Ian – Page 18 – Taieri Recreational Tramping Club

Bull Ring, Spiers Rd, McQuilkan, Jim Freeman

Bullring, Spiers Rd, Skyline, Swampy, McQuilkans, Whare Flat Rd. We travelled 10km; Moving ave. 3.5km/hr; Moving time 2h 50m; Total ascent 491mtrs.

Only 4 trampers went on this walk, which was very uneventful, until we couldn’t find the Jim Freeman track going back up to Ben Rudds shelter. We must’ve walked past it but didn’t see it. After looking around a bit we set off back up the road to return to the cars, vowing to do a recce from the top, to find where the Jim Freeman track meets up with McQuilkans track. – Ken.

Protected: Cte Minutes 14/11/2012

Parero Road turn-off from Hindon Road.

George King Memorial Drive – Hindon Rd – Parero Rd turn-off, just before T-Junction.

Seek Permission: Inverlochy Station. (Hindon Station.)

Not during lambing Aug-Nov.

From Parero Road we go ahead to a white tank, through an airfield, to left of trees then and clockwise round trip down to the river and back.

7/11/2012. Both. leaders: George, Ken.

Trampers’ note: We walked 8.32km in 2hr.13mins (moving time); ave 3.8km/hr.; climbed 419 mtrs (Accum.) – Ken.

Morning Tea stop on Parero Road. (Ken pic and caption.)

Lunch at the river for the trampers. (Ken pic and caption.)

Lunch further along the ridge and down a track for the hikers.

14/5/2008. Trampers. Parero Road off George King Memorial Drive. Medium. Leaders: George, Ken

Big (Bivvy) Rock, Pineapple, Davies, Firebreak.

Click Dunedin’s Hills’ History

Click Pineapple Track for background information.

Click Pineapple and Flagstaff walk for background information.

Ross Creek, Lower Leith Valley, Wakari Rd Bike Park, McGouns, Pineapple and Davies Tracks – Information and Trips Library

3. 31/10/2012. Trampers. Bullring, Fence-line, Upper Spiers Rd, Flagstaff Walkway, down Pineapple, up Davies, Ben Rudd.

2. 24/9/2008 Bullring, Pineapple, Davies, Firebreak, Big(Bivvy) Rock, Bullring Leaders: Ria L, Hazel

Resting at Forestry 100 years memorial. Ian, Leonie, Abe, Ria, Glenice, Angela

Ria and Hazel took 7 of us from the Bullring up over Flagstaff, on and down the Pineapple track, then crossing over to the top of Ross Creek where we rested on seating by the Memorial celebrating the Dunedin City Forests 2006 Centennial which had suffered recent vandal damage and returning back up the Davies track,

Emerging from bush on Davies Track. Abe, Glenice, Ria

over onto Firebreak track with the majority returning to their cars but Ria taking Abe and Ian down to Big(or Bivvy) Rock.

Hazel brought along a friend, Angela, a former neighbour of Ian’s back in the 70s! A delightful surprise for the two of them. – Ian

1. 31/7/1991. Booth Road from Pineapple Track and Bivvy Rock. Average. Leaders: Betty, Judith and Hugh, Peggy M, Frances.

Big Rock (Chimney)

It is possible to visit this rock by using a roughly marked route which has been cut from the Fire Break Track. The is also a possible route slightly further to the west. This massive rock outcrop has been used over many years as a place to bivouac and for rock climbing. There are good views over the valley.

– From Club’s Friend of Ben Rudd’s Certification – 1999.

An exploration day in Silver Peaks

GPS of Exploration Day in Silverpeaks – Ken

On Monday 29th Oct 2012 Dermot & Ken went exploring in the Silverpeaks. We parked at the first locked gate on Mountain Rd. & walked Nth. to where we had seen an old forestry road heading into the bush, on the west side of the road. We actually walked past it to start with, as you can see by the Google pic. After locating the correct track, we ventured off down it towards the Waikouaiti stream,
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