Taieri Recreational Tramping Club
Mid-week recreational and social walking group based in Mosgiel NZ
24/07/2024. Delights of St Clair. Grade 1.5. Hikers. Leaders: Neville Griffiths, Wyn Davies. After parking our cars and meeting up with the Taieri Hikers in Moana Rua Road, 20 Hikers headed off just after 10am and walked across the Kettle Park Sports field towards Marlow Park.
17 km from car park. St Clair, St Kilda, Kew, Corstorphine, Ocean Grove, Tomahawk – Information and Trips Library 17. 11/10/2023. Hikers. St Clair, St Kilda, Ocean Grove. Grade 2, $5, 17km, Leaders: Bruce Spittle/Alex Griffin Nineteen hikers left Marlow Park in sunny conditions at about 0930 after singing happy birthday to Liz Griffin and … Continue reading “St Clair Beach Walks”
Background Information: Road distances from Mosgiel carpark. 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, … Continue reading “St Clair, St Kilda, Kew, Corstorphine, Ocean Grove, Tomahawk – Information and Trips Library”
St Clair, St Kilda, Kew, Corstorphine, Ocean Grove, Tomahawk – Information and Trips Library 2. 24/08/2022. Hikers. St Clair/Kew Street Walk. Grade 2.5. $5. Leaders: Shona & Maria 24 hikers met at the Forbury Trotting Club where Maria distributed a handout giving information on points of local interest (thanks Maria). We walked together to Second … Continue reading “Street Walk: St Clair – Kew”
26/03/2025. St Kilda / Tomahawk Beach. Grade 1.5 Hikers. Leaders: Wendy Langley and Val Cayford. The proposed hike for today was to head up the Pineapple track and check out the surrounding area.
Information and Trip Libraries Collections of posts and links relating to each destination, grouped geographically. (These will be added to continuously as Upcoming Trips visit different destinations. This began in July 2024 and will be a long-term process.) South via SH1: Millennium Track from Taieri Ferry Rd, Finlayson Rd, Galloway Rd, Bells Farm, Kennedys Farm, … Continue reading “Trip Destination Summaries”
Distances by road from Mosgiel carpark to start of trip (one-way) (Members help wanted. Feedback welcome on destination groupings, likely destinations not listed and any errors.) South via SH1 Hope Hill (Wallace’s Farm off SH1) 17 km Takitakitoa Wetland car … Continue reading “Road Travel Distances”
Hori Sinclair and his wetlands’origin(1st paragraph only, of treatise linking its surrounds prehistorically with Kai Point Coal Mine) Official Sinclair Wetlands website. From car park, via Clarendon: abt 35 km. Sinclair Wetlands – Information and Trips Library 5. 04/04/2024. Combined. Sinclair Wetlands. Grade 1.5. Leaders Ady, Linda, Dave and John. It’s said that there are more … Continue reading “Sinclair Wetlands.”
Scope: This page of club tramps and hikes in the area West via SH87 (Maungatua, Waipori River, Berwick) groups together trips to the Sinclair Wetlands (map) Background Information: Road distances from Mosgiel carpark. Official Sinclair Wetlands website. Hori Sinclair and his wetlands’origin(1st paragraph only, of treatise linking its surrounds prehistorically with Kai Point Coal Mine) … Continue reading “Sinclair Wetlands – Information and Trips Library”
No. 35 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Berwick Forest. G Such. Wenita. Nov-April. Year round” Location: Old Wool Shed: 30 km. Location: Lodge: 33 km. click to enlarge 40. 11/9/2019. Trampers, Waipori Forest, Meggetburn. Leaders: Alan and Kerry 22 Trampers set off down to Berwick and left a car at the Government … Continue reading “Berwick Forest Tracks and Beyond”
No. 82 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Old Stone Barn Clarendon Farm” Background History of Stable and Cemetery 38 km from car park Associated farm on Cullen Road has new owner requiring signing in and out, and therefore no longer viable as a round trip. [Edit.] 14/6/2017. Clarendon, Cemetery,Sinclair Wetlands, Berwick Camp. … Continue reading “Clarendon Area, Stone Stables, Lime Works, Whale Museum and Lookout”
No. 31 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Pineapple Track – Swampy Summit. Year Round” The hills around Dunedin are superb viewpoints to see the city, coastline and ranges of inland Otago. Flagstaff is one such hill and like Mt Cargill to the north allows the walker to pass through several types of … Continue reading “Pineapple and Flagstaff Walk”
25/06/2025. Grahams Bush, Organ Pipes, Buttars Peak. Grade 4. Trampers. Leaders: Phil Morris, Rod Ward. We left 9.30 from PJ Park travelling to Sawyers Bay, to the end of Hall Road, meeting up with townies with really good numbers (26) at 10.10am.
No. 24 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Lovers Leap – The Chasm – Sandfly Bay. N Strang. Farm. Year Round.” No. 73 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Sandymount – Lovers Leap. Year Round”. 29 km from car-park. See Sandymount for area background information. Sandymount closed for lambing Aug-Oct. Track … Continue reading “Sandymount – Sandfly Bay”
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”. … Continue reading “Tomahawk Lagoon and Nearby Tracks and Areas”