Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuku, Marlborough, 7 Nov 2015

Leader: Simon Garton “Wake up, Ray!” Pat Holland is knocking on my front door at the insane hour of 3am. There is no response to his wake-up calls, so he checks the time–oops! He’s four hours too early. (I am beginning to wonder if our club captain is...

Wairoa Bike Ride, 1 Nov 2015

Leader: Lawrie Halkett Soon after midday, a bunch of trampers propelled by two wheels turned up at the Brightwater Tavern and headed east up the Lee Valley. After three kilometres, we turned south onto Wairoa Valley Rd, along a loose, metalled road....

Around the Raglan Ranges, Marlborough, 23 Oct 2015

Leader: Pat Holland Day 1: Branch—Silver Stream. Five of us squeezed into Mike’s 4WD to drive over to the Wairau Valley and into the hills at Argyle Pond. There was some early excitement as we neared the ford across the Leatham River. Mike and Pat were...

Cable Bay Walkway, Nelson, 17 Oct 2015

Leader: Kate Krawczyk We all gathered at the Glen at 8:30am looking forward to a round trip of the Cable Bay Walkway by walking along the beach and then climbing and returning on the walkway proper; A route that has been done before by the club on...

Mount Brown Hut, Hokitika, 10 Oct 2015

Leader: Ray Salisbury West Coast or East Coast, that is the question. The nagging umming and ah-ing that plagues us prior to any tramp locked into the calendar, months ahead. A humungous High loomed large over the Tasman, and brought hope to our...