Archive for December, 2023

Dec 16 2023

Wairongoa Springs and North Taieri Church.

Published by under Both Hikers & Trampers

No. 33 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Wairongoa Springs area. Farm? Lambing” Abt 10 km from car park. Glen Lyon, McAlwee Cottage. Wairongoa Station and Springs. Farm walk. Seek permission. Austen Banks has no problem with us tramping on his property. Sold: 8/3/2019. Background History of the site – from “Taieri Buildings”, […]

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Dec 09 2023

Tomahawk Lagoon and nearby tracks/areas

Published by under Beach,Trampers

Ocean Grove, also known as Tomahawk, is a suburb in the southeast of the New Zealand 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”. […]

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Dec 09 2023

Middlemarch Area Tramps

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Information Rock and Pillar via Six Mile Creek This climbs 1,005 m. (3300 feet) up the eastern face from Glencreag Station up a leading ridge south of Six Mile Creek. This is the most direct approach. Rock and Pillar via spur south of Lug Creek. Information: Climbs 910 m. (3000 feet) up the eastern face […]

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Dec 02 2023

Follow the Leith

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2. 29/11/2023. Hikers  Waters of the Leith. Grade 2. Leaders: Jan/ Pam Having led this trip several times over the last 10 years or so, without much variation to it, this report will be reasonably brief.  

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Dec 02 2023

Taioma, Parera, Viaduct

No. 96 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Parera Taioma Transrail & Wenita Year Round”. 10km from PJP. Wenita permit. Require 6 weeks notice, but less from us. Taieri Gorge Railway. Phone 477 4449 for details. 18. 29 November 2023. Trampers. Mullocky Stream, Mt Allan   Grade 3.5 Leaders: Sylvie/ Lyn/ Lynley 25 lovely persons […]

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