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Northland
Mar 18, 2024
Northland Cycle Tour – March
by Christine Major Sunday The rain let up as we left the Goose Bakery in Matakana for our journey to first Point Wells and from there to…
Jun 29, 2023
Mangawhai Day Walk Weekend – June 2023
Will the new road be open for us? This was the question on our minds as 34 of us headed north for a weekend away. Sadly, we were just a bit…
Jun 10, 2022
Queens Birthday Weekend 2022 Cape Reinga Medium Group
by Teresa JanssenWell it started with a bang!! A shredded tyre at 9.30pm forced an early night, at Ruakaka rather than all the way up by…
Aug 17, 2021
Eight Go Mad in Tangihua
13-15 August, 2021 Fit Group by Aaron Pryce CHAPTER ONE: GENTLE UNDULATIONS Dry tracks, sunlight vistas, fluttering fantails and gentle…
Jul 12, 2021
Whangarei Heads – Multiple Choice
9-11 July, 2021 by Martin Woodhead and Bill Mancer There was a Medium party and there was an Easy party but as the weekend progressed the…
Jun 08, 2021
Cape Brett & Urupukapuka Island
Queens Birthday Weekend, 2021 by Wendy Graham “Geez Wendy, do these guys know you haven’t led a tramping group before? I’d be putting in a…
Oct 17, 2020
Tutamoe and Tangihua – October 2020
by Tony Walton This trip was originally scheduled for earlier in the year, but the lockdowns forced a postponement. This may have helped…
Jul 16, 2019
Waipoua Coastal Walkway Medium-Fit Trip
Weekend - Friday 12 July 2019 to Sunday 14 July 2019 (3 days) by Andrew Murdoch Saturday A full bus had made its way up from Auckland the…
Oct 02, 2018
Tangihua and Mt Tutamoe
Weekend - Saturday 29 September 2018 to Sunday 30 September 2018 (2 days) by Russell Allen Fay's Photos This was the first of a new…
Sep 15, 2018
Waoku Coach Road Track, Northland
Weekend - Friday 7 September 2018 to Sunday 9 September 2018 (3 days) by Robin Houston The historic Waoku Coach Road was built around the…
Sep 15, 2018
Chalk and Cheese Up North
Weekend - Friday 7 September 2018 to Sunday 9 September 2018 (3 days) Group 2 tramping up the Taita Bridle Trail to the Waima Main Range,…
Jul 17, 2017
Omahuta and Puketi Forests
Weekend - Friday 14 July 2017 to Sunday 16 July 2017 (3 days) Medium Fit Party Photos - Margaret has some great photos, but they are quite…
Jul 14, 2017
Omahuta and Puketi Forests - Easy Medium
Weekend - Friday 14 July 2017 to Sunday 16 July 2017 (3 days) Easy / Medium Party The Saturday Sanctuary Loop and Pukekohe Stream Tracks…
Jul 03, 2017
Twin Coast Cycle Trail
Weekend Trip - Friday 9 June 2017 to Sunday 11 June 2017 (3 days) Photo Gallery - Margaret Law On a fine winter's morning bikes were loaded…
Oct 27, 2016
Te Paki Coastal Track or Cape Reinga Walkway - October 2016
Labour Weekend Trip - Thursday 20 October 2016 to Monday 24 October 2016 (5 days) Photo Gallery - Uta Machold Having the luxury of 3.5 days…
Oct 27, 2016
Sub Tropical Far North Medium/Fit Group
Labour Weekend - Thursday 20 October 2016 to Monday 24 October 2016 (5 days) Friday morning 6am found us waking up in the bus at the Raetea…
Oct 27, 2016
Travels with Dog : an ATC odyssey in the Far North, Labour Weekend, 2016
Labour Weekend - Thursday 20 October 2016 to Monday 24 October 2016 (5 days) Photo Gallery - Terry Chubb Photo Gallery - Anthony Hayes…
Jun 07, 2016
Cape Brett
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 3 June 2016 to Monday 6 June 2016 (4 days) Photo Gallery Feiyan Zhong 05/06/2016 Cape Brett…
Sep 08, 2015
Waima Forest in Northland
Weekend - Friday 4 September 2015 to Sunday 6 September 2015 (3 days) Medium Photo Gallery - Ming Lo Medium / Fit Photo Gallery - Feiyan…
Dec 06, 2014
November Trip to Whangarei
Extended Trip - Monday 17 November 2014 to Sunday 23 November 2014 (7 days) Mon: Nov 17: A very wet morning with whiteout conditions over…
Dec 02, 2014
Waipoua Coast 2014
Weekend - Friday 14 November 2014 to Sunday 16 November 2014 (3 days) Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong It wasn’t an auspicious start to the…
Jul 08, 2014
Tangihua Forest
Weekend - Friday 4 July 2014 to Sunday 6 July 2014 (3 days) Tangihua Forest is a very rugged patch of bush covered hills and steep gullies…
Nov 05, 2013
Manukapua Island - October 2013
Day Trip - Sunday 13 October 2013 Eighteen trampers set out on what could have been a very exposed walk around Manukapua Island on the…
Nov 07, 2011
Kerikeri - November 2011
Week Trip - Monday 7 November 2011 to Sunday 13 November 2011 (7 days) A phone call on Sunday that Big Blue had wheel problems led to some…
Apr 22, 2011
Spirits Bay to Twilight Beach - April 2011
Easter Weekend Trip - Friday 22 April 2011 to Monday 25 April 2011 (4 days) The tramp started at Spirits Bay on the north-east coast, and…
Feb 25, 2011
Mimiwhangata To Ngunguru - February 2011
Weekend Trip - Friday 25 February 2011 to Sunday 27 February 2011 (3 days) An eager group spilled from the bus on a starry Friday night and…
Nov 08, 2010
Mangawhai Heads: Adventures in Northland - November 2010
Week Long Trip - Monday 8 November 2010 to Sunday 14 November 2010 (7 days) Monday: Travel day to a week of Mangawhai adventure. Ten of us…
Oct 24, 2008
Warawara Forest, Hokianga (Fit Group) - October 2008
Labour Weekend Trip - October 2008 Labour Weekend was looking decidedly soggy. The forecasters were prophesying weather bombs and the…
Mar 14, 2008
Waipapa River Track, Puketi Forest Park, Northland - March 2008
Weekend Trip - Friday 14 March 2008 to Sunday 16 March 2008 (3 days) Splish Splash, One for the Ducks The weather forecast was for…
Oct 20, 2006
Waima & Mataraua Forest - October 2006
Labour Weekend Trip - Friday 20 October 2006 to Monday 23 October 2006 (4 days) A to Z of Plans Plan A: Beach walk around Spirits Bay/Cape…
Auckland
Jan 01, 2024
Excellent Turnout at NTK Working Bee
Word has it that Robin Houston, our Huts Officer, was somewhat taken aback (in a good way) to see the overnighters all hard at work when he…
Apr 03, 2023
Tiritiri Matangi – 29-31 March 2023
by Paulina Koopen I woke as usual at about 7am on April the first – I heard one bird, possibly a sparrow, and wondered if some kind of mean…
Dec 19, 2022
What Could Possibly Go Right? – Awhitu Peninsula
December 18, 2022 by Tony Walton A few days out and I had that sinking feeling that we were looking straight into the eyes of another wet…
Oct 22, 2022
Volcanic Auckland
A few pics from the Wednesday 19 October urban walk including One Tree Hill, Mt St John and Mt Hobson.
Sep 26, 2022
West Coast and NTK Overnighter
21-22 September 2022 by Grace Yong "Two left boots!" Well, that's not going to work, so after a good-humoured chuckle, Mike hastily ejected…
Aug 02, 2022
Wild and Windy on the West Coast
31 July, 2022 by Tony Walton It was billed as a moderate walk along the reopened Gibbons / Muir Tracks, Pararaha Stream via the new bridge…
Jul 02, 2022
Matariki on Motutapu – June 2022
by Tony Walton A full complement of 25 keen people turned up at the Okahu wharf early on Friday morning, ready for a biosecurity briefing.…
Aug 16, 2021
Donald Maclean to Whatipu
15 August 2021 by Louise Inglis Our small group departed the garage promptly at 8am, arriving at Donald McLean car park just before 9am.…
May 04, 2021
NTK Working Bee – 1 May 2021
Excellent work was done at the recent Ngaro Te Kotare working bee. All items on the Commandant’s list were ticked off, and there was even…
Apr 26, 2021
Musick Point Walk - Anzac Day 2021
Easy/ Medium Leader Louise Inglis Timing for this walk was carefully planned for low tide. Our party of 8 left from the ATC Garage at about…
Apr 05, 2021
Karamatura Easter 2021
Sunday April 4, 2021 by Louise Inglis (leader) 15 high spirited trampers, including 5 first-timers, relished the return to the Waitakeres…
Mar 01, 2021
Motuihe Island – 26-28 February 2021
A very agreeable spot! by Kay Willcocks Laden up with “necessities”, 13 hardy trampers met at Auckland Sea Shuttles base at Okahu Bay for…
Feb 27, 2021
NTK Hut visit – February
A group of 10 ATC members recently overnighted at NTK to celebrate Uta Machold’s birthday. 5 of the group braved Auckland’s roads to arrive…
Sep 27, 2020
Covid Tripping September 2020
With Covid continuing to put a spanner in the works, we have no Club trip reports to share from this month. But with Level 2.5 allowing…
Jul 26, 2020
Kawakawa Bay to Tawhitokino
Sunday 19 July
Jul 19, 2020
Seven Volcanoes of the Auckland Isthmus
Sunday 12 July 2020 by Christine Major So just how high are 137 flights of stairs? That was the total elevation gain recorded on Ian’s…
Jul 12, 2020
Hunuas - Ernies Loop Clockwise
Sunday tramp – 5 July 2020 After the Covid-19 Lockdown – first Club trip in 14 weeks! by Teresa Janssen Our first club tramp since the end…
Oct 30, 2018
Great Barrier Island, Medium Trip
Labour Weekend Trip - Friday 19 October 2018 to Monday 22 October 2018 (4 days) by Murray Gifford The weather gods were on our side with…
Mar 12, 2018
Safari 2018 - ATC and HTMC
Extended Trip - Saturday 24 February 2018 to Sunday 11 March 2018 (16 days) This year the ATC hosted members of the Hawaiian Trail and…
Feb 27, 2018
ATC and the Walking Club of Victoria
Day Trip - Sunday 25 February 2018 On a busy Sunday in February we ran two trips - one on the Mt Donald McLean - Omanawanui - Whatipu…
Oct 09, 2017
NTK Working Bee Two 2017
Weekend - Friday 6 October 2017 to Sunday 8 October 2017 (3 days) This was a very productive working bee at Ngaro Te Kotare, our hut in the…
Apr 06, 2016
Goldies Bush / Te Henga Walkway
Day Trip - Sunday 3 April 2016 Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong A few photos from our venture on this popular tramp, also including a keen…
Oct 18, 2015
ATC 90th Celebration
Sunday 18 October 2015 The president’s address is available here. Over one hundred present and past members were there for the occasion, to…
Apr 24, 2015
North Shore Traverse
Day Trip - Sunday 19 April 2015 A beautiful autumn day and 26 trampers front up to do this tramp that links up all the green areas from…
Feb 10, 2015
Great Barrier Island - Waitangi Weekend
Long Weekend Trip - Thursday 5 February 2015 to Sunday 8 February 2015 (4 days) Our eager group of 11 arrived in plenty of time by 7.30 to…
Dec 01, 2014
Mercer Bay Trip 2014
Day Trip - Sunday 30 November 2014 Two things dictate successfully descending into Mercer Bay to experience the magnificent cathedral cave.…
Oct 11, 2014
Old Baldy / Pararaha Stream
Day - Sunday 5 October 2014 A nice spring day with some cloud cover but no rain saw a fiftteen strong contingent front up for a fairly…
Jun 09, 2014
ATC & WATC PAREMOREMO / RIVERHEAD FOREST
Day Trip - Sunday 8 June 2014 A weather forecasting showers plus this being the third year in a row for this tramp possibly contributed to…
Nov 27, 2013
Takapuna to Kauri Point, North Shore Traverse - November 2013
Day Trip - Sunday 24 November 2013 Two days prior to this tramp Metservice were predicting showers, however, this changed on the day to a…
Oct 01, 2013
Paremoremo / Riverhead - September 2013
Day Trip - Sunday 22 September 2013 The weather forecast was not good and no doubt some were forgoing a tramp in favour of watching the…
Aug 05, 2013
Mercer Bay - April 2013
Day Trip - Sunday 21 April 2013 After the long hot summer the weather finally turned during the week preceding this tramp and it was wet…
Apr 30, 2013
Muriwai - March 2013
Day Trip - Sunday 17 March 2013 After many weeks of virtually no rain, the gods decided the time was overdue for a good solid downpour…
Oct 29, 2012
Kimptons Track, Brookby - October 2012
