![]() one with a roof racked loaded up, and the other with a trailer in tow, made a fine picture chugging up through the many fords and river crossings. the smiles were from ear to ear as we hung from the Land Rovers waving madly back to Lex and Jan! The two Land Rovers. We were all excited to really be starting the exercise we had dreamed of. Lex Perriam and his good wife Jan were there to bid us farewell. It was fine sunny (and rather dusty) that afternoon we left the Base Camp. ![]() After getting things ready (this took a couple of days as we had to see DOC about some issues - see below) we finally started the great trek up the Hopkins River. Lex has kindly made this place available to us for a base at the lake. Finally arriving at the old NZ Forest Service Base Camp now maintained by Lex Perriam of Omarama, we setup our own base. Through rain and fine we made our way south to Lake Ohau over the next few days. The Huxley Gorge Lodge is to the left of the Base camp which is hidden in the tall trees Lex Perriam and wife Jan kindly lent us the old Huxley Gorge Base Camp Gosh! You ought to have seen how many packets of soup, and how many jars of jam we carried! Yes, enough to feed an army! power generator, spare wheels, and plenty of food. This was towing a little yellow trailer full of supplies. ![]() Following behind was our recently restored 1970 Series 2a LWB 5 door Station Wagon. The convoy was made up of our holiday bus, a 1952 Leyland Comet, with a 1966 Series 2a SWB Land Rover in tow on an A frame. One dreary day in mid February 2009 our convoy was south bound for adventure. Looking north up the Hopkins River with the Naumann Range on the left,Īnd the Huxley and Elcho valleys in the distance
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