Discovering D’Urville Island, King’s Birthday Weekend, 30 May-1 June 2025

D’Urville Island is the largest island in the Marlborough Sounds. It is steep and rugged and is the remains of a mountain range with the sea flooding all the valleys as the land slowly sinks under the sea. As a result it has a spectacular coastline,...

Painting Flora Hut, Kahurangi NP, Nov/Dec 2024

Flora Hut in her Finished Clothing! Nelson Tramping Club has had a long association with Flora Hut. The most recent involvement was back in 2013, when the Club did a major renovation on the hut. The roof was removed and sheets of clear plastic were...

Mid-Winter Xmas at Waiuta Lodge, West Coast, 27 July 2024.

The Hokitika Tramping Club is the newest tramping club in the country, and it came as a surprise to receive an invitation to their Mid-winter Xmas at Waiuta Lodge near Reefton. We checked Waiuta Lodge on the DOC site. It had a fully equipped kitchen...

Jollie Brook Circuit, Lake Sumner Forest Park, 3 Feb 2024

Waitangi Weekend, 3–6 February 2024 We spent a night at the DOC campsite cooking shelter, Lake Taylor The carrot that dangled was the promise of an ‘easy 3–4 day riverside ramble... a good leg-stretcher.’ By the time Waitangi Weekend arrived, our...

Kahurangi Lighthouse, Kahurangi NP, 5 Feb 2021

Kai Moana, Sun, Creek and Ocean Swimming, and a Great time The party gathered at Mangarakau Lodge on Frid 5th the later group of arrivals getting there at 8.30pm. Mindful we needed to be at Big River at about 11am we had a 7.30am departure from the...