Mt Mckerrow

Mt McKerrow

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Date: 27 February 2016.
Trip type: Easy medium day walk.
Location: Mount McKerrow, Rimutaka Forest Park.
Author: Aimee Paterson.
Trampers: Clinton (leader), Margaret, Sophie, Michelle, Anne, Beth, Christopher, Alex and Aimee.

This day trip showed me just how accessible the bush is from Wellington city.  Our very organized trip leader (Clinton) gave us all the details we needed to get to the start of the Whakanui track using only public transport. In short you can take the 8.35am train on a Saturday morning from Wellington Railway … Read more

Turere Waterfall – Remutaka Forest Park

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Date: 21-22 June 2014.
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Orongorongos.
Author: Debbie Buck.
Trampers: Megan Sety (leader), Tony Gazely (photographer), Debbie Buck (trip report writer).

Turere Stream waterfall

Turere Waterfall An adventurous hike into the Orongorongo Valley, Remutaka Forest Park, to find the Turere waterfall Route Saturday 9.25 hours – Carpark to Mt McKerrow via Clay Ridge track, about 1km north of Mt McKerrow go down the first SE tending ridge and drop into Turere stream about 200m above the sidestream coming off … Read more

Madness and Bananagrams on Mt Matthews

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Date: 21-22 June 2014.
Trip type: Easy – Medium Tramp (Sarah reclassified this before the trip as Medium because of Mt Matthews being such a grind).
Location: Orongorongos - Mt Matthews and Mt McKerrow .
Author: Andrei Zubkov, Derek Moore, Richard Lyth and Sarah Fisher.
Trampers: Andrei Zubkov, Derek Moore, Richard Lyth and Sarah Fisher (leader).

See more pictures from Sarah.  Andrei’s report of Saturday: An important takeaway was quickly realised – my venerable Mazda Millenia sedan, which was the surrogate club van for the weekend, can only hold four backpacks.  Three in the boot and one in the middle of the back seat.  Just as well we had a late … Read more

A trifle easy (medium) weekend (Paua Hut via Mt McKerrow)

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Date: 10 - 11 November 2012.
Trip type: Easy-Medium Tramp.
Location: Orongorongo Valley.
Author: Kate Hodgkinson.
Trampers: Mike Gilbert, Meena Kadri (photos), Ashley Pendree, Luke Fraser, Kate Hodgkinson.

We met at Platform 9¾ bright and early on the 10th November and headed off, via a crucial pit stop at Maccie Ds, to the road end of the Whakanui Track. Once there, we kitted up and headed up what felt like a near-vertical climb to meet the McKerrow Track.  We enjoyed a gentle tramp … Read more