Distance from carpark: 40 km.
11. 17/01/2024. Hikers. Warrington. Leaders Jenny Finnerty and Jay Devlin15 hikers met at the Warrington Domain.
Warrington
11. 17/01/2024. Hikers. Warrington. Leaders Jenny Finnerty and Jay DevlinCategory: Links Completed
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11. 17/01/2024. Hikers. Warrington. Leaders Jenny Finnerty and Jay DevlinTomahawk Lagoon and Nearby Tracks and Areas
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”.
No. 23 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Karetai Rd via Monument from Lagoon. Year round.”
Distance from car-park: Tomahawk: 19 km; Smaills Beach: 22 km; Paradise Road: 26 km.’
DCC List: 41 Peg Track. Otago Peninsula
Accessed from Oregon St. 3.5 hrs ret. Tramping track – unbenched. Managed: DCC CAM, private land.
Description – This track provides a link between Ocean Grove and Highcliff Road. Access to the track in Ocean Grove is off Oregon Street. An attractive walk around Tomahawk Lagoon then climbs through gorse and native bush. Turn right towards Soldiers Memorial through paddocks with gorse sometimes obscuring the rock walls.
- Classification – Hard
- Time – Approximately 45 minutes.
- Parking – Limited at Highcliff Road. No dogs.
- Dogs – No
St Clair, St Kilda, Kew, Corstorphine, Ocean Grove, Tomahawk – Information and Trips Library
43. 06/12/2023. Trampers. North of Tomahawk. Grade 3. $7. 22km. Leaders: Esther Willis and Julie McKenzieAs hoped, the weather was kind to us, as this tramp would be wasted without being able to savour the spectacular views.
Continue reading “Tomahawk Lagoon and Nearby Tracks and Areas”
Middlemarch Area Tramps
Information
Rock and Pillar via Six Mile Creek This climbs 1,005 m. (3300 feet) up the eastern face from Glencreag Station up a leading ridge south of Six Mile Creek. This is the most direct approach.
Rock and Pillar via spur south of Lug Creek. Information: Climbs 910 m. (3000 feet) up the eastern face of a well-graded vehicle track up a leading spur south of Lug Creek. Average time to Leaning Lodge is 3 hours on foot.
DoC access. 9.5km north of the Middlemarch store on SH87, just before Lug Creek, is a farm entrance (RAPID 7219 – no DoC sign). A short way up the driveway is a DoC car park. There is public access up the vehicle track to the conservation area boundary. The track is now a recreation reserve administered by DoC.
Easiest route to Big Hut from Leaning Lodge (foot only – unmarked – good visibility essential) is another 45+ minutes climbing gently southwards to cross a steep gully and then climb a gentle shelf to above the eastern basins. Sidle several hundred metres past the lower prominent rock tors before gently descending to Big Hut once it becomes visible. Route very wind and cloud-prone. Ice axe and crampons may be necessary to traverse steep snow slopes near Leaning Lodge.
64 km to Middlemarch. 66 km to Stonehurst Track.
Redan Crater- contact for access Ken Rennick.
Middlemarch Area – Information and Trips Library
16. 06/12/2023. Hikers. Sutton Salt Lake – Glencreag Track. Grade 2.5. $16. 60km. Leaders: Wendy Langley/Katrina McKenzie
17 of us headed to Sutton where we walked the Sutton Lake loop. Continue reading “Middlemarch Area Tramps”
Waters of the Leith
2. 29/11/2023. Hikers Waters of the Leith. Grade 2. Leaders: Jan/ Pam
Having led this trip several times over the last 10 years or so, without much variation to it, this report will be reasonably brief.
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.
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”
Taieri Ferry and Finlayson Roads, Bells Farm, Kennedys, Millenium.
18. 22/11/2023.Hikers. Millennium Track from Henley Ferry Bridge. Grade 3. 27km. Leaders: Ady Whitson/Bruce Wright.
We had a great day on the track. Weather was great with 20 Hikers enjoying the day. We parked about 2/3 the way down the road from the stile. Continue reading “Taieri Ferry and Finlayson Roads, Bells Farm, Kennedys, Millenium.”
Leith Saddle, Swampy Spur, Transmitter Tower. Also Rustlers and Burns Tracks
Information
Click Swampy ridge track for background information.
See also: Leith Saddle and Morrison Tracks
Leith Saddle, Waitati Valley Road, Sawmill Track, Swampy Ridge, Burns Track
See also: Leith Saddle and Morrison Tracks
Leith Saddle, Waitati Valley Road, Sawmill Track, Swampy Ridge, Burns Track
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)
See also: Leith Saddle Board Walk Change
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
35. 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”
Signal Hill Tramps
Distance Chingford from carpark: 20 km.
Follow Old Main North Road to Cleghorn Street which has the best view of the harbour. Walkway sign.
Walk starts starts at the gate on right, up McGregors Hill. Beyond stile Pine plantation on 3rd stile at summit.
Gravel road 10 minutes to end. Locked gate. Last stile. Signal Hill road.
19. 15/11/2023. Hikers. Cleghorn Street to Signal Hill. Leaders Pam Clough and Jay Devlin
23 keen hikers gathered on a beautiful day at the Bottom of Cleghorn St where we made our way up the gravel road to the beginning of our walk which was firstly over farmland. Continue reading “Signal Hill Tramps”
Doctors Point area tramps
Distance from car-park to Waitati: 34 km.
Distance from car-park to Doctors Point: 38 km.
Doctors Point, Mopanui, McKessar, Purakanui, Osborne – Information and Trips Library
25. 15/11/2023. Orokonui Circuit. Grade 3. Leaders: Graeme Souter & Gail WilliamsThe 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.
