Kia Ora
Winter is upon us and it’s good to see all the faces on a Wednesday night despite the inclement weather at times. To help us with the winter blues we are holding a ball this year so mark it in your Diaries now as it will be a night not to miss!
This is a black tie affair which includes a dinner and dance so put your glad rags and dancing shoes on and come join the fun.
When – 21 August 2010
Where – The Long room at the Basin Reserve.
The Band is Jonny and the Dream boats.
Profits made will go to Wellington Search and Rescue
$75 each for 2 or more early bird
$80 each for a single early bird
$90 each after 16th July
(early bird special prior to 16 July 2010 )
To purchase tickets contact me on or come to club on a Wednesday evening.
Now on to other stuff that is happening at club….
We’ve had some very informative and entertaining presentations recently. We particularly had fun with Des Smith from Zealandia giving an interactive talk about what native plants we find in the bush that we can use for food and healing and their properties. We have more to come;
23 June – This will be a social evening so club will be open from 7.30 – 8pm to sign up for trips and collect gear and then we encourage you to get together with other club members at the pub or another favourite venue for a general chat.
30 June – Sue Walsh will be taking us through Iceland as a continuation of her travels last year.
7 July – This night is vacant at this stage. It’s just waiting for you to fill it so if you have been on any trips lately and have some photos then come and talk to me.
14 July – Jenny Beaumont will be revisiting Dragons Teeth with us. She and others visited here at Easter time.
21 July – Katja Riedel has been cycling around the Poukai Circuit and would like to share this with us.
Photo Competition will be in November and you might be thinking “oh, that’s a long way off” but it is time to be thinking about concentrating on getting those good shots in as the photos need to have been taken in the last 12 months. Just remember to use a high as possible resolution for your photos.
Thanks again and remember I am always looking for presenters and ideas for presentation if you don’t feel confident to give the talk. Talk to me on Wednesday nights or email me on
We are putting together the annual journal this year and we need your trip
articles asap . We have very few articles so far. We want to avoid what happened last year – rushing to get everything together at the last minute. So please start sending your stories through now! Article length should be around 1000 to 2000 words.
We want to hear about tramping, climbing, mountain biking, kayaking… We also want your best action shots for the photo gallery.
Send your journal contributions to
Donna – Social Convenor
Tony and Jackie – Journal Editors