Upcoming Trips

How to run a trip for leaders and members for leaders and trip participants and Track Grading information. See also Trip Programme Information.
Trip Programme for printing (Note: the printed trip programme is not updated – trip details may change please refer to Upcoming Trips post).
Distances and costs are for road travel from Mosgiel car park.
Trip details may change – check latest notices.
This webpage has all current updates. Last updated 29/08/2026


Winter meeting times 9.15 am. to depart at 9.30 am
June until end of August


Summer meeting times 8.45 am to depart 9.00 am
September to end of May


Wednesday, 2 September
Combined: Ross Creek / Pineapple Track. Grade 3. $5  16 km (distance to Burma Raod carpark) Leaders: Katrina McKenzie, Alison Hales, Heather Casey Diane Paterson, Maryam Purvis. Lawrence. Grade 3. $23. 83 km (road distance to Gabriels Gully, Lawrence) Leaders: Sandy Webb, Wendy Langley, Val Cayford, Sarah McCormack.


Wednesday, 9 September
Trampers: Akatore Creek to Taieri Mouth. Permissions Required. Grade 3. $11. 38 km (road distance to Akatore Creek)   Livingstone Green Wetlands / Millennium Track to John Bull Creek return. Grade 3. $9. 31km (road distance to Livingstone Park) Leaders: Phil Morris, Clare Banks
Hikers:       3 Kings. Permissions Required. Grade 3. $6. 20 km (road distance to Heenan Road) Leaders: Jan Palmer, Wendy Langley


Wednesday, 16 September
Trampers: Split Rock / Māori Point. Permissions Required. Grade 3. $13. 45 km (road distance to Truby King Reserve) Gold Miners Direct/Possum Hut/Eucalypt Spur/Hightop. Grade 4 $12. 42 km (road distance to Mountain Road carpark) Leaders: Sandy Webb, Alison Evans.
Hikers:      Harwood Area. Grade 2. $10. 36 km (road distance to Harwood) Leaders: Raewyn Keene, Cathy Ferguson

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Government Track to Pylons and Return

IMG 3584 thumbnail19/08/2026. Trip Government Track to Pylons and Return. Grade 4. Trampers.  Leaders: John Barratt and Graeme Souter.

It was a chilly start (8 degrees Celsius) that greeted 19 walkers at the carpark next to the Waipori River.

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Camp Road and Greenacres

IMG 4804 thumbnail29/07/2026. Camp Road and Greenacres. Grade 3. Trampers.  Leaders: Gail Williams and Yan Campbell.

The weather gods were certainly co-operative on Wednesday when 28 of us set off from Macandrew Bay towards Company Bay on our way to Larnach Castle.

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Flax Clearing Day

Img 3348 thumbnail06/05/2026. Flax Clearing Day. Combined.  Leaders:  John Gardiner and Graham Thurlow

With a few slightly contradictory weather forecasts for the day, seventeen Taieri Recreational Tramping Club (TRTC) members, met with five Green Hut Track Group (GHTG) volunteers at Memorial Park car park.

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President Update – April 2026

PRESIDENT’S REPORT APRIL 2026

The phenomenon that time goes quicker (or seems to) as we age is an interesting one – scientifically explained by the “proportionality theory” and “Janet’s Law”. Anyway it seems like only yesterday that the new year 2026 had just begun and already we’re a quarter of the way through it! In this report I’ll hopefully inform of what’s ahead in 2026, with some reporting and reflections on the year to date. Continue reading “President Update – April 2026”