Taieri Recreational Tramping Club
Mid-week recreational and social walking group based in Mosgiel NZ
10/12/2025. Lee Stream Area – hike before Christmas Lunch. Grade 2. Combined. Leaders: Lyn Keene, Anne Ward, Janette Abbott, Shirley McRandle.
After a wet night, the weather cleared for our annual Christmas walk and lunch.
Continue reading “Lee Stream Area – hike before Christmas lunch”
06/08/2025. Halo Project. Combined. Leader: Jill Dodd
Mosgiel woke today with the countries national low weather temp – 3.5, this was the second or third time we have had the lowest temperature, so everything was very white and invigorating!
No. 94 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Ross Creek – McGlashan College Year Round” 17 km from car park.
Ross Creek, Lower Leith Valley, Wakari Rd Bike Park, McGouns, Pineapple and Davies Tracks – Information and Trips Library
34. 15/05/2024 Ross Creek/ McGouns Track Grade: 2.5 Leaders: Pam and Jay
On a fabulous autumn Day 25 keen walkers parked in Booth Road which is at the bottom of the Pineapple Track.
8. 8 May 2024. Trampers. Gabriel’s Gully , Lawrence. Grade 4
Wednesday 8th May saw 18 hardy trampers start at Gabriels Gully Lawrence to complete our walk on Otago Dam Track. Continue reading “Gabriels Gully, Lawrence. Bus Trip”
30. 1/05/2024. Combined. Pyramids/Victory Beach. Grade 2.5. Leaders Jenny, Alison, Wendy and Alex
A great turn out for my first time as a co leader with Alison, Wendy, Alex and John. We had a combined group of 30 trampers and hikers. Continue reading “Pyramids, Victory Beach”
Official Sinclair Wetlands website.
From car park, via Clarendon: abt 35 km.
Sinclair Wetlands – Information and Trips Library
5. 04/04/2024. Combined. Sinclair Wetlands. Grade 1.5. Leaders Ady, Linda, Dave and John.
It’s said that there are more bacteria and microscopic life in one glass of water, than there are grains of sand on the planet. (Neither figure being accurately calculable of course.) A good introduction to the Sinclair Wetlands. Teaming with life, yet most of it out of plain sight. Continue reading “Sinclair Wetlands.”
15. 06/03/2024. Combined. Waikouaiti. Grade 2.5. $16. 57 km. Leaders: Karen McInnes/ Gail Williams, Carol Morrison/Val Cayford1. 25/02/2024-01/03/24. Queenstown Tracks. Combined. Leaders Anne Bennett
Our group arrived at Lakeland Christian Youth Camp on Sunday 25th February to a lovely hot afternoon and spectacular views over Lake Wakatipu. Once unpacked our 1st cooking group prepared the first of many great meals. Continue reading “Club excursion to Queenstown”
29 km from car park.
Waihola Area – Information and Trips Library Post
4. 21/02/2024. Hikers. Waihola/Milburn Area. Grade 2 Leaders: Bill and Jill
22 hikers assembled at a car park in Limeworks Road, Milburn on a rather grey morning with a cold head on sou’wester blowing into our faces. After traversing a farm track, we joined the Clutha Gold Trail in Circle Hill Road and began what Jill quite accurately described as a day of quirky bridges and old fossils!
No. 76 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Coutts Gully Return Sawmill Rd Farm”. Livingstonia Park distance from car-park: 32 km.
After welcoming a new hiker, Peter Dodds, twenty-four hikers left Livingstonia Park, about 9.30 am, heading to the left (east) to the sand dune track that led out to the road by the bridge and then headed up Sawmill Road to have morning tea beside the implement shed on Alan Gorton’s farm.
No. 33 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Wairongoa Springs area. Farm? Lambing”
Abt 10 km from car park.
Glen Lyon, McAlwee Cottage. Wairongoa Station and Springs. Farm walk.
Seek permission. Austen Banks has no problem with us tramping on his property. Sold: 8/3/2019.
Background History of the site – from “Taieri Buildings”, by Daphne Lemon, pub. 1970.
Account by a visitor to the site in 1895!
Directions: Wairongoa Spring. Cross small concrete bridge, take 2nd gravel drive on right.
Walk around front of house and veer right up hill to gate and find track to spring.
11. 13/12/2023. All North Taieri Church Hall. Leaders: Barbara Shackell/Jenni Wright/Raewyn Keene.
The overnight rain cleared but a fresh wind stayed with us for the day. The venue at the North Taieri Church hall proved nice and comfy and just the right size to encourage plenty of chat, especially as it was decked out in the Xmas theme – Folk came and deposited fine finger food, 3 tables of main, two tables of sweets!! Very appetizing.
Continue reading “Wairongoa Springs and North Taieri Church.”
Taioma, Mt Allan – Information and Trips Library
No. 96 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Parera Taioma Transrail & Wenita Year Round”. 10km from PJP. Wenita permit. Require 6 weeks notice, but less from us. Taieri Gorge Railway. Phone 477 4449 for details.
18. 29 November 2023. Trampers. Mullocky Stream, Mt Allan Grade 3.5 Leaders: Sylvie/ Lyn/ Lynley
25 lovely persons followed Sylvie up the Mt Allan Road parking near Mullocky stream. Continue reading “Taioma, Parera, Viaduct”
Cars park off motorway at Leith Saddle yard (alternatively down side road at bridge (restricted space). 25 km from car park.
Walk across side road to track.
Gravelled track 1.5 km. (morning tea on lookout seats a little further on)
Transmitter Tower 2 hours.
Going further: along road past doppler radar to DoC sign.
Right along Rustlers Ridge track to junction with Burns Track.
Through junction and up and round hill on Rustlers Ridge Track. (Lunch on hill)
Down ridge to pipeline. (Alternatively turn right at junction for Burns and down to pipeline)
Turn right along pipeline.
5.5 hours in all.
Burns – Rustlers circuit Maintained by Green Hut Track Group. DCC land.
Rustlers Ridge, Burns Track, Swampy Spur, Transmitter Tower – Information and Trips Library
35. 22/11/2023. Trampers. Burns/Rustlers Ridge. Grade 4. 25km. Leaders: Phil Morris/Carolyn Pridham.
On an overcast muggy day, 20 Trampers headed to Leith Saddle. We set off down Leith Valley road, and left up Burns Track entrance onto Pipeline Track Continue reading “Leith Saddle, Swampy Spur, Transmitter Tower. Also Rustlers and Burns Tracks”
Distance from car-park to Doctors Point: 38 km.
Doctors Point, Mopanui, McKessar, Purakanui, Osborne – Information and Trips Library
25. 15/11/2023. Orokonui Circuit. Grade 3. Leaders: Graeme Souter & Gail Williams23. 1/10/2023. Combined. Green Hut Site and Pulpit Rock. Tramp Grade 4, Hike Grade 2. 43km. Leaders: Neil Hodgkin/Chris Bezett, Dave Roberts/Jay Devlin.
Hike to Green Hut (which is now two seats as the hut was deconstructed in 1988 because of ongoing vandalism).
On a foggy morning 18 keen hikers regathered at the On the Spot garage at Waitati where we turned left up a dusty road to the beginning Continue reading “Green Hut, Pulpit Rock”
