Dog Kennel Bivvy | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
This might be a bit of a mission if you don’t recognise your need to climb above the gorge. See if you can recognise a vague trail through the forest immediately after a big scree slope with evidence of people/animals coming down. You need to climb above the treeline, and follow an almost discernable trail to the end of the gorge.
Has some 1943 deer cullers’ graffiti above the door.
No platform to sleep on. No mattress. Just a bunch of closed-cell mats and a black polythene sheet. Dirt floor. No windows.
Simply full-on character. Not far removed from an actual dog kennel.
category . . . basic huts/bivvies
hut fee . . . free
elevation . . . 875 m
bunks . . . nope
built . . . early 1940s
heating . . . none
water . . . 30 m walk to Black Birch Creek
toilet . . . none
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