Day Trip - Sunday 28 October 2012 This tramp passed through a stand alone area to the west of the Hunua's that provided a good mix of…
Sep 30, 2012
Lower Mangatawhiri, Hunuas - September 2012
Day Trip - Sunday 30 September 2012 The start of daylight saving was not enough to deter 21 keen trampers from turning out for what…
Sep 09, 2012
Paremoremo / Riverhead Forest - September 2012
Day Trip - Sunday 9 September 2012 Nineteen trampers turned up on a day forecast to be showery and windy to explore a couple of areas that…
Jul 29, 2012
Jackie Peak/The Drum/Maori Caves - July 2012
Day Trip - Sunday 29 July 2012 The Metservice forecast for the day said 'showers to heavy rain and strong north easterlies' but this was…
Nov 27, 2011
5 Waitakere Dams - November 2011
Day Trip - Sunday 27 November 2011 Here was a chance for the more energetic trampers to test their fitness out before the onset of their…
May 22, 2011
Jackie Peak/The Drum/Maori Caves - May 2011
Day Trip - Sunday 22 May 2011 A beautiful sunny morning on Sunday 22 May saw a total of 29 trampers all arrive by private vehicles to…
Oct 10, 2010
Karaka Kayaking - October 2010
Day Trip - Sunday 10 October 2010 An opportunity for some kayaking fun at Karaka, with a little professional instruction thrown in. After a…
May 23, 2009
Happy 80th Birthday, Ngaro-te-Kotare! - May 2009
Day Trip - Saturday 23 May 2009 Celebrating Ngaro-te-Kotare Saturday, 23 May, was a fine day when approximately 50 members walked along the…
Waikato/Coromandel
Mar 26, 2024
Karioi and Pipiwharauroa – March 2024
by Tony Walton Our first day walk weekend of the year was a variation on our usual Mt Pirongia – Raglan – Mt Karioi trip to trial the…
Aug 15, 2023
Kawhia Discovery – August 2023
by Ian Roberts Despite the FIFA World Cup changing the departure venue from Sandringham Rd to Greenlane, Chris was still able to have us at…
Aug 08, 2023
Back to Tunawaea - August 2023
by Catherine Doyle Perfect weather in a perfect setting accompanied by bountiful birdsong. It was hard to recall it as a working weekend.…
Aug 01, 2023
Northern Pureora Easy Group - July 2023
Matariki Weekend 13-16 July, 2023 by John Parsons Friday 14 July The group ascended Pureora (BG35 GS2929) via the Mount Pureora Track from…
Jul 31, 2023
Waiuku Forest day walk – July 2023
27 trampers enjoyed an interesting day walk in Waiuku Forest on a circuitous route along horse trails through pine forests, the beach and…
Jun 06, 2023
Coromandel, out & about – Kings Birthday Weekend 2023
Saturday morning: Matarangi wetlands walk by Louise Inglis New Zealand’s first King’s Birthday weekend for 70 years dawned bright and…
May 20, 2023
Kiritehere Beach – 12-14 May 2023
Our favourite fossils fall for fossicking for fossils by Teresa Janssen and Ben Saunders A Waitomo west coast weekend staying at the…
May 18, 2022
Tawarau Forest & Waitanguru, King Country
13-15 May, 2022 by Martin Woodhead Friday night we had a pretty free run out of Auckland and arrived at our accommodation – Hamilton Tomo…
Jan 05, 2022
Hakarimata Day Trip
Sunday January 2, 2022 by Louise Inglis Waikato’s Hakarimata Track offered a stunning summer walk: bush cover the whole way, ridge top…
Jul 26, 2021
Waikato Walks 2021
24-25 July by Tony Walton This was a much anticipated two day walk weekend, with a good sized waiting list. However, everyone that was…
May 21, 2021
Pirongia Medium Group – May 2021
by Rae Coppins When I told my family I was going to be leading my first trip my sister said "do they know you got us lost in the…
Apr 27, 2021
Tunawaea (NW Pureora Forest) Medium trip
ANZAC Weekend, 2021 by Mark Perkins DAY 1 Big Blue and a couple of cars left Sandringham Road promptly and headed for Rangitoto Lands farm…
Apr 27, 2021
NW Pureora Anzac 2021 - Easy Group
( aka the swimming group ) by Martin Woodhead The trip description did not mention a swimming option but a few members had come with an…
Aug 03, 2020
Pirongia / Karioi
July 25 and 26, 2020 by Alireza Mokhtar Mount Pirongia – Saturday 25th July It is one of the last days of July. The long period of lockdown…
Nov 04, 2019
Pinnacles Weekend
by Teresa Janssen Our Pinnacles weekender was a real treat. Normally we do this trip as a long day trip and this time we got the chance to…
Sep 30, 2019
South Coromandel - September 2019
By Russell Allen Early in 2018 the club discussed how to alleviate the problems arising from losing so many day tramps in the Waitakeres…
Sep 09, 2019
Tunawaea (Kokako weekend) 2019 Sept 5-8
by Jean Barton Weather: much better than forecast. Rain only at night and after we left Sunday. Saturday perfect day. Work: 500g bags of…
Feb 11, 2019
Two Day Coromandel trip
Weekend Trip - Saturday 9 February 2019 to Sunday 10 February 2019 (2 days) This weekend is the third of its kind where we go away for 2…
Dec 17, 2018
Raglan Double Day Trip Weekend
Weekend Trip - Saturday 15 December 2018 to Sunday 16 December 2018 (2 days) Link to Fay Zhong's Superb Photos On Saturday the 15th of…
Dec 10, 2018
Kauaeranga / Tairua crossover (Fit)
Weekend - Friday 7 December 2018 to Sunday 9 December 2018 (3 days) by Mark Abela Simon had us down the highway in good time Friday night,…
Jul 01, 2018
Pinnacles Day Trip
Day - Sunday 1 July 2018 One of our longer day trips ended up scheduled in mid winter, not far away from the shortest day. Requiring a…
May 22, 2018
Te Araroa Trail , Waitomo area
Weekend - Friday 18 May 2018 to Sunday 20 May 2018 (3 days) An interesting weekend was in store as the ATC again joined up with a young and…
Sep 20, 2017
Southern Kaimai Forest Park - Medium Trip
Weekend - Friday 15 September 2017 to Sunday 17 September 2017 (3 days) Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong Friday night was spent in the bus at…
Sep 18, 2017
The journey of the 3 mudsteteers
Weekend - Friday 15 September 2017 to Sunday 17 September 2017 (3 days) Photo Archive The "great swamp in the sky" Andrew called it. A…
Aug 06, 2017
Northern Coromandel Winter Coastal Escape
Weekend - Friday 4 August 2017 to Sunday 6 August 2017 (3 days) The long winding drive to Waikawau Bay Lodge on the North East of…
Dec 20, 2016
Table Mountain - Coromandel
Weekend - Friday 9 December 2016 to Sunday 11 December 2016 (3 days) Table Mountain was all that Margaret promised it would be - wet, muddy…
Nov 29, 2016
Waitanguru - West of Waitomo
Weekend - Friday 18 November 2016 to Sunday 20 November 2016 (3 days) 19 people signed up for this variety packed weekend in King Country.…
Sep 25, 2016
Wairere Falls - The Challenge
Photo Gallery - multiple photographers A Sunday trip to Wairere Falls with a few interesting variations from our usual Wairere / Te Tuhi…
May 09, 2016
Mt Pirongia - 2016
Weekend Trip - May 6th - 8th Photo Gallery - Ming Lo Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong Maybe it was the Hamilton hoodoo … Whatever the cause, in…
Oct 07, 2015
Saving Kokako: Rat-baiting Weekend
Friday 2 October 2015 to Sunday 4 October 2015 (3 days) It's that time again, when ATC's conservation volunteers head off each month to the…
May 12, 2015
Tawarau and Whareorino Forests
Weekend - Friday 8 May 2015 to Sunday 10 May 2015 (3 days) This weekend trip was two day trips with each one being in different landscapes.…
Apr 04, 2015
Kaimai Work Weekends
Weekend - April to June 2015 There have been ATC organised work parties in the Kaimais working on the new Waiorongomai Track on the…
Apr 02, 2015
Hauraki Rail Trail 2015 - Paeroa - Te Aroha - Wiaihi and Back
Weekend Trip - Friday 27 March 2015 to Sunday 29 March 2015 (3 days) Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong The Hauraki Rail Trail, graded easy,…
Mar 10, 2015
Kaimais - Medium Trip - March 2015
Weekend - Friday 6 March 2015 to Sunday 8 March 2015 (3 days) Photo Gallery - Ming Lo We arrived to a full car park at Lindemann Road end…
Dec 06, 2014
Raglan - Mt Karioi and Karamu Walkway
Weekend - Friday 5 December 2014 to Sunday 7 December 2014 (3 days) The weekend started with an early and very smoothly driven start thanks…
May 13, 2014
Pirongia Forest Park 2014
Weekend - Friday 9 May 2014 to Sunday 11 May 2014 (3 days) Friday evening: After about 5 mins of spreading out and occupying as much space…
May 12, 2014
Mt Pirongia 2014
Weekend - Friday 9 May 2014 to Sunday 11 May 2014 (3 days) Views to die for, brilliant autumn days, good company, beautiful bush and the…
Apr 02, 2014
MTB - Timber Trail, Pureora
Weekend - Friday 28 March 2014 to Sunday 30 March 2014 (3 days) A few facts about this trip, Timber Trail is a mountain bike track that…
Feb 25, 2014
Coromandel - Tairua Second Branch - February 2014
Weekend - Friday 21 February 2014 to Sunday 23 February 2014 (3 days) Me and my big mouth! Should have known better with Carol being…
Apr 10, 2013
Trip Report - Waihi 2013
After Easter Trip 4 – 9 April 2013 Day 1 Thursday Showers as we left Auckland but it was clear as we approached Waihi. On the afternoon of…
Nov 09, 2012
Trip Report - Kaimais 2012
Kaimai Ranges - November 9-11, 2012 We only got lost the once, which was kind of nice. The fine weather 7.30 kick off was good and everyone…
Apr 29, 2012
Trip Report - Mt Maratoto 2012
Mount Maratoto / Golden Cross Mine Sunday 29 April 2012 Just a few kilometres north of the Karangahake Gorge and just over halfway down the…
Sep 02, 2011
Trip Report - Kokako Project 2011
Weekend Special Trip - Friday 2 September 2011 to Sunday 4 September 2011 On Friday afternoon six volunteers, trustingly following Liz’s…
Jul 22, 2011
Trip Report - Whareorino Forest 2011
Weekend Trip - Friday 22nd to Sunday 24 July 2011 Our destination was the Whareorino Forest which lies 20 km to the west of Piopio (on…
May 21, 2011
Trip Report - Rangitoto Station 2011
Weekend Trip - Saturday 21st to Sunday 22 May 2011 Saturday It was a slow drive up a narrow and winding farm track with the occasional…
Apr 07, 2011
Trip Report - Matamata 2011
Vets' (Long) Weekend Trip - Thursday 7 April 2011 to Tuesday 12 April 2011 (6 days) We arrived at the Opal Hot Springs on Thursday…
Oct 09, 2010
Trip Report - Karangahake Tubing 2010
Tubing the Wild Wet Water Saturday 9th October 2010 Tubing the Ohinemuri River down the Karangahake Gorge (5.5km). A great way to travel!…
Mar 12, 2010
Trip Report - Coromandel - Kuaotunu Peninsula 2010
Weekend Trip Friday 12th to Sunday 14th March 2010 Tramping the Kuaotunu Peninsula area of the Coromandel Departure? Do we have a quorum?…
Oct 04, 2009
Trip Report - Hihi to Kauaeranga 2009
Hihi Trig & Kauaeranga Valley Sunday 4th October 2009 This would have been a superb trip if there had been less mud and less rain. As it…
Jun 19, 2009
Trip Report - Coromandel 2009
Weekend Retreat - Friday 19th to Sunday 21st June 2009 Sitting on the train headed for Kingsland, a back pack looked alien in a train full…
Bay of Plenty
Feb 02, 2024
Whirinaki – Anniversary weekend 2024
by Vicky King The Medium Tararuas trip became the Whirinaki Medium Easy trip. There were only 3 on the trip and the weather forecast for…
Sep 22, 2023
Mamaku Weekend
15-17 September, 2023 by Karen Harbers Twenty of us set out from Auckland on Friday night to meet up with Tony and Rob at our Opal Springs…
May 01, 2023
Southern Kaimai rambles – April 2023
by Tony Walton This Two Day Walk weekend was originally scheduled as a rerun of last year’s very successful mid-week trip on Auckland’s…
Nov 04, 2022
Great Start to a Two Day Walk Weekend
by Tony Walton Our October Two Day Walk weekend was a re-schedule of a similar trip from last year but cancelled then because of a Covid…
Sep 01, 2022
Whirinaki Medium Group
July 2022 From Terry (leader): “What a great job the ladies did in embracing and overcoming the challenging conditions we were dealt with”.…
