Iron Whare, Kaweka FP, Wednesday 31 July 2019 The trip started in fine weather and ended in snowflakes. Sixteen trampers made it to this historic hut. The tramp was an exercise in checking all the traps along the way. Rosemary remembered the lesson on how to reset the DoC 200 trap. MM47 was sprung with… [Read More]
Archives for July 2019
A workout for the gastrocnemii
Parks Peak, Ruahine FP, 26 July 2019 Banner: View of the main range, looking south-west from the ‘red chair’. For those of you who don’t know what the gastrocnemius is, just ask anyone who has walked to Parks Peak Hut via Sentry Hut and Pohatuhaha ridge which part of their body hurts. The tramp was… [Read More]
Ginger was all the spice we needed
Gallen’s Bush, Maungaharuru Range, Wednesday 17 July 2019 Banner Pix: Resting underneath the giant totara tree Access to Gallen’s Bush is through Ohuakura Road, off SH5, just before Te Pohue. We followed the road for 10 km and met our guide for the day, Ginger Wilson, whom Ted had organised to unlock the barrier gate… [Read More]
The Puketitiri Road ramble that wasn’t
Te Kowhai, Lotkow Rd, Little’s Clearing, Kaweka FP, Map: BJ37 Saturday 13 July 2019 Originally, the trip was listed as a Puketitiri ramble, but after a reconnaissance trip the Tuesday prior, trip leader John Dobbs decided on a longer tramp. A group of 11 headed off in a brand new Mercedes rental van for Te… [Read More]
The Great Southern Trek (aka a walk from Mangakuri Beach to Pourerere)
Wednesday, 3 July 2019. Local. Banner Pix: Pourerere Beach (pourerere-beach.info/gallery) Depending on which device you read, this walk was between 15 and 21km, or in one case 30,800 paces on a Fitbit record. If a pace averaged out at 60cm for the wearer, then the walk was 18.5km. Enough of the maths; it was a… [Read More]
July 2019 News
Contents: Weekend Tramp Sat/Sun 27/28 July. Parks Peak Hut The access at the Makororo has largely been resolved through Smedley taking over the farm at the road end. Currently you can drive down to the old mill site at the end of Wakarara Rd if you get permission from Smedley. The phone number is 06-8566518… [Read More]