Archive for April, 2021

Apr 23 2021

Tunnels Track, Yellow Hut, The Gap, Gap Ridge

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Click Silver Peaks Forest for background information on the area. Accessed from Mountain Road from old forest HQ 6 hr ret, Route, DOC and private land. (Green Hut access: 41 km from car park.) 8. 21/04/2021. The Gap. Leaders: Arthur Heenan, Peter Horrell Eighteen Tampers set off from Mosgiel at 8.00 am and travelled to […]

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Apr 21 2021

Pigeon Flat, Holmes & Waitati Tracks

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No. 41 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Holmes Track. Pine Hill. Farms. Year Round” 26 km from car park. 13. 21/4/2021.  Hikers Pigeon Flat. Leaders: Betty and Jim Finnie. Sixteen of the 21 hikers assembled at Nichols for refreshments after a 10 – 11 km hike. The weather was remarkably kind. The […]

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Apr 16 2021

Camps: Borland Lodge Adventure and Education Trust

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4. 12-16 April 2021. Borland Trip.  Leaders: Raewyn and Phil Keene. Day 1 At last, after a few weeks of planning, and watching weather reports etc. we were underway, and all before 9am on the day! After 2 hours of driving we emerged through the forest at the Dunsdale reserve, at 1 minute past the […]

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Apr 09 2021

Takitakitoa Wetlands

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1.  7/4/2021. Takitakitoa Wetland/Lester Harveys 90th Birthday. All. Leaders. Raewyn, Phil and Jill D Wow, what a magical place, right on our back door, we can come here anytime, a great place to bring the grand kids…….   Just some of the comments from 45 folk as we surveyed the wetland from the look out after […]

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Apr 05 2021

Maungatua traverse

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3. 31/3/2021. Trampers. Maungatua Traverse. Leaders Eleanore Ryan, Heather Kirk and Arthur Heenan One of our best tramps ever!! 26 of us were met by Richard from Good Tour Bus Company leaving at 8:25am and driving an hour up to the Woolshed road, past the sheep yards for 3kms (saved an uphill walk) on Horsehoof […]

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