Canaan Downs Photo's

[furnace]

Canaan this afternoon [ Turn Off near top off Takaka Hill ]

[furnace]

Just learning how to do this,slow here as not really broard band

[furnace]

Me ,this is where they have the big New year partys [the Gathering ]

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More Canaan

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Last but not least,Helen

[Taz]

Would have been keen to go with you for a blat up there man!
Usually go there every new years and despite spending 12 hours wandering around the bush one day I have never made it to the sink holes.
Amazing area. The only time I ever wish I had air-con is that dusty as access road in the scorching summer.

Passed this poor bastard on the access road 3 years back. Mate put the pic on a T-Shirt.

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Was just after the top of the climb out of the campsite, where the drop is quite severe...=/

[furnace]

It was amazing up there today....We were the first to party up there in the early 80's [ 1983 to 1990 ] The Canaan owns Bike piss up we got up wards of 2000 people most years in those days...Good on ya with the T shirt...lol..

[hippy_]

I just love it up there!!! I was up that way in late March last year.....




Shot over to the Anatori river...



I didnt have the snorkel fitted then, so next time Im up there, Im going cross that river and make it all the way to the end of that road.....

[furnace]

Great stuff i had a 80 Cruiser that i modified and cut down to a tray back a great wagon ,sold it and bought the Wrangler i have now..You can drive right down to the light house,it is really amazing down there,about 12k's of beach and rivers.be very careful of the rivers,best going with a couple of you

[mike]

nice! looks awesome that place.

hint: you can add more than one pic to the post. just keep adding a photo when your creating your post.

[hippy_]

You can drive right down to the light house,it is really amazing down there,about 12k's of beach and rivers.be very careful of the rivers,best going with a couple of you

And a light house as well!!! Sounds like I seriously missed out. Roll on summer time and I hope to be back up there.

Are you keen to show me the way??

[furnace]

You can drive right down to the light house,it is really amazing down there,about 12k's of beach and rivers.be very careful of the rivers,best going with a couple of you

And a light house as well!!! Sounds like I seriously missed out. Roll on summer time and I hope to be back up there.

Are you keen to show me the way??

Would love to,
it is an amazing place and very remote But is quite dangerous at times [ 4 large rivers ]....You can stay at the light house as there is a really good doc house fully equipped and its still free i think..The beach is also amazing with Huge sand hills that you can play on..The Big River is the most dangerous and some times cannot be crossed,we some times take a 4 wheeler on a trailer for the last few k's ...this is a coast that very few people get to visit,they really are missing out on what i think would be the most beautiful in the South Island..

Just put a message on here and i will see if i can organise a few people..would have to be on my days off i drive milk tankers ..i have been meaning to go there for a while now as haven't been for a very long time

[furnace]

nice! looks awesome that place.

hint: you can add more than one pic to the post. just keep adding a photo when your creating your post.

Thanks i have tried this but does not seem to work,guessing because we can't get broad band here,works by submitting but not adding ...lol..will try again though ..

[furnace]

Just testing more than one photo at a time....Yae looks like will have to down load in the mornings...lol..

My old Cruiser & Wrangler up the gold fields

[hippy_]

Would love to,
it is an amazing place and very remote But is quite dangerous at times [ 4 large rivers ]....You can stay at the light house as there is a really good doc house fully equipped and its still free i think..The beach is also amazing with Huge sand hills that you can play on..The Big River is the most dangerous and some times cannot be crossed,we some times take a 4 wheeler on a trailer for the last few k's ...this is a coast that very few people get to visit,they really are missing out on what i think would be the most beautiful in the South Island..

Just put a message on here and i will see if i can organise a few people..would have to be on my days off i drive milk tankers ..i have been meaning to go there for a while now as haven't been for a very long time

Magic!!! I'll give you a PM.

So very true, its a beautiful place at anytime of the year. Like you say, not many people head out that way and so miss out. I when to the most northern point on the south island as well. What a cool view from the platform that is there.

[furnace]

Good as ..There is a much better place to view the most northern part of the Island than there,instead of turning off you go straight through and turn of at the top of the hill and drive up to Blinking Willy [ a very small light house ] also the old radar station & large gun used to be there in WW 2..you get this amazing view of the whole spit plus a amazing view of the Coast plus a cool little track ....The gate there is not locked,DOC put it up but the locals kicked up such a fuss they unlocked it