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Trig Q, Steve Amies track tramps

No. 57 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Trig Q from Whare Flat. N Strang. Key from WEA. Year Round”

15 km from car-park.

Racemans, Steve Amies Loop,Coal Creek – Information and Trips Library

9. 1/5/2013 Both. Steve Amies. Leaders: Ian and George.

This time we left from the schoolhouse, making it more of a road walk. We had morning tea on the lower Rollinson Rd and lunch in the track clearers’ picnic area, after inspecting the helicopter landing pad a little beyond.

As we returned down the road, we were surprised to see the helicopter, and shortly after the tank truck making their way towards where we had been. Apparently this was the day to carry out the weed spraying we had been notified about – and we were now making a timely exit. A tramp for 25 of us and of 10.5 km according to Peter’s pedometer and 25. – Ian.

8. 1/2/2012 Both. Steve Amies from Access Road. Leaders: Arthur and Barbara.

Sixteen of us left our cars at the locked gate on Rollinson access Rd and made our way up to the Track Clearers’ Picnic area. The leaders took us round many of the little nooks and crannies (they just seem to multiply of their own accord), stopping to inspect the labels fronting each bush planting. Of poignant note in front of one bush was a label printed with the name of Les Murcott, whose funeral a number of us had attended only a fortnight earlier.

We stopped off for our tea break.

Arthur led us down and across to Trig Q, and then on down Little Coal Creek until we got to the look-out. We careful negotiated some quite steep parts of the track and avoided any casualties. Then came the more arduous climb back up to the trig and across to the Steve Amies.

This latter track had a much more moderate decline (we stuck to only its upper reaches!), past another look-out, before making another turn around further down, to wander back up to the trig and on to the picnic area for lunch.

On the way across the wee saddle, we stopped to investigate the meaning of a sign indicating a sheltered area, whose side track opened out to a large open area in the bush, marked with a large white wooden equal-armed cross, laid flat on the grass. After some discussion, we decided the area was also to serve as a helicopter emergency landing spot. (There was even a ‘waiting room’ bench for passengers.)

Back up at the picnic area, our leaders discovered for us yet another alcove with ample tables and seats for a comfortable lunch.

A smaller one. (Admire Bruce’s head attire.)

Our leaders took us out to the road by a route different from the one we had entered by, and lo and behold, a salubrious shelter, doubtless erected by the track clearers for their comfort. Bravo.

Then we had only a stroll back down Rollinson Road to the cars. A leisurely 5.5 km walk, (as measured by two with their measuring devices.) Thank you, Barbara and Arthur for your careful leadership. – Ian.

7. 18/3/2009. Hikers. Steve Amies from Access Rd Hikers E+ Bev H, Joyce S

6. 25/7/2007. Hikers. Access Road, Steve Amies. Leaders: Bob H, Graham.

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Picnic Area nr Trig Q Fred, Marjorie, Joyce, Angela, Mollie, Wendy, Bev, Peter, Margaret, Elaine, Lesley

5. 19/5/2007 Trig Q from Silverstream via Steve Amies track. Steve Amies Track Circuit Leaders: Ria L, Hazel

4. 27/7/2005. Hikers. Steve Amies, Trig Q. Bob H, Les W, Mary M.

3. 2/2/2000. Trig Q from Silverstream via Steve Amies track. Steve Amies Track Circuit Leaders: Peter B, Lex

2. 23/10/1996. Trig Q. Average. Leaders: Margaret and Les, Doug J.

1. 7/6/1995 Trig Q from Whare Flat School. Medium+. Shorter trip available. Leaders: Bob H, George, Jack R, Nancy

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.

Annual Report 2012

TAIERI RECREATIONAL TRAMPING CLUB

ANNUAL REPORT

FOR YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2012

It is my pleasure to present the 25th Annual Report for the Taieri Recreational Tramping Club.

Another good year of tramping, hiking and rambling enjoyed, I am sure, by everyone. It never fails to amaze me how many Wednesdays are fine. No matter what the weather has been like on Tuesday it seems to clear by Wednesday. We have lost very few tramping days as, by not cancelling, we mostly get to have a walk somewhere.

