Offroad-Express

furnace wrote:Played around up Denniston a bit,where about is Costello Hill,where do you start from,i mite have a look next time i'm over that way ,i've got a mate in Whimangaroa, will give me an excuse to see him ..lol..

its between westport and charleston about 15 min up the coast road the back side of the hill where u go into tailings just over the top of the hill turn left and go dowm the track ( these directions are from westport ) hope u have a winch lol there r places that u will need it if u venture thru the old skidder tracks up there

Smiths Clearing? Cant find it on my map. Is it a local name? Cheers Graham

smiths clearing ... to get to it u travel to the top of the karamea bluffs there is a slip at the top u turn left there and carefully negotiate the track ( at the bottom is smiths clearing ) it is a historical farming site so if u go down there please keep to the existing tracks thnx.......... if not sure of directions me phone numbers are on here

Thanks for that,yeh got a winch,also diff locked back and front, also heaps of recovery gear which i seem to use a lot ....lol..

Hey OVERSZ,i met you many years ago,i guess you wouldn't remember,i think you may have just built your wagon,it was on a readers trip,i was in a very modefied MU and we were up a rocky creek playing around...lol..,4WD Upgrades were there as well

Never forget a Trip. There were only 3 of us with Balls enough to head up that creek Shingle Scree. You were one of us. I slit a tyre that I found was leaking at the Pinacles. Looks like youve seen the light and got you self a truck. Cheers

Yeh the Cruiser really is a Cracker,mind you the old MU did me really well for 7 years and is still going well,it had heaps done to it though .Had to get a bigger truck as we now tow a 25ft caravan all over the Island [ 4x4ing ]
Going to check out those couple of tracks out posted on here when i get a bit of time