Welcome flat hut, Copland valley.

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Welcome flat hut, Copland valley.

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NZ meat eater

10 ай бұрын

The Copland valley , Welcome flat hut and hot pools in South Westland New Zealand.
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@barbaracameron-smith7093 5 ай бұрын

Thanks also for the memories. Came over the Copeland Pass in early 70s and was delighted to reach the old Welcome Flat hut which was very small and rudimentary at the time. So good to relive that experience through your vid.

@nzmeateater 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment, Glad you enjoyed the vid, its a special place in there for sure👍

@nakisteelo4761 10 ай бұрын

Lots of bridges and awesome scenery. The hut looks bigger than our house. Lol Thankyou for sharing Fred.👍

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Lol, thanks Naki, 👍$30 a night , cool place.,have been wanting to go in there for years.

@JRopitini 10 ай бұрын

wicked miles of spectacular mountain beauty every mission doesn't need a rifle on the back two companions enjoying natures best awesome

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Yep, thanks John, maybe Il take the gun next time lol.

@philipwilkie3239 10 ай бұрын

The Copeland holds a special place in my tramping life. In August 1973 I spent three weeks on a geology field trip in this valley - exploring side creeks and high rock exposures. It was my first trip to the South Island and I recall being completely unprepared mentally for the scale and challenge of these valleys once you leave the track. A vax triggered autoimmune condition - myasthenia gravis - means its unlikely ever get to visit these places again, so videos like this bring a real sense of gratitude and calm. It's astonishing how the body remembers these experiences - they come flooding back from 50 years ago and become real in the moment. Thank you.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Hey mate thats cool, I would love to stay in there for 3 weeks, the hut warden was telling me about a thunder storm they recently had in there, he said it was incredible the sounds of thunder around the valley, and the lighting constantly flashing, I wish I was there to see that, Thanks for your comment, glad to see that it brings back fond memorys for you👍👍

@graveebailey2 9 ай бұрын

That brings back memories to me, i stayed in old hut got stuck in hut for xtra 3 days after some light rain seen river flowing over the swing opposite the hut, great fun, thanks for the vidio😊

@nzmeateater 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching👌

@KayJ47 10 ай бұрын

Awesome. Your wife is a keeper for doing it with you. You are fortunate

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, yea she's a good women.good mother, good wife.

@exNZFS 10 ай бұрын

Great effort mrs Carter!! Been there a few years ago in mid winter with some mates it’s a big walk big country funny story: I got up early to head out for a hunt 2 very attractive Canadian ladies walked past from the bunk area totally starkers heading for the pools …. Me mouth wide open with porridge falling off me spoon My mates were sound asleep and missed the show ( the girls would have walked right past them) I made sure I rubbed it in -as they say: the early worm catches the bird

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Ha,good stuff, mid winter would be a good time for there in the pools. plenty of honeys in there.

@exNZFS 10 ай бұрын

@@nzmeateater yeah you’re not wrong mate heaps when we went in Saw some thar on tops across from the ruera river confluence had a go but chickened out That dude you met is a mean machine Did get a 10” chammy buck just up Archcitect creek on that trip Will take my missus up there those pools are awesome

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

@@exNZFS Yea he was all sinew aye? f..k that climbing around for those mountain goat tahr, never really been interested in that.

@kadyrov3218 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your excellent video. Very informative. 😊

@nzmeateater 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching😁

@WekaDigitalMediaNZ 10 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this vid, some great shots of beautiful scenery and sounds like by the hot pools 👌🏾

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks , yea the bird life was cool.👌

@kroadie3936 10 ай бұрын

A walk down memory lane you two handle it well, thank you NZ meat eater.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mate😁

@dennisking9144 10 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the ride, another awesome vid

@SandBox-ik5xq 10 ай бұрын

Another glorious hike in paradise...thank you..Sand.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting,😁

@Ade4fish 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant. What a place! The colour of that river is fantastic

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Nice place, well worth the walk,

@BushEscape 10 ай бұрын

Wifee did real well Fred, go the mighty Crocs 😂. Well done to the both of you, fond memories to look back on. Beautiful spectacular country. Very cool mate. Phil

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil,👍 yea wife had not worn her boots for a while, I think if she had got them wet and worn them for a day before we went ,may have been ok, but yea the magic crocs aye lol.

