Leader: Owen Cox
This trip is one of the hut bagging ones. Originally down as a three day trip we pared it back to a day trip to Snowy Hut as both Kime and Winchcombe were bagged on earlier trips, leaving Snowy as an outlier.
Leader: Glen Cattermole
I was very excited to see this trip on the trip list, as I have wanted to do this trip for some time but have been reluctant to undertake it alone. So on the morning of 23 February, two of the most intrepid and keen members of the club (though not necessarily the fittest) met to set off on our wonderful and long-anticipated adventure!
Leader: Dave Cox
On a sunny Thursday morning our two cars converged on the Eketahuna café for caffeine and refreshments before heading for the Putara road end.
Leader: Rob Dey
All 5 of us travelled in one car from Paraparaumu at 7.30am to the Kaitoke carpark and started walking around 8.30am. The first 25 minutes we climbed up 470m to Puffer Saddle. We were welcomed by loud cicada’s music as our background (our trip leader, Rob, told us this was the horrible bit) and down to Smith Creek (the nice bit, with bush and red beech forest).
Leader: Brandon Holman
Eight of us met at the Waiohine roadend at 11:30am on a very hot February day for our two-day tramp to Totara Flats Hut as part of the Parawai Tararua Challenge.
Leader: Patrick Liss
John and I set off from Raumati at the leisurely time of 9am on a Tuesday and started walking from Poads Road end about an hour later.
Leader: Peter Davis
Fantastic long weekend in the eastern Tararua Range. Perfect weather.
Leader: Peter Davis
Ten intrepid Parawai trampers assembled at the end of Scotts Road just in from Tokomaru for an 11 hour big adventure heading into Punga Hut, onto Mangahao Biv and return. Please note that the author tends to emphasise certain aspects of this trip for humour. It was not quite as bad as made out.
