Wilberforce-Moa River Days One and Two On Waitangi day we drove over Rakaia Gorge and up to Glenthorn Station where we swapped $20 for a key and continued on farm tracks. We took an hour to drive up to the … Continue reading
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Kakahu and Waitohi Bush – Day trip 3rd August
Kakahu and Waitohi Bush – Day trip 3rd August Kakahu bush is situated in Hall Road. It is approximately 15kms from Geraldine and approx. 45kms from Timaru. We drove via Pleasant Point and Seven Sisters road on to Winchester-Hanging Rock … Continue reading
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Crooked Spur Hut1 7-18 May 2014
Crooked Spur Hut1 7-18 May 2014 Robert’s taxi service picked Fergus and myself up at 8 am in excellent weather, and with Christine and Barry already on board, it was off to the Bush Stream car park where we were … Continue reading
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Mid Winter at Braemar
Mid Winter at Braemar After arriving at the Shearers Quarters, choosing a bed, putting the crock pot on we drove back several kilometres to a new DOC sign and parked the car. The sign indicated it was 11km to Landslip … Continue reading
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Craigmore Station Sunday 12th May
Craigmore Station Sunday 12th May A dull overcast foggy day greeted us as we met up at the car-park, but we were soon on the road to Maungati where the cloud had lifted. Just beyond the golf-course we turned into … Continue reading
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Mount Sunday and Mount Guy Sunday 14th September
Mount Sunday and Mount Guy Sunday 14th September We left Timaru 8am and as we drove towards our destination the cloud lifted and by the time we arrived it was a beautiful day. Our warm up walk was Mount Sunday … Continue reading
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Paradise Valley – Ohau Conservation Area
Paradise Valley – Ohau Conservation Area 14/15th December Christine, Robert, Catherine, Colin and Judy departed from Timaru at 7am. With partly cloudy skies but nice calm day to start out the forecast was for rain to come. After a scenic … Continue reading
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Mt Studholme Sunday 24th November
Mt Studholme Sunday 24th November Leaving Timaru at 8am on a misty Sunday morning with promise of the cloud to break and a sunny day Christine, Michelle and Barry drove up to the woolshed on the Mt Studholme Rd a … Continue reading
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Takitimu Mountains and the Te Araroa Trail. (mid November)
Takitimu Mountains and the Te Araroa Trail. (mid November) From Winton, where Stephen lives, we spent a couple of hours shuffling cars about in order to have a vehicle at either end of our trip. Then it was away tramping … Continue reading
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Mt Sommers 2-3 November 2013
Mt Sommers 2-3 November 2013 Nothing extraordinary about this much often repeated trip other than Christine hadn’t done it before. From the Staveley car-park we climbed the steep track up to Duke’s Knob negotiating many fallen trees en route. From … Continue reading
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