On the afternoon of the 24th December I am driving from Wellington via the middle of the Island and the edge of the Waikato to the Bay of Plenty.  People who are not freaky or P-cooks are welcome to get a lift some or all of the way to wherever, so long as it's generally in the right direction. If some petrol money is included I may even make ...

In case you were wondering what to do with your brand new Cascade Pack now that it has holes in it (although apparently there is a huge back-log at the moment)...    Macpac has been brought by a company called Mouton Noir. Mouton Noir will not be providing a repair service.  The ex-Product Support Team at Macpac have started a ...

Three or four days to the Garibaldi Plateau  (5th – 13th January 2008)   Richard Davies, Quentin Duthie, Rob Holmes, Benj Ainsworth, Hannah McGregor, Hutt Valley Tramping Club   Friday   We drove from Nelson and arrived very late in Little Wanganui.  The big delay was the hour in Richmond Pak n’ Slave where we ...

Hi Terra, not sure my rough notes make a valuable post, but good to draw people's attention to the survey. Don't forget to fill one in on behalf of the club! cheers,  Hannah

The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (Te Ara) has new pages about tramping, and VUWTC. Unfortunately, this scandalous comment is made about the club... ''Many tramping clubs have logos, and some produce stickers. The Victoria University Tramping Club (VUTC) logo is a sheep on the top of a peak. This is sometimes drawn by trampers signing the hut ...

Yes, very sad. Goodbye Mainly Tramping. You were not run by Australians, or fishers, or a kayaker, you didn't only offer discounts in the sales, your gear didn't immediately break, and you were always friendly and never tried to sell me ''ladies boots'' (for rugged places like the main street of Karori). :-(