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• CANCELLED Kaimanawa Forest Park - Auckland Anniversary Weekend

  • Start
    24 Jan 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • End
    27 Jan 2025
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    Como St, Takapuna
  • Spaces left
    18

  CANCELLED - INSUFFICIENT NUMBERS

  Kaimanawa Forest park. Auckland Anniversary Weekend .

  24 to 27 January 2025.

  
  

   Topo maps BH36 & BH37.  Tents to be carried!

  Cost $120.00

  The bus leaves Como Street - 6.00pm Friday 24^th January.

  Friday  

  Te Iringa campsite, camp on the bus or Tent, both parties.

  Fit Party

                                                                                                                                    Saturday

  From Poronui Station passing Oamaru Hut follow the Omaru Boyd track and camp at the beginning of the Maungarorangi track, about 8 hours.

  Sunday

  Head up the Maungarorangi track to a sidetrack to Cascade hut. 9 hours. You will need one blue DOC hut ticket @ $10.00 if you stay in the hut, 6 bunks.

  Monday

  Take the Hinemaiaia track to the waiting bus at Clements Mill Road. 4.5 hours.

  Medium Party

  Saturday

  From Clements Mill Road campsite take the Hinemaiaia track to Cascade hut. 6 hours. You will need one blue DOC hut ticket @ $10.00 if you stay in the hut, 6 bunks.

  Sunday

  Head up and over the Kaipo Saddle and down the Kaipo River and camp near the swing bridge. 7 – 8 hours.

  Monday

  Take the Te Iringa to the Te Iringa Campsite. 4.5 hours.

  Drive back to Auckland 

  Organiser:  Chris Peard 0212770270

  Driver: TBC

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• Golden Cross/ Maratoto, Coromandel

  • When
    23 Feb 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    The Strand, Takapuna

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  Golden Cross/ Maratoto, Coromandel
  

  Members please register for this trip by 7pm Friday 21 February.

  Non-members please contact Organiser to register and assess suitability. 

  Please ensure you have the correct change

  $ 25 members $30 non members

  

  This is in the southern part of the Coromandel, and we will start at Maratoto road end, following the Maratoto Stream which will require several crossings before eventually emerging out into an area known as the Golden Cross, an old mining area which we will explore.

  Between 1895 and 1920 the Golden Cross underground mine produced just over two and a half tonnes of gold. When the mine closed in 1920 the site became farmland.
  
  Seventy years later in 1990 a new mining license was granted. Mining was both underground and open pit and between 1991 and 1998 over twenty tonnes of gold and fifty-two tonnes of silver were extracted.
  
  The mine officially closed for the second time in December 1998 and became the first modern mine in New Zealand to move into planned closure and final rehabilitation. The area is now used for grazing, wetland, and native habitat.

  We will then make our way back to the bus and if time allows, there is a well-used access route to the top of Maratoto a very interesting towering rock formation offering us views of the Hauraki Plains, that we will climb.

  Time:  Depart Takapuna 8am 

  Cost:  $25.00 members, $30 non members.   

  Non-members please phone the organiser to assess your suitability for the tramp  and to register. 

  Organiser:  Chris Peard  021 277 0270

  Driver:  TBC

  Gear List: NSTC Gear List- March24.pdf
  

  
  

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• Matakana – Omaha return

  • When
    2 Mar 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • Location
    The Strand, Takapuna or Silverdale Park & Ride

  Register

  Matakana – Omaha  return.

  Sunday 2 March; 8.00am departure
  Members please register by 7pm Friday 28^th February

  Ensure correct cash for payment: $20 Members /$25 Non members

  This 16km return trip makes use of the Matakana Cycle Trail to walk from Matakana Village to Omaha beach and back again.  As we’ll be walking on a cycle path, we will be sharing this with cyclists!  The track is predominantly a gravel surface through farmland and bush with a small amount of on-road walking, mostly flat but with a couple of climbs.  Ceramic markers along the route feature stylised maps of the area’s topography. 

  We’ll have lunch at Omaha Beach, where there’s the opportunity for swim at Omaha Beach, so bring your togs. 

  To Do – Omaha Beach

  There’s a café at Omaha Beach where you can get coffee and snacks. 

  Bring PLENTY of water, a MINIMUM of 2 litres as there will be limited options for topping up.

  If time permits, we’ll call in at the Matakana Village for an ice-cream on the way home.

  Depart

  8.00 am, The Strand, Takapuna

  8.20am Silverdale Park & Ride bus stop.   Financial members please register for Silverdale pick up.

  Driver: TBC

  Organiser        Amber 027-838-9483

  Gear List: NSTC Gear List.pdf

  Non-members: Please phone the organiser to check suitability of the tramp

  Cost:  $20 Members

              $25 Non members

  
  

  
  

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• Waima Forest, Northland

  • Start
    7 Mar 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • End
    9 Mar 2025
  •  
    6:18 PM
  • Location
    Como St, Takapuna
  • Spaces left
    13

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  Waima Forest, Northland

  Friday 7th March to Sunday 9th March

  Come visit Frampton’s Hut, situated in the western end of Northland's Waima Forest.
  
  The bus leaves Como Street - 6.00pm Friday 7th March.
  
  TENTS to be carried.  Frampton's Hut has 6 bunks - first come first served.  No cost. 
  
  Friday
  Leave Friday night and drive to Trounson Kauri Park Campground. Sleep in bus or tent.
  
  Saturday
  Leave early Sat morning and drive to start of Taita Bridle Track where we drop off the Fit Party. The bus will then drive to Waiotemarama Falls where the Medium Party will start from.
  
  Sunday
  Both groups return to bus at Waiotemarama Gorge Road via Hauturu Highpoint Track.
  
  Fit Party – Max 6 people - 7hrs
  Taita Bridle Track – 2 hrs
  The track starts by passing through farmland and pockets of native bush as it heads up the valley of the Oraora Stream. As the track continues it becomes a dense, mature forest, it turns progressively rougher and wetter as it follows the Ora Ora Stream. The track ends at the Ora Ora Saddle where it connects with the Waima Main Range Track.
  
  Waima Main Range Track - 4.5 – 5 hrs
  Turn North onto Waima Main Range Track and climb to the high point at 781. Continue along the track to Frampton’s hut.
  
  Medium Party – Max 8 people – 4 - 4.5hrs
  Waiotemarama Waterfall Walk / Hauturu Highpoint Track. 4 – 4.5 hrs
  Start along Waiotemarama Waterfall Walk to reach the Hauturu Highpoint Track. Climb to 679 m then descend to the Waima Main Range Track. Turn left and continue to a junction with a 4wd track, turn right across a stream then continue uphill on the 4wd track to Frampton’s hut, return Sunday the same way.

  Cost $115.00 - $50 deposit on booking please

  Organiser:  Garry Brooks 021 269 2196

  Driver:  TBC

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