(Thank you Bill for working out Stats)

		2010/2011	2011/2012
Tramping Days 1 July to 30 Jun.		47	44
Numbers:
	Trampers	250	243
	Hikers	624	590
	Ramblers	72	8
	Total	946	841
Averages Per Tramping Day:
	Trampers	5.3	5.5
	Hikers	13.3	13.4
	Ramblers	1.5	0.2
	Total	20.1	19.1

We have had a pretty trouble free year as I recall. The advantage of having three levels of tramping means that there is usually a walk, hike or tramp that we can manage, depending on our health or fitness on the day. It is very hard at times to come to terms with the fact that our body won’t always keep up with what our mind thinks we can do. Something we all have to face at some stage. We should always remember the basic aim of our club is the recreational side of the tramping so that most of the people get the most enjoyment most of the time.

The end of the year walk and finger food lunch at Brighton Domain was a very happy day out and we really appreciated Bruce Spittle taking his guitar and song sheets for us to have a rousing sing along to end the day and TRTC year.

Our mid-winter lunch this year was held at the Waihola Tavern where we had a good meal and service in pleasant surroundings. Some of us enjoyed a walk in the morning round Waihola which gave us a good appetite for our meal.

Apart from these special days all our tramps and hikes have been very good and given pleasure and gratification to the majority. Whether we have pushed ourselves hard or found the track easy we all go home feeling satisfied with our effort as well as having enjoyed the good company of like-minded friends.

I would like to welcome the six new members who have joined us this year. Eric Callaghan, Neil Morrison, Bruce Thomson, Janice Yardly, Lester Harvey and Ian Hebbard. It is good to see some new and younger people coming into the club and I hope you will enjoy your tramps or hikes with us.

Sadly we have farewelled three of our members since our last AGM – Lesley Stapleton who died in October 2011, Carmel Lucas who died in January 2012 and one of our very early members, Peg Chisholm who died in May 2012. Peg joined the club in January 1987.

We also said goodbye to Linzi Murray when she returned to her home in Cornwall.

A big thank you to the Track committee for the time and work that goes into sorting out and finding suitable tracks for both trampers and hikers. This is not an easy task and takes all morning every six months as well as time before the meeting going through old programmes. Ideas for new places to go, as well as requests for favourites we have done before, are always welcome. The more suggestions that are given the easier the job. We are very lucky to have such a variety of places to go for tramps/hikes within reasonable travelling distance, thus not taking too long to get to the start of our outings. Seasonal and lambing conditions have to be taken into account as well as getting permission from land owners, DCC or forestry.

My sincere thanks to the committee for their help and support over the year. A special thank you to Ian Fleming for the sterling job he does as secretary/treasurer and has done for the last 7 years. Without him my job would be considerably harder. He also does an excellent job as webmaster of the blog site he created and keeps up to date.

I wish to say a personal thanks too to Shirley Fleming for her hospitality on our committee meeting days.

Thank you also to the following for their services to the club. Pat, for conscientiously recording the attendance at the carpark every week, Hazel for the lovely cards she creates and sends out as required for the club. Tom, our auditor and a special thanks to Fred from the hikers for the sweet boost after lunch.

To all members for your support and encouragement, my grateful thanks.

Beverley Harvey

President

Taieri Recreational Tramping Club

Warrington, Omimi, Slaughterhouse

No. 98 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Omimi Beach Warrington (Tide) Year Round”

Location: 40 km.

Karitane, Split Rock, Maori Peak, Seacliff, Warrington – Information and Trips Library

9. 26/5/2012. Trampers. Warrington, Omimi, Pryde Rd, Slaughterhouse, Reservoir Hill Rd circuit.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary

Orokonui Ecosanctuary nr Dunedin, NZ

34 km from car-park.

Orokanui Ecosanctuary – Information and Trips Library

9. 14/3/2012. Hikers. Orokonui Ecosanctuary. Leaders: Chris, Lesley

Morning tea at feeding station (for the birds?) (Bob pic and caption)

View from feeding station (Bob pic and caption)

Bellbird at another feeding station (Bob pic and caption)

Viewing platform at the same station (Bob pic and caption)

George is rightly suspicious of the Miro berry offered!!! (Bob pic and caption)

The lovely bush track (Bob pic and caption)

A bird that wants this to be a feeding station (Bob pic and caption)

Mechanical track clearer with the twin NZ Tallest Trees in background (Bob pic and caption)

View from the Visitor Centre (Bob pic and caption)

8. 12/11/2008. Hikers. Orokonui. Medium. Leaders: Lesley G, Wendy B, Joyce S

Mopanui. Lunch at top. — Lunch at top of Orokonui Ecosanctuary. Mopanui beyond.

