Galbraith Hut-Maungaharuru Range-Taraponui, Saturday 7 May 2016 Banner Photo: Walking the farm track to historic Galbraith Hut We left the car park earlier than usual, mainly because many of us had been woken by a ship’s continuous foghorn as early as 4am. As we travelled out of Napier, less fog was present. In fact, it… [Read More]
An historic hut, with a princess in residence
Galbraith Hut, Taraponui, Maungaharuru Range, Wednesday August 13 2014 Map: BH38 A better than expected morning promised a good day for our tramp to the Maungaharuru Range. Driving over the Napier-Taupo road, there was little sign of last week’s snow, just frost in shady areas. We turned down Waitara, then Brooks Rd, parking at Lloyd… [Read More]
Silhouettes in the fog, en route to Galbraith
Galbraith Hut – Taraponui, May 23 2012 We arrived on a beautiful clear, frosty and calm morning, with lifting heavy fog blanketing the Mohaka Valley. A very cold start had the group quickly readied for the day and setting off up the farm track. After 60 minutes more spent steadily climbing up the foothills and… [Read More]
Expert navigation to Galbraith Hut
Maungaharuru Range Wednesday March 17 2010 Trampers: to Galbraith Hut, Alison Greer, Ali Hollington, Sue Martin, Noeline Blair, Jeanne van den Hout, Manfred Hausler and reporter Ken Ross. The Bellbird Bushers were John Marshall, Vic Bullock, John Mason and Ron Morison If half Plan A plus half Plan B is Plan C, then we did… [Read More]