Jul 26, 2022
Whirinaki Fit Trip
July 2022 by Dennis Brown Our first crossing of the Mangamate took us by surprise – knee-deep and remarkably feisty. But safe enough for…
Jul 26, 2022
Whirinaki River Easy Trip
23 to 24 July, 2022 by John Parsons Blue was expertly nursed over Kaingaroa Forest roads by Sue, reaching the Plateau Road end entry into…
Mar 23, 2022
Easy-Medium Kaimai trip
March 18-20, 2022 by Louise Inglis Our easy-medium group, of 8 members, included 3 women who were doing their first ever overnight tramp…
Jul 05, 2021
Kaimai Track Maintenance
Well done to the 14 keen participants on our recent Kaimai work weekend. Their excellent work included finishing clearing the Te Whare…
Apr 07, 2021
Tramping with the Sisterhood
by Ian Roberts ‘Hey Ian, would you like to go on a trip to Te Urewera at Easter?’ said Rae. ‘Where?’ I asked. ‘Mt Manuoha in Te Urewera’…
Mar 15, 2021
Ngamuwahine Valley Fit Trip
12-14 March, 2021 by Corine Pontbriand A trip to the Kaimais is always an exciting prospect, and this one was especially thrilling with the…
Mar 15, 2021
Southern Kaimais Easy/Medium
12-14 March 2021 by Martin Woodhead 7.00am – an early start from Sapphire Springs as the medium and fit groups had longer days and wanted…
Feb 26, 2021
Kaimai Recce – February
3 members headed into the Kaimais to recce the Te Hanga Ridge route between Puketutu and Kauritatahi huts for a possible future Club trip.…
Aug 12, 2020
Waitawheta Easy group
8-9 August 2020 by Ian Roberts A night in the bus at Waiorongomai faded to a dampish morning and the usual early birds stirred at a most…
Aug 11, 2020
Waitawheta Fit group
8-9 August 2020 by Louise Inglis Our group of 8 left at 8am from the end of Waiorongomai Rd. Pylon Peak Track, not clearly marked, was…
Nov 28, 2019
Kaimai Traverse – November 2019
by Christine Major Link to Christine's Photos If you despair of the paucity of multiday tramps within a short distance of Auckland, here is…
Oct 29, 2019
Northwest Ureweras – Fit Party - Labour Weekend 2019
by Kathy Engelbrecht With an early morning start we were lost before we even started, being just south of the forestry road end. Once on…
Oct 29, 2019
Te Urewera October 2019 - Easy/Hard
by Kay Willcocks Photos: Vicky King, Wendy Graham “Home to Tuhoe and the largest National Park in the North Island - rugged, remote…
Oct 29, 2019
Te Urewera October 2019 - Medium
by Lynda Going Labour weekend, yet traffic was alright heading south on Friday night, so we had a good trip, usual stop at the pristine…
Oct 01, 2019
Photo Essay, Central Kaimais – Fit Group
September 13-15, 2020 Photos: Robin Houston and Uta Machold Trampers: Bill Mancer, Uta Machold, Robin Houston (leader), Mark Abela, Feiyan…
Sep 18, 2019
Central Kaimais – Medium Group 2019 September 13-15
by Murray Gifford The trip began at the Wharawhara Road end with many sleeping Friday night on the bus and half a dozen in tents in a small…
Jul 02, 2019
ATC Kaimai Work Party
Weekend - Friday 28 June 2019 to Sunday 30 June 2019 (3 days) by John Parsons Mike and John hard at it on a treefall ... Work area - from…
Apr 10, 2019
Motu Trails Mountain Biking
TAG index Weekend - Friday 5 April 2019 to Sunday 7 April 2019 (3 days) by Murry Gifford A group of 11 trail riders met at the Beach House,…
Feb 04, 2019
Tuhua / Mayor Island - January 2019
No trip report at this point, but there are some great photos ! Christine's Photos Fay's Photos Uta's Photos And the following photos from…
Dec 01, 2018
Whirinaki - Medium Trip 2018
Weekend - Friday 16 November 2018 to Sunday 18 November 2018 (3 days) This November weekend tramp was spent in the Whirinaki forest. One of…
Nov 20, 2018
Whirinaki - Medium Trip - 2018
Weekend - Friday 16 November 2018 to Sunday 18 November 2018 (3 days) by Bill Mancer This November weekend tramp was spent in the Whirinaki…
Nov 20, 2018
Whirinaki, Medium/Fit Trip 2018
Weekend - Friday 16 November 2018 to Sunday 18 November 2018 (3 days) by Lynda Langridge If in doubt, turn left By 7.30am Saturday,…
Aug 13, 2018
Northern Kaimai - Medium/Fit Group
Weekend Trip - Friday 10 August 2018 to Sunday 12 August 2018 (3 days) by Robin Houston Friday night was spent in the bus at the…
Aug 13, 2018
Northern Kaimais - Medium Group
Weekend Trip - Friday 10 August 2018 to Sunday 12 August 2018 (3 days) by Murray Gifford This trip is sort of a west-east crossing of the…
Jul 13, 2018
Rotorua Lakes - Medium Long Group
Weekend Trip - Friday 6 July 2018 to Sunday 8 July 2018 (3 days) Dennis Brown's photos After a fairly chilly night in the bus (should have…
Jan 28, 2018
Te Urewera Auckland Anniversary Weekend.
Long Weekend Trip - Friday 26 January 2018 to Monday 29 January 2018 (4 days) Saturday morning we made our way to Tawhiwhi hut for lunch in…
Jun 06, 2017
Northern Te Urewera - QBW 2017 Medium Party
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 2 June 2017 to Monday 5 June 2017 (4 days) Photo Archives - David Holl Photo Archives - Feiyan Zhong…
Jun 06, 2017
Northern Te Urewera - QBW 2017 Medium Fit Party
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 2 June 2017 to Monday 5 June 2017 (4 days) Photo Archive - Margaret Law Photo Archive - Other Party…
Jun 06, 2017
Northern Te Urewera - QBW 2017 Easy Party
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 2 June 2017 to Monday 5 June 2017 (4 days) As the plan was to only go as far as Otapukawa Hut the…
Dec 02, 2016
Tauranga Tramping Treats
Extended Trip - Monday 7 November 2016 to Sunday 13 November 2016 (7 days) This is a challenging trip to write about, because everything…
Jul 23, 2016
MAMAKU MAGIC - Medium Group
Weekend Trip - Friday 1 July 2016 to Sunday 3 July 2016 (3 days) Question: After weeks of relentless wet weather, would there be many…
Jul 13, 2016
Ngatuhoa Lodge, Mamakus
Weekend Trip - Friday 1 July 2016 to Sunday 3 July 2016 (3 days) - Easy Group Frigid trampers…
Jan 26, 2016
Mighty Motu trail weekend
Weekend - Friday 22 January 2016 to Sunday 24 January 2016 (3 days) On Friday everyone makes their way to our accommodation at Bushaven…
Sep 23, 2015
Pylon Peak and Kaimai Ridgeway
Day Trip - Sunday 20 September 2015 This was to be the great introduction to the ATC of the new tramping options in the Waiorongiomai area,…
Jul 07, 2015
What’s On in Whakatane - July 2015
Weekend - Friday 3 July 2015 to Sunday 5 July 2015 (3 days) Photo Gallery Saturday - Feiyan Zhong - View Photos Here Photo Gallery Sunday -…
Jun 06, 2015
Time Passing in the Ureweras
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 29 May 2015 to Monday 1 June 2015 (4 days) Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong - View Photos Here From the…
Apr 14, 2015
Waitekauri - Old Mines and Batteries
Day Trip - Sunday 12 April 2015 This promised to be an interesting day out in the old mining area of Waiteakauri, near Waihi. The club has…
Nov 15, 2013
Opotiki - Urutawas Explorations - Fit Trip - October 2013
Labour Weekend Trip - Friday 25 October 2013 to Monday 28 October 2013 (4 days) The Urutawas is an area of bush, steep hills and lovely…
Nov 04, 2013
Opotiki - Urutawa's - The Perfect Tramp - October 2013
Labour Weekend Trip - Friday 25 October 2013 to Monday 28 October 2013 (4 days) Terry negotiating the steep terrain. Saturday: Saturday…
Oct 25, 2013
Wires Track, Coromandel Ranges - October 2013
Day Trip - Sunday 20 October 2013 A Year Later - Photo Gallery - Fay Zhong Sunday 20 October was a beautiful sunny day, just perfect for…
Feb 23, 2013
Trip Report - Northern Ureweras 2013
Streams and Blackberries in the Northern Ureweras Weekend Trip - Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th February, 2013 This trip set out to explore a…
Jun 01, 2012
Trip Report - Whirinaki 2012
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 1 June 2012 to Monday 4 June 2012 (4 days) After much jostling for places on the trip, the lucky few…
Apr 27, 2012
Trip Report - Whirinaki Bike Weekend 2012
Weekend Trip - Friday 27 April 2012 to Sunday 29 April 2012 (3 days) After much organizing with vehicles, when poor old Rover (Carol’s…
Oct 22, 2010
Trip Report - Urutawa Forest 2010
Labour Weekend Trip - Friday 22nd to Monday 25th October 2010 And Then There Were Five It’s three weeks before the Labour Weekend trip to…
Nov 20, 2009
Trip Report - Lake Okataina 2009
Lake Okataina, Tarawera Weekend Trip - Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd November 2009 The journey down was relaxing and lulled everyone to sleep.…
Jul 17, 2009
Trip Report - Te Rereatukahia Hut, Kaimais 2009
Near Debauchery at Te Rereatukahia Hut, Kaimai Ranges Weekend Trip - Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July 2009 Muddy exploits in the Kaimai…
Apr 02, 2009
Trip Report - Karangahake - Bay of Plenty 2009
Veterans Pre-Easter Trip Thursday 2 April 2009 to Tuesday 7 April 2009 (6 days) The Easter Trip you have when you're not having an Easter…
Nov 10, 2008
Trip Report - Rotorua week 2008
Monday 10th to Sunday 16th November 2008 Monday 10th We set off in Big Blue, full of expectations for a good week away, stopped at Matamata…
Nov 08, 2008
Trip Report - Whirinaki 2008
Weekend Trip - Saturday 8th to Sunday 9th November 2008 Historic Triumph for ATC Party Of the three ATC parties who ventured into Whirinaki…
Aug 17, 2007
Trip Report - Whakatane Area 2007
Weekend Trip - Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August 2007 Easy Trip Another wonderful weekend away with the ATC, this time to the Northern…
Tongariro/Taupo
Dec 25, 2023
Tongariro NP Fit group – December 2023
No report but some photos from Uta Machold of the Fit group “Into the Wilderness” weekend last December. Route: Friday from Mangatepopo…
Dec 22, 2023
Into the Wilderness, Tongariro National Park – Medium
by Luitgard Schwendenmann Reading the material and studying the maps provided by Terry ahead of the trip we were wondering what lay ahead.…
Dec 22, 2023
Into the Wilderness Tongariro National Park – Easy Group
by Christine Major FRIDAY the sun smiled as we walked the tourist track to the always impressive Taranaki Falls. Most of the group took the…
Nov 20, 2023
Kaimanawa Exploring – Medium 2 Group
by Teresa Janssen November 2023 We left Auckland at 1 pm and lucky we did as traffic was bad. We got to Waikoko DOC campsite by the Desert…
Nov 20, 2023
Umukarikari – Waipakihi – Urchin
by Grace Yong November 2023 U - Unfortuitously, leader John sustained a pre-tramp injury. M - Musical chairs catapulted a M2-defecting Tony…
Oct 31, 2023
Labour weekend 2nd Medium Group – Ruapehu
by Mark Perkins Day 1 Those of us on the Medium waiting list were very fortunate that Dennis volunteered to take his car and lead this…
Oct 31, 2023
Lahars and Generally Lovely Tramping – Labour weekend
by Darnielle Siver The day started very early (7am!!) at the Sandringham Road garage. Leaving on time (amazing us!) and arriving at the…
Oct 31, 2023
Ruapehu extended Labour weekend – Medium Group
by Isaac Railey Day 1 Auckland - Whakapapa (6hrs) We left the Club garage at 0700 on Friday morning confident in the weather and our…
Dec 23, 2022
A Romp Through the Southern Pureora Forest
by Tony Walton, photos Dennis Brown After a couple of defections and no one on the waiting list to fill the gaps, our Fit group was down to…
Dec 01, 2022
Southern Pureora Forest – Medium Group
4th Time Lucky! by Wendy Graham After this pesky virus that is hanging around did its best at cancelling three previous trips, nothing was…
Dec 01, 2022
Hauhungatahi Medium 1 Group – November 2022
