This weeks walk is up the Fernburn. The weather forecast is not particularly good so how much of the walk we do will depend on what is happening with the weather. The walk is about 2 hours one way and
we do have shelter in the bush part of the walk.
The beginning of the walk crosses farmland and is flat pasture. The second part of the walk is on a tramping grade track which starts in a beech forest.
There is a climb to the bush line - not excessively steep or long but there is a fallen tree to clamber over and some narrower parts of the track and of course some muddy bits - we will need to watch our feet.
About 20 minutes out from the bush line we will be beside the Fernburn for lunch.
There is an option for a faster group to go onto the Fernburn Hut about 45 minutes farther on than where I expect the main group to lunch - there would need to be a group leader for this.
Leader: Ruth Harrison
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News of Monday walks of Wanaka Walkers.
Meet on lake front near Show Grounds, McDougall Street, usually at 9:30.
Visitors welcome - bring suitable boots, clothes and lunch.
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Name Badges
Name badges (for pinning on your rucksack) can be ordered from Martin Unwin for $2, using the form above.
Notice
Have a look at the Safety and Rules pages (see the links above). In particular respect the rules for DoC protected sites - take only photos - do not pick flowers or move/remove historic artifacts
Meeting point
Google now charges to include a map, and their instructions on getting a free API_KEY are too gobbledegooglish for me to bother. The normal meeting place is the lake front near the showgrounds, Lat:-44.6990, Lng:169.1257.