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hi guys can locals etc(jungle) fill me in on this mamaku forrest safari

what sort of vehicles does it attract?,shiney or.....?

do we need a winch ?

its not a team event is it?

and is it a 2 day camp over ?
need a snorkel?
(ive only been told about it, : good to get some info from guys that have done it)

thanks guys

Apparently caters for shineys and tough ,I,m waiting 4 forms which should be out this weekend

I doin it

I have the entry forms now.

If your interested, PM me your email address and i'll foward the forms to you.

Cost is $125 per vehicle, and $15 per person for the meal on Saturday night (no gas stoves or that sorta thing alowed at the camp site lol).

Pete.

should be fun db

have you done it before ?(hehe i mean the safari)

is there gona be hard tracks and easy to cater for all types or what dude?

im still interested ,just weighing things up(good excuse to see the rellys aswell)

I haven't done it before, but they are advertising it as catering for all types of 4x4's, harder tracks for those that want a challenge and so on.

I imagine they will split us into groups and you will go with vehicles of a similar ability.

They have the winch challenge trucks on stand by for recoveries, so there must be some interesting bits at least.

But like i say, i haven't done it before, so we'll see.

Could be just one of those ones were there are heaps of vehicles and you end up waiting round all day for the ones on road tyres just to get out of the car park

And then there's the idiots...........

the safari will cater for all.

We are also using some of the area that the kiwi challenge was run so we shoud be able to drop you into all sorts of stuff.

Although we can't risk sending the whole lot down the creek climb cause we'd never get them out. If you've got a winch, thats all good. if you haven't got a winch and you wanna go tough you better have some good mates around you.

Snorkels aren't really needed in the vegas area. We don't have major rivers, just deep mud. Should be fine without.

Cheers
Jungle

Jungle,
where exactly is this? any idea on how long the final day is likely to be? Just need to know if it is worth changing my ferry bookings so I can do this (supposed to sail back on Sunday morning)


Cheers,
Dave

Hmm I think I might try and make the trip up form welly to it. Would be good to catch up with a few people.

When is the close out date for this and what numbers are you expecting jungle? I wouldnt want to sit in queues for hours waiting to do obstacles as such.

Mike

when actually is this event anyway?..may be keen to do it

cancel last post...found it

25th / 26th March 2006.
Mamaku Forest Safari - Sam Baddeley's Aussie Outback Challenge.

might be able to swing this one if i play my cards right

also needing to know when entries need to be in by please jungle

hope your heater is pumping wopass, it can get real cold up in those hills when wet and dark

Mike

ahhh..what heater dude ?... ive been up the top of ruapehu in the sleet with the roof off to go snow boarding when i lived in turangi a few years ago .. that was cold...and spot lighting around national park in mid april down there isnt very friendly either...so i wear lots of warm clothes when out on trips like that ...and cuddle up to my dog

Ok. Lets try and answer some of the questions. The main area's are going to be the old landrover experience block in the back of paradise valley, linking up with mamaku 4WD block that we use for other safari's and winch challenge.

I'm sure its more than a half day on the sunday, but the weather is always chief around mamaku and you never know whats going to happen. Just found out the finish time which is 3-4pm.

Max numbers were 150. But as i said earlier the groups will be split so your not sitting behind mum in her terracan with the kids.

The other good thing is we have got simon and miranda form aussie 4WDTV to cover the event for the TV programme.

Final applicationh date is 3rd of march.

And the best part is Mitch's email address. He is our main controller for this one.
If your after an application form. email this guy Mitchell.OBrien@opus.co.nz

cheers G