Denniston Plateau, West Coast, 17 Jan 2026

As well as exploring a fascinating area that we don’t visit very often, this trip was planned as an awareness raising exercise about the proposed open cast coal mine in the Deep Stream region of the Denniston Plateau. This is being put through the Fast...

Waimea/Nelson Annual BBQ and Cricket Match, Nelson,10 Jan 2026

Over 30 Club members made the trip to Rabbit Island for what has re-established itself as an annual game of cricket with a sociable BBQ and picnic lunch. [Past events are recorded in the NTC Club History that is soon to be published] The weather was...

Mataketake and more, Westcoast, 5 Jan 2026

My plan was to explore lesser known areas of the Westcoast, plus some old favourites over 2 weeks. We had to cut it short because of west coast rains. On the 4th, Steve and Astrid met at the very scenic Cameron Flat DoC camp, opposite Blue Pools Walk....

Wangapeka Track, Kahurangi NP, 27 Dec 2025

After much consternation over the weather and the Dart Ford levels this trip went ahead one day later than planned with 9 trampers setting out from Rolling River at 8.50 for Stone Hut, our first stop on a 5 day adventure through to the West Coast. We...

Monster Mine-Blue Knob, 21 Dec 2025, Nelson

Even though we had the benefit of tramping on a day with maximum daylight, we found ourselves driving home in the dark. With Astrid at the wheel, we had just set off from the upper Aniseed valley carpark when a young deer shot out of the vegetation,...