Option 1
Sawpit Gully Trail - Arrowtown; weather permitting!
2 - 3 hour loop - Grade: Medium - High Fitness
Autumn is here; a perfect time for us to check out the Autumn colours around Arrowtown. This is a great loop trail with a variety of scenery such as piles of stone gold-mining tailings near the creek, and vegetation varying from Beech Forest pockets to tussock covered slopes interspersed with prickly matagouri and sharp pointed speargrass. We'll come across the remains of an old stone hut which was once home to a succession of gold miners. Up the hill we'll meet the Big Hill trail at Eickhardt's Flat and walk down towards Arrowtown with Lake Hayes in full view.
Maybe a coffee or tea in Arrowtown afterwards?
Option 2
If the weather's poor we'll opt for a walk closer to home in a reasonably sheltered area:
The Upper Clutha Track from Halliday Road.
Leader: Ron de Kraker
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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.
Name badge order
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.