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
Category Archives: Trip Reports
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Little Peel 6 October 10, 2013
Little Peel 6 October 10, 2013 8 members and 3 visitors walked up little Peel. The day was mild and the strong winds predicted never arrived. The track was in good condition and dry making a great day out. Views … Continue reading
Cass Lagoon 21st – 23rd September 2013
Four of us left Timaru Sat morning heading for Arthurs Pass. As this trip involves a vehicle shuffle and as we only had one car Russell kindly said he would bike from the Bealy Hut car park where we had … Continue reading