Tastrippa wrote:Hey all, Is there tent spots between Vera and tahune as the the tahune option is out while the hut is being redone, is it really worthwhile/sensible doing the cap from Vera as a day walk. I'm just asking as been planning this trip for a year and now find out the bad news about tahune. Not going till the 15th of march so there is still hope the work will be finished by then but if not we will be winging it one way or another, anyone got any thoughts on the matter, has anyone walked the track and camped without using the tahune hut area as a base? Surely there must be some off track bivy spots near tahune?? ARRGGHHH I get married on the 10th and this was to be the icing on the cake!
Strider wrote:Carrying a pack all the way up to Tahune would be hell.
Thylaseen wrote:We were there in early January.
We carried a pack up from Lake Vera as we were exiting out via crossing the Franklin and over the Raglan Range
pazzar wrote:In the past I have camped on the exposed outcrop just before the descent to Tahune. There is usually running water somewhere close.
We did the same trip on the long weekend, I'm sure the exact spot in your last photo on flickr we walked through looking for the campsite but the GPS showed it further around that patch of scrub. Did you ever see anything that would be considered a campsite ?
Wherever I may roam wrote:Is anyone aware if there are campsites near the carpark to the start of the track?
bogholesbuckethats wrote:Wherever I may roam wrote:Is anyone aware if there are campsites near the carpark to the start of the track?
Yep, there is a small one just before the stairs down to the river. There are also some nice spots on the right before traversing the first bridge (only a few minutes from the carpark).
Thylaseen wrote:I think where we were looked like the campsite, we couldn't see much else - it had a nice log to site on. It was a great spot apart from the mosquitoes and leeches (but I think they are common to the area). We thought the creek through the area was amazing, on arriving on the plain we were thirsty having run out of water - couldn't see any clear stream but on walking across the plain realised the main stream was 1 - 1.5m below the main level, hidden from view! Made for a beautiful refreshing drink.
Did you find the track up from the Franklin easy to find? Chapman's notes says something to the effect of 'follow the obvious trail'. We spent a while looking for it, and in the end decided we'd have to bash up the slope. We picked what we thought was the easiest line, which after a few meters turned out to be the actual track!!
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