Monday 27th January

The last unofficial expedition for this Christmas is to Crystal Battery Track. Meet Brian & Marjon at 9:00am.
This is a one hour walk to lunch near the Crystal Mine, returning the same way. A major part of the adventure is the drive - turn off Coronet Peak Road onto an unsealed road - this leads to a winding 13km drive on Gorge Road to Skippers - one and a half to two hours each way - for confident 4WD drivers only. We will also make time to visit the Mt.Aurum Homestead, Skippers Point School and look down on the Shotover River from Skippers Bridge.

Monday 20th January

Meet Brian & Marjon at 9:00am for a trip to Glacier Burn in the East Matukituki. We park at the Otago Boys Bridge. Although we will be in the bush much of the time, the flats will be at gas mark five - so bring plenty of sun screen and water.

Monday 13th January

Meet Brian and Marjon at 9:00am for an expedition to Moonlight Track and Moke Lake. The plan is to divide the party in two - half starting at Moke Lake camp site, the other half starts at the Moonlight Track car park above Arthur's Point. We meet in the middle and swap car keys. At the beginning we drive to Arthur's Point Road, opposite Shotover Lodge, then swap cars before continuing on to our start points. Thus the drivers will get their own keys back at the middle and will be looking for their own car at the end. As an experiment each half will carry a radio - it will be interesting to find out where we have radio contact. We will probably meet at lunch by the buildings near the track down to the Old Schoolhouse.

Monday 6th January

Meet Brian & Marjon at 9:00am: going to McPhies Ridge. We go down Cluden Creek Road, cross the Lindis River bridge and park. Hopefully we will avoid the rain, but it will be windy and cool.