Taieri Recreational Tramping Club – Mid-week recreational and social walking group based in Mosgiel NZ

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Upcoming Trips

How to run a trip for leaders and members for leaders and trip participants and Track Grading information. See also Trip Programme Information.
Trip Programme for printing (Note: the printed trip programme is not updated – trip details may change please refer to Upcoming Trips post).
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 23/09/2026

Summer meeting times 8.45 am to depart 9.00 am
September to end of May

Wednesday, 23 September
Trampers: Cloud Forest / Sullivans Dam environs. Grade 3. $7. 22 km (road distance to Cowan Road) Leaders: John Gardiner, Gwenda Farquharson
Hikers: Long Ridge Road return. Grade 2. $5. 12 km (road distance to old Whare Flat school) Leaders: Julie McKenzie, Katrina McKenzie

Wednesday, 30 September
Trampers: Pulpit Rock. Grade 4. $12. 42 km (road distance to Mountain Road) Leaders: Martin and Robyn Hickley
Hikers: ~~Moores Bush / Sullivans Dam.~~ Moores Bush to Cloud Forests of Leith via Sullivans Dam . Grade 3 3.5. $7. 25 km (road distance to Moores Bush/Thompson Road). Leaders: Sandra Lawn, Wendy Langley

Wednesday, 7 October
Combined: Inch Clutha. Permissions Required. Grade 2. $21. 76 km (road distance to Centre Road) Leaders: ~~Phil Keene~~, Stuart Thomson, Dave Roberts, Graeme Souter

*** End / Start of Trip Programmes ***

Wednesday, 14 October
Trampers: Welsh’s Road, Old farm, Deep Stream. Permissions Required. Grade 3. $14. 50 km (road distance to Welsh Road). Leaders: ~~Dianne and~~ ~~Chris Bezett~~. Ann Ward, Lyn Keene, Karon Read
Hikers: Big Easy/Ravensbourne. Grade 3. $6. 19 km (road distance to carpark behind Logan Park High School). Leaders: Jill Thomas, Wyn Davies. Continue reading “Upcoming Trips”

Fairfield Circuit (alternative Hike due to rain forecast)

16/09/2026. Fairfield Circuit (alternative Hike due to rain forecast). Hikers. Leaders: Raewyn Keene and Cathy Ferguson.
With the forecasted weather not looking great 22 hikers meet at Memorial Park. Continue reading “Fairfield Circuit (alternative Hike due to rain forecast)”

Ross Creek – Redwoods Circuit (alternative trip due to rain forecast)

16/09/2026. Ross Creek – Redwoods Circuit (alternative trip due to rain forecast). Trampers. Leaders: Sandy Webb and Alison Evans.
The weather forecast was ominous, but early in the day it was merely overcast and
not raining. Continue reading “Ross Creek – Redwoods Circuit (alternative trip due to rain forecast)”

3 Kings

09/09/2026. 3 Kings. Grade 3. Hikers. Leaders: Jan Palmer, Wendy Langley.

Fifteen walkers set off in ideal conditions heading up a well-formed farm track and navigating a number of farm gates and muddy areas. Much of the track was through green bush.

Continue reading “3 Kings”

Millennium Track to John Bull Creek Return and Livingstone Green Wetlands

09/09/2026. Millennium Track to John Bull Creek Return and Livingstone Green Wetlands. Grade 3. Trampers. Leaders: Phil Morris, Clare Banks.
A good group of 17 Trampers headed out to Taieri Mouth, with the day warming up.

Continue reading “Millennium Track to John Bull Creek Return and Livingstone Green Wetlands”

Pest Management (trapping)

September 2026. Trapping update from Phil.

As everyone is now aware, the Halo Project approached us to see if we could assist their volunteer initiatives by maintaining traps in our area.

Continue reading “Pest Management (trapping)”

Lawrence

02/09/2026. Lawrence. Grade 3. Combined. Leaders: Sandy Webb, Sarah McCormack, Wendy Langley & Val Cayford.
It was a shock to the system to have an extra-early start for the first of the “summer time” tramps, but 33 of us made it.

Continue reading “Lawrence”

AGM 2026

27/08/2026. AGM.

Our 38th A.G.M. was held on Thursday 27th August, starting at 1.30pm, at the same venue as last year’s A.G.M. the Taieri Bowling Club, Mosgiel. Continue reading “AGM 2026”

Taieri Floodbanks

19/08/2026. Taieri Floodbanks. Grade 2.5. Hikers. Leaders: Alan Scurr and Phil Keene

The day dawned with a smile on its face and 29 folk found their way to park at the woolshed on Riverside Road to meet Alan and Colin Scurr.
Continue reading “Taieri Floodbanks”

Government Track to Pylons and Return

19/08/2026. Trip Government Track to Pylons and Return. Grade 4. Trampers. Leaders: John Barratt and Graeme Souter.

It was a chilly start (8 degrees Celsius) that greeted 19 walkers at the carpark next to the Waipori River.

Continue reading “Government Track to Pylons and Return”

Heyward Point from Aramoana.

12/08/2026. Heyward Point from Aramoana. Grade 3. Trampers. Leaders: . Janice Hodges, Lynley McArley
18 Keen trampers headed down to Aramoana to walk Hayward point. Continue reading “Heyward Point from Aramoana.”

Moeraki Millennium Track/Moeraki township to boulders

12/08/2026. Moeraki Millennium Track/ Moeraki township to boulders. Grade 2. Hikers. Leaders: Pauline Thwaites and Paul Coffey.
Ten hikers arrived at the Moeraki Beach Reserve where we were joined by 2 others. Conditions very different from reconnoitre the week before.

Continue reading “Moeraki Millennium Track/Moeraki township to boulders”

Silverstream Walk

05/08/2026. Memorial Park to Confluence of the Silverstream and Taieri River. Grade 2. Combined. Leaders: Barbara Shackell and Sandy Lawn.
Following the Antarctic-like weather that hit Otago overnight on Monday 3 August, an early call was made to postpone the trip to Puketapu, with an intent to substitute with a walk down the Silverstream to its confluence with the Taieri River.