Again, keen to share our love of the South Island in our adopted country with other like-minded four-wheelers, we went about organising our fourth consecutive self-drive four-wheeling Safari which started on December 27 2016 and ended for most, 18 days later in January, 2017.
We were again surprised by the number of applicants, this year 67 truck crews applied, but we could sadly only accommodate 16 trucks, with that number already pushing the limits of sanity.
And so it was that at 06H45 on the morning of the 27th December 2016, we assembled at the meeting point at Spring Creek, eager to ‘give this thing legs.’
With three truck crews back with us from last year’s Safari, introductions to the first timers were made, and drivers’ briefing covering driving etiquette,…
