Yeomans Track to Barlows Hut, Ruahine FP, Wednesday 13 March 2019 Banner Pix: The sign to Barlows Hut from the Parks Peak track from Yeoman’s Mill Site (January 2012) In another quest for the route from a high point on the Parks Peak track down to the Makaroro River and Barlows Hut, 12 trampers set… [Read More]
A great fungi expedition
Whirinaki Forest Park, Upper Whirinaki Circuit Saturday February 27 2016 Eight trampers travelled by van halfway up the Napier-Taupo highway, turned into Waipunga Road and followed the logging roads to the Plateau car park. Everyone set off up the Upper Whirinaki Hut track, climbing to the summit then dropping down to the junction of the… [Read More]
Up to Travers Hut and down to Stanfield Hut on a fine day, and weekend at Cattle Creek Hut
Tamaki River car park to A-frame Hut and Stanfield Hut, Saturday July 31 2010. Map: BL36 Trampers: Murray Goss, John Marshall, Colin McNatty, Sue Martin, Marc Marchal, Jude Paton, Simon Hill, Geoff Donkin, Isobel Holdaway, Les O’Shea, Gillian Dalton, with Julia Mackie and reporter Gordon Tapp We saw a heavy coating of snow on the… [Read More]
A fine mid-Winter ramble to Te Iringa and beyond
Kuripaponga, Te Iringa, to Roberts Hut and return, Saturday June 19 2010. Map BJ37 or U20 Trampers: Marc Marchal, Roeland Pootjes, Sue Martin, Isobel Holdaway, Geoff Donkin, John Marshall, Murray White, Ray Slavin, Sue Marshall, Paul Exeter, Ted Angove, Matt Green, Julia Mackie and Gordon Tapp Fifteen trampers travelled in three 4WD vehicles to the… [Read More]
A fine day for photo-opportunities
Sunrise Hut to Sparrowhawk Bivouac, Saturday November 7 2009. Map: BK36 Trampers: Colleen Pereaux, Murray Goss, Paul Exeter, Sue Martin, Sue Marshall, Denise Payne, Belinda Chapman, John Marshall (to Sunrise Hut and Armstrong Saddle, and return) Jude Paton, Geoff Donkin, Ted Angove, Wade Sawyer, Matt Green, Bethany Rouse, Les O’Shea, Alison Greer and reporter Gordon… [Read More]
Staying one step ahead of the wind…
Moorcock Saddle, Longview Hut, then along Daphne Track, Wed Sept 16 2009. Map: U22 Trampers: Alison Greer, Ken Ross (photographer), Vic Bullock, Kelvin Shaw, Robyn Smith, Peter Slagter, Nolene Blair, Paul Exeter, Gary Bowler, Ron Morison, John Marshall, Manfred Hausler, Keith Moretta, Jeanne Van Den Hout, and Gordon Tapp Twelve trampers travelled in the van… [Read More]
A wild and windy trek to Parks Peak
Sentry Box to Parks Peak, Wednesday July 22 2009. Map: U21 Trampers: Alison Greer, Ken Ross, Vic Bullock, Kelvin Shaw, Robyn Smith, Peter Slagter, Keith Moretta, Murray White, John Marshall and Gordon Tapp Due to bad weather, access was denied for us to tramp as programmed on two Puketitiri farms, and Parks Peak area was… [Read More]
The fertiliser bin that leads to interesting routes
The Fertiliser Bin to Hinerua Hut, Saturday, April 25 2009. Map: U22 Trampers: Denise Payne, Rosemary Jeffery, Colleen Pereau, Russell Greer, Alison Greer, Sue Marshall, Matt Green, Julia Mackie, Colin McNatty, Russell Kulsdom our English visitor, and Gordon Tapp Travelling down highway 50, we noted dark clouds and it appeared we might get the forecast… [Read More]
