Burtton’s Track

Hiking The Burtton Track

Date: 7 Aug 2021.
Trip type: Day Trip EM.
Location: Palmy/Shannon.
Author: Bethany.
Trampers: Bethany, Monique, Maj-Britt, James W and Amy.

Up bright and early to start our day trip meeting at the Railway Station: 7AM. It was really great having two cars for this trip as the starting and finishing points are different. The road to the start of track is gravelly and potholed, take care when driving.  The start of the track is Scott’s … Read more

Tararua’s No. 1 Canyon – putting new skills to the test

Date: 18 November 2017.
Trip type: Canyoning.
Location: Tararua Forest Park, Scotts Roadend.
Author: Megan Sety.
Trampers: Megan, Fiona, Brendan, William, David.

A few of us did a canyon instruction course over Easter this year with the NZ Canyoning School. Winter shortly settled in and there was no more canyoning for the season. Once daylight savings had switched over, we got ready with a refresher of anchors, abseiling, rope management, ascending and more at Titahi Bay. Then … Read more