It's that time of year again. Time for the Muriwai Moose Meet. At the start of summer, early October, is the annual gathering of kite buggy pilots from around New Zealand (and the world) at 'Mooseland'. Mooseland is actually South Head, at the North end of Muriwai Beach, near Auckland.
The event is two days of Moose madness. 50km of fast beach to buggy (each way) and acres of huge sand dunes to play in (and camp in). I went to my first meet there in 1998, and thats what really got me hooked on the sport. I've been to two others since then so this years meet with be my fourth.
Its on this weekend! I can't believe its snuck up on me and I haven't even mentioned it here yet. No countdown... nothing. This year I am ride sharing with two buggy pilots coming from Ashburton, Craig and Sam. I will be meeting them in Picton tomorrow morning where we will board the inter-island ferry to Wellington and driving to Muriwai. We will camp in Muriwai Friday night and be the first on the beach, when the tide has retreated enough, on Saturday. Everyone meets at the South end of Muriwai beach mid-morning on Saturday and we drive, or buggy, about 50km up the beach to Mooseland. There we play, and camp in the dunes Saturday night (always a good night around the campfire). Sunday its more kite flying then back down the beach before the tide cuts us off.
Some of us will then continue North for a whirlwind tour of the incredible beaches of the far north.
We will have to be back in Wellington to catch the ferry home the following Friday (the 7th) so we will have a few days to explore. We missed Baylys Beach last year, and the wind was wrong when we were at 90-mile Beach so those two are a priority, but there are literally hundreds of smaller sand beaches in the area too.
Here are some photos from last years trip.
I am in the process of packing the van now. Kites and buggies are in, next is the food and beer.
I won't be bothering trying to blog on the road like I did last year. There are no internet connections where I'm going, so see you in a week and a day, when I get back. I promise lots of photos and maybe even some video.
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