Category Archives: 2024

The group: Catherine, Hazel, Christine, Colin and Judy. After a night at Haast, and the aid of the motel owner taking us in his car allowed us to leave our vehicle at the southern end of the Paringa Cattle Track, … Continue reading →

Good Friday morning had Catherine and I driving up to Omarama and to the end of Broken Hut Road. We started walking from here, following the 4wd easement until reaching the Oteake Conservation Area. The 4wd track carried on up, … Continue reading →

On Saturday Hazel, Graham and Joan, Dorothy, Catherine and Owen, Don, Mark and Wayne drove out to the Raincliff area near the Opihi River to view an historic Maori rock art site under conservation action. The weather was cool and … Continue reading →

The Jollie River flows into the eastern side of the Tasman River not far above the head ofLake Pukaki. A public access easement up the Jollie Valley begins from the Braemar Mount Cook Station Road. Arriving at the carpark mid-morning … Continue reading →

We began this walk at the end of Hook Beach Road beside the memorial that commemorates the chance meeting in 1844 of Bishop Selwyn who was travelling south and Edward Shortland who, with two Maori companions, were camping overnight at … Continue reading →

Monday the 12th of February was a short evening walk around Timaru’s Caroline Bay. It was a mild evening with a pleasantly cool sea breeze. Hazel, Graham, Veronnica, Justine, Don, Peter, Olive, John and Wayne came along. We parked at … Continue reading →

On Sunday the 11th of February, Graham, Joan, Justine, Veronnica, Vikki, John, Paul and Wayne did a daytrip to Mt Somers. It was a two part trip – an initial short and easy walk along the new DOC track to … Continue reading →