Heaphy Hut

Heaphy Track – November 2015

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Date: 20-23 Nov 2015.
Trip type: Tramp.
Location: Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
Author: David Harris.
Trampers: Richard H, Emily S, David H, Joe H, Matt C.

Day 1. No one showed up at Platform 9 Wellington train station. Richard, Matt, Joe, Emily and David were off on a Heaphy track adventure, pack weigh in was at Wellington airport. A short flight into Nelson, and a three hour drive later we arrive at Brown Hut. It’s raining. Were close to the West … Read more

Heaphy MTB revisited

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Date: 12-14 August 2011.
Trip type: MTB (private trip).
Location: Heaphy Track.
Author: Ant Mulick.
Trampers: Andy Aldridge, Richard Simpson, Debbie Corbett, Ant Mulick.

It was with immense satisfaction that the first judder of many peculated through my bones at the start of The Heaphy Great Walk. This was no tramp though, but a long awaited mountain biking adventure. I first rode this track back in 1996 on a fully rigid bike. Then I was new to MTBing. Now, … Read more