Taieri Recreational Tramping Club
Mid-week recreational and social walking group based in Mosgiel NZ
03/12/2025. Trip Cancelled. Hikers. Leaders: Neville Griffith and Rhonda Wilson.
The Hike down Kuri Bush was abandoned. We drove down to the starting point and then as the rain had become quite heavy we made a decision to to head to the Brighton Cafe instead!
Sandra & Neville
Link to background information and earlier tramps and hikes in the same area.
26/11/2025. Bid Easy Track. Grade 2.5. Hikers. Leaders: Barbara Shackell and Avis Williamson
Twenty-six hikers met up at Signal Hill Reserve behind Logan Park High School.
19/11/2025. Out & About in Caversham and Kew. Hikers. Grade 2 $5 14km. Leaders: Jenny Finnerty, Jay Devlin, Jan Butcher, Pam Clough.
25 hikers set out on a very pleasant morning for our walkabout.
12/11/2025. Second Beach to Ocean Grove. Grade 3. Hikers. Leaders: Sandra Lawn and Bruce Spittle.
It was predicted to be windy for our hike and boy oh boy was it windy.
29/10/2025. Smaills Beach (Karetai Track) to Boulder Beach Outlook. Grade 3. Hikers. Leaders: Jenni & Bruce Wright.
Was it cabin fever that brought 39 adventurers out after a rough bout of weather the previous few days?
22/10/2025. Orokonui Lagoon/Waitati Grade 2. Hikers. Leaders: Phil and Raewyn Keene.
On doing the recce we discovered that the Opeke Track, normally part of this hike, is now closed to the public……
15/10/2025. Pineapple Track/ Ross Creek. Grade 3. Hikers. Leaders: Wendy Langley, Val Cayford.
What a magnificent hike we had today. The weather, company, bush walks and views of Dunedin were all top notch.
08/10/2025. Raceman’s Track. Grade 2.5. Hikers. Leaders: Sandra Lawn & Bruce Spittle.
A group of 16 cheerful hikers gathered to walk a circuit around Raceman’s Track, Tunnel Track and back along Whare Flat Road to the starting point at Silverstream car park.
24/09/2025. Northern Cemetery-Botanic Garden. Grade 1.5. Hikers. Leaders: Wendy Langley and Linda Partridge
On a beautiful sunny blue sky spring day 28 happy hikers gathered in the upper botanic garden carpark
10/09/2025. Aramoana. Grade 2. Hikers. Leaders: Peter Horrell, Jan Palmer.
Luckily for us, the weather report for the day had changed and was no longer forecasting rain for the morning, but arriving at Aramoana, and finding it a bit chilly, most of us put on at least one more extra layer before we started out. Continue reading “Aramoana”
27/08/2025. Purakaunui and environs. Grade 3. Hikers. Leaders: Katrina McKenzie and Jill Thomas
After meeting the town members at Port Chalmers, 27 hikers drove in to Long Beach for morning tea and a toilet stop.
Continue reading “Purakaunui and environs”
20/08/2025. Wingatui Viaduct. Grade 2.5. Hikers. Leaders: Maria MacNee, Bill Cubitt..
The lead up to today’s hike was quite a process as the weather had been particularly inclement and the access road had caused some issues during recces.
13/08/2025. South Dunedin Street Art. Grade 1.5. Hikers. Leaders: Val Crayford and Wendy Langley.
After parking up at the Southern Cemetery 25 of us headed into the South Dunedin area to view the street art. Continue reading “South Dunedin Street Art”
30/07/2025. Waldronville. Grade 2. Hikers. Leaders: Avis and Rhonda.
On a questionable weather day 15 of us set off to meet up with the Brighton contingent at the estuary’s car park which brought our number up to 20. Continue reading “Waldronville”
23/7/2025. Nichols Farm. Grade 3.5. Hikers. Leaders: Wendy Langley and Carol-Anne Buchanan.
19 hikers set off on a chilly, crisp morning which provided us with a perfect blue sky and no breeze.