Scope:
This page of club tramps and hikes in the Dunedin Central City area groups together trips incorporating suburbs Caversham, Kew, Corstorphine and Dunedin beaches at St Clair, St Kilda, Tomahawk / Ocean Grove.
Background Information:
Road distances from Mosgiel carpark.
TRTC Grading Information – trips incorporating these tracks are generally given a TRTC grading of about 1.This is indicative only, as trips can be allocated a higher or lesser grading depending on the route taken. For more detailed analysis refer to Grading Information.
Ocean Grove, also known as Tomahawk, is a suburb in the southeast of the city of Dunedin. … The suburb was known as Tomahawk until the 1930s, the name not being a reference to the weapon, but rather possibly an anglicised form of the Māori words tomo haka, meaning “dance by a gravesite”.
Links to tramps and hikes in the same area:
19/11/2025. Out & About in Caversham and Kew. Hikers. Grade 2 $5 14km. Leaders: Jenny Finnerty, Jay Devlin, Jan Butcher, Pam Clough.
12/11/2025. Second Beach to Ocean Grove. Grade 3. Hikers. Leaders: Sandra Lawn and Bruce Spittle.
26/03/2025. St Kilda / Tomahawk Beach. Grade 1.5 Hikers. Leaders: Wendy Langley and Val Cayford.
07/08/2024. City to Surf. Grade2 . Combined. Leaders: Gail Williams, Karen McInnes, Jenni and Bruce Wright.
24/07/2024. Delights of St Clair. Grade 1.5. Hikers. Leaders: Neville Griffiths, Wyn Davies.
Caversham – Street Walk. 2023-1999 (5 trips, 3 with reports and photos, 2 with no report or photos)
St Clair Beach Walks (1995 – 2023, 17 trips).
Street Walk: St Clair – Kew (2000 – 2022, 2 trips – 1 report).
Tomahawk Lagoon and Nearby Tracks and Areas (1989 – 2023, 43 trips, 19 reports; see 40, 38, 36, 35, 33, 29 and 26.)