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The orange crested Tui (Vic Bullock)

Watch out for the orange-crested Tui

June 6, 2012 by Keith Moretta Leave a Comment

Makino Hut – Te Puia Lodge, June 6 2012
Map: BJ37

The day began with cooler, overcast skies and occasional drizzle. Isobel, Alison and Keith headed towards Makino Hut, from the Makahu Road car park, while the other six drove on to Mangatutu car park and began their walk to Te Puia Lodge.

The overcast skies make a haunting pictureThe steep Makino ridge is never the best way to begin the day’s walk, but we were quickly among low scrub, bracken and manuka that had colonised the ridge. After an hour, we entered beech forest where we passed Makino Bivouac, and soon we had morning tea at the Middle Hill Hut/Makino Hut intersection. This area has had traps intensively laid for rodents and mustalids. The evidence was the prolific numbers of young trees growing amongst the beech trees, but the bird life was quiet.

Views of the Mohaka River and surrounding hills in various shades of grey and overcast skies were stunning. Brief heavy cold showers began as we started our descent. We arrived at Te Puia Lodge at lunchtime, where John, Ken and Vic were finishing their snacks. Kelvin and Ann decided to go on to Te Puia hot springs.

The orange crested Tui (Vic Bullock)The return trip to the car park was slightly quieter due to the drizzle that had set in for the remainder of the day. The Mangatutu car park shelter provided a place for our hot drinks, warm clothes and talking while we waited for everyone else to return.

Trampers: Kelvin Shaw, John Marshall, Isabel Holdaway, Alison Greer, Ken Ross, Anne Nelson, Vic Bullock, John Gray and reporter Keith Moretta

Filed Under: Recent trips Tagged With: Te Puia Track

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We are a group of like-minded people who love the great outdoors. We tramp mostly in the Hawke’s Bay province, in remote areas such as the Kaweka and Ruahine Ranges; but we also travel longer distances to new places, for longer walks.

The Napier Tramping Club was established in 1974 and has about 70 members. We belong to the Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ Inc (FMC) and run Saturday, full-weekend and Wednesday tramps, every fortnight.

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