Ive walked there in a day before, probably took me more like 15hrs though!.... was originally just going to Nolans but when a couple of rats came scurrying out when i opened the door I opted to keep going! haha
Another excellent vid Tasman! You should consider writing a Hunting Cookery book given your array of "recipes" lol. And for a while I was thinking "What.....no Mincer??" but then it appeared. Cheers Man.
That stock is taking some punishment now Tasman, but its getting some character! Thanks for taking us along, the imagery is always amazing, nice sharp pictures and no macho stuff bs so many other videos out there, just good candid material. One of the things I like most about your reels are no foul language and derogatory comments about the prey you hunt. I respect you for that, and you always remove the carcasses from the waterways. I recommend this site to many people who want to know what ethical hunting looks like.
Mate you are next level. 13 hr walk in, then out comes the mincer, sausage maker, wok, smoker, colander, wood chopping board. even fly ins don't go to that extreme. unbelievable.
Nice, my partner and I went up the Wanganui Mach 2024, what a heinous walk, the track has washed away substantially since your vid. You are amazing the hours you walked with the weight you carry, much respect to you!!
Well done Tasmin, you certainly bring a real twist to your remote drips with your no. 8 wire inventions and cooking techniques. Your not shy of putting in the hard yards, which is a great discipline when your hiking and hunting alone. Great vid
Legendary effort Tasman. You are like a chamois yourself with all that rock hopping... man that looks like hard work. Certainly glad to see you took the mincer and the smoker looks awesome!
Thanks Paul 😂, it was pretty hard haha, and that mincer is pretty much an essential bit of kit for anything longer than a day trip 😂 cheers for watching 😁
Cool vid Tas, get a pair of puttys to stop the rocks going in your boots. That place has had a hammering from the 1080 poison over the years, so may have something to do with low numbers, for the deer anyway.Thanks for sharing the vid👍
Thanks Fred! I've actually got gators, but wee puttys would be great on occasion 😂. I find the gators are way too warm when you're making tracks. Interesting point re 1080, i wonder If that is the reason 🤔. Thanks for watching!
@@NZWildAdventures yea the wet suit puttys I use are good, stretchy, I dont think Tahr eat the poison, doc tried that years ago with no success, not sure about Chamois? Bit of the reason I never did much in there, not many animals,but cool to see the top hut in your vid aye., yr fit as mate👍 oh to be young again lol.
Mm good idea, I'll look out for an old wetsuit 😋. Yeah not sure about chamois aye, though I wonder if the lack of deer was a geography thing rather than a poison thing, no idea though 😅. I actually get away with so much not-training just due to youth 😂 thanks Fred
@@NZWildAdventures You can buy the puttys I use, made from same material as wet suit, The Waitaha, Wanganui, Whataroa and a few other valleys been hammered by poison and they all low deer numbers, takes a few years for numbers to get back up,. But I think there still the odd pocket here and there where the numbers are good. Yea Great fittness when were young,,Im 54 now, body has a few more niggly pains that come easily and take longer to go away ,,sore Back , knees, hips, ,,,all from doing what we love ha!😁
@@NZWildAdventures Chamois don't seem susceptible to 1080. Tahr kill was about 40% with carrot on East side trial in 1960s, then the helicopter recovery sorted them out. Thar doing well in Whataroa in a ZIP eradication operation site. Personal est is 30-70% with deer using cereal, first drop. Possible less subsequently, but prescriptions are variable, & they don't read the theory. The valley was first poisoned last year, TB in the possums & deer up to the first hut at least. Lower bit below Hot Springs also done about 2010 (see poisoning paradise cult Oscars, that op did entire front country Waitaha-Waitangi range- Tasman Sea), & front faces-farm fringes a couple of times previous. Social media/hunter sourced info about the stuff has "potential for improved accuracy". Including from experienced hunters, & most self-assessed ones.. Correct about geography. Deer & tahr weren't well established & got the Hughes 500 treatment, it got cleaned out rapidly. Never gone hungry until DoC's experts & the tahr group enabled the current problems. Although it seems numbers aren't filthy like many places. DoC SAD might have done ok, but interpretations from the limited film is difficult. Late 80's Lambert South the tahr were (& are) higher population. Devastation Ck was the only patch found when first survey about 1989, Lord they were very rare, & also scarce Waitaha & this area. Chamois were common, deer scarce. Deer sign filmed is similar to & in same places encountered early 1980s when live capture was full on. The increase was remarkable when doing inspections for the 2010 drop, including after it. Deer seem to have been kept down due to late establishment, then commercial meat recovery, then live capture, then meat again. A pause in pressure enabled increase 2000-2010 then the TB poison drop knocked them again. About 5 -7 years ago a meat market enabled more intense carcassing again on relatively tame mobs, & last years' poison drop would have kept them down. Would have expected plenty of chamois, but easy to walk past most animals. Very interested the actual site the bird footprints were seen.
