Hi all!  I'm keen on getting out on Sunday, thinking of a Medium (maybe ME) trip to the southern Tararuas, something like going from Kaitoke to(wards) Tutuwai Hut and back on the other side of the river.  We would start at 9AM from CBD or so and come back at about 8PM.  Just get in touch with ...

Here is a first/rough version of this trip. Friday: (22.11.2013) leaving at 6PM from Hunter Car Park to Waiohine Rd end, usual stop at supermarket, walk in to Cone hut and enjoy some candles. We could read some horror stories?! Saturday: (22.11.2013) a mixture of swimming river crossing, searching for Allaway-Dickson Hut remnants (VUWTC ...

There are some items ''on sale'' in the gear shed:VUWTC 2013 t-shirts @ 20NZDgood quality packliners (FMC) @ 2NZD''Safety in the Mountains'' booklets @ 5NZDIf you want to buy some stuff, just get in touch with Theo or me (see committee contact list).

Matt is organizing the trip, get in contact with him via Matt <dot> paterson <at> live <dot> com 

(This would be the trip I'd love to run for this weekend... but I decided to stay in Wellington, after several weekends of tramping) Loosely following Anita's instructions for planning a trip, I wrote up what is required: We need you! and a car, driver and some more participants! This is a medium overnight trip to the eastern Tararuas, ...

Wednesday is full moon - let's have a night walk! Start: Aro Fish Supply, 5PM (*) (**)(please come earlier if you need some supplies.) We will start uphill through the Polhill Reserve to the Brooklyn Wind Turbine and try to catch the last rays of the sunset up there!Then we carry on south to the radome and WWII observation point, enjoying the ...

Hi there! Yesterday I borrowed the book ''Tararua:The Story of a Mountain Range by Chris MacLean'' from the Wellington City Library - and this is what I read on page 223: ''This advertisement appeared regularly in Tararua Club magazines in the years after the war. Later the symbol of a goat or sheep on top of a mountain was adopted by ...

From: Tararua:The Story of a Mountain Range by Chris MacLean, Whitcombe Press, 1994 Page 223:''This advertisment appeared regularly in Tararua Club magazines in the years after the war. Later the symbol of a goat or sheep on top of a mountain was adopted by the Victoria University Tramping Club as their unofficial logo.''

Hi there!  I'm keen on getting out on Sunday and the weather looks awesome...  On top of the pile of exploration trips and un-hiked tracks is Block XVI track, not too far away from the Kaitoke Roadend. At the bottom of this track is the sunny old site of Allaway-Dickson Hut (50s to 70s), I'd love to locate and have lunch time ...

many aircraft crashes are listed here, incl. rough locations: http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/documents/0000/0000/2480/A_chronology_of_the_Tararua_and_Rimutaka_Ranges.pdf