Destination: West Wanaka Station
Description: With the kind help of George Scott we have been granted special permission to have a good look behind the entrance gates of West Wanaka Station.
Our walk will start after a short drive along a 4 WD Track that runs through the station.
This track has a number of gates we will pass through and some reasonably easy accessible ford crossings.
After we've parked up our cars we will walk along the same, almost flat 4 WD Track in the direction of Mt Aspiring National Park with the occasional views of Mount Aspiring and the Matukituki River on our left, weather permitting.
George, who's an ex farmer himself and a current 4 WD guide for Ridgeline Adventures, will give us some background on the farming history of West Wanaka Station and the establishing of the Wetlands and the Oleria Conservation Area.
Total Walking Distance: approx. 12 - 14 km of easy walking.
Weather Forecast: a fair chance of rain with cool temperatures.
Please bring wet weather gear and a few gold coins to contribute towards a carton of Speights for the owners & staff of the farm, as a token of our appreciation.
Trip leader: Ron de Kraker
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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.