4 nights, November 13th-17th 1986: Trampers were: Alan Rogers, Cedric Landers, Ian Bardsley, and me, Keith Blayney. [AR] = photo by Alan. This was my second tramp with Ian's group, again in the Kaimais. We started in the north, heading from Daly's Clearing Hut up the Waitawheta Tramway. At the Old Mill site, we turned north-east to Waitengaue Hut, Woodlands Rd and back up the Wairoa Stream to the Kauri Dam (ponga) shelter.

The woodpigeons at Kauri Dams Shelter were still there a year later, and just as hard to photograph. We then went to Te Rereatukahia Hut via Cashmores Clearings, then down to the giant kauis before emerging at Hot Springs Rd.