Well, the Sanctuary is BIG. Much bigger than the writer had imagined.
13km we went, with 9 of them around the perimeter, starting from the
bottom carpark, going around the estuary and clockwise thereafter
ascending from sea level

Climbing Orokonui's perimeter — Climbing Orokonui

to near the top of Mopanui (400m+), then down
to the main top gate where the visitor centre will later be built,
near the junction of Blueskin and Mopanui Roads. We lunched there, couldn’t find the sleeve to Joyce’s thermos though we looked hard (and that was because it was back on her kitchen bench) and then it was all downhill

back to the cars, but in calm, warm conditions. A really
pleasant walk.

The fence that encloses the Orokonui Ecosanctuary ( the old Orokonui
DoC reserve which includes NZ’s tallest tree, plus all the additional
land) was closed off in July 2007. Almost all pests have been
eradicated, even down to the last goat. An employee behind the fence
explained that they were currently on a spraying programme around the
fenceline as even a bit of gorse widening a gap in the wire mesh will
create a ‘mouse breach’! While it is not yet open to the public, it
is possible to walk around the fence and marvel at what is being
planned. There are steep sections, especially at the northern end of
the fence but in general the 3 to 4 hour walk was very
straightforward, following the wide, gravelled perimeter track. There
was plenty to see: great views, named fence posts (we spotted No.10
Fleming Street where the PM is in residence) (well, actually it was
Prime Mover Ian and Shirley Fleming’s plaque on fence post No.10) and
varying vegetation. We could hear rosellas and a rifleman, but we
didn’t catch a glimpse of the 6 Kaka that have been released, although
Leslie Gowans, who visits regularly to detail sightings of birds, says
that they have not strayed much further than 100m from their release
site so far. The Orokonui website if you want to know more, can be
found at: www.orokonui.org.nz – Bob M

7. 7/7/2004 Leaders: Ian, Bill, Pat Before fenced in. Right around through entire gully.
6. 1/3/2000. Orokonui, Big Tree. Leaders; Shirley McN, Val.
5 .28/7/1999. Orokonui, Big Tree. Leaders: Shirley McN, Judy C, Val.
4. 30/9/1998. Orokonui, Big Tree. Leaders: Shirley McN, Judy C.
3. 7/5/1997. Orokanui – Big Tree round trip.
2. 6/11/1996. Orokonui – Big Tree Round Trip. Leaders: Shirley McN, Judy C, Wendy.
1. 22/5/1996. Orokonui – Big Tree round trip. Medium+ Leaders: Shirley McN, Judy C, Wendy

Finlayson, Wilkinson, Waihola, Skyline Roads

Waihola Forest Road Tramps

No. 63 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Waihola – Wilkinson Rd. Easement Rd. Skyline Rd. Wenita. Farm”

Waihola tramps

Distance from car-park: 27 km.

Year round. Winter option. Contacts:

Parking: Contact Manager, Christian Youth Camp, Mr Kinnon 03 417 7120 for permission to park on the old wooden two-storey house property.

Carpark to Wilkinson Road 45 minutes.

15 minutes

Wilkinson to top of Easement 1 hour.

Easement to Bluff 30 minutes.

Bluff to Waihola top 1 hour.

Down Finlayson Road to car park. 30 minutes.

Wenita permit. Require 6 weeks notice, but less from us.

Waihola Area – Information and Trips Library Post

16. 18/1/2012. Hikers. Finlayson Road picnic area. Wilkinson, Easement, Skyline and Waihola Roads, round trip. Leaders: Marjorie and Bruce.

We parked our cars at a rest stop on Finlayson Rd, near Wilkinson Rd turn-off. Bruce led us round the area, planted with a variety of interesting trees, not the least being this large macrocarpa.

One tree – or many? Impressively large, anyway.

Continue reading “Finlayson, Wilkinson, Waihola, Skyline Roads”

Nicols Creek, Swampy Saddle, Davies Track

Click Dunedin’s Hills’ History for background information.

Click Swampy ridge track for background information.

Click Pineapple Track for background information.

Click Pineapple and Flagstaff walk for background information.

No. 17 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Nicols Creek. D McCabe. Year Round”

Year round.

Nicols Creek circuit Maintained by Green Hut Track Group.

DCC land.

Nicols Creek – Information and Trips Library

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

3. 9/11/2011. Trampers. Booth Road, Davies (formerly Warburton), Swampy Saddle, Nicols Creek.

