Mt Duppa, Bryant Range, Mt Richmond FP, 20 July 2025

It has been some years since the Club has been able to access Mt Duppa due to on-going forestry closures. First planned for the 13th, the trip had to be postponed due to heavy (flooding) rainfall. Fortunately the 20th turned out to be a lovely fine day...

Wainui Circuit, Able Tasman NP, 6 July 2025

9 Trampers had a latish start from Canaan Downs car park for a planned circuit via Wainui Hut. The day was cool, we were in low cloud and the track very wet and slippery. At the turnoff on intersection of the Inland Track on Evans Ridge it was fairly...

Cable Bay Walkway, Nelson, 29 June 2025

After several very somber and rainy days, the 12 of us were happy to get out without getting rained on. We left Nelson at a very civilized nine am to take advantage of the lightest part of the day and convened at the Cable Bay start of the walkway. The...

Matariki long weekend to Fenella Hut, Kahurangi NP, 20 June 2025

The Friday drive to the road end in the Cobb was muddy up the recently regraded road from the power station. Damp and moody weather welcomed the trampers as they set off up the valley heading to a picnic lunch outside Chaffey Hut. We were lucky that...

Discovering D’Urville Island, King’s Birthday Weekend, 30 May-1 June 2025

D’Urville Island is the largest island in the Marlborough Sounds. It is steep and rugged and is the remains of a mountain range with the sea flooding all the valleys as the land slowly sinks under the sea. As a result it has a spectacular coastline,...