Revisiting last week’s bush bash route with a metal detector, we searched a remote site believed to contain a...
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Month: February, 2026
Kittyhawk Landing Gear
David Johnson / / / Photos, Kittyhawk / 0In the hills behind Sunny Grove lies this piece of Kittyhawk aircraft wreckage from 1943 which is thought to...
Ōrua-pouanui
David Johnson / / / News, Rivers / 0The Oxbow Loop Track at Baring Head and Ōrua-pouanui in East Harbour Regional Park takes its name from two...
Bush Bash 68
David Johnson / / / Expeditions, Bush, Bush Bashing, Kittyhawk, Rivers, Wasps / 0An exploration of Skerretts Creek with friends in search of the Kittyhawk wreckage, tracing aircraft debris through bush and...
Skerretts Gully and Creek
David Johnson / / / Photos, Bush, Rivers / 0Looking across the bush clad slopes of Skerretts Gully and Skerretts Creek above Sunny Grove in Wainuiomata.
Bush Bash 67
David Johnson / / / Expeditions, Bush, Bush Bashing / 0Exploring a secluded Harry Todd Reserve gully reveals a historic weir and early water pipe system likely built to...
This view from the Harry Todd Track in the Harry Todd Recreation Reserve shows Hine Road in the foreground.
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