by Teresa Janssen; photos: Mark Perkins They used to say that to wear in new boots you soak them in water and they will mould to your feet.…
Oct 01, 2022
Dunnocks, Hammocks & Hummocks – Tongariro Medium Fit Trip
23-25 September, 2022 by Darnielle Silver As a newbie to ATC (snowcraft course aside) I was excited to have a weekend away in various…
Oct 01, 2022
Tongariro Fit Group – September 2022
by Aaron Pryce Friday evening we set off from the Club garage to the slightly disconcerting sound of the Australian National anthem belting…
Aug 02, 2021
ATC Snow Weekend 2021
31 July - 1 August by Tony Walton Over recent years the club had not engaged in trips that require a good level of snow tramping experience…
Jan 02, 2021
Kaimanawa Fit Trip 2020
11-13 December by Robin Houston We departed the Urchin campsite at 7:30am and after a short road walk arrived at the start of the Urchin…
Jan 02, 2021
Kaimanawa Easy Medium Trip 2020
11-13 December by Chris Pooley A pre-Xmas trip to the Kaimanawa range had our club bus "Big Blue" headed south on the Friday night to park…
Jan 01, 2021
A Trip Around the Mountain
Ruapehu Fit Group – 20-22 November 2020 by Chris Burnett It was a full bus plus some more for this trip to Mt Ruapehu. We made Mangahuia…
Jan 01, 2021
Flying Saucers and Fiery Sunsets
Ruapehu Easy Group – 20-22 November by Anna Roberts Flying Saucers and Fiery Sunsets - which just about sums up the highlights of our…
Feb 04, 2020
Anti-clockwise Round the Mountain - January 2020
by Michael O’Connor Uta’s photos Robin’s photos The trip got off to a memorable start with the team tucking into a feast at the Forest…
Feb 04, 2020
Round the Mountain – January 2020
by Dennis Brown Wendy woke with a jolt, every sinew in her body on high alert. A pair of red orbs inches from her face pierced the…
Dec 09, 2019
North West Kaimanawa - Fit - December 2019
Saturday from Te Iringa Campsite, Te Iringa Track to the Kaipo swing bridge, then hang a right up the Upper Kaipo Valley Route, over Kaipo…
Dec 09, 2019
Northern Kaimanawas – December 2019 - Medium 2
By Lynda Going We were one of the medium groups – Louise, Lynda and Lynda, Dennis, Rudy, Hazel and Tony. We made good time going south on…
Nov 19, 2019
Tongariro National Park - Fit - November 2019
by Simon Rainger Saturday morning presented itself with a cool temperature and light showers as we prepared breakfast and for the day’s…
Nov 18, 2019
Tongariro National Park November 2019 - Medium Party
The intention of the trip was to complete two day trips from the bus. The weather forecast wasnt looking great but we kept a close eye on…
Jun 04, 2018
Queens Birthday Weekend - Medium Fit group
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 1 June 2018 to Monday 4 June 2018 (4 days) With a heavy dump of snow the previous weekend and looking…
Jun 04, 2018
Half Way Round the Mountain
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 1 June 2018 to Tuesday 5 June 2018 (5 days) The trip commenced Friday 1 June at Whakapapa around…
Jun 04, 2018
Not Quite the Northern Circuit
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 1 June 2018 to Monday 4 June 2018 (4 days) Ngauruhoe and Upper Tama Lake Plan was to catch the last…
Mar 24, 2018
Ruapehu - a Big Country Tramp
Day Trip - Saturday 24 March 2018 On the Saturday of the weekend of our hand over of Memorial Hut to the Central Plateau Schools, a small…
Mar 23, 2018
Memorial Hut Ruapehu 1950 - 2018
Weekend - Friday 23 March 2018 to Sunday 25 March 2018 (3 days) Photos by Chris Burnett The scene at Memorial Hut at its opening Easter…
Dec 12, 2017
Kaimanawa Trip - Medium Group
Weekend - Friday 8 December 2017 to Sunday 10 December 2017 (3 days) Waikoko Camp site proved hard to find on Friday night thanks to…
Nov 26, 2017
Pureora - Medium
Weekend - Friday 17 November 2017 to Sunday 19 November 2017 (3 days) We arrived at the road end a tad later than expected following an…
Nov 17, 2017
Kaimanawas Extended Trip November 2017
Extended Trip - Thursday 9 November 2017 to Tuesday 14 November 2017 (6 days) Photos - David Holl Map - Google - David Photos - Terry Chubb…
Feb 09, 2017
Hauhungatahi Explorer - Waitangi Weekend
Weekend - Friday 3 February 2017 to Monday 6 February 2017 (4 days) Photo Gallery - Ming Lo Photo Gallery - Tony Walton This was very much…
Feb 09, 2017
Waitangi Weekend at the Mountain
Long Weekend Trip - Friday 3 February 2017 to Monday 6 February 2017 (4 days) Photo Gallery: Feiyan Zhong Saturday morning, the sun rose…
Apr 26, 2016
Anzac Weekend at ATC SnowSports Lodge
Friday 22 April 2016 to Monday 25 April 2016 (4 days) Photo Gallery - Christine Major Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong With Anzac Day on Monday…
Mar 25, 2016
Te Ara Ahi - Trampers have a Wheelie Good time
Extended Trip - Wednesday 16 March 2016 to Saturday 19 March 2016 (4 days) Te Ara Ahi from Roturua to Waikite Thermal Valley has a variety…
Oct 27, 2015
Southern Kaimanawas - Labour Wknd 2015 - Medium and Fit Groups
Labour Weekend Trip - Friday 23 October 2015 to Monday 26 October 2015 (4 days) Photo Gallery - Terry Chubb Rain. It had doused Big Blue on…
Oct 16, 2015
Makorako in the Kaimanawas
Extended Trip - Saturday 10 October 2015 to Wednesday 14 October 2015 (5 days) GPS Track (David Holl) Photo Gallery - Terry Chubb Our…
Aug 11, 2015
Tongariro in the Snow
Weekend - Friday 7 August 2015 to Sunday 9 August 2015 (3 days) Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong Photo Gallery - Collected from a number of…
May 02, 2015
Anzac Weekend at ATC SnowSports Lodge 2015
Weekend - Friday 24 April 2015 to Monday 27 April 2015 (4 days) Photo Gallery - Ming Lo - View photos here Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong -…
Nov 04, 2014
Kaimanawas Easy Trip: Labour Weekend
Labour Weekend 2014 (4 days) Photo Gallery 1 - Fay Zhong Photo Gallery 2 - Fay Zhong Saturday 25th. After overnighting at Kiko road a blue…
Nov 04, 2014
Rob’s party in the Kaimanawas
Labour Weekend Trip 2014 The weather window looked promising with clear sunny skies forecast for Saturday and Sunday with showers coming…
Nov 04, 2014
Labour Weekend 2014 - Kaimanawa Forest Park Fit Party
Labour Weekend - Friday 24 October 2014 to Monday 27 October 2014 (4 days) Photo Gallery - Tony Walton With numbers going up and down, we…
Sep 17, 2014
A September Trip to Mt Ruapehu
Weekend - Friday 12 September 2014 to Sunday 14 September 2014 (3 days) An honest attempt .... A serious lack of the white stuff meant a…
Apr 22, 2014
Ruapehu - ATC Snowsports Lodge - Easter 2014
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 17 April 2014 to Tuesday 22 April 2014 (6 days) Thursday - Big Blue arrived at the Top of the Bruce carpark…
Mar 04, 2014
Ruapehu - February 2014
Waitangi Weekend Trip - Thursday 6 February 2014 to Sunday 9 February 2014 (4 days) Summary: We had a group of 14 staying at ATC SnowSports…
Feb 02, 2014
Whangaehu Hut
Weekend - November 2013 (3 days) Early on a glorious Saturday morning, Big Blue was expertly driven up to the transmitter station on the…
Nov 18, 2013
Mt Ruapehu Crossover Trip - Summit Plateau Camping - November 2013
Weekend Trip - Friday 8 November 2013 to Sunday 10 November 2013 (3 days) I was first approached by the Terry, the leader, several months…
Aug 05, 2013
ATC Snowcraft - July 2013
Snowcraft Weekend - Friday 5 July 2013 to Sunday 7 July 2013 (3 days) This was a wonderful weekend full of fun and adventure and learning…
Nov 12, 2012
Trip Report - Taupo Vets' Trip 2012
Taupo - November 12-18, 2012 Monday morning ‘Big Blue’ with its passengers left the garage at 10.00am and after a stop at Matamata for…
Oct 19, 2012
Trip Report - Kaimanawas 2012
Labour Weekend Trip – Friday 19th to Monday 21st October 2012 With a forecast of high winds all weekend and rain on Sunday we were…
Aug 10, 2012
Trip Report - Ruapehu 2012
Memorial Hut Mt Ruapehu - 10-12 August, 2012 Despite the coincidence of the Catholic Tramping Club also having a trip to Mt Ruapehu,…
Apr 05, 2012
Trip Report - Ruapehu - Easter 2012
Vets’ Easter Trip to Memorial Hut, Ruapehu Thursday 5 April 2012 to Tuesday 10 April 2012 (6 days) Though rain and strong winds were…
Nov 18, 2011
Trip Report - Kaimanawas 2011
Weekend Trip - Friday 18 November 2011 to Sunday 20 November 2011 River crossings, no tracks, a bit of bush bashing and open tops - it was…
Aug 20, 2011
Trip Report - Ngauruhoe 2011
Weekend Trip - Saturday 20 August 2011 to Sunday 21 August 2011 The perfect climb on a perfect weekend. After big storms and heavy snow…
May 27, 2011
Trip Report - 42nd Traverse 2011
42ndTraverse (Mountain Biking) Weekend Trip - Friday 27th to Sunday 29th May 2011 A very merry winter’s mountain biking trip from Top o’…
Nov 13, 2010
Trip Report - Memorial Hut 2010
Weekend Trip - Saturday 13th to Sunday 14th November 2010 Off-track Trip to Saddle Cone We were fortunate to start in fine weather on…
Sep 24, 2010
Trip Report - Turoa 2010
Turoa - Wind, Whiteout and Water Weekend Trip - Friday 24th to Sunday 26th September 2010 A visit to Tongariro National Park Thick mist…
Aug 27, 2010
Trip Report - Hauhungaroas 2010
Weekend Trip - Friday 27th to Sunday 29th August 2010 A trip to the Hauhungaroa Range, Southern Pureora region west of Lake Taupo The Omens…
Apr 08, 2010
Trip Report - Ruapehu 2010
Thursday 8th to Tuesday 13th April 2010 Trip organiser: John Norris, with assistance from John and Ann Simpson. Weather: Let’s get this out…
Feb 20, 2010
Trip Report - Taupo 100km Solo Event 2010
Special Trip - Saturday 20th February 2010 Running in the Taupo Great Lake Relay 100 km Solo Event (yes, that's a relay of 1 person). Three…
Jan 29, 2010
Trip Report - Mangatepopo Stream 2010
Weekend Trip - Friday 29th January to Monday 1st February 2010 After a very comfortable night at the Tokaanu Motor Camp, we parked at OPC…
Apr 24, 2009
Trip Report - MemHut Working Bee 2009
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th April 2009 Last working bee of the season to finish off waterproofing between the back tank and hut wall, line…
Nov 01, 2008
Snowcraft Course Part 3, 2008
Snowcraft Course Debrief 2008 November 2008 This year we had a New Look snowcraft course, with changes to make it more user-friendly and…
Aug 22, 2008
Snowcraft Course Part 2, 2008
An Exhausting Snow-Caving Experience Snowcraft Course Weekend Two - Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th August 2008 This is my second snow-caving…
Aug 15, 2008
Trip Report - Whirinaki to Pureora 2008
Whirinaki Trip that Ended in Pureora Weekend Trip - Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2008 Winter tramping can often involve a bit of…
Aug 01, 2008
Snowcraft Course Part 1, 2008
Weekend Trip Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd August 2008 Saturday morning. The first weekend of the snowcraft course was under way at Memorial Hut…
Apr 03, 2008
Trip Report - memorial Hut 2008
Veterans Autumn Trip to Memorial Hut Week Trip - Thursday 3rd to Tuesday 8th April 2008 We set out from Auckland at 9.30am on Thursday with…
Mar 21, 2008
Trip Report - Round The Mountain 2008
Three Women and two Quiche Eaters go ‘Round the Mountain’ Easter Weekend Trip - Friday 21st to Monday 24th March 2008 Medium Trip ‘On the…
Jan 25, 2008
Trip Report - MemHut January Snow 2008
A Wild Weekend at Memorial Hut Weekend Trip - Friday 25th to Sunday 27th January 2008 As we hit the motorway on Friday, the radio forecasts…
Nov 09, 2007
Trip Report - Ruapehu 2007
Weekend Trip - Friday 9th to Sunday 11th November 2007 This trip was a beauty, and I felt sorry for everyone who wasn’t there. The Saddle…
East Coast/Hawkes Bay