Portobello, Clarks, Sheppards, McArthny, Varleys Hills
Distance Portobello from car-park: 32 km.
Portobello – Information and Trips Library
13. 8/11/2023. Hikers. Varleys Hill-Hereweka Track. Grade 2.5. $9. 32km. Leaders: Jan Butcher/Jenny Finnerty
22 hikers set off on a cloudy morning for the Portobello Community carpark. Continue reading “Portobello, Clarks, Sheppards, McArthny, Varleys Hills”
Mount Hyde Station
No. 5 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Mt Hyde to Taieri River. Aqueduct. D Moir. Farm. Lambing.”
Location: 23.5 km. Lambing September-November.
16. 8/11/2023. Trampers. Mt Hyde. Grade 3.5. $7. 24km. Leaders: Anne Ward, Di Bezett, Lyn KeeneWe started our tramp with an enthusiastic group of 23.
President’s Update – November 2023
November 2023 Update: Taieri Recreational Tramping Club
Hi everyone,
Running a bit late with this, but following our birthday party and AGM, a bit has been happening so here goes. Firstly ….
Welcome
Who needs marketing teams to drum up business when our reputation for visiting interesting places and walking, talking, drinking coffee and eating ice-cream is out there. So welcome to Carolyn Pridham, Heather Reid, Chris Bezett, Val Cayford, Katrina McKenzie, Lenore Armstrong, Wendy Langley, Sylvie Watt, Adrienne Ensor, Vivienne Manning, Karon Read and Jenny Wilton. We are enjoying your company.
Photo Show for 35th Birthday Celebrations
After a bit of experimentation and playing around with options Ross has placed these photos on his YouTube site and these can be accessed at https://youtube/004hkDp4xt4. On your smart device/TV they can happily be displayed to add background to a romantic dinner or showing others that we have not aged down through the years or…..
Summer Trip Programme
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions and for the teams putting the programme together. The programme is presented in two ways on the website.
- listed under “Recent Posts” – “Upcoming Trips”
- can be printed direct from the link “copy of trip programme for printing”. Due to the dynamics around trip organisation please note the “Upcoming Trips” is the most timely information.
Fuel costs have been adjusted for the summer programme and a reminder that the club will reimburse a driver for doing a recce where the fare is $10.00 and over per person times 3 = $30.00. An email to the Secretary ([email protected]) confirming the recce was done and the date will be sufficient for the reimbursement to be arranged.
There are some trips where a grading is not shown, this can be due to a variety of reasons, maybe a first time, or the exact details are not finalised until the recce is complete and the leader provides a confirmed grade for the weekly email.
One of the actions being undertaken by the Webteam is to build a master spreadsheet of all the tracks that we use/ have used. We intend to add to this list the grading of the track as well as when the walk was last undertaken. This spreadsheet will have multiple benefits, not the least being having one master rather than multiple lists to comb through when compiling upcoming trip programmes.
We have also made some small changes to the Grading document to emphasise that we are grading the track, not fitness. The grading of a track is the same regardless of which group is undertaking it. To assist in getting track profiles completed, feedback on gradings is always welcome and could be included in the feedback when write ups are completed etc.
With the ongoing changes to the contact list of members the Committee has agreed that a hard copy will not be kept with the locator beacon bag; members (and Committee) can download a copy onto their phones.
Webteam
The team met recently to review how they are operating and to discuss detail, which happily most of us don’t see, but which is critical to the functioning of the team and maintenance of the website. The eagle eyed amongst you may notice some subtle changes. Subsequently myself, Jenni Wright and John Gardiner joined the team.
It was agreed that
- a session will be run for those interested in sending in photos to the Webteam • from time to time, the master photo (Saddle Hill) on the home page be refreshed • we assess options for refreshing the website
- we assess back up options for maintenance of the more IT aspects of the website; this is quite critical as what may appear as quite easy requests or functions actually require multiple pages of instruction!
- we evaluate what information sets require passwords/be restricted or unrestricted
It was also agreed that a fourth web team member be added to the team to give more flexibility and that also we identify a back up for the Communications Officer especially in the more detailed areas of the website administration. If anyone is interested in assisting in these roles, please contact/ discuss with Ross Davies.
Kelvin Heights
Arrive Sunday 25 February 2024 – depart Friday 1 March 2024
Just a reminder to pencil this in and detail will follow in due course. This will focus on walks with no biking organised this time. Contact Anne at [email protected] if you require more information at this time.
Xmas Lunch and Walks 13th December
Pencil this one in, to be held at the North Taieri Church Hall. More information shortly. Note the first walk in 2024 is on the 17th January 2024.
Track Clearing
A separate note will follow very shortly but as mentioned the aim is to continue the work of Neil Morrison and Arthur Heenan by taking a working bee approach under the umbrella of the Green Hut Group. I have met with Arthur, Neil and Graeme Elliott from the Green Hut Group to confirm how we could assist and under what terms and conditions, as the Green Hut Group has formal arrangements with DCC and DOC. All we need now is volunteers!
Thanks everyone and looking forward to a warm dryish summer of walking.
Phil Keene 5 November
Link to President’s Update information Library for previous updates
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.
Hike 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.
Lovely 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”
Outram – Allanton Flood Bank
Outram 10 km / Henley 21 km – from car park.
Outram, Allanton, Floodbanks, Lee Stream, Traquair, Whare Creek – Information and Trips Library
4. 25/10/2023. Hikers. Outram Loop. Grade 1.5, 11km, Leaders: Sue Nichol, Kathryn Fagg.
Outram turned on another scorcher for 16 hikers. We started at the West Taieri Rugby Club and walked around Kings Court and Anzac Court subdivisions where the gardens were in full bloom. Continue reading “Outram – Allanton Flood Bank”