Takaka Hill Walkway, Golden Bay, 7 July 2024

Situated at the top of the Takaka Hill, this walkway is a 6 km loop track traversing karst outcrops, sub-alpine scrub, tussock ranges and dense beech forest with a magnificent view point at the lookout taking in Mohua (Golden Bay), the mountain ranges...

Sylvester Hut, Iron Hill, Asbestos Cottage, Kahurangi NP, 28 June 2024

9 trampers set out from Richmond at 8am on a cool crisp day. We convened at the lookout to the Cobb Dam before proceeding to the Sylvester Track car park. We walked (to Sylvester hut) variable times.... between 1.5hrs for the fastest of our group and...

Mt Robert capers, Nelson Lakes NP, 22 June 2024

This day trip morphed from the survivors of the overnight Robert Lodge and Angelus Hut trip which was abandoned before it started, mainly due to illnesses. Three intrepid trampers arrived at Mount Robert car park to find it surprisingly almost empty;...

Industrial Heritage Walks, Nelson Lakes NP, 16 June 2024

The Walks We departed at 8am from Richmond in a downpour after a final vote that we were doing something sensible on a winter day with a bad forecast! We briefly stopped at the Glenhope Railway station en route to Murchison and had a short walk around...

Link Pathway (Picton), Marlborough Sounds, 8 June 2024

Easy/medium walks are always popular, so having options to give variety is helpful. With this in mind, the Picton end of the ‘Link Pathway’ that runs all the way from Havelock looked interesting. It is away from the main road and follows an old droving...