Kaimai Track Clearing and mini-Weekend Tramp to Wairere Falls - Lower Kaimai Ranges
Start: 8.00am: Saturday, 12th October
Depart: Corner 6 Auburn Street & Como Street carpark, Takapuna
Return: Sunday, 13th October
Tents are required
(A) Kaimai Track Clearing Party
Come and support our Club's Kaimai Track Clearing Party with this FREE Weekend. Cost of $25 for Non-Track Clearing Party to Wairere Falls.
As part of our Clubs commitment to support the Kaimai Ridgeway Trust’s initiative to maintain tracks in the Kaimai’s we have undertaken to clear the track from Aongatete Junction to Wairere Falls.
- Includes a tramp in pristine river valley and forest
- Great comradeship
- Only work as hard as you feel able
- No pressure to finish any length of the track
- Full complement of quality tools provided
- Good water supply
- Safety taking seriously
Several previous trips undertaken by members have enabled most of the track to be cleared between the top of the Wairere Falls to the junction of the North South Track near Aongatete.
We will clear windfall and overgrown areas noted during our last 2023 trip, near the saddle ~1 1/2 hrs from the top of Wairere Falls. We will camp out in an idyllic open area close to river, not far from the top of the saddle.
Are you able to help on this trip? The work is not difficult. All you need is some good garden gloves. The Club has a full complement of tools to tackle the job.
It will be an ideal time because the rain has softened the ground and enables grasses and plants to be pulled out with ease. If time permits and for those interested a trip to the historic Puketutu hut could be an option for the evening's entertainment.
As there are no huts, tents are required (available for loan from the Club if required for current financial NSTC members). There is an abundance of clean water available in nearby streams.
We will travel down to the Wairere Falls Carpark near Te Aroha on the Saturday morning, then tramp up the Wairere Falls track to our idyllic camp site ~1 1/2 hours from the top of Wairere Falls, just below the saddle where we will start track clearing. We plan to return early Sunday afternoon.
Depart: 8.00am Sat 12th October
Corner 6 Auburn Street & Como Street carpark, Takapuna
Return: Sunday afternoon: 13th October'24
Cost: Free
Organiser: Kevin Osten Ph 027 457 7418
Driver(s): TBC
More information: See http://www.kaimairidgeway.nz/
