Jun 26 2022
No. 24 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Lovers Leap – The Chasm – Sandfly Bay. N Strang. Farm. Year Round.” No. 73 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Sandymount – Lovers Leap. Year Round” 29 km from car-park. See Sandymount for area background information. Sandymount closed for lambing Aug-Oct. Track […]
Jun 26 2022
No. 62 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Tunnel Beach. Farm” Tunnel Beach. See 1983 for an account of its opening. Tramping Track managed by DOC. Tunnel Beach Road accessed from Blackhead Road. Plenty of parking at end of Tunnel Beach Road. Distance from carpark: Concord Tavern park for longer walk. Distance from carpark: […]
Jun 12 2022
Background Notes on Maori Peak No. 15 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Seacliff. Enchanted Forest & Maori Hill. Farm.” See also: Seacliff, Split Rock (Hikers) 46 km from car park. 17. 08/06/2022. Trampers. Seacliff, Maori Peak and Split Rock. Leaders Pam and Colleen Regrouping at Waitati, six cars proceeded onto Seacliff, parking up on […]
Jun 11 2022
No. 18 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps.”Ocean View – Saddle Hill. D Bennett. Farm. Lambing.” 7. 08/06/2022. Hikers. Ocean View. Leaders Alex and Bruce. Sixteen hikers assembled in the Brighton Bowling Club rooms and exited following Alex to the right passing the $50,000 new retaining walls, crossing the Brighton-Taieri Mouth road, and proceeding […]
Jun 03 2022
Report: Combined Trampers and Hikers Opoho Odyssey 1 June 2022 In pleasant temperatures 35 Trampers set out from the Botanical Gardens carpark to enjoy our Opoho odyssey. Our first stop was for morning tea at Tannock Glen which is an established rhododendron dell off Warden St. Then we meandered through various streets and Ross’s well […]
Jun 03 2022
Opoho – ‘Here my head is level with hills and sky’ – (Janet Frame) [These historical notes were prepared by Ross for our wanderings around Opoho on 1 June 2022 on a tour led by Neil and Margreet Simpson and Wyn and Ross Davies. Only parts of it were recounted as we zoomed around, and […]