Monday 21st December

 No official walk. Because of the uncertain weather Brian & Marjon have postponed their plan to go to the Mt.Crichton track at Twelve Mile Creek.

Monday 14th Dec walk- Hawea river track walk -AGM and Christmas shared lunch

    We are having our traditional walk and shared lunch with the AGM on Monday. The walk will start at 836 Lake Hawea-Albert Town Road and be about 2 1/2 hours before returning for some Christmas shared lunch. Bring some food and drinks (some fridge space will be available) and maybe a chair. 

  I suggest we meet at 836 Lake Hawea-Albert Town Road at 9.45am. If anyone has no transport contact me on jerrygathercole@gmail.com or 0212207088. The walk will start at 10am.

Could someone who lives near our normal car park check no-one is waiting there at 9.30am

      The walk will involve walking through our neighbour's property to Camphill road then up stream on Hawea track towards the Dam before returning the same way. 

Directions

Drive from Wanaka towards Hawea on SH 6 (signed to Haast and West Coast). Drive through Albert Town and cross the Clutha River Bridge (5.8km from here). Pass Camphill Road on right, go up the hill and turn right, into drive marked No 836. Go down the drive. Take the right hand fork and continue to the house. 

Mondays Walk - 7th Dec 2020

Dublin Bay loop

Meet at Wanaka Lakefront place at 9.30am. Looks like there will be strong winds on the tops again so we shall do a lake level walk. Weather probably fine with occasional showers.

Drive to Albert Town campsite to the start of Deans Bank bike route.

After a short distance on the bike track we will cross to the  Dublin Bay 4wd road all round the lake to Dublin Bay where we will have lunch (7kms). There may be a few large puddles on the track from recent rain. After lunch we will walk up the metal Dublin Bay Road. (Beware of the occasional car). Before we get to the main road we will reach a locked farm gate which I will unlock and we cross the paddock on a farm track back to Albert Town Camping grounds.Thanks to the farmer for allowing us over his property.

NB Next week AGM and shared lunch.

Total 12 kms.

Walk leader 

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Jerry Gathercole
email jerry@gathercole.net

Monday’s Walk 30 November 2020

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

Monday's Walk 16 November 2020

Destination: Flat Top Hill Track

Description: A very scenic 10 km walk through the Flat Top Hill Conservation Area above Alexandra, hopefully coinciding with peak flowering of the thyme and Californian poppies. From the Butchers Dam car park we climb to a lunch spot on an eyrie-like crag 350 m above Lake Roxburgh, from where we'll walk south along the crest of Flat Top Hill before returning to the cars. Vehicle drivers should note that the most direct route to Butchers Dam is to cross the Clutha River at Clyde and then proceed via Conroys Road 5 km along the Earnscleugh Road. 

Walk Leader: Martin Unwin

Monday 9 November 2020

Deep Gully-Eastern Ridge loop.  approx 10.5 kms

Meet at Wanaka lakefront at 0930 as usual.

Travel to Sandy Point carpark.

The tracks start across the road from the Sandy Point car park. A poled route follows Deep Gully up onto the Grandview ridge for great views over the upper Clutha valley, before descending down the Eastern Hills Track back to the starting point. 

For those who haven't done it before, the track up gets the juices running but its not a race. If all the other mugs can do it, so can you!

Take your camera.

Weather forecast: 16C, light southeasterlies, cloudy periods.  Sounds perfect.

Trip leader: Paul Knox

Monday 2 November 2020

Monday's walk - 2 November 2020

Blue Pools car park to Young River and return. 7 kms and return.  An easy walk, as described below:

The track starts at the Blue Pools car park. After 10 minutes, just after the first swing bridge, it branches to the left. Soon after, it crosses the Blue Pools Bridge for great views up the river gorge. From here the track continues through beech/tawhero forest to Rainy Flat and then opens up onto sections of farmland and bush that lead to the mouth of the Young River.

The weather sounds good - fine with light winds.  Remember you  are in the alpine region.

Meet at the Lake Wanaka carpark 0930.

My apologies to those I told of another walk; lambing got in the way!

Leader: Paul Knox