Mt Arthur Hut – Kahurangi NP, 20 Jan 2013

Leader: Jo Kay We walked the circuit from Flora car park to Flora Hut, then up to Mt Arthur Hut and up onto the ridge above for lunch with a view. On the second stretch from Flora Hut we saw many wee birds which warbled away and flitted around us...

Sylvester Hut, Kahurangi NP, 5-6 Jan 2013

Leader: Uta Purcell We added our three cars to the number already parked at the small car park at Cobb Dam, bringing the total to 12 vehicles. As we carried tents for eight, this was of no concern to us. The stretch along the reservoir in shockingly...

Mt Arthur - Kahurangi NP, 23 Dec 2012

Leader: Chris Louth The recently accessible Flora carpark was quite full as five of us assembled on a glorious morning for the hike up Mt Arthur. The huge scar on the side of the hill on the road up, and the heaps of rock laying in the nearby fields...

Mt Royal, Mt Richmond FP, 15 Dec 2012

Leader: Ray Salisbury Liam kindly drives a trio of eager trampers to Butcher Flat, the top end of the Wakamarina Road (1:15). We amp up the relatively level pack-track to the six-bunk Devils Creek Hut, a good place for a brew up before the hard work...

Blumine Island – Queen Charlotte Sound, 1-2 Dec 2012

Leader: Uta Purcell Weather predictions changed this trip from an overnight camping experience to a very enjoyable and quite unusual one-day trip. We embarked in Picton on our hired private water taxi, which took us 22km out into the Queen Charlotte...