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Upcoming Trips

Trip Organisation Guidelines for leaders and trip participants and Track Grading information. See also Trip Programme Information.
Trip Programme for printing (likely not up to date).
Distances and costs are for road travel from Mosgiel car park.
Trip details may change – check latest notices.
This webpage has all current updates. Last updated 01/03/25.

Meeting time at the Mosgiel car park is 8:45 am for 9:00 am prompt departure.

Wednesday 19 March.
Trampers. Yellow Ridge via Walkers Road, River Track/out via Tunnel Track. Grade 5. $14. 55 km (road distance PJP to Steep Hill Rd start Tunnels Track). Leaders: Neil Hodgkin, Ross Davies.
Hikers. Post Office Creek via Reid Farm. Grade 3.5. $9. 33 km (road distance PJP to Reid farm via Mahinerangi Rd). Permission required. Leaders: Bruce Spittle, Dave Roberts.

Wednesday 26 March.
Trampers. Mitchells Flat loop / Pioneer Stream Historic Reserve. (New destination) Grade 3.5. $13. 52 km (road distance PJP to Pioneer Stream Historic Reserve). Leaders: Spen Walker, Jane Bruce.
Hikers. Pineapple Track. Grade 3. $5. 18 km (road distance PJP to Tanner Road/ Booth Road). Leaders: Wendy Langley, Val Kayford.

Wednesday 2 April.
Combined. Inch Clutha. Grade 2.5. $17. 70 km (road distance PJP to Somewhere). Leaders: Phil and Raewyn Keene, Graeme Souter, Bruce and Jenni Wright. Continue reading “Upcoming Trips”

Moores Bush and Sullivans Dam

Square Image19/02/2025. Moores Bush & Sullivan Dam. Grade 2.5. Hikers.  Leaders: Pam Clough, Jay Devlin.
Moores Bush Reserve. Hikers left PJ Park and travelled over Three Mile Hill, Wakari Road, Tanner Road, Malvern Street, Leith valley Road to end at Thompson Road to the beginning of the Moores Bush Reserve. Continue reading “Moores Bush and Sullivans Dam”

Mt Stuart Reserve to Mt Stuart Tunnel (Clutha Gold cycle track)

150x15005/02/2025. Mt Stuart Reserve to Mt Stuart Tunnel (Clutha Gold cycle track).  Grade 2.5 and 3 Combined.  Leaders: Clare Banks, Barbara Shackell, Sue Beal.

Thirty-seven Hikers and Trampers (plus one driver/reader) gathered at the Mt Stuart Reserve in the Manuka Gorge on a warm and windless day to tackle what, for many, was a new track – part of the Clutha Gold Cycle trail.

Continue reading “Mt Stuart Reserve to Mt Stuart Tunnel (Clutha Gold cycle track)”

Hope Hill

Hope Hill Square29/01/2025. Hope Hill. Grade 4. Trampers. Leaders: John Gardiner and Martin Hickley.
The last club tramp here was almost exactly two years ago and Diane and Marijke’s description is quite excellent, so I’ll not repeat that. Undertaken in ever warming conditions and rising afternoon winds, over exposed farmland, twelve trampers were very glad to get down to the cars some five hours after leaving.

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Mt Royal/Bobby’s Head (Tavora Reserve)

Square Phil22/01/2025. Mt Royal/Bobby’s Head (Tavora Reserve). Grade 3.5. Trampers.  Leaders: Graham Thurlow, Graeme Souter.
Parking at Tavora Reserve in the long grass on a warm summer’s day with a slight breeze we, 15 trampers, made our way up the gravel on Bobby’s Head Rd turning left onto the Goodwood Rd passing a familiar sign, “Adam Sutherland Road”. Continue reading “Mt Royal/Bobby’s Head (Tavora Reserve)”

Moeraki Millennium Track Moeraki Township to Moeraki Boulders

15Boulders Thumbnail/01/2025. Moeraki Millennium Track Moeraki Township to Moeraki Boulders. Grade 2.5. Hikers.  Leaders: Neville Griffiths and Dave Roberts.

A group of 13 hikers in 4 cars made the trip to Moeraki and met up at the car park adjacent to the public toilets in the Moeraki township.

Continue reading “Moeraki Millennium Track Moeraki Township to Moeraki Boulders”

Takitakitoa, Wetland, Waihola Hall.

11/12/2024. Takitakitoa, Wetland, Waihola Hall. Grade 2. Combined hike and Christmas Lunch.  Leaders: Jan Butcher, Wendy Langley, John Gardiner, Graeme Souter.

Square 150This, our final event of 2024, promised to be a fitting farewell to the year’s activities, and a prelude to the Christmas cheer that awaited us all. About 50 keen hikers and trampers assembled at Peter Johnson Park. Continue reading “Takitakitoa, Wetland, Waihola Hall.”