Ruapuke Log Chalet

The Log Cabin at Ruapuke

Pippy McCurdy

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http://italyoffthebeatentrack.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/italy-off-beaten-track.html


In the American Midwest the pioneers and the frontiersmen of the New World once made their homes in hardy one room cabins. Milled from local timber these simple log cabins became iconic symbols of that rugged way of life. And high on a hilltop looking out over  Kawhia Inlet stands just such a  log cabin.

This little beauty is small but perfectly formed. Spotlessly clean it is homely and comfortable. The brass bed takes up much of the cabin yet there is also space for a fridge and somewhere to cook, - plus a barbecue outside.  A separate cabin reached via the veranda contains the bathroom, toilet and shower.

In the bedroom with one whole wall made of glass the views reach out forever across the hills to the harbour far below. Sunsets are spectacular. Nearby farm animals graze. Peacocks wander by. A couple of old iron wagon wheels lean against the outside of the cabin.  On the walls are posters - was it Johnny Walker, maybe Jack Daniels? The CDs supplied come straight from the 70s - and the sound system plays through to the bathroom also. What an excellent idea.


Out on the front porch layer upon layer of hills stretch away into the blue gray distance. I pull up my rocker, take out my pen knife and commence whittling, while I drink my moonshine and watch the sunset fade into night.