Kaimai Track maintenance mini-Weekend - Lower Kaimai Ranges
Start: Friday September 18th
Depart: Corner 6 Auburn Street & Como Street carpark, Takapuna at 6.00pm.
Return: Sunday,
Tents are required
Kaimai Track maintenance Party
Come and support our Club's Kaimai Track Clearing Party with this FREE Weekend.
As part of our Club's 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 over the years 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.
As it is almost three years since the last track clearing and several severe weather events this trip will attempt to walk through the length of the track from the Aongatete Road end to one of our several campsites towards the Wairere Falls.
Ideally, we will trim any overgrown areas as we go and make note of areas that need work done for our next visit in 2027, camping out in an area close to water, and hopefully not far from the top of the Wairere Falls.
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.
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 Aongatete Carpark (located at the end Wright Road) and camp the night, or sleep on the bus.
