08/04/2026. Taieri View Farm Tramp. Grade 3. Trampers. Leaders: Jill Reid and Sue Johnstone.
After parking on Taioma Rd, our group of 20 trampers set out on an overcast morning which offered good district views.
We headed up the gravel on Taieri View Rd for about for about a kilometer, and then through a gate onto Taieri View Farm owned by Jill Reid’s son Andrew.
We headed west along the top of the hills towards Outram, tramping across rolling paddocks
until our morning tea break at the shearing shed.
We continued tramping to the end of the farm enjoying magnificent 360 degree views, forestry to the north, west towards the Taieri River and Outram, and South East towards Mosgiel and over the Taieri Plain to Saddle Hill.
On the way back we headed down the lower part of the farm, walking past a large copse of trees then through a gully and a large paddock before negotiating a tricky gate
and electric fence to climb up to our lunch spot at the trig station.
After lunch we crossed a ravine following cattle tracks,
climbed over a fence and tramped across the paddock and over a dammed creek to the black sheds and cattle yards.
Jill showed us the planned site for Andrew and Anna’s new home and the glamping hut which both had spectacular views over the Taieri Plain. After this we followed the gravel farm road back to cars.
Lovely mild temperatures with little wind made a great day for tramping. We covered 12 kilometres in all.
Sue
Total time: 4 hr 31 min
Moving time: 3 hr 7 min
Total ascent: 342 m
Parking at junction of Taioma Rd and Taieri View Rd
Morning tea at woolshed “M”
Lunch at Trig A4HP 306 m
Link to background information and earlier tramps and hikes in the same area.