Flanagans Hut, Kahurangi NP, 17 Dec 2016

Leader: Ray Salisbury Ian’s Suzuki Vitara rumbled to the end of Baton Valley Road. Wet boots were donned. At the main Baton Ford, we raced along grassy 4WD tracks on the true right. Generator noise betrayed a gold mining operation and hidden campsite...

Salisbury Lodge, Kahurangi N.P, 17-18 Sept 2016

Leader: Debbie Hogan On the previous evening it rained heavily. The weather forecast for the weekend was for showers at times. “To tramp or not to tramp?” We elected to take our chances and tramp. Five trampers set off in clearing weather, perfect...

Greys Hut, Karamea River Gorge, Kahurangi NP, 5-6 Mar 2016

Leader: Dion Pont I once read that Karamea has more sunshine hours than Auckland, and I can believe that. The local storekeeper attested to drought conditions when we passed through. At the road-end carpark, we noticed the time on the DOC sign had been...

Lake Camp, Kahurangi NP, 11-12 April 2015

Leader: Mark Graesser Camp Lake, or ‘Lake Camp’, as some call it, is perched in a sub-alpine cirque beneath Mt Prospect on the western side of the Cobb Valley, opposite the Tent Camp on the valley track. Three of us set off at 8:00am on Saturday in...

Flora Hut Restoration – Kahurangi NP, 14-15 Mar 2015

Organiser: Ian Morris Following on from the previous working bee in March 2013 when the Flora Hut roof was renovated, this year our objective was to line the woodshed, paint the exterior walls and line the interior. Work started a fortnight earlier...