Barlow Hut

Upper Makaroro Hut

Date: 28 Feb – 2 Mar.
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Ruahines.
Author: Daniel Parkinson.
Trampers: Mike, Kevin, Fiona, Sarah, Maarten (leader), Daniel.

We set off to Hawkes Bay via a takeaway stop at Carterton, where we scattered in about five different directions to explore the smorgasbord of culinary options there. We eventually got to the road end, at around 10pm. After a splash through the river, and taking a wrong turn, the GPS was consulted and we … Read more

It’s a bit like the Tararuas

Date: 29 April – 1 May 2011.
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Ruahines.
Author: Mike Pheathean.
Trampers: Morag McConville, Siobhan Murray, Bernie Smithyman (leader) and Mike Phethean.

As usual we met at the train station on Friday night for our trip to the Ruahines. We stopped for kebabs on the way and then in what seemed like no time at all were at the road end. We had a few hours to walk on the first night to get to Parks Peak … Read more