Thanks for the info, Don't like the idea of the ticks, particularly as I was thinking of taking my dog.
I found some more recent images which suggested most of the higher grassland is now all covered in scrub but the fan at the south end still looked to have some open areas?
Are the spot-lighters walking up past the hut or just the lower areas downstream of Bushaven that are vehicle accessible for meat recovery?
ie if they are just shooting downstream of bushhaven I'm not to worried, but if they are walking up the valley towards or past the hut that would be a pain.
I have had a local DOC person suggest that heading up SH 2 (Waioeka) and going into Koranga Forks hut would be better but this does not look to have as much open river terraces.
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