Island Forks

The WTMC takes over Island Forks Hut

Date: 14-16 February 2020.
Trip type: M tramp.
Location: Tararua Forest Park.
Author: Aimee.
Trampers: Emile S, Aimee.

Island Forks

It didn’t take long for me to realize, on my second weekend back in Wellington, that I did not have the fitness to tackle the Mid-Otaki trip I had put on the schedule. Emily wisely suggested Island Forks instead, and I adopted the idea as my own. We had a romantic drive from Wellington to … Read more

More Mick-ey mouse business in the Tararua

Date: 20-21 January 2019.
Trip type: Off Track silliness.
Location: Mick, Tararua Forest Park.
Author: Aimee.
Trampers: Aimee (hapless leader), Caryl, Yenfei, Patrick, Steph and Ken.

After my previous adventures up the “Mick”, you would have thought I could safely leave this area of the Tararua alone. Not so. Apparently I love getting lost in this Bermuda Triangle of bush. However, I am not on my own in this. Every now and then on the eastern slopes of the Mick, you … Read more