Oct 02, 2023
Kaimanawa - Kaweka Crossover NOBO
September 2023 By Jane Marjoribanks This was a crossover trip, comprising two groups of six traversing the Kaweka and Kaimanawa ranges…
Oct 02, 2023
Kaimanawa - Kaweka Crossover SOBO
September 2023 By Stephen Martin After an anxious week watching the weather forecasts get worse every day, our south-bound crew (Tony,…
Apr 30, 2023
NW Ruahine Medium trip – Anzac weekend 2023
by Bill Mancer The day dawned on the first day of tramping. We had camped overnight at the Mangaweka campground, and in the bus. The night…
Mar 30, 2023
A Ruahine week – 18-25 March 2023
by Bruce Butler Day 1 Just four of us left early on the Saturday with Dennis Brown a late withdrawal which was a pity after the research…
Feb 03, 2023
Northern Kaweka – Medium Fit 2 Trip, January 2023
or .... The Ring of Fire by Uta Machold The good thing about tramping with the Weekend Trips Coordinator and his Assistant is, the trip…
Feb 03, 2023
Northern Kawekas Easy-Medium – January 2023
by Martin Woodhead “Whio 1 this is Blue Duck Control, you are cleared to enter Te Puia airspace, please commence your flyby upstream.”…
Feb 01, 2023
Northern Kaweka – Medium Group, January 2023
by Kathryn Nemec If rain is the new normal, then the Kaweka weekend was very normal! The weekend started with deceptively nice weather – it…
Oct 28, 2022
Ruahine Medium Fit Group – Labour Weekend 2022
by Robin Houston Thursday We arrived at Alice Nash Memorial Lodge after the long bus ride down from Auckland at around 4pm. Of the six in…
Oct 28, 2022
Ruahine Medium Group – Labour Weekend 2022
by Rob Moodie When the briefs came out for the Ruahine trips I thought the Medium Fit group would be my pick of what was on offer but alas…
Oct 28, 2022
Ruahine Easy group – Labour Weekend 2022
by Robert de Jong Thursday morning, Hamilton. Right on the dot we arrived at our pickup point as Big Blue swung into the driveway. With a…
Sep 13, 2022
Kaweka 7 day tramp
September 3-10 2022 by Mark Abela Saturday 7am sharp we were away from Auckland with Aaron and Dennis driving and a 3.5 hour climb up to…
May 02, 2022
Eastern Ruahine Easy Group – Easter 2022
by Teresa Janssen We had Hot Cross Buns. We had Easter Eggs. We had Easter booked into the inviting sounding Sunrise Hut. Tramping started…
Apr 22, 2022
Eastern Ruahines Easter Trip – Fit
by Dennis Brown I’ve always considered trip plans just a rough guide – one possible option of what we might actually end up doing. So when…
Apr 22, 2022
Rauhines Easter Trip – Medium
by Kathryn Nemec Our intrepid group of 5 set off when we finally arrived at the car park on Thursday night. We had just a short walk in the…
Apr 16, 2022
Napier to Martinborough Cycle Tour
March/April 2022 Several of our members are dead keen cyclists. In fact, a few of them barely manage to fit a tramp or two around their…
Feb 28, 2022
Interim Revival 2022 in the Kaimanawa Forest Park
by Tony Walton With the threat of Covid and potential away from home isolation requirements forcing cancellation of the Medium Interim and…
Feb 06, 2021
Kaweka Range, Easy Trip - Jan/Feb 2021
by Russell Allen This was published as an “easy” trip. It may have been the easiest of the five trips but I suspect nothing could be…
Feb 01, 2021
Kaweka Medium Group - 28-31 January, 2021
by Alireza Mokhtar Day 1 (Leaving Auckland…) It is 28th January, a beautiful sunny and cloudy Thursday when we leave the on-off-lockdown…
Feb 01, 2021
Kaweka Fit Group - 28-31 January 2021
by Michael O’Connor The long drive from Auckland to the Kawekas was interrupted when SH5 to Napier was closed for an hour by a scrub fire.…
May 19, 2019
Kaweka - Kaimanawa Crossover Trip
Extended Trip - Sunday 12 May 2019 to Friday 17 May 2019 (6 days) by Terry Chubb Terry's Photos A two small groups crossover trip winding…
Apr 29, 2019
Ruahines Extended Trip - clockwise
Extended - Friday 19 April 2019 to Friday 26 April 2019 (8 days) David's Photos (link) by Alex Sancho Friday 19. We left the cars at…
Apr 28, 2019
Ruahines Extended Trip - anticlockwise
Extended - Friday 19 April 2019 to Saturday 27 April 2019 (9 days) by Robin Houston Rest stop on the way up from Sentry box Friday 19…
Apr 24, 2019
Ruahines Easter 2019 : A Game of Numbers
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 18 April 2019 to Monday 22 April 2019 (5 days) Vicky's photos Michelle's Photos Trip report by Ian Roberts…
Apr 24, 2019
Ups and Downs in the Ruahines
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 18 April 2019 to Monday 22 April 2019 (5 days) Easter 2019, Medium Fit Group Chris Burnett's Photos Mark…
Mar 26, 2019
Mt Hikurangi
Weekend - Friday 22 March 2019 to Sunday 24 March 2019 (3 days) Christine's Photos Martin's Photos Tony's Photos Vicky's Photos Margaret…
Apr 04, 2018
A wee adventure
Easter Weekend Trip - Wednesday 28 March 2018 to Monday 2 April 2018 (6 days) Christine's photos It seemed like a good idea at the time.…
Apr 25, 2017
Ruahines Expedition April 2017
Extended Trip - Friday 14 April 2017 to Monday 24 April 2017 (11 days) Photo Gallery - Dennis and Andrew The day after Cyclone Cook tickled…
Apr 18, 2017
Ruahines - Easter 2017 - Medium / Fit Group
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 13 April 2017 to Monday 17 April 2017 (5 days) Photo Gallery - Mark Abela Photo Gallery - Mark Abela…
Apr 01, 2016
Kawekas Easter 2016
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 24 March 2016 to Monday 28 March 2016 (5 days) Photo Gallery - Christine Major Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong…
Feb 10, 2016
Ureweras
Long Weekend Trip - Friday 5 February 2016 to Monday 8 February 2016 (4 days) A quick summary so some of the super photos can see the light…
Nov 17, 2015
Napier Week
Extended Trip - Monday 9 November 2015 to Sunday 15 November 2015 (7 days) Mon Nov 9 -Happily ensconsced on the big red bed of Big Blue, 16…
Oct 27, 2015
Southern Kaimanawas - Labour Wknd 2015 - Easy Group
Labour Weekend Trip - Friday 23 October 2015 to Monday 26 October 2015 (4 days) Because of heavy rain on Friday night, all groups set off…
Apr 10, 2015
North-Eastern Ruahines - Fit Group
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 2 April 2015 to Monday 6 April 2015 (5 days) Thursday 2/4: Arriving at Comet road end, where the Ruahines…
Apr 08, 2015
Ruahine Forest Park - Easter 2015 - Medium party
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 2 April 2015 to Monday 6 April 2015 (5 days) Photo Gallery - Christine Major - View photos here Photo…
Sep 11, 2014
Te Hoe Track through trip, Whirinaki Forest Park
Weekend - Friday 8 August 2014 to Sunday 10 August 2014 (3 days) Photo Gallery - Fay Zhong Saturday 2.00a.m. Tony’s head appears, along…
Oct 01, 2013
Mangatainoka Hot Springs - Anzac Weekend 2013
Weekend Trip - Anzac Weekend 2013 Toughing it out at Mangatainoka Hot Springs on the Mohaka River, about 2.5km upstream from Te Puia Lodge,…
Aug 05, 2013
Ruahine Park, Medium Trip - March 2013
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 28 March 2013 to Monday 1 April 2013 (5 days) In years gone by, I tramped the Ruahines numerous times. With…
Aug 05, 2013
Lake Waikaremoana - Finished Business - May 2013
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 31 May 2013 to Monday 3 June 2013 (4 days) Ever since a club trip 15 or so years ago, the Lake…
Jun 03, 2011
Trip Report - Kawekas 2011
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 3rd to Monday 6th June 2011 One-and-a-half members of my group were in my bad books, so I wasn’t in…
Nov 05, 2010
Trip Report - Ngaruroro Tubing 2010
Tubing on the Ngaruroro River Weekend Trip - Friday 5th to Sunday 7th November 2010 Or, "Boo Hoo Hoo, I should have brought my Warm…
Apr 24, 2010
Trip Report - Mohaka Kayaking April 2010
Weekend Trip - Saturday 24th to Sunday 25th April 2010 Kayaking on the Mighty Mohaka River Same old suspects were joined by some crusty new…
Feb 20, 2010
Trip Report - Kaimanawa - Kaweka West to East 2010
Week Trip - Saturday 20th to Thursday 25th February 2010 This is a classic tramp. Across the Kaimanawa tops, in and out of valleys and…
Feb 06, 2010
Trip Report - Mohaka Kayaking Feb 2010
Carnage on the Mighty Mohaka Weekend Trip - Saturday 6th to Sunday 7th February 2010 Grade 2 White-Water Kayaking A rather motley and…
May 31, 2008
Trip Report - Kawekas 2008
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Saturday 31st May to Monday 2nd June 2008 Saturday morning we woke up to a fine clear day with snow on the…
Apr 25, 2008
Trip Report - Ruahines 2008
Weekend Trip - Friday 25th to Sunday 27th April 2008 The description for this trip started off as Easy, but soon morphed into Easy-Medium…
Nov 13, 2007
Trip Report - Vets in Hawkes Bay 2007
Week Trip - Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th November 2007 Tuesday 13th A fine but chilly morning to start the trip. Off along the main…
Taranaki/Wanganui
Apr 06, 2024
Taranaki Easter 2024 Medium Trip
by Grace Yong Pre-tramp emailsInfo availedWeather updatesGear list relayed Chorus:First time leadingAre you kiddingWhat a trooperYou were…
Apr 06, 2024
Mist, Must Do’s and Maybe Don’ts
by Darnielle Silver Easter 2024 Left 8am, dead on time, from the garage and ‘flew’ down to the Naki in a mere 7 hours, getting to know the…
Oct 30, 2020
Matemateaonga West to East – Labour Weekend 2020
by Bill Mancer After a failed attempt at doing the Matemateonga Track in 2019, due to excessive rainfall preventing the use of the…
Oct 30, 2020
Matemateaonga East to West – Labour Weekend 2020
by Teresa Janssen 32 keen trampers headed south for a weekend of tramping with 5 separate groups heading into the depths of Whanganui…
Oct 29, 2020
Puteore Loop, Whanganui Forest
Starring Robin, Mark, Aaron, Tony, and Corine (author). Our Labour Day adventures started at mid-day Friday, when we convened, along with…
Sep 16, 2020
Pouakai Meanderings Sept 2020
by Catherine Doyle Our group of 7 left Auckland, Taranaki bound, on Friday in two waves. The forward march left in the morning to leisurely…
Mar 31, 2020
Posh Pioneers
A surprise visitor on our Whanganui River journey A side trip on the Club’s February 2020 Whanganui River canoe trip – see April 2020…
Mar 17, 2020
Mt Damper / Waitaanga Forest, March 2020
by Alireza Mokhtar Ali's Photos Christine's Photos Fay's Photos Tony's Photos As the pleasant summer days slowly fade away with colourful…
Feb 10, 2020
The Whanganui River - February 2020
Extended Waitangi Weekend, 5-9 February, 2020 by Kerrilee Mancer Christine's Photos Fay's Photos The trip started on Wednesday 5th. There…
Aug 28, 2019
Winter Taranaki August 24-25 2019
Medium Group by Simon Rainger The bus arrived in low cloud at Dawson Falls early Saturday morning with 15 keen trampers. The Fit 5 being…
Oct 26, 2017
Mt Taranaki - Medium Fit Group - Labour Weekend
Labour Weekend - Friday 20 October 2017 to Monday 23 October 2017 (4 days) Photos - Johny Nie Photos - Dennis Brown The medium fit group,…
Oct 24, 2017
Around Mount Taranaki - Fit Trip
Weekend - Friday 20 October 2017 to Monday 23 October 2017 (4 days) Uta’s Photos Fay’s Photos Labour Weekend 2017 Friday: North Egmont to…
Sep 13, 2016
Mt Taranaki - Winter Climb
Weekend - Friday 9 September 2016 to Sunday 11 September 2016 (3 days) Photo Gallery - Feiyan Zhong The pictures say it all - the party…
Sep 13, 2016
Taranaki - Easy Group - aka the Snowplough Team
Weekend - Friday 9 September 2016 to Sunday 11 September 2016 (3 days) We too were avoiding the Dieffenbach Cliffs, so left the Egmont road…
Sep 13, 2016
Taranaki - Pouakai Circuit - the dream team!!
