Castle Rock Crossover (Marahau to Canaan Downs) – 4-5 October 2025

Marahau to Canaan Downs group The Ocean to Mountains team enjoyed scones and coffee at Mrs Smiths cafe in Riwaka with the Mountains to Oceans team. Here we also swapped gear amongst the cars for the crossover trip. We then drove to Marahau in very...

Dew-bious Lakes, Maitai, 28 Sept 2025

Our club tradition for 90 years was to meet at the Church Steps. From here, we drove 14km up to the dam. From the footbridge over the Maitai River, our party followed the 4WD road along the South Branch for a while, before the gentle but taxing climb...

Mount Cawte, Marlborough, 14th Sep 2025

6 women trampers left Nelson at 8 am for the longish drive to Pelorus Sound and the start of the Mt Cawte Track at Moetapu Bay. It was close to 10am when we set off in warm sunny conditions. We reached the top (474M) at 11.30 and because of the views...

Sharland’s Bush Reserve, Nelson, 17th Aug 2025

Sharland’s Bush Reserve is a block of nearly 40 Ha of regenerating native bush surrounded by commercial plantation forestry. It is only a 5 minute drive up the Maitai Valley, so very handy as a ‘fill-in’ tramp. It takes about 3 hours. The walk has been...

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...