Wainui Circuit, Able Tasman NP, 6 July 2025

9 Trampers had a latish start from Canaan Downs car park for a planned circuit via Wainui Hut. The day was cool, we were in low cloud and the track very wet and slippery. At the turnoff on intersection of the Inland Track on Evans Ridge it was fairly...

Wainui Hut, Abel Tasman NP, 30 May 2021

The weather forecast was light drizzle and light drizzle is what we got. Five out of the nine persons who had originally signed up decided to go anyway because drizzle sounded quite a bit better than the hard rain of the previous days. We left the...

Anchorage to Marahau, Abel Tasman NP, 7 Nov 2020

On 7 November David, Phillip and Maaike (leader and scribe), drove down to Marahau where we caught the 10:30 water taxi to Anchorage. The weather was quiet, warm and overcast, but there were sizable swells in the sea. We did a pass by the seals lying...

Takaka Hill Walkway - 22 Sept 2019

A bright, warm day made for a good start. Eleven trampers, old and new, some with extensive experience, gathered punctually, showing eager attitude. To walk on a marble mountain promises something special. Though this was once farmland, it’s now a...

Coastal walk & catamaran sail, Abel Tasman Nat Park - 1 Apr 2018

Skipper: Brian Renwick We left Nelson at 8am, arriving in Abel Tasman at 9:10am. After a short 4km tramp, Kate and her mom Joanne, visiting from Canada, were picked up by Brian on his catamaran at Coquille Bay. The rest of the group tramped on to...