Nydia Bay Lodge overnight crossover: not A Team, Marlborough Sounds, 16 Nov 2024

Three groups met at the Cathedral steps on an overcast Saturday morning and with a quick reshuffle we were off to regroup at Rai Valley with the 4th group that had gone there directly. Keys and cars were swapped and two cars each headed to the ends of...

Nydia Bay Lodge overnight crossover: A team, Marlborough Sounds, 16 Nov 2024

After a quick coffee stop, key and car exchange, 2 cars headed out of Rai Valley for our start point at Duncan Bay. It was a cloudy overcast day with a bit of mizzle in the air. The A team (well that’s what our esteemed leader called us), consisting of...

Mistletoe Bay, Marlborough Sounds, 27 Jun 2020

Onehau Lookout. The weather forecast was not very promising for that weekend but 7 trampers took it on to make the best of it. The bonus was a warm lodge waiting for us at the Eco Village at Mistletoe Bay in the Marlborough Sounds. A good coffee in...

Golden Bay weekend - 1-2 Sept 2018

Leader: Brian Renwick Michele and I chose to make the most of the weekend with Brian in Golden Bay by travelling over the hill on Friday night. After nice fish ‘n’ chips in Takaka, we arrived at Brian’s at a reasonable time to formulate a plan for the...