Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
On Saturday 16th April the alarm went off at 5 am. In darkness we drove to meet the team at Wellington train station at 6 am for the train to Waikanae. Here we met fellow trampers Jared, Mike and team leader Garth. Unfortunately, one member of the team slept through the alarm so our group … Read more
With the change of committee we waved goodbye to Tony as newsletter editor. Tony’s done a great job over the past year, particularly in gracing the newsletter site with some of his beautiful photos. This month is my first month editing the newsletter. I’m not a photographer like Tony, so I know I can’t live … Read more
This was billed as an easy walk and was probably one of the easiest that I’ve been on in a long time. Our walk, the second in a series on the Te Araroa walkways began in Shortland Park right at the end of The Parade down in Island Bay looking out to Taputeranga Island. The … Read more
This was the first of the formal Te Araroa Trail walks organised through the club, an EM daywalk from Porirua to the Cable Car. Twelve punters took the 8.30 am train from Wellington Central to Porirua. The weather forecast had promised a still, hot day and clear views. Pete led the group through central Porirua … Read more
Date: 25 April 2016 To: Subject: nothing much just saying hello and thanks Dr Michael Ellims sent a message using the contact form at https://www.wtmc.org.nz/contact. Hi,For some reason I bumped into the newsletter page while conducting a search on mountaineering and brick walls and was VERY pleasantly surprised. I originally hail from Wainuiomata and … Read more
INTRODUCTION Breaking historical ground (as far as we know), Frances led the first WTMC Musical Tramp with expert skill and agility. The ‘genius’ behind this trip was in the detail: if either of the tramping or musical components had not been achievable – due to adverse weather, broken strings (including hamstrings), or an overcrowded hut … Read more
Are you a tramping socialite? We are in need of a new social convener and it could be you! As the social convener you organise the roster of speakers and remind them to show up, pick out the biscuits, and set up biscuits and tea on Wednesday nights. We’re currently working on organising a social … Read more
After the last attempt to go around the loop was stopped due to bad weather in the Tararuas (how surprising!), some of the punters were more than keen for another shot. Fortunately a good weather window coincided with the trip schedule. Some us were left waiting at the road end ready to go, wondering where … Read more
Hello to those of you at the club who I have not met. This is a short summary of my first trip away with the club. The long Easter weekend started with a swift jaunt from work, spare socks, billy and a toothbrush thrown in the pack and we were off! Sharing our journey down … Read more
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