The messy weather forecast over Christmas didn’t stop us from adventuring to anarea we haven’t visited before. Hakatere Conservation Park is 4.5hrs drive awayfrom Dunedin, with a landscape so vast and open, contrary to the…
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A big group of 22 trampers left Christchurch at about 7 am. After dropping off all passengers at Porter’s Pass car park, we repositioned most cars at Ghost Creek car park. It’s a wee car…
Mt Grey is a pretty popular hill to climb for Cantabrians. It’s a reasonably easy and straightforward walk. As trampers are always looking for a challenge, our ancestral trampers came up with a twist –…
Alright, Pinchgut Hut is quickly becoming my favourite hut for tramps with kids around Christchurch. The track is pretty entertaining, and it’s far more sheltered and less popular than Woolshed Creek Hut, which is always…
Washpen Falls Track is a privately owned walk nestled in the Canterbury Foothills near the Rakaia River. It’s about 4 km long and very pretty and scenic. I was quite surprised to find such a…
Another year, another trip to Foggy under the full moon. This time our party was very small – only six brave souls embraced the fresh breeze on a chilly Monday evening. We started from Porters…
I’ve been to Pinchgut Hut a few times, but this was the first time with Elliot. It’s a hut recommended for families and is certainly one of the most easily accessible huts in Canterbury –…
Nineteen trampers started off at the crossroads of the Dracophyllum Flat Track and the Broken River ski field road. The initial lovely walk along the track was swiftly interrupted by a plunge into Wall Creek….
Avoca Homestead is a quaint old hut tucked next to Broken River in the foothills of the majestic Torlesse Range. A couple of families and Anna, Elliot and I embarked on a journey to take…
The Gap is a prominent opening in the Torlesse Range, located between Castle Hill Peak and Red Peak. It resembles a missing tooth in a jaw of sharply pointed canines and flat molars, making it…