TRIP PROGRAMME
Changes to tramps will be notified on the club website and the club secretary will email these if advised in time. The trip coordinator should also be advised of proposed changes or additions to the programme or if a tramp doesn’t happen because of bad weather, poor numbers etc. Tramp descriptions, maps and downloadable GPS data for most tramps, but not all, are located on the club website.
Start times for tramps are 7.30 am on Wednesday and 8.00 am on Thursday, unless noted otherwise under the particular tramp. The van will leave promptly at the appointed time. The letter in brackets, for example. (A), relates to the van recovery rate.
Fitness/Trip Grading
Easy: A tramp on fairly level formed tracks, duration 4+ hours, and where there is usually the option of returning by the same track.
Moderate: A tramp of 4 – 6 hours, often on less well formed tracks or on off-track routes, can involve river crossings or short sections of steep terrain.
Fit: Can be over 6 hours duration, tramping on either formed tracks or off track routes, river crossings, steep terrain, snow conditions or high altitudes.
SEPTEMBER
Wed 4
Umukarikari Kaimanawa FP BH35 Turangi Mod (A)
Lyndsay Brown 021 989 545
Thur 5
A Surprize Tramp
Jan Smith 378 6267
Wed 11
Tree Trunk Gorge to Pillars of Hercules Kaimanawa FP (Desert Rd) BH35 Turangi Mod (A)
Sandy Fletcher 377 4081 or 021 753 393 Van mover required
Thur 12
Redwoods – Rotorua BE37 Rotorua Mod (A)
Lynda Riha 07 219 6837 or 021 0264 9756
Wed 18
Castle Rock Kaimanawa FP BJ35 Waiouru Mod (A)
Denys Gayton 07 333 39330 or 027 430 9514 txt ok
Thur 19
Waihaha Hut Western Bays BG34 PiroPiro & BG35 Tihoi Mod (A)
Jan Harding 378 8483 or 027 441 8298
Fri/Sat/Sun 20, 21, 22
Sunrise Hut ( Hawkes Bay ) Ruahine FP BK36 Taoroa Juncton Mod Mileage tbc
Depart Friday 5.30pm stay in Napier. Accommodation to be confirmed
Saturday to Sunrise Hut. Option to go to Armstrong Saddle weather permitting.
Hut fee $15 or hut pass.
Jenny V 376 9011 027 245 5547
Wed 25
Depart 7am
Mt Te Aroha Te Aroha BC35 Paeroa Mod + (B)
Calls to Elsie Skelton 376 7332
Thur 26
Vern's clearing Whirinaki Forest Park BG38 Wairapukao Mod (A)
Peter Smith 378 6267 or 027 434 3790
OCTOBER
Wed 2
Depart 7am
Plateau Rd to Minginui via Central Whirinaki Hut BG38 Wairapukao Mod+ 26km (B)
Sandy Fletcher 377 4081 or 021 753 393 Txt is ok
Thur 3
Rainbow Mountain Rotorua BF37 Waiotapu Easy (A)
Helen Tapp 377 2029 or 0211352581
Tues 8th - 6am departure
Dawn Chorus Experience Waipapa tracks to Lions Lodge Pureora FP BF34 Mod
Tramp time 4-5 hours. Fit option 7-8 hours
Nick Green 3788721 or 021 146 0259
Wed 9
Eastern Okataina , Lake Tarawera Outlet and Falls Rotorua BE 37 Mod (A) van mover
Gerda & Tiemen Corporaal 07 308 0390 0273169822
Thur 10
Blue Lake to Green Lake. Rotorua Lakes BE37 Easy (A)
Jonette Taylor 07 376 7510 027 348 3012 or txt
Wed 16
Kawakawa adventure from Kinloch . BG35 Tihoi Mod (A)
(some optional off trail)
Raewyn Rush 021 0234 0804 txt ok
Thur 17 – 19
Raglan Trip
Val Wilkinson 072 160 470 021 278 0007
Wed 23
Rangipo Hut via the Bund TNP BJ 34, 35. Mod+ (A)
Jenny V 376 9011 027 245 5547 txt ok
Thur 24
3 Mile Bay Boat Ramp to Waitahanui & return ( take own cars)
Jan McLennan 377 1227
Wed 30
Whakapapa to Whakapapiti River. Mt Ruapaehu BJ34 Mod (A)
Kay Feather 021 897 122 txt only
Thur 31
Whangamata Rd to Kinloch BG35 Tihoi Mod (A) van mover required.
