Cable Bay walkway, Nelson, 4 Dec 2022

Stunning weather for a beach walk Debbie and I reconnoitred the route 10 days earlier. I thought the August rainstorm might have affected the landscape, and that proved to be the case. Shingle that had washed down the slopes onto the beach had been...

Pearse Resurgence and Nettlebed Cave, Kahurangi NP, 12 Feb 2023

After a bit of car shuffling, seven of us assembled by the first river crossing at the end of the Pearse River road at about 9.15 on Sunday morning. The weather was warm, partly overcast with no sign of rain and the river was quite low. The first...

Mt Lodestone & Mt Arthur Hut, Kahurangi NP, 15 Jan 2023

Loop one – Flora Saddle carpark via Lodestone to Flora Hut (scribe - Jane): Thanks to the careful organisation by Michele, we managed to take off as planned at 9:30am from the Flora carpark. We were lucky to get one of the last parking places. We took...

Lockett & Peel Ranges, Kahurangi NP, 29 Dec 2022

Exploring the Lockett and Peel Ranges 29th Dec - 3rd Jan 2023. Day 1: Quarry carpark to Lake Lockett NTC members have explored parts of the Lockett and Peel Ranges on overnight or two-day tramps, but when you look at a map of the Cobb Valley, the...

Holyoake Clearing, Abel Tasman NP, 11 Dec 2022

There were just the two of us on this trip, Veronica and Brian. We made up for that though, by chatting on many topics, and also to some of the other trampers we met on the way. There sure were plenty to choose from on the way back, along the Coastal...