Murchison

D’Urville Hut (Though we didn’t actually make it to D’Urville Hut)

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Date: 19-22 January 2018 (Wellington Anniversary Weekend).
Trip type: Easy-Medium Tramping.
Location: Nelson Lakes National Park .
Author: Lisa.
Trampers: David (Leader), Jue, Lisa, Johanna, Byron, Lucy, Jiwon and Jaleel.

After arriving in Murchison late Friday night and staying the night in cabins at Riverview holiday Park, we set off in the morning to the Jamieson’s Ridge road end, near Tutaki. A relatively gentle incline up Jamieson’s ridge through typical South Island beech forest and into subalpine scrub, found us at the edge of the … Read more

Old Ghost Road

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Date: 20-23 October 2017.
Trip type: Mountain Bike.
Location: West Coast, Lyell to Seddonvile.
Author: Henry.
Trampers: Nick (leader), Kristy, Sean, Henry.

INTRODUCTION This adventure strangely and quite accidentally ended up being a joint venture, with two WTMC members and two Tararua Tramping Club members. I’m not sure if there is a history of rivalry between the clubs, but I would like to at least try to start some rivalry here by pointing out that the WTMC … Read more