Nine of us met at Booth Road. We entered Davies Track via McGoun this time, exiting it on the left a short way up past the cairn. A light shower came on during the bush section, sounding quite pleasant as it struck the leaves overhead. Out in the tussock at the top, the weather was clear again. Ria and Hazel had discovered a new track had been made above the bush, this time striking to the left instead of the one to the left, the one that got several of us lost last time where overgrowth had rendered a crucial turn invisible.

We emerged on the Flagstaff walkway above a rock outcrop and headed down to the top of the Pineapple. Here Gay, a visitor, left us and we continued along Swampy Ridge to the top of the Nicols/Moonlight track. A little way in and we found the track has been ruined by mountain bike wheels cutting a narrow deep groove down the track middle, making keeping our footing on the restricted track-sides difficult and dangerous. Further down, we kept to the Moonlight side of Nicols Creek and traced, where we could, the original track, bisected however by the zigzags of the mountain bike route. Rain now really set in and we sheltered in nearby bush for lunch. We then continued down the old track, through the macrocarpas, the stone outcrop and yet further carefully down to emerge at the creek crossing below the waterfall – to Ian’s delight but Ria’s chagrin who had hoped to emerge onto the Leith Valley road on the north side instead of now forced across to the other side. So it was down and out and up Islay St back to the cars. All felt it had been another good day out. Too dull and showery for photo opportunities however. – Ian.

2. 14/11/2007. Trampers. Woodhaugh, Ross Creek, Davies, Pineapple, Ross Creek return. Moderate. Leaders: Ria, Hazel.

Stream crossing. Doug, George, Peter, Wendy

The route Ria and Hazel took ten of us on provided plenty of variety both in scenery and weather. We approached Davies track by way of Ross Creek Reservoir from Woodhaugh. After Ross Creek it was through cleared forest before climbing through secondary growth …

Tea break. Wendy, Keith, George, Doug, Peter, Glenice

… on the foothill slopes of Flagstaff before entering beautiful native forest and and hour later emerging on Flagstaff’s tussock and flax with overcast views of the harbour and Dunedin both north and south. We had encountered occasional showers to this point and now out on the tussock it was turning really cold. We were still not prepared upon reaching the upper Pineapple-Flagstaff track …

Made it onto Pineapple. Ria, Sabina, Glenice, George, Keith

… to be pelted by a fierce but fortunately brief hail storm. We quickly made our way down to the junction with the Swampy Ridge track where now the hail had now been …

Snow. Doug, George, Sabina, Keith, Glenice

… replaced with snow. So it was down, down the Pineapple to the sheltered edge of the bush where we lunched in the now fitful sunshine. Then the bush, Booth Road, back through Ross Creek tracks and down past the reservoir until the last scenic bush gave way to Woodhaugh St and back to the cars. An interesting day. – Ian

In Leith Valley, where Otago’s first industry – sawmilling – is reputed to have started about the 1860s, is the start of the old Pineapple Track.
Originally, it was named Ross Track, after Archibald Hilson Ross, who owned most of the land in the vicinity. In the early 1920s, Mr Oscar Balk, first president of the Otago Tramping Club, led parties of trampers up this route. At the top of a rather steep section, the parties would stop to rest and often refresh themselves with a tin of pineapple. This tin was sometimes left hanging on a tree or fence, and the track came to be called the Pineapple Track.
The line of the Pineapple Walkway has deviated from the original track in places to provide more scenic variation.
The original vegetation of the area has been modified as a result of early milling, burning and stock grazing, but remnants of the milled species (podocarps) still remain. Rimu, miro, totara and matai are found in isolated pockets, mainly in damp gullies. Even so, the overall distribution of plant species retains some semblance of natural order with the larger forest trees growing at lower altitudes. Podocarp broad-leaved forest type occurs with shrub species which grade out into Dracophyllum shrub land and ultimately tussock grassland communities on the summit area.
Some common plants: fuchsia, pepper tree, lemonwood, broadleaf, totara, five’finger, wineberry, lancewood, Muehlenbeckia, Dracophyllum, Coprosma, Hebe, and wild spaniard tussock.
There are many varieties of birds in the bush areas where there is an ample food supply to sustain many nectar-, berry-, and insect-eating native birds.
Some of these are: New Zealand pigeon, bellbird, fantail, tomtit, brown creeper, tui, silvereye, rifleman and pipit.

