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CATEGORIES:Club Night
CREATED:20240315T065522
SUMMARY:Club night - Tramping in Australia
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/1386/club-night-tramping-
 in-australia?tmpl=component
DESCRIPTION:Note the new venue for club nights:\nTahunanui Community Hub at 55 Muritai 
 St, Tahunanui. Join us for a cuppa from 7.15pm.\nGold coin donation for ven
 ue hire please.\nJoin us for our bimonthly club night . 'Tramping in Austra
 lia".\nTasmania's Overland Track and the Larapinta Trail in Central Austral
 ia near Alice Spirngs are considered to be Australia's two most iconic walk
 s. Club members recently completed both hikes.\nThe Overland Track is acros
 s Tasmania's old glaciated mountian ranges in a "World Heritage Area". It i
 s 65 km + a water taxi ride from the starting point at Dove Lake in the nor
 th to Lake St Clair in the south (a glacial lake like Rotoiti)  Add another
  17 km if you walk around Lake St Clair. It is walked by some 8000 people p
 er year, mostly in the Oct-May period. Much of the trail is above 1000m wit
 h Mt Ossa, Tasmania's highest peak at 1617m completed as a side walk.\nThe 
 Larapinta Trail is just over 220 km long and is north-west of Alice Springs
  in the Northern Territory in the West MacDonnell National Park. It is esse
 ntially a hot, dry climate (VERY hot in the summer), so is generally walked
  in the 'cooler' winter months. Its highets point si 1379m.....not much dif
 ferent to most of the Tasmanian peaks! It can be walked in 12 stages (days?
 ) so organising your food is part of the challenge. It can also be walked i
 n shorter lengths. Since opening in 2002, it now has up to 5000 hikers doin
 g some or all of it each year.\nSpeakers\nKath & Debbie will present on
  their Larapinta trail led by Astrid.\nGraeme will talk about the Overeland
  Track in Tasmania. \n\nArea : Select an Area\nPanic Date : 15-03-2024\nGra
 ding : Select an appropriate grade for the hardest day on your Trip.\nGrade
  : N/A\nCost : The travel distances are used to calculate the cost of a tri
 p. The trip co-ordinator will complete these values. However, if you know t
 he values, for example by using Google Maps, then by all means complete. Ma
 ke sure the values (double to include return journey) are correct to be fai
 r to the drivers and participants. IMPORTANT: The rate table needs to have 
 a month and year value for cents/kilometre. Trip coordinator is responsible
  to entering this information.\nSealed km (Enter the number of kms travelle
 d on sealed roads to/from the trip) : 0\nUnsealed km (Enter the number of k
 ms travelled on unsealed roads to/from trip.) : 0\nSignoff : Default is Pro
 gramme, please set the Status to either 'Completed' or 'Cancelled' when app
 ropriate. Also enter the number of Visitor and Total numbers on your trip. 
 Thanks. NOTE: When the status is Completed or Cancelled the event WON'T app
 ear on the Home page calendars.\nEvent Status : Completed\nVisitors : 10\nT
 otal : 24\n This event was imported from: https://www.live.nelsontrampingcl
 ub.org.nz/events/1386/club-night-tramping-in-australia?tmpl=component
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Note the new venue for club nights:</strong></p><p><strong>Tahun
 anui Community Hub at 55 Muritai St, Tahunanui. Join us for a cuppa from 7.
 15pm.</strong></p><p>Gold coin donation for venue hire please.</p><p>Join u
 s for our bimonthly club night . <strong>'Tramping in Australia".</strong><
 /p><p>Tasmania's Overland Track and the Larapinta Trail in Central Australi
 a near Alice Spirngs are considered to be Australia's two most iconic walks
 . Club members recently completed both hikes.</p><p><strong>The Overland Tr
 ack</strong> is across Tasmania's old glaciated mountian ranges in a "World
  Heritage Area". It is 65 km + a water taxi ride from the starting point at
  Dove Lake in the north to Lake St Clair in the south (a glacial lake like 
 Rotoiti)&nbsp; Add another 17 km if you walk around Lake St Clair. It is wa
 lked by some 8000 people per year, mostly in the Oct-May period. Much of th
 e trail is above 1000m with Mt Ossa, Tasmania's highest peak at 1617m compl
 eted as a side walk.</p><p>The Larapinta Trail is just over 220 km long and
  is north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory in the West MacDo
 nnell National Park. It is essentially a hot, dry climate (VERY hot in the 
 summer), so is generally walked in the 'cooler' winter months. Its highets 
 point si 1379m.....not much different to most of the Tasmanian peaks! It ca
 n be walked in 12 stages (days?) so organising your food is part of the cha
 llenge. It can also be walked in shorter lengths. Since opening in 2002, it
  now has up to 5000 hikers doing some or all of it each year.</p><p>Speaker
 s</p><p>Kath &amp; Debbie will present on their Larapinta trail led by Astr
 id.</p><p>Graeme will talk about the Overeland Track in Tasmania.&nbsp;</p>
 <p></p><table border='0'><tr><td class='label'>Area : </td><td>Select an Ar
 ea\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Panic Date : </td><td>15-03-2024\n</td>
 </tr><tr><td class='label'>Grading : </td><td>Select an appropriate grade f
 or the hardest day on your Trip.\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Grade : <
 /td><td>N/A\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Cost : </td><td>The travel dis
 tances are used to calculate the cost of a trip. The trip co-ordinator will
  complete these values. However, if you know the values, for example by usi
 ng Google Maps, then by all means complete. Make sure the values (double to
  include return journey) are correct to be fair to the drivers and particip
 ants. IMPORTANT: The rate table needs to have a month and year value for ce
 nts/kilometre. Trip coordinator is responsible to entering this information
 .\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Sealed km (Enter the number of kms trave
 lled on sealed roads to/from the trip) : </td><td>0\n</td></tr><tr><td clas
 s='label'>Unsealed km (Enter the number of kms travelled on unsealed roads 
 to/from trip.) : </td><td>0\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Signoff : </td
 ><td>Default is Programme, please set the Status to either 'Completed' or '
 Cancelled' when appropriate. Also enter the number of Visitor and Total num
 bers on your trip. Thanks. NOTE: When the status is Completed or Cancelled 
 the event WON'T appear on the Home page calendars.\n</td></tr><tr><td class
 ='label'>Event Status : </td><td>Completed\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'
 >Visitors : </td><td>10\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Total : </td><td>2
 4\n</td></tr></table> <a href="https://www.live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/e
 vents/1386/club-night-tramping-in-australia?tmpl=component">This event was 
 imported from: https://www.live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/1386/club-
 night-tramping-in-australia?tmpl=component</a>DTSTAMP:20261014T113134
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240611
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