Thread: NZ Hunter Adventures Season 3 starts this Wednesday!

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Well done on last nights episode. I bet there is an increase in sales of the pack rafts post last nights viewing.

About 38 years ago my dad ordered what was then, one of the very first Avon river rafts in the country, via the Avon agents in NZ. Had to be ordered from the factory in England, took about 5 months to get here, and cost as much as a new HQ Holden. Since there were no previous sales in NZ, he had to pay up front.
Before it arrived in the country, there was a program on TV about people rafting the Grand Canyon in the USA. My dad got a call from the NZ Avon agents a couple of weeks later to see if he still wanted his raft? Apparently the TV program had triggered a massive interest in rafting in NZ, and the agents had 5-6 people standing in line wanting to buy our raft!
We used to fly into the Oamaru Hunt via fixed wing every year and raft down to the Taupo Napier bridge over a 10 day period, hunting and fishing on the way down. Great way to travel.

I definitely googled them. Saw the prices, and decided to be happy with my canoe.