Monday's walk 21st July

Monday's walk is the Motatapu river walk. It is 11kms return with a lovely walk following the river. 

We will park just after the bridge opposite the quarry.

We will meet at the usual place at the McDougall lakefront carpark 9.30am.

$5 for transport.  Weather cloudy.

Leader Gail Marshall 

022 6208542 

Gail 

Monday's walk 14 July 2025

Deep Gully Loop, starting from the Sandy Point car park, anti-clockwise with lunch near the aerials.
Petrol $5.
Leader: Gail Marshall

wanaka walkers

Monday 7th July 2025

the weather forecast is for a sunny cool day so we are going to walk up the grave site on Mt Roy from waterfall creek Trying to get Chris Kjegaard's walk done .  Make sure you have shoe/boots with good grip as it maybe slippery 

Meet at usual place McDougall street car park at 9.30 drive to waterfall creek and walk on millennium  track to the farm track track that  take you to the Mt. Roy track. Walk to the grave site, lunch and return (in fact cloud was low again and we repeated the Millenium track).

Jake Haywood is going to lead the walk as I have to go to work this week 

$2 for transport  Thanks Chris Gibb

Monday's walk 30 June 2025

We drive to the Hawea swing bridge for the Hawea River Track. Discovering the Devon Link, we followed it to Butterfield Road, then along Camphill Road to get back on route to lunch, north of Camphill Road, in the sunshine, then return back to the cars. Petrol $2.
Leader: Brian Gilbert

Monday's Walk 23 June

Sawyer Burn Walk( to bushline)

 

Meet at 9.30am at the waterfront car park opposite McDougall Street.

Description: Drive to The Neck, turn off Meads Road – 6km to Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite (43km/45min). We will zigzag up through the forest to the lookout point with superb views at bush line (1-2 hours).  (There is the option of sidling around a little further if we feel like it.)    Height gain 560m.   Forecast is for partly cloudy weather, 2°C/ 3°C

Travel cost $10

 

Walk Leader: Chris Kjelgaard (021 0431527)

 

 

Monday’s Walk 16 June 2025

Glendhu Bay Track and Roys Peak Track as far as the grave site.

 

Meet at 9.30am at the waterfront car park opposite McDougall Street.

Description: A 10 km. return walk from the Waterfall Creek car park (to get there take the Mt Aspiring Rd then turn right down Ruby Island Road to Waterfall Ck bridge), along the Glendhu Bay track (a well-formed shared track) to where a left hand shortcut through farmland leads to the Mt Aspiring Rd. 600m further on is the start of the Roys Peak Track where we will climb the zig zag track to the grave site at about 640m, have lunch and return via the same route to the carpark. Roys Peak Track may be a bit rough with recent frosts. Total estimated time about 4 hours. Forecast is for low cloud, fog over lake, light winds so maybe clearing in the afternoon, 5°/1°C.

 

Walk Leader: Chris Kjelgaard (0210 431527)

Petrol donation: $2 pp.

 

 

Monday's Walk 9 June 2025

Fern Burn Track (2hours/ 3-4 km one way)

 

Meet at 9.30am at the waterfront carpark opposite McDougall Street.

Drive 15km on Mt Aspiring Road past Glendhu Bay, turn left at Motutapu Road and continue 3km to carpark on left. The track follows the true right of the Fern Burn through grassy flats, recently fenced off and planted in natives, then shrubland to remnant beech forest  (red, silver and mountain beech) in the Stack conservation Area. A little further on the bridge has been restored over the cascades and waterfalls.

Expect a bit of frost, mud, cow pats - and shade in the forest. Sturdy boots - and poles could be useful.

Weather forecast: partly cloudy, 5°/3°.

Please have $10 for your driver.

Leader: Chris Kjelgaard