Collingwood day trips, Golden Bay, 8 Dec 2023

Eight of us enjoyed a stunning weekend in Golden Bay, staying in a bach in Collingwood for two nights and doing day walks on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was perfect weather for a walk along the coastline from Farewell Spit to Wharariki Beach. We left...

Commentary Cave - Upper Takaka, Golden Bay, 20 Apr 2013

Leader: Alison Pickford Alison Pickford organised a joint weekend with the Nelson Speleological Group. 4 NTCers, 2 visitors and 8 cavers gathered at the Rat Trap corner, Upper Takaka. Showery weather and report not good but the cavers insisted they had...

Golden Bay - 25-26 September 2004

Golden Bay. Organiser: Dave Blunt After leaving Stoke at 7.0am, the first stop on the weekend visit to Golden Bay was the Collingwood Cafe. Then it was on to the Motor Camp just along the road to sort out accommodation and collect Rosemary before...

Motueka Ramble - 18 April 2004

Motueka Ramble - Organiser: Lindsay Twiname We commenced from the Motueka markets where, in the morning’s fog, we had a little retail therapy. With the fog lifting, we headed towards the port, via Thorps Bush, Woodland’s Canal, the estuary edge track...