04/12/2024. Waihola – new cycleway/walk. Grade 3. Trampers. Leaders: Heather Kirk and Jenny Wilton. We arrived at the start of the track in Waihola at 9.30 am where there is plenty of parking, toilets and lovely views of the lake.
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Frasers Gully/Friends Hill/Wingatui Tunnel and return
20/11/2024. Frasers Gully / Friends Hill / Wingatui Tunnel & Return. Grade 3.5. Trampers. Leaders: Anne Ward and Lyn Keene.
Our group of 19 met at Ellis Park before beginning our walk up Frasers Gully, beautiful native bush, singing birds and flowing stream.
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Chingford Park, Cleghorn Street, Opoho Circuit
13/11/2024. Chingford Park, Cleghorn Street, Opoho Circuit. Grade 4. Trampers. Leaders: Ross and Wyn Davies.
20 trampers met up up North Road in North East Valley, on the corner of Crown Street. We headed off at about 9:45am up the valley in sunshine.
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Greengage Track
30/10/2024. Greengage Track. Grade 5. Trampers. Leaders: Graeme Souter and Graham Thurlow.
Bah humbug how hard can this grade 5 tramp be? Heh heh they were about to find out as those who did the recce already knew what to expect.
Tomahawk, Soldiers’ Memorial, Karetai Track
23/10/2024. Tomahawk, Soldiers’ Memorial, Karetai Track. Grade 4. Trampers. Leaders: Di Bezett, Gail Williams and Lyn Keene
24 people set off on a very humid day, straight up the 4wheeldrive track, the views were spectacular. Continue reading “Tomahawk, Soldiers’ Memorial, Karetai Track”
Ravensbourne, Signal Hill, Big Easy
16/10/2024. Ravensbourne, Signal Hill, Big Easy. Grade 3. Trampers. Leader: John Gardiner.
At 1.05pm, 31 trampers arrived at the Signal Hill Lookout, a monument to the 1940 centennial of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi
Graham’s Bush, Organ Pipes, Buttar’s Peak, Mt Cargill
09/10/2024. Graham’s Bush to Mt Cargill. Grade 4. Trampers. Leaders: Karen McInnes and Gail Williams
Eleven hardy trampers met at the end of Hall Road in Sawyer’s Bay on Wednesday morning, very aware that the weather was dodgy to say the least.
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Rustlers Ridge, Burns Track
25/09/2024. Rustlers Ridge, Burns Track. Grade 4 Trampers. Leaders: Phil Morris and Sarah McCormack.
On a sunny Wednesday we headed to the Leith Saddle car park, to tramp the above hike.
Raingauge Ridge – Steve Amies
18/09/2024 Raingauge Ridge – Steve Amies Grade 4.5. Trampers. Leaders: Neil Hodgkin and Sarah McCormack.
As I write this, I can’t help thinking that yesterday we were so lucky with the weather.
McNally Walkway
11/09/2024. McNally Walkway. Grade 3. Trampers. Leaders: Graeme Souter & Theresa White.
A lovely morning greeted us at the car park where 20 keen trampers departed for Milton and the McNally (yes, its McNally not McNally’s as I was advised) Walkway.
Ross Creek and Davies Track
28/08/2024. Ross Creek and Davies Track. Grade 4. Trampers. Leaders: Ross Davies and Sarah McCormack.
There was a throng of people in Malvern Street in Woodhaugh by the time the leader arrived. It was a sunny and calm morning, and the throng numbered exactly 27 keen people. Interestingly, as the day wore on, the number diminished, but always exactly
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Street Art Walk.
21/08/2024 . Street Art Walk Grade 1.5. Trampers Leaders: Wendy Langley,Val Cayford.
17 of us began our mural art journey on a beautiful sunny and warm day.
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Tunnel Gully, McRaes, Racemans, Powder Creek Detour
14/08/2024. Tunnel Gully, McRaes, Racemans, Powder Creek Detour. Grade 3. Trampers. Leaders: Phil Keene & Gary Mort.
27 trampers in 6 cars all managed to end up at the Tunnel Gully entrance at the same time and after arranging for two cars to be parked at the main Silverstream car park we all set off just after 10.00am.
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Macandrew Bay, Company Bay, McTaggart St, Camp Road, Pukehiki, Greenacres Street
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)
24/07/2024. 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)”