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Please be aware that this area is used by game bird hunters pursuing been denied by the landowner. The upstream limit of the public land pheasant and quail from early May through to mid-August each year. is marked by the edge of the forested area on the true left (eastern) When you are out on the river please make sure that you avoid any bank of the river. Kapiti Coast areas where machinery is being operated. 5. Kirkcaldie Bridge Reserve At Ohau Township, turn off State Highway 1 onto Muhunoa East Ohau River Road and travel 3.1 km until you reach the Kirkcaldie Bridge Reserve. River Fisheries There is a parking area right next to the river. About 750m upstream The fishing is patchy in the upper reaches within the Tararua from Kirkcaldie Bridge there is a swing bridge across the river which Conservation Park, but improves further downstream. In the mid- serves as a farm access way. Please do not use this bridge under any reaches between the park boundary and State Highway 1 the river circumstances. lends itself to fishing for sighted fish with a small dry fly or nymph. 6. Parikawau Reserve Downstream from State Highway 1 the river quickly becomes Turn off State Highway 1 400m north of the Ohau River. The access slower and deeper and although there is often a good evening rise road to Parikawau Reserve is signposted “Car Clubs, Levin and in late summer, the heavy willow growth along the banks can make Vintage”. Drive 360m down this road to reach the reserve where you casting difficult. Anglers need landowner permission to fish the will find ample parking, a picnic area and toilet facilities. lower reaches as there are no public access points downstream from Parikawau Reserve. PLEASE NOTE: To fish the lower reaches of Ohau River it is Access points necessary to cross private land; and anglers must obtain the permission of the landowner before doing so. Soldiers Road and Kuku Beach 1. Poads Road Road provide the most convenient points from which to reach the About half way between Ohau and Levin, turn off State Highway river. Farm boundaries along the true left side of the river are shown 1 onto State Highway 57 and drive 3.4 km to reach Tararua Road. on the map. To arrange access contact: Turn right onto Tararua Road and drive 2.9 km to reach Gladstone Road. Turn right onto Gladstone Road and drive 2.9 km to reach Poads Road and the suspension bridge over the Ohau River. Drive A. John Catley: 06-3626528 over the bridge, park beside the road and walk down to the river. B. Francis & Alison Catley: 2. Tararua Conservation Park Call in at the last house on the left-hand side of Soldiers Road. To reach the headwaters of the Ohau River within the Park, drive C. John Haines: 06-3626685 along Poads Road until you reach the DoC signage in front of the private residence at the road end. Park your vehicle well away from D. John Allen (lease holder) the road on the grassy area in front of the sign, and then proceed on foot along the poled route across the farm paddocks until you reach the Park. The Ohau River flows through a steep gorge for about 3 If fishing upstream from John Catley’s property to Parikawau Reserve, km and there is little opportunity to fish until you get upstream stay within the bed of the river at all times. from the Ohau Shelter. 3. Gladstone Reserve Turn off State Highway 1 onto State Highway 57 and drive 3.4 km to reach Tararua Road. Turn right onto Tararua Road and drive 2.9 km to reach Gladstone Road. Turn right onto Gladstone Road and drive 1.8 km to reach Gladstone Reserve. Drive through the reserve and park by the river. 4. Kimberley Reserve Turn off State Highway 1 onto State Highway 57. Drive 2 km along Wellington Region State Highway 57 until you reach an intersection, drive straight PO Box 1325 through this intersection onto Kimberley Road and continue for Palmerston North a further 2.4km until you reach the access road into Kimberley Telephone: 06 359 0409 Reserve. There is ample parking space along the road once you are Facsimile: 06 356 2780 Photo: Brendon Digby-Smith inside the reserve. When fishing your way upstream from Kimberley www.fishandgame.org.nz Reserve, please note that access to the river above the reserve has Wellington Region

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