Kirwans Track Circuit, Victoria FP, 24 Apr 2021

The weather forecast was not promising but not bad enough to cancel the trip. And so it proved – middling good on Saturday and middling bad on days 2 and 3 with squally showers from the South but some sunny patches and no wind. There were 8 starters in...

Mt Faust, Lewis Pass, 2 Apr 2021

Another super time with NTC, this time heading further afield. Lewis pass offers multiple options and basing at Boyle Village meant we could accommodate both glampers and lodgers akin. Much was learnt, from Estonion nursery rhymes to the carnivorous...

Mole Tops, Nelson Lakes NP, 30 Jan 2021

Mole (or is that "Mo-lay") tops. Graeme had gone to great lengths to optimise transport pickups with everyone first coming together at the Wakefield Bakery. So obviously food was high on the agenda. This meant lunch on the first day could be of a...

Waingaro Forks Hut & Lake Stanley, Kahurangi NP, 30 May 2020

Waingaro Forks Hut - Lake Stanley 30th May to 1st of June 2020 On Saturday morning 3 keen trampers arrived at Uruwhenua car park in Golden Bay at 9.15 and soon were walking up Kill Devils track to the ridge line about 900 m c. Beautiful weather and no...

Kirwans Hut, Victoria Forest Park - 29 Aug/1 Sept. 2019

Trip Leader: Madeleine Rohrer An early 7 am start got us going to Murchison where we enjoyed morning tea and then drove on to Capleston car park, close to Reefton. What a lovely and mild end of winter day. We followed the nice track along Topffer Creek...