Category: Both Hikers & Trampers

Upcoming Trips

Trip Organisation Guidelines for leaders and trip participants and Track Grading information. See also Trip Programme Information.
Trip Programme for printing (likely not up to date).
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 31/01/25.

Meeting time at the Mosgiel car park is 8:45 am for 9:00 am prompt departure.

Wednesday 5 February.
Combined. Mt Stuart Reserve to Mt Stuart Tunnel (Clutha Gold cycle track). (New destination) Grade 2.5 and 3. $14. 56 km (road distance PJP to Mt Stuart Reserve). Leaders: Sue Johnstone, Clare Banks, Barbara Shackell, Sue Beal.

Wednesday 12 February.
Trampers. Powder Ridge. Grade 4. $5. 11 km (road distance PJP to Silverstream Car park). Leaders: Pam Cocks, Esther Willis.
Hikers. Bethunes to Mt Cargill. Grade 3. $6. 23 km (road distance PJP to Bethunes Gully). Leaders: Bill Cubitt, Peter Beal.

Wednesday 19 February.
Trampers. Hereweka Road / Portobello. Grade 3.5. $9. 33 km (road distance PJP to Portobello). Permission required. Leaders: Di Bezett, Lyn Keene.
Hikers. Old County Track, Waikouaiti. Grade 2. $14. 55 km (road distance PJP to Waikouaiti Centre). Leaders: Jan Butcher, Shirley and Noel McRandle.

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Ross Creek and Environs

No. 94 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Ross Creek – McGlashan College Year Round” 17 km from car park.
Ross Creek, Lower Leith Valley, Wakari Rd Bike Park, McGouns, Pineapple and Davies Tracks – Information and Trips Library

34. 15/05/2024 Ross Creek/ McGouns Track Grade: 2.5  Leaders: Pam and Jay

Square 100On a fabulous autumn Day 25 keen walkers parked in Booth Road which is at the bottom of the Pineapple Track.

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Gabriels Gully, Lawrence. Bus Trip

Gabriels Gully. Key to Maps
Gabriels Gully. Key to Maps
Map No. 2. Otago Dam
Map No. 2. Otago Dam
Map No. 3. Munro Gully
Map No. 3. Munro’s Gully Bush Walk. Oburns Track.
Map No. 4. Wetherstons to Goldfield Park Historic Reserve.

Img 9514 Thumbnail8. 8 May 2024. Trampers. Gabriel’s Gully , Lawrence. Grade 4

Wednesday 8th May saw 18 hardy trampers start at Gabriels Gully Lawrence to complete our walk on Otago Dam Track. Continue reading “Gabriels Gully, Lawrence. Bus Trip”

Pyramids, Victory Beach

No. 48 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Pyramids & Beach Area. (Victory Beach) Beach Walk only. Year Round”
Location: 38 km from car park.

Off To Egypt (1)30. 1/05/2024. Combined. Pyramids/Victory Beach. Grade 2.5. Leaders Jenny, Alison, Wendy and Alex

A great turn out for my first time as a co leader with Alison, Wendy, Alex and John. We had a combined group of 30 trampers and hikers. Continue reading “Pyramids, Victory Beach”

Sinclair Wetlands.

Official Sinclair Wetlands website.

From car park, via Clarendon: abt 35 km.

Sinclair Wetlands – Information and Trips Library

Wetlands Square 25. 04/04/2024. Combined. Sinclair Wetlands. Grade 1.5. Leaders Ady, Linda, Dave and John.

It’s said that there are more bacteria and microscopic life in one glass of water, than there are grains of sand on the planet. (Neither figure being accurately calculable of course.) A good introduction to the Sinclair Wetlands. Teaming with life, yet most of it out of plain sight. Continue reading “Sinclair Wetlands.”

Waikouaiti: Matanaka, Beach Walk

Distance from car-park: 57.5 km.
On The Huriawa Peninsula Track (pam) Square15. 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. Continue reading “Waikouaiti: Matanaka, Beach Walk”

Club excursion to Queenstown

1. 25/02/2024-01/03/24. Queenstown Tracks. Combined. Leaders Anne Bennett

Queenstown Square Image 100x100Our 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. Continue reading “Club excursion to Queenstown”

Waihola Walk

4. 21/02/2024. Hikers. Waihola/Milburn Area. Grade 2 Leaders: Bill and Jill

Bridge Square Thumb22 hikers assembled at a car park in Limeworks Road, Milburn on a rather grey morning with a cold head on sou’wester blowing into our faces. After traversing a farm track, we joined the Clutha Gold Trail in Circle Hill Road and began what Jill quite accurately described as a day of quirky bridges and old fossils!

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Coutts Gully – Sawmill Roads – options

No. 76 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Coutts Gully Return Sawmill Rd Farm”. Livingstonia Park distance from car-park: 32 km.

30. 31/01/2024. Hikers Coutts Gully Road.  Grade 3. Leaders: Bruce and Alex

Photo Helen Square ResAfter welcoming a new hiker, Peter Dodds, twenty-four hikers left Livingstonia Park, about 9.30 am, heading to the left (east) to the sand dune track that led out to the road by the bridge and then headed up Sawmill Road to have morning tea beside the implement shed on Alan Gorton’s farm.