Weekend - Friday 9 September 2016 to Sunday 11 September 2016 (3 days) Photo Gallery - Ming Lo Taranaki always inspires with her presence…
Jan 31, 2015
Mt Taranaki - Auckland Anniversary weekend
Weekend Trip - Friday 23 January 2015 to Monday 26 January 2015 (4 days) Mt Taranaki and Fine Weather!! After numerous trips to the…
Jun 07, 2014
Matemateonga West To East
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 30 May 2014 to Monday 2 June 2014 (4 days) A busy Friday evening in the yard at Sandringham Rd as 32…
Jun 05, 2014
Puteore - Matemateaonga Loop
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 30 May 2014 to Monday 2 June 2014 (4 days) Photo Gallery - Fay Zhong Saturday. An early-ish start on…
Jun 04, 2014
Matemateonga ATC and ACTC 2014
Queens Birthday Weekend Trip - Friday 30 May 2014 to Monday 2 June 2014 (4 days) 5 different trip groups from both the Auckland Tramping…
Nov 05, 2013
Whanganui River Kayaking, Manunui to Pipiriki (150km) - September 2013
Weekend Trip - Saturday 28 September 2013 to Monday 30 September 2013 (3 days) 14 people registered for this trip. As we were to kayak in…
Oct 21, 2011
Trip Report - Waitotara Forest 2011
Labour Weekend Trip - Friday 21 October 2011 to Monday 24 October 2011 The occurrence of some rugby game on the Friday evening (RWC 2011…
May 07, 2011
Trip Report - Rangitikei Kayaking 2011
Weekend Trip - Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th May 2011 We had a long six-hour drive to Mangaweka, the base for kayaking multiple 18 km segments…
Nov 09, 2009
Trip Report - Taranaki 2009
Week Trip - Monday 9th to Sunday 15th November 2009 Exploits in the Taranaki Region Monday The November trip left on a drizzly Auckland…
Sep 18, 2009
Trip Report - Whanganui Kayaking 2009
Weekend Trip - Friday 18th to Monday 21st September 2009 Kayaking the Whanganui River from Taumarunui to Pipiriki Allen Small was the only…
Aug 08, 2009
Trip Report - White Water Whanganui River Training 2009
Weekend Trip - Saturday 8th to Sunday 9th August 2009 A wee warm-up trip for the real McCoy later in the year. Ten kayakers: Two men and…
Mar 01, 2009
Trip Report - Moki, North Taranaki 2009
Weekend Trip - Sunday 1st to Tuesday 3rd March 2009 Fit Group Saturday morning dawned with Ian chasing the resident roadside rooster, which…
Jul 12, 2008
Trip Report - Te Rerepahupahu Falls 2008
Weekend Trip - Saturday 12th to Sunday 13th July 2008 Medium Trip - Mt Damper Falls to Te Rerepahupahu Falls It was a wild and windy…
Wellington/Wairarapa
Feb 12, 2024
Extended Northern Tararuas - January 2024
by Alex Sancho We managed to do most of the planned itinerary, 10 days of great backcountry tramping, staying mostly in excellent 1970s…
Feb 05, 2022
Anniversary Weekend Medium-Fit Trip
by Andrew Murdoch DAY 1, THURSDAY 27 JAN Drove down, Shields Flat carpark to Parawai lodge at Otaki Forks, 1hr. Camped in the bush and had…
Feb 05, 2022
Anniversary Weekend 2022 – Medium Group
by Bill Mancer With the onset of Auckland Anniversary weekend, it was time for another adventure. This time it was a visit to the Tararua…
Feb 03, 2022
Tararua Ranges – Fit Party January 2022
by Tony Walton This was planned as an extended Anniversary Weekend trip, scheduled with great optimism for 5 fine days on the Tararua main…
Apr 06, 2021
An Easter Adventure – medium style
Easter 2021 In search of Point 801, goblins and onward to set foot on a famous ridge by Chris Burnett DAY 1 Most trips do not include a…
Apr 06, 2021
Tararua Breezes – Easter 2021
Our Fit group was tasked with the mission of visiting some of the Tararua tops and valleys, starting from the Holdsworth road end with one…
Oct 29, 2018
Tararua Forest Park, Medium Fit Trip
Extended ANZAC trip 2018 by Andrew Murdoch Wed 25/4 Having driven down to the Kiriwhakapapa road end, we wandered up to Blue Range Hut for…
Feb 28, 2017
The Tararuas Trip
Extended Trip - Thursday 16 February 2017 to Tuesday 21 February 2017 (6 days) You’ve got to admire a good name. And standing there in the…
Apr 03, 2015
Central Tararua Highlights Circuit
Extended Trip - Saturday 21 February 2015 to Sunday 1 March 2015 (9 days) 21 February - 1 March 2015 Photo Gallery 1 - Feiyan Zhong Photo…
Mar 01, 2015
Tararuas - February 2015
Extended Trip - Saturday 21 February 2015 to Friday 27 February 2015 (7 days) Saturday 21 Feb. Drive from Turangi and thru the back and…
May 02, 2014
Tararua Tops Easter 2014
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 17 April 2014 to Tuesday 22 April 2014 (6 days) (Must Do That Again in Good Weather) With no bus available…
Apr 30, 2014
Easter Epic Easy Party Tararua Tramp
Easter Weekend Trip - Thursday 17 April 2014 to Monday 21 April 2014 (5 days) The party travelled in two cars and met on Thursday evening…
Jan 31, 2012
Trip Report - Safari 2012
Safari - Lower North Island Xmas Trip 2011/2012 - Monday 30 January 2012 to Thursday 16 February 2012 (18 days) After some accommodation…
Apr 22, 2011
Trip Report - Tararuas 2011
Easter Weekend Trip - Friday 22nd to Monday 25th April 2011 A remnant Oxfam Team (100 km in 16 hrs 40 min yahoo!!) of Carol, Brent and…
Apr 10, 2009
Trip Report - Tararuas 2009
A Rose Between Two Thorns Easter Weekend Trip - Friday 10th to Monday 13th April 2009 Foray into the Tararua Ranges Having failed in four…
Nelson/Marlborough
May 09, 2023
Back in the Beech with Bellbirds - May 2023
Upper Travers / Nelson Lakes, 29 April to 5 May by Darnielle Silver We met at Nelson Airport having been on the same plane (unbeknownst to…
Mar 24, 2023
ATC Great Taste Trail Cycle Trip, Nelson – March 2023
Organiser: Graeme McGowan. Leader of Group 1: Terry Chubb. by Kay Willcocks This was the annual trip of keen ATC cyclists on one of the…
Jul 01, 2022
Winter Trip 2022 Part 3 – Return to the Paparoas: Unfinished Business
by Kay WillcocksAt the same time last year, we did this trip up from the Pororari Carpark, and whilst we had a day and a half of fine…
Jun 25, 2022
Winter Trip 2022 Part 2 – Kahurangi National Park
by Mark Perkins DAY 1 Unfortunately the start was delayed by 3 days as a major weather bomb hit NZ and the Kahurangi wasn’t spared.…
Feb 28, 2022
A Land of Gems
26-28 February, 2022 by Malcolm Fisher On Saturday morning we were effortlessly whisked in Tina’s comfortable and robust pack-and-people…
Sep 13, 2021
The Challenging Twins
by Malcolm Fisher Three years ago Alwyn and I moved to Nelson to be close to our daughter’s one year old twins. Eighteen months later the…
Jul 02, 2021
End of the Winter Trip
June 2021 by Christine Major Two more days of walking in the clouds getting rained on or worse? Perhaps not! was the consensus on the…
Mar 01, 2021
Arthur Range - Interim Medium Fit Trip Feb 2021
by David Holl 20 February Rory of Trek Express picked us up from Nelson Airport at 9.30 am and drove us to Wangapeka River Road, dropping…
Feb 21, 2021
Interim February 2021
PART 1: RICHMOND RANGES by Christine Major The Richmond Ranges comprised new territory for many of us but for our leader Tony it was a…
Jan 16, 2021
Richmond Range – January 2021
by Robin Houston This trip with inspired by the Mad Pom and his report in NZ Tramper dated 9th June 2007. The aim was to traverse the…
Jan 07, 2021
Getting high at Nelson Lakes
Medium Christmas trip 2020/2021 Day one: Sabine valley Boxing Day saw a passing electrical storm dumping fresh snow on the mountains and…
Jan 01, 2021
Mt Tapuae o Uenuku – December 2020
by Robin Houston The idea for this trip was first suggested to me by Kathy Engelbrecht while doing a cycle tour through the Molesworth and…
Mar 30, 2020
Molesworth - Rainbow - Nelson Cycle 2020
by Catherine Doyle & Graeme McGowan Not a club trip, but mostly club members – at one point we had 14 starters but on the big day we are…
Aug 19, 2019
Abel Tasman Coastal and Inland Tracks and the Queen Charlotte Track
Extended Trip - Saturday 3 August 2019 to Wednesday 14 August 2019 (12 days) by Christine Major Christine's Photos Abel Tasman Coast Track…
Feb 22, 2018
Interim Trip 2018 in the Kahurangi
Extended Trip - Saturday 10 February 2018 to Friday 23 February 2018 (14 days) Vicky King Photos Chris Burnett Photos Christine Major…
Feb 22, 2018
Matiri and Arthur Ranges 2018
Interim Trip - Saturday 10 February 2018 to Monday 19 February 2018 (10 days) A Short Story or ...............................a weird sort…
Feb 19, 2018
Interim Trip 1 - 1000 Acre Plateau
Extended Trip - Saturday 10 February 2018 to Tuesday 13 February 2018 (4 days) Medium Group Vicky King Photos Christine Major Photos Julia…
Jan 11, 2018
Diary of a Reluctant Tramper
Extended Trip - Wednesday 27 December 2017 to Tuesday 9 January 2018 (14 days) Margaret’s med/fit Christmas/New Year Trip.2017-2018 As…
Jan 11, 2018
2017 Xmas Trip - Trip 3 - St Arnaud Range
Extended Trip - Saturday 6 January 2018 to Tuesday 9 January 2018 (4 days) Michelle's Photos (includes trips 1,2,3) Christine's Photos…
Jan 10, 2018
Douglas Range to Arthur Range
Extended Trip- Wednesday 27 December 2017 to Wednesday 10 January 2018 (15 days) Robin’s trip 1 photos Robin’s trip 2 photos Location:…
Jan 06, 2018
Hopeless Creek - Sunset Saddle-Robert Ridge.
