Cow Creek Hut

Hard Yakka Trips and a Return to the Sunny Tararuas

Date: 28-29 September 2013.
Trip type: MF.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Marie Henderson.
Trampers: Megan Banks, Marie Henderson, Illona Keenan (leader), Bernard Smithyman.

There are all kinds of hard yakka trips, but to qualify they must test you to breaking point and beyond. A recent trip back in to the sunny Tararuas cracked me. Not so I couldn’t be put back together again, but I definitely did lose it. Hard yakka trips come from my husband Robert. There … Read more

Neither Howletts nor Cow Creek…

Date: 2 - 4 August 2013.
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Gareth Gretton.
Trampers: Spencer Clubb (Leader), Rebecca (Beccy) Day, Gareth Gretton, Ian Harrison.

The original plan for this trip was to go to Howletts Hut in the Ruahines via a Friday night stay at Longview. This would be a great plan for a dry and moonlit Friday night, but that wasn’t the way the weather was shaping up. Instead, the forecast was for strong winds and heavy rain … Read more