8/31/2023 0 Comments Target tim tams 2012![]() ![]() At these meetings DOC has encouraged interested parties to indicate the huts that they feel are priorities for maintenance and has also asked community groups to take on responsibility and work in partnership with DOC to maintain huts that are important to them. Where exactly did this information come from? My experience of what has been happening is that DOC has held a number of public meetings to inform communities that there is not enough funding to maintain all the huts in the Ruahines. It was with interest and confusion that I read Josh Gale’s opening paragraphs (‘Caring for huts the Coaster’s way’, November 2012) about DOC suggesting that over 50 per cent of the Ruahine Huts might be killed off and the community succeeding in talking DOC out of this ‘brazen act’. ![]() New Zealand has quite a few famous tramping areas but, happily, none spring to mind that are infamous! There was much speculation in the national media as to the origins of the wall: was it built by a group called the Waitahas, pre-dating Maori settlement of the country was it possibly the remains of an old mill or was it simply a natural rock formation? An Internet search of Kaimanawa Wall will reveal the daft and not-so-daft theories on this rock formation.ĭr Peter Wood, a specialist geologist commissioned by DOC, gave his opinion on the wall, declaring it to be a natural rock formation – an outcrop of jointed Rangitaiki ignimbrite, a 330,000-year-old volcanic rock that is common in the Taupo Volcanic Zone. The discovery of the Kaimanawa Wall in 1996 referred to in Nina’s article did bring some fleeting fame to the road and the area, but not infamy. ![]() After the death in 1960 of Jack’s son, Roy Clements, the mill operations ceased, mainly because of fluctuating markets and because the cost of road building outweighed any profits made. It was named after Jack Clements, a timber yard owner from Hamilton who ran contract splitting gangs and a mill in the forest from 1937. The road is the gateway to a forest area, popular with hunters and trampers who enjoy its generally underpopulated tracks and trails. Nothing in the road’s history indicates that it is well known for some bad quality or deed, or for any morally shocking behaviour, although no doubt the bushmen and batten splitters did get up to a few antics in the earlier part of last century. Reference to Clements Mill Road as gaining infamy in 1996 (Wild Trips, October 2012) set me thinking, especially as I and fellow trampers travel the road on our many forays into the Kaimanawa Forest Park, both on DOC tracks and wandering at will on unmarked trails. * Our letter of the month correspondent receives a Swazi Bushshirt worth $89.99 from Send your letter to the editor for a chance to win. The moral of the story? I now carry two packets of TimTams on tramps. It was rather a restless sleep with a thousand eyes watching you! I have never received a standing ovation the house came down. When she noticed the Kiwis with their TimTam’s she said: “I would give my body for a Tim Tam.” This caused quite some laughter, however being the gentleman I am I then offered her the whole packet! My puzzled look prompted one of her group to explain in English the humour. I responded with some TimTams which the Israeli eagerly accepted causing quite some mirth in her group. They had also offered me a delicacy (nougat, marzipan with a taste of Turkish delight). This resulted in a comment in Hebrew from an attractive Israeli which caused a chuckle amongst her group. The Kiwis at the far end of the table opened a pack of TimTams. It was the league of nations: Brits, Aussies, Kiwis, Israelis, and a smattering of other nationalities at Angelus Hut in Nelson Lakes National Park a mature group under the light of flickering candles enjoying delicacies and a final beverage before retiring. ![]()
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