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Fair Weather Trampers: in the NZ bush with the Cock & Bull Tramping Club.by Julia Millen. Includes maps and illustrations by Barbara O’Reilly. published by Writes Hill Press, Wellington. ISBN 978 0 473 20009 1; $30.
One summer morning a group of drinking mates set out for a short walk. 12 hours later, exhausted and footsore, they straggle on to Makara Beach So begins the story of the Cock & Bull Tramping Club. Inspired by The Compleat Tramper – ancient equipment, woollen longjohns, oilskin parka – they embark on a series of adventures. Stories include an epic tramp in the Eastern Ruahines, down the Makaroro River: now threatened by the Ruataniwha Dam.
Julia Millen’s light-hearted stories not only depict Cock & Bull exploits throughout New Zealand, but reflect her writing career. Besides tramping the ranges, she has also skied the Tasman Glacier and hiked in the Grand Canyon, Patagonia and Antarctica.
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