Xmas BBQ & Cricket Match with Waimea Tramping Club 15 Dec 2024.

The 2024 Xmas get-together of the Nelson and Waimea Tramping Clubs on Rabbit Island was a great success with close to 40 attendees from both Clubs. The weather was fine resulting in nearly all the available BBQ spots being taken by other groups, but we...

Painting Flora Hut, Kahurangi NP, Nov/Dec 2024

Flora Hut in her Finished Clothing! Nelson Tramping Club has had a long association with Flora Hut. The most recent involvement was back in 2013, when the Club did a major renovation on the hut. The roof was removed and sheets of clear plastic were...

Mount Cupola, Nelson Lakes NP, 6 Dec 2024

We caught the water taxi at 8am on Friday while the weather was sunny with almost no wind. Our destination for the night was Cupola Hut. According to DOC we had 7.5 hours walk from Coldwater Hut. It took us 5 hours to get to John Tait Hut. From this...

FLORA HUT working bee, Kahurangi NP, 24 Nov 2024

On Sunday six men drove into Kahurangi to prep this 98-year-old lady for a revamp. The hut walls, windows and roof were cleaned, the grass cut back, the chimneys were primed and a new track to the long-drop formed. The final paint job is to be done...

Mt Patriarch, Wangapeka, Kahurangi NP, 23 Nov 2024

We set off from Nelson at 7am, though Mt Patriarch, Wangapeka, Kahurangi NP, 23 Nov 2024our original team of four had slimmed down to just two: myself (Sarah) and Malcolm. By 9am, we had arrived at Rolling Junction and started our walk along the...