Tag: Swinespur

Flax/ Track clearing

Square11/04/2025 Flax/ Track Clearing.  Trampers.  Leader: Phil Keene.

The famous 5 emerged to take on the challenge ‘up on Swampy’ and were underway on Upper Swinespur by just after 9am; a stunning drive up through Rollinsons Rd – no haze, just a big panorama.

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Swampy Tracks – Information and Trips Library

Scope:

This page of club tramps and hikes in the area of Whare Flat and groups together trips to tracks east of Rollinsons Road and includes the following tracks: Ben Rudd, McQuilkans, Possum Busters, Smithys, Swampy Summit Swinespur, (map)

Background Information:

Road distances from Mosgiel carpark.
Swampy ridge track background information.
Ben Rudd Property and the Otago Tramping Club Inc

Links to tramps and hikes in this area:

Rollinsons Rd Locked gate, Swinespur, Swampy Ridge, McQuilkans, Smithies. 2024 – 2009 (5 trips, all with reports and photos)
Rollinsons, Swampy, Swine Spur. 2019 – 1989 (8 trips, 4 with reports and photos, 4 with no reports or photos)
Swampy from Access/Rollinsons Road. 2013 – 1989 (4 trips, 1 with report and photos, 3 with no reports or photos)
Possum Busters and nearby tracks tramps. 2021 – 2000 (10 relevant trips, 9 with report and photos, 1 with no report or photos)
Moon, McQuilkan, Possum Hunters, Jim Freeman, Pineapple, Nicols 26/11/2008 (1 trip with report and photos)

 

Track and Planting Activities – Information and Trips Library

Scope:

TRTC in liaison with the Green Hut Track Group undertakes to maintain those tracks on Swampy and Flagstaff on the Silverstream side above Rollinsons Road. This page groups together those trips where track maintenance has been undertaken by the Club.

Also included on this page is planting activities undertaken with the Halo Project which is an Otago based organization within Predator Free Dunedin who work collaboratively to protect and strengthen communities.

Background Information:

Road distances from Mosgiel carpark.

Links to tramps and hikes in this area:

11/04/2025 Flax/ Track Clearing.  Trampers.  Leader: Phil Keene.

26/03/2025. Flax / Track Clearing. Trampers. Leader: Phil Keene.

21/03/2025. Track Clearing.  Leader: Phil Keene.

18/11/2024 Track Clearing.  Leader: Phil Keene.

Halo Project Planting  2024 Combined Leader: Jill

Track Clearing  2024 – 2004 (27 trips, 16 with reports and photos, 10 with reports only, 1 with no report or photos)