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SUMMARY:Discover D'Urville Island 
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DESCRIPTION:Kings Birthday Weekend (Fri 30 May - Mon 2 June  2025)  NOTE: We need to cr
 oss to the island on FRIDAY afternoon as the ferry does not operate on Satu
 rdays! Plan to return to Nelson late Monday afternoon.\nD'Urville Island is
  just a short distance from French Pass but few have been there. It is the 
 largest island in the Sounds. A very recent visitor was ex DOC CEO- Lou San
 son. here is his report:-\nhttps://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360625677/wil
 d-windswept-and-wonderful-visiting-durville-island (https://www.thepress.co
 .nz/nz-news/360625677/wild-windswept-and-wonderful-visiting-durville-island
 )\nGerard Hindmarsh has written a fascinating book based on the island call
 ed "Angelina; From Stromboli to D'Urville" about his grandmother. Gerard al
 so wrote another interesting article about the island's history in July 201
 8   \nhttps://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/105460526/durville-island-deliver
 s-a-rich-heritage\nOur sister club Waimea has been there and the trip is al
 ways a sell out. It will involve a barge trip to and from the island plus a
 ccommdation at the Community Hall which will be comfortable and cosy if the
  weather is 'cooler'!.\nFor more background to the island follow this link 
 to an interesting article in  NZ Geographic magazine: https://www.nzgeo.com
 /stories/durvilles-forgotten-island/ (https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/durvill
 es-forgotten-island/)\nGetting There: There is a barge that can carry two v
 ehicles at a time across French Pass. Cost per person $50 return [5 people/
 car] Mountain bikes  and Passengers only $80 return. The island is some 60 
 km long, so a bit too far to walk everywhere!\nAccommodation: The Community
  Hall which is close to the middle of the island has full kitchen and bathr
 oom facilities plus bunkroom and 'spare' mattresses for perhpas 20 people.\
 nCost- $15.night/person.\nCamping: There is a DOC camp at Greville Harbour 
 for those who wish to 'rough it'. Other Options: The Wilderness Resort is f
 ully booked on Sat 31st!\nGlamping: There is private accomodation (Sea Spra
 y Cottage) at Waitai Station at the northern end of the island for up to 6 
 people. Waitai Station is where Angelina once lived.\nContact John and Trac
 ey Gibbs, Waitai Station\nPhone: 027 576 5205Email:  (mailto:waitaistationn
 z@gmail.com)waitaistationnz@gmail.com (mailto:waitaistationnz@gmail.com)SUM
 MARY: It will cost just around $150/person for transport, food and accommod
 ation. Not cheap, but a one-off experience for most ,if not all of us?BOOKI
 NGS CLOSED\n\n This event was imported from: https://live.nelsontrampingclu
 b.org.nz/events/1422/discover-d-urville-island?tmpl=component
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Kings Birthday Weekend (Fri 30 May - Mon 2 June&nbsp; 2025)&nbsp;<strong
 > NOTE: We need to cross to the island on FRIDAY afternoon as the ferry doe
 s not operate on Saturdays!&nbsp;</strong>Plan to return to Nelson late Mon
 day afternoon.</p><p>D'Urville Island is just a short distance from French 
 Pass but few have been there. It is the largest island in the Sounds. A ver
 y recent visitor was ex DOC CEO- Lou Sanson. here is his report:-</p><p><a 
 href="https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360625677/wild-windswept-and-wonde
 rful-visiting-durville-island">https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360625677
 /wild-windswept-and-wonderful-visiting-durville-island</a></p><p>Gerard Hin
 dmarsh has written a fascinating book based on the island called "<em>Angel
 ina; From Stromboli to D'Urville"</em> about his grandmother. Gerard also w
 rote another interesting article about the island's history in July 2018&nb
 sp; &nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/105460526/dur
 ville-island-delivers-a-rich-heritage">https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/
 105460526/durville-island-delivers-a-rich-heritage</a></p><p>Our sister clu
 b Waimea has been there and the trip is always a sell out. It will involve 
 a barge trip to and from the island plus accommdation at the Community Hall
  which will be comfortable and cosy if the weather is 'cooler'!.</p><p>For 
 more background to the island follow this link to an interesting article in
 &nbsp; NZ Geographic magazine:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/
 durvilles-forgotten-island/">https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/durvilles-forgot
 ten-island/</a></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Getting The
 re</span>: There is a barge that can carry two vehicles at a time across Fr
 ench Pass. Cost per person <strong>$50 return</strong> [5 people/car] Mount
 ain bikes&nbsp; and Passengers only $80 return. The island is some 60 km lo
 ng, so a bit too far to walk everywhere!</p><p><span style="text-decoration
 : underline;">Accommodation</span>: The <strong>Community Hall</strong> whi
 ch is close to the middle of the island has full kitchen and bathroom facil
 ities plus bunkroom and 'spare' mattresses for perhpas 20 people.</p><p>Cos
 t- $15.night/person.</p><p><strong>Camping</strong>: There is a DOC camp at
  Greville Harbour for those who wish to 'rough it'. <strong>Other Options:<
 /strong> The Wilderness Resort is fully booked on Sat 31st!</p><p><strong>G
 lamping: </strong>There is private accomodation (Sea Spray Cottage) at Wait
 ai Station at the northern end of the island for up to 6 people. Waitai Sta
 tion is where Angelina once lived.</p><p>Contact John and Tracey Gibbs, Wai
 tai Station</p><div>Phone: 027 576 5205</div><div>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mail
 to:waitaistationnz@gmail.com"></a><a href="mailto:waitaistationnz@gmail.com
 ">waitaistationnz@gmail.com</a></div><div></div><div><strong>SUMMARY:</stro
 ng> It will cost just around <strong>$150/person</strong> for transport, fo
 od and accommodation. Not cheap, but a one-off experience for most ,if not 
 all of us?</div><div><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">BOOK
 INGS CLOSED</span></strong></div><p></p><p></p> <a href="https://live.nelso
 ntrampingclub.org.nz/events/1422/discover-d-urville-island?tmpl=component">
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