2806 - Whirinaki Loop, 9-10th February 2019

We entered the Whirinaki forest on Friday night, to get to the shelter just before night fall. The shelter is brand new and of substantial construction and there is a stream close by that you can listen to all night.

Most of the tramping for the next two days had a substantial amount of walking through streams. On the first day John G and John Mc A spent some time trying figure out who had the most accurate tracking device. NZ topo won.

At the Mangamate Hut there was a great view across the valley with the sun shining on the grassy area in front of the hut. There was a bbq table where fellow trampers were able to converse in the evening. While at Mangamate Hut the 2 Johns greatly expanded their reading material of the exotic classics, to the extent that John G had to do a reading so that our worldly knowledge was expanded.

On the final day we came across a waterfall where we had morning tea, and a toilet stuck in the middle of the forest at which the boys had a communal meeting. We continued to walk out to the carpark where there was a large stand of trees.

Thanks Judith Bogle for the photos.