For some reason Fiordland trips play on my mind more than other big trips, something about the legend of the place I suppose.  Anyway, the last thing I wanted at 7am on a Monday morning on the boat across Manapōuri to West Arm was a wind-up Canadian toy bouncing around screeching in my ear.   “You guys off to hike the Dusky that is so ...

I'm lying upside down with my legs in the air. My pack is jammed against the slippery log I had been standing on five seconds earlier.  I stand up wincing and kicking myself for rushing. Up ahead I can hear Quentin burrowing into another thicket. The boat is only 10 minutes behind us but may as well be on the other side of Lake Te Anau. A few ...

Hi everyone, my brother is doing a trip on the Dusky track at the end ofDecember with the Auckland University Tramping Club, so far there arethree people going with room for a few more, he figured they may as wellsee if anyone in the VUWTC was keen also. Here are the details, contact address below for more information ...

On that note my rough plans are as follows: Take my car down on 27th December (up to 5 people), head over to Takaka for a few days rock climbing/lying in sun/short tramps/drinking and spend new years in Golden Bay somewhere. Then start of January (2nd or 3rd) head south for possible Stewart Island trip. This would probably not be the north west ...