Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club / March 2025
An outdoor adventure club in Wellington, New Zealand
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Pack floating down the Waiohine Gorge – Tararua Forest Park
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- After 6 months of casual day trips and regular wine and cheese tasting overseas, I wondered what the best way would be to get back into tramping in NZ… and the answer appeared on the trip schedule listed as a Emily’s MF trip “Waiohine Pack Float via Jacs Biv”: good company, some tops travel, another ... Read more
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Mid-Waiohine Hut and Pizza – Tararua Forest Park
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- Date: 28 Feb – 2 Mar 2025Trip type: MediumLocation: Tararua Forest ParkAuthor: Georgia Trampers: Sara (leader), Georgia, Tawera, Brianna, Chrys, Callum (and Sophie) Friday – 28 Feb Five of us and Sara’s lovely dog (Sophie) met at the Wellington Station and drove up to the Wairarapa with the EM group. We met up with Brianna ... Read more
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Jumbo Hut and Pizza – Tararua Forest Park
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- We gathered at the train station on Friday afternoon and piled into the van, greeted by Sophie who was co-leading the medium group with her human, Sara. She was clearly ready to have the best weekend ever and spent most of the trip up touring the van for pats. We stopped for dinner at the ... Read more
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Paekākāriki Escarpment Track – a hiker’s point of view
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- Paekākāriki Escarpment Track – a hiker’s point of view The hiker’s point of view of a 9.5km hike along the Escarpment Track from Pukerua Bay to Paekākāriki taking in wonderful coastal views and a golden sunset. The Escarpment Track is a spectacular 10km trail that runs between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki on the Kāpiti Coast. ... Read more
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Pukerua Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Gunsight Pass – a nice daywalk from the North to the South Temple, Ruataniwha
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- Gunsight Pass – a nice daywalk from the North to the South Temple, Ruataniwha Conservation Park A day loop hike over Gunsight Pass from the North Temple to the South Temple starting and ending at the DOC Temple Campsite. Matt and I had been thinking about Gunsight Pass for over a year after our trip ... Read more
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Brass Monkeys, a Devil’s Den and Lucretia – all from Lewis Pass
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- Brass Monkeys, a Devil’s Den and Lucretia – all from Lewis Pass A 7 day hiking loop trip through scenery in the Lewis Pass mountains Old mouldy monkeys were out and new monkeys were in! I was on a week’s solo tramp in Lewis Pass and I had been dropped off by the East by ... Read more
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Developing WTMC’s capability to lead trips – Intermediate Bushcraft Course
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- As part of the club’s efforts to develop new and emerging trip leaders, the club ran an Intermediate Bushcraft Course over the weekend of 31 Jan – 2 Feb 2025. We were extremely grateful for the financial support offered in the form of a Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) training grant. Dominic and Dave from the ... Read more
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Lake Angelus – Nelson Lakes National Park
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- At lunchtime on Friday 3rd January, our group of 7 EM trampers along with the MF group, met at the Wellington train station bound for Nelson Lakes National Park. We had a smooth sailing across the Cook Strait before bad weather hit Wellington! However, we didn’t escape the rain in Picton. As the rain pelted ... Read more
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Te Puia Hot Springs – Kaweka Forest Park
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- Ten of us (4 M and 6 EM trampers) met at 1pm on Waitangi Day (a Thursday) for the drive to Kaweka Forest Park. After stopping for leg stretches in Shannon and Woodville, and a meal in Hastings. We arrived just before dark at the road end campsite and pitched our tents for the night. ... Read more
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Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM): 9 April 2025
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- Wednesday 9 April 2025, 7-8pm Find the event on the website or on Facebook. This notice provides an Agenda for the AGM, supporting documents, nominations received for the Committee,and information on how to join the AGM remotely through “Google Meet.” This page will be updated when new nominations or motions are received. Agenda for the AGM Chair: Andrew ... Read more
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