Taieri Recreational Tramping Club

(Passenger costs subject to possible change)

Both. Clarendon. Road walk. E+ $7.00

Ken, Ian.

Trampers. Sullivans Dam, Cloud Forests, Escarpment, Mt Cargill, Cowan Road, Pipe Line. M+ $6.00

Bill, Ian.

Hikers. Changed FROM (Bethunes Gully.) TO Berwick Forest from Old Woolshed.  E+. $7.00

Bob and Evelyn

Trampers. Maungatua via Horsehoof. M. $4.00

George.

Hikers. Tracks and Trails.

Bev, Lesley G.

18/8/2010. Hikers. Ocean View Ramble. Easy. Leaders: Dorothy, Chris.

25/4/2007. Hikers. Ocean View. Easy. Leaders: Dot B, Chris.

30/7/2003. Hikers. Ocean View Ramble. Easy. Leaders: Dot B, Eleanor.

28/7/2010. Hikers. Waihola Walk. Back streets of Waihola. E. Leaders: Dorothy, Chris, Margaret

Here are some photos from our very cold Waihola walk on Wednesday.
It was “feed an animal day”. We found lots to feed. – Elaine

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16/6/2010. Hikers. Chingford Park, Quarry. Easy. Leaders: Joyce, Elaine

We parked at the foot of Baldwin St, but no, we didn’t ascend it.

12/5/2010. Trampers. Purakaunui to Mopanui, return. Leaders: Sabina, George.

The planned Doctors Point starting point was changed to Purakaunui, thanks to Ian having misread high tide time from low tide on the tide  tables.

28/4/2010. Trampers. Harbour Cone from Hoopers Inlet Track and Nyhon Track. Hard. Leader: Ian

The day was fine. A week of wet weather had stymied any recce, so this was it. Thanks to Antony Hamel’s description and map in his book Tracks and Trails around Dunedin, the leader was confident we could readily find our way. Not. First mistake up the Nyhon track was to turn right at the first stile. (It should have been the second). However, an inviting gully presented itself, so this was the route up, we thought. Not. It was very steep but we made it to what we first thought must be Rocky Knob, even if it looked a little different from what some of us remembered it as.

21/4/2010. Hikers. Karitane from railway line. Easy. Leaders: Elaine, Fred.

14/4/2010. Signal Hill, Logan Park. Leaders: Bev H, Chris.

The two trampers for the day joined the hikers. A surprising group of mushrooms behind the Logan Park High School were quickly “gobbled” up. The steep hill beyond was heavily marked with zig-zag BMX tracks.

21/3/2010. Hikers. Sawyers Bay, Golf Course and Reservoir. Leaders: Chris, Dorothy.

About 18 hikers parked cars in Station Rd, Sawyers Bay, on a pleasant morning and set off for an area most of us hadn’t been to before. From the cars we headed up Station Rd, turning right into Stevenson Avenue and then left into Reservoir Road. Had our morning tea sitting by the side of the road admiring the view across the harbour to Larnach Castle. Then it was on past the Golf club to the end of Reservoir Road. Back down a short distance and then we turned in to a track that lead us to the reservoir which was in such a lovely setting in the bush with a variety of trees, including deciduous, which added to the colours.There was a track right round and we walked round this, enjoying birds and bush.

31/3/2010. Trampers. Rollinsons, Swampy Ridge, Hightop. Leaders: Ria, Ian

Click boardwalk history for stuff about the original Leith Saddle Track  and the establishment of the boardwalk in 1993.

For our Club’s part in the boardwalk venture see boardwalk for an ODT account of its construction.

See also track for initial criticism of the new track.

And for stuff on Swampy Ridge, see  Swampy ridge track for background.

Today was the first time we tried out the track since it had replaced the steep stepped boardwalk two years ago.

17/3/2010. Hikers. Rudd Road to locked gate, return, street walk Helensburgh area and Wakari Road. Leaders: Chris and Dorothy

17/2/2010 Hikers. Thompson Rd, Moores Bush, Leith Valley Rd, Sullivan’s Dam, Leith Valley Rd. Leaders: B Harvey, L Gowans

Have included the website for anyone interested in looking it up. http://www.ecoimages.co.nz/ForestandBird/mooresbush.html The photos are ones from that site.