Herepai Hut

Dundas, deer and dialogue

Date: 4-6 April 2014.
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Stuart Beban.
Trampers: Kevin Cole (leader), Raymond Morgan, Tim Dunning, Stuart Beban, Sarah Fisher.

See photos from Kevin Cole It was the kind of hot Friday night that cricket commentators call balmy or sultry when our party of five departed on a two day Medium/Fit Dundas tramp.  Our first goal was to get from the road end to Herepai Hut in total darkness. The modern marvel that is the LED light … Read more

Not your usual Tararua tramp

Date: 13 – 15 December 2013.
Trip type: MF (with vicarious visits from the FE - David Heffernan and Shay).
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Megan Sety.
Trampers: Brendan Eckert (Leader 1), Weimen Ren, Megan Sety, Sam Thornton (Leader #2).

We were rushing to get out of town on Friday night and eat a fast dinner, because David Heffernan and Shay had planned to tackle the SK challenge – the North to South crossing of the Tararuas in under 48 hours. Since the Medium and Medium-Fit trips for the weekend only had one punter and … Read more

Four Seasons in the Tararuas

Date: 12-14 March 2010.
Trip type: Fit Tramp.
Location: Tararuas (Putara road end).
Author: Jenny Cossey.
Trampers: Jenny Cossey, Paul Christoffel.

As I passed Wellington airport with the orange needle horizontal on Cobham Drive, and the radio informing me that wind gusts of up to 140km/h were being recorded, I was beginning to wonder why I was heading into the hills. The horizontal hailstorms announced that summer had ended and autumn had begun. Buses were crashing … Read more