Pauline Quinn 027 478 1150
NOVEMBER
Fri 1 – Tue 5
Taranaki Gardens (see trip description in program)
Bernie Hammersley 377 4081 027 486 6783
Sat/Sun 2 – 3
Mangaturuturu Hut TNP Ruapehu BJ34 Mod+ (A) Hut fee $15 or hut pass
From Scoria Flat. Will use own cars
Jenny V 376 9011 027 245 5547
Wed 6
Stanton Memorial Tongariro NP BJ34 Mod (A)
Lynne King 374 8418 027 526 7289
Thur 7
Scoria Flat to Whakapapa Tongariro NP BJ34 Mod (A) van mover required
Carol Robertson 377 0471 027 419 6274
Wed 13
Mangatepopo Hardman’s Wander TNP BJ34 Mod+ (A)
Jenny V 376 9011 027 245 5547
Thur 14
Woody’s Tongue Kaimanawa FP BH37 Mod (A)
Richmond Orr 378 7722
Wed 20
Mangaturuturu Hut from Ohakune Mtn Rd Tongariro NP BJ34 Mod+ (B)
Sandy Fletcher 377 4081 021 753 393
Thur 21
Blyth Hut Tongariro NP BJ34 Mt Ruapehu Mod (A)
Geraldine Whitton 378 2445 027 241 7537
Mon 25
TRIP PLANNING MEETING 7pm
Sandy Fletcher 377 4081
Wed 27
Umakarikari Kaimanawa FP BH35 Turangi Mod (A)
Lindsay Brown 021 989 545 txt ok
Thur 28
Tama Lakes Tongariro NP BH35 BF34 Mod (A)
Peter Smith 3786267 027 434 3790
DECEMBER
Wed 4
Mt Tihia Tongariro NP BH 35 Mod (A)
Lindsay Brown 021 989 545 txt ok
Thur 5
Eastern Okataina Walkway ( take togs ) Rotorua BE35 BF36 Easy/Mod (A)
Shirley Rountree 377 1177 027 255 0663
Wed 11
Depart 7am.
North of Taumarunui. Opotiki rd Bush Walks. BG 33 Ongarue Mod (B)
Elsie Skelton 376 7332
Thur 12
Three Sisters to Tree Trunk Gorge Turangi BH35 Mod (A)
Jan Smith 378 6267 027 434 3790
Monday Night, 16TH , XMAS DINNER. Taupo Golf Club
Wed 18
Turoa Ski Field to Mountain Road via Blyth Hut Tongariro NP BJ34 Mt Ruapehu Mod (B)
Sandy Fletcher 377 4081 021 753 393 txt ok
JANUARY 2020
Wed 8
'A Day Tramp Somewhere'
Bernie Hammersley 377 4081 027 486 6783
Wed 15
Depart 7am
Mt Hikorangi Taumarunui BG33 Mod (B)
Elsie Skelton 376 7332
November 1st – 5th 2019
TARANAKI GARDEN TOUR and MODERATE BUSH WALKS
FRIDAY 1st
Depart Taupo 8am. Arrive in ‘The Naki’.Afternoon Bush Walk – 2-3 hrs
SATURDAY 2nd
Garden Touring (approx. 5 hrs ) then walking
SUNDAY 3RD
More Garden Tours and Bush Walks. Then Bubbles on Bernie’s Birthday!
MONDAY 4th
Early start 7.30, to walk Whitecliffs Walkway Beach, and Inland track if desired. Then discover hidden gems of New Plymouth area .
TUESDAY 5TH
Maybe a walk then return to Taupo via the Forgotten Highway, if majority group desire.
NB; The Taranaki Garden Festival is a group who ‘got the blight’ with the Rhododendron Festival, though I’m sure that the Rododendrons won’t mind us looking at them.
Taranaki Garden Festival , Go to ; gardenfestival.co.nz
ACCOM; We will stay at the Stratford Motor Camp, unless majority prefer New Plymouth Beach Motorcamp.
Motorcamp cabins from $25 pp/night.
Travel; approx. 1,200 km @ 70cents/km = $850 total. So maybe $80 - $120 pp
Bernie Hammersley
Van Recovery Rates:
A Trips: Up to 300km round-trip – minimum rate is equivalent of seven persons @ $10/per person ($70), with same cost for Turangi and Taupo members no matter where pick-up might be.
B Trips: Between 300 - 375km round-trip – minimum rate is equivalent of seven persons @ $15 ($105) with the same cost for Turangi and Taupo members no matter where pick-up might be.
C Trips: Over 375km round-trip – no minimum number of passengers and at $0.70 per km. Trip leader calculates cost as total km X $0.70 and divides total cost by number of participants to get individual contributions.