Wow, the edge of that track, above the river, on the way in looked a bit dodgy. But this is NZ Wild Adventures, so nothing less is expected. That whole walk, every day, had awesome and epic scenery. You could easily have made a three hour movie! I found myself wanting to do that walk, and visit that hut, but then 25km, 13hrs and if the master that is Tasman felt tired, well, the helicopter seemed like a nice alternative. It made me smile when you decided to point without speaking, now that’s real exhaustion evidence. The cliff waterfalls were running hot. Had there been recent rain? Some of day 3 looked disgusting, esp that steep gorge stuff, but oh the reward to be on the top with no wind and peace and quiet. Great lunch spots, though to be honest, around every corner looked like it was a good lunch spot, and nice MacGyver work on the “backpack”. And more than the walk in, that narrow gorge back to the hut looked very dodgy, but the usual dodgy I guess, ie “fall and die slowly”. It always looks like you cook for 10. But then those sausages looked amazing, so every one of them was needed! And you were lucky to have a hut kea. I can watch those birds for hours - though with the kea, the eye and that leg, maybe you were a deformed animal area. Did the water taste ok? 😊
Hahaha that cliff was potentially one of the more dodgy spots this trip 😂. It was so pretty aye! Was slightly concerned the vid would be too long, but seems to be well received so far. Haha well after 4 months of work and little hunting, the old Tasman bod was feeling it every step of the way 😂 a heli in there would be fantastic though, such a cool spot. I think there was rain a couple days before I arrived, the waterfalls had gone down a lot by the time I left. Gotta mix in a good amount of dodgy as hell with she'll be right mate aye 😂. Those saussies were marvelous! And yeah haha probably a good 4 kilos of them went down a treat 😂 Water tasted great 😂 was a bit odd seeing all those weird animals though! Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it 😁
Another epic mission as always Tasman, love seeing the inspirational cook ups you do, I'm sure you could carry a lot less if you didn't eat so much though. 😂
Thanks! Fairly straightforward with the major valleys, this one had a marked trail up to hut too. Also got a map on my phone which can do GPS if necessary (not essential though), just handy for referencing for planning and executing each hunt 👍
Hey Tasman, what is that mincer/sausage maker you are using please?? Im keen as to get one. Just to use at home mind you 👍 Dont think I will be putting it in my backpack 😂 Love the vids, keep it up !!
It's just a cheapie mincer that I got from savebarn in ChCh 😂 think it was around 35 bucks, and sausage horns were from aliexpress cos I couldn't find any in nz. For the sausages I'd recommend a sausage maker tube syringe thingie though, it's kinda slow to fill them with the mincer. Hahaha it only weighs a kilo, why not 🤣. Thanks mate glad you're enjoying em!
Familiarity mostly, grew up using em and they're a good flat shooter with plenty of juice for a large variety of game 👍. Plus, dad reloads in .270 so that brings down the cost a little 😆
I use Thicc plastic bags (think they're 120 microns, around 600x900mm, no leaking though that when they're new and easy enough to clean for next time 😁. Though I've learned it's super important to cool the meat properly 😅. Those bags make good pack liners too!
I dont think people understand how it feels to take off soggy boots after 13 hours of hiking, i felt that sigh of relief all the way over in west aus 😂
Bit of a grind.... Would have been a slow week after unless very fit. Few put in that sort of effort today (makes them experts). Really interesting to see the current condition of the landscape, vegetation & fauna. More chamois, less tahr & deer no weka in the '80s, changing by the 2000's. Shingle build up since in lower valley is dramatic. Slower camera panning to provide focus detail, veg shots of species & canopy condition & good panoramas will improve this as a chronological snapshot record. Narration isn't the easiest for slow geriatric hearing either. Great chamois specimen, size isn't everything, it's real character, & many that age have horn rot. Kea maybe been checking some bushman's possum traps. Something not as newsworthy as 1080 victims for emotive selfie recordings. Limping tahr are probably collateral from the trend for long range expert shooting, only the good shots make the TVscreen.YT videos usually. Lens caps on a string are a good idea on any optics, they like getting independent. Same as glasses, seeing them disappearing downstream when boulder hopping etc isn't therapeutic. Tahr eye condition might be pinkeye, have heard reports it's about in the tahr there now, & seen a TV Star filmed some lower down. Unsure about pathology. It's found in sheep, chamois & tahr. Tahr & sheep were never together in that catchment, grazing was only on the lower tops long before thar arrived) & its spread, liberations a possibility. On disease, the deer there may have TB, the possums were recently poisoned due to it, & it was in the deer. Whether it got eradicated is for time to tell. The tiny birds are rock wrens. Uncommon/threatened.
