Waka Waka

Drove down to one of my customers at the beach on saterday morning and there was this huge great black shape at the far end of the beach.

It looked like a giant log washed ashore, but as I got closer and could see more detail in the damn light I realised it was infact a Huge Maori Waka! (canoe with attitude).

My parents went down later that day to take some pics:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/886539waka1.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/135440waka2.jpg


For scale my Father is about 5ft 6in, so the Waka has to be 20+ feet long.
Its a most impressive sight, especialy in the early dawn light drawn half way up the beach, and with no ppl, or cars anywhere around.


I wondered where it had come from, Prehaps the Natives of some undiscovered polynesian Island had decieded to go exploring. Imagine the shock they would have found when the woke up in the morning, to find the country is populated by all these damn silly white natives. :silly2:
"oh shit bro! someone beat us here aye"

Thats all we need, another boat load in the country ;) ;) ...j/k

I hope they had passports :bloated:

So whats next Moppie.......tea with captain Cook !! :finger: :finger:
j/k :D

Originally posted by primera man

So whats next Moppie.......tea with captain Cook !! :finger: :finger:
j/k :D


If the Endevor happens to pull into the Marina next door, you'll be the first to know!



But the Waka is actualy real. It was stopping off over night, on its way down the coast. Started life in the barrier a few years ago or something.

Cool! Good find.

woah thats cool. . Hey moppie. . Do you remember Roel off purehonda.com ?

Its been a couple years since I've talked to him. . This is a old member of purehonda.com. Thanks
*colin.

5'6- WOAH that is one short man (I guess we know where the midget gene you possess comes from now :uhoh: )


Yeah that is a pretty awesome looking boat though, still what the hell is it doing all the way up on shore with no owners anywhere in sight???? :huh:

oh and by the way Abel Tasman and James Cook will be coming over for a Barbie at 8 :bloated: :finger:

Originally posted by Lil Cs turbo Zc
woah thats cool. . Hey moppie. . Do you remember Roel off purehonda.com ?

Its been a couple years since I've talked to him. . This is a old member of purehonda.com. Thanks
*colin.

Hey hon, you're better off leaving this kind of stuff to PMs (private messages). Thanks. :)

Originally posted by Moss1O6GTi
5'6- WOAH that is one short man (I guess we know where the midget gene you possess comes from now )

*lmao* You're gonna die for that one, but it's funny nonetheless.

Very cool find, Moppie! Just watch out... they might be coming to get you! :p

Originally posted by Moss1O6GTi

Yeah that is a pretty awesome looking boat though, still what the hell is it doing all the way up on shore with no owners anywhere in sight???? :huh:




There was a large tent hidden under the tree's about 10m off the beach. :)

That and the drive back to Auckland is only 30mins.

wow moppie that thing looks kinda old is it like a historic ship or just a regular one???

I'd keep it. Im sure its worth some money especially if its original.

Originally posted by Ando_Rules
wow moppie that thing looks kinda old is it like a historic ship or just a regular one???


Its only 5 years old would you believe, but based on a design that would be several thousand years old.
Its a Maori Boat. The Maori were the first ppl to settle NZ, untill us big mean colonial opressors came along and signed a treaty with them.

I thought this was going to be a thread about Fozzie Bear...

That's a nice lil' row-boat there though...

WTF, looks like the vikings are comming down for the 4th of july

Now y'all know where Mr T and the bro's got too:) too bad we was heading for Australia!

Originally posted by taranaki
Now y'all know where Mr T and the bro's got too:) too bad we was heading for Australia!

And landed far off target by the looks :huh:


Bah!!! What more can you expect when you have PMan on navigation???:mad: :mad: :finger: :finger:

Oh Well I guess we will see you back here in about 2 weeks Mr T (The voyage to Aussie should be sweet if you ditch PMan and kidnap Moppie) and tell Setanta and the crew I said hi :finger:

Originally posted by ci5ic
I thought this was going to be a thread about Fozzie Bear...

That's a nice lil' row-boat there though...

Hehe, that's exactly what I thought.