Lodestone-Mt Hodder-Flora circuit, Kahurangi National Park, 23 April 2023

By Saturday there were 15 registrants and a further 3 late-comers were turned away. The excellent weather forecast for Sunday had brought everybody out from under their shells (speaking of which we saw some large Powelliphanta snail shells in the...

Mount Hope, Kahurangi National Park, 16 Apr 2023

Ten happy trampers made light of the amble up Mt Hope. Actually, the highlight being the unusual landscape with big rocks peppering the open tops of Granite and Mountain beech. The summit itself doesn't stand proud, congruent to Chris remarking "I...

Heartbreak ridge Browning hut circuit, Mt Richmond FP, 5 Mar 2023

This was to be a trip up Heartbreak ridge and on to Totara Saddle, circuit down to Browning hut, but a discussion in the rain at our initial meeting point we decided to make it a shorter trip, especially as heavy showers were predicted from 3pm. So 7...

Cable Bay walkway, Nelson, 4 Dec 2022

Stunning weather for a beach walk Debbie and I reconnoitred the route 10 days earlier. I thought the August rainstorm might have affected the landscape, and that proved to be the case. Shingle that had washed down the slopes onto the beach had been...

Pearse Resurgence and Nettlebed Cave, Kahurangi NP, 12 Feb 2023

After a bit of car shuffling, seven of us assembled by the first river crossing at the end of the Pearse River road at about 9.15 on Sunday morning. The weather was warm, partly overcast with no sign of rain and the river was quite low. The first...