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Wairongoa Springs and North Taieri Church.

No. 33 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Wairongoa Springs area. Farm? Lambing”

Abt 10 km from car park.

Glen Lyon, McAlwee Cottage. Wairongoa Station and Springs. Farm walk.
Seek permission. Austen Banks has no problem with us tramping on his property. Sold: 8/3/2019.
Background History of the site – from “Taieri Buildings”, by Daphne Lemon, pub. 1970.
Account by a visitor to the site in 1895!

Directions: Wairongoa Spring. Cross small concrete bridge, take 2nd gravel drive on right.
Walk around front of house and veer right up hill to gate and find track to spring.

10. 13/12/2023. All North Taieri Church Hall. Leaders: Barbara Shackell/Jenni Wright/Raewyn Keene.

Square ResThe overnight rain cleared but a fresh wind stayed with us for the day. The venue at the North Taieri Church hall proved nice and comfy and just the right size to encourage plenty of chat, especially as it was decked out in the Xmas theme – Folk came and deposited fine finger food, 3 tables of main, two tables of sweets!! Very appetizing.

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Taioma, Parera, Viaduct

Taioma, Mt Allan – Information and Trips Library

No. 96 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Parera Taioma Transrail & Wenita Year Round”. 10km from PJP. Wenita permit. Require 6 weeks notice, but less from us. Taieri Gorge Railway. Phone 477 4449 for details.

Trampers Thumb Res

18. 29 November 2023. Trampers. Mullocky Stream, Mt Allan   Grade 3.5 Leaders: Sylvie/ Lyn/ Lynley

25 lovely persons followed Sylvie up the Mt Allan Road parking near Mullocky stream. Continue reading “Taioma, Parera, Viaduct”

Leith Saddle, Swampy Spur, Transmitter Tower. Also Rustlers and Burns Tracks

Information
Click boardwalk history for account about the original Leith Saddle Track  and the establishment of the boardwalk in 1993.
For our Club’s part in the boardwalk venture see boardwalk for an ODT account of its construction.
See also TRTC Jack Merrilees (who died January 2015)

Cars park off motorway at Leith Saddle yard (alternatively down side road at bridge (restricted space). 25 km from car park.
Walk across side road to track.
Gravelled track 1.5 km. (morning tea on lookout seats a little further on)
Transmitter Tower 2 hours.
Going further: along road past doppler radar to DoC sign.
Right along Rustlers Ridge track to junction with Burns Track.
Through junction and up and round hill on Rustlers Ridge Track. (Lunch on hill)
Down ridge to pipeline. (Alternatively turn right at junction for Burns and down to pipeline)
Turn right along pipeline.
5.5 hours in all.
Burns – Rustlers circuit Maintained by Green Hut Track Group. DCC land.

Rustlers Ridge, Burns Track, Swampy Spur, Transmitter Tower – Information and Trips Library

Img 7887 Res 10035. 22/11/2023. Trampers. Burns/Rustlers Ridge. Grade 4. 25km. Leaders: Phil Morris/Carolyn Pridham.

On an overcast muggy day, 20 Trampers headed to Leith Saddle. We set off down Leith Valley road, and left up Burns Track entrance onto Pipeline Track Continue reading “Leith Saddle, Swampy Spur, Transmitter Tower. Also Rustlers and Burns Tracks”

Doctors Point area tramps

Distance from car-park to Waitati: 34 km.
15 Nov Orokonui Canoe Beach Race Against The Tide Square Resize Pam25. 15/11/2023. Orokonui Circuit. Grade 3. Leaders: Graeme Souter & Gail Williams
The day dawned fined and following some creative maths (11 doesn’t as it turns out does not fit nicely into 2) – 3 cars left Dunedin to meet up with the Mosgiel trampers at Waitati. After numerous toilet visits, we all finally continued to our starting point at Doctors Point Reserve.

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Green Hut, Pulpit Rock

Location: 43 km from car park. Click Silver Peaks Forest for background information. No. 21 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Green Hut & Pulpit Rock return or via Possum Hut. Year Round. Long.”

23. 1/10/2023. Combined. Green Hut Site and Pulpit Rock. Tramp Grade 4, Hike Grade 2. 43km. Leaders: Neil Hodgkin/Chris Bezett, Dave Roberts/Jay Devlin.

image (2) Helen square RES100x100Hike to Green Hut (which is now two seats as the hut was deconstructed in 1988 because of ongoing vandalism).
On a foggy morning 18 keen hikers regathered at the On the Spot garage at Waitati where we turned left up a dusty road to the beginning Continue reading “Green Hut, Pulpit Rock”

Shannons Farm Walk

Distance from PJP car park 48km.

Middlemarch Area – Information and Trips Library

3. 25/10/2023. Trampers.  Cairn Valley/Shannon, Grade 3, 48km. Leaders: Heather Kirk, Diane Paterson.

Walking through lush grassLovely sunshine greeted 30 keen trampers for a good day’s walk on Cairnvalley Farm Shannon. Strath Taieri offers something different in scenery with tussock hills, huge rock formations and at this time of the year fresh green vistas of paddocks and Continue reading “Shannons Farm Walk”