Kaweka Lower Loop track maintenance, Kaweka FP, Wednesday 5 July 2023 Banner Photo: Getting stuck into the task Knowing that our tramping post-cyclone was going to be limited, we scheduled a maintenance day for the lower Kaweka track. The last couple of times we travelled this route, we had been very aware of how overgrown… [Read More]
Snowbows near Sunrise
Sunrise Hut, Ruahine FP, Saturday 3 July 2023 Banner Photo: The view from the verandah of Sunrise Hut With high winds predicted on the tops, it was decided we would head to Sunrise Hut instead of the planned Longview Hut. Five of us piled into Julian’s 4×4 to head towards the Ruahines. We saw a… [Read More]
July 2023 News
Mt Ruapehu – 10-16 November 2023 This year, Doug Matheson (T/O) has booked the Havelock North ski club lodge. $25 per night per person. Stay for the weekend or the full week, the choice is yours. Further information will be issued in due course. A booking sheet has been created, just put your stay (dates)… [Read More]
Our suburban stroll is an unreserved mud-fest
Havelock North reserves and Te Mata Peak for Solstice walk, Wednesday 21 June 2023 Banner Photo: Views from the top of Te Mata Fourteen merry trampers travelled across to ‘the other side, over the bridge’ to Havelock North and met at Di’s place at 9.30am (post-rush hour, we had hoped) for a tour of local… [Read More]
Gannet-free trip to the Cape turns into a hi-tech cliff-hanger
Cape Kidnappers, Wednesday 7 June 2023 Banner Photo: Most of the group at our turn-around point and lunch stop Twenty people descended on the Hygge cafe at Clifton about 10am, which might have surprised the staff. And this is not the normal way to start a club tramp. Although it did feel a bit like… [Read More]
Well, blow me down! It’s the lower circuit yet again
Lakes car park, Rogue Ridge turn-off, Kaiarahi Stream, Mackintosh Hut, Kaweka FP, Saturday 3 June 2023 It was a beautiful sunrise with the promise of a lovely day ahead. We all looked forward to getting to the tops of the Kaweka range but, as we travelled along the Taihape Road, it was obvious the wind… [Read More]
June 2023 News
Mt Ruapehu – 10-16 November, 2023 This year, Doug Matheson (T/O) has booked the Havelock North ski club lodge. $25 per night per person. Stay for the weekend or the full week, the choice is yours. Further information will be issued in due course. A booking sheet has been created, just put your stay (dates)… [Read More]
Back to Kiwi Saddle
Kiwi Saddle Hut, Kaweka FP, Wednesday 24 May 2023 Banner Photo: Heading down to Kiwi Saddle Hut from the Cameron Hut junction This was the club’s first tramp to Kiwi Saddle Hut after the cyclone. After an earlier-than-normal start, to avoid most of the queuing on the expressway, we arrived at the Lakes car park… [Read More]
Trampers? More like the Bay City Strollers!
Bluff Hill, Saturday 20 May 2023 Banner Photo: A map of our walk, highlighted by Juliet Due to bad weather forecast for much of the lower North Island, it was decided to put the planned A-Frame/Stanfield Hut tramp on hold (to be slotted in at a later date) and instead do a Bluff Hill walk…. [Read More]
Armed with saws and secateurs, we set off
Lower Kaweka circuit, Kaweka FP, Wednesday 10 May 2023 Banner Photo: The two large orange triangles on Kaiarahi stream Yet another tramp day with rain in the forecast… with only seven, we left Park Island early to try to avoid the traffic congestion at the Meeanee expressway bridge. From the Lakes car park, we wanted… [Read More]
Historic Hogget: A barren land surrounded by vibrant wildlife
The Hogget, Saturday 6 May 2023 Banner Photo: The group at ‘the yards’, with distinctive ‘Aorangi’ in the centre Why is it called the Hogget? And why is a patch of it called ‘the yards’? It’s something of a mystery, but the lie of the land that our trampers explored gives a few clues. We… [Read More]
May 2023 News
Wilding Pine Update, Tuesday 9 May 2023 Five of us up there today…..before the rain set in. Mark, Sandy and Ed – thanks for your help! Another 860 gone (we are over 10,000 now) – the lakes have dropped a little and we managed to walk around about half the smaller lake today on the… [Read More]
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