Similar shape, but rock wrens have massive feet, spend lots of time on the ground, and that bobbing shown in the video is very characteristic of rock wrens. Riflemen hang out in the trees.
What a mission Tasman. As if it wasn’t impressive enough and then you bust out the sausage maker and smoker! Really incredible. Nice one.
Thanks mate! Haha glad you enjoyed the vid, those saussies were niiiice 😁. Cheers for watching
Not many people walk in to that hut, and certainly not in 1 day. Your a machine. The bird is a rock wren
Thanks mate! Certainly was a hard walk 😂 but an awesome spot. I'll look a rock wrens up, cheers 😁
Ive walked there in a day before, probably took me more like 15hrs though!.... was originally just going to Nolans but when a couple of rats came scurrying out when i opened the door I opted to keep going! haha
What’s the name of this hut?
@@tane6394 smyth hut
@@craighammond6645 thanks for that mate
Another excellent vid Tasman! You should consider writing a Hunting Cookery book given your array of "recipes" lol. And for a while I was thinking "What.....no Mincer??" but then it appeared. Cheers Man.
Hahaha that would be hilarious 😂 not a whole lot of variety in the recipes just yet though 😂. Thanks for watching 😁
That stock is taking some punishment now Tasman, but its getting some character! Thanks for taking us along, the imagery is always amazing, nice sharp pictures and no macho stuff bs so many other videos out there, just good candid material. One of the things I like most about your reels are no foul language and derogatory comments about the prey you hunt. I respect you for that, and you always remove the carcasses from the waterways. I recommend this site to many people who want to know what ethical hunting looks like.
Yeah hahaha she's taken a beating for sure 😂 thanks for the feedback Stu, really appreciate it 😊
Your a hard case lol, carrying in the mincer and the ingenious smoker. Your a real character, keep it up
Haha cheers mate appreciate it 😆
Struth mate you are a champion you take life by the horns and you have an awesome experience good on you 😂
Thanks bro 😁
tasman. i cant express how much i enjoy your content. plz keep uploading!!!
I'm thrilled to hear it! Thanks for watching, plenty more to come 😁
bro that was so awesome to watch!! thank you for sharing!
Mate you are next level. 13 hr walk in, then out comes the mincer, sausage maker, wok, smoker, colander, wood chopping board. even fly ins don't go to that extreme. unbelievable.
Haha cheers Andrew! I was certainly feeling it for the next couple days 😂😂
I have met some hard case good bastards in my many years bush bashing……you are one of those. 👍👍 as for making snags in the scrub..legend. 😎
Hahaha cheers mate 😂 they were so succulent 🤤
I’m addicted bro thank u
Thanks for the videos man. You are livin the dream hardcore. Super inspired everytime i watch u.
Wow thanks mate, glad you're enjoying em!
You're gonna have a million subscribers one day.
Thanks mate 😆
Tas Those snags look so delicious 🤪. Bet they taste fantastic.🤩😝. What a venture. Fantastic. Loved this like all the others.👏What a trip👌
They were so succulent 😋 thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it!
my god mate, the views are absolutely breathtaking and you've done an absolutely stunning job portraying the wilderness and the hunt with this video.
Thanks bro! Beautiful spot in there, glad that came across in the vid, really appreciate your comment 😁
incredible Tasman. Love your videos and the amazing food you catch/shoot and cook. You sure do carry a lot of kit.
Thanks Stu! All that weight is worth it? 😂 cheers!
Hinu for days on that doe. She was phaaat. The sossys looked dam good Tas. Awesome hunt bro. Well earned 👏🏽 👉🏽💥🐐
So Phat 😆 they were juicy! Cheers mate, thanks for watching 😁
Nice, my partner and I went up the Wanganui Mach 2024, what a heinous walk, the track has washed away substantially since your vid. You are amazing the hours you walked with the weight you carry, much respect to you!!
