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Black Birch bivvy from two directions

July 15, 2020 by Hilary Heath-Caldwell Leave a Comment

Black Birch Bivouac, Kawkea FP, Map: BJ37
Saturday 15 July 2020
Banner Pix: Squeezing inside Black Birch Bivouac

It was drizzle, and the van was full, with around 12 of us rising early to venture out, stretch our legs and have a little social time in the woods.

Whittle Road was an easy drive… no potholes or loose, gravelly bits. The road forks, so we took the left hand one (Lotkow Rd) and drove down to the road end, where there’s a place to large enough to turn the van. The track up to Black Birch bivvy starts about a kilometre north of this.

Vic, who is 80+ and still getting out there

The drizzle was not welcoming but, slowly, more and more joined the party to climb up the hill and walk through to Little’s Clearing via Black Birch bivvy. Kelvin drove the van around to the Makahu entrance and others tramped in from this direction.

Someone who did not want to be photographed, and Kelvin

Everyone met up at the bivvy. It’s tiny, with an outside fire pit and a toilet. We squeezed in to have our morning tea – and not everyone fitted. The bush was wet but the paths are wide and open so this was a good tramp for a drizzly day – all over and done with in a few hours.

Trampers: Bruce Hodgson, Kelvin Shaw, Rosemary Jeffery, Sue Gribble, Gordon Tapp, John Burrell, Murray White, Margaret Palmer, Dorothy Sole, John Dobbs, Vic Bullock and reporter Hilary Heath-Caldwell

Filed Under: Kaweka, Napier Tramping Club, Recent trips Tagged With: Black Birch Bivvy, Kaweka Forest Park, Napier Tramping Club

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About us

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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Enjoy the great outdoors, keep fit and get to know others with similar interests.

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Useful links

  • Dept of Conservation
  • DoC Huts Use, Kaweka Forest Park
  • Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ (FMC)
  • Heretaunga Tramping Club
  • New Zealand Tramper
  • NZ Walking Access Commission
  • Wanganui Tramping Club

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  • Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society
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