Leadership Training Weekend - Paretai Lodge, 17-19 November 2017

When reflecting on the Leadership Weekend, one of the suggestions that came up near the end was that the name put some people off. For example, “if I go to the Leadership Weekend I will have to lead trips” or “they are going to tell me how to suck eggs...

Inland Track, Abel Tasman National Park, 21–23 October 2017

Leader: Michele Cunningham | Scribe: Philip Palmer Four members put their hands up for this trip: myself, our trip leader Michele, plus her partner Peter, and David Cook. I collected the others for the drive to Marahau and our appointment with the...

Navigation Training Weekend, 14-15 Oct 2017

Organiser: Liz Henderson | Instructor: Mike Glover Venue: Nelson Hospital & Lodestone (Kahurangi NP) Thanks to Liz Henderson, our new Training & Safety Coordinator, the Nelson Tramping Club’s annual Navigation Weekend has been resurrected! Saturday:...

Rocks Hut, Mount Richmond FP, 29-30 July 2017

Leader: Leah Parker Eight keen starters on this frosty July morning. Parking in Brook Street, we were ready to follow the predator fence of the Brook Sanctuary then join the Dun Railway Trail. We knew the first part of the track was some of the...

Mt Murchison, Buller District, 9 July 2017

Leader: Michele Cunningham It was a chilly winter morning when a group of 14 trampers assembled at Richmond Badminton Club. The drive to the road end took us through fog and descending temperatures, but by the time we drove through a farm just before...