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A MyS@ERY #523. mepiums® 3) 8 How far can you go on $15. 00 transpest aNtemamc> Otaki Forks was... ‘eliminated: as we-sped out over the Rimutaka's .- well at least the driver . -had been’ informed! Deposited in the dark we were Still none ‘the wiser, — nobody recognising,.the unfamiliar roadend. - A. lot: of scanning of maps: and muttering - it must be Mikimiki. Alex ‘remained Silenti: . Flies were soon erected in’ “an orderly line and the ‘mediums ' dived for- “Cover. The daylight--of. Saturday revealed all, nit was Mikimiki- and our Trip ; Leader gave us a quick run down for the day's activity - a saunter up to Te Mara, then over to Mitre Flats. Starting up the Mikimiki Stream it. wasn't leng before we turned right up a stream towards Te Mara, ‘After about an hour of ‘slipping up the ‘stream bed and being fed up with wet °: feet we decided: #eq.tackle the bush. So with Alex out front with compass: at hand we. took’ a “right hand spur "straight. up". _ Barbara kept us on ser course fram the rear’ and by midday we were eating lunch ina cloud on, top! _ Continuing to bush bash we made gradual progress along the ridge EOB, ..... “pausing for our’ every so often to admire the views of the Three Kings and ‘Mitre. ° Over Bruce - Hitt to lookout point, and with good navigation (I mean how could we go wreng!!) we headed down the’ spur our now thirsty bodies greedy for the water below. The wait wasn't too lorig as a "Lusty" éry echoed through the bush from Stuart... he'd found a wee stream halfway down. Refreshed we’ tumbled down the rest of the steep incline to Waingawa Stream and 6pm saw us at Mitre Flats, the F:E.'s letting 15 weary bods pass: silently by! * However : nothing was now beyond us and a quick compass bearing meant we soon homed in on their freshly brewed. brew! ‘Supper of stew soon became a delicious cassorole thanks to Barbara's mystery ingredients. Then heavy rain sent everyone to cover. Stuart spent haif an hour aan a SoM CERO ie site which ‘still managed to get twetiic.. ‘ ; ; Sunday morning saw a rather ‘higher Waingawa and despite the lack of “brew in: pit" we set off reasonably early. -:Now where oh mighty mystery leader... well. there's: a new track over Pinnacle Ridge to the Atiwhakatu River. So off we plodded buried beneath parkas ‘and made good time getting to the Atiwhakatu Hut for lunch, A brew was duly made and the F.E.'s pPpe aos they can smell out anything! Then a couple of hours along the Atiwhakatu Track saw us at Holdsworth’ Lodge by 3.30, Prue having an “additional ‘soaking on the way ~ oyee to wash the mud - OfE2? Wie! ; oe ae Thanks “Alex ‘for letting us know’ where we’ were and where we were “going re? a great trip. —~ tre Alex ‘Gray . {Leader}: stu Lusty oo A .. Anne Greenwood Eileen Sloan Prue Coakley~ ~25* +-"'- Marion Griffiths (Seriba).. Craig Harman Andrew McDonald « I Martin Brown eee Peter May Tan Wightwick:: .:°. Andrew Fraser a. aT ba Karen .O'Byrne Barbara Thompson Eric Emmett