Three Mile Hill Forest

Square 150 Hikers18/09/2024.  Three Mile Hill Forest. Grade 3.     Hikers.  Leaders: Bruce Spittle & Bill Cubitt.
Thirty-two outdoor enthusiasts, including Dave and Peter coming for their first hikes, assembled on the Taieri Lookout carpark a day or so after snow had covered nearby hills. Continue reading “Three Mile Hill Forest”

City to Surf

The Boys Helen Square07/08/2024. City to Surf. Grade 2. Combined. Leaders: Gail Williams, Karen McInnes, Jenni and Bruce Wright.
Was it a record? Forty six keen members, including one visitor, met at the Otago Yacht Club carpark in Magnet Street for the City to Surf Combined Trip. Continue reading “City to Surf”

Delights of St Clair

150 Square24/07/2024. Delights of St Clair. Grade 1.5. Hikers.  Leaders: Neville Griffiths, Wyn Davies.
After parking our cars and meeting up with the Taieri Hikers in Moana Rua Road, 20 Hikers headed off just after 10am and walked across the Kettle Park Sports field towards Marlow Park.
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Macandrew Bay, Company Bay, McTaggart St, Camp Road, Pukehiki, Greenacres Street

Square 150

Macandrew Bay, Company Bay, MacTaggart St, Camp Road, Pukehiki, Greenacres St – Information and Trips Library

24/07/2024. Macandrew Bay, Company Bay, McTaggart St, Camp Road, Pukehiki, Greenacres Street. Grade 3. Trampers, Leaders: Yan Campbell, Jenny Flack.

It was a spectacular Dunedin morning, bright, sunny and calm. 26 of us set off from the playground in Macandrew Bay. We began by walking through the streets above the main road towards Company Bay and ended up on a path that drops down through Jenny’s pleasant, terraced property Continue reading “Macandrew Bay, Company Bay, McTaggart St, Camp Road, Pukehiki, Greenacres Street”

Millennium Track Return (from Henley)

Trampers 15024/07/2024.   Millennium Track return, Henley Start. Trampers. Grade 4   Leaders: Gwenda Farqharson. &  Alison K.

Millennium – a strange name for a track?  By definition. A period of one thousand years, especially one which begins and ends in “000”. Continue reading “Millennium Track Return (from Henley)”

Goodwood Road, Bobby’s Head, Puketapu

Bobby’s Head, near Palmerston. Also Puketapu.

69 km from car-park

Image Thumbnail 27. 19/6/2024 Bobby’s Head expand. Grade 2.5 Leaders Barbara Shackell and Dave Mellish

The weather report was not that exciting for the planned trip to the Bobbys Head area east of Palmerston.

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Doctors Point, McKessar, Mopanui, Ridgeline

Road distances from Mosgiel carpark.
Access permission required for Pigeon Flat walk.
The stone-walled ruins on Mckessar Track

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


Img 9771 Thumbnail 216. 19/06/2024 Trampers – Purakanui, Mopanui and return. Grade 4.  Leaders: Graeme Souter and Heather Kirk

Sometimes It can be a bit bleak walking this time of the year. Yet there we were, 18 trampers keen to head out for a tramp from Purakanui and up Mopanui.

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