• Thousand Acre Plateau, Kahurangi NP. 2-6 Feb 2008

    Trip Leader: Bob Janssen With heavy rain predicted for the Buller on the Saturday I decided that for a five-day tramp most of the weather overall should be fine. I left Nelson at 6am to pickup our tramping party, Carole Crocker, Dion Point, Ruth...

  • Abel Tasman Coastal Track - 12 June 2005

    Abel Tasman Coastal Track - Organiser: Rosemary Weir. At 10am we set off from the Marahau car park to the start of the Abel Tasman track. Our first stop was a late morning tea at Appletree Bay on a beautiful, cool, clear, sunny day. After refreshments...

  • Luna & Patriarch - 4-6 June 2005

    Luna & Patriarch - Organiser: Ian Pavitt. The planned weekend trip to Luna and Patriarch did not proceed due to too much snow. So a substitute had to be found for this keen bunch and so it was that six pairs of clean knees were knocking on the crisp...

  • Urban Hills - 29 May 2005

    Urban Hills - Organiser: Grahame Harris. This was the day for 17 urbanites to check out some trails and areas which many of us had not previously been to, despite being embarrassingly close to home. The first hill to be conquered was up Mount Street,...

  • Star Hill - 22 May 2005

    Star Hill - Organiser: Gretchen Williams. Very early in the morning - a check on Metvuw (rain later in the day) and a quick phone call to Roger Bruce (the tops of Star Hill and Patriarch were visible) - it’s on! About 9.30am, regrouped at the Wash...