Archive for March, 2024

Mar 26 2024

Upcoming Trips

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Link to Trip Organisation Guidelines for leaders and trip participants. Link to Track Grading information. Link to Copy of Trip Programme for printing. Gradings are provisional and may change following recce. Distances are for road travel from Mosgiel car park. Costs may change with fuel price fluctuations and distance changes. This page has all current […]

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Mar 24 2024

Harbour Cone, Broad Bay, Turnbulls Bay, Bacon Street, Peggys Hill, Broad Bay

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No. 49 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Harbour Cone, Peggy Hill Larnach Castle – Farm”. Location: 32 km. Broad Bay Future Forest – background information. Trampers park cars at Broad Bay. DCC Public Land; Hikers park at top of Bacon Street. 20. 20/03/2024. Hikers. Broad Bay Future Forest (New Hike), Grade 2.5. […]

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Mar 23 2024

Track Clearing

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26. 20/03/2024. Trampers. Track Clearing. Grade 3. $5. Leader: Phil Keene. Reporting on track clearing 20 March and 22 February 2024. Since our last report we had a working bee on the 22 February when we commenced work on trimming and machining the Porkies Track which heads uphill off the Possumbusters track.

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Mar 23 2024

Hereweka Harbour Cone Future Forest – Background Information

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The Hereweka Harbour Cone block of 328ha where the Future Forest is, was bought by the DCC in 2008. Since 2015 it has been managed by the Hereweka Harbour Cone Charitable Trust

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Mar 16 2024

Evansdale, Careys Creek, Honeycomb, Rongomai

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Location: 37 km. From Evansdale Glen. Route. DOC. Stream crossings. Preferably February when water most likely to be low. Track up Careys Creek alone: an easy walk. Click information on the Seacliff Dam, historical creek track and pipeline. 17. 13/03/2024. Trampers. Carey’s Creek, Rongomai, Honeycomb Tracks. Grade 3.5. $11. 39km. Leaders: Pam Cocks, Graeme Souter. After a […]

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Mar 15 2024

Chain Hills-Friends Hill Tramps

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No. 102 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Friends Hill Chain Hills Year Round”. Background information on Saddle Hill Hotel 46. 13/03/2024 Flower St and Chain Hills.  Grade 2.5. Leaders: Avis Williamson/Jan Butcher. About 16-17 hikers caught the bus into Fairfield and met up with the townsfolk at the Petrol station.    

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Mar 06 2024

Waikouaiti: Matanaka, Beach Walk

Distance from car-park: 57.5 km. 15. 06/03/2024. Combined. Waikouaiti. Grade 2.5. $16. 57 km. Leaders: Karen McInnes/ Gail Williams, Carol Morrison/Val Cayford A great turnout of about 26 people took part in the combined outing to Waikouaiti.

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Mar 05 2024

Club excursion to Queenstown

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1. 25/02/2024-01/03/24. Queenstown Tracks. Combined. Leaders Anne Bennett Our group arrived at Lakeland Christian Youth Camp on Sunday 25th February to a lovely hot afternoon and spectacular views over Lake Wakatipu. Once unpacked our 1st cooking group prepared the first of many great meals.

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