Orongorongos

Rimutaka Cycle Trail

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Date: 28 February 2015 .
Trip type: Mountain bike ride .
Location: Upper Hutt to Wellington City via Wairarapa South coast and Days Bay .
Author: Garth Ireland .
Trampers: Sam Thornton (leader) and Ed Turner, Garth Ireland.

We met at the Wellington Railway Station and caught the 7:05 am train to Upper Hutt. It was our first experience of the new rail carriages – very smart indeed. We discovered that cyclists have priority over passengers for up 3 bikes per car utilising dedicated fold back seating. Arriving at 8:00 am we set … Read more

A Bonnie Wee Walk Abune Matthew’s Brae

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Date: 23-25 January 2015.
Trip type: Tramp, Burns Night.
Location: Orongorongos.
Author: Rebecca Day.
Trampers: Gareth Gretton, Rebecca Day and Harry Smith.

What you need to ken… There was a Scotsman, an English Lass and a Kiwi – probably the only time in history that a Burn’s supper celebration has had such a composition! For those of you who are not familiar with the traditions of Burn’s celebrations, I’ll give you a rundown. The 25th January is … Read more

Tapokopokoa to Red Rocks Stream

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Date: 23-25 January 2015.
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Orongorongos.
Author: Maarten Ruiter.
Trampers: Alastair Young (leader), Mike, Bernie, Wei Min Ren, Jessie Go and Maarten Ruiter.

We set off on Friday evening to get to Paua hut so we could make an early start on Saturday. It was a perfect warm calm evening for us to sit outside Paua Hut and Alastair to talk us through the trip he had in mind, and to give some a crash course in navigation. … Read more

On the trail of the Orongorongorangutang

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Date: 14 - 16 November 2014.
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Rimutaka Range, Orongorongos, Catchpool roadend.
Author: Alistair Young.
Trampers: Alistair, Mike, Marteen, Bernie, Dan, Weimen, Orongorongorangutang.

More photos from Mike McGavin Six of us departed from platform 9 Friday night with a windy but rainless weekend predicted for our attempt to do a fairly involved navigational effort from near paua hut over the main range to the southern coast for a saturday night camp, returning Sunday via south saddle. I considered … Read more

Turere Waterfall – Remutaka Forest Park

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Date: 21-22 June 2014.
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Orongorongos.
Author: Debbie Buck.
Trampers: Megan Sety (leader), Tony Gazely (photographer), Debbie Buck (trip report writer).

Turere Stream waterfall

Turere Waterfall An adventurous hike into the Orongorongo Valley, Remutaka Forest Park, to find the Turere waterfall Route Saturday 9.25 hours – Carpark to Mt McKerrow via Clay Ridge track, about 1km north of Mt McKerrow go down the first SE tending ridge and drop into Turere stream about 200m above the sidestream coming off … Read more

Madness and Bananagrams on Mt Matthews

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Date: 21-22 June 2014.
Trip type: Easy – Medium Tramp (Sarah reclassified this before the trip as Medium because of Mt Matthews being such a grind).
Location: Orongorongos - Mt Matthews and Mt McKerrow .
Author: Andrei Zubkov, Derek Moore, Richard Lyth and Sarah Fisher.
Trampers: Andrei Zubkov, Derek Moore, Richard Lyth and Sarah Fisher (leader).

See more pictures from Sarah.  Andrei’s report of Saturday: An important takeaway was quickly realised – my venerable Mazda Millenia sedan, which was the surrogate club van for the weekend, can only hold four backpacks.  Three in the boot and one in the middle of the back seat.  Just as well we had a late … Read more

Paua Hut on Guy Fawkes’ Weekend

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Date: 9-10 November 2013.
Trip type: EM.
Location: Orongorongos .
Author: Joe Harbridge .
Trampers: Tony Gazley (leader), Joe Harbridge, Pete Gent, Barbara, Yuki, Bridget, Marisa .

This was my first tramp with the club and arriving at the railway station on Saturday morning, I was not exactly sure what I was getting myself into. Was I in for an easy walk through the bush or something a little more challenging? The answer was a little bit of both. As people showed … Read more

Best Little Trail Run in the Orongorongos

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Date: 7 Sep 2013.
Trip type: Trail Run.
Location: Orongorongos.
Author: Sharron Came.
Trampers: Sharron Came, Harriette Carr, Sarah Fisher, Eddie Hussey, Phil Kendon, Gareth Morton (leader), Alastair Shelton.

As Gareth and I headed up the south coast into a lively northerly breeze with about 100 other punters the same two thoughts were going through my mind as last year (1) this landscape is stupidly beautiful and (2) how many scratches and bruises will I incur on the way to the finish line? Sand … Read more

The Editor’s Picnic

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Date: 21-23 June 2013.
Trip type: Jungle Safari.
Location: Orongorongo Valley.
Author: Ed Journal.
Trampers: Tony Gazley & Megan Sety.

A two day retreat away from city life is always good for breaking the stress (or boredom) of a working week and so Ed Newsletter and I decided that, in spite of a MetService severe weather warning for the North Island mountains, we would head into the local hills. A wander over the Orongorongos to … Read more

Bushcraft 2013

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Date: 8-10 March 2013.
Trip type: Instruction.
Location: Rumutaka Forest Park.
Author: David Sluiter.
Trampers: Tracey Black, Mike Moore, David Sluiter, Chris Villasis, Illske Verburg, Doug Jones, Javier Luque, Richard Salisbury, Adam Threkeld.

The morning of Saturday 9th March dawned colder and wetter than had been predicted by both Amanda and the Meteorologists so I was glad I had packed a raincoat. From the house it was clear to see that it would be wet over in the Rimutaka ranges. Perfect conditions for an NZ bush-craft course. Seeing … Read more