@cgebert8565 9 ай бұрын

That's some spectacular scenery mates. Way to go carrying Jiabs pack for her for a wee bit there's no way I'd be able to carry that let alone walk that. Awesome job team❤❤

@nzmeateater 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Caz, it was a long walk in there but worth it,

@chrispalffy3511 10 ай бұрын

Hey Mr Carter, hear them whistling frogs did -jah. Appreciate the extra time you spend setting up those camera shots for us. Mrs Carter did well too. Cheers.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Chris, yea good to hear so many up there, so just had to share that ,😁

@garthharris8721 10 ай бұрын

Bloody great place nz, beautiful place, , thanks for taking us along on your venture 👍

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Garth.👍

@Karl-jr9tg 10 ай бұрын

Hi Fred, great vid, i look forward to doing that walk and others, South island is a great place to live, Cheers Callum

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Gday Callum, yep its a special place, different than the north in all most every way, we love it down there, have a house on the west coast which hopefully we will move to in the near future.

@Datman2431 10 ай бұрын

It's a cut lunch and a camel ride into Welcome Flat hut. Good effort. Keep the vids coming. Thanks

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

yea, not a hard walk, but its a long day for the un prepared lol

@stevegarland9063 10 ай бұрын

Great walk there Fred.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve, yes its a nice place in there.

@pt4036 10 ай бұрын

enjoyed the walk ,such a beautiful place ,thanks for posting

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@ReviloNZwalks 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic trip, cheers for bringing us along

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming👍

@jakegollan502 10 ай бұрын

Wicked

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Jake.

@mistymorning 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Fred another memory lane used to shoot chamois across the river from this hut in the 90s mobs of 20 plus Often stopped in Douglas hut and crossed over the divide once to have a look down towards the hermitage but walked back out to the coast.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Cool, yea I will be taking a gun next time I go back, impressive country,

@rangiraki661 10 ай бұрын

What a epic place Fred ..Awesome bro💯

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Rangi, been wanting to go in there for a while.

@gigeorge03 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great watch Fred... might get up there one day!! ;-)

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the donation mate👍👍Thats awesome.

@lancejensen7737 10 ай бұрын

Cool video Fred. Good to do a mission with the mrs

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, was a good walk, glad we stayed 2 nights rather than the usual 1 that most stay.

@Epifania646 10 ай бұрын

New Zealand so beautiful place

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Yes, beautiful place.

@daveporter9596 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave👍👍 much appreciated.

@Marius_vanderLubbe 10 ай бұрын

Excellent vid. Thanks for sharing.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks😁

@stuartstobie7640 9 ай бұрын

great video---yr wife did real well---not an easy walk

@nzmeateater 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Stuart, yea she did well 😁

@tomscaddz4799 10 ай бұрын

Cool mission bro we spent new years off 99/2000 in there my older brother was a hut warden in there for a few years shot many a good bull thar and chamois in there ..there was a 10.5 inch buck living around that bridge by the hut my brother shot him the day after I saw it..jammy bugger lol

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Tom, yea being a hut warden is sweet in a place like that.👍

@scruffy2629 10 ай бұрын

First! Awesome:)

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Sean👍

@andrewpetrie1355 10 ай бұрын

Nice work Fred .Would have been a big walk for her . Don't see too many huts that size up the Otara

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Ha, yea , nice hut, lights, double glazed etc, if it was up the Otara it would have to be in the heads of the creek, or it would get trashed.

@gruntabro1 10 ай бұрын

Amazing place 😊

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

yep it is , thanks for watching😁

@gruntabro1 10 ай бұрын

Your content is always top notch 🙏 thanks for sharing bro 😊

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

@@gruntabro1 Thanks👌

@dennisking9144 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and you donation Dennis, much appreciated👍👍

@mozdickson 10 ай бұрын

Nice video, well captured, made me want to do that walk too! Don't glance at the camera so much, my tip - it's on you, its wide angle. Cheers

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, old habit from using old camera without horizon leveling. subconsciously checking if level,nothing worse than footage fimed on an angle. lol

@tonystewart7287 10 ай бұрын

Great tramp, thanks for taking us along. I can’t stand having loose shit tied to my pack clanging away like that Swiss fella 😂

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

lol, yea not the thing when hunting aye.,but I guess when your a tramper...

