{"id":12890,"date":"2025-03-07T23:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=12890"},"modified":"2025-08-31T17:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T05:00:05","slug":"holiday-day-3-waiuta-to-kohaihai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2025\/03\/holiday-day-3-waiuta-to-kohaihai\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Day 3 &#8211; Waiuta to K\u014dhaihai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"Wow! Cool! Great photos!\" data-post-id=\"12890\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"no\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">3    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"Meh\" data-post-id=\"12890\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"no\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div><div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6761_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our campspot, what a beauty!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6763_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">When I hiked to Big River Hut <a href=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2023\/04\/big-river-hut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a while ago<\/a> I noticed there was a 4WD track leading there as well. I really wanted to drive this track but at some point it just got too muddy and I didn&#8217;t want to get <a href=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2022\/11\/jimny-stuck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stuck<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2024\/01\/holiday-day-11-lake-aviemore-lake-ohau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">again<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6765_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">So this is as far as I dared to go, maybe in a convoy it would have been different, then you can help each other<\/p><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><div style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4WD Attempt Big River Hut\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3HhWFlMcPxc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A video of the attempt to get to Big River Hut with the Jimny<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DJI_20250221062731_0001_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just south of Mawheraiti<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DJI_20250221063136_0013_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Us on the dry riverbed<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6766_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We continued towards Reefton where we walk the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefton.co.nz\/see-and-do\/walks-and-hikes\/alborns-coal-mine-walk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alborns<\/a> Coal Mine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doc.govt.nz\/parks-and-recreation\/places-to-go\/west-coast\/places\/victoria-forest-park\/things-to-do\/tracks\/alborns-walk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walk<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6770_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">An easy walk<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6772_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ideal for trail runners I&#8217;d think<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6773_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">And of course in this nanny state a lot of the area is closed because of &#8216;safety&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6774_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">An old 1916 Leyland truck<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6777_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">They used to transport coal in these<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6779_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danger lurks everywhere<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6793_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cute little Robin kept us company for a while<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6799_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I don&#8217;t know much about mushrooms, could this be an oyster mushroom?<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6803_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We saw this cute goat and felt sorry for it, being tied up and all, the water tank has a hole cut in it and is its home<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6805_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was happy to be petted<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6814_DxO_5_DxO_6_DxOFusionNatural_1B_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reefton<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6824_DxO_5_DxO_6_DxOContrastOptimizer_9A_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Coast, along the Nikau Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DJI_20250221132351_0017_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Karamea Bluff Lookout Point<\/p><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><div style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DJI 20250221132455 0020 D\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KbqPfE8V_e0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little video from the lookout<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DJI_20250221132355_0018_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Radiant Range<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DJI_20250221132539_0022_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Idem<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6832_DxO_3_DxO_4_DxOContrastOptimizer_9B_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">At K\u014dhaihai Campsite<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5D3_6841_DxO_2_DxO_3_DxOContrastOptimizer_5B_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This too<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/map-2.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of today, from Waiuta, via Reefton, Westport and Karamea to K\u014dhaihai<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[475,3],"tags":[758,759,761,756,760,757,584],"class_list":["post-12890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-4wd","category-new-zealand","tag-alborns-coal-mine-walk","tag-karamea-bluff","tag-kohaihai","tag-mawheraiti","tag-radiant-range","tag-reefton","tag-waiuta","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12890"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13577,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12890\/revisions\/13577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}