Archive for December, 2022

Dec 13 2022

Lamb Hill: 3 O’Clock, Fiddlers, Orbells

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9. 7/12/2022. Trampers Lamb Hill, Fiddlers Hut, 3 O’clock Stream. Grade 4.5 Leaders: Phil and Gwenda Thanks again to 15-year managers Chris and Lucy Thomson for allowing us on their farm, split by the stream with an altitude of 180 to 700m above sea level.  These 4550 hectares of steep exposed hill country run, alongside […]

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Dec 11 2022

Macandrew Bay, Company Bay, McTaggart St, Camp Rd, Pukehiki, Greenacres St

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Distance from car-park: 24 Km. MacTaggart St track closed for lambing September and October. 5. 7/12/2022. Hikers. Macandrew Bay.  Grade 2 Leaders: Jill D. and Linda Twenty eager hikers departed Macandrew Bay car park on a cool grey morning. We walked along the harbourside walkway as far as McTaggart Street where we stopped  at the Company Bay […]

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Dec 04 2022

Post Office Creek, Reid’s Station

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 No. 27 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Mahinerangi – Post Office Creek. J Shaw. Year round.” Impassable gorse-infestation beyond old Waipori School building (aft 2008). 33 km from car park. 18. 30/11/2022. Trampers. Post Office Creek track from the Waipori Village side. Grade 3. $14. 60km. Leaders: Barbara and Leah. Despite ominous […]

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Dec 03 2022

Buskin Track from Bottom Tramps

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30/11/2022. Hikers. Highcliff Track/Buskin Track/Highcliff Road/Karetai Road. Grade 3. $7. Leaders: Max and Mike W. M & M aka Max and Mike demonstrated their commitment to the TRTC by agreeing to lead a hike instead of sitting in front of a TV watching England thrash their Welsh cousins in the FIFA World Cup. I am not […]

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