $10 bucks a truck, keeps them happy

When we've run a trip up there we've always given a koha to the maori lady who's family owns the land that the crunchie trail is on. We checked the land database thing we had back then to make sure we were giving the money to the right people.

[Armz]

What was the state off the track like? Whats that wash out like now?

[Big-AL]

we had so much fun playing in the dunes, and due to vehicle problems, we never ended up doing the crunchie. the whangeri guys did the Tutu trail on the sunday.

[Big-AL]

put a few pics of us in the sand dunes on youtube ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qENMC_GLqeY