Monday's Walk - 12 October 2015

Cromwell  (Old Reservoir – Highway Slip - Firewood Creek - Fruit Icecreams Circuit)

Given the weather forecast for Wanaka and the Mt Aspiring NP, the plan is to stay low and hopefully out of the wind and rain.

The old Cromwell reservoir is described as being in “…one of the most arid places in New Zealand” so we may be lucky.  Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

Greg Martin

 

Monday's Walk - 5 October 2015

Emerald Bluffs lake access track - Paddock Bay circuit

The access track, off West Wanaka Road, leads you along the eastern boundary of the Emerald Bluffs estate, around a magnificent wetland area and down to Lake Wanaka and Emerald Bay. More than 100,000 native plants, in over 60 different species, have been planted to date.  The wetlands includes a lagoon with lots of birdlife and trout, and the snow-capped peaks of the Buchanan mountain range as a backdrop.

From Emerald Bay we walk along the lake shoreline past Waterbird Bay, Captain Hook’s BBQ, the Bridges of Sights, the 12 Willow Islands, and Black Swan Inlet to the Paddock Bay angler’s carpark and back along the West Wanaka Road to the Emerald Bluffs access track car park.

Greg Martin

 

Monday`s Walk 28 September

Mt.Allen

From car park  top of the Crown Range.

Glyn

Monday`s Walk 21st Sept - change of plan !

Cairnmuir Trail

Due to burn offs on Lake Hawea Station the walk is now part of the Cairnmuir Trail from Bannockburn.

Glyn

Monday`s Walk 21 September

Grandview Creek Track

Start at the DOC car park beyond the old Nook Nursery. A couple or five creek crossings so gaiters not a bad idea if you have them and you`re bothered! Lunch at the gate boundary between Lake Hawea Station and Mount Grand Station. Instead of a return the same way descend through Mount Grand station and out by the woolshed. As this is a longish walk anyway and with an elevation gain of about 650m, then rather than flog back along the road we will leave a car at the woolshed.

Stunning views over Lake Hawea, the surrounding flats and the local peaks.

Glyn

Mondays Walk 14th September

"Keep New Zealand Beautiful" rubbish collection day.

We will meet at the usual place and time, and collect rubbish on Highway 84 between Andersons Road and the Albert Town turn off.

QLDC blue bags supplied.Bring your own gloves. Expect this to over by lunch time.

For those that wish ,I will take a walk over Mt Iron on a track they MAY NOT have been on before.

                

                    Brian Cleugh

Monday`s Walk 7 Sept

Carricktown and a bit further

The walk up the Caledonian spur in the Carrick range behind Bannockburn is on 4 wheel drive track through a belt of quartz reefs and the site of a Central Otago 19th century gold town.

       

Drive to Bannockburn and from there up Schoolhouse Road, turn into Gully Road then Quartzville Road until the gated entrance is found on the left. The walk starts here to Quartzville and then on passing through Carricktown and up through mullock heaps etc.to a couple of stone dams which is the lunch spot. About 6 to 7 km one way.

Great views down to Cromwell and the Clutha valley.

Glyn