Leader: Marie Lenting

On a beautiful day early in December, nine members enjoyed a great day at Pelorus Bridge where we walked the 6km loop track from the cafe to Trig K (390m).

The track follows an easy nature walk before entering a native forest hill climb through podocarp, broadleaf and beech, stopping along the way for refreshments and views over the surrounding valleys.  Reaching our destination sooner than we expected, we had a wonderful picnic lunch, treated to a variety of Japanese quisine provided by Tet. Thank you so much for this!  To add to this, the view down the Rai Valley – from where we had travelled earlier – was superb.

Following on from lunch, we walked down the slightly rooty track to the rather dry Elvy waterfalls, then on to where the track ends at the Pelorus motor camp. This was new to nearly all of us, so we were most impressed with the facilities provided by DOC; the cooking area and the conveniences. On to the cafe for afternoon tea. Then the Rai Falls, a new experience for us where two of our party braved the very cold water for a swim.

For me, as a first time leader with the club, this trip was very rewarding. Besides myself, only two others in our group had been to Trig K before.

Walkers were: Debbie Hogan, David Cook, Lou & Chrissie Kolff, Dan McGuire, David Blunt, Michelle Cunningham, Tet Yamamoto & Marie Lenting.