Holdsworth Lodge

Mid-Waiohine Hut (transformed into High Ridge Adventures)

Date: 15-17 June 2018.
Trip type: Medium Tramping.
Location: High Ridge, Tararua Forest Park.
Author: Tony S.
Trampers: Matt (co-leader), Maj-Britt (co-leader), Tony S and Yenfei.

I had last visited Mid Waiohine hut many years ago and I’ve been keen to go back there for a while. So I signed up for Matt and Maj-Britt’s trip there. We met at Wellington station on the Friday evening and departed for the Wairarapa. As we were driving we were already discussing other options … Read more

Solo Adventurer – to Mid-King Biv and Beyond

Date: 27 May 2017.
Trip type: Navigation.
Location: Mid King Biv, Tararua Ranges.
Author: Andrew.
Trampers: Leader, scribe and party: Andrew.

This is the soggy tail of an overnighter-turned day trip. The plan: Donnelly Flats, Pinnacle Ridge, Baldy, South and Middle Kings, Mid King Biv, South Mitre Stream, the Pines and over the ridge to Holdsworth Lodge. The weather is glum for a 7.25am kick off. I’ve picked a handy looking spur below the first marked … Read more

The name is Tongue and Meats! A geriatric old codger braves the Ranges of Everlasting Mud and Misery

Date: 6-8 May 2011.
Trip type: Fit tramp.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Harry Smith.
Trampers: Amanda Wells (leader), Richard Lardner, Harry Smith .

Are you from the Tongue and Meat tramping club?, the veteran Tararua Tramping Club member asked one of Hans’s punters in Atiwhakatu Hut on Friday night, when we arrived there after walking in for an hour and a half by torchlight from Holdsworth Lodge. No, she replied, clearly puzzled by such a strange name. Yes … Read more