The butterfly creek walk was our first with the Wellington Tramping club. My partner Tim and I wanted to try out a day walk with the club that wasn’t too easy and wasn’t too hard, and was fairly easy to get to. So Butterfly creek was it.
When we arrived at the bus stop, it was great to see 10 other like minded international looking people in a similar age group. We kind of felt at home…. And we were surprised to hear that there were at least a couple of others, for whom, it was also their first walk.
So off we went, in the bus, from Wellington to Wainuiomata to our get out point. We used $9 Bus-About day passes, which turned out to be really handy. In fact, in the end, people were able to use them to get all the way home, beyond the central bus station.
Unfortunately, the weather was pretty grey during the trip, but the rain held out, and it was amazingly still! The walk itself had lots of ups and downs, and was extremely muddy, so there were definitely a few slips and slides during the trip. The highlight for me, as a newbee, was chatting to people along the way, sometimes oblivious of where I was actually going!
Towards the end of the walk, there were beautiful views overlooking Wellington harbour and the city, before we descended down to Eastbourne to the Beach Cafe for a well deserved coffee and cake.
All in all, a nice experience for us as newbees, and we’ll definitely be back 😉