Ellis Hut, Ruahine FP, Wednesday July 4, 2018. Map BK37 Photos: Marie Deroles This was a trip to the historic Ellis ( Murderer’s ) Hut via the Yeomans track on the Eastern side of the Ruahines. The trip began on a fine, calm but frosty morning. While assembling at Church Road, our leader and van… [Read More]
Slipping, sliding, crashing and crushing in the Kawekas
Kaweka Junction, Kaweka North, Unknown Spur, to Kaweka Flats Bivvy Track, Makahu Saddle. Wednesday 6 December 2017. Map: BJ37 Banner and all photos: Alison Greer. The lunch spot at the tarn below North Kaweka. A 7 am start from Church Road saw us depart on a warm clear morning. There were 14 trampers in the… [Read More]
Slogging it out in the Kaimanawas
Te Iringa, Kaimanawa FP, Wednesday 13 Setptember 2017 Map BL36 Photo Album by Alison Greer The weather forecast for our trip to the Kaimanawas was for early light rain, tending towards heavy later. We hoped this would not put a dampener on a trip many were looking forward to. Some of the club members had… [Read More]
New adventures of the Magnificent Seven
Cameron Hut, Kaweka FP, Wednesday March 2, 2016 We were promised clearing weather in the afternoon for our trip up the Ngaruroro River, but that was not to be. We began from the water gauge at Kuripapago on the Napier-Taihape road. The DoC campsite was cluttered with some impressive mobile homes and caravans as we… [Read More]
Apiti and Downiti
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]
Scrub-crushers visit the Iron Whare
Scenic Lookout to Iron Whare, to Kaweka Flats Bivvy, to Makahu Saddle car park. Kaweka FP. Wednesday, September 16, 2015. Map: BJ37 We were 22 trampers off on a trip to the Kawekas via Puketitiri and the road to the Makahu. Luckily, the day was brilliantly fine and the forecast nor-westerlies had not reached their… [Read More]
Are we all early-morning nutcases?
Te Puia Hot Springs, Kaweka Forest Park, Saturday June 6 2015. Map BJ37 It seems insane to get out of a nice warm bed at 7am in winter to head for the wilderness, but that’s what we did. There were so many lunatics up early that morning, we needed the van and a car (which… [Read More]
Wind-bitten, but we leg it to the Hogget!
Kaweka Forest Park, Wednesday 13 May 2015 Map J37 The day was better than we could have hoped for as we left the Church Road Winery in a van plus car. Fifteen people was a good turn-out. We made our way up the Napier-Taihape road to the “Gentle Annie”. Once down the other side, we… [Read More]
The wind buffeted and the snow crunched
Wednesday, July 17 2013 Cameron campground to Mt Kuripapango and Lakes carpark Map: BJ37 The Metro Express, with pilot Ken Ross guiding, made its way up the Napier-Taihape road. The weather was fine and reasonably clear, and the only hazard on the way were logging trucks which seemed to be going at road-hogging speeds –… [Read More]
From Zero to Hero and then back again… and again
Bob’s Spur to Three Fingers, Wednesday April 24 2013 The good ship “Metro” left Winery Docks at the appointed time of 7.30 am on a fine and sunny morning with Capt Kelvin Shaw at the helm and his usual motley crew on board. We sailed off down to the Port of Mangleton where we disembarked… [Read More]
Everyone took the plunge
Tukituki River – Daphne Hut Wednesday, January 16 2013, Map: BL36 When we departed from Taradale at 7.30am for another Wednesday adventure, the weather was fine, sunny and warm. However, as we travelled southwards down State Highway 50, ominous black clouds suggested that we could be in for a change. South of Tikokino, we turned… [Read More]
Real trampers, or Easter bunnies?
The Easter trip to Wellington, April 2-5 2010 Trippers: John Dobbs (organiser), Paul Exeter, Denise Payne, Sue Marshall, Jude Paton, Sue Dawson and Murray White Getting away from Napier on Thursday evening prior to Easter was stressful. None more so than for organiser John (Taz Devil) Dobbs, who had only just returned from leading a… [Read More]
