Overland – Day 4
Overland – Day 4 – Mount Oakleigh (9Km) Another spectacular day but reasonably cold start. Having done such a big day one we had the bonus of spending an extra day at Pelion in the best weather so we decided to … Continue reading →
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Overland – Day 3
Overland – Day 3 – Kia Ora to Pelion (11Km) Up in good time, fed and watered we headed off through the most boggy and degraded section of the Overland just out of Kia Ora heading towards Pelion Gap on … Continue reading →
Overland – Day 2
Overland – Day 2 – Burt Nichols to Kia Ora (13Km) A bit tardy out of bed on day 2 but we eventually had a look around the hut area and headed off towards Du Cane Gap. The others had left … Continue reading →
Overland – Day 1
Overland – Day 1 – Cynthia Bay to Bert Nichols Hut (28Km) On day 0 (yesterday) we had placed our truck at Ronnie Creek to be their what ever time of the day or night we finished. This was the most … Continue reading →
Rattler Range
Rattler Range Navigation Walk – 1st to 3rd of June 2012 Walk Preview: This was my first time with a new walk team and the preview sounded like a challenging task given the time of year and the distance to be … Continue reading →
Lake Rhona
Lake Rhona and some extreme weather Trip down and planning We had planned this trip for some time. Eventually we all got a Friday and Monday off work so our group could leave on the Thursday night to drive down after work … Continue reading →
Walls of Jerusalem
Walls of Jerusalem & Solitary Hut loop walk A great little loop walk over three days taking in the highlights of the first section of the Walls of Jerusalem. This was a preparation walk for a Lake Rhona trip and the … Continue reading →
Ironstone
Lake MacKenzie – Lake Nameless – Lake Ironstone – Mt Ironstone- Norms Hut loop Another trip to enjoy the Central Plateau and having found all the pre-requirement Geocaches, find our last Geocache in the Gauntlet series on top of Mt Ironstone. My (Colin) second … Continue reading →
Tent Tarn
Tent Tarn – solo I had to get away as I was getting withdrawal symptoms from not getting out and about for a bit. Nobody wanted to venture out with me on what was forecast to be a not so … Continue reading →
Hamilton Crags
Hamilton Crags via Legges Tor and the Ski fields – Ben Lomond A quick afternoon walk around the village area at Ben Lomond and up onto Hamilton Crags / Stonjeks Lookout. We have walked from Carr villa to Legges Tor before but did a different … Continue reading →