St Arnaud Tarn Camp, Nelson Lakes NP, 7 Mar 2026

Fine weather was forecast. Most club members had ‘already been there, done that,’ so my challenge was finding folks to join me on my inaugural exploration of the St Arnaud Range. Graeme was invaluable in providing a vehicle, reliable navigation, and...

Parachute Rocks, Nelson Lakes NP, Sunday 30th Nov 2025

8 Trampers decided the weather forecast would not put them off and set off for Parachute Rocks at 9.40 from Kerr Bay, St Arnaud. It was warm and muggy initially and a steady pace was set. About midway up the climb we were rewarded by seeing Kaka in the...

Robert Ridge - scones with views!, Nelson Lakes NP, 2 Nov 2025

Having decided it was time for another womble over the Robert ridge circuit and picked an auspicious date (i.e; one that did not conflict with any other appointments or NTC trips) I was promptly abandoned by wife and daughter in favour of multisport...

TeeTotal Flats, Rotoiti, 10 Aug 2025

We started at the skating pond, just beyond the village. The pond had patches of ice in the shady areas but was definitely not skateable on Sunday. We walked along the shared use MTB trails, up Duck Down to begin with. Halfway up the 2.5 km track we...

Angelus Hut, Nelson Lakes NP, 10 May 2025

On a warm morning with plenty of bird song about, we 6 set off on Saturday morning leaving the Mt Robert carpark at 10am, up Pinchgut track to the Robert ridge and on to Angelus Hut, our destination and out via the Cascade route on Sunday, or a...