Richmond Alpine Circuit, Mt Richmond FP, 3-6 April 2015

Leader: Kate Krawczy We started out from the locked gate up the Wairoa Gorge on Friday at 8:30am. There was about five kilometres of road to start and it was good to get that out of the way. But then we started up the track following the true left of...

Boulder Bank Walk - Nelson, 29 Mar 2015

Leader: Lou Kolf Heavy breakfast rain soon cleared to a warm sunny morning when the reduced number of 4 of us drove out to the end of Boulder Bank Drive. Here it was beautifully calm with moderatly breaking waves as we set off at 9:00am, but not before...

Wangapeka Track circuit – Kahurangi NP, 22-25 Mar 2015

Scribe: Pat Holland This 4-day trip was run by NTC for some members of the FMC Executive who had attended a meeting in Nelson. Planning for six was disrupted by Sally Johannesson coming down with a tummy bug and withdrawing. The remaining five arrived...

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...

Gordons Knob – Mt Richmond FP, 1 Mar 2015

Leader: Lawrie Halkett This trip left from Lawrie’s place in Richmond with another group waiting at the Badminton Hall. 13 people travelled in three vehicles to the forestry road up to Inwoods Lookout in the Golden Downs area. A wrong turn at one...