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...

Mt Luna, Kahurangi NP, 21 Dec 2022

The Wangapeka river was high so we decided to go reverse the trip and go to Stone Hut first and come down Chummies track and hope the river was lower in a few days. So we set off on a sunny morning and walked 21km on flat easy ground to Stone Hut,...

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...

Gordon’s Knob, Mt Richmond FP, 30 Oct 2022

Our group of 12 had a lovely day out up to Gordon’s Knob. It was a sunny day and the earlier cloud had disappeared – our goal, the top of Gordon’s Knob, was enticingly visible. Having left the car park at 9.30am we made good time and stopped at the top...