It's a pretty hard trail aye 😆, sounds worse now 😅. Cheers mate! Pretty spot up there makes is all worth it 😁
Well done Tasmin, you certainly bring a real twist to your remote drips with your no. 8 wire inventions and cooking techniques. Your not shy of putting in the hard yards, which is a great discipline when your hiking and hunting alone. Great vid
Hahaha thanks Tony! Certainly like to keep the trips low cost 😂 really appreciate it 😁
I really appreciate how you put your vids together and how much effort you go to on these trips.
Thank you! Really appreciate your comment 😊
Awesome effort and great outing, very nice video and footage, enjoy life while you can and thumbs up for a great show,, Tony
Thanks Tony! Glad you enjoyed it, cheers mate 😁
Nice 😊 🤠👌👌🤙💯🎣👍.. beautiful!!!!!🤩👍🤙
Talk about compulsive viewing, thanks again for another great video
Hahaha thanks for watching 😁
Awsome once again Tasman keep them coming real enjoyable and the word real is because that is what you show us☝☝☝
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying the vids 😁
Fantastic.!!!!!!!~
Goodness me. Seriously. Unbelievable. But I loved the content and the sheer audacity of your hunt. 👊
Thank you! 😆
Awesome, a flying fox then a hot pool, pool must have been awesome
Hot pools were soo good 😁
Great video once again. The mincer tho... Omg
Epic. Mate that was along walk in especially in a day
Awesome!.. Spotted you scootering from southshore last weekend 👍.. Trademark yellow bush shirt proved positive identification 😅
Thanks! Hahaha just took the new scooter for a quick spin, that's funny 😂
Another awesome adventure, so beautiful, your camera work is getting better and better👍🥰
Thanks Dad 😁
you go on some wicked adventures bro and the whipping up a batch of sausages mid trip 💯👌🏽 you the man bro thanks for sharing 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Cheers bro, glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching 😁
That is some seriously beautiful country mate!
Almost as good as Tassie! 😜
Thanks for another great vid!
Super pretty aye! Would love to visit Tassie one day, looks awesome over there! Thanks for watching 😁
Never fail to impress Tasman, haha.
Cracks me up the gear you haul in. Good on ya.
Cheers mate 😂
Yass looking forward to the new vid 😁
Legendary effort Tasman. You are like a chamois yourself with all that rock hopping... man that looks like hard work. Certainly glad to see you took the mincer and the smoker looks awesome!
Thanks Paul 😂, it was pretty hard haha, and that mincer is pretty much an essential bit of kit for anything longer than a day trip 😂 cheers for watching 😁
Excellent video, great footage! What an adventure!
Brilliant watch. Thanks for all the effort you put in. We live in a wonderful place.
Thanks mate! We sure do 😊
Cool vid Tas, get a pair of puttys to stop the rocks going in your boots. That place has had a hammering from the 1080 poison over the years, so may have something to do with low numbers, for the deer anyway.Thanks for sharing the vid👍
Thanks Fred! I've actually got gators, but wee puttys would be great on occasion 😂. I find the gators are way too warm when you're making tracks. Interesting point re 1080, i wonder If that is the reason 🤔. Thanks for watching!
@@NZWildAdventures yea the wet suit puttys I use are good, stretchy,
I dont think Tahr eat the poison, doc tried that years ago with no success, not sure about Chamois? Bit of the reason I never did much in there, not many animals,but cool to see the top hut in your vid aye., yr fit as mate👍 oh to be young again lol.
Mm good idea, I'll look out for an old wetsuit 😋. Yeah not sure about chamois aye, though I wonder if the lack of deer was a geography thing rather than a poison thing, no idea though 😅.
I actually get away with so much not-training just due to youth 😂 thanks Fred
@@NZWildAdventures You can buy the puttys I use, made from same material as wet suit, The Waitaha, Wanganui, Whataroa and a few other valleys been hammered by poison and they all low deer numbers, takes a few years for numbers to get back up,. But I think there still the odd pocket here and there where the numbers are good. Yea Great fittness when were young,,Im 54 now, body has a few more niggly pains that come easily and take longer to go away ,,sore Back , knees, hips, ,,,all from doing what we love ha!😁
@@NZWildAdventures Chamois don't seem susceptible to 1080. Tahr kill was about 40% with carrot on East side trial in 1960s, then the helicopter recovery sorted them out. Thar doing well in Whataroa in a ZIP eradication operation site. Personal est is 30-70% with deer using cereal, first drop. Possible less subsequently, but prescriptions are variable, & they don't read the theory. The valley was first poisoned last year, TB in the possums & deer up to the first hut at least. Lower bit below Hot Springs also done about 2010 (see poisoning paradise cult Oscars, that op did entire front country Waitaha-Waitangi range- Tasman Sea), & front faces-farm fringes a couple of times previous. Social media/hunter sourced info about the stuff has "potential for improved accuracy". Including from experienced hunters, & most self-assessed ones..
