Henderson Tram Line Tramp

We have made a bit more progress. On Saturday Eddie undid one side of the internal wall, where the wire loom is and found the offending screw. He made a temporary fix with some connectors, which gave us power in all but 3 of the power points and the fridge. We weren't sure about the hot water, so we turned off the gas and it was hot in the evening for showers, so all good there. The electrician wasn't able to come on Saturday, as he had a call out in the morning and a wedding in the afternoon. Hopefully he will be able to call in after work one day and have a look

I went on a tramp on Sunday up the Henderson Tramline in the Kaimai Ranges. It was logged for it's rimu by the Henderson Timber Company from 1936 to 1957 when they had taken all the wood. You can see the remains of the tram line they used to haul the logs out in places on the track..There are a few rimu making a come back and some little totara too.

There are a few river crossings, but not a lot of water in them, because of the drought. One of the rivers had algae covered rocks, which were very slippery. Two people slipped as they made their way across, I got across in one piece, until I was climbing back up on to the bank and down I went on my back side. Ouch! My walking pole clattered on the rocks and some of the group thought I had broken a limb. Later I managed to wrench my knee climbing over a big rock. I have never been so wounded on a tramp before. I am a bit stiff today. Other wise all is good.

Some of the track

A dried up stream bed

A dried up lake bed. A good lunch place

A stream with water

Last river crossing