Extended Trip - Monday 1 January 2018 to Friday 5 January 2018 (5 days) Michelle's Photos (includes trips 1,2,3) Christine's Photos (Trips…
Jan 01, 2018
2017 Xmas trip - Trip 1 - Mt Owen
Extended Trip - Wednesday 27 December 2017 to Sunday 31 December 2017 (5 days) Michelle's Photos (includes trips 1,2,3) Ming's Photos…
Jan 29, 2017
Christmas 2016-17 - Ella Range / Matakitaki
A few photo collections - full trip report to appear in due course Photo Gallery - Tony Walton
Feb 21, 2015
Safari 2015
Extended Trip - Sunday 1 February 2015 to Monday 16 February 2015 (16 days) Collingwood, Takaka area and Motueka It was a small group of 10…
Feb 03, 2015
Interim 2015 - Douglas - Lockett - Arthur Ranges
Extended Trip - Sunday 18 January 2015 to Saturday 31 January 2015 (14 days) Photo Gallery - Andrew Murdoch Photo Gallery - Terry Chubb /…
Jan 08, 2012
Trip Report - Mt Richmond Forest Park 2012
Interim Trip, Xmas 2011 - 2012 - Sunday 8 January 2012 to Monday 30 January 2012 (23 days) We headed for the Richmond hills at the back of…
Dec 26, 2011
Trip Report - Nelson Lakes 2 2012
Nelson Lakes National Park Xmas Trip 2012 (Stage I) (Lee McKay) - Monday 26 December 2011 to Sunday 8 January 2012 (14 days) What a…
Dec 26, 2011
Trip Report - Red Hills / St Arnaud 2012
Red Hills and St Arnaud Range Xmas Trip 2011 - 2012, Medium Trip (Pieter Holl) - Monday 26 December 2011 to Sunday 8 January 2012 (14 days)…
Dec 26, 2011
Trip Report - Nelson Lakes 1 2012
Xmas Trip 2011/2012 (Rob McKay) - Monday 26 December 2011 to Sunday 8 January 2012 (14 days) The weather outlook was bleak. My team was…
Jan 31, 2009
Trip Report - Nelson/Marlborough - Safari 2009
Safari - Saturday 31st January to Wednesday 18th February 2009 John Norris flew into Nelson on 30 January to pick up Big Blue from the…
Jan 24, 2009
Trip Report - Kahurangi National Park - Interim 2009
Interim Trip, Xmas 2009 - Saturday 24th to Friday 30th January 2009 Part #3, Party 3 Saturday 24 January After a night of R & R in Nelson…
Jan 19, 2009
Trip Report - Rainbow / Lees Creek - Interim 2009
Interim Trip - Monday 19th to Friday 23rd January 2009 Part #2, Party 4 Monday 19 January The Lees Creek party (see above) dropped us off…
Jan 19, 2009
Trip Report - Lees Creek - Interim 2009
Interim Trip - January 2009 Part #2, Party 3 Monday In fine weather after a night’s rain, we left the Travers-Sabine Lodge in St Arnaud,…
Jan 10, 2009
Trip Report - Lake Tennyson / St Arnaud - Interim 2009
Interim Trip, Part 1 - 10th to 17th January 2009 Eleven of us gathered at Nelson airport on Saturday, 10 January, then were driven by Keith…
Jan 10, 2009
Trip Report - Sabine / Waiau - Interim 2009
Interim Trip, Xmas 2009 - Saturday 10th to Saturday 17th January 2009 A great round trip: three passes, four valleys, a mixture of tracked…
Dec 27, 2008
Trip Report - Whangapeka Tops 2008-2009
Xmas Trip - 2008 - 2009 Mike Heilbron’s Group, Week 1 Inspired by Jean Barton’s exciting account of the Interim Trip, and not to be…
Apr 06, 2007
Trip Report - Raglan Range 2007
A Lightweight Easter in the Raglan Range with Rob Easter Weekend Trip - Friday 6th to Monday 9th April 2007 The Raglan Range is in southern…
West Coast
Jan 11, 2023
Ivory Lake Christmas Trip 2022
by Robin Houston December 27 We arrive in Christchurch Airport at 8:30 am and picked up our rental car for our drive to Hokitika. Next, we…
Jul 01, 2021
The Paparoa Track 2021
ATC WINTER TRIP, PART 2 - 22-24 June by Kay Willcocks Paparoa at 52 km, is our newest Great Walk and like The Old Ghost Road is purpose…
Jun 30, 2021
Old Ghost Road – June 2021
ATC WINTER TRIP, PART 1 by Tony Walton Despite reports of bed bugs and two last minute cancellations as a result of injuries, 8 keen people…
May 01, 2019
Three Easter Saddles
Easter Weekend Trip - Saturday 20 April 2019 to Friday 26 April 2019 (7 days) by Malcolm Fisher It was late morning on Easter Saturday when…
Mar 10, 2019
ATC Cycle trip - Ross to Punakaiki
Extended Trip - Sunday 3 March 2019 to Friday 8 March 2019 (6 days) by Deborah Payne Day One: Ross to Hokitika 33km Our trip began at Ross,…
Mar 04, 2019
Stafford Bay
Thursday 28 February 2019 to Friday 1 March 2019 By Tony Walton Michelle's photos Tony's photos Following successful interim trips into the…
Feb 28, 2019
Interim - Copland Track
Extended Trip - Friday 22 February 2019 to Tuesday 26 February 2019 (5 days) by Christine Major Christine's Photos Tony's Photos Michelle's…
Feb 26, 2019
Clarke-Landsborough - Interim Medium Trip
Extended Trip - Saturday 16 February 2019 to Thursday 21 February 2019 (6 days) Michelle's Photos Christine's Photos Tony's Photos Heading…
Jan 29, 2017
Christmas 2016-17 - Kelly - Taipo - Waimakariri
A few photo collections - full trip report to appear in due course Photo Gallery - Tony Walton
Jun 26, 2016
Heaphy - Wangapeka Winter 2016
Extended Trip - 17 June to 25 June 2016 (9 days) Photo Gallery - Vicky King Photo Gallery - Christine Major Photo Gallery Feiyan Zhong…
Jan 14, 2015
Christmas Trip - 1,000 Acre Plateau and Old Ghost Road, then both ends of The Inland Pack Track
Extended Trip - Saturday 27 December 2014 to Friday 9 January 2015 (14 days) Photo Gallery - Andrew Murdoch On Tuesday 5th January 2015 at…
Canterbury
Apr 01, 2024
Interim Trip 2: Not the Spenser Mountains - March 2024
by Chris Burnett Day one. Five (brave) souls meeting from different destinations at Christchurch airport, assembling behind a leader who…
Jan 12, 2024
Canterbury Eastern Alps – There and Back Again
by Tony Walton A revealing title for what was planned as a through trip …. but then, things happen…. Our itinerary was to repeat the trip…
Apr 27, 2023
ATC/HTMC Safari – February/March 2023
Our first post-Covid combo Safari with the Hawaiian Trail and Mountaineering Club and Cyclone Gabrielle had her say. Two HTMC members were…
Feb 25, 2022
Interim Fit Trip – February
by Dennis Brown This trip was a 9 day traverse from Davis Flat near Haast Pass to Lake Ohau, a largely untracked route crossing 4…
Apr 12, 2021
Te Araroa: Rangitata to Wanaka – 22 March - 5 April
by Catherine Doyle Christine's photos DAY ONE The shuttle journey left from the very amenable Rawhiti Backpackers, Geraldine, to being…
Mar 08, 2021
Safari 2021 – February - March
by Owen Sharpe Safari this year was a two week clockwise loop from Christchurch pausing in Arthur’s Pass, Punakaiki Farewell Spit, Reefton,…
Mar 23, 2020
A few minor inconveniences in the hills - March 2020
A private 3 + 2 Passes trip immediately before the lockdown by Dennis Brown Michelle’s photos Uta's Photos There was no inkling of what was…
Mar 04, 2020
Tales from the Spenser Mutineers - February / March 2020
by Michelle Martin After five days slogging up and down Three Tarns and Enid’s Passes with blue skies and sunshine, the weather looked a…
Mar 04, 2020
Interim Fit Trip February, March 2020
by David Holl Envisaged Trip Start from Lewis Pass, along St James Walkway, over Three Tarns Pass to East Matakitaki River, over Enid Pass…
Feb 28, 2020
Banks Peninsula - Te Ara Pataka - February 2020
ATC Interim - Medium - 23 to 25 February, 2020 By Catherine Doyle Chris' Photos Christine's Photos Tony's Photos A night at the Dorset…
Feb 26, 2020
Lewis Pass - The Doubtful Tops - February 2020
ATC Interim Trip - Medium - 16 to 22 February 2020 By Catherine Doyle Chris' Photos Christine's Photos Tony's Photos Day One began with a…
Jan 11, 2020
East to West via Taruahuna Pass – January 2020
From January 3 to 9 By Tony Walton The second week of the Medium 2019-20 Christmas trip had its primary focus of crossing the Southern Alps…
Jan 11, 2020
Minchin, Hawdon, Mingha - January 2020
From 3/01/20 – 8/01/20 Route: Aickens – Townsend Hut – Minchin Pass – Poulter Hut – Andrews Shelter – Hawdon Hut – Goat Pass Hut – Greyneys…
Jan 04, 2020
Waimakariri Explorer – December 2019
Summer Trip – Medium - First Week in the Arthurs Pass area By Jo Cochrane Day one was a comfortable walk via the Waimakariri River, through…
Jan 04, 2020
Three Passes - December 2019
From 27/12/19 – 2/01/20 Route: Bealey Bridge - Carrington Hut – Harman Pass – Whitehorn Pass – Park Morpeth Hut – Browning Pass – Harman…
Mar 25, 2019
Safari 2018 Supplement
Extended Trip - Saturday 2 March 2019 to Saturday 16 March 2019 (15 days) - Supplement By Diana Greig I have been asked to add a bit to…
Mar 20, 2019
SAFARI 2019
Extended Trip - Saturday 2 March 2019 to Saturday 16 March 2019 (15 days) by Teresa Janssen Our combined Hawaiian and ATC South Island…
Jul 25, 2018
Winter Trip - St James Walkway and Harper Pass
Extended Trip - Thursday 14 June 2018 to Saturday 23 June 2018 (10 days) Photos by Christine Major Photos by Tony Walton Photos by David…
Mar 22, 2018
Alps To Ocean - A2O By Bike
In March 2018 Terry Chubb organised a group to travel the A2O cycle trail, starting from Mt Cook Village , helicopter hopping to the…
Jan 26, 2017
Interim Trip 2017
Extended Trip - Wednesday 11 January 2017 to Tuesday 24 January 2017 (14 days) Photo Gallery - Christine Major Photo Gallery - Fay Zhong –…
Mar 03, 2015
The Coast to Coast 2015
Weekend - Friday 13 February 2015 to Saturday 14 February 2015 (2 days) The Coast to Coast has become the most iconic New Zealand…
Feb 19, 2014
St James Walkway - Interim 2014
Interim - January 2014 Graeme McGowan (Leader & scribe), Keith Ayton, Jean Barton, Laurence Beard, Sharen Graham, Dave Best and John…
Feb 19, 2014
Arthur’s Pass Waimakariri & Avoca Valleys
Interim - January 2014 The mountain weather reports were still for gales on the tops as we left Christchurch about 1pm on 13th January with…
Feb 16, 2014
Safari Jan - Feb 2014
Hanmer, Oxford, Mesopotamia and Methven Our numbers were rather depleted this year but this didn’t affect 12 keen trampers meeting in…
Feb 02, 2014
XMAS Trip 2013 - Minchin Pass
Extended Trip - Saturday 28 December 2013 to Tuesday 7 January 2014 (11 days) What a confusing start to our 2013 Xmas trip - the major…
Jan 30, 2011
Trip Report - Arthurs Pass,Reefton,Akaroa - Safari 2011
Safari - Sunday 30th January to Wednesday 16th February 2011 This year we all met in Christchurch and after provisioning for six days, we…
Jan 21, 2011
Trip Report - Te Kahui Kaupeka/Mt Somers - Interim 2011
Xmas - Interim Part 1 - Friday 21st to Saturday 29th January 2011 Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation After drop-off and pick up, we drove to…
Jan 10, 2011