Correct about geography. Deer & tahr weren't well established & got the Hughes 500 treatment, it got cleaned out rapidly. Never gone hungry until DoC's experts & the tahr group enabled the current problems. Although it seems numbers aren't filthy like many places. DoC SAD might have done ok, but interpretations from the limited film is difficult. Late 80's Lambert South the tahr were (& are) higher population. Devastation Ck was the only patch found when first survey about 1989, Lord they were very rare, & also scarce Waitaha & this area. Chamois were common, deer scarce. Deer sign filmed is similar to & in same places encountered early 1980s when live capture was full on. The increase was remarkable when doing inspections for the 2010 drop, including after it. Deer seem to have been kept down due to late establishment, then commercial meat recovery, then live capture, then meat again. A pause in pressure enabled increase 2000-2010 then the TB poison drop knocked them again. About 5 -7 years ago a meat market enabled more intense carcassing again on relatively tame mobs, & last years' poison drop would have kept them down.
Would have expected plenty of chamois, but easy to walk past most animals.
Very interested the actual site the bird footprints were seen.
Awesome video brother, love the whole thing, really inspiring, well done
Thanks so much bro, glad you enjoyed 😁
Wow, the edge of that track, above the river, on the way in looked a bit dodgy. But this is NZ Wild Adventures, so nothing less is expected. That whole walk, every day, had awesome and epic scenery. You could easily have made a three hour movie! I found myself wanting to do that walk, and visit that hut, but then 25km, 13hrs and if the master that is Tasman felt tired, well, the helicopter seemed like a nice alternative. It made me smile when you decided to point without speaking, now that’s real exhaustion evidence. The cliff waterfalls were running hot. Had there been recent rain? Some of day 3 looked disgusting, esp that steep gorge stuff, but oh the reward to be on the top with no wind and peace and quiet. Great lunch spots, though to be honest, around every corner looked like it was a good lunch spot, and nice MacGyver work on the “backpack”. And more than the walk in, that narrow gorge back to the hut looked very dodgy, but the usual dodgy I guess, ie “fall and die slowly”. It always looks like you cook for 10. But then those sausages looked amazing, so every one of them was needed! And you were lucky to have a hut kea. I can watch those birds for hours - though with the kea, the eye and that leg, maybe you were a deformed animal area. Did the water taste ok? 😊
Hahaha that cliff was potentially one of the more dodgy spots this trip 😂.
It was so pretty aye! Was slightly concerned the vid would be too long, but seems to be well received so far.
Haha well after 4 months of work and little hunting, the old Tasman bod was feeling it every step of the way 😂 a heli in there would be fantastic though, such a cool spot.
I think there was rain a couple days before I arrived, the waterfalls had gone down a lot by the time I left. Gotta mix in a good amount of dodgy as hell with she'll be right mate aye 😂.
Those saussies were marvelous! And yeah haha probably a good 4 kilos of them went down a treat 😂
Water tasted great 😂 was a bit odd seeing all those weird animals though!
Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it 😁
Amazing place so beautiful loved the colour of Water
Another epic mission as always Tasman, love seeing the inspirational cook ups you do, I'm sure you could carry a lot less if you didn't eat so much though. 😂
Thanks mate 😂 absolutely could cut down a lot, but where's the fun in that 😂😅
Another awesome mission, cheers Tas
Epic hunt. Some rough country. Might be too much for me. Keep the vids coming please.
Thanks! Was a big trip for sure 😅 plenty more to come!
Cool video wandering thru the bush👍 but Bro! I’m from nz and even I struggle to understand u🤭I’ve never ever seen a tar before🤫
Yeah hahaha I'm terrible I know, tryna work on slowing the speech down a bit 🤣 magnificent animals in person! Cheers mate 😁
Excellent vid.
Cool video, where's your accent from? what rifle make and calibre do you use?
