Brook Sanctuary, Sat 11th April 2026

10 participants gathered at the Brook Sanctuary Visitors Centre, paid their entry fees and set off just after 9am for a walk in the Sanctuary. We headed up on Koru Track through regenerating bush initially then into mixed podocarp and beech forest. We...

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...

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,...

Wooded Peak, Nelson, 15 Nov 2025

With an All Blacks test on Sunday, and only a couple of registered attendees, the leader wisely teamed up with Waimea Tramping Club who had organised the exact same tramp for the previous day. And so it was, on the Saturday morning, 11 persons pooled...

12km MEGAwalk, Sunday 26 October 2025

Around 8am on the Sunday of Labour Weekend, twelve participants dribbled into Victory Square, to sign in with Debbie and Ray. After the organiser's safety briefing, and ensuring that Pete promised not to sabotage the other team's tokens, the count-down...