Trip Report - Arthurs Pass - Interim 2011
Xmas Trip - Interim Part 1 - Monday 10th to Wednesday 19th January 2011 The Christmas group handed over Big Blue at midday on Sunday 9…
Dec 26, 2010
Trip Report - Lewis Area - Christmas 2010-2011
Xmas Trip - Sunday 26th December 2010 to Sunday 9th January 2011 I am home now appreciating my previously unnoticed incredibly comfy bed…
Jan 12, 2008
Trip Report - Nina Valley and Lewis Tops - Interim 2008
Xmas Interim Trip - Saturday 12th to Friday 18th January 2008 This five-day trip provided a delightful mix of diverse vegetation, sparkling…
Jan 07, 2008
Trip Report - Arthurs Pass 2008
Interim Trip - January 2008 (The second week of Mike Heilbron’s Christmas trip for the ATC.) Arriving home after a day’s tramping in the…
Otago
Jan 15, 2024
Gillespie Pass – January 2024
Monday by Louise After months of anticipation, January 8th finally arrived. At 11 am our group of 11 met Haula Shuttles at the coffee van…
Feb 27, 2023
Albert Burn – East & West Matukituki – Cascade Saddle – Dart
Interim 7-19 February 2023 by Christine Major There are surely not enough superlatives in the English language for our wondrous trip – an…
Jan 31, 2023
Five Passes – January 2023
Day 1 by Bill Tuesday dawned. This is the big day. Finally, we get to start the Five Passes. But instead of a sense of joy, I have a sense…
Apr 16, 2022
Old Dunstan Rd Cycle Trip
March/April 2022 Three of our members, Michael O’Connor, Robin Houston and Uta Machold, recently completed a challenging and rather…
Mar 14, 2022
Round the Mountain Cycle Trip – March 2022
Our group of 7 travelled to our Queenstown base on Saturday 5th March and over the following week, cycled some 300 kms. We cycled and…
Feb 01, 2022
Five Let Loose on Lennox Pass
(with a Rees and Snowy Creek warm up) – Medium January Trip by Michelle Martin More photos:Michelle's photosFay's photosLouise's video DAY…
Feb 01, 2022
The Remarkables Christmas Trip 2022
by Robin Houston JANUARY 5 After a night in Queenstown following my Mt Earnslaw trip, I was away with a fresh team to the nearby…
Jan 15, 2022
Rees - Dart Trip
January 2022 by Chris Pooley The Rees-Dart Track is a moderately demanding 4 to 5 day tramp of up to 6 to 8 hours walking per day. It…
Jan 07, 2022
Mt Earnslaw Christmas Trip 2021
by Robin Houston DECEMBER 27 After so many cancelled trips due to Covid, we were finally on the plane to Queenstown just as soon as they…
Jan 06, 2022
Rees Explorer Take 1 – Dec 2021 / Jan 2022
by Tony Walton All started to plan with flights to Queenstown (subject to an aircraft fuel dipstick being needed – see Robin’s trip…
Apr 21, 2021
Otago Rail Trail, Roxburgh Gorge and Clutha Gold Cycle Trails
by Kay Willcocks An ATC trip led and organised by Margaret Law and Terry Chubb, in conjunction with Shebikeshebikes, postponed from 2020.…
Mar 04, 2019
Interim Medium/Fit trip
Extended Trip - Saturday 16 February 2019 to Saturday 2 March 2019 (15 days) by Dennis Brown David Holl's Photos The sheer variety of the…
Jan 14, 2019
5 Passes
Extended Trip - Saturday 5 January 2019 to Thursday 10 January 2019 (6 days) Day 1: Routeburn Shelter to Theatre Flats Crossing sugarloaf…
Jan 12, 2019
Greenstone Caples Trip
Extended Trip - Tuesday 8 January 2019 to Friday 11 January 2019 (4 days) ... continued on from the Mavora Walkway trip report ....…
Jan 11, 2019
Mavora Lakes Walkway
Extended Trip - Saturday 5 January 2019 to Monday 7 January 2019 (3 days) by Christine Major The first half of the trip - see the…
Feb 02, 2016
Medium Party: Young and Wilkin Rivers and Motatapu Alpine Track
Extended Trip - Saturday 16 January 2016 to Sunday 31 January 2016 (16 days) Photo Gallery Christine Major Photo Gallery Anna Roberts Photo…
Feb 02, 2016
Interim Trip - Fit - Young & Wilkin Rivers & Motatapu Track
Extended Trip - Saturday 16 January 2016 to Sunday 31 January 2016 (16 days) Photo Gallery David Holl 16th Jan. Off the plane at Queenstown…
Southland
Nov 30, 2023
A good idea after all?
by Dennis Brown It started, like many a questionable idea, in the pub. The more we imbibed, the more appealing the idea became. After all,…
Sep 01, 2023
Rakiura/Stewart Island, Oban group August 2023
by Hazel Walton Christine, Peter, Catherine, Cecilia and I spent most of our 11 days on Stewart Island exploring the tracks around Oban and…
Sep 01, 2023
Rakiura Rebels, North West Circuit August 2023
by Chris Pooley Rakiura, the island's Māori name, means 'glowing skies', a reference to the southern lights, aurora australis, which can…
Sep 01, 2023
Rakiura NW Circuit August 2023 anticlockwise
By Grace Yong "Operation Mud" Oh no, I have morphed into one of those I'd often bemusedly smirked at: a cyberlurker, combing online…
Mar 31, 2022
Tinny Trampers – Rakiura 2022
by Christine Major Tramping the Fraser Peaks and Tin Range in southern Rakiura Stewart Island is always memorable – sometimes recalled as…
Jan 15, 2022
South Coast Walk
January 2022 by Catherine Doyle In Queenstown twelve ATC trampers eagerly regrouped and headed off in a hired van towards the southern town…
Sep 01, 2021
Stewart Island August 2021 – a triple 47 trip
by Martin Woodhead The second week of August, there was a new moon and convenient lunch time high tides, so I went down to Stewart Island…
Jun 14, 2021
Agog and Bedraggled in Rakiura
A RECENT PRIVATE TRIP TO REMOTE SOUTHERN STEWART ISLAND by Dennis Brown We stared at the raging torrent in disbelief. Roaring like a…
Sep 29, 2020
Rakiura Not Rescheduled 2020
by Chris Burnett Tramping had been curtailed for most of the year and this was an escapade we were all looking forward to. Tales of low…
Sep 25, 2020
Rakiura Rescheduled 2020
Auckland Lockdown 2 caused a cancellation of our August Rakiura trip (when we were all packed up and ready for an early morning flight the…
Aug 27, 2017
Stewart Island North West Circuit - Oban to Mason Bay
Extended Trip - Friday 11 August 2017 to Monday 21 August 2017 (11 days) Photo Archive - Antal Kalocsai Photo Archive - Fay Zhong Photo…
Aug 27, 2017
North West Circuit - Stewart Island with Christine Major
Extended Trip - Saturday 12 August 2017 to Monday 21 August 2017 (10 days) Photo Archive - Christine Major Photo Archive - David Holl Photo…
Feb 04, 2013
Trip Report - Safari 2013
The Far South Aucklanders don’t get to the far south of the country very often so all 22 of us were really looking forward to this year’s…
Fiordland
Feb 29, 2024
Lake Adelaide – February 2024
by Christine Major Thursday Only the day before did the gods bestow a benign weather window for our planned tramp into remote Lake Adelaide…
Feb 28, 2024
Mt Titiroa – February 2024
by Tony Walton Many months back I scheduled 3 back-to-back trips in Fiordland – George Sound, Mt Titiroa, and Lake Adelaide. Was this crazy…
Feb 27, 2024
George Sound – Interim trip, February 2024
by Michelle Martin After dropping not so subtle hints to Tony for several years, George Sound finally made it onto the summer trips…
May 28, 2023
Red Hills – Big Bay – Hollyford - May 2023
by Dennis Brown In early May five of us took a shuttle from Queenstown airport to Makarora then a helicopter flight across the main divide…
Jan 10, 2023
Green Lake and Arrowtown – Dec 2022 - January 2023
by Tony Walton The first shall be last …. and so it was to be – the party members travelling early to Queenstown on Dec 26th were duly…
Jun 01, 2022
Milford Track 2022 - Part 2 – A Walk to Lake Mackenzie
May 2022 by Chris Burnett After our few days on the Milford Track and nice dinner and sleep in Milford Sound Lodge, our plan, like so many…
May 31, 2022
Milford Track Winter 2022 - Part 1
14-17 May 2022 by Christine Major If you don’t want to play booking roulette for the most famous track in New Zealand and your nights in…
Jan 05, 2019
The Dusky Track - Medium Fit
Extended Trip - Friday 28 December 2018 to Friday 4 January 2019 (8 days) By Catherine Doyle Fay Zhong's Photos Uta Machold's Photos On the…
Jan 04, 2019
Dusky Trip (Medium)
Extended Trip - Friday 28 December 2018 to Thursday 3 January 2019 (7 days) Christine's Photos Vicky's Photos Tony's Photos Our mission was…
Jan 16, 2016
Christmas Trip 2015-6 Fiordland
Extended Trip - Saturday 26 December 2015 to Tuesday 12 January 2016 (18 days) Percy Burn Viaduct Our tramp was divided into 2 parts - a 10…
Jan 02, 2013
Trip Report - Hollyford 2013
Recipe for a fun trip with Hobbits on the Hollyford Ingredients · One blond Dutch giant · Two short legged hobbits ( can be sourced from…
Overseas
Apr 01, 2020
Hawaii Volcanos. Mauna Loa, 4169m
by Jim Morrow Jim's photos Barney Griggs of the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club (HTMC) has taken part in our annual safaris, and had been…
Jul 01, 2019
Kayaking in Svalbard
Extended Trip - Mid 2019 by Uta Machold Kayaking in the Arctic is addictive! Two years after our trip to Greenland we’re back - same group,…
May 31, 2019
Kumamo Kodo - Japan
by Ian Roberts The Kumano Kodo Pilgrim Trail, twinned with the Spanish Camino de Santiago, traverses the Kii Peninsula of the main Japanese…
Nov 26, 2018
A Day In The Life of ATC Nepal 2018 Trip
Extended Trip - Friday 19 October 2018 to Sunday 25 November 2018 (38 days) Jim Morrow's Photos David Holl's Photos Tony Walton's Photos…
Oct 12, 2018
10 in Hawaii
Extended Trip - Friday 21 September 2018 to Wednesday 3 October 2018 (13 days) ATC Club Night presentation - June 2019 Report by Anna…
Jul 15, 2016
10 in Hawaii - ATC and Hawaiian TMC 2016
Extended Trip - Saturday 21 May 2016 to Sunday 6 June 2016 (17 days) At Maui airport – L to R – Pete, Jeanne, Teresa, Diane, Anna, Ian,…
Jun 13, 2016
HTMC - Historic Clubhouse Waimanalo Oahu
Extended Trip - Saturday 21 May 2016 to Monday 6 June 2016 (17 days) plaque on exterior wall In May this year 10 members of the ATC went on…
Oct 01, 2012
Mt Saribung - from the Least Competent - October 2012
Nepal Expedition - Monday 1 October 2012 to Friday 2 November 2012 (33 days) Carol & Russell on Saribung Pass I detest tenting, being a…
Oct 01, 2012
Mt Saribung - Nepal - October 2012
Nepal Expedition - Monday 1 October 2012 to Friday 2 November 2012 (33 days) You all read Carol’s pack of lies last issue, now I’ll bore…
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Nov 25, 2012
Round Lake Taupo Bike Race 2012 - November 2012
Special Event - November 2012 (Yet again nothing goes to plan) Tragedy strikes on the Weds before the race as Sandra, my strong and…