Thread: Pukeatua Stream Tararuas

The track before it was widened/cleared and made public a few years ago had always been there for bush bashing trampers and hunters heading along to Kapakapaui.
It's now popular with day walkers, muddy path well trampled with fresh and old boot prints as it is just up the hill from the also popular camping grounds. Back in the day the odd deer would graze up on top but now I have seen none or any sign as it use to be (too many people now and it gets the green rain often- buffer as well as Kaka zone). still there are pigs that roam along there after the crowds have gone away during the winter (you will need a dog, but if you see utes with dog boxes in the car park have a plan B ready)

I'm guessing that the no shooting may have had something to do with an agreement with adjacent landowners and doc (when building the track) because the bit of the track that goes near and passes thru the private land blocks. I have been told that landowner is really protective of his patch and will not tolerate people shooting near by.