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We normally hire a boat or 2 from Steve Gooding and take fuel. But we charter Aurora direct to our blocks.
If you are taking ferry from Bluff you could arrange to get boat/fuel/gear taken over on...

Yea this is really useful, well done mate

Ouch. Just remember, bogans outnumber pirates.

Sighted mine in over weekend.
I put data into the Burris app on phone.
We chronographed a couple of rounds. Added that to the app and uploaded it to the scope via bluetooth.
Zeroed at 100m
Used...

Boxton Don't piss in anyone's gumboot.

Had one, got condensation in it, corroded, stuffed!

As above, have 2 Marlin 795s both great accurate 22.

Thanks guys, they seem to have good online reviews but not many actually around yet. Might have to eyeball one.

Anyone got their hands on a Burris Veracity PH (PEK) scope yet?
https://www.burrisoptics.com/riflescopes/veracity-ph
Interested in real world feedback. Cheers

Yea, find some broadleaf with sign around and position yourself downwind. Trail cam is useful. Let them come to you.

An Era Gone, Dave Ratcliffe, the moon landing drinking session sticks in my mind

Bought a pair of binos last year, no problems, no issues with customs. Took a couple of weeks to process and deliver. I guess you know to sign up and wait for a discount coupon, 10% is standard

Have the Prion, love it. Bulletproof.

If you see a second hand one don't be scared of buying one just to try. You will be able to sell it for the same money if you decide to move to a press.

I have one of these:
https://www.furtherfaster.co.nz/collections/tramping-and-climbing-packs/products/wilderness-equipment-nz-prion-85
Recommend it if you want a bulletproof pack in 85 litre for...

I like the omeals self heating meals for short trips. Not dried but saves taking a cooker so overall lighter and easier to work with. Taste better than a lot of the dried stuff.

Yea James may show you where he has been seeing animals on the trip in. Its a great area with a lot of history that everyone who has spent time there wants to go back to.

Don't listen to anyone who tells you the "low route" out the Douglas to Cassels flat is an option. As said, the track up from Horace Walker hut to Terraces on true right of Douglas and onwards will...

Re Smokey: If the lagoon is cut out right you can see the remains of a wooden shipwreck there:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/94732297/lost-spanish-caraval-became-an-obsession
Its pretty cool...

If there is driftwood threaded through the trees above you, you are sited too low.

Agreed, half way through it. Well put together, great stories, good photos, really compliments the previous book

Maybe better than those carrots you sometimes see

Which is lighter than OP setup at 2.5 and would still be warmer.

I'm probably in the minority by preferring synthetic bags over down as they are still usable when wet and dry out quicker.
Have had one of these for 10 years and never been cold....

I have to start the day in dry socks. Doesn't matter how wet my boots are, they have to go on over dry socks.