I will be around over summer - I seem to traditionally do a tubing trip or two, so feel free to include a couple of those in the calendar somewhere. Maybe December and January? I have a few ideas (like Ruamahanga down from Roaring Stag, and Mid Waiohine to Totara Flats). Happy to organise a tramp sometime too!

Hey guys, I've got some photos from a couple of tramps (they call them treks over there) that I did in Nepal and India while I was away, so come along on Tuesday night, 7.30pm in the Student Union building if you're interested in seeing them! I think Anna-Marie who I traveled with is also keen to show a few pics from her time volunteering in a ...

http://vuwtc.org.nz/cs/files/folders/6308/download.aspx  Or what people do when they are trapped in an isolated campground for two days during floods, when all the roads out are closed...

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The first tramping club party of the year... Saturday night, 24th March!   Theme: Tramps, Tramps and Tramps (homeless, sexy and tramper - come dressed up as your favourite) Location: 2 Birdwood st (just past the Karori tunnel) From: 8pm until we get kicked out BYO  ... its gonna be tramp-ish awesome - see you all there

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Hey all, there is another tubing trip planned for this weekend and the weather is looking great so far! Also options for an easy overnight tramp. This one will be a bit keener than the Hutt gorge daytrip we did in December, and will actually require some walking and an overnight stop in a hut, - so proper dry bags ideal to keep your kit dry. Also ...

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Hey all, its about that time of year again when I do my annual tubing trip - who is keen? Actually might do two this year - a trial trip down the hutt gorge next Saturday (10 Dec), and another attempt at the Otaki from Waitewaewae in January (maybe even the Waiohine to Totara Flats if get really keen). If you haven''t come across tubing before, ...