Mangatewainui Stream via the Apiti Track, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 Map: BL36 For more pix, please see our Facebook page. After several scorching Hawke’s Bay summer days, we awoke to find low cloud cover. With a full vanload of 12, we drove southwards from Church Road to Norsewood. In places, the cloud was interspersed with… [Read More]
A training tramp in the Kaweka Ranges
Kiwi Saddle Hut, Saturday January 30 2016 Map: BJ37 Kuripapango This was meant to be a joint tramp with Heretaunga Tramping Club, but for two of us it morphed into a Napier Tramping Club fitness test tramp, doing a Kaweka Range circuit. We did plan to meet with Heretaunga Tramping Club at Kiwi Saddle Hut…. [Read More]
Right this time, reaching Te Waka trig
Te Waka Trig, Local. Wednesday January 20, 2016 Kelvin parked the van next to the woolshed on Potter Road. Three of our group decided to stay low and do their own thing. On a tramp to the trig last year, the group became slightly misplaced. So this time we needed to work out the best… [Read More]
River walking and swimming
Dead Dog Hut, Ruahine FP, Map BK37 (Tikokino) Saturday January 16, 2016 The first tramp for 2016, and into new territory for all of us. Some of the older club members have been to Dead Dog Hut, from the tops off the No Man’s track, but not from the Herricks Hut track. This was many… [Read More]
A change of plan
Back Ridge Hut, Kaweka FP. Sat/Sun 12-13 December 2015. Map: BJ37 We planned to go to Rocks Ahead on our first day, and then back out on the second day, starting from Makahu Saddle car park on Kaweka Road. All the elements were good and we reached Kaweka J in two hours (with our overnight… [Read More]
Foiled again
Sunrise Hut to Sparrowhawk Biv, Ruahine FP, Saturday December 5, 2015 Map: BK36 We were foiled again. For the second time in a few months, we have tried to get beyond Sunrise Hut, but the strong winds made getting along the ridge line to Armstrong Saddle impossible. Yes, the banner pix is one of the… [Read More]
What a beach (sic)
Mangakuri Beach to Aramoana Beach, Wednesday November 25 2015. This trip replaced the tramp to Kiritaki Hut, via the farmland. The change was due to a high level of tree damage on the track. The beach walk was a fantastic alternative. No trip report but photos taken by Keith Moretta.
The girls proved they are anything but geriatric doing the Three Gorges
Middle Hill Hut – Makino Hut, Three Gorges, Kaweka Forest Park. Saturday November 21 2015 Map: BJ37 A girl’s day out; with only five names in the book, we cancelled the van and piled into one vehicle for today’s tramp. The forecast was for gales and late rain so we changed our trip from the… [Read More]
We’re off to the naki, Whirinaki that is
Central Whirinaki Hut – Whirinaki Forest Park, Wednesday November 11 2015 The forecast was for westerly winds and 20˚ with a southerly change and showers late in the day. They got it spot on. The journey there took just over two hours but the drive is always worth it for the native bush, gigantic trees… [Read More]
Are we there yet?
Te Iringa, Kaipo Junction, Oamaru Hut, Poronui Station, Saturday November 7, 2015 Map: BH37 For more pictures, see our Facebook page. We started from the Clements Mill Road, Te Iringa Track car park and headed into the bush at around 9:30am. Our first small stream crossing was followed by a gradual but short uphill to… [Read More]
Is it always like this?
Kiritaki Hut, Ruahine FP Friday/Saturday October 23/24, 2015 This tramp was cancelled in September, so three ladies put it back onto the list for an overnight over the Labour Weekend. The start, from Kumeti road-end, is up the Mangapuaka Stream, but it did not begin well, with us all getting a slight dunking. I also… [Read More]
Skirting a huge slip
Sparrowhawk Bivvy, Ruahine FP, Friday October 23, 2015 With the tramp and farmer access arranged by Alison and Julia, it was only the weather forecast of strong winds and scattered showers that created any doubts as we approached the end of the farm road and geared up. Ted led the way over the farmland until… [Read More]
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