1. 17/10/2001. Trampers. Nicols Creek – Swampy Saddle – Warburton Track. Leaders: Lex, Mary L, Irene.

Annual Report August 2011.

TAIERI RECREATIONAL TRAMPING CLUB

ANNUAL REPORT

FOR YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2011

I believe this to have been another good year for the Club in terms of tramping, and by my criteria, ie no major accidents, no missing persons or any other dramas on the track. Nor should there have been of course, considering the experience of our members and their knowledge of the area.

’Just one negative. If I don’t mention it, someone else is bound to. I’m thinking of the occasion of 22nd of June. Some things are memorable for the wrong reasons, but let’s not dwell on it.

Welcome to those who joined the Club in recent months; Betty and Jim Finnie, Pam Clough, Jill Dodd, Judy Knox, Ann Bailey, Dawn Pool, and Linzi Murray. I had imagined that the number of new members would have reflected in enhanced weekly average attendance numbers but in fact there has been no change in any of our three groups when compared with the previous year, and in analysing individual’s attendances over the past two years the reason is confirmed – aging, and in some cases, indifferent health.

	2009-2010	2010-2011
Number of Members	72	73
Number of Tramping Days	48	47
Av. Numbers Trampers	5	5
Av. Numbers Hikers	14	14
Av. Numbers Ramblers	3	3

During the year we farewelled two members, Les Wiffin who died in July 2010, and Sr. Catherine Tither who died in June 2011.

We are very fortunate to have so many tracks in our area and it surprises me that the D.C.C hasn’t thought of closing some to save the cost of maintenance. So remember that the invited speakers at last years Annual Meeting were sincere when they emphasised that they appreciated feedback from tramping clubs. Let’s not disappoint them. Also, a matter of pride to us is the (usually) readily given permission to the Club to access private land. Please continue to respect the owners’ trust leaving everything as you find it, particularly gates, and with lambing time approaching a timely reminder not to deviate from the permitted route and enter lambing paddocks.

Again, a thank you to the following for their services to the club, Hazel for cards, Bev.H. for typing and distributing programmes, Pat for attendance rolls, the Outgoing Committee, and the Programme
Committee, Ian for support and everything else including half of my work, Tom, our Auditor, and Fred for sustenance.

(Signed)

W.A.McLean
President,
Taieri Recreational Tramping Club

AGM Minutes for 25/8/2011

Minutes of the 24th Annual General Meeting of the Taieri Recreational Tramping Club held in the Mosgiel Presbyterian Church McKerrow Room on 25 August 2011 at 1.30 p.m.

ATTENDANCE. P Bathgate, W Bathgate, E Cooper, E Day, F Deans, B Finnie, J Finnie, I Fleming, L Gowans, J Knox, G Haggie, B Harvey, C Hughes, R Lippers, B McIntosh, P McLean, W McLean, K McVie, D Moir, J Shaw, M Smith, T Stratton, M Vaughan, L Woodfield. (24)

APOLOGIES. D Bennett, A Carian, P Clough, L Donaldson, R & E Entwistle, W Hunt, H Leslie, A & B Landrebe, L Murray, D Pool, G Such, L Smith, B Spittle, M Spittle, L Stapleton. (17). Moved, I Fleming, seconded P Bathgate, that the apologies be sustained. Carried.

MINUTES. I Fleming moved that the minutes of the 23rd Annual General Meeting held on 27 August 2010, having be circulated, be taken as read and confirmed. Seconded B Harvey.
K McVie indicated a misprint:. As a result, “chairman called” was corrected to “chair and called”. With this emendation, the motion was carried.

CORRESPONDENCE. There was no correspondence.

ANNUAL REPORT.
President W McLean presented his report and moved it’s adoption. Seconded, I Fleming. Carried.

FINANCIAL REPORT.
I Fleming presented the audited Statement of Accounts, and moved that it be adopted. Seconded, K McVie.
T Stratton pointed out the importance of the Locator Beacons and the benefit of keeping a log of their uses when applying for funds for their replacement. Motion carried.

JOINING FEE
I Fleming moved that the Joining Fee be increased to $10.00, subscriptions to remain at $5.00, explaining that pack tags now cost $6.00 each. Seconded, L Gowans. Carried.

ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS.

PRESIDENT.
President W McLean called for nominations.

I Fleming nominated B Harvey. This was seconded by P Bathgate.
There were no further nominations.
W McLean declared B Harvey elected. This was greeted by applause.

