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We are NOT a walking group we are A TRAMPING CLUB and tramp for 4- 6 hours so you must have the ability to do this.

All tramps leave from Laurie Hall LANE Car Park ...at 8.30 am unless otherwise stated.

Please phone the tramp leader at least the Night before the tramp, to register and be notified of any changes. Please pay travel cost to vehicle driver.

TO HELP STOP KAURI DIE BACK PLEASE FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE RULES!


All boots must be thoroughly clean and free of dirt and mud

and NOT to be put on until you have arrived at the tramping destination.

After the tramp but BEFORE travelling back in the car

all boots must be put back into the bag

and when home both the boots and the bag need to be cleaned.

  24TH MARCH - NESS'S FARM WALK....TANGITERORIA
GRADE : MOD / 10K PLUS SOME BUSH WALKING - INCLUDING A DOG WORK DEMO...
TRAVEL : $15
LEADER : NESS 021 236 0913

  31ST MARCH - PARAMATA HUT (PREVIOUSLY WHANGAREI TRAMPING CLUB HUT)
PEACH ORCHARD ROAD...WHAKAPARA
GRADE : MOD..BIT OF BUSH BASHING..
TRAVEL : $12
LEADER : JOHN W 021 146 5049

  7TH APRIL -MAUNGATAPERE MOUNTAIN AND CREVICES - WEATHER DEPENDENT
GRADE : EASY
TRAVEL : $6
LEADER : KAREEN 027 483 3313

CREVICES ARE 99% BELOW GROUND LEVEL BUT ARE OPEN, YOU CAN SEE THE SKY....ONLY ONE SMALL PORTION ENCLOSED AND ONE TIGHT SQUEEZE....LADDERS AND ROCKS TO NEGOTIATE....

  14TH APRIL -TANEKAHA WALKING TRACK - MANGAWHAI
GRADE : EASY - WITH ONE LONG HILL TO THE SUMMIT
TRAVEL : $20
LEADERS : MICHAEL AND KATE STILL 021 0225 9494

  21ST APRIL - OTAIKA VALLEY WALK
GRADE : EASY
TRAVEL : $5
LEADERS : MICHAEL AND KATE STILL 021 0225 9494

 

25TH - 28TH APRIL....TRAMPING IN THE SANCTUARY MOUNTAIN - MAUNGATAUTARI, AND PIRONGIA FOREST...
GRADE : EASY / MOD / HARD
THURSDAY :TRAMP EASY
FRIDAY : EASY/MOD (SOME CLIMBING NEAR THE END)
SATURDAY : A CHOICE OF NUMEROUS COMBINATIONS ON MT MAUNGATAUTARI -
FROM EASY TO HARD....
SUNDAY : TBA
TRAVEL : TBA
LEADER : SHERYL 020 4097 1081 - PLEASE TEXT OR CALL TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST....

3 NIGHT STAY (THURSDAY TO SUNDAY) COST $135 PP...STAYING AT THE PIRONGIA FOREST LODGE, 297 GREY ROAD, PIRONGIA....

THE LODGE HAS A FULLY EQUIPPED KITCHEN, COMMERCIAL OVENS AND FRIDGES, CHEST FREEZER AND BUNK ROOMS.....YOU WILL NEED TO BRING A PILLOW, BEDDING, TOWELS AND FOOD....

SANCTUARY MOUNTAIN MAUNGATAUTARI IS A MAINLAND ECOLOGICAL ISLAND SURROUNDED BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST PEST-PROOF FENCES. AN ANCIENT FOREST OFFERS A SANCTUARY FOR POPULATIONS OF MANY OF OUR MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES. RECENTLY REPORTED IN THE FMC NEWSLETTER : THE VERY RARE KAKAPO PARROT HAVE BEEN SUCCESFULLY RELOCATED IN THIS SANCTUARY......

OPEN TO FINANCIAL MEMBERS ONLY.....

  5TH MAY....MT TUTAMOE
GRADE : HARD
TRAVEL : $20
LEADER : JOHN VAN POMEREN 021 025 74507

  12TH MAY ....NEED A LEADER
  19TH MAY.....NEED A LEADER
  22ND MAY....AGM 5.30 PM WHANGAREI BRIDGE CLUB, NORTH ROAD
PIZZA..SELL OR SWAP TABLE
PLEASE PH OR TEXT SUE GUYATT 021 023 36796 TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR CATERING PURPOSES....

  26TH MAY.....TARAIRE RIDGE ...PUKENUI FOREST
GRADE : MOD
TRAVEL : $5
LEADER : ANNE LOVICH 021 180 2415

   
 

 

 

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 



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