The Great Outdoors "The place you can find a bunch of "good buggers"
Lake Green in Fiordland	French Ridge hut. Mt Aspiring	Keen young 'Woman hunter' Rachel Gauthier
'Southern Outdoors' Roar Hunting Trip, 2009 By about noon, we were heading off the flats and starting to gain some altitude through the bush and were heading for a plateau about 300m off the valley floor. About half way up I let out a roar from my trusty petrol filler and this is when things became interesting....... The Full Story 2009 Cure Kids Adventure Race  We Won!!! Cadbury Old Gold Grafters completed the fantastic course in Queenstown, around the Skipper Canyon and Coronet Peak area, in a time of 5hrs and 12 min.  Race Team members, John Wekking, Jeff Richardson, Jill Alexander and Murray Hyslop (Southern Outdoors) .....Full Story
Jorden Hyslop's first deer, an 8 point Red   The Winning Team with our top support crew.
Mt Christina viewed from the McKeller saddle between the Caples and Greenstone valleys.    Arhuriri Valley, mid Winter
Mitre Peak,  Milford Sound.	'More Land to play on'. The New Zealand Labour Government has been buying up more large blocks of land for us to play on. Mountain biking, tramping, hunting, you name it!!. Well worth a visit to your local 'Department of Conservation' office to find out where these blocks of land are and the best way to access them.  Fiordland National Park. NZ playground to die for......more	Gore, Parks and Recreation Manager heading to the office.
	Got a problem with Hunting mates who snore at night....sort it out   Poem:  Four Wise Men Fable 2007 Cure Kids Adventure race, how hard was it.......more
View of the Dart Glacier from Cascade Saddle.	Island Lake, also NW of Lake Monowai.	Mt Cook. New Zealand's highest mountain
Links Gear reviews for the "Good Keen Kiwi"......http://www.wildernessmag.com/gear_reviews/index.htm Check out this keen Kiwi, and some awesome Country.....www.mountainman.co.nz Don't take chances in the Outdoors. Hire a 406MHz locator beacon. Accurate and quick response, for the one time when;  "it will never happen to me".......www.406beaconhire.co.nz
East end of Lake Monowai		Now this is a great place for a hut. Liverpool Hut. Look hard, it is there.

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