@nathanbates1260 7 ай бұрын

Nice video. Keen to come home to NZ and do this walk. What time of the year was this? Thanks

@nzmeateater 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, its about the 6th October,,spring.

@HuntingCreed 10 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching👍

@radar7m08 10 ай бұрын

Nice looking country.....how many deer did you see all up?

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Only one, but was not really looking, had no gun, and no binos for the open stuff, just r n r trip with the mrs, bit of sign around though.

@radar7m08 10 ай бұрын

@@nzmeateater cheers thanks mate... I like your content

@Whirinaki.Adventures 10 ай бұрын

Hey bro been following you for a couple years on different accounts. One of the best! Wanting to do bit of what you do. Live at foothills of Urewera! What editing gear do you use? Cheers Tony

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Tony, I use the "video pad video editor" program, It does all I want to do. Theres a few diffrent ones around, You will have to pay a little bit for some of them.

@Whirinaki.Adventures 10 ай бұрын

Awesome thanks for the reply. Maybe we could colab once ive got this editing sorted. I own the Whirinaki forest lodge in Te Whaiti. Looking forward to your next adventure. @@nzmeateater

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

@@Whirinaki.Adventures Yea,sounds good, Must come over that way one day for a hunt, have not done much in Whirinaki.

@chrispyskiwiadventures3583 10 ай бұрын

It’s a beautiful tramp that one. In fact we did a bunch of tramps all up the West Coast a few years back. I prefer staying in the older huts myself 😜😜 Bit of a leg stretcher for the boss aye🤪🤪

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

She did well considering she did no training for it. Too busy at work all the time.

@morganlefey 9 ай бұрын

video is good because it don’t give the viewer sandfly experience

@nzmeateater 9 ай бұрын

HA! Thanks ,yea gotta take the repellant !

@mtgriz16 8 ай бұрын

Any idea if there are fish in the Copland!?

@nzmeateater 8 ай бұрын

Not sure? lots of rapids.

@stewatparkpark2933 10 ай бұрын

6:04 - Fire exit . That's how they spend your tax .

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Yep, incase we get lost and cant find it lol.

@serverlan763 10 ай бұрын

Did you see any Chamois ? There is no way i could walk up there without carrying a rifle...

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Next time I go in there I will take a gun, but na didnt see any,,was just r n r trip with mrs this time. certain times of year you cant get hunting permits because too many people walking in there, safety issue. Theres people on that track almost every day over the warmer months.

@serverlan763 10 ай бұрын

I did see that about the closures when i was down that way in Feb. Is it ok to leave your car at the road end? Safe enough? Your missus is a good sport, mine would never talk to me again if I put her through that.@@nzmeateater

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

@@serverlan763 Yea a lot of cars get left in the carpark, all good usually.

@simonakers4381 10 ай бұрын

Fffkkkn great mate 2 things 1 your wife is a keeper mate , she did well , 2 what that guys pack weigh ffs

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Ha!, Yea look like it had a bit of weight to it aye, and he was all sinew too, lean as,, And yep thats why I married her, A good women.

@Ginlah 9 ай бұрын

18:19 is that a kiwi?

@nzmeateater 9 ай бұрын

Its a Kea, at dawn. I should have edited in a description.

@md37346 10 ай бұрын

✌☘

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by😁

@danieljordan154 10 ай бұрын

Your wife did well to walk that long in crocks. Thanks for sharing.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, 👍Yea she did, boots needed new soft inner soles as we found out.

@markturner2971 10 ай бұрын

Good effort for a couple of fuddy duddies. Why no drones? out of interest.

@nzmeateater 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Doc rules I guess, I have tried to get permit for this area in the past and was declined, but one could try for themself and see what happens?