Taieri Recreational Tramping Club
Mid-week recreational and social walking group based in Mosgiel NZ
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.
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This page of club tramps and hikes in the West Harbour area groups together trips to Long Beach. (map)
Road distances from Mosgiel carpark.
TRTC Grading Information – trips incorporating these tracks are generally given a TRTC grading of around 3. This is indicative only, as trips can be allocated a higher or lesser grading depending on the route taken. For more detailed analysis refer to Grading Information.
Take SH88 to Port Chalmers. Turn sharp left onto Borlases Road then right onto Blueskin Road. Follow this road past the Scott Memorial to the intersection with Purakauni Road. Turn right and continue on this road to Mihiwaka Road which veers right and descends down to Long Beach and parking on the domain.
Long Beach. 2019 – 2004 (5 trips, 3 with reports and photos, 2 with no report or photos)