Thanks mate! Just a standard shocking kiwi accent 😅. She's a Tikka T3 in .270Win, with a rimu stock I made last year 👌
Great video, i just got back from the same mission, your name was last in the hut book! I hunted Vane stream
Hilarious 😂 awesome spot aye!
Awesome video how do you navigate so well ?
Thanks! Fairly straightforward with the major valleys, this one had a marked trail up to hut too. Also got a map on my phone which can do GPS if necessary (not essential though), just handy for referencing for planning and executing each hunt 👍
Hey Tasman, what is that mincer/sausage maker you are using please?? Im keen as to get one. Just to use at home mind you 👍 Dont think I will be putting it in my backpack 😂 Love the vids, keep it up !!
It's just a cheapie mincer that I got from savebarn in ChCh 😂 think it was around 35 bucks, and sausage horns were from aliexpress cos I couldn't find any in nz. For the sausages I'd recommend a sausage maker tube syringe thingie though, it's kinda slow to fill them with the mincer. Hahaha it only weighs a kilo, why not 🤣. Thanks mate glad you're enjoying em!
That was Rock Wren! Lucky find, they're quite endangered and not very common. I've never seen one myself.
Thanks, they were pretty cool to see 😁 hilarious hopping bopping behaviour too 😂
Bloody epic
Awesome video like always mate those sausages casings work better if they are wet
Ahh I'll have to try that next time 😂 Cheers mate!
Another awesome adventure. Now how about sending some sausages over to an expat kiwi in oztralia?
Thanks mate! Hopefully you can make some of your own, perhaps a little less dry than mine 🤣
awesome
Curious about your reasoning for choosing .270 over other calibres like the 308
Familiarity mostly, grew up using em and they're a good flat shooter with plenty of juice for a large variety of game 👍. Plus, dad reloads in .270 so that brings down the cost a little 😆
What kind of plastic do you typically wrap your meat up in?
I use Thicc plastic bags (think they're 120 microns, around 600x900mm, no leaking though that when they're new and easy enough to clean for next time 😁. Though I've learned it's super important to cool the meat properly 😅. Those bags make good pack liners too!
@@NZWildAdventures sounds good. I'll keep my eyes out for a reusable set of bags, too. Cheers!
No worries, got mine from total packaging ltd. in wigram 👍 about $1.50 each
Yes Bird was a Rock Wren - Xenicus
Thanks Keran 😊
👍👍
I dont think people understand how it feels to take off soggy boots after 13 hours of hiking, i felt that sigh of relief all the way over in west aus 😂
It's such a relief aye 😂 cheers
7:13 name of the Hut 🛖 ?
Flick us a pm 👍
Bit of a grind.... Would have been a slow week after unless very fit. Few put in that sort of effort today (makes them experts).
Really interesting to see the current condition of the landscape, vegetation & fauna. More chamois, less tahr & deer no weka in the '80s, changing by the 2000's. Shingle build up since in lower valley is dramatic.
Slower camera panning to provide focus detail, veg shots of species & canopy condition & good panoramas will improve this as a chronological snapshot record. Narration isn't the easiest for slow geriatric hearing either. Great chamois specimen, size isn't everything, it's real character, & many that age have horn rot. Kea maybe been checking some bushman's possum traps. Something not as newsworthy as 1080 victims for emotive selfie recordings. Limping tahr are probably collateral from the trend for long range expert shooting, only the good shots make the TVscreen.YT videos usually.
Lens caps on a string are a good idea on any optics, they like getting independent. Same as glasses, seeing them disappearing downstream when boulder hopping etc isn't therapeutic.
Tahr eye condition might be pinkeye, have heard reports it's about in the tahr there now, & seen a TV Star filmed some lower down. Unsure about pathology. It's found in sheep, chamois & tahr. Tahr & sheep were never together in that catchment, grazing was only on the lower tops long before thar arrived) & its spread, liberations a possibility. On disease, the deer there may have TB, the possums were recently poisoned due to it, & it was in the deer. Whether it got eradicated is for time to tell.
The tiny birds are rock wrens. Uncommon/threatened.
Cheers for the info John!
Mean mate shit you do the miles
The bird is a rifleman. Like yourself.
Hahaha cheers mate, though it may be a rock wren based on the posturing 🤔
Similar shape, but rock wrens have massive feet, spend lots of time on the ground, and that bobbing shown in the video is very characteristic of rock wrens. Riflemen hang out in the trees.