VICE PRESIDENT.
W McLean called for nominations, and nominated K McVie. Seconded, G Haggie.
There were no further nominations.
W McLean declared K McVie elected. (Applause).

SECRETARY-TREASURER.
B Harvey nominated I Fleming. Seconded P McLean.
There were no further nominations.
W McLean declared I Fleming elected. (Applause).

HONORARY AUDITOR.
I Fleming nominated T Stratton. Seconded, M Vaughan.
There were no further nominations.
W McLean declared T Stratton elected. (Applause).

COMMITTEE. (to comprise six)
W McLean read out the names of the members of out-going committee, viz D Bennett, L Gowans, C Hughes, A Landrebe, K McVie, and F Weedon. Of this A Landrebe had given notice of resignation.
B Harvey nominated D Bennett, L Gowans and C Hughes. Seconded M Vaughan.
B Harvey nominated P Bathgate. Seconded, L Gowans.
B Harvey nominated L Smith. Seconded, C Hughes.
There were no other nominations.
W Mclean declared elected to the Committee: P Bathgate, D Bennett, L Gowans, C Hughes and L Smith. (Applause).

GENERAL BUSINESS.
MEMBERSHIP.
I Fleming moved that J Knox and L Murray be added to the Club’s membership. Seconded, R Lippers. Agreed.

FEDERATED MOUNTAIN CLUBS OF NZ (INC) MEMBERSHIP.
I Fleming moved that we renew the Individual Supporter Sub of $35.00 for K McVie. Seconded, B Harvey.
K McVie took orders for a FMC calendar. The motion was carried.

Attendance Roll.
I Fleming moved that the matter of keeping an attendance roll at weekly tramps be referred to the committee. Seconded P McLean. Carried.

B Harvey thanked W McLean for his leadership during his Presidency. This was carried by applause.

W McLean declared the meeting closed.

ADDRESS.
J Knox presented a power-point address of her hair-raising adventures in Tibet, some through dangerous Chinese-controlled areas.
C Hughes thanked her for the address and presented her with a gift.

This was followed by refreshments, including receipt of 26 subscriptions and one joining fee, by P & W Bathgate.

Confirmed……………………………………….. Date……………………………

Potato Point, Purakaunui

Distance from car-park: 39 km.

Doctors Point, Mopanui, McKessar, Purakanui, Osborne – Information and Trips Library

5. 20/7/2011. Purakaunui, Potato Point, Bay track, round trip.

4. 22/4/2009 Purakaunui, Potato Point, Long Beach, Bay track, ret. Leaders: Doug, Ian.

Group — Exploring Potato Point. Ken, Bill, Doug, Angela, George, Glenice’s elbow.

Cave — Large cave on Long Beach. Glenice, Ria, Angela, Doug, George.

3. 26/9/2007. Trampers. Purakanui Circuit. Medium. Leaders: Shirley, Helen.

2. 1/12/2004. Trampers. Purakanui, Potato Point. Leaders: Doug M, Barbara McC, Arthur H.

1. 4/6/2003. Both. Potato Point, Purakanui. Leaders: Doug M, Barbara M, Donny and Frank

Squeeze — First, squeeze past caravan on track

Paradise Road, Braidwood Road, Sandfly Bay

Sandymount, Sandfly Bay – Information and Trips Library

1. 8/9/2010. Trampers. Paradise, Braidwood, Sandfly Bay. M. Leadership: Informal.

Tramp Route. (Courtesy Ken). Car parked top LH corner.

Weather looked fine at Mosgiel, but when we four trampers arrived at Sullivans Dam for the Cloud Forest-Escarpment Tramp, we struck a drizzly cloudy shock. For mud and safety concerns we turned back to town and on the way decided to try the Peninsula. We parked at the top of the Paradise Road track and the weather was quite a degree clearer. However, our second shock was to find the track the WETTEST we have ever found it. No one slipped over, (miraculously), but we had to be extremely cautious in placing our feet.

Annual Report 2010

TAIERI RECREATIONAL TRAMPING CLUB

ANNUAL REPORT

FOR YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2010

This is my first annual report (for what I have been informed is a two year term !!).

Sadly the year was marred by the deaths of two members, Mgaire Moir in March and Peg Allison in May.

Otherwise, and apart from adverse weather from time to time, causing two cancellations, I found the past year has been a good one and I trust most active members will agree with me that sharing together the same walking experiences continues to be an enjoyable pastime.

Total membership at end of 30 June was 72.

Compiled from weekly attendance records, the following stats. reveal no surprises but confirm impressions gained in noting the number of cars and passengers in each group as they leave the car park Wednesday mornings:

	Yrs:	2008 – 9	2009 – 10

Average Number of Trampers		7	5
Average Number of Hikers		12	14
Average Number of Ramblers		3	3

Activity during the year included:

Day bus trip for 34 members to Gabriel’s Gully/Otago Dam in October 2009.
Albert Town Camp in April with 25 participants. I believe that there are still a number of good walks in that area should be consider it again in the future – always provided we can muster a sufficient number of members.
A unforgettable rail trail t ralmp for 24 members: Millers Flat/Horseshoe Bend to Beaumont. Again, numbers were borderline for the (increasing) cost of bus charter, but I fell that should not stop us at least discussing another day trip.
The Christmas lunch and walk at Aramoana. 23 members turned out. The walk was somewhat spoilt by the bad weather, but the day was saved by the lunch and Bruce Spittle’s excellent entertainment.
Mid Winters lunch at Logie’s Restaurant/Royal Tavern, Grn. Is. for 49. And again popular entertainment, preceded by a walk to Tunnel Beach.
Two ‘resurrected’ tramps from earlier programmes – Government Track, returning Kowhai Spur, last tramped 1991, and Green Point, last tramped 1995.
And a first, the exploration of new DCC routes around Harbour Cone.

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Annual General Meeting Minutes 27/8/10

Minutes of the 23rd Annual General Meeting of Taieri Recreational Club held in the Mosgiel Presbyterian Church Halls Sinclair Room on 27 August 2010 at 1.30 p.m.

ATTENDANCE.
P Bathgate, W Bathgate, D Bennett, F Deans, I Fleming, G Haggie, B Harvey, C Hughes, R Lippers, R Madill, P McLean, W McLean, K McVie, D Moir, D Pearce, J Shaw, L Smith, M Smith, B Spittle, T Stratton, M Vaughan, L Weedon, M Young.

APOLOGIES.
E Blackburn, N Buckley, A Carian, E Day, L Donaldson, L Gowan, A Heenan, A Landrebe, H Leslie, B McIntosh, K and G Newton, M Spittle, L Staple ton, G Such, F Weedon. I Fleming moved that the apologies be accepted, seconded K McVie. Carried.

MINUTES.
Ian Fleming moved that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 22 August 2009, having be circulated, be taken as read and confirmed. Seconded B Harvey. Carried.

CORRESPONDENCE.
There was no correspondence.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT.
President W McLean presented his report which had also been circulated. I Fleming moved that it be adopted, seconded by L Smith. Carried.

FINANCIAL REPORT.
Treasurer I Fleming presented the audited Statement of Accounts, which had also been circulated, and moved that it be adopted. Seconded by W McLean. Carried.

ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS.

PRESIDENT.
Past President P Bathgate took the chairman called for nominations.
L Smith nominated W McLean, seconded by M Smith.
There were no further nominations.

P Bathgate declared W McLean elected as President.

VICE PRESIDENT.
C Hughes nominated B Harvey, seconded by I Fleming.
There were no other nominations.

W McLean declared B Harvey elected as Vice President.

SECRETARY-TREASURER.
B Harvey nominated I Fleming, seconded by M Vaughan.
There were no other nominations.

W McLean declared I Fleming elected as Secretary-Treasurer.

Honorary Auditor.
I Fleming nominated T Stratton, seconded by P Bathgate.
There were no other nominations.

W McLean declared T Stratton elected as Honorary Auditor.

COMMITTEE.
B Harvey nominated the existing committee, viz. D Bennett, L Gowans, C Hughes, A Landrebe, K McVie, and F Weedon, ‘en bloc’.
There were no other nominations.

W McLean declared the existing committee re-elected.

GIFTS.
A gift was presented to H Leslie in absentia for the preparation and sending of her hand-crafted greeting cards.

A gift was presented to B Harvey for her preparation and copying of the Tramping Programmes.

GENERAL BUSINESS.
B Spittle expressed thanks to the committee for its services during the year.

MEETING CLOSURE.
W McLean declared the meeting closed.

SPEAKERS.
W McLean welcomed and introduced DCC speakers Paul Coffey and Scott MacLean and invited them to address the meeting on the Council’s care and oversight of the city’s tramping tracks.
In their address, the speakers invited club members to report back on their experience of tracking conditions they encountered, and took questions at the end.

P Bathgate thanked the speakers on behalf of the Club.

W McLean invited the speakers to remain and enjoy the afternoon tea that had been prepared.

SUBSCRIPTIONS.
P and W Bathgate took 29 Club subscriptions for the ensuing year.

Confirmed……………………………………………………………………Date………………………….

Deep Stream Water Supply

… The final example of an engineering achievement worthy of the title ‘built to last’ comes from the 1970s, the Deep Stream Water Supply. Water supply has been a major problem to successive City Corporations and Councils for most of the city’s life. We have a modest rainfall with lengthy dry periods every few years, and very limited space to store water to cover such dry periods. Run-of-river sources are a long way from the city so are very expensive to use. The City lived a hand-to-mouth existence for its water until well after the Second World War. In 1956 the City tapped the river gravels beside the Taieri River at Outram, and this gave us adequate water for the next twenty years. However by the late 1960s it was clear that another major supply would be needed to cope with the ever increasing demand for water. The search was on again for more water.

In the early 1970s the options had been narrowed to two. More pumped water from the Taeri River, or a gravity supply from Deep Stream in the Lammermoor Range. The Deep Stream scheme had been proposed by City Engineer J G Alexander in 1930, but it was rejected by the Corporation at that time as too costly. The more modest 1936 Deep Creek scheme was built instead. However, detailed survey plans of the 1930 Deep Stream scheme were held in the City’s records, and an Act of Parliament in 1930 authorised the taking of water from the Deep Stream. It comprised some 58 km of pipeline falling from an intake at 425m above sea level to Mt Grand at 300m above sea level. A treatment plant at Mt Grand would be able to supply water to almost the entire city.

The choice between the two options was made on the economics. Deep Stream was very high capital cost but low operating cost (no pumping needed). Taieri was relatively low capital cost but high operating cost (requiring electricity for pumping). In the event the Deep Stream option was approved by the Council in 1972 and it was completed in 1977. Just after the decision was made, the first oil shock in 1973 occurred and huge increases in energy costs resulted. This markedly increased the advantage of the low-energy Deep Stream option, and is reflected today in our relatively cheap water charges.

The Deep Stream Scheme was forecast to meet the City’s water needs till the early 1990s. In the event the Burnside Freezing Works, a heavy consumer of water, closed and population did not increase as much as expected so the water supply system, including the Deep Stream Supply, is still meeting the demand, indeed is supplying areas of the post-1989 amalgamated city not envisaged over 40 years ago in 1968 when the demand forecast was made. Deep Stream was certainly built to last! It cost some $6.2 million (($55.1 million today).

Extracted from: Otago Settlers News, March 2010, Issue 104, In the Pipeline. Engineering Feats Beneath Our Feet. Trevor J Williams, BE FIPENZ MICE MNZIS NZIM, former Dunedin City and Drainage Engineer.

Brinns Point to Seacliff

Brinns Point to Seacliff.

The North Otago coast is lined with old Maori settlements, and Brinns Point is no exception. The bay south of the historic urupa (cemetery) on the headland was occupied by Moa-hunters, and much later was an out-post whaling station. A channel has been cleared through the boulder beach to enable boats to reach the shore especially at high tides. This is thought to be the work of the whalers but the channel clearance may date from much earlier, for all we know. This bay was investigated in the 1950s by the Blake-Palmers of Seacliff. This was published in the Journal Polynesian Society by Blake-Palmer senior who was superintendent of Seacliff Mental Hospital at the time. This was the first ‘proven’ association of man with the largest species of moa: Dinornis Maximus, thought by some scientists to be extinct before arrival of man. Later studies showed Dinornis had been found on archaeological sites beforehand however. There was an old Maori settlement on the flat at Ross’ Rocks. The next known settlement south is at Omimi, where moa bones have been excavated on what was largely a fishing site.

The cliffs after which Seacliff township gets its name are lined intermittently with Maori umu, most being umu ti. Parts of the coast road from Warrington to Karitane followed original Maori tracks according to early survey plans in LINZ archives. The hills along this coast were heavily forested and only cleared when the land was subdivided for framing. The original route of Coast Road has been modified in places since the 1960s but many portions of the old routed can be seen with associated stonework on both sides of the present road. Coast Road remains an active connection with the distant past.

– Taken from Karitane … Split Rock … Seacliff Coastal Walk. Notes by Brian